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.
To kick off National American Indian Heritage History Month, the Native American Community Center, in conjunction with First Nations Educational and Cultural Center and the City of Bloomington, organized an opening reception Monday at City Hall.
The IU Art Museum has 10 online exhibits, two of which were designed and produced this year. The exhibits, or “modules,” have a variety of content that accompanies the art, ranging from timeliness to more written information and links to other Web sites and modules.
IU alumnus and Bloomington native Deren Abram will release his documentary “ClarkWORLD” on DVD tomorrow. The premier event for the film is in Denver and proceeds will benefit Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
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.
“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.
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.
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.
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 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.
Neon Indian blended electronic and rock to impress a packed energized crowd Thursday at The Bishop.
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.
