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BOLOGNA, Italy – I have managed to avoid a lot of addictions since I have arrived in Italy.
Filled with phrases in all languages, meanings and colors, the 20-foot wall that occupies space throughout both the IU campus and Bloomington provides a place for passersby to write down opinions using various artistic mediums.
NEW ORLEANS – An empty intersection. A tree surrounded by hurricane debris. Ruined houses still untouched since they were flooded by roof-deep water. Now they’ve been joined by an outdoor stage, with actors and an audience
LOS ANGELES – Hollywood writers and studio representatives began last-ditch negotiations Sunday in an effort to prevent a strike, the writers union said.
Tengo famiglia,” an Italian expression for putting the family first, is the central concept of the Monroe County Civic Theater’s latest production, “Over the River and Through the Woods.”
NEW YORK – Hilary Swank must really trust Oprah Winfrey. The Oscar-winning actress let the talk-show host chop off a little more than 9 inches of her hair during a segment that was to air Friday on “The Oprah Winfrey Show.”
- From Associated Press reports LONDON – J.K. Rowling has completed her first book not to feature teen wizard Harry Potter – an illustrated collection of magical fairy stories titled “The Tales of Beedle the Bard.”
On Halloween night, debauchery, sexuality and campiness found their way into the Buskirk-Chumley Theater for the 7:30 p.m. showing of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”, hosted by the Cardinal Stage Company.
Fans of hip-hop and rap music will unite at 8 p.m. Sunday at Rhino’s All-Ages Music Club to listen to the rhymes and beats of Grayskul and Mac Lethal.
Friday night, I was a heroin addict. Saturday night, I was Andy Warhol and on the great holiday itself, for Halloween, I was an ex-convict.
LOS ANGELES – Hollywood writers have a revision ready for TV and movie producers. Contract talks resumed on Wednesday, with the Writers Guild of America ready to submit a revamped contract proposal with the hope of avoiding a strike after the current pact expires at midnight.
Castanets at The Cinemat When: 8 p.m. today Where: The Cinemat, 123 S. Walnut. St. More information: WIUX presents Castenets, with opening bands Make Believe Bombs to Blow Up Make Believe Worlds and Deer Tick. Tickets are $3.
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider a dispute involving Elizabeth Taylor over ownership of a Vincent van Gogh painting. The painting is claimed by descendants of a Jewish woman who fled Nazi Germany.
Part of assistant professor of costume design Linda Pisano’s research material is “Harris’s List of Covent Garden Ladies: Sex in the City in Georgian Britain.” The risqué, 160-page book by Hallie Rubenhold is a guide to picking up prostitutes in the 18th century. For Pisano, however, it is more than a quirky handbook; the commentary and annotated features are important resources.
Hilary Hahn, a self-described “modern troubadour,” will stop Saturday at the IU Auditorium. The Grammy-award-winning artist, who is releasing her 10th solo album in the spring, will play a five-piece recital, mostly of composers born in the 19th century, including Brahms and Mozart.
While Bloomington and the IU campus offer scads of fun Halloween traditions, from throwing items at the screen at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater’s presentation of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” or stumbling down Kirkwood Avenue scantily clad, the IU Auditorium is continuing with a tradition that began in 1969.
NEW YORK – Picture this: Katharine Hepburn and her chauffeur stopped for speeding in the tiny town of Blackwell, Okla. Hepburn berates the strapping young officer as a “moron” and “dumbbell,” then adds, “If I ever found an Oklahoma car in Connecticut, I would flatten all the tires.”
I am one of those people who holds onto everything. Notes from past classes, old magazines, trinkets from childhood and old clothing fill up my room and my closet. It is this hoarding of old clothing that is puzzling me. Why do I keep clothes that I will never wear again? Wouldn’t it be better to donate them to someone who needs them more or simply throw them out?
