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Wandering Turtle celebrates Dia de los Muertos

By Abby Hull · Monday, Nov. 2,2009 12:38 a.m.

Dia de los Muertos is celebrated each year on Nov. 1 and 2, when the veil between the living and the dead is believed to be the thinnest. On these days, it is believed the dead are most receptive to messages from the living.

100th birthday honors violin legend

By Lily Miller · Sunday, Nov. 1,2009 11:55 p.m.

“Josef Gingold: A 100th Birthday Celebration for a Musical Legend” took place at the IU Auditorium on Sunday. The orchestra accompanied Jacobs faculty members Joshua Bell and Jaime Laredo at the birthday performance. The Jacobs School of Music’s Violin Virtuosi also performed.

Comedians joke about travels, politics

By Allison Tyra · Sunday, Nov. 1,2009 11:54 p.m.

The Funny Bone Bloomington Comedy Club filled with laughter Thursday, Friday and Saturday as headliner Daniel Kinno entertained audiences with the help of feature performer Jeff Oskay.

Fiddler Watkins finishes solo tour in Bloomington

By Benjamin Kerns · Sunday, Nov. 1,2009 11:52 p.m.

Sara Watkins, former fiddler of the band Nickel Creek, played to an audience of devoted fans Friday night as part of the final performance of a six-week tour to promote her debut album.

Costumes customize ‘Picture Show’

By Keiara Carr · Sunday, Nov. 1,2009 11:51 p.m.

The Joker and his masked female counterpart, who was sporting a whip, stood outside the Buskirk-Chumley Theater for the fifth-annual showing of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” on Saturday.

Dylan returns to Bloomington

Sunday, Nov. 1,2009 11:49 p.m.

Dylan will perform at 7:30 p.m. today at the IU Auditorium. The show will be part of what his fans have called the “Never Ending Tour,” which began in 1988. He has played more than 100 shows every year since 1994.

Electronic artists perform at Bishop

By Kelsey Finn · Friday, Oct. 30,2009 4:57 p.m.

Neon Indian blended electronic and rock to impress a packed energized crowd Thursday at The Bishop.

Local collective to head Halloween art workshops

Friday, Oct. 30,2009 2:39 p.m.

The Collaboration Room, an artist collective of college graduates residing in Bloomington, has put together Friday Night Frights to serve the Bloomington community in readying their Halloween fashions.

Society works to record cemeteries

By Patrick Craig · Friday, Oct. 30,2009 12:12 a.m.

And yet still for some, they are nothing, but fields of crumbling headstones with long forgotten names. Names forgotten by all except the Monroe County Historical Society.

Classic ‘Rocky Horror’ back at Buskirk Theater

By Keiara Carr · Friday, Oct. 30,2009 12:07 a.m.

The Cardinal Stage Company will present its fifth-annual showing of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” on Saturday at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater to raise money for their educational programming.

Raymer displays photos

By Lindsey Ferguson · Friday, Oct. 30,2009 12:06 a.m.

Dozens of people crowded the gallery to listen to the National Geographic photographer and tenured associate professor speak.

Buzzkills charity show raises funds for music program

By Ben Kerns · Friday, Oct. 30,2009 12:05 a.m.

That’s why he decided to become a teacher at the CODA Academy, an after-school music program for kids in a high-poverty area in Bloomington, and at 10 p.m. Friday he and other members of the band The Buzzkills will be performing a charity show to help raise money for the program

Jazz musician performs at Bear’s

By Jacque Donahue · Friday, Oct. 30,2009 12:03 a.m.

On Thursday, the Bear’s Place Ale House & Eatery entertainment room quickly filled up with jazz patrons who were excited to watch Indiana Jazz alumnus Michael Weiss perform alongside jazz musicians Tom Walsh, Jeremy Allen and Jason Tiemann.

Birthday celebration honors life, career of violin virtuoso Gingold

Friday, Oct. 30,2009 12:01 a.m.

Former students and colleagues said they recall violin virtuoso Josef Gingold with found memories as his 100th birthday celebration performance nears. The event will be 8 p.m. Sunday at the IU Auditorium.

Bear’s welcomes singer-songwriter

By Kelsey Finn · Friday, Oct. 30,2009 12 a.m.

Singer-songwriter Trey Lockerbie was sitting in his IU dorm room in the fall of 2006 when he received a call from musician Josh Kelley asking him to join Kelley on the road.

Nickel Creek fiddler stops at Buskirk Theater

By Ben Kerns · Thursday, Oct. 29,2009 11:58 p.m.

Watkins, who will be playing at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater, is currently on tour promoting her self-titled debut solo album and will be making a stop in Bloomington at 8 p.m. Friday.

Organist creates original score for Hitchcock film

By Therese Kennelly · Thursday, Oct. 29,2009 11:56 p.m.

Halloween spirit filled the IU Auditorium on Thursday when alumnus Dennis James performed his original theater pipe organ composition to Alfred Hitchcock’s silent film “Blackmail.”

Deadline nears for student-run label contest

Thursday, Oct. 29,2009 10:07 a.m.

Entries from student- run labels for the ninth annual Independent Music Awards must be postmarked by Friday.

‘Boom’ explores scientific theories

By Carly Bassen · Thursday, Oct. 29,2009 12:13 a.m.

There are so many things needed to prepare for a hot date. Circumstances of the play “Boom,” which runs through Nov. 15, at the John Waldron Arts Center, allowed the date to bring diapers, bourbon and tampons, which find more than one use.

Kinno returns to Funny Bone for B97 night

By Allison Tyra · Thursday, Oct. 29,2009 12:11 a.m.

Beginning tonight, headliner Daniel Kinno will perform five shows at the Funny Bone Bloomington Comedy Club this weekend. Joining him will be feature comedian Jeff Oskay and local hosts Brad Wilhelm and Jamison Raymond. Kinno said he’ll talk about sex, politics, pop culture and whatever else he thinks audience members will find amusing.

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