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Jacobs School of Music receives rare ensemble, orchestra score collection

Tuesday, Oct. 28,2008 12:12 a.m.

Bassoon legend and faculty member Arthur Weisberg donated a collection of rare scores for ensemble and orchestra to the Jacobs School of Music, said Alain Barker, director of marketing and publicity for the music school.

New magazine combines local, University artists

By CJ Lotz · Tuesday, Oct. 28,2008 12:12 a.m.

A new Bloomington-based literary magazine, fiore, aims to fill in the gaps left by other local art magazines and newspapers.

Strong performance for ‘Merry Wives’

By Katherine Hagan · Sunday, Oct. 26,2008 10:45 p.m.

Whoever said opera singers could not act was proven wrong at the opening night of “The Merry Wives of Windsor” on Friday.

‘The Wild Party’ keeps the ’20s roaring

Sunday, Oct. 26,2008 10:44 p.m.

The idea of 1920s America typically brings to mind speakeasies, prohibition and flappers. It was a shifting era spinning toward disaster. Fortunately, “The Wild Party,” now playing at the Lee Norvelle Theatre and Drama Center, does not suffer the same fate as the decade the musical portrays.

New show, ‘Sans Merci,’ debuts at Bloomington Playwrights Project

By Alexandra Brown · Sunday, Oct. 26,2008 10:42 p.m.

Before the audience, two women boldly stripped off their clothing in a passionate scene between two young college lovers.

IU alumni Jerome Collins, of Straight No Chaser, sings Saturday evening at the IU Auditorium. Straight No Chaser was signed by Atlantic Records, after a video on YouTube hit eight million views.

YouTube sensation Straight No Chaser comes home

By Erica Rogers · Sunday, Oct. 26,2008 10:41 p.m.

Christmas music, old hits and fog machines were the key elements in Saturday night’s performance by the original members of Straight No Chaser.

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.

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