See a video production from the dance party that was held Friday in the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. VIDEO: Dance Party
About 2,200 people streamed through the IU Auditorium’s doors Saturday night to see country singer Dierks Bentley perform.
PRIDE Film Festival screening When: 7 to 10 p.m. Friday Where: Buskirk-Chumley Theater More info: Friday night’s screening will include “Billy’s Dad is a Fudge Packer,” “Rock Pockets,” “VGL-Hung,” “Happenstance,” “A Girl Named Kai,” “Today I Become a Man,” “My Last Ten Hours With You,” “Attack,” “Black Men and Me” and “Cruel and Unusual.”
The fashion world is inherently fast-moving and trendy. It changes almost daily; trends are born and reborn, and new ideas are communicated all the time. The industry also takes cues from what is going on in the world.
“The Art of Chocolate” will make its annual appearance at 5 p.m. Sunday at the IU Art Museum. With delicious treats from eight different restaurants, the evening promises to be a delight for sweet-toothed attendees.
The lights will dim and the people sitting in the 500 seats inside the Buskirk-Chumley Theater will grow quiet as the fifth-annual PRIDE Film Festival kicks off at 8 p.m. today.
Coffeehouse Nights at the Art Museum Come and enjoy free Indian coffee, art, music, and more at the IU Art Museum.
For Professor David Baker, teaching and music are two things that go hand in hand. He can’t do one without the other. Well-dressed in a casual suit with a blue dress shirt and tie, he was ready to talk about the blues to his class last Friday morning.
For people with an appreciation for freshly ground and brewed coffee, cozy spaces and poetry, the Runcible Spoon is the place to be this Friday night. The Runcible Spoon, located at 412 E. 6th St., will be hosting “Beginnings” at 7 p.m. as part of the Runcible Spoon Poetry Series.
LOS ANGELES – With idled entertainment industry workers and Oscar-nominated actors among the interested observers, striking writers and studios are talking again after weeks of bargaining silence.
As the average price for a pair of designer jeans or a new pair of Ugg boots continues to skyrocket, it is no wonder many IU students are turning to stores that offer vintage clothing and second-hand apparel to complete their look. Bloomington boasts nearly a dozen thrift stores that sell used clothing, shoes and other attire at affordable prices.
Last summer, I pitched an idea for a new show to the Travel Channel. The premise is there’s a college student who loves to travel, and each week, he would go to all these different places across the globe and discover things about the cultures he visits and make recommendations on hidden beauties to see in different lands.
IU Jacobs School of Music professor Claude Baker was named the 2008-09 Paul Fromm composer-in-residence for the American Academy in Rome two weeks ago. The Academy is a “very famous hotbed for composers at the beginning of their career,” said Don Freund, acting chair of the composition department.
There was barely a dry eye in the back room of Bear’s Place Monday night as audience members laughed themselves to tears at the 25th anniversary performance of the weekly Comedy Caravan shows. With a history of performers like Jeff Foxworthy, Ellen DeGeneres and Tim Allen, Bear’s Place has been a destination for stand-up comedy fans on Monday and Saturday nights for the past quarter-century.
NEW YORK – Heath Ledger was found dead Tuesday at a downtown Manhattan residence in a possible drug-related death, police said. He was 28.
Eclectic music and plenty of dancing is expected Thursday when Ladymoon comes to the Indiana Memorial Union. Ladymoon, a self-described jam band from Indianapolis, will play alongside local bands Philpot and Mental Afro at 8 p.m. Thursday in the IMU Gallery.
NEW YORK - Heath Ledger was found dead Tuesday at a downtown Manhattan residence in a possible drug-related death, police said. He was 28. NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said Ledger had an appointment for a massage at the Manhattan apartment believed to be his home. The housekeeper who went to let Ledger know the masseuse was there found him dead at 3:26 p.m.
Six historical harps now have a home in the Willam and Gayle Cook Music Library. The instruments were donated to the University in 1982 by late world-renowned harpist Mildred Dilling, who’s known as the “First Lady of the Harp.”
Local artist Mark Wallis started sculpting during his senior year in high school with a simple art class. Now, his work resides on campuses and businesses all across the country, including Ivy Tech’s Bloomington campus.
If you like jazz and need your flugelhorn fix, or just want some pizza, then head on over to Max’s Place today, where the Art Deco Jazz Quartet will be giving a free concert from 8:30 to 10:15 p.m.
