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IU African American Choral Ensemble Director and professor Keith McCutchen leads the African American Choral Ensemble during a celebration in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Monday evening at the Buskirk Chumley Theater. The event, titled "The Dream Unfolding..." also included speeches by local leaders including Bloomington mayor Mark Kruzan and Bishop Woodie White.

Choral Ensemble pleases audience at MLK celebration

By Amanda Lowry · Tuesday, Jan. 20,2009 7:49 p.m.

About 20 speakers and performance groups were on stage Monday evening at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration, but one of the audience’s favorites was the IU African-American Choral Ensemble.The ensemble, a group under the umbrella of the African-American Arts Institute and composed of about 35 members, sang three songs: two a cappella African-American spirituals and one South African gospel song.

Predicting Michelle’s inaugural ball look

By Amanda Cochara · Tuesday, Jan. 20,2009 12:29 a.m.

Inauguration day is finally here. A new era is about to start, but I am not talking about President-elect Barack Obama.Although in his speech today he will likely be full of political statements, the inauguration will also be a night of fashion statements. Michelle Obama is the person on my mind.A lot of us are wondering what the first lady will wear to the inaugural ball. What designer? What cut? What color?I have some suggestions.

Michelle Shocked performs Saturday evening at the Buskirk Chumley Theater. Shoked's stage featured a painting of Audrey Hepburn in the background. and in between songs called the painter to talk to him about it, but got his voice mail the first time.

Michelle Shocked earns standing ovation worth three encores

By Alexandra Brown · Tuesday, Jan. 20,2009 12:28 a.m.

Screaming, screeching, jumping and singing. Add some blues influences and rock and roll and you have the recipe for a stellar performance that could only be pulled off by a true original. Singer-songwriter Michelle Shocked performed live Saturday night at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. Audiences welcomed her with open arms and open ears as she told stories through both spoken word and song.

Keyboardist David Morrin and singer Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson play Saturday evening at The Cinemat. Morrin and Robinson performed a set full of dirges and lamentation.

Musician wings it at packed Cinemat show last Saturday

By Yahya Chaudhry · Tuesday, Jan. 20,2009 12:24 a.m.

Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson’s tortured lyrics and gentle guitar strumming left audience members somber when he headlined with openers Sam Lowry & the Circumstance and Red Bird on Saturday night at The Cinemat.

Adelaide Windsome of Philadelphia performs "Ballad of the Platypus (Balladypus)" Friday, January 16 at Boxcar Books. Windsome uses animal puppets to illustrate sexual stereotypes.

Tranny Roadshow makes local stop, sparks dialogue

By Risha Kohli · Tuesday, Jan. 20,2009 12:21 a.m.

Six transgender performers spent last week traveling and performing individual pieces throughout the Midwest as part of the Tranny Roadshow, and Friday night they made a stop in Bloomington.Organizer Jamez Terry said he hoped the performances would help people understand the diversity of the transgender community.

Dancers perform while the orchestra plays during "The Community of Dance" dress rehearsals Thursday evening at Ruth N. Halls Theatre. The performance features performances by various groups from the Jacob's School and the Theatre department, as well as works from faculty in various departments from IU.

‘Community of Dance’ features modern movement, specifies no lead dancers

Thursday, Jan. 15,2009 11:16 p.m.

A production six months in the making, “The Community of Dance,” will be slightly different than the typical IU dance performance Friday and Saturday by combining influences from body science, culture, drama and music.The Department of Kinesiology, Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies, Department of Theatre and Drama and the Jacobs School of Music are joining forces to put on the IU modern dance program’s annual concert.

3 IU music school students win Met Opera competition

By Maggie Conner · Thursday, Jan. 15,2009 11:13 p.m.

IU Jacobs School of Music students Kiri Deonarine, Ljubomir Puskaric and Jung Nan Yoon were named winners of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Indiana District competition Jan. 10 at IU’s Musical Arts Center.

‘Twisted’ comic Tom Mabe headlining at Bear’s Place

By Tyler James Perry · Thursday, Jan. 15,2009 11:12 p.m.

A man who got his start by harassing telemarketers will be coming to entertain the people of Bloomington. Louisville, Ky. native Tom Mabe will be the main act Monday night while Bear’s Place celebrates 26 years in Bloomington.

Michelle Shocked show combines music, painting

By Alex Brown · Thursday, Jan. 15,2009 11:10 p.m.

Senses will be bombarded this Saturday in hopes of leaving the audience shocked - Michelle Shocked that is.Singer-songwriter Michelle Shocked will perform with painter David Willardson as he paints live on stage, a performance art called HeART, at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater.

Music school offers live video, free podcasts

By Amy Burke · Wednesday, Jan. 14,2009 9:52 p.m.

