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Looking good in ’09

By Bryan Payton · Thursday, Dec. 11,2008 9:41 p.m.

Last week, I gave you five surefire ways to improve your style for the New Year. Well, that was just the first half of my fashion guidance. I’m back with my final fashion column of the semester to give you five more ways to look better in ’09.

IU senior contemporary dance majors life senior Kelly McCormick Bangs during rehearsal for their upcoming show "Roots and Wings" in the HPER on Wednesday. The show is running Sunday.

Dance majors take stage in senior project

By Allison Tyra · Thursday, Dec. 11,2008 12:21 a.m.

A new generation of IU contemporary dance majors has been working for the past four years, and now, in an exhibition at the John Waldron Arts Center titled “Roots and Wings,” the students are ready to show what they have learned.

Gift card exchange

By Allison Tyra · Thursday, Dec. 11,2008 12:01 a.m.

While gift cards are traditionally used at the store from which they were purchased, Landlocked Music will now accept cards from any major chain store that sells media items.

Portable pieces of art

By Kelsey Ellefson · Wednesday, Dec. 10,2008 10:25 p.m.

Indiana weather. Let’s face it – we are all used to it by now. But I, quite frankly, am getting sick of it. Unprecedented rain, ice storms and snow have all weathered this campus in December alone and we, as students, are left to deal with it. So far this semester, the weather alone has personally claimed three of my notebooks, a textbook and my usual positive disposition to make it to class on time.

My Top Five Christmas Movies

By Claire Burke · Wednesday, Dec. 10,2008 10:21 p.m.

This week, in honor of Christmastime, I have decided to put together a list of my favorite Christmas movies.

Concert helps collect boxes of toys for children

By Lauren Schaefer · Wednesday, Dec. 10,2008 10:19 p.m.

The rain continued to pour outside the Bluebird Nightclub Tuesday night, but the toys kept pouring inside for the annual WTTS-FM Toys for Tots Christmas Concert.

‘Chimes of Christmas’ rings in holiday season at Auditorium

By Erica Rogers · Tuesday, Dec. 9,2008 10:31 p.m.

Not even Ebenezer Scrooge would pass up the melodies of the instrumental and singing groups from the Jacobs School of Music performing “Chimes of Christmas” at 7:30 p.m. at the IU Auditorium.

Hear them ring

Tuesday, Dec. 9,2008 10:29 p.m.

Bells are jingling and chestnuts are roasting. That’s right, it’s time for some jolly holiday music. Every store will be playing holiday compilation albums, and Wal-Mart will soon be setting up for Valentine’s Day.

Fashion: Why so many fall in love with it

By Gabrijel Gelic · Monday, Dec. 8,2008 7:28 p.m.

As a business major, I’m often asked by readers and friends why I’m so passionate about the fashion industry.

Amos Lee to headline Tots concert

By Lauren Schaefer · Monday, Dec. 8,2008 7:27 p.m.

After performing last year at Assembly Hall with Bob Dylan and Elvis Costello, Amos Lee is returning to Bloomington.

MFA actor Henry A. McDaniel III balances a Curious George stuffed animal on a golf club prop before a dress rehearsal of the urban drama ‘Marisol.’ McDaniel plays the role of Lenny for the performances, which continue running today through Saturday in the Wells-Metz Theatre.

Dispute in heaven creates hell on Earth

By Vanessa Torline · Monday, Dec. 8,2008 7:26 p.m.

A little celestial anarchy goes a long way.

Get it together, ‘Friends’

By Sara Amato · Sunday, Dec. 7,2008 9:51 p.m.

This Christmas I asked Santa for “Sex and the City.” If there was one thing Hollywood did right, it was making that movie. Since its opening weekend, the movie has made more than $415 million at the box office. Now, I’m begging for another sitcom gone big screen: “Friends.”

Funk revival singer Sharon Jones performs Saturday night with her band the Dap-Kings at Jake's Nightclub. Jones, who grew up in Augusta, Georgia, the same town where founding father of funk, James Brown, grew up, learned to imitate Brown's dance moves and hard-work ethic at a young age, and is now receiving acclaim for her energetic live shows.

Sharon Jones, Dap-Kings bring soul revival to Jake’s

By Kelsey McArdle · Sunday, Dec. 7,2008 9:50 p.m.

Daptone Records’ soul and funk revival was in full swing Saturday night as the fiery sounds of Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings took over, shaking the stage at Jake’s Nightclub.

From left to right: seniors Abby Haler, Allyson Kennard, and Bree Haler, observe the BFA painting, "All the Good Ideas are Gone" by Annalea Van Nes, during the BFA Painting and Overseas Study Exhibitions at the SoFA Gallery on Friday.

Annual painting and overseas study exhibition drew crowd at School of Fine Arts Gallery

By Bailey Loosemore · Sunday, Dec. 7,2008 9:48 p.m.

Paintings, photos and drawings with subjects ranging from nude women to an original take on the famous painting “American Gothic” spanned the walls at the Bachelor of Fine Arts Painting and Overseas Study Exhibition.

Friends look at art during the "No Man Is Island" BFA Show Friday evening at the Art Hospital on Allen Street. The students worked together on various projects, themed on issues the media ignores.

Students’ photography project sheds light on social-political problems unrecognized by media

By Katie McKenna · Sunday, Dec. 7,2008 9:47 p.m.

The color photography at Friday night’s bachelor of fine arts show shed light on social-political problems in the United States that otherwise have remained in the dark.

Each weekend in a new country is a new lesson learned

By Bonnie White · Sunday, Dec. 7,2008 7:57 p.m.

PARIS – Sitting on a budget airline flight from Stockholm to Paris, drowsy from a lack of sleep and a large amount of time spent in transit, I listened to a man who sounds like he’s imitating the Swedish chef (Muppets, anyone?) and reminisce about my weekends spent country hopping.

5 surefire ways to improve your style

By Bryan Payton · Thursday, Dec. 4,2008 11:54 p.m.

With the new year drawing closer, it’s time to start thinking about resolutions and new beginnings. If you went through 2008 in a fashionless fog, there’s hope for you in 2009. To help you, I’m spotting you five surefire ways to improve your style for the next 365 days.

Folk rock and distortion fill Waldron

By Greg Winget · Thursday, Dec. 4,2008 11:52 p.m.

It’s a wonder that all of Bloomington wasn’t deafened Wednesday night, considering the barrage of psychedelic music that was pouring out of the John Waldron Arts Center Rose Firebay at Fourth and Walnut streets.

Sharon Jones comes to Jake’s for funk performance

By Stefania Marghitu · Thursday, Dec. 4,2008 11:50 p.m.

Spin Magazine asked, “Aretha who?” after seeing Sharon Jones perform, and Jones boldly referred to Amy Winehouse as “whats-her-name” in a New York Times article.

BFA photography show expresses media neglect

Thursday, Dec. 4,2008 11:47 p.m.

The old Wal-Mart building off State Road 45 has been sitting empty for two years, but last Sunday, a corner of its overgrown parking lot was filled with professional lighting equipment, suitcases and shivering Bachelor of Fine Arts photography students.

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