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Resurfaced German films brings history to life in WENDE Flicks film series

By Kelsey Finn · Thursday, Jan. 14,2010 11:12 p.m.

Around a time when most IU students were just born, East German filmmakers were documenting and filming the historical events surrounding the time leading up to the fall of the Berlin wall. These films were lost amidst the social change in Germany but have resurfaced in Bloomington.

Opening night for some good ‘Company’ at BPP

By Samantha Kirby · Thursday, Jan. 14,2010 11:06 p.m.

“Company” is not the theater normal. There’s no curtain, the cast sits with the audience and they all stay in character even as the audience mingles with them.

Hopes remain for Cleveland Orchestra’s IU performance

By Bennett Fuson · Thursday, Jan. 14,2010 10:57 p.m.

The Cleveland Orchestra, one of the country’s premier symphonic ensembles, is scheduled to take up residency at the IU Auditorium Jan. 18–20. The residency, sponsored in part by the Jacobs School of Music, will cap off the three-day educational experience with a concert. Students from the music school will have the opportunity to work with various members of the orchestra, including conductor Franz Welser-Möst.

2010 Indianapolis International Film Festival taking submissions

By IDS staff · Thursday, Jan. 14,2010 5:57 p.m.

Makers of full-length and short-subject documentaries, comedies, dramas and animated films can now submit their work for the 2010 Indianapolis International Film Festival, to be presented July 15 through 25 at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.

Life, love, humor in ‘Company’

By Samantha Kirby · Wednesday, Jan. 13,2010 10:42 p.m.

Humor, love and life lessons define Hoosier Musical Productions’ newest show, “Company.”

Stand up, stand out and possibly shut up in 2010

By Keiara Carr · Wednesday, Jan. 13,2010 10:39 p.m.

The ball dropped, the glasses clinked and someone had their noisemaker privileges revoked for screeching well past the stroke of midnight. Yes, New Year traditions are quite predictable. However, some say the trends in music for the new year are a bit harder to guess.

A friend request for Tavi Gevinson

By Jackie Kochell · Wednesday, Jan. 13,2010 10:34 p.m.

Tavi’s fashion blog, “Style Rookie,” started out as the product of her growing curiosity in fashion and blogging. Since its launch in March 2008, the blog evolved from a place Tavi posted snapshots of magazine ads and photos of favorite ensembles to a critical analysis of the fashion industry.

Q&A with Met Opera hopeful Jacqueline Brecheen

By Alyssa Goldman · Wednesday, Jan. 13,2010 10:31 p.m.

The IDS sits down with Jacqueline Brecheen, one of five winners vying for a chance to sing in the Metropolitan Opera.

A night at 'The Clinic'

By Kelsey Finn · Tuesday, Jan. 12,2010 10:17 p.m.

A house known as "The Clinic" provides an outlet for house shows and indie music.

Seminar to shed light on art collecting

By Danielle Rindler · Tuesday, Jan. 12,2010 10:05 p.m.

The School of Fine Arts Gallery and the Friends of Art Collectors Group will play host to a Collecting Student and Faculty Art Seminar from 5 to 6:30 p.m. today. The seminar will address concerns related to buying and selling student and faculty artwork.

SoFA Gallery springs into semester with MFA student work

By Danielle Rindler · Monday, Jan. 11,2010 11:30 p.m.

On Tuesday, the SoFA Gallery will kick off its spring season with the “IU School of Fine Arts Student Shows: MFA Painting, Metals, Graphic Design, Ceramics and Textiles.” The exhibit, on display through Jan. 23, includes paintings, multimedia, books, jewelry, textiles and more, all created by Master and Bachelor of Fine Arts students.

Around Arts

By IDS staff · Monday, Jan. 11,2010 9:25 p.m.

Art, music and more this week in Arts.

I’ll take that with a side of mediocrity

By Lily Miller · Monday, Jan. 11,2010 9:23 p.m.

Needless to say, I am not the biggest fan of the food served here on campus.

Soul singers, dancers to audition for new semester

By Bennett Fuson · Monday, Jan. 11,2010 9:19 p.m.

As students settle into their new academic routines, the African American Arts Institute will begin its quest to add new members to its ranks.

Children from the Bloomington Boys and Girls Club create work for City of Bloomington exhibit

Monday, Jan. 11,2010 10:54 a.m.

The City of Bloomington Entertainment and Arts District is now showcasing artwork by members of the Bloomington Boys and Girls Club in a exhibit January in the City Hall Atrium, 401 N. Morton Street.

Opera students move one step closer to Met

By Margaret Ely · Monday, Jan. 11,2010 1:11 a.m.

The performance Saturday on the stage of the MAC was the annual Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions for the Indiana District. The auditions, which occur annually in 15 regions of the United States and Canada, included 23 total performers who sang one to five arias in their respective voice parts.

Photographs bring depression era to light in new decade

By Abby Hull · Sunday, Jan. 10,2010 9:53 p.m.

Tattered clothing, lined faces and worn expressions dominate images of the Great Depression.Nine photographs from the IU Art Museum’s collection of more than 800 Depression-era images are on display in the Gallery of Art of the Western World.

Small crowd warms up to Funny Bone comedian

By Bennett Fuson · Sunday, Jan. 10,2010 9:40 p.m.

On a weekend when most would opt to stay at home and avoid near-blizzard conditions, comedian Warren B. Hall stood before an intimate and unusually involved audience at the Funny Bone Bloomington Comedy Club to humor a frost-bitten crowd.

Metropolitan Opera meets small town for auditions

By Rachel Krasnow · Thursday, Jan. 7,2010 11:56 p.m.

Saturday marks the beginning of the annual Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Jacobs School of Music will play host to the Indiana District Auditions at 1 p.m. at the Musical Arts Center. On Jan. 16, the Tri-State Regional Auditions, including Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana, will be at Butler University’s Clowes Memorial Hall.

Reading turns theatrical at BPP

By Margaret Ely · Thursday, Jan. 7,2010 9:09 p.m.

In an attempt to bring audience feedback to life on stage, the Bloomington Playwrights Project will have their final staged reading for the BloomingPlays Development Series from 11 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Saturday and noon to 4:30 p.m. Sunday.

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