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Music, Art abstract at museum

By Ethan Cirmo · Monday, June 19,2006 4:38 p.m.

Art and jazz shake hands on the IU Art Museum's first floor in a new exhibit that displays the two art forms of symphony.

Supersize him: Man of Steel back on IMAX -- in 3-D

By Ethan Sacks · Sunday, June 18,2006 11:30 p.m.

NEW YORK -- Look up on the screen, it's a bird, it's a plane, it's Superman -- and he's flying right at the audience!

Also at the BPP...

Sunday, June 18,2006 11:24 p.m.

"Mr. Postman," a one-act play, begins at 10 p.m. each night from June 21 to 24 at the BPP mainstage, located at 107 W. Ninth St.

BPP vignettes in 'Vintage Scenes'

Sunday, June 18,2006 11:24 p.m.

Excerpts from past Bloomington Playwrights Productions will be performed at 7 p.m. June 29 at Oliver Winery.

Horse exhibit gallops until August

Sunday, June 18,2006 11:23 p.m.

"Horses in Classical Art" at the IU Art Museum has been extended as a special exhibit until August 6.

Local theater gives artists chance to perform

By Abby Schwimmer and Ab Schwimmer · Sunday, June 18,2006 11:17 p.m.

Henrik Ibsen wrote "A Doll's House," and is credited with bringing realism to theater in the form of the modern drama, but his career had a rocky start, and he was nearly 40 years old before any of his works met success.

It ain't easy living in the 'Big Easy'

By Nick O'Neill · Wednesday, June 14,2006 6:53 p.m.

En route to New Orleans there is a layover in Houston

MySpace, Internet, main resource for artists and indie label

By Nick Mills and Nicholas Mills · Wednesday, June 14,2006 6:51 p.m.

For many record companies, the decline of CD sales and transition into the digital music realm is beginning to hit hard, but the indie label Secretly Canadian seems to be utilizing the Internet as a way to gain ground in the digital music revolution.

Wacky, connected and clever, Cranium takes board games to a new level

Sunday, June 11,2006 9:58 p.m.

Every week, a bunch of friends (who happen to slightly resemble the cast of "Friends") gather in Lincoln Davis' cool bachelor apartment with its abstract paintings, view of Seattle's Space Needle and blue leather couch. Usually, they watch the drama "Lost."

Unknown tales part of well-known detective's legacy

By Brandon S Morley · Sunday, June 11,2006 9:55 p.m.

In the mid-19th century, a Scottish doctor started writing short stories to whittle away the boring hours he faced thanks to an all but failing medical practice.

Film based on public radio show opened Friday

By David Germain · Sunday, June 11,2006 9:54 p.m.

"A Prairie Home Companion" is Robert Altman at his most Altmanesque. Any desire to see it should be gauged by your tolerance for meandering tracking shots, big, bizarre ensembles and a story that seems to drift on the winds of the hot air blown from the characters' overlapping dialogue.

IU Graduate student holds book signing

Wednesday, June 7,2006 8:03 p.m.

Jacqueline Jones LaMon, third year M.F.A. student in poetry at IU and Associate Director of the IU Writers' Conference, is the author of a new book of poetry on Quercus Review Press, Gravity, U.S.

City Hall showcases 'Carved In Stone' exhibit

Wednesday, June 7,2006 8:03 p.m.

The Bloomington Area Arts Council's Indiana Limestone Sculpture Symposium is a unique international symposium that focuses on the versatility of Indiana limestone as a sculptural medium.

IU Conference draws writers

Wednesday, June 7,2006 8:02 p.m.

The IU Writers' Conference, now planning its 66th year, annually attracts a staff of nationally prominent writers who are equally skilled and involved teachers.

Stars become DJs thanks to radio waves turned satellite waves

By Dan DeLuca · Wednesday, June 7,2006 8:02 p.m.

The buzz is over Bob Dylan, but satellite radio is crawling with rockers and rappers turned would-be Wolfman Jacks.

Modernization on the 'Mountain'-top

By Brandon S Morley · Wednesday, June 7,2006 8:01 p.m.

The IU Department of Theater and Drama summer season opens tonight at the Brown County Playhouse in Nashville, Ind. with "Smoke on the Mountain." It runs until July 2.

Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs

Monday, June 5,2006 5:44 p.m.

WHAT: "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs," an exhibit featuring more than 130 objects from ancient Egypt, including the burial place of Tutankhamun.

Tut-maniacs flock to Chicago Museum

By Brandon S Morley · Monday, June 5,2006 5:43 p.m.

Blockbuster movies aren't the only thing IU students can see this summer; they can see blockbuster museum exhibits, too.

Local Artists celebrate 'father of bluegrass' Saturday

By Nick Mills and Nicholas Mills · Sunday, June 4,2006 11:08 p.m.

Jim Richter wants to bring support back to bluegrass music in Bloomington. Richter is organizing a workshop and concert in honor of former Bloomington-area patron Bill Monroe, widely known as "the father of bluegrass." Monroe is revered for having the biggest influence in the creation and popularization of bluegrass. Monroe's popularization of bluegrass began in 1939 with the first edition of the "Blue Grass Boys." The band coined the term "bluegrass," which was a reference to Kentucky where Monroe was born.

City Hall debuts 'Carved in Stone' exhibit June 3 - 26

Sunday, June 4,2006 10:19 p.m.

City of Bloomington, the Bloomington Area Arts Council presents "Carved in Stone," an exhibit commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Indiana Limestone Sculpture Symposium.

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