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'Friends' bid final farewell

By Alyson Brodsy and David Bauder · Sunday, May 9,2004 9:15 p.m.

NEW YORK -- In the end, Rachel, Ross, Joey, Phoebe, Monica and Chandler had a lot of friends. An estimated 51.1 million people tuned in for the final "Friends" on NBC Thursday night, watching the crowd-pleasing story line of Ross and Rachel declaring their undying love for each other.

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Picasso breaks auction record

By Alyson Brodsy and Chaka Ferguson · Sunday, May 9,2004 9:14 p.m.

NEW YORK -- Willem de Kooning once said "Picasso is the guy to beat." Though de Kooning was talking more about fame than fortune, Pablo Picasso is the new champion on the art auction block.

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Around The Arts

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, May 9,2004 9:14 p.m.

Peoples Park plays the Blues Blues/jazz band, Carlyn Lindsey and SnakeDoctor will perform in Peoples Park 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday as part of Bloomington's free Tuesday Concert Series.

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Music composed by Holocaust victims performed

By Alyson Brodsy and Carl Hartman · Sunday, May 9,2004 9:13 p.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In a dramatic example of the strength of the human spirit, some artists found the capacity to create their art even while held in a Nazi concentration camp. Music by four composers who were victims of Nazi persecution will be featured on two evenings next week at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

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Cosmo searches for next hot bachelor

By Jessica Dalsing · Friday, May 7,2004 1:03 a.m.

As graduation approaches, Cosmopolitan magazine searches for one eligible bachelor to represent each state in its November issue dedicated to America's 50 hottest men who aren't celebrities. At last count, Cosmo only received five nominees from Indiana. The magazine is looking for more candidates with its May 15 application deadline fast approaching. To be considered to represent Indiana, men must be nominated by someone other than themselves and be between the ages of 18 and 35. Nominators must send head shots and full-length photographs of their favorite bachelor, but the winners are not chosen based on looks alone.

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Michael Moore's Sept. 11 documentary looking for distributor

By Alyson Brodsy and Christy Lemire · Friday, May 7,2004 12:19 a.m.

NEW YORK -- Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11," which criticizes President Bush's handling of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and connects the Bush family with Osama bin Laden's, won't be released through Miramax Films on orders from parent company Disney. Moore believes The Walt Disney Co. is worried the documentary will endanger tax breaks the company receives from Florida, where Bush's brother Jeb is governor.

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'Patty Red Pants' comes to BPP

By Jenica Schultz · Friday, May 7,2004 12:17 a.m.

Faced with a murder of a young girl in the nearby woods, two women are jolted into a roller coaster-ride trip through their memories of growing up in suburban America in playwright Trista Baldwin's "Patty Red Pants." The play will premiere 8 p.m. Friday in the Bloomington Playwrights Project's Timothy J. Wiles Stage.

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IU students intern with Stella McCartney

By Mallory Zalkin · Monday, May 3,2004 12:09 a.m.

The main purpose of the internship experience, according to the views of many, is to learn and work in a position relating to the career the intern desires. Though this might be true to some extent, some internship opportunities serve to help students realize they might not be interested in pursuing the designated career. Ashley Sadler, a junior majoring in accounting, and Tiffany Kraft, a junior majoring in finance, are two IU students currently interning in London.

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The final night of hip hop

By Benjames Derrick and Benjamin Derrick · Monday, May 3,2004 12:08 a.m.

Thursday night, an audience saw the culmination of the year with the last hip-hop blow out. Hip Hop Congress hosted a MC battle and DJ battle at Vertigo night club. There was a large and interactive crowd bobbing their heads to the music and cheering as each DJ stepped up to show off his vernacular.

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Skip James' 1968 Bloomington concert remembered by fans

By Ryan Whirty · Thursday, April 29,2004 2:05 a.m.

When Nehemiah "Skip" James took the stage at IU's Whittenberger Auditorium March 30, 1968, the blues legend knew he had terminal cancer. It had put him in the hospital before, and seven months after his IU concert he was bedridden. He died Oct. 3, 1969 at the age of 67. But that early spring night in Bloomington, nobody else in the Auditorium -- not even folklore graduate student Peter Narváez, who picked James up from the Indianapolis airport and welcomed James into his house for two days -- was aware James was dying. Aside from frequent naps, James showed no sign of ill health.

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Around The Arts

Thursday, April 29,2004 12:48 a.m.

