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Senior Ariel Simpson as Queenie, performs during the "Wild Party" dress rehearsals Wednesday evening at the Wells-Metz Theatre.

IU Theatre and Drama throws ‘Wild Party’ on stage

By Lauren Falk · Thursday, Oct. 23,2008 7:53 p.m.

Act II opens with a song by a coked-out 1920s vixen. The cast strips down to barely any clothing, and they drink alcohol and do drugs.

Original Straight No Chaser revisits roots

By Erica Rogers · Thursday, Oct. 23,2008 7:51 p.m.

A decade later, after the members graduated and moved on with their lives, the original Straight No Chaser will be back on stage Saturday at the IU Auditorium for the Homecoming weekend concert.

Second year graduate student Jennifer Jakob performs during the "Merry Wives of Windsor" Tuesday evening at the Musical Arts Center. The opera is of William Shakespeare's tale set to music.

Joke’s on ‘Merry Wives’

By Katherine Hagan · Thursday, Oct. 23,2008 7:50 p.m.

Performers in IU Opera Theater's "The Merry Wives of Windsor" share their insights about the upcoming performance.

Our art fighting ageism

By Ryan Brown · Thursday, Oct. 23,2008 7:26 p.m.

I was in my German class the other day, and in the usual gauntlet of foreign language education, my teacher was firing off questions about who in our classroom was the most of each specific adjective she had listed.

An ode to Jim and J.D.

By Claire Burke · Thursday, Oct. 23,2008 7:25 p.m.

As I was coming up with ideas for this week’s column, I went through the normal “let’s find ideas” routine (which actually just consists of asking my very creative roommate for ideas), and decided it would be best to just make a case for why Jim Halpert and Dr. John “J.D.” Dorian are simply the best male characters (at least they’re my favorite) on television.

I endorse everything ‘Diddy’

By Bryan Payton · Thursday, Oct. 23,2008 7:24 p.m.

“Take that, take that, take that.” Does this phrase ring a bell? Read on.

Jason Molina of Magnolia Electric Company sings Tuesday evening at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. The band is planning on going into the studio in November to work on their new album, which is scheduled to be released on 2009.

Magnolia Electric Co. plays powerful performance

By Greg Winget · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2008 10:24 p.m.

Earnest lyrics, powerful singing and some impressive guitar work dominated the performances of Tuesday night’s show at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. Proving to be a great night for modern country and folk music, The Hollows, King’s Daughters and Sons, and Magnolia Electric Co. delivered solid sets, though each possessed a different style.

Historic site supplies Halloween festivities

Wednesday, Oct. 22,2008 10:22 p.m.

Autumn is the season of legends. In Brown County, a legend dwells on the T.C. Steele Historic Site. This Friday, the site will host a ghost tour to pay homage to Halloween and the alleged presence of the late artist Theodore Clement Steele’s ghost.

Fashion fundraiser mixes art, music for Buskirk-Chumley

Wednesday, Oct. 22,2008 10:20 p.m.

Fashion+Function+Art = coming to the Buskirk-Chumley Theater tonight.

Hairspray tackles social issues with songs

By Erica Rogers · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2008 10:19 p.m.

After 16 months of begging, students and community members tapped their toes again to the Tony Award-winning musical Hairspray at the one-time-only performance Tuesday night.

Margot Morgan, Francesca Sobrer & Molly Kruse star in the world premiere production of Sans Merci by Johnna Adams.

Sans Merci brings tale of love and loss to B-town

By Alexandra Brown · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2008 10:18 p.m.

In just four days, Johnna Adams wrote an entire play upon returning to Los Angeles from a playwrighting workshop in New York, writing so rapidly she wrote the setting as the very apartment she lived in.

Music changes lives one beat at a time

By Stephanie Kuzydym · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2008 10:15 p.m.

Music is more than notes on a page or the beat of a techno song. It’s more than playing air guitar or rocking out on stage. Music is a way of life, a medicine for all ages.

‘Sexploration’ inspires baby-makin’ music

By Emily Campion · Tuesday, Oct. 21,2008 9:45 p.m.

It’s “Sexploration” week at IU, and we should celebrate. How, do you ask? By having sex, of course.

3rd annual Dia de los Muertos altarpiece celebrates lives of the dead

By Erica Beringer · Tuesday, Oct. 21,2008 9:44 p.m.

Instead of celebrating Halloween by watching scary movies and eating obscene amounts of candy, Jaime Sweany, owner of Wandering Turtle Art Gallery & Gifts, has created an altarpiece to celebrate the traditional Mexican holiday, Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), which celebrates the spirits of the dead rather than fears.

Shed that old skin

By Gabrijel Gelic · Monday, Oct. 20,2008 11:52 p.m.

This fall is the perfect time to let your wild side loose while still looking polished and sophisticated.

Magnolia Electric Co. kicks off fall ’08 tour

By Stefania Marghitu · Monday, Oct. 20,2008 11:49 p.m.

The best way to tell the story of Magnolia Electric Co. would be to formulate a musical family tree.

Big hair to set in tonight’s musical at IU Auditorium

By Erica Rogers · Monday, Oct. 20,2008 11:45 p.m.

For one night only, the cast of the Tony Award-winning musical “Hairspray” will bring the major issues of the ’60s in a fun-filled musical to IU.

Embrace the necktie

By Bryan Payton · Monday, Oct. 20,2008 2:58 p.m.

The necktie is a small but very important part of a man’s formal uniform. What began as a small, knotted neckerchief worn by Croatian soldiers in the 1600’s is now a staple of the men’s suit that often helps add that last “something” to the entire outfit.

Margot rocks out

By Katie McKenna · Sunday, Oct. 19,2008 10:50 p.m.

The music evoked raw emotion at Saturday night’s performances at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater.Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s, David Vandervelde and Judgment Day each played intensely moving sets for enthusiastic listeners.

Artwork is displayed Sunday afternoon at The Venue Fine Arts and Gifts.

IU alumnus opens new gallery in Bloomington

By Erica Beringer · Sunday, Oct. 19,2008 10:48 p.m.

After graduating from IU with a degree in studio art in 2005, curator Gabe Colman has returned to his former stomping grounds to open The Venue, a gallery featuring fine collections of local, national and international works by award-winning artists. Colman said it has turned into his dream job.

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