Weezy ushers in 'Lil' 500
With blinding lights, pounding bass and an ecstatic crowd, Lil Wayne did Little 500 bigger than anyone else.
With blinding lights, pounding bass and an ecstatic crowd, Lil Wayne did Little 500 bigger than anyone else.
The award winning Little 500 film "Breaking Away" was shown at the IU Cinema on Sunday and Monday. Some were seeing the movie for the first time. Others, like Tom Schwoegler who was the technical adviser for "Breaking Away", were seeing for yet another time.
The second annual GLOWfest promises to put on a show Thursday that will be brighter and bigger than ever. With headliner electronic artist Pretty Lights playing to a sold-out crowd, this year’s GLOWfest is sure to be an unforgettable concert-going experience. But behind all of the pretty lights, 50 IU student interns have spent months working to make sure the concert will go off without a hitch.
On a rainy Monday afternoon, original music could be heard from the Buskirk-Chumley Theater as dancers were rehearsing for the final senior choreographic show, “Hammer and Nail,” which plays Wednesday and Thursday.
I have a terrible confession to share with all of you: I used to really hate pizza. Part of this stems from moving at a younger age and relying on the local pizza joint in town for a few months. I got really sick of pizza really quickly.
There is a formula reporters use when interviewing people at events, but this particular crowd took some encouragement.A blonde boy dressed in a Thomas the Tank Engine costume stood in the lobby holding his mother’s hand.
Rapparoo was officially canceled after the Friday arrest of headliner Gucci Mane, who is dealing with legal issues in Georgia stemming from a misdemeanor charge of battery and violating his parole.
Sun, beautiful women in bikinis and 70-degree weather were the ideal conditions to transport Brazil to Bloomington on Friday at Jake’s Nightclub for the annual Bloomington Brazilian Carnaval.
During the production of the film “Hoosiers,” a small placard rested above screenwriter Angelo Pizzo’s desk, director David Anspaugh said. It read: “This is not a sports movie.” Pizzo and Anspaugh, spoke at the IU Cinema on Thursday and presented the screening that night in honor of the classic film’s 25th anniversary.
Though the weather conditions proved unfavorable for an outdoor festival Saturday morning, attendees of Read’s HugeFest still managed to celebrate Tarzan-style.
The Addicted to Music festival was like a sneak peek of summer. A football was tossed between some guys at the far end of the parking lot next to McNutt Quad while others threw a flying disc. People were lying out on the warm grassy hill that overlooked the lot while freshmen Jacqueline Perry and Charlie Smith climbed a tree to get a better look at State Radio.
Between Little 500 apparel and pricey concert tickets, the concept of free might be difficult for students to grasp. However, IU’s Business Careers in Entertainment Club has paired with Union Board to present the third annual Addicted to Music concert free of charge.
The Little 500 concert Rapparoo featuring Gucci Mane has been relocated to the purple lot of the Indiana University Memorial Stadium.
The baritone bleached his dark brown hair, dyed it red and memorized 35 pages of music in a week’s time for the audition. He hopped on a plane and arrived at IU in hopes of earning the role of troubled painter Vincent van Gogh. Out of more than 50 roles, this one is his biggest yet.
Because of the entries from the blog Hipster Runoff, chillwave may be seen as a joke of a genre, but in Bloomington that may not be the case, as Toro Y Moi played to a sold-out crowd Wednesday at The Bishop.
If free food, inflatable games and a chance to pie your resident assistant in the face aren’t reason enough to attend HugeFest, the music lineup may be enough to sway your decision.
Tickets are still available for the private screening of “Hoosiers” at 6:30 p.m. today at the IU Cinema. Director David Anspaugh and writer and producer Angelo Pizzo will attend the screening and the reception in the IU Auditorium.
“To be or not to be” is arguably one of the most famous lines in the world of theater. But if one sings “mein herr,” less people would recognize what play it came from, let alone what it actually means.
Tickets are still available for the private screening of “Hoosiers” at 6:30 p.m. today at the IU Cinema.
The world premiere of “Vincent,” an opera on the life of Vincent van Gogh, will debut 8 p.m. Friday at the Musical Arts Center.