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John Mellencamp and Karen Fairchild of Little Big Town film scenes for Mellencamp's "A Ride Back Home" music video Tuesday at the Beck Chapel. Mellencamp's latest album "Life, Death, Love and Freedom" was recorded in Bloomington and was recognized by Rolling Stone Magazine as one of the top 50 albums of 2008.

Mellencamp records new video at IU

By Jackie Kochell · Tuesday, Feb. 17,2009 12:32 a.m.

The musician shot his new music video for “A Ride Back Home,” a single off his latest album, “Life, Death, Love and Freedom. “The song’s about life’s loneliness, and that’s what we’re trying to get across in this video,” Mellencamp said.

Joyce Carol Oates captivates crowd at Indiana Memorial Union on Monday

By Ashley Bornancin · Tuesday, Feb. 17,2009 12:28 a.m.

Renowned author Joyce Carol Oates spoke in the Indiana Memorial Union on Monday to a mixed crowd of students, faculty and local residents.

Music industry pros to give tips in panel

By Greg Winget · Monday, Feb. 16,2009 9:46 p.m.

The Business Careers in Entertainment Club will play host to a panel discussion for students interested in music industry careers at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Kelley School of Business room BU219.

Fashion myths revealed

By Amanda Cochara · Monday, Feb. 16,2009 9:45 p.m.

Whoever said socks and sandals could coexist on the same feet was seriously mistaken. It is complete fashion fiction.This fashion faux pas might be a little obvious, but a few other fashion myths need to be busted right now.

Art and science meet in professor’s interactive display in Dublin

By Cassandra Orton · Monday, Feb. 16,2009 9:42 p.m.

Light and sound exuded from small, hand-held objects scattered across a table as users twisted and turned its knobs.Art meets science in Andrew Bucksbarg’s “Mobispheres,” an art installation that elicits interaction, improvisation and creativity.

Actresses Anna Blackenberger and Katie Taylor describe the difficulties a woman has finding their Vagina's at the Vagina Monologues Thursday evening at the Fine Arts Building. The Vagina Monologues also had performance dates on Friday and Saturday evening.

‘Vagina’ uses humor to raise money

By Rachel Krasnow · Monday, Feb. 16,2009 9:37 p.m.

IU’s 2009 production of “The Vagina Monologues” sought to educate and entertain audiences about female empowerment and the multiple personalities of the vagina.

Jacobs School of Music's best set for D.C. concert

By Amy Burke · Monday, Feb. 16,2009 12:16 a.m.

Eight students from the Jacobs School of Music will perform Tuesday in the Terrace Theater at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington.

Junior Ian McCabe prepares to read Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 for Irma Cassels, 94, Saturday afternoon outside her house on Wiley Street. McCabe was delivering a Love-You-Gram to Cassels as an actor from the Bloomington Playwrights Project through their Valentine's Day service which is in its fifth year.

Love-You-Gram actors bring romance back to town

By Danielle Paquette · Sunday, Feb. 15,2009 11:53 p.m.

Love-You-Grams, a fundraiser of the playwrights project, featured live poetry performances by trained actors and actresses sent from one friend or lover to another, and deliveries startled many recipients all over Bloomington Feb. 13 and 14.

Theatre of the People presents night of seduction

By Desiree Lestingi · Sunday, Feb. 15,2009 11:52 p.m.

Theatre of the People sold out on opening night and added more seats for the two one-act plays in “Ladies of Lust: Oscar Wilde’s ‘Salome’ and August Strindberg’s ‘Miss Julie.’”

Visitors look at a pickle jar art lighting installment by Chicago professional artist Jason Kravarty during the display's opening Friday evening in the McCalla School at 10th Street and Indiana Avenue. The lighting, which is run on a 15,000 high volt low amp power box, will stay on display for two weeks.

Artist uses neon, glass to create art at Fuller Projects exhibit

By Alex Brown · Sunday, Feb. 15,2009 11:51 p.m.

A stark-white tube of light pierced through the sides of glass jars, the tops suspended from wooden shelves lining the perimeter of an empty room.Artist Jason Chakavarty showed his latest exhibit, “Pickled – to Preserve or Flavor,” Friday night in the Fuller Projects gallery in Bloomington.

Author Joyce Carol Oates to visit campus Monday

By IDS staff · Friday, Feb. 13,2009 12:31 a.m.

Award-winning author Joyce Carol Oates is coming to campus to read and lecture at 5 p.m. Monday in the Solarium Room of the Indiana Memorial Union.

Lovett, Hiatt Sunday show sold out at Buskirk

Thursday, Feb. 12,2009 9:33 p.m.

The melodious country tunes of four-time Grammy award-winning star Lyle Lovett and the folk lyrics of the critically acclaimed John Hiatt will unite when the duo perform an acoustic show at 8 p.m. Sunday, at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater.

Jewish studies professor honored by music

By Rachel Pankiw · Thursday, Feb. 12,2009 9:32 p.m.

To honor the memory of longtime professor Irving Katz, cantor Natasha Hirschhorn will perform at IU on Sunday.

Theater stages provocative V-Day plays

By Desiree Lestingi · Thursday, Feb. 12,2009 9:32 p.m.

Scandalous love affairs, sensual seduction and domineering female characters describe the scenes of two one-act performances opening this weekend at the John Waldron Arts Center.

Making old movies new again

By Alex Brown · Thursday, Feb. 12,2009 9:30 p.m.

The Atomic Age Cinema series is the only of its kind in Bloomington, offering an interactive throwback films for children and adults every Saturday at The Cinemat.

Pickle jar art to light up Fuller Projects exhibit

By Alex Brown · Wednesday, Feb. 11,2009 9:46 p.m.

While many people associate neon lights with the Las Vegas strip, an “open” sign at a local diner or the signs of a favorite fast food chain, Jason Chakavarty adapts the lights for his art.

Cleaning house and art in 2009

By Ryan Brown · Wednesday, Feb. 11,2009 9:44 p.m.

Like all artists before us, it is time for us to gather our stuff, make a sensible idea of it all, and mold it into a solid form by which everyone will remember 2009.

Love-You-Grams to wow recipients

Wednesday, Feb. 11,2009 9:42 p.m.

The Bloomington Playwrights Project promises to strike love – or embarrassment – into the hearts of IU students and Bloomington residents with live, personalized performances anytime, anywhere Feb. 13 and 14.

Seniors blog about city’s fashion

Tuesday, Feb. 10,2009 10:06 p.m.

As stated on the aptly named blog IU Fashionista, “Just because we are in Indiana doesn’t mean we don’t understand fashion.”

Art museum receives $500K grant

By Jackie Kochell · Tuesday, Feb. 10,2009 10:06 p.m.

The IU Art Museum recently received a $500,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to create two new staff positions to enhance the museum’s presence on campus.

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