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Oscar party draws fans

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Hollywood’s Kodak Theatre and the entrance of the Whittenberger Auditorium had some striking similarities Sunday night.  



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Venue ‘talk’ exposes sensuality

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In middle school health class, every student gets “the talk.” The birds and the bees, anatomically correct drawings and honest answers to our most prying questions are attended to.


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Oscar showing to unite film lovers

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There might not be a red carpet lining the halls of the Indiana Memorial Union, but Sunday, students will gather to celebrate and watch what senior Eric Van Gucht calls the Super Bowl of the film industry. Union Board will be sponsoring its second Oscar Party to celebrate the 83rd annual Academy Awards at 7 p.m. in the Whittenberger Auditorium.



The Native

Fly Painted Feathers to support Native’s pre-tour Bishop show

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Fly Painted Feathers’ lead singer Harlan Kelly said he and drummer Daniel Versweyveld have been Native fans since they saw Native play a show with another band from their hometown of Madison, Ind. Kelly said the band has been one of their largest influences as musicians and it was always their dream to play with them someday. That “someday” is Sunday.


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Column: Coupé Décalé makes dancing political

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Coupé Décalé is a genre of popular music made primarily by people from the West African country of Côte d’Ivoire. It is popular throughout West Africa, especially in the country’s neighboring Francophone nations and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.


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Students to strut for smiles

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High philanthropic ambition mixed with a love of high fashion was the initial inspiration for what is now known all across campus as Strut for Smiles.





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WIUX announces Culture Shock lineup

IU’s WIUX 99.1 FM announced its lineup for the annual festival Culture Shock 2011 today. The free event will begin at 2 p.m. April 23 in Dunn Meadow and is open to the public. 



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Retrospective gallery shares Spirit of ’68 relevance

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The Game, Generationals, Girl Talk, Glue, The Globes, The Gore Gore Girls, Grizzly Bear, Grand Buffet and The Growlers are the artists listed in the brief “G” section of the alphabetical list of musical performers that the Spirit of ’68 has brought to Bloomington. During the past four years, the promotions company has gifted Bloomington music lovers with shows. Throughout February, fans have been able look back on those music memories displayed in “Making Bloomington A Better Place To Live One Show At A Time: A Spirit of ’68 Gallery Retrospective.”


Faust

Revisioned ‘Faust’ to take stage

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Charles Gounod’s “Faust” has undergone a makeover at the hands of stage director Tomer Zvulun and his cast. The opera, which first debuted in Paris in 1859, was originally set in 16th century Germany — something Zvulun decided to amend.


Clouds As Oceans

Where Clouds make 'Tides'

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Few bands in Bloomington play the same style of music as Clouds As Oceans. The quartet’s all-instrumental take on the post-rock genre, a sound popularized by acts like Explosions in the Sky and Mogwai, is a pronounced rarity in a local music scene dominated by indie rock and hip-hop.


Benton Murals

Benton mural display shares history

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IU’s Commission on Multicultural Understanding mounted artist Thomas Hart Benton’s famous Indiana Murals last week outside of Woodburn Hall 100 with the hopes of educating and sparking the interests of students, faculty and campus visitors.


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Maysles explains career, cinema

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Documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles lectured and presented four of his films at the IU Cinema on Thursday and Friday. On Saturday, he sat down with the IDS to discuss his early career in psychology, his direct cinema style and the idea of truth in cinema.