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Drum Corps International to hold world competition in Indianapolis

By Mike Abrams · Sunday, July 29,2007 5:01 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS – Before the Indianapolis Colts kick off their 2008 season in the new Lucas Oil Stadium, thousands of young adults will step on the field first for their own competition.

Cinemat up for sale

By Sara Amato · Wednesday, July 25,2007 8:33 p.m.

Steve Volan, owner of The Cinemat, has a movie complex. Literally. Despite his love for movies, Volan does not have enough time to keep running The Cinemat, 123 S. Walnut St., and he put it up for sale July 20.

Opera ‘Elixir of Love’ wraps up Summer 2007 Music Festival Aug. 4

By Kelly Cochran · Wednesday, July 25,2007 8:21 p.m.

After nearly two months of preparation, the IU Opera will premier Gaetano Donizetti’s “The Elixir of Love,” also known as “L’Elisir d’Amore,” at 8 p.m. Friday in the Musical Arts Center.

Company creates Facebook application for independent music

By Sara Amato · Wednesday, July 25,2007 8:15 p.m.

Music company ReverbNation launched My Band, a Facebook application to help promote independent bands through the Web site, when the application became available July 17.

There’s something about Harry

By Emily Gibbons · Sunday, July 22,2007 8:57 p.m.

Since 1997, readers have almost yearly immersed itself in the magical, mirror-image world of Harry Potter, a boy raised in England but educated in the ways of magic at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry’s coming-of-age tale, told in a language of wands, spells and the ever-present game of Quidditch, came to an end last week with the release of the last installment in author J.K. Rowling’s internationally renowned series. Fans flooded bookstores across the world to snatch up copies of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” and the scene at the Bloomington Barnes and Noble, 2813 E. Third St., was no different.

Advertise this

By Mike Abrams · Sunday, July 22,2007 8:32 p.m.

Those damn things pop up everywhere. It doesn’t matter how legitimate the site is that you’re perusing. They are still there.

IU professor emeritus was pioneer in concrete poetry movement

By Sara Deuser and Sara J. Deuser · Sunday, July 22,2007 8:30 p.m.

Mary Ellen Solt, a poet and critic who left her mark on the world of poetry and IU, died June 21 at age 86.

Residents come to ‘play’

By Emily Gibbons · Sunday, July 22,2007 8:23 p.m.

The crowd spilled onto the Fourth Street sidewalk Friday night for the “Be Playful Bloomington: A Sampler of the Arts” event being held at the John Waldron Arts Center.

Lotus Festival 2007 acts announced

By Kelly Cochran · Wednesday, July 18,2007 8:30 p.m.

Coordinators of the annual Lotus World Music & Arts Festival held their kick-off event, Summer Night of Lotus, on Friday to announce the lineup for the 14th installment of the annual event, set to take place Sept. 27-30.

Silk Road Bayram Festival brings culture to Bloomington

By Kaitlin Shawgo and Kailtin Shawgo · Wednesday, July 18,2007 8:23 p.m.

A curtain of blue and red fabrics hung behind Sultan Memet on Sunday as his fingers flew over the strings of a tanbur, a long-necked instrument native to Turkey.

Festival Jazz Orchestra draws large crowd

By Chris Pickrell · Wednesday, July 18,2007 8:22 p.m.

The Festival Jazz Orchestra performed in front of an enthusiastic audience on Tuesday night at the Musical Arts Center auditorium as part of the Jacobs School of Music’s Summer Music Festival.

National Endowment of the Arts grants 3 Indiana libraries money to promote literacy

By Sara Amato · Wednesday, July 18,2007 8:17 p.m.

The Indiana Arts Commission announced July 11 that the National Endowment of the Arts awarded grants to libraries from the Indiana cities of Corydon, New Castle and Frankfort for a literary program called The Big Read.

Modernized classic

By Sara Amato · Wednesday, July 18,2007 7:40 p.m.

J.D. Salinger’s “The Catcher in the Rye,” has been mod-ernized to fit our generation in Stephen Chbosky’s “The Perks of Being a Wallflower.”

Pitchfork Music Festival kicks off Friday in Chicago

By Stefania Marghitu · Monday, July 16,2007 2:34 p.m.

The second annual Pitchfork Music Festival will be held July 13 to 15 in Chicago.

International Harp Competition Finals to be held Saturday

By Karly Tearney · Monday, July 16,2007 2:34 p.m.

Auer Hall filled with the delicate sounds of the harp and resounding applause as harpists from around the world took the stage Tuesday and Wednesday during stage three of the seventh annual 2007 USA International Harp Competition.

Russian wins harp final

By Karly Tearney · Monday, July 16,2007 2:26 p.m.

Maria Krushevskaya is finally going home. But now she will be returning to Russia with a $55,000 Lyon and Healy gold concert grand harp and a first-place medal from the USA International Harp Competition. The win also includes thousands of dollars in cash prizes, a CD recording and recitals in New York, London and Taipei.

Bathroom sinks and ghosts at book store

By Tia Walker · Wednesday, July 11,2007 6:50 p.m.

Sitting on the corner of Washington and Third streets is Boxcar Books, a small bookstore that has a momentary touch of individuality. This month, it is running an exhibit of artist Justin Clifford Rhody’s photography

Walk of art

By Sara Deuser and Sara J. Deuser · Sunday, July 8,2007 8:21 p.m.

The John Waldron Arts Center was a lively place last Friday evening, when the July exhibits in the Rosemary P. Miller and Flashlight Galleries opened. People of all ages wandered through the exhibits examining wall sculptures and paintings, and peering through artist Jerry Farnsworth’s kaleidoscopes. Gallery walk participants talked with artists and among themselves about the works on display. Peter Lawrence picked up a kaleidoscope and looked through it at his own painting, “Fiorra”. Jerry Farnsworth demonstrated how to use one of his more complex kaleidoscopes to a small group of people, holding it in front of each person’s eyes so they could peer through, telling them, “Thanks for looking.” The opening featured art Farnsworth, James B. Campbell, Peter Lawrence and Monique Cagle. The gallery runs through July 27.

Honors College bids farewell to dean as Hanson accepts position

By Kaitlin Shawgo and Kailtin Shawgo · Sunday, July 8,2007 8:03 p.m.

As former Hutton Honors College Dean Karen Hanson moves on to her new position as IU-Bloomington provost, Honors College Assistant Dean Lynn Cochran said Hanson will be missed in her old position. “We are going to miss her so much,” she said. “We all love her dearly.”

Bluebird holds concert Saturday for large crowd

By Lena Stouppe · Sunday, July 8,2007 6:03 p.m.

Saturday night at the Bluebird Nightclub, the self-described “Americana acoustic music” band Railroad Earth drew an energetic crowd. The opening act for the concert was the Stringtown Pickers, a band from Indianapolis.

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