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Vagina Monologues

Vagina Monologues raises awareness for women's issues

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The Women’s Student Association at IU performed a benefit production of Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues” on Friday and Saturday. The proceeds went to Middle Way House and the national V-Day Spotlight: Women of Haiti. “The Vagina Monologues” is a play aimed at creating awareness of women’s issues and abuse. Ensler created V-Day, a nonprofit organization associated with the play, and it has raised more than $75 million for women’s anti-violence groups since 1998.



Liaisons

Sex corrupts in Les Liaisons

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Throughout history, seduction and deceit have found a place in cultures around the world. “Les Liaisons Dangereuses,” set in 18th-century France, reflected this.

Albert Herring

‘Albert Herring’ opera shows at Buskirk-Chumley Theater

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Students performed James Marvel’s interpretation of the classic opera, "Albert Herring," from Feb. 9-12 at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater as part of the IU Opera & Ballet 2011-12 season.The Buskirk-Chumley was chosen instead of the more common operatic venue, the Musical Arts Center, because stage director Marvel felt that the smaller space was more ideal.



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IU graduate student discusses second Houston-based novel

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Pérez, who is currently working on obtaining her Ph.D. in comparative literature, shared her inspirations for “What Can’t Wait” and “The Knife and the Butterfly,” as well as her advice for young writers from her temporary home in Paris.


Pictura

Pictura Gallery exhibit tells of rural Japanese life

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Lining the right white wall of the pictura gallery, untitled photographs taken by Ai Takahashi glisten in the lighting of the room. The exhibit was guest-curated by Mariko Takeuchi and James Nakagawa, both of whom are well-known photographers and photography critics in Japan and around the world.


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IU Cinema screens Oscar-nominated short films

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The IU Cinema is providing a chance to see all the nominees in 2012’s Best Live Action and Animated Short Film Oscar categories in separate screenings at 6:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday.


fashion

Style File

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But what’s the latest news in blogging? In an unlikely turn of events, bloggers are having their computer chairs pulled out from under them and are being thrown onto the runway.




El Norteno

Restaurant turns art gallery

This past Friday marked the final transformation from grocery store to gallery. The El Norteño Mexican restaurant converted its specialty store into an area reserved for Latin American art.


Type Shop

Type Shop remains active in graphic design program

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The Type Shop is a staple of the graphic design program and has served as a teaching facility for students since the early 1960s. But now, as modern-day technology progresses, the Type Shop could make its final descent into the computer-designed pages of history.



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Column: Sighting Sasquatch

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I don’t believe in many mythological creatures, but I do believe in Sasquatch — the summer music festival in Gorge, Wash. It’s consistently the summer music festival with the greatest lineups year after year. And it recently announced its lineup for 2012.


Semester at Sea

Column: Two rhythms, two sides of one beautiful Brazil

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I just spent four days in Brazil on two sides of the Amazon River, encompassed by nature in the Amazon rainforests and the shuffling Samba steps in the city of Manaus. As I moved from one side to the other, I found myself rocking to two different rhythms.



Flesh Blood Bone

Flesh, blood and bone featured from Fuller

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Using flesh, blood and bone, artists created works that question life and death. The artwork went on exhibit at the Margaret McCalla School on Friday as part of the Fuller Project “Flesh, Blood and Bone.”