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Photography exhibit at BCT reflects evolution of television

By Lauren Younis · Tuesday, March 6,2007 12 a.m.

It’s no small task to examine how vulnerable individuals have become to the mass media that saturates our lives on a daily basis, but Bloomington artist Brian Chase has come convincingly close. And he has photos to prove it. Chase’s most recent exhibit, “Tube Fed,” is a collection of 12 black-and-white photographs that reflects the evolution of television from innocent invention to media machine. Central to the theme of the collection are figures of both male and female nudes, seemingly captured in empty rooms with nothing but televisions before them.

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Stolen Rockwell in Spielberg’s collection

By Daisy Nguyen · Tuesday, March 6,2007 12 a.m.

LOS ANGELES – Norman Rockwell paintings often resonate because of their depictions of everyday life, but the life of one of his paintings has been anything but mundane. “Russian Schoolroom,” a Rockwell painting stolen from a gallery in the St. Louis suburb of Clayton, Mo., more than three decades ago, was found in Oscar-winning filmmaker Steven Spielberg’s art collection, the FBI announced Friday.

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Fantastical ‘Cirque Dreams’ showing at IU Auditorium tonight

Tuesday, March 6,2007 12 a.m.

With ultraviolet colors, contortionists and aerialists, Neil Goldberg’s “Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy” will morph the IU Auditorium into a whimsical dreamscape tonight. Taking place in a magical forest, performers from around the world bring the jungle to life using special effects and creative choreography on a multi-million-dollar set. The 90-minute show features gravity-defying aerial acts, vine swinging and puppeteering.

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Anna Nicole: death of a corporate scam

By Ryan Brown · Tuesday, March 6,2007 12 a.m.

One night, as I flipped through the channels, I came across what I assumed was an entertainment-based network showing clips and up-to-date info on the death and burial of Anna Nicole Smith. I was shocked to find out the late Smith, 27 days since her death, is still receiving headline coverage on one of America’s most powerful news stations: CNN.

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The Oscars: the good, the bad and Jennifer Hudson

By Teri Rosenbaum · Monday, March 5,2007 12 a.m.

Last Sunday night, America wasn’t participating in a war or contributing to a debate on gay marriage. America wasn’t feeling the effects of global warming or developing new immigration laws. America wasn’t rallying against abortion or campaigning for its first black president. For one night, America stood united.

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Dierks Bentley to perform Saturday

By Carrie Ritchie · Friday, March 2,2007 12 a.m.

This Saturday the IU Auditorium will open its doors to something it hasn’t seen in a while: a country act. The Union Board is bringing Dierks Bentley to the auditorium for a 7:30 p.m. show to add a new flavor to its spring events line-up. “It’s been a long time since we’ve had a country artist, if ever, so we decided it would be good for Union Board to bring (one) to IU,” said Adam Soiref, UB concerts director. The last country performer to come to IU was Willie Nelson in December 2004.

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The Complete Moron's Guide to: Belly Dance

Friday, March 2,2007 12 a.m.

If you decide to attend the Blue Lotus Tribe and the Best of Bloomington Belly Dancers performance at 8 p.m. Friday at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater, you cannot go in expecting Shakira. Belly dance had its beginnings centuries ago in the Middle East long before “Hips don’t lie.” Below are some terms related to the ancient social dance.

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Fashionistas advise how to stay stylish, warm

By Megan K. Scott · Friday, March 2,2007 12 a.m.

Tired of wearing that same chunky sweater, the one that looked so up-to-the-minute in November, but now is covered in fuzz balls? What about those clunky knee-high boots? They felt great those first cold weeks of winter, but wouldn’t a cool new wedge sandal be a welcome relief?

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African American Dance Company offers workshop, show this weekend

Thursday, March 1,2007 12 a.m.

The 10th annual African American Dance Workshop will be held Friday and Saturday at the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center, 275 N. Jordan Ave. The purpose of the event is to expose students and the Bloomington community to African-American and African Diaspora dance styles and movements, according to a news release for the event.

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Counter couture

By Alisha Chaudary · Thursday, March 1,2007 12 a.m.

Fishnet stockings, dark eye makeup and neon colors are in this season – if you are a member of Axis of Evil, Bloomington’s own gothic community, that is. Axis held its first runway show on Feb. 27 at Jake’s Nightclub. Six designers, four DJs, three runs, and 21 ensembles collaborated to create the show titled CTRL+ALT+DEL, which stands for stands for Control + Alteration + Delineation.“

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ARTiFACTS

Thursday, March 1,2007 12 a.m.

What: A portrait skull made by the Iatmul people of Papua New Guinea, dating to the first half of the 20th century.

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Belly-dancers present performance, workshop

By Jessica Andrews · Thursday, March 1,2007 12 a.m.

Bloomington’s own belly-dancing community will shine tomorrow evening as it takes the arts community through a second annual eye-opening weekend of dance performance and workshops. ArtsWeek, which ends Saturday, will be capped off with performances from an array of artistic dancers, including special guest the Blue Lotus Tribe of Chicago, the Best of Bloomington Belly Dancers and other local performers.

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Artists bridge the gaps between arts, sciences

By Jessica M. Pasko · Thursday, March 1,2007 12 a.m.

TROY, N.Y. – Adam Zaretsky once spent 48 hours playing Engelbert Humperdinck’s “Greatest Hits” to a dish of E. coli bacteria to determine whether vibrations or sounds influenced bacterial growth. Watching the bacteria’s antibiotic production increase, Zaretsky decided that perhaps even cells were annoyed by constant subjection to “loud, really awful lounge music.”

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Picasso paintings stolen from his granddaughter’s house

Thursday, March 1,2007 12 a.m.

PARIS – At least two Picasso paintings worth nearly $66 million were stolen from the house of the artist’s granddaughter in Paris, police said Wednesday. The paintings, “Maya and the Doll” and “Portrait of Jacqueline,” disappeared overnight Monday to Tuesday from the chic 7th arrondissement, or district, a Paris police official said. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media, said that they were worth nearly $66 million and that there were signs of breaking and entering in the house.

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Russian Prince Andrew Romanoff’s art exhibit shows storybook life

By Juliana Barbassa · Wednesday, Feb. 28,2007 12 a.m.

INVERNESS, Calif. – If history hadn’t gotten in the way, Andrew Romanoff could have been the emperor of Russia. But as things turned out, the mustachioed grandnephew of the ill-fated last czar spends his time painting whimsical, folk-art renderings of his unusual upbringing in a dethroned royal family onto “Shrinky Dinks,” the plastic children’s toy that shrinks in the oven.

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