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Jacobs professor to create symphonic work

Tuesday, Sept. 6,2011 11:21 p.m.

Baker was recently commissioned to compose an original multi-symphonic work by the Meet The Composer 2011 Commissioning Music/USA program. The piece is to be performed by Ohio’s Canton Symphony Orchestra, a group that Baker has collaborated with in the past.

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Storytellers Guild tell soul-fulfilling tales

By Taylor Smith · Monday, Sept. 5,2011 9:49 p.m.

As part of the 35th annual Forth Street Festival, the Bloomington Storytellers Guild touted tales to curious college students, agile children and tie-dye clad adults on Saturday. They wove messages from urban legends and mythical tales into theatrical narratives.

Spelling Bee

Community members spell for education

By Kate Thacker · Monday, Sept. 5,2011 9:39 p.m.

“Thou shalt spell well,” commanded a sign on an All Saints Spellers’ costume. The Foundation of Monroe County Community Schools had its second annual Great Grown Up Spelling Bee Friday at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater.

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Bands strum for southern Indiana

By Celia Grundman · Monday, Sept. 5,2011 9:36 p.m.

Green hillside and fresh foliage sloped around the stage to form a bowl, the bottom filled with bales of hay aligned like soldiers in marching order — here, Labor Day weekend began on Friday.

Weber & Fox

Fox and Weber bounce back to Btown

By Corinne Lambert · Friday, Sept. 2,2011 12:10 a.m.

Brice Fox and Daniel Weber’s YouTube video “This is Indiana” has more than 650,000 hits. Last night they opened for SuperMash Bros at Jake’s Nightclub.

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Rusted Root brings music to Upland Brewing Co.

By Celia Grundman · Thursday, Sept. 1,2011 10:44 p.m.

Acclaimed act Rusted Root will have fans on their feet for the 4th annual Hillbilly Haiku Americana Music Series Saturday at Upland Brewing Company. Charles Stanley of Upland Brewing Co. described Rusted Root as a high-energy country Americana group.

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Food Column: Potatoes in the sun

By Nona Tepper · Thursday, Sept. 1,2011 10:43 p.m.

The Peruvian dinner table orbits the sun. The separation of day and night divides meal from meal and regulates what is eaten when. As in most cultures, Peruvian food is ordered by the time of day, but what this cuisine consists of makes the cooking distinct.

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5th Chef's Challenge to heat up Buskirk

By VICTORIA SUMMERS · Thursday, Sept. 1,2011 10:42 p.m.

The Fifth Annual Chefs’ Challenge will benefit the Community Kitchen of Monroe County, a nonprofit with a mission to eliminate hunger in Bloomington and its surrounding areas. The three participating chefs will have one hour to create a dish to be judged by three local culinary aficionados, including Chef David Tallent of Restaurant Tallent and winner of the competition for the last two years.

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Grunwald Gallery to exhibit "The Last Folio"

By Derrick Naylor · Wednesday, Aug. 31,2011 9:59 p.m.

Starting Sept. 2, the Grunwald Gallery of Art will feature a historical photo gallery of lost photos from the World War II era. “Last Folio: A Photographic Journey with Yuri Dojc” will showcase photographs taken during a journey through communities destroyed by the Holocaust.

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Mellencamp lyricist dies, is remembered

Tuesday, Aug. 30,2011 11:15 p.m.

He was the  man behind the words of “Hurts So Good,” “Human Wheels,” “Minutes to Memories” and “Crumblin’ Down.” Long-time songwriter for John Mellencamp, George M. Green, died at the age of 59.  

State Parks

Bands join Husband&wife at Bishop tour stop

By Celia Grundman · Tuesday, Aug. 30,2011 11:14 p.m.

Muncie-based band State Park opened for Metavari and husband&wife, two bands touring “the universe and back,” as their poster announced, going from Midwestern cities to several stops in Canada.

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Anatomy offers vintage fans a place to shop, win

By Sarah Suksiri · Tuesday, Aug. 30,2011 11:13 p.m.

Behind the glass-paned French doors of Anatomy Vintage, blouses in bright colors blend together on the racks like a painting by Matisse. Shoes — from pumps to flats to cowboy boots — cover shelves like a mosaic of leather, canvas and shoelaces. Even Anatomy’s owner, Amber Zaragoza, looks like a work of art, dressed smartly in a floral frock and ladies’ velvet hat, as she welcomes customers to her brand-new boutique.

Theater Auditions

Department of Theater, Drama opens doors for fall auditions

By Corinne Lambert · Tuesday, Aug. 30,2011 12:15 a.m.

Students from every major and class were invited to audition for the Department of Theater and Drama’s productions of “Hair,” “In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play,” “Three Musketeers” and “Lysistrata” on Monday at the Lee Norvelle Theater.

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BPP to drop "Bomb/Shell" as season opener

By Adria Nassim · Monday, Aug. 29,2011 11:13 p.m.

What do Leo Tolstoy and the Bloomington Playwright’s Project  have in common? War and peace. In conjunction with IU’s Themester of “Making War, Making Peace,” sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences, the BPP is kicking off its 2011 season with “Bomb/Shell,” which begins Sept. 30 and runs until Oct. 15.

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Staff members receive Governor's Arts Awards

By Derrick Naylor · Monday, Aug. 29,2011 11:10 p.m.

Gov. Mitch Daniels and the Indiana Arts Commission have announced six recipients of the 2011 Governor’s Arts Awards. Of the six candidates chosen from the entire state of Indiana, two were Bloomington residents associated with the Jacobs School of Music, Susann McDonald and Sylvia McNair.

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Focus on Fashion

By Samantha Kirby · Monday, Aug. 29,2011 10:46 p.m.

Fashion serves many purposes, but when you are an athlete or a relative of one, fashion has a whole different set of rules.

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