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Psychedelic bands jam at Bear’s Place

By Greg Winget · Sunday, June 22,2008 8:16 p.m.

Psychedelic music is a beast with many heads, a fact made clear by the varied acts who played June 18 at Bear’s Place. Making one last tour stop in Bloomington before heading to psych-heaven festival Terrastock, all of the acts shared a penchant for both psychedelic and folk music.

Ellis Latham-Brown

Artists sell works on courthouse square

By Kelly Cochran · Sunday, June 22,2008 8:13 p.m.

Close to 10,000 art enthusiasts walked the streets of downtown Bloomington on Saturday during the 28th annual Arts Fair on the Square. The fair, which took place outside the Monroe County Courthouse from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., offered space for 62 different artists to display and sell art.

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Weezer doesn't suck

By Cory Barker · Wednesday, June 18,2008 8:09 p.m.

This new album and surprisingly new outlook could actually keep them relevant for years to come, something no “Blue Album” or “Pinkerton” fan could have ever expected. But please, no more “Beverly Hills.”

David E. Corso

Old sound clashes with ‘newgrass’ at Bean Blossom

By Michael Zennie · Sunday, June 15,2008 7:49 p.m.

For Tommy Brown, the leader of the seven-piece bluegrass act Tommy Brown & County Line Grass, there’s really only one way to play bluegrass – the old time way. The way Bill Monroe and the Stanley Brothers played it when they brought the genre to the fore in the ’40s and ’50s.

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Camp S.O.U.L. culminates with performance

By Kelly Cochran · Sunday, June 15,2008 7:48 p.m.

Camp S.O.U.L, sponsored by IU’s Office of Community and Schools Partnerships, brought together underrepresented high school students from around Indiana to participate in a five-day camp, which ended in the performance. The sixth annual summer music program focused on the historical, theoretical and performance dimensions of African American music and culture, according to a press release.

COURTESY PHOTO Festival goers enjoy Bluegrass music at the Bill Monroe Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival in 2006. Some festival goers made a trip from as far as Minnesota to participate in the festival.

Get ready for the Bean Blossom experience

By Michael Zennie · Wednesday, June 11,2008 8:23 p.m.

This year’s festival starts Saturday and runs through June 21. It features 50 bands including J.D. Crowe and the New South and the legendary Dr. Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys. Stanley is a bluegrass hall of famer and has enjoyed mainstream success in recent years with his song, “O Death” appearing on the “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” soundtrack.

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MTV revives the video star

By Cory Barker · Monday, June 9,2008 12:53 p.m.

Could it be that MTV has finally seen the error of its ways? After years of ignoring the music portion of their name, the network might be taking a step forward.

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Wrong Way does time at the Bluebird

By Deanna Krinn · Monday, June 9,2008 12:53 p.m.

Wrong Way, a Sublime tribute band out of Athens, Ga., brought all the energy needed and then some to the Bluebird Saturday night, and the crowd was there to push them along the whole way.

COURTESY PHOTO A man sits in a chair made entirely of balloons at a balloon twisting convention. Every year, hundreds of people from around the globe gather at Twist and Shout, one of the world's premier balloon twisting conventions to compete, attend balloon twisting classes, and make jaw-dropping balloon sculptures. Filmmakers Naomi Greenfield and Sara Taksler explore the art of balloon twisting in their 2007 film Twisted: A Balloonamentary.

Balloon documentary in Indy puts ‘twist’ on latex art

By Amanda Lowry · Monday, June 9,2008 12:34 p.m.

The last time you saw someone twisting a balloon into a dog or sword, you probably thought it was an impressive party trick. Maybe you were about 8 years old. But the documentary “TWISTED: A Balloonamentary” shows balloon artists invest a whole lot more than childish amusement into those fancy pieces of latex.

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Around the Arts

Wednesday, June 4,2008 11:51 p.m.

Festivals, theater featured in this week's Around the Arts

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Art museum celebrates tattoos

By Ben Nuckols · Wednesday, June 4,2008 11:48 p.m.

BALTIMORE – For one night, at least, tattoos – and the living canvases that carry them – took their place alongside Rembrandt, Matisse and Picasso.

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IU Art Museum receives grant

By Savannah Worley · Wednesday, June 4,2008 11:47 p.m.

The IU Art Museum is one of five nationwide recipients of a chairman’s “sizable” grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for Picturing America, IU Art Museum curator Edward Maxedon said.

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NYC choir explores the healing power of music

By Karen Matthews · Sunday, June 1,2008 7:29 p.m.

Sacks, the best-selling author of “Awakenings” and “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat,” shared the church stage Saturday with the famed gospel choir as part of the inaugural World Science Festival, a five-day celebration of science taking place in New York this week.

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Can women make ‘Sex’ a hit?

By Jocelyn Noveck · Wednesday, May 28,2008 6:33 p.m.

NEW YORK – Can a pure chick flick become a hit? Yes, if it draws a diverse enough swath of female moviegoers. For “Sex and the City,” that will be the big question.

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