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Le dernier cri: Too skinny?

The French Parliament recently passed a bill that bans the promotion of anorexia online. The law will make it illegal for anyone to promote extreme thinness. While I am normally behind almost anything that the French do or say, this one has left me completely confused.

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Author speaks about importance of sign language

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Schaller, author of “A Man without Words,” gave a lecture titled “Languagelessness, the Critical Period and Adult Language Acquisition: Ildefonso’s Story” Friday at the Speech and Hearing Building.





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Around the arts

Kaia presents: ‘Get Down, Rise Up!’ concert When: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday Where: John Waldron Arts Center Auditorium More Information: Bloomington’s a cappella world music ensemble performs music from every hemisphere, political anthems and outrageous schmaltz. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for students and children ages 5 and under get in free. Purchase tickets online at bloomingtonarts.info.




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Susan Schaller to speak about ‘Languagelessness’

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Ildefonso, a 27-year old deaf man, had lived his entire life without words or any real way of communicating until Susan Schaller did something considered impossible to the academic community; she taught an adult his first language.


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Real as real can be

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This week, I had the privilege of getting to sit down and read Henrik Ibsen’s play “Ghosts.” What I thought was going to be a lascivious romp about syphilis, adultery and the sinful life of artists left me somewhat disappointed.


Amanda Blake

Flying High

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Looking at Bernadette Pace from a distance on the high-flying trapeze, one might expect to see someone young and agile, as she swings with grace and ease high in the air. Still going strong into her 60s, Pace remains active with her group of aerial performers, the Bloomington High Flyers.


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Around the Arts

‘MFA II’ When: Noon to 4 p.m., today through April 19 Where: Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts, SoFA Gallery



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‘Good poetry is contagious’ at Outspoken

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An ode to ketchup. An explanation of how “gangsta” Disney movies are. Political protests about Homeland Security and I-69. Audience members were treated to these and many other original poems Tuesday night at Union Board’s OUTSPOKEN Poetry Slam in the IMU Gallery.


Kelsey Ellefson

Minus The Bear rocks Bluebird

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Minus the Bear shook the walls of The Bluebird Nightclub on Tuesday night with a show promoting its new album, “Planet of Ice.”