What: Wooden wunkirmian (feast ladle) from the Dan peoples of Liberia/Côte d'Ivoire
The Jacobs School of Music will offer two new courses for the spring semester to music and nonmusic students alike. They are Choral Masterworks, taught by Katherine Domingo and Opera Theatre Series I, taught by Constance Glen.
For Violette Verdy, a distinguished professor of ballet at IU, this past Saturday's master class was a chance to share something unique -- a personal insight into the works of George Balanchine. The solos the students danced were those Verdy herself began performing more than 40 years ago.
Keith McCutchen had big shoes to fill Saturday night.
Any book that has a main character questioning his or her belief in God is going to upset some people. "Born Again" by Kelly Kerney, a 26-year-old author who grew up in a Pentecostal household, is just such a book.
The Jacobs School of Music recently appointed the Orion String Quartet as its first quartet-in-residence for the 2006-07 season. The Orion Quartet, which has made many guest appearances at IU during the last two years, will perform concerts and lead master classes for students twice a semester. They will also work closely with chamber groups and quartets within the school.
I have a love/hate relationship with my boyfriend, Denim. Sometimes he shrinks and doesn't perform very well. Sometimes he compliments my ass, so I let him get close and touch me inappropriately. Our relationship is unstable, but I know this much is true: I like skinny boys, but I love skinny jeans.
What happens on campus after dark? For some IU students, when the sun goes down and darkness sets in, the cue is to go home, grab a pack of Ramen noodles, crack the books, watch television or laze around.
Before a symphony plays its first notes or a curtain unfurls at a theater, attendees must decide when to go, where to buy their tickets and where to find their seats.
When senior Brittany Crosby first came to IU three years ago, being a dance major wasn't an option. So she created an individualized major in holistic health and awareness to look at how dancers perform.
Alumna and vocalist Lorna Dallas will offer her voice and advice to IU students this weekend.
Contrary to what some might believe, John Mellencamp is not the only famous musician to have ever called Bloomington home. Hoagy Carmichael, the musician responsible for composing Georgia's state song, was actually born and raised in the heart of Indiana. He is even buried at the Rose Hill Cemetery, located at 1100 W. Fourth St.
Sitting in front of the TV or participating in any other mind-numbing activity might not be the best way to spend the weekend, especially after seeing artist Dara Engler's active sedation series.
Graduate students Miriam Ziven and Kristin Smith clomp up a steep wooden staircase, sipping on juices from Roots Restaurant and Juicebar. When they reach the top, they walk into the main room of The Lodge, located at 101 E. Sixth Street. They transform this room into a dance studio every Monday night.
LOS ANGELES - Television can peddle soap, cars and political candidates like nobody's business. But in one contrary corner there's a network selling viewers an idea: looking outward to understand the world and how to live in it.
Kristin Key, the youngest finalist in NBC's "Last Comic Standing," will perform at 10 p.m. Friday at the Indiana Memorial Union and at 7:30 and 10:15 p.m. Saturday at Bear's Place. The show at the IMU is free and open to all ages, but the performance at Bear's Place is $7 and for those 21 and over. Key said she knows her visit to Bloomington will be a lot of fun.
MAPLE PARK, Ill. -- It all started with a blind horse. Dianne Hooker said her daughter Fawn, now 14, went horseback riding for the first time when she was 7 years old and became completely enthralled with the animal.
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- When Roy Wadding sits down at a bar, he makes sure to scan the draft selection before ordering a beer.
The IU African American Arts Institute will put on the 13th annual "Potpourri of the Arts" under the theme "Seeing is Believing." The event begins at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Buskirk-Chumley and will feature the African American Choral Ensemble, the IU Soul Revue and the African American Dance Company performing on the same stage.
Before the Monroe County Civic Theater decided to include the stage version of Bram Stoker's "Dracula" as part of its 2006 season, the show had only been performed once before in its original form. That was in 1897, when Stoker cut out passages of his novel, added stage directions when necessary and premiered his work to a live audience in order to retain stage copyrights to his story.
