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Cigarette butts, Band-Aids, ketchup: treasure for a New York artist

By Alyson Brodsy and Colleen Long · Wednesday, Oct. 25,2006 10:25 p.m.

Rotting garbage piled along the curb, decades-old furniture decaying in the rain, discarded cigarette butts everywhere you look -- New York City can be a filthy place. To many, it's a disgusting downside of living here. To Justin Gignac, it's treasure.

TV themes losing place in prime time

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 25,2006 10:24 p.m.

I don't remember much about high school biology or physics, and I couldn't tell you how to compute a calculus problem, but, for the love of Will Smith, the theme song to "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" remains fresh in my mind. Smith's catchy rap opened each episode of his hit '90s sitcom, in which he starred as a street-smart teen from Philly who moves in with wealthy relatives. A whole generation knows the rap by heart, as well as the "Saved by the Bell" song.

Artist demonstrates calligraphy as part of ongoing exhibit

By Shannon McEnerney · Wednesday, Oct. 25,2006 10:21 p.m.

Zhiyuan Cong stands with his eyebrows arched and his hand raised with a brush angled, ready to dive into the paper. After a slight hesitation, he sweeps his brush across the page, forming black lines that look like a waterfall. After adding a mixture of blues, greens and grays, the picture is complete. Cong, an art professor at William Paterson University, holds up his finished Chinese ink painting with calligraphy. The painting depicts a red flower emerging from a dark background. Jaws drop as members of the audience marvel at the creation.

Kinsey photos 'up for adoption'

By Molly Peters · Tuesday, Oct. 24,2006 10:25 p.m.

This week, the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction will host a two-day "Adopt a Work of Art" event to fund the framing of infrequently seen artwork.

Opening night cast delivers strong vocal performances in 'Manon'

By Alyson Brodsy and Eric Anderson · Tuesday, Oct. 24,2006 10:24 p.m.

Jules Massenet's "Manon," which opened Friday night at the Musical Arts Center, is melodrama of the highest degree. Its tale of youthful love and folly, with accompanying displays of overwrought anguish and excessive jubilance, is at once an achievement of musical art and a pinnacle of theatrical camp.

Documentary celebrates Beaux Arts 50th anniversary

By Eric Anderson · Tuesday, Oct. 24,2006 10:21 p.m.

In an interview for the Indiana Daily Student two years ago, Menahem Pressler, distinguished professor of piano for the IU Jacobs School of Music, said he did not expect his chamber music ensemble to have much longevity. "I expected it to last a week to make a record," Pressler said.

SoFA Gallery takes modern approach to nature

By Lindsey Landis · Monday, Oct. 23,2006 11:25 p.m.

For the next month, when you enter the School of Fine Arts gallery, you may be unsure if the room you are walking into is an art exhibition or a botanical garden. The buzzing of insects and a high-pitched humming noise resonate throughout the gallery. Viewers are greeted by a giant screen depicting the life cycle of a cicada, then a curtain of autumn leaves and a bronze statue of copulating deer.

Artifacts

Monday, Oct. 23,2006 11:02 p.m.

What: A seated figure made of aragonite from the Classic period (200-750) in Teotihuacan culture in Mexico

Activities in Bloomington

Monday, Oct. 23,2006 10:55 p.m.

Michelle Branch and Jessica Harp collaborate as The Wreckers

Conductor uses hands-off approach in perparing singers for Pro Arte concert

By Shannon McEnerney · Monday, Oct. 23,2006 10:42 p.m.

In the midst of the Jacobs School of Music choir group Pro Arte's practice, conductor John Poole sprinted off stage while the choir finished a song.

Director began love of theater with dare

By Katie Ingmire · Monday, Oct. 23,2006 10:40 p.m.

Challenging friends to dares, double dares and even triple-dog dares reigns as a schoolyard staple for earning peer respect. For the Bloomington Playwrights Project's Richard Perez, a dare even led to his life's work -- theater.

Collegehumor.com writer performing comedy act at Bear's Place tonight

By Zack Teibloom · Sunday, Oct. 22,2006 10:40 p.m.

The head writer for CollegeHumor.com, who hosts a show, "4 Quotas," on Sirius Satellite Radio in addition to writing for ESPN and Maxim, is hitting it big. His comedy album, "Cure for the Cable Guy," is enjoying several months on the comedy charts. And he has way more Facebook friends than you.

Hilarious production of 'Urinetown' boasts strong cast

By Alyson Brodsy and Rachel Skybetter · Sunday, Oct. 22,2006 10:39 p.m.

What kind of musical is this?" Little Sally exclaims toward the end of "Urinetown, The Musical." Well, it is certainly not a conventional one -- but it is a great one. "Urinetown" is about the "privilege to pee," and members of the audience very well might laugh until they take advantage of that privilege.

Guthrie makes tour a family affair

By Nicholas Mills · Sunday, Oct. 22,2006 10:39 p.m.

The Buskirk-Chumley Theater was full of Guthrie spirit Saturday night with Arlo Guthrie performing along with family members and friends. Arlo is the oldest son of Woody Guthrie, one of the forefathers of folk music.

ONLINE ONLY:Legendary folk family to perform sold--out show Saturday

Friday, Oct. 20,2006 12:15 a.m.

Folk singer-songwriter legend Arlo Guthrie and family will be performing at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater this Saturday to a sold-out crowd as part of the Guthrie Family Legacy Tour.

ONLINE ONLY: IU graduate returns to lecture, demonstrate Chinese painting and calligraphy

By Shannon McEnerney · Thursday, Oct. 19,2006 11:21 p.m.

Zhiyuan Cong, professor of art at William Paterson University, will lead a lecture and demonstration about calligraphy, the art of ornate writing, from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Thomas T. Solley Atrium in the IU Art Museum. The event is free and open to the public.

'It's a privilege to pee' at Wells-Metz Theatre

By Rachel Skybetter · Thursday, Oct. 19,2006 11:17 p.m.

Move over, "Cats," watch out, "West Side Story." A different kind of musical is taking over. IU Department of Theatre and Drama's "Urinetown: The Musical" opens at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Wells-Metz Theatre. Based on the premise that "it's a privilege to pee," this production strays from the warmth and slight corniness found in traditional musicals.

ONLINE ONLY: 'The Producers' takes the stage at IU Auditorium

By Dana Tesser · Thursday, Oct. 19,2006 11:16 p.m.

After a cancellation last year, the top Tony Award-winning musical in history, "The Producers," is finally here. The traveling cast will perform five shows at IU over the next three days at 8 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Graduate student and Miss Indiana performs lead role in opera 'Manon'

By Eric Anderson · Thursday, Oct. 19,2006 11:16 p.m.

Betsy Uschkrat, Jacobs School of Music graduate student and reigning Miss Indiana, will lead the school's production of Jules Massenet's classic opera "Manon" Friday, playing the character bearing the opera's name. "I love the role," said Uschkrat. "I feel like I'm playing two characters." Manon, she explained, begins the opera as a simple, provincial 16-year-old girl who is forced into mature womanhood by the cruel realities of life.

Techno music originators gather for first conference

By Erin Boyle · Thursday, Oct. 19,2006 11:11 p.m.

IU is scheduled to hold its first techno academic conference, "Roots of Techno: Black DJs and the Detroit Scene," from 8:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday in the Willkie Auditorium. Techno is electronically produced music that incorporates drum machines, multitrack mixers, computers and samplers. Most associate techno music with Europe, but black college students initially developed this genre in the late 1970s near Detroit.

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