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German orchestra to perform at IU Auditorium

By Erica Rogers · Sunday, Nov. 16,2008 8:31 p.m.

Stringed instruments and classical chords will dawn the IU Auditorium’s stage tonight when the Dresden Staatskapelle will perform to an expected full crowd.Although about half of the house is full, tickets are still available for the 8 p.m. performance, said Doug Booher, director of the IU Auditorium.

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Nothing to wear and no time to shop? Try these options.

By Bryan Payton · Thursday, Nov. 13,2008 11:20 p.m.

Do you ever wake up in the morning to closet full of clothes, yet nothing to wear? I know I do. Maybe I’m just too picky with what I choose or possibly just too indecisive. Whatever the case, we all have heard the phrase “time is money.” If that were meant literally, I’d be making it rain every morning, as hundreds would be thrown away by the second.

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BPP ‘PlayOffs’ teams to write, act in 24 hours

By Tyler James Perry · Thursday, Nov. 13,2008 11:17 p.m.

Imagine what it would be like if a professor assigned a 10-page paper and said it was due by the end of the day. Imagine being unable to procrastinate. Now imagine the Bloomington Playwrights Project’s “PlayOffs”: Playwrights are given just one day to write an entire play. What’s more, the actors must memorize the lines in an even shorter time. The directors must work feverishly to get everything before the just-born play takes the stage – that night.

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Formerly exiled Polish troupe to perform

By MaryJane Slaby · Thursday, Nov. 13,2008 11:15 p.m.

Fresh from the airport, the Polish theater group Theater of the Eighth Day hurried into the Polish Studies Center to escape the cold November rain. Stepping into the center’s living room, the group looked around and declared it to be a “little piece of Poland.”

Actors in the production Cabaret perform during their dress rehearsal Tuesday night in the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. The showings for the musical will be at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. on Saturday.

Willkommen to the Kit Kat Klub

By Lara Streyle · Wednesday, Nov. 12,2008 10:21 p.m.

The image of Liza Minelli dressed in black, complete with bowler hat and garters, dancing seductively across a stage might not resonate with college students today, but it most likely did in 1972 when Minelli starred in the film version of the Broadway musical “Cabaret.”

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It’s (almost) Oscar season

By Claire Burke · Wednesday, Nov. 12,2008 10:17 p.m.

Ah, mid-November. Halloween has passed, making it acceptable for Christmas music to be blaring from department stores’ stereos, despite the fact that the holiday is more than six weeks away. It’s time now for winter coats, ugly boots and turkey. And Oscar buzz.

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Hustler in the canon’s shadow

By Ryan Brown · Wednesday, Nov. 12,2008 10:16 p.m.

Let us consider Larry Flynt. Part invalid, part eccentric hillbilly, part founder and operator of hardcore porn magazine Hustler.

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Behind the villain

Wednesday, Nov. 12,2008 10:16 p.m.

Leah McRath, who plays Fata Morgana, shares insight into her evil character and her experience singing in “The Love for Three Oranges.”

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Obama campaign inspires music, artists to sing praises

Wednesday, Nov. 12,2008 10:13 p.m.

Throughout history, high-profile political figures have attracted public curiosity, heated debate and worldwide attention. President-elect Barack Obama, the first black voted into presidential office, is no exception. And to up the ante from former administrations, the music industry has prepared a soundtrack.

Actors in the production Cabaret perform during their dress rehearsal Tuesday night in the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. The showings for the musical will be at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. on Saturday.

Willkommen to the Kit Kat Klub

By Lara Streyle · Wednesday, Nov. 12,2008 10:11 p.m.

The image of Liza Minelli dressed in black, complete with bowler hat and garters, dancing seductively across a stage might not resonate with college students today, but it most likely did in 1972 when Minelli starred in the film version of the Broadway musical “Cabaret.”

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A.A. Bondy to take Bear’s stage

By Kelsey McArdle · Tuesday, Nov. 11,2008 10:48 p.m.

Guitar in hand and stories abounding, southern singer-songwriter A.A. Bondy will take the stage at Bear’s Place tonight, doling out his distinctive take on the blues-folk revival.

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The music elitists

By Emily Campion · Tuesday, Nov. 11,2008 10:48 p.m.

Every Monday evening, I sit down at my computer and conjure up some random nonsense about music. I enjoy the freedom that comes with a weekly column assignment – I can write about anything. Even music some people find terrible.

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‘Twilight’ series turns to film

Tuesday, Nov. 11,2008 10:47 p.m.

It’s the year’s guiltiest literary pleasure: Stephenie Meyer’s series of teenage vampire romance novels, “Twilight.”

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