'Contemporary Voices' dance draws large crowd
Inside the theater, many patrons were ready for IU Department of Kinesiology and Theater and Drama’s “Contemporary Voices” performance to begin, but outside, the line for tickets was long.
Inside the theater, many patrons were ready for IU Department of Kinesiology and Theater and Drama’s “Contemporary Voices” performance to begin, but outside, the line for tickets was long.
The IU Jacobs School of Music, Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology and African American Arts Institute presented “Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,” a multimedia production that celebrated the late civil rights activist.
While any dietetics major would agree that resolving to eat healthier and workout more is a smart decision, the resolutions made by individuals to starve themselves and over-exercise are never endorsed.
More than 30 IU faculty members at the School of Fine Arts exhibited their work Friday at the Grunwald Gallery of Art.
At 4 p.m. Sunday in the Whittenberger Auditorium, the IU Bloomington MLK, Jr. Day Celebration Committee is honoring each man’s role in the resistance with a complimentary performance of “The Meeting.” A reception celebrating each man’s life and death will follow in the University Club.
This year’s Contemporary Dance performance is titled “Contemporary Voices.” The recital, presented by IU Dance Theatre, will be held in the Grand Hall of the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center.
Just a day before the IU Dance Theater’s premier of the “Contemporary Voices” annual concert, a modern dance recital featuring unconventional work by IU faculty and guest choreographers, members of IU’s modern dance faculty were awarded funding from various performance grants.
Once upon a time, a local cinema showcased an epic series of movies. The films were long, magnificent, colorful and expansive in scope. But that showcase was not in a land far, far away. It’s the “Once Upon a Time ... in Indiana” series running through the weekend at the IU Cinema.
Friends of Art, an organization that supports IU School of Fine Arts (SoFA) students, will have its 26th annual Fine Arts Library Benefit Dinner at 6:45 p.m. Jan. 28 in the Fine Arts Library. This year, Associate Professor Bret Rothstein of the History of Art Department will present a lecture titled “Playful Objects.”
Four-piece indie-pop group Daniel Ellsworth & the Great Lakes had the type of year every young band from Nashville, Tenn., works toward. The band’s new album, “Civilized Man,” garnered spots on a couple major year-end lists for its standout track “Shoe Fits.”
Ellsworth and his band, which will perform at 9 p.m. today at The Bishop with local band Busman’s Holiday, spoke with Live Buzz earlier this week about their 2011 achievements and aims for 2012.
Clayton Anderson isn’t a household name, though he is a regular at Bloomington’s Bluebird Nightclub. Clayton and his band will perform at the Bluebird on Friday, two days after releasing a new single.The 2005 IU graduate is known by high school teachers and family friends in Bedford, Ind., and some Hoosiers at IU.They know Clayton as the genuinely-smiling country crooner with a deep southern drawl. He’s the grandson who still drives five hours home for his grandmother’s birthday party and the small-town guy who sings about Muscadine wine. But he’s also the one, they whisper, on the cusp of making it.
The African American Dance Company held its semi-annual auditions last night. The 17 first-time auditioning dancers and five returning members performed to African beats in hopes of being a part of the company for the 2012 spring semester.
Soul and motown are two genres associated with sounds of the 1970s. Tonight, three bands hope to make this music come alive in The Bishop.
How does one prepare for a 105-day trip to not one, but 11 different countries? Sandy, a good friend of mine, always told me that preparing for any trip requires much use of the F word — flexibility.
Local collaborative artist Joe LaMantia is the creator of sculptures sprinkled throughout Bloomington. He spoke about his work philosophy last night at The Venue.
After more than 150 productions and more than 40 years of working as a master scenic artist at the Jacobs School of Music, C. David Higgins has retired.
This year marks Pressler’s 57th year teaching at the IU Jacobs School of Music, but has also seen him honored with the Music Teachers National Association Achievement Award, an honor bestowed to individuals who have had an impact on music teaching.