A musical sport
By
Sara Amato
· Sunday, Aug. 9,2009 7:53 p.m.
What I expected was a glorified marching band. What I got was so much more.
The nerd pack
By
Carrie Schedler
· Sunday, Aug. 9,2009 7:52 p.m.
After learning that John Hughes, who brought us the Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy perfection that was “The Breakfast Club,” died Thursday at the age of 59, my inner 14-year-old self sighed.
Beyond the Museum Mile
By
Ben Smith
· Wednesday, Aug. 5,2009 7:46 p.m.
When you’re visiting a new place, you’ll have a more intimate experience with your surroundings if you take to the streets like a local rather than a tourist. And there is perhaps no better proof of this fact than in New York City.
Beach reads: the selection process
By
Lindsey Alexander
· Wednesday, Aug. 5,2009 7:44 p.m.
Selecting the perfect beach read is especially relevant for me because I will have to drown out the sounds of my family members, whom I love dearly, after spending 120 hours with them with no outside contact.
N.E.R.D. to perform Aug. 29
Wednesday, Aug. 5,2009 7:43 p.m.
Pharrell Williams, along with band mates Chad Hugo and Shay Haley, will perform as N.E.R.D. 8 p.m. Saturday, August 29 at the IU Auditorium.
‘Light in the Piazza’ makes collegiate debut
By
Mickey Woods
· Sunday, Aug. 2,2009 7:37 p.m.
Sophisticated musical arrangements and Italian accents lit up the Musical Arts Center like a Tuscan sunset Friday.
Romantically uninvolved
By
Ben Smith
· Sunday, Aug. 2,2009 6:29 p.m.
It’s a disclaimer commonly offered to new writers everywhere: If you want to be successful, you’re going to have to learn how to be alone for long periods of time. I thought I understood that perfectly.
2 new Mozart works presented in Austria
By
Veronika Oleksyn
· Sunday, Aug. 2,2009 6:28 p.m.
Mozart’s momentous legacy grew still larger Sunday as researchers unveiled two piano pieces recently identified as childhood creations by the revered composer.
Lecture, performance to focus on Silk Road
Wednesday, July 29,2009 6:45 p.m.
In a year when Iran has been in the political spotlight, this year’s Silk Road Bayram, a music festival focusing on the Silk Road region, wants to bring attention to Iranian music.
Arts Commission eliminates two grant programs
Wednesday, July 29,2009 6:43 p.m.
After receiving heavily reduced funding for the 2010 fiscal year, the Indiana Arts Commission eliminated two grant programs and scaled back money for others.
Fish inspire murals in bathroom
By
Sarah Brubeck
· Wednesday, July 29,2009 6:42 p.m.
Allan Gurevitz said he thinks the fish currently living in the Runcible Spoon bathroom are the happiest he’s ever seen. He’d know. He feeds them.
A new summer mix
By
Carrie Schedler
· Sunday, July 26,2009 7:04 p.m.
For the past several years, I have had a summer music ritual.
Art of the recession: gallery owners struggling with finances
Sunday, July 26,2009 7:01 p.m.
With houses going up for auction, unemployment continuing to rise and the threat of layoffs seemingly ever-present, many gallery owners in art communities such as Scottsdale, Ariz., Santa Fe, N.M., Portland, Ore., and New York City are closing shop, going broke to stay open or drastically changing the way they do business.
Phish to start own music fest
Sunday, July 26,2009 6:59 p.m.
Phish is headed to the Coachella Valley for a three-day music festival all its own.
‘Angela’s Ashes’ author McCourt dies in NYC at 78
By
Hillel Italie
· Sunday, July 19,2009 9:13 p.m.
NEW YORK – Frank McCourt, the beloved raconteur and former public school teacher who enjoyed post-retirement fame as the author of “Angela’s Ashes,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning “epic of woe” about his impoverished Irish childhood, died Sunday of cancer.
Late-night dancing still dirty in Iowa
Sunday, July 19,2009 6:55 p.m.
Dancing the night away in Des Moines doesn’t seem to be at the top of many must-do lists. Maybe because it’s illegal.
IU alumna to recieve state arts award
Sunday, July 19,2009 6:54 p.m.
A 1997 graduate of the Jacobs School of Music will receive one of six 2009 Indiana Governor’s Arts Awards.
A history of Harry Potter
By
Sarah Brubeck
· Wednesday, July 15,2009 7:44 p.m.
Middle school and high school are times to embarrass ourselves in hopes it wears off before we get into the real world, and thankfully Harry Potter has given us an outlet.
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