Some people may say that nothing is free; however, the Jacobs School of Music Department of Recording Arts begs to differ.In the fall of 2006, the music school made online podcasts available, and in the fall of 2007 they began streaming live video of select performances, which they archive for audiences to view after the live performance. People around the world can watch and listen to select music school performances for free from the comfort of their own homes, and the music school recently announced the release of new selections.

Brothers play stage brothers in dark comedy ‘True West’

By Brent Williamson · Wednesday, Jan. 14,2009 9:49 p.m.

Expect to see 30 stolen toasters and two drunken men flailing a golf club in “True West,” the Bloomington Playwrights Project’s upcoming production, Friday at the John Waldron Arts Center Rose Firebay Theater. The BPP and Gunstar Productions have teamed up to put on the play by Sam Shepard, which explores themes of identity and the tenuous nature of personal reality.This dark comedy revolves around the brothers’ sibling rivalry and eventual role reversal.

Tranny roadshow to stop in Bloomington

By Risha Kohli · Wednesday, Jan. 14,2009 9:47 p.m.

The Tranny Roadshow starts its tour this week with a stop in Bloomington on Friday. The performance group consists of six transgender performers bringing a range of talent, including Dallas-Marie Spitzer, an acoustic folk-rock musician; Kit Yan, a slam poet; and Adelaide Windsome, a puppeteer who infuses politically charged viewpoints into her puppets.The Tranny Roadshow began in 2005 when organizer Jamez Terry and his co-organizer, who uses the stage name Kelly Shortandqueer, created the performance group. Now, Terry wants to show audiences the diversity of the transgender community.

Spider-man and Obama appear together in comic

Tuesday, Jan. 13,2009 10:49 p.m.

WASHINGTON – Spider-Man has a new sidekick: the president-elect.Barack Obama collected Spider-Man comics as a child, so Marvel Comics wanted to give him a “shout-out back” by featuring him in a bonus story, said Joe Quesada, Marvel’s editor-in-chief.

You’re in it, but do you appreciate it?

By Erica Rogers · Tuesday, Jan. 13,2009 10:47 p.m.

Entertainment is all around us. Cliche, right? But the statement is true nonetheless. Whether it’s Mario Kart we’re playing or the Ray Lamontagne CD we’re listening to, we cannot help but be encompassed by the very essence of entertainment.

Art in Guatemalan dress styles

By Nathan Brown · Tuesday, Jan. 13,2009 10:46 p.m.

I was in Guatemala for the entirety of winter break, and the moment I exited the airport there something seemed different.The crowd surrounding the exit gates of the airport was punctuated with women in traditional dress.

Museum’s ‘Coffeehouse Nights’ features free music, food, drink

By Jackie Kochell · Tuesday, Jan. 13,2009 10:43 p.m.

Visitors at the IU Art Museum silently contemplate the artwork in its stoic halls during the day, and in the early evening, the lights usually shut off as the museum closes. But this month, the museum will stay open until 9 p.m. for Coffeehouse Nights, a series of three lively nights of coffee, art, dance and music.

Baker still cookin’ up jazz

By Ashlee Greene · Tuesday, Jan. 13,2009 10:41 p.m.

If jazz were an IQ test, David Baker would be a genius.As awards for his jazz and teaching mastery pile up, Baker, a distinguished professor of music and chairman of the jazz department, remains a humble, influential and respected figure in the jazz world.

MFA students’ exhibit features traditional and experimental pieces

By Jackie Kochell · Monday, Jan. 12,2009 10 p.m.

A tire swing and urban-inspired prints will be among the works displayed at the School of Fine Arts Gallery, which begins its schedule of student exhibits this spring with the Printmaking and MFA Painting exhibition.From today through Jan. 24, the SoFA Gallery will showcase work from graduate students in the printmaking and painting programs.

Professor Edward Bernstein, co-head of the IU Printmaking Department, surveys "No Danger," an airplane exhibit Monday at the SoFA Gallery. Bernstein, the co-curator, organized the exhibit with Franco Vecchiet of Italy. The exhibit focuses on positive aspects of travel rather than the negative connotations often associated with flying in the post-9/11 world. "No Danger" is open Tuesday through Jan. 24.

“No Danger” highlights paper planes

By Jackie Kochell · Monday, Jan. 12,2009 9:51 p.m.

“No Danger,” a new exhibition at the School of Fine Arts Gallery, challenges negative attitudes toward flight through creative interpretations on a classic childhood toy: the paper airplane.

A new year, a new you

By Amanda Cochara · Sunday, Jan. 11,2009 10:29 p.m.

Two words: popcorn shirts.No, don’t worry. Those bubbly, one-size-fits-all blouses from the late 90s are not back in style. I am sure you remember that so-called “fashion statement,” which had a starting size fit for a doll, yet had limitless stretch.

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