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Sun, art enhance first Audio Scenery festival

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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.


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Column: Take big bites

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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.


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Q&A with the Pharos

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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.


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Straight No Chaser celebrates 15 years

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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.


Director of IU Cinema Jon Vickers

Faces of IU Cinema make 1st year success

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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.


Canvas Premiere Party

Canvas premiere gives arts limelight at Rhino’s

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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.



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Vollmar discusses working solo

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Justin Vollmar’s self-titled musical project has brought Bloomington audiences subtle acoustic sounds with simple lyrics since spring 2000.


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Column: The 40-year-old oddball

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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.



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Column: Songs to compliment summer

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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.


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Bazaar brings new Lotus

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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.




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Artful Learning at Fairview Elementary

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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.



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Canvas party to be open to public

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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.


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Gass, Hollinden prepare for night at Bluebird

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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. 


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Gordon gears up for third motivational campus visit

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.