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Hotfox to play SXSW concert

By Margaret Ely · Thursday, March 8,2012 10:10 p.m.

Hotfox was recently announced as the winner of the Sonicbids-Jansport Battle of the Bands contest. After submitting the song “Mountain Tiger,” receiving support through rounds of voting online and waiting for judging by a panel, the band was chosen for an all-expense-paid trip to Austin and the opportunity to play in the Jansport Showcase.

Kickstarter website funds Bloomington artists’ work

Thursday, March 8,2012 12:50 a.m.

Funding creativity might sound elusive, but an online company named Kickstarter uses crowd funding to raise money for creative projects.

Visiting professor analyzes the depiction of women in art

By Raven Carpenter · Wednesday, March 7,2012 9:45 p.m.

In light of the March Women’s History Month, Phoebe Wolfskill, visiting assistant professor for the IU Department of the History of Art, spoke at the monthly IU Art Museum Noon Talk on Wednesday about the portrayal of women in artwork.

Column: Let's Move! is not moving forward

By Hannah Spencer · Wednesday, March 7,2012 9:43 p.m.

February marked the two year anniversary of Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! campaign, but little change has come with that anniversary.

New ensemble Holographic brings high art to the public

Wednesday, March 7,2012 9:35 p.m.

Meshing classic composition with new wave electronica, the musical ensemble Holographic can now be experienced in a venue void of etiquette.

Afrojack to cause ‘State of Emergency’ on campus for Little 500

By Michelle Sokol · Wednesday, March 7,2012 12:35 a.m.

Sigma Alpha Epsilon has partnered with Bloomington-based MES Presents, along with other promotion companies in the area, to bring Dutch music producer and disc jockey Afrojack to IU for “State of Emergency,” a Little 500 concert.

Waldron Art Center celebrates, honors Youth Art Month

By Kate Thacker · Tuesday, March 6,2012 10:09 p.m.

This March marks the 39th partnership between student art and education at the Monroe County Community School Corporation.

Column: Value Redefined

By Eshley Spitzer · Tuesday, March 6,2012 10:06 p.m.

The typical tourist tends to measure value by the dollar exchange rate.

Nutritionists express their concern about body images

By Hannah Crane · Tuesday, March 6,2012 10:02 p.m.

IU Health Center nutritionists and counselors said they were concerned by what they read in the article “Big dreams, thin figures” that ran in the Indiana Daily Student three weeks ago.

Students design sculptures, guitars in "fab lab," revolutionary 3-D printing press

By Jacqueline Veling · Tuesday, March 6,2012 9:59 p.m.

These machines — two monstrous printers and a CNC Wood Router — offer entry to the world of 3-D printing, where students can design an object and have it printed into tangible, life-size versions.

Sigma Alpha Epsilon brings Afrojack to Little 5

Tuesday, March 6,2012 5:41 p.m.

Sigma Alpha Epsilon has partnered with Bloomington-based MES Presents to bring Dutch music producer and DJ Afrojack to campus for a Little 500 concert. Afrojack was named the No. 7 DJ of 2011 by DJ Mags.

Jacobs students to play at Kennedy Center

By IDS staff · Tuesday, March 6,2012 12:40 p.m.

Four Jacobs School of Music students will be participating in the Conservatory Project at 6 p.m. today at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. The performance will be live-streamed by the Kennedy Center.

'Shorts' play festival features University Players work, performances

By Raven Carpenter · Monday, March 5,2012 10:29 p.m.

The new Studio Theatre in the Lee Norvelle Theatre and Drama Center was filled beyond capacity for the first of two showings of “Shorts: A Student Play Festival,” which was performed by University Players Friday.

Flash mob bends between Ballantine and Woodburn

By Danielle Paquette · Monday, March 5,2012 10:26 p.m.

24 spandex-clad yogis stalled road traffic between Woodburn and Ballantine halls at 11:04 a.m. on Monday for a flash mob.

New, old quilting styled at show

By Michelle Sokol · Sunday, March 4,2012 11:41 p.m.

The Indiana Heritage Quilt Show is an annual convention that allows quilters from across the country to convene to showcase their quilts and compete for prizes in 18 categories.

Shakespearean play shows new plot, old language

By Raven Carpenter · Sunday, March 4,2012 11:38 p.m.

Sitting in the cushioned auditorium chairs of the Ruth N. Halls Theatre, one would not have realized that a production crafted by Shakespeare was to be performed.

Dance company remains InMotion for Buskirk-Chumley performance

By Makenzie Holland · Sunday, March 4,2012 11:34 p.m.

Shouts of encouragement rang from the full house at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater on Saturday night for InMotion Dance Ensemble’s “FUSION.” The performance included special guest performances by IU groups Hip Hop ConnXion and Ladies First.

Museum showcases traditional Celtic culture with crafts

By Jacqueline Veling · Sunday, March 4,2012 11:31 p.m.

About 30 people came together at the Mathers Museum of World Cultures on Saturday to artistically explore Celtic culture.

Column: An American girl in Paris

By Emily Farra · Thursday, March 1,2012 9:31 p.m.

The phenomenon that is Fashion Week is still going strong. In fact, it’s kind of hard to keep up with. Between New York, London, Milan and now Paris, fashion’s globetrotting schedule has flown by at a rapid pace.

Column: Contradiction in Cape Town

By Eshley Spitzer · Thursday, March 1,2012 9:28 p.m.

Sailing into Cape Town at sunrise had me singing the “Circle of Life”’s Zulu phrases at the top of my lungs as the majestic view of Table Mountain, Lion’s Head and the rest of the luxurious landscape welcomed me to South Africa.

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