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Community bands together to support saving of John Waldron Arts Center

By Caitlin Johnston · Wednesday, Jan. 27,2010 1:02 a.m.

Evelyn Powers kept waiting for the protesters to come, but they never did. More than 100 artists, performers and community members came out Tuesday in support of saving the John Waldron Arts Center and maintaining its use as a haven for the Bloomington arts community.

IU alumna goes from piano to microphone after wrist injury ends classical career

By Jake Wright · Tuesday, Jan. 26,2010 11:41 p.m.

Elizabeth Eckert had her fingers glued to the keys of a piano from age two. On track to become a classical pianist, she was on her way to realizing her dream until her junior year of college, when the keys were ripped from beneath her hands.

The only thing worse than leggings

By Jackie Kochell · Tuesday, Jan. 26,2010 11:24 p.m.

For more than a year now, my worst nightmare has been sent down runways and displayed in store windows around the world. They’ve been out in public, and apparently fashion designers still want you to buy them because they’ve been in several menswear collections this year.

Author Michael Pollan to headline 26th annual ArtsWeek

By IDS staff · Tuesday, Jan. 26,2010 5:13 p.m.

Author Michael Pollan will appear 7:30 p.m. Feb. 26 at the IU Auditorium, in an event for IU’s 26th annual ArtsWeek, which is themed “Arts and the Environment.”

Georgina Joshi International Fellowship recipient announced

By IDS staff · Tuesday, Jan. 26,2010 2:56 p.m.

The recipient of the prestigious Georgina Joshi International Fellowship,awarded to a graduating IU Jacobs School of Music student, was finally announced on Jan. 19.

Waldron in debt; artists still have faith

By Caitlin Johnston · Tuesday, Jan. 26,2010 12:41 a.m.

The John Waldron Arts Center is a home for theater in Bloomington – a home that might be closed March 1 if the Bloomington Area Arts Council, the organization in charge of the center, cannot raise $120,000.

'Guitar Idol' takes stage

By Patrick Craig · Monday, Jan. 25,2010 11:06 p.m.

Guitarists from around Bloomington competed in the fourth-annual Hoosier Guitar Idol Monday at Max’s Place. The event, organized by The Business Careers in Entertainment Club, began as a benefit for the Bloomington Hospital emergency room.

There is nothing sweeter then kinship

By Lily Miller · Monday, Jan. 25,2010 11:04 p.m.

There’s something really soothing about baking: The heavenly aroma of vanilla, the warmth of the oven, the smiles of familiar faces crowding you as you gently remove baked goods from their respective trays.

IU Ballet Department’s production of ‘On the Edge’ canceled

By Adrienne Kaplan · Monday, Jan. 25,2010 11:02 p.m.

The IU Ballet Department’s production of “On the Edge” – planned to open in two days – has been cut from the schedule.

Study group to host town hall about Waldron

By IDS staff · Monday, Jan. 25,2010 5:31 p.m.

Citizens concerned about the fate of the John Waldron Arts Center can share their input at a town hall meeting hosted by the Waldron Study Group.

Dance competition gives back to IU/Kenya partnership

By Lauren Younis · Monday, Jan. 25,2010 1:08 a.m.

If the average annual income in Kenya is $300, imagine what $1,060.27 would mean to the people struggling with HIV and AIDS.

‘Trial’ resolves nothing, leaves verdict to audience

By Melissa Sokolski · Sunday, Jan. 24,2010 11:01 p.m.

Interesting enough to draw a nearly full house and strange enough to drive a few of them away mid-show, Theatre of the People’s “The Trial” raised many questions about justice but gave few answers when it opened Friday.

Prejudice inspires filmmaker to discover Afro-German roots

By Abby Liebenthal · Sunday, Jan. 24,2010 10:57 p.m.

Within the first few minutes of Mo Asumang’s documentary “Roots Germania,” students, faculty and Bloomington residents became part of a search for the director’s identity.

Fine Arts faculty showcase original works

By Kelsey Finn · Sunday, Jan. 24,2010 10:54 p.m.

Opening for only a few months every three years, masterpieces made by faculty from the Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts are now on display in the Triennial 2010 exhibit.

Tau Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority wins Sprite Stepoff

By IDS staff · Sunday, Jan. 24,2010 4:48 p.m.

Indiana University’s Tau Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. won the Central Region’s Sprite Step Off competition Saturday in Chicago.

Lilly Library commemorates 50 years

By Mickey Woods · Friday, Jan. 22,2010 12:47 a.m.

Today the Lilly Library is commemorating 50 years of exclusive historical treasures from across the Atlantic Ocean to Latin America in the exhibit “Treasures of the Lilly Library.”

Faculty art gallery at IU Art Museum powers up

By Danielle Rindler · Friday, Jan. 22,2010 12:41 a.m.

New technology is being developed every day, but faculty from the Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts only come together to display their technology-inspired work once every three years.

‘Trial’ blurs line between innocence, guilt

By Melissa Sokolski · Thursday, Jan. 21,2010 11:29 p.m.

Theatre of the People’s latest project, based on Franz Kafka’s novel, tells the story of Josef K, accused of a crime but never told what it is, and how the accusation alone begins to impact his life.

King’s life celebrated with poetry

By Bene Viera · Thursday, Jan. 21,2010 11:19 p.m.

In commemoration of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center Library brought in Moore to recite her poetry that addresses many of the same issues MLK spoke about in the 1960s. Moore is an international poet, an author of three books and the CEO of her own publishing company, Moore Black Press.

Kinsey displays art through ‘Private Eyes’

By Allison Tyra · Thursday, Jan. 21,2010 11:08 p.m.

Often amusing, potentially disturbing and always thought-provoking, the art in the Kinsey Institute Gallery exhibit, “Private Eyes: Amateur Works from The Kinsey Institute Collection,” is all amateur and all erotic.

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