Sun, art enhance first Audio Scenery festival
Shirtless and barefoot, Travis Puntarelli built up a running start before hurdling six wooden chairs and then joining the band onstage at Audio Scenery’s arts festival in Dunn Meadow on Saturday.
Shirtless and barefoot, Travis Puntarelli built up a running start before hurdling six wooden chairs and then joining the band onstage at Audio Scenery’s arts festival in Dunn Meadow on Saturday.
I am inspired by only a few well-known figures, but you would be wrong in assuming that I am most inspired by Giada De Laurentiis or Julia Child.
Local bands The Pharos and The Natives have each worked to produce and promote their latest works just in time for summer vacation. The Pharos released their 5-track EP “Say What You Will” on April 26 with Farm Fresh Studios while The Natives will release their debut full-length album at midnight Thursday.
Ten black stools accompanied by 10 mic stands sat centered on the IU Auditorium stage.It was the 15th anniversary concert of the collegiate group Straight No Chaser, which celebrated turning “old enough to get its learning permit” by welcoming home the now Atlantic Records SNC and alumni.
When walking up to Arthur Cullipher’s apartment building, one doesn’t see dolls in the windows. No vacant stares from behind curtains, no porcelain — just a building made of bricks..
The IU Cinema creates an intimate setting that transports the audience in style, thanks to the director’s dedication and a small staff’s hard work in its first year.
Rows of metal folding chairs faced the stage, the only thing you could hear over the crunch of popcorn was the sound of guitar and slam poetry. It was the open premiere party of Canvas Magazine happening at Rhino’s, a celebration of both full pages and a full venue.
IU’s Straight No Chaser will perform at 8 p.m. this Friday at the IU Auditorium to celebrate its fifteenth anniversary as an award-winning IU a cappella group.
Justin Vollmar’s self-titled musical project has brought Bloomington audiences subtle acoustic sounds with simple lyrics since spring 2000.
In hopes of spreading autism awareness this semester, guest columnist Adria Nassim reviewed three books whose main characters were affected by autism in some way. For her final installment, Nassim delved into the life of John Elder Robison, a man who found a way to rise above his disability.
The first Audio Scenery event will be from 12 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Saturday and will feature local bands including headliner Elephant Quiz and DJ Littlefoot in support of The Boys and Girls Club of Bloomington.
The past few weeks have been filled with rain. As I write this column, it is raining and I am unmotivated beyond belief. The only thing keeping me going is the fact that in a week I will be done with this semester. Done with the stress and multi-tasking that have become my life. And without all the stress, I will be able to focus on what really matters in life: good music.
If you have ever wanted to sample tapas and desserts from Bloomington’s finest dining establishments, catch a flea circus performance, learn nightclub dance moves and have your tarot cards read, then Friday is your night.
Despite dead week, students are not dead yet. Audience members were excited to weather the storm Wednesday night to see IU Auditorium’s final show of the season, Spamalot.
In association with Union Board, Universal Pictures will be offering an advanced screening of “Bridesmaids” at 7 p.m. today in the Indiana Memorial Union Whittenberger Auditorium.
Fairview Elementary is a school where most of the students come from low-income families; 90 percent of the student population is on free or reduced lunches. It did not make Adequate Yearly Progress for the last several academic years, which is why the school had to restructure its teaching approach.
The line outside the IU Cinema stretched around the corner. The premiere of “Nathan and the Luthier,” the first feature-length student film to be premiered at the cinema, would play to a packed house.
Canvas Magazine is having a premiere party that organizers hope will be as big as the creativity on their pages. The event will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday at Rhino’s to welcome the spring 2011 issue. This time, junior and Union Board Canvas Creative Arts Director AJ O’Reilly would like to make a point to say that the whole campus is invited.
Andy Hollinden played at The Bluebird long before he started teaching rock and roll. He’s been organizing Rock History Night at The Bluebird every semester since the end of the fall semester in 2007.
Union Board did not hesitate to bring motivational speaker Jullien Gordon to campus Wednesday. Gordon’s “30 Day Do It” lecture will take place 7 p.m. in the Frangipani Room in the Indiana Memorial Union. It will be an interactive discussion about achieving goals and not procrastinating.