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Patrons wait to hear the Anat Cohen Quartet at the Buskirk-Chumley theater September 30, 2008 during the Lotus World Music and Arts festival. The Buskirk Chumley Theater Grant Program allows organizations, similar to the Lotus World Musical Festival, rent the theater for free for one day. Applications for the grant are due by Friday at 5 PM.

Buskirk-Chumley Theater opens doors for free use

By Patrick Craig · Tuesday, Oct. 6,2009 12:29 a.m.

The Buskirk-Chumley Theater will open its doors to several winning grant applicants, providing full use of the stage for one day free of charge.

Jacobs faculty lectures for library series

By Lily Miller · Monday, Oct. 5,2009 11:34 p.m.

Classic musical numbers, Chicago blues and rural folk music filled the auditorium at the Monroe County Public Library Monday night during the panel discussion titled “Dealing with Hard Times: Popular Music During the Depression.” Jacobs faculty members Constance Cook Glen, Andrew Hollinden and Glenn Gass lectured as part of the IU Library series “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?”, which continues through the end of October. All three included music from the Depression era, as well as music that was influenced and had influence during the time period.

Local beats take back the streets

Monday, Oct. 5,2009 11:32 p.m.

A long-forgotten Bloomington tradition was rekindled Friday evening with the year’s third “Dancing in the Streets” public concert event. Despite the ominous gray clouds that loomed overhead, Bloomington residents danced and listened as local bands took their talents to the streets.

H1N1 infects Backstreet Boy

Monday, Oct. 5,2009 7:25 p.m.

Backstreet Boys member Brian Litrell has been diagnosed with H1N1. The band cancelled their PINKTOBER Hard Rock Café signing in New York City as a result.

Jazz Ensemble to play Coltrane, Mingus standards tonight

Monday, Oct. 5,2009 11:28 a.m.

The Jacobs School of Music is putting together a concert with the school’s jazz ensemble at 8 p.m. this evening in the Musical Arts Center. It is free and open to the public.

Nights of fright highlight Dark Carnival Film Festival

By Keiara Carr · Sunday, Oct. 4,2009 11:50 p.m.

The season for thrills and chills gave Bloomington a start as the Dark Carnival Film Festival concluded its third year this weekend at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater.

Bob Dylan to play at IU Nov. 2

By Rachel Krasnow · Sunday, Oct. 4,2009 11:46 p.m.

Performing in Bloomington, Ind., will be an opportunity for legendary pop, folk and rock legend Bob Dylan to reinvent himself yet again.

Chamber orchestra inspire moods, invoke warmth at Auer Hall

By Lily Miller · Sunday, Oct. 4,2009 11:40 p.m.

A concert hall hidden away from the campus slowly filled last night as the IU Chamber Orchestra performed for the first time this year.

Barry varies from deodorant to Facebook

By Allison Tyra · Sunday, Oct. 4,2009 10:37 p.m.

Jokes at Funny Bone appeal to fans of fake IDs, Beyonce.

Art, nature collaborate to advocate global change

By Margaret Ely · Sunday, Oct. 4,2009 10:31 p.m.

“Canary Project” lecture last of its kind in exhibit on climate change.

‘Punch’ comics draw ‘buggy’ at Boxcar

By Bailey Loosemore · Sunday, Oct. 4,2009 10:27 p.m.

Brooklyn artists on two-week comics tour make stop at local bookstore.

Symmetry, geometry illustrate exhibit

By Pooja Kansal · Sunday, Oct. 4,2009 10:25 p.m.

Local artist David Hassell displays work.

Tickets, prizes promote Tundra Music Festival

Sunday, Oct. 4,2009 2:33 p.m.

Five days of promotions will lead up to the Tundra Music Festival.

Bob Dylan to return to IU

Friday, Oct. 2,2009 3:15 p.m.

Folk-rock legend Bob Dylan will perform at IU next month, his second trip to Bloomington in two years after performing in October 2007. Dylan will be at the IU Auditorium again at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 2.

CBS worker arrested in Letterman blackmail plot

By David Bauder · Friday, Oct. 2,2009 11:57 a.m.

NEW YORK — A CBS News employee is accused of trying to extort $2 million from David Letterman, forcing the late-night host to admit in an extraordinary monologue before millions of viewers that he had sexual relationships with female employees.

Letterman creates brilliant hour of TV from woes

By Lynn Elber · Friday, Oct. 2,2009 11:55 a.m.

LOS ANGELES — It was business as usual for David Letterman and CBS' "Late Show." The band played. The host, dapper as always in a well-tailored suit, recited his monologue; some jokes hit, some missed.

Umphrey’s McGee jam band lights up IU Auditorium

By Danielle Paquette · Friday, Oct. 2,2009 12:49 a.m.

An evening of screaming fans, trance-like dancing, rhythmic guitar chords and vibrant varieties of tie-dye culminated to one predominant theme: You must jam.

Fire, brimstone and a couple chords

By Caitlin Peterkin · Thursday, Oct. 1,2009 11:42 p.m.

For those of you milling about Ballantine Hall and Woodburn Hall, you might have noticed a man with a guitar strapped over his shoulder preaching the Word of God. While students jeered and laughed, this man strummed and hummed. Well, it was more like shouting over some guitar chords that we were all sinners and were going to burn in Hell.

5 great songs that make Indiana home

By Erica Rogers · Thursday, Oct. 1,2009 11:41 p.m.

Cornfields, the Indianapolis 500 and John Mellencamp are just three things I love about Indiana. True, the yearly ice storms and high heat indexes can be annoying, but Indiana is so unique in its given right. Whether you have been here your whole life or just the years you’ve spent at IU, Indiana is a home to us all.

Students create Tundra remixes

By Tony Walsh · Thursday, Oct. 1,2009 11:39 p.m.

The IU Hip Hop Congress invites all student DJs to compete in the IU Remix Competition for a chance to perform at Oct. 10th’s Tundra Music Festival, which will take place behind Foster Quad. The winner will receive an all-access pass to the event as well as 45 minutes of performance time in the festival’s DJ Dome, opening for acts such as Louisville natives OK Deejays, Indianapolis’ Trill Tight DJs, Action Jackson, and Sound Remedy and Chicago’s TRAV.

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