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Column: Why Italians never worry about the weather

By Brea Johnson · Thursday, Sept. 22,2011 9:28 p.m.

Bologna, Italy, is leagues ahead of the rest of the world in terms of preparedness for the nasty mid-day downpours that plague us all. Here, it is possible to walk the length of the city without leaving the comforts of a covered roof.

Lotus goes live Friday with art, music, culture

Thursday, Sept. 22,2011 9:26 p.m.

Chicago has Lollapalooza, Indio has Coachella and Bloomington has Lotus. Every year, music fans migrate from local, national and international locations to experience world music.

High Dive cooks up pop-punk

By Celia Grundman · Thursday, Sept. 22,2011 9:24 p.m.

For High Dive’s three musicians, life is a balance of work, friends and musical projects. They’ve performed their pop-punk tunes around Bloomington at house shows and in local venues. Now, they plan to record a full-length album in the first week of October. Shortly before they record, the band will perform at the WIUX fall kickoff show with Ivory Wave and Eric Ayotte. The free show begins at 9:30 p.m. Sept. 29 at The Bishop.

Family, community plans concert for Lauren Spierer

By Colleen Sikorski · Thursday, Sept. 22,2011 12:31 a.m.

When the Spierers began to plan a concert for Lauren, Daniel Weber volunteered himself and Brice Fox to perform and suggested B-97 DJ Matt Thiel to co-host the event.

WFHB radio station seeks local talent

By Derrick Naylor · Wednesday, Sept. 21,2011 10:02 p.m.

WFHB Community Radio will make a greater effort to collect local music and give airplay to local artists by sponsoring the Local Music Collection Drive. The collection will transform supporting local businesses into drop-off zones for musicians to submit their music for review and airtime consideration.

Bright, psychedelic future in store for Toro y Moi

By Raven Carpenter · Wednesday, Sept. 21,2011 10 p.m.

About an hour before the fan-proclaimed chillwave artist Toro y Moi’s concert began, doorman for the Bishop Kieran Blackwood announced to the crowd of young adults that the concert had sold out.Chill wave artist Toro y Moi performed Sept. 20 at the Bishop.

Hello Panda added to endangered species list

By Nona Tepper · Wednesday, Sept. 21,2011 9:56 p.m.

1989-2008: The years of Hello Kitty, Hellogoodbye and the Hello Panda trade biscuit. Hello Panda is a delicious brand of Japanese shortbread cookies manufactured by the Meiji Seika corporation. Each bite-size snack is a sugar cookie filled with either sweet milk cream, smooth strawberry spread or decadent chocolate filling; the chocolate is the most common variety. Printed on these delicate biscuits are cartoons of cuddly pandas, and printed on the cardboard package are pictures of smiling mammals. 2008: The HP cookie mysteriously degenerates into mainstream Koala Yummies.

Opera Theater opens with 'Cosi fan tutte'

By Shelby Rizzi · Tuesday, Sept. 20,2011 11:48 p.m.

The IU Opera Theater will open with W. A. Mozart’s “Cosí fan tutte,” a comedy about two couples and their quest for fidelity.

Hoosierettes hope for approval

By Brittany Tempest · Tuesday, Sept. 20,2011 10:27 p.m.

The Indiana Hoosierettes is a new pom-style dance team on campus. According to its official statement to the IU Athletic Department, the Hoosierettes formed in 2010 with its first group of girls coming together in the 2011 spring semester.

Lecture spotlights Nazi art collection

By Rebeca Garcia Gil · Tuesday, Sept. 20,2011 10:25 p.m.

Nancy Yeite presented the lecture “Collecting the Third Reich: Hermann Goering and Nazi Art Looting” on Friday at Woodburn Hall.

Toro Y Moi to bring chill wave to Bishop

By Raven Carpenter · Monday, Sept. 19,2011 10:04 p.m.

Based on increasing ticket sales since his first appearance in Bloomington, Chazwick Bundick, better known by his stage name Toro Y Moi, has been growing as a musician and is performing at 8 p.m. today at the Bishop.

Buskirk sign shines as local beacon on Kirkwood

By Brittany Tempest · Monday, Sept. 19,2011 10:03 p.m.

Almost a part of the landscape, the Buskirk-Chumley Theater’s marquee looms on the western horizon of Kirkwood Avenue. But it wasn’t always that way. Here’s the history behind the theater’s sign.

Focus on Fashion

By Samantha Kirby · Sunday, Sept. 18,2011 9:22 p.m.

Neon is seen more around campus, many times in the form of grey-and-neon-striped shirts, and it certainly is an attention grabber.

Fair weather keeps summer scene alive

By Celia Grundman · Sunday, Sept. 18,2011 9:20 p.m.

Saturday marked Audio Scenery’s first concert of the semester, a free, all-day music festival filled with body-painting, hula hooping and sunbathing all to benefit the Middle Way House.

Nine hours of historic film at the Cinema

By Brian Welk · Thursday, Sept. 15,2011 10:28 p.m.

It is “Shoah,” and at 11:00 a.m. Sunday it will be shown in the IU Cinema, which may be the last chance to see it.

Column: You mean art is still around?

By Brea Johnson · Thursday, Sept. 15,2011 10:27 p.m.

I have a riddle for you. What do the government, business majors and 70 percent of all straight males hate? Art.

Column: The Owlery: where's the fish?

By Nona Tepper · Thursday, Sept. 15,2011 10:26 p.m.

The Owlery is an establishment that defines itself by the clear, orange handwriting on the door: ‘Vegetarian Restaurant.’

Two nights full of local tunes

By Celia Grundman · Thursday, Sept. 15,2011 10:24 p.m.

XRA-Fest began in much the same way as its label Crossroads of America Records — friends helped friends and produced good music together. This weekend the annual XRA-Fest returns to Bloomington for its fourth year. What started as a low-key barbecue is now a full-blown, two-day music festival.

'Bleed'ing originality

By Jessica Contrera · Thursday, Sept. 15,2011 10:36 a.m.

The show, “It Still Bleeds,” is a bi-monthly variety show that features a mix of local and regional comedians and musicians. Now in its second season, “It Still Bleeds” was created by local comedian Mat Alano-Martin.

Rent the Runway gives college women chance to be Cinderellas

Wednesday, Sept. 14,2011 11:32 p.m.

Ladies, remember your $100+ prom dress? The one hanging in the back of your closet at your parents’ house?Rent the Runway is a creative solution to this problem. Instead of paying a lot of money for a dress you’ll only wear once from a boutique, RTR allows a women to rent a dress for nearly half the price and return it after use.

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