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A View from the Bridge

IU 'Bridge' relates to audiences

By Roshni Verghese · Monday, Oct. 24,2011 10:43 p.m.

At 8 p.m., the lights in the Musical Arts Center dimmed, and the chatter of the audience quieted for world-renowned conductor Constantine Kitsopoulos. Kitsopoulos took a bow and, with his third reunion with the IU Opera & Ballet Theater, marked the opening act of the operatic rendition of Arthur Miller’s “A View from the Bridge.”

MAC CONCERT

Jacob's ensemble charms crowd

By Derrick Naylor · Monday, Oct. 24,2011 10:41 p.m.

The IU Jazz Ensemble performed its fourth concert of the fall semester Monday in the Musical Arts Center. Their performance, lead by director David Baker, featured works by composers Nat Adderley, Benny Golson, Bill Holman and Dizzy Gillespie.

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Focus on Fashion

By Samantha Kirby · Monday, Oct. 24,2011 10:39 p.m.

On Halloween, people seem to ignore the weather in the endeavor to look better than everyone else.

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Traditions kept alive by FESA

Sunday, Oct. 23,2011 8:01 p.m.

Fast-paced society is filled with technology and innovations of the future. But on campus, at least one group has decided to slow things down. The Folklore and Ethnomusicology Student Association focuses on the more traditional and historical aspects of the world.

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Django now to offer live jazz music each weekend

By Derrick Naylor · Sunday, Oct. 23,2011 8 p.m.

Downtown Bloomington Café Django has become not only a restaurant but also a venue for jazz performance. The café, located across the street from the Monroe County Public Library at 116 N. Grant St., now features musical performances every weekend, which had been its goal during 14 years of business.

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Success of 'Abe' seen in sold-out premiere

By Rebeca Garcia Gil · Sunday, Oct. 23,2011 7:58 p.m.

“Abraham’s Lincoln Big Gay Dance Party” made people laugh more than once during its premiere Friday at the Ivy Tech John Waldron Auditorium. The play, directed by  Stephen Hammoor, IU student and Indiana Daily Student web editor, dealt with the gay community’s historic struggle for equal rights.

"Crazy for Cacao"

Bologna by Bre

By Brea Johnson · Thursday, Oct. 20,2011 10:57 p.m.

It doesn’t come as a surprise that fall in Bloomington is featured in the majority of the University’s pamphlets. The rich colors of the trees, the crunchy leaves littering the pathways and the promise of tailgates each Saturday fill the months and might contribute to why many students chose to come to IU in the first place.

A View from the Bridge

'A View From The Bridge' revisits campus

By Casey Engelman · Thursday, Oct. 20,2011 10:55 p.m.

Walton is a second-year master’s student in vocal performance and plays the role of Marco in IU Opera and Ballet Theater’s most recent production, “A View From The Bridge.” This is the second time “View” has come to the MAC stage. The production’s original premiere in 2006 was also its collegiate premiere.

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Food Life

By Nona Tepper · Thursday, Oct. 20,2011 10:54 p.m.

This Thanksgiving I will not eat dinner with the rest of America. This is not to say I’m un-American: I say the Pledge of Allegiance, sometimes I wear Levi jeans and, every so often, I hum the national anthem — softly at first, but then louder and louder. But on Nov. 24, this Thanksgiving Day, I will not eat turkey.

Artist

MFA candidate creates dialogue in prints, photos

By Derrick Naylor · Wednesday, Oct. 19,2011 11:16 p.m.

Master of Fine Arts candidate Amanda Lee said she could care less about making perfect art. She cares much more about the dialogue her work creates. Lee has been selected to showcase her newest art in the Fuller Projects venue, and her exhibit will feature printmaking and photography known as “A Solution of Silver of White Light.”Lee’s exhibit will be from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday at the Fuller Projects. The event, like all that are at the McCalla School, is free and open to the public.

Anti-Swag Fiend Party

Anti-Swag prepares for Rhino's

By Celia Grundman · Wednesday, Oct. 19,2011 11:14 p.m.

This weekend, Anti-Swag will have a release party for its album “We’re Your Age.” The show begins at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Rhino’s All Ages Music Club. All proceeds from the entrance fee, which is $5, will go to the Humane Society, according to the event poster.

Vibrator Play

'In the Next Room' provides more than cheap laughs

By DAVID CAMELI · Wednesday, Oct. 19,2011 11:10 p.m.

“In the Next Room, or the vibrator play,” is set in 1875 during the expansion of electricity to homes and residences, the play revolves around the use of a vibrator as treatment for “female hysteria.”

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GLOWfest relocated due to weather

Wednesday, Oct. 19,2011 8:19 p.m.

IU’s third GLOWfest, headlining deadmau5, was scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m., but weather issues proved unfavorable for the outdoor venue.

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Column: Poor man's pumpkin

By Nona Tepper · Tuesday, Oct. 18,2011 10:59 p.m.

Hurricane Irene wiped out an estimated one-third of the country’s pumpkin crop, flooding fields, breaking branches and taking some of the fill out of our pumpkin pie. With Halloween quickly approaching, the mass rotting of Charlie Brown’s fabled “Great Pumpkin” is sure to spook jack-o’-lantern creators across the country.

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Father-son duo brings artwork to local gallery

Tuesday, Oct. 18,2011 10:58 p.m.

In 1970, David Coleman started his law firm in a Victorian-style building on Grant Street just south of Kirkwood Avenue. He worked there for almost 40 years. In 2008, he wanted to start a business with his son Gabe.

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Alumna recalls racial experience in novel

By Sally Bae · Tuesday, Oct. 18,2011 10:57 p.m.

Author and IU alumna Leena Ceraveeni sounds like a typical American with Midwestern roots. She grew up in Greenwood, Ind., attended IU as a journalism major and then moved to Texas. Her life was filled with culture clashes of Indian heritage and American upbringing. These personal racial experiences led her to write her first novel, “The Hometown.” The book is a coming-of-age novel that centers on 23-year-old Mala Thomas, an Indian American who copes with her racial identity.

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