‘Tick, Tick ... BOOM!’ brings offbeat humor to intimate crowd
A small, intimate audience went to see “Tick, Tick ... BOOM!” a contemporary rock musical written by Jonathan Larson on Thursday at the John Waldron Arts Center.
A small, intimate audience went to see “Tick, Tick ... BOOM!” a contemporary rock musical written by Jonathan Larson on Thursday at the John Waldron Arts Center.
Celtic Woman, an ensemble comprised of four vocalists and one fiddler, will perform at 7 p.m. Sunday at the IU Auditorium as part of their 2009 international “Isle of Hope” tour.
Victoria’s Secret, WIUX team up to co-sponsor benefit fashion show Thursday.
Indianapolis based artist and teacher, Emily Janowiak will display her work in an exhibit titled “Not quite there” at Boxcar Books through December 2.
WIUX Pure Student Radio will have its fourth annual pledge day telethon from 8 a.m. to midnight Friday.
Indianapolis based artist and teacher, Emily Janowiak will display her work in an exhibit titled “Not quite there” at Boxcar Books through December 2.
“This Is How I Pink” is co-sponsored by WIUX and VS PINK and will feature students modeling styles from Victoria’s Secret Pink Collegiate Collection, as well as local vendors Cactus Flower, Cha Cha and In Seam Denim Supply. “This Is How I Pink” Runway Show is 7 p.m. today at the Indiana Memorial Union, Alumni Hall.
After six seasons on MTV’s “Road Rules,” a stint as a “Last Comic Standing” finalist and appearing on VH1’s “Reality Bites Back,” comedian Theo Von will perform at the Funny Bone Bloomington Comedy Club this week.
But Jacobs School of Music brass department professor Carl Lenthe has given another definition to the term with the Jacobs Trombone Choir, whose 12 members will perform for the first time this year at 8:30 p.m. today at Recital Hall.
Before he wrote the musical “Rent,” a Broadway hit that won the Tony Award for Best Musical in 1996, composer and playwright Jonathan Larson produced and acted in his own one-man show, “Tick, Tick ... BOOM!”
After being delayed nearly a month because of an illness in the cast, Canadian playwright Lynda Martens’ “Naked in the Kitchen” will premiere tomorrow at the Bloomington Playwrights Project. Winner of the 2009-10 Season Reva Shiner National Full-Length Playwriting Contest, “Naked in the Kitchen” was selected as the best play from the submissions.
Theatre of the People and the School of Education are both offering opportunities to be involved in their upcoming performances.
Bestselling author and former IU faculty member James Alexander Thom spoke to a handful of art enthusiasts Tuesday at The Venue Fine Art and Gifts about his experiences. He also read from his book “The Art and Craft of Writing Historical Fiction.”
A year ago, Barack Obama was elected President of the United States. He ran his campaign on the promise of change, and since then, the slogan has followed many different facets of American popular culture, including the arts realm.
A year after President Obama's election, artists have shaped his image through positive and negative "Hope" poster spoofs.
I’ve always considered my humor to be multifaceted. There’s the more mature side that appreciates witty dialogue, pop culture references and political jokes as well as the college student who loves sarcasm, YouTube videos and collegehumor.com.
Since the legendary Bob Dylan visited the IU Auditorium on Monday, his music has softly sung in my ears. However, when people hear “folk music,” many do not understand the great impact that this unique genre has had on popular culture.
Bloomington is in search of two public art projects for the City’s Entertainment and Arts District also known as BEAD.
At the IU Auditorium on Monday, there was no blaring music, no multimedia video clips, no flamboyant costumes and no special effects – just Bob Dylan’s black fedora hat, raspy vocals, soulful harmonica and classic rock tunes.
Graduate student Marcus Wicker’s W203: Poetry Creative Writing class is taking poetry outside the classroom and posting it around Bloomington. As part of an ongoing class project, Wicker assigned his students the tasks of reading selections from the contemporary poetry anthology “McSweeney’s Poets Picking Poets” and selecting their favorites to share with the community.