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Cookbooks look back to basics for cooking novices

By Michele Kayal · Sunday, Aug. 9,2009 7:57 p.m.

With households watching every penny, a growing number of Americans are ditching their takeout menus and heading into the kitchen to cook dinner at home. The trouble is, many don’t know how.

Around the Arts

Sunday, Aug. 9,2009 7:55 p.m.

A selection of arts events around the area.

A musical sport

By Sara Amato · Sunday, Aug. 9,2009 7:53 p.m.

What I expected was a glorified marching band. What I got was so much more.

The nerd pack

By Carrie Schedler · Sunday, Aug. 9,2009 7:52 p.m.

After learning that John Hughes, who brought us the Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy perfection that was “The Breakfast Club,” died Thursday at the age of 59, my inner 14-year-old self sighed.

Beyond the Museum Mile

By Ben Smith · Wednesday, Aug. 5,2009 7:46 p.m.

When you’re visiting a new place, you’ll have a more intimate experience with your surroundings if you take to the streets like a local rather than a tourist. And there is perhaps no better proof of this fact than in New York City.

Beach reads: the selection process

By Lindsey Alexander · Wednesday, Aug. 5,2009 7:44 p.m.

Selecting the perfect beach read is especially relevant for me because I will have to drown out the sounds of my family members, whom I love dearly, after spending 120 hours with them with no outside contact.

N.E.R.D. to perform Aug. 29

Wednesday, Aug. 5,2009 7:43 p.m.

Pharrell Williams, along with band mates Chad Hugo and Shay Haley, will perform as N.E.R.D. 8 p.m. Saturday, August 29 at the IU Auditorium.

‘Light in the Piazza’ makes collegiate debut

By Mickey Woods · Sunday, Aug. 2,2009 7:37 p.m.

Sophisticated musical arrangements and Italian accents lit up the Musical Arts Center like a Tuscan sunset Friday.

Romantically uninvolved

By Ben Smith · Sunday, Aug. 2,2009 6:29 p.m.

It’s a disclaimer commonly offered to new writers everywhere: If you want to be successful, you’re going to have to learn how to be alone for long periods of time. I thought I understood that perfectly.

2 new Mozart works presented in Austria

By Veronika Oleksyn · Sunday, Aug. 2,2009 6:28 p.m.

Mozart’s momentous legacy grew still larger Sunday as researchers unveiled two piano pieces recently identified as childhood creations by the revered composer.

Lecture, performance to focus on Silk Road

Wednesday, July 29,2009 6:45 p.m.

In a year when Iran has been in the political spotlight, this year’s Silk Road Bayram, a music festival focusing on the Silk Road region, wants to bring attention to Iranian music.

Arts Commission eliminates two grant programs

Wednesday, July 29,2009 6:43 p.m.

After receiving heavily reduced funding for the 2010 fiscal year, the Indiana Arts Commission eliminated two grant programs and scaled back money for others.

Fish inspire murals in bathroom

By Sarah Brubeck · Wednesday, July 29,2009 6:42 p.m.

Allan Gurevitz said he thinks the fish currently living in the Runcible Spoon bathroom are the happiest he’s ever seen. He’d know. He feeds them.

A new summer mix

By Carrie Schedler · Sunday, July 26,2009 7:04 p.m.

For the past several years, I have had a summer music ritual.

Art of the recession: gallery owners struggling with finances

Sunday, July 26,2009 7:01 p.m.

With houses going up for auction, unemployment continuing to rise and the threat of layoffs seemingly ever-present, many gallery owners in art communities such as Scottsdale, Ariz., Santa Fe, N.M., Portland, Ore., and New York City are closing shop, going broke to stay open or drastically changing the way they do business.

Phish to start own music fest

Sunday, July 26,2009 6:59 p.m.

Phish is headed to the Coachella Valley for a three-day music festival all its own.

‘Angela’s Ashes’ author McCourt dies in NYC at 78

By Hillel Italie · Sunday, July 19,2009 9:13 p.m.

NEW YORK – Frank McCourt, the beloved raconteur and former public school teacher who enjoyed post-retirement fame as the author of “Angela’s Ashes,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning “epic of woe” about his impoverished Irish childhood, died Sunday of cancer.

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Cookbooks look back to basics for cooking novices

Around the Arts

A musical sport

The nerd pack

Beyond the Museum Mile

Beach reads: the selection process

N.E.R.D. to perform Aug. 29

‘Light in the Piazza’ makes collegiate debut

Romantically uninvolved

2 new Mozart works presented in Austria

Lecture, performance to focus on Silk Road

Arts Commission eliminates two grant programs

Fish inspire murals in bathroom

A new summer mix

Art of the recession: gallery owners struggling with finances

Phish to start own music fest

‘Angela’s Ashes’ author McCourt dies in NYC at 78

Late-night dancing still dirty in Iowa

IU alumna to recieve state arts award

One-hit wonders

Anne Hathaway’s production company brings ‘Little Five’ film to Bloomington

‘Rubber stamp with a name plate’: IU Foundation board member exits

Former IU quarterback Fernando Mendoza wins Big Ten Male Athlete of the Year

Bloomington police charge Indianapolis man with attempted murder

Indiana men’s basketball and Missouri set to play at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall