Local pop-up shop, Gathering, looks to grow
The local pop-up shop Gathering is now looking to become Gather--full-fledged store. The pop-up currently features handmade goods from different artists and craftmakers.
The local pop-up shop Gathering is now looking to become Gather--full-fledged store. The pop-up currently features handmade goods from different artists and craftmakers.
Columnist Griffin Leeds reviews the Limestone Comedy Festival that took place from May 29 to May 31.
A three-day, multi-venue comedy festival returns to Bloomington for the second year. Limestone Comedy Festival will take place May 29 to May 31.
This summer marks the 25th annual Shakespeare in the Park festival for the Monroe County Civic Theater, and this year the theater will read the complete works of Shakespeare.
The 2014 International Tuba Euphonium Conference returned to the Jacobs School of Music, its place of origin, after 41 years.
The IU Summer Festival of Arts kicked off May 12 with two Kinsey Institute art exhibits, “Creative Minds” and “Artistic Types: Text in Visual Art,” but students can look forward to many more events in the coming months. For a full schedule visit, http://artsfest.indiana.edu.
Adelheid “Heidi” Gealt, director of the IU Art Museum, has announced her retirement.
The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded two grants to the Strategic National Arts Alumni Project based at IU for the continuation of its work.
For those looking to wander through a gallery, check out a local musician or learn something new, here are some arts events in Bloomington this week worth a visit.
IU professors, Katy Borner and Norbert Herber, and former IU associate instructor, Ying-Fang Shen worked on a film about human communication. 'Humanexus' is being screened at the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France until May 25.
The iconic Light Totem was created by IU professor and professional lighting designer Robert Shakespeare.
The 9th annual Juried Art Show will open with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday in the Grunwald Gallery of Art, and it’s free to the public. This show is a part of the fourth IU Summer Festival of Arts.
Local band Busman’s Holiday starts its biggest tour this weekend. The tour includes stops in Washington, D.C., Athens, Ga., Minneapolis and Toronto.
The Acoustic Roots Festival will be at Upland Brewing Company this Saturday, May 17. All ages are welcome. Gates will open at 2:30 p.m. Saturday and the festival will run from 3 to 11 p.m.
The Singing Hoosiers are touring Australia as IU's "Ambassadors of Song."
The Bloomington Symphony Orchestra will have a new artistic director, Adam Bodony, as of July 1, 2014.
Alain Barker was appointed as the new director of entrepreneurship and career development at the Jacobs School of Music.
Comedian Mike Lawrence made his debut at the Comedy Attic Thursday night.
The IU Cinema was sold out Wednesday for the screening of student-made films.
IU Auditorium will start next season wwith Rosanne Cash on Sept. 25 and continue through April 2015, ending with the Broadway musical “Memphis.”