Group combines sign language with music The IU School of Speech and Hearing will host "Rathskellar," at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. Tickets are available at the Sunrise Box Office, located at 114 E. Kirkwood Ave. or by calling 323-3020.

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Hoochie gear,white Nikes

By Patrice Worthy and Patricia Worthy · Thursday, April 29,2004 12:45 a.m.

School is almost out and everyone is anticipating the summer weather. I, for one, can't wait. I love hot weather, though I do not like what comes with the hot weather, like mosquitoes and having to take a shower three times a day. I appreciate summer fashion, or the lack thereof.

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Disability group holds film festival

By Jennifer Gunnels · Thursday, April 29,2004 12:43 a.m.

The City of Bloomington's Council for Community Accessibility is hosting the Accessibility Awareness Film Festival at 4 p.m. today in the Monroe County Public Library Auditorium, 303 E. Kirkwood Ave. The festival will feature two films -- "Butterflies Are Free" and "Wait Until Dark." The festival is free and open to the public and viewers can come to watch one or both films.

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IU students show 'Street Smarts'

By Lori Snow · Wednesday, April 28,2004 12:29 a.m.

Many college students make extra money by working part time between classes, but IU students Daniel Brewer and Ashley Grogg took more of a gamble and played against each other for extra cash on the syndicated reality game show "Street Smarts."

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All about Greece

By Julia Balnford and Julia Blanford · Wednesday, April 28,2004 12:28 a.m.

Ah, sun, sand and great food. How I miss you already. In Europe, every country practically shuts down during Holy Week, and everyone goes on vacation. While most students backpacked around Italy, I decided to venture out and head to Greece with my sister from the States in tow. It's hard to see everything in the span of a week, but we decided to go beyond the traditional Greek tour and visit some exotic locations. The trip began on the island of Crete, where we got our first taste of Greek life.

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Museum exhibit highlights changes in housekeeping

By Jorie Slodki · Tuesday, April 27,2004 12:35 a.m.

An antique electric washer comes with a hand-cranked wringer for squeezing the last drop of water out of wet clothes. The iron is gasoline powered. Clothes dry on lines outside and even freeze in the winter. Such sights were commonplace during the Great Depression and World War II, but today these items can only be found in dusty basement corners and on display in museums.

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IU Auditorium announces line-up

By Jenica Schultz · Tuesday, April 27,2004 12:20 a.m.

The IU Auditorium will host a variety of Broadway hits next year according to the schedule it released Friday for its 2004-2005 season. Students and IU Auditorium subscribers will not only have the opportunity to see modern sensations like "Contact," the musical version of "The Full Monty," "Jesus Christ Superstar" and "Les Miserables," but can also watch musicals that have become Broadway classics -- "42nd Street," "Oklahoma!," "Smokey Joe's Café" and "Crazy for You."

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BPP pulls 'all-nighter'

By Andrew Welfe and Andrew Welfle · Monday, April 26,2004 2:33 a.m.

It was an idea that shouldn't have worked, but it did. The third annual Performathon fund-raiser at the Bloomington Playwrights Project continued from 6 p.m. Friday to 6 p.m. Saturday. Advertised as "24 hours of non-stop Entertainment," it is an idea that Richard Perez, artistic director of the BPP, picked up in New York, where he lived as an actor. "In my mind, it was a good idea, but it never got off the ground. They couldn't do it there," Perez said. But what clashed with the New York state of mind operated flawlessly in Bloomington. Perez and the BPP work to recruit talent that has previously worked with the organization or new talent and give them a timeslot within the 24 hours.

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Phi Beta Sigma steps up

By Melanie Sims · Monday, April 26,2004 12:11 a.m.

A guy in a gorilla costume stomped around backstage at the IU Auditorium. And he had less than 30 minutes before he and the rest of his Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity brothers hit center stage at the second annual Lil' 5 Step Down Saturday.

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Runcible Spoon serves up open mic poetry series

By Jennifer Griffin · Friday, April 23,2004 2:15 a.m.

Without Edward Lear, the Runcible spoon would never have become famous. Regen Ton, an owner of the Runcible Spoon restaurant in Bloomington, said Lear, a British poet and painter, is credited as the first to coin the term. The term finally gave a name to the sharp-edged fork with three broad, curved prongs in the owl and pussycat story Regen said. Without Lear, the Runcible Spoon, located at 412 E. Sixth St., and the poetry series it hosts might never have existed.

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