‘Victory garden’ movement grows
SCARBOROUGH, Maine – During World War II, the government urged Americans to plant “victory gardens,” backyard plots of fruits and vegetables that were supposed to ease reliance on the war-strained public food supply.
SCARBOROUGH, Maine – During World War II, the government urged Americans to plant “victory gardens,” backyard plots of fruits and vegetables that were supposed to ease reliance on the war-strained public food supply.
LOS ANGELES – The three Mexican directors who shook Hollywood last February with 16 Academy Award nominations have formed a moviemaking partnership with Universal Pictures worth a reported $100 million.
Paul Shoulberg’s one-woman play “Girl on the Wing,” starring Anjanette Armstrong, premiered Friday at the Bloomington Playwrights Project.
Saturday night the lights of the Roosevelt University Auditorium in Chicago darkened as the evocative voice of Björk began soaring from behind a thick curtain. An organ accompaniment vibrated beneath her voice.
The Jacobs School of Music is completing negotiations that will lead to the construction of a new organ in Auer Hall.
For me, the best way to spend a lazy summer day is to curl up on the patio with a glass of lemonade and a trashy romance novel. Work on my tan. Maybe sneak in a nap. I found the perfect book to go along with my perfect day, and if it seems like your sort of read, I highly recommend “The Birth of Venus” by Sarah Dunant.
The 14th annual Early Musical Festival will get underway in Bloomington tomorrow, featuring Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque and Classical music performed by nationally recognized visiting and local soloists and ensembles.
Saturday was the opening day the annual Fair of the Arts, hosted at the Brick Plaza adjacent to the Bloomington Community Farmers’ Market in downtown Bloomington.
Veronica and Wilson Yeakle begged to dance when they saw the Windfall Dance Company take the stage to perform their interpretation of Arabian Nights on Saturday evening at the Owen Valley High School auditorium. Their mother, Angela Yeakle, said she took her children to the show to expose them to different cultures.
Unless you are absolutely starving for a book to save your sanity and it is the only one you can find, don’t read “Ivanhoe.” I would consider myself to be pretty high on the boredom scale, but I couldn’t even get through chapter three. The two main characters, who shall remain nameless because I can’t remember their consequence to the story, hadn’t even finished their leisurely stroll through the forest by the end of the third chapter.
I don’t know what you are doing this summer, but at some point, you will probably need to take a break from your break. You could be needing an escape from nagging family members, a release from your demanding summer course load or you may just need to unwind after a long day at work.
NEW YORK – When Cleaster Graves noticed some crumbling mortar around the foundation of her family’s aging Brooklyn brownstone, she turned to an unusual expert for help: her 17-year-old daughter.
This Saturday, the brick plaza across from the Bloomington Community Farmers’ Market will come to life. Potters, jewelers, photographers, and artists of all kinds will come to show their works at the opening of the ninth annual event called “A Fair of the Arts.”
While biblical text and nude erotic images may seem to combine as naturally as oil and water, they join together seamlessly at the Kinsey Institute’s current art exhibition.
He’s witty, smart, he loves sports and he’s really into technology. He’s just the Grammy Award-winning violin virtuoso Joshua Bell.
After a combined total of more than 400 hours spent in the studios, 20 Bachelor of Fine Arts students will showcase their work at the Senior BA show from 7 to 9 p.m. today in the School of Fine Arts Gallery. The pieces are varied and come from every artistic field. The gallery is filled with abstract ceramics, various canvases filled with vibrant paintings and digital media exhibits.
Arts and Entertainment events to look out for near Bloomington.
As the final season of the “The Sopranos” winds down, fans of the HBO drama are abuzz online about their last glimpses of the New Jersey mafia family and theories on the show’s upcoming finale.
Grammy Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell has joined the Jacobs School of Music faculty, University officials announced Thursday.
The band for commencement this year features about 50 members of the Jacobs School of Music, but only a handful are graduating tomorrow.