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Tunes for the drunk and sober

By Teri Rosenbaum · Tuesday, April 8,2008 10:39 p.m.

It’s almost as if people have this all-known consensus that local bands that play at bars, in general, are bad, and therefore these people feel the need to clarify when they say that said local band is “actually pretty good.”

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‘Riverdance’ stops at IU for farewell tour

By Shannon Dahmer · Monday, April 7,2008 10:23 p.m.

Born of the intricate moves and traditions of Irish step dance, “Riverdance” has traveled across the Atlantic and made its way to the IU Auditorium. As part if its farewell tour, “Riverdance” will visit IU at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

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Letters from Abroad: Taking it easy

By Lindsey Landis · Monday, April 7,2008 10:18 p.m.

BOLOGNA, Italy – “‘The water,’ by Feist.” “‘Bridge over troubled water,’ by Simon and Garfunkel.” “‘Black water,’ by the Doobie Brothers.” My friend Maureen and I were playing our favorite game – trying to find all of the songs with a given word in the title – on the banks of Lake Como this weekend.

Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds perform Sunday evening in Assembly Hall, to support Senator Barack Obama's campaign. Matthews and Reynolds are one of many celebrities that have visited Bloomington to promote a candidate for this year's election.

Musicians rock out for change

By Chelsea Merta · Monday, April 7,2008 8:18 p.m.

Thousands of concertgoers anxiously waited, some for more than 12 hours, to get good seats for the free Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds concert, “Change Rocks,” in support of Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama.  PODCAST:  Hoosier Headlines

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Around the Arts

Friday, April 4,2008 12:54 a.m.

Travelocity: Fashion From All Over the World Where: 8 p.m. Saturday More Info: The IU Black Student Union will host a program showcasing clothing from around the globe. Tickets are $5 in advance and $7 the day of the show.

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Curtain rises on student-led theater troupe at Collins

By Tom Edwards · Friday, April 4,2008 12:52 a.m.

Wednesday night’s debut of playwright Noah Haidle’s “Mr. Marmalade” at the Collins Ernest Bernhardt-Kabisch Coffeehouse was a success, as the exuberant eight-person student cast made audiences gasp and giggle at Haidle’s bleak comedy.

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Buskirk to host African American Dance Co.

By Sam Leffers · Friday, April 4,2008 12:50 a.m.

There’s an old African proverb that says “when the music changes, so does the dance.” Considering the repertoire of styles, influences and techniques employed by the African American Dance Company for Friday’s spring concert, that proverb will ring true many times before the curtain falls at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater.

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Luminescence Project will be ‘ensnaring hate’

By Allison Tyra · Friday, April 4,2008 12:48 a.m.

or the 40th anniversary of King’s death, the IU Luminescence Project, a group that creates a multi-sensory experience with classical music, will present “Ensnaring Hate,” a three-part choral performance, at 6:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday in Musical Arts Center 301.

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My top 5

By Claire Burke · Friday, April 4,2008 12:23 a.m.

I was recently asked to name my favorite designer. Now, I have a hard time with this question every time someone asks me because I simply have too many favorites.

IU graduate student and mezzo-soprano Meghann Vaughn sings as the character "Nicklausse" during a Les Contes d'Hoffmann dress rehearsal Monday at the Musical Arts Center. Les Contes d'Hoffmann opens Friday April 4 at 8 p.m. and continues on April 5, 11 and 12 at 8 p.m.

Three faces of one love

By Gabrijel Gelic · Friday, April 4,2008 12:22 a.m.

A story of love and despair entangled with comedy will take the stage at 8 p.m. this Friday and Saturday and April 11 and 12 at the Musical Arts Center. The center will be home to the famous “Les Contes D’Hoffmann” opera composed by the late Jacques Offenbach.

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