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Swede plants what he believes to be northernmost commercial vineyard on Earth

By Alyson Brodsy and Arthur Max · Wednesday, Aug. 31,2005 12:44 a.m.

BLAXSTA, Sweden - The pine and oak forests of Sweden are a world away from the sunny European river valleys known for their great wines. Yet merlot, chardonnay, cabernet and vidal blanc grapes are being cultivated just 500 miles south of the Arctic Circle, in a small vineyard nestled among glacial lakes and thick woodlands.

Silver screen star remembered in television movie

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Aug. 31,2005 12:40 a.m.

LONDON -- A gray-haired woman in a dark pantsuit strides across a New York street. Her image, filmed from afar, is barely in focus -- but it's unmistakably Greta Garbo.

The Audubon book: an IU fixture

By Lisa Braverman · Wednesday, Aug. 31,2005 12:37 a.m.

With upwards of 400,000 books, 130,000 works of sheet music and seven million manuscripts, workers at the Lilly Library must rotate the large number of rare publications they display. John James Audubon's "Birds of America," however, remains in the foyer year-round.

Fashion designer directs Graffiti fest in New York

By Alyson Brodsy and Verena Dobnik · Tuesday, Aug. 30,2005 1:30 a.m.

NEW YORK -- It was a high-tech, pricey setting for what was once considered low-tech vandalism: Mackie speakers blasting rap while artists spray-painted graffiti on fake subway cars.

Crowded party provides little help in attack on rap mogul

By Alyson Brodsy and Curt Anderson · Tuesday, Aug. 30,2005 1:27 a.m.

MIAMI -- Police had no suspects Sunday in the shooting of rap mogul Suge Knight at an MTV awards party - a typical development in the street-justice world of rap.

Brando's book published ldished

By Alyson Brodsy and Bob Thomas · Tuesday, Aug. 30,2005 1:24 a.m.

LOS ANGELES -- Marlon Brando makes a posthumous appearance not in movie theaters, but in the nation's bookstores this month as co-author of "Fan-Tan," an adventure about a dashing, early 20th-century pirate.

Fresh, locally-grown produce sprouts up at Farmers' Market

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Aug. 29,2005 1:38 a.m.

For those seeking only the freshest produce available, the Bloomington Farmers' Market offers locally-grown fruits and vegetables, meat, dairy products and more. Every Saturday from 7 a.m. to noon, local farmers gather in Showers Commons, 401 N. Morton St., and sell their produce. Selections range from the standard tomatoes, corn, watermelons and pumpkins, to more unusual items such as honey, wild mushrooms, herbs, oriental vegetables, persimmons, edible flowers, heirloom peppers, maple syrup and gooseberries.

Remembering 9-11 in visual exhibits

By Alyson Brodsy and Verena Dobnik · Monday, Aug. 29,2005 1:36 a.m.

NEW YORK -- Days before the fourth anniversary of the 2001 attacks, a photographer is offering intimate images of death and love inside Ground Zero at a new museum that brings you nose-to-nose with the smoldering pit. "If people want to come past the security gates and see what our world was like down in the hole, this is as close as they can come to it," said Gary Marlon Suson, the official Ground Zero photographer for the Uniformed Firefighters Association, the city firefighters' main union.

Poland honors memory of John Paul II with ceremony

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Aug. 29,2005 1:34 a.m.

WARSAW, Poland -- Tens of thousands of Roman Catholics gathered at Poland's holiest shrine Friday to pray as the revered Black Madonna of Czestochowa icon was given a new covering, including gold crowns donated by the late Pope John Paul II, as well as amber and diamonds.

Toilet 'art' causes neighborhood conflict

By Alyson Brodsy and Pat Milton · Monday, Aug. 29,2005 12:55 a.m.

CENTRE ISLAND, N. Y. - It started with two neighbors talking trash, and spread from there into "Bogey" Seaman's front yard. White toilet seats hang from trees, amid a porcelain garden of junked commodes, urinals and sinks. Nearby sits a discarded refrigerator, tastelessly decorated with a clown's head, totally incongruous in this extraordinarily affluent village.

Buskirk-Chumley shows Ryder films

By Jordan Majewski · Monday, Aug. 29,2005 12:52 a.m.

For those who've grown tired of the usual summer film fare of Hollywood blockbusters that often place special effects over a quality plot, the Buskirk-Chumley Theater is featuring a summer movie series that might be of interest. In conjunction with the Ryder Films, the Buskirk-Chumley Theater is screening critically-acclaimed films that didn't make the standard run at Kerasotes-owned theaters. Buskirk-Chumley Director Danielle McClelland said she believes the series plays an important role in expanding the cinematic palate of Bloomington moviegoers.

Taste of IMU offers free food, entertainment

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Aug. 26,2005 1:14 a.m.

Though upperclassmen may be familiar with the dining services offered at the Indiana Memorial Union, freshman will be given the chance to sample food Today.

Scientists find glass painting secret

By Carl Hartman · Friday, Aug. 26,2005 1:12 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- How did paintings by Tintoretto and other Venetian Renaissance artists get their special glow?

Around the Arts

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Aug. 26,2005 1:11 a.m.

Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" will make the final run of its month-long stay at Brown County Playhouse from 8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. through August 28. The late 19th-century comedy tells the story of Jack, a Victorian man with a fictional younger brother Ernest. Admission is $10 for ages 25 and under, and $17 for everyone else. For more information, call 855-1103.

International tastes flavor CultureFest

By Annysa LaMantia and Anyssa LaMantia · Friday, Aug. 26,2005 1:04 a.m.

While CultureFest aimed to bring together students and highlight the diversity of the student body, it also allowed people to experience several ethnic foods.

Wine and all that jazz

By Mary P. Hansell · Friday, Aug. 26,2005 1:02 a.m.

For Monika Herzig, jazz musician and IU professor, Tutto Béne has all the right ingredients for a peformance venue. "It's an ideal place for me to play my music because jazz and wine are a perfect pair," Herzig said.

Barenboim and Beethoven, not bombs

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Aug. 25,2005 12:57 a.m.

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Conductor Daniel Barenboim brought together Israeli and Arab musicians for a concert that was as much about communication as it was about Beethoven and Mozart. Though Barenboim has often appeared in Ramallah, Sunday was the first time that his orchestra, whose 100 musicians come from Israel, Palestinian territories, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan, has performed here.

Break out and stop the show

By Patrice Worthy · Thursday, Aug. 25,2005 12:56 a.m.

Ah yes, another semester is about to begin, and IU has so much to brag about. Not only did we receive the title of "Hottest Big State School" by Newsweek, but we also received the No. 4 most fashionable school in the Women's Wear Daily Big Ten ranking. This is quite an accomplishment considering the first time IU was featured in the magazine, we received honorable mention. Making the top five sounds good to me, especially when you consider what we were up against.

Singing Hoosiers announce auditions for this year's season

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Aug. 25,2005 12:55 a.m.

Students with musical inclinations, regardless of major, will soon have an opportunity to practice their talent in an award-winning ensemble. IU's concert show choir, the Singing Hoosiers, will be holding auditions for any IU student Friday and Saturday.

New Iraqi version of 'Cops' comes to Kirkuk television

By Alyson Brodsy and Tini Tran · Wednesday, Aug. 24,2005 1:05 a.m.

KIRKUK, Iraq -- Shattered glass, body parts, a blood-splattered blue sedan: the grainy video pans over the scene as Iraqi officers comb the site of a drive-by assassination. It's "Cops" Iraqi-style, minus the "Bad Boys" soundtrack but otherwise roughly modeled after the American TV show.

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