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Whitney ‘acts’ on her instinct

By Lindsey Landis · Friday, April 13,2007 12 a.m.

Whitney first tried to break into the modeling world in her hometown of West Palm Beach, Fla. She explained that the agents were looking for stick thin Brazilian girls, so the plus-size black girl just didn’t stand a chance. She auditioned for cycle seven of America’s Next Top Model, giving up her position on the Dartmouth women’s basketball team. She didn’t make the seventh cycle, but was called back for the eighth. She landed a spot on the show, and abandoned her studies at Dartmouth. She has since returned and will graduate with a degree in sociology in June.

Work of influential Senegalese artist on display at IUAM gallery

By Kyle Meehan · Friday, April 13,2007 12 a.m.

The work of Kalidou Sy, a Senegalese painter and former Bloomington resident, is on display until May 20 in the IU Art Museum’s first-floor Special Exhibitions Gallery. Sy’s work was the subject of a lecture by Joanna Grabski, assistant professor at Ohio’s Denison University, Wednesday night in Woodburn Hall. Sy moved to Bloomington in 1997 to marry Eileen Julien, the chairperson of IU’s Department of Comparative Literature. He remained in town, except for a two-year stint in Maryland and annual trips to Senegal, until his death in 2005.

The Complete Moron's Guide to: The Renaissance

Friday, April 13,2007 12 a.m.

Performers, vendors and re-enactors will party like its 1499 during the annual Bloomington Renaissance Faire, which will take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at Dunn Meadow. The free event celebrates the Renaissance era, which spanned the 14th through 17th centuries, and was a defining period for artistic, intellectual and social development in Europe. The following is a list of five of the most influential people of the period. Use them as inspiration for your own Renaissance-style costume.

Bell picks up Avery Fisher award prize

Friday, April 13,2007 12 a.m.

NEW YORK – When Joshua Bell was a teenager in Indiana, he got a call from Avery Fisher himself telling him he had won an Avery Fisher Career Grant, which helps selected young American classical musicians embark on a career.

JWAC hosts young artist competition

By Jessica Andrews · Friday, April 13,2007 12 a.m.

Young artists will be rewarded for their contributions and efforts this Sunday at the John Waldron Arts Center. The Bloomington chapter of the National Society of Arts and Letters will host its 41st competition this Sunday with a showcase of 12 of the most talented young artists around Indiana.

ARTiFACTS

Thursday, April 12,2007 12 a.m.

What: Fiesta mask from Loiza Aldea, Puerto Rico.

In England, King Arthur’s legend lives on at Tintagel

By Daniel Lovering · Thursday, April 12,2007 12 a.m.

TINTAGEL, England – Storms and gusting winds have chiseled away at this corner of southwestern England for centuries, but the legends that inhabit the area still loom large. The rocky headland near the village of Tintagel has become so entwined with the legend of King Arthur that its true history seems almost incidental, despite a collection of rough stone foundations and listing walls that hint at its rich past. According to various poems, stories and popular myths, it was here, at the fortress of a Cornish duke, that King Arthur was conceived. Later versions of the story say Arthur was born at the site and may have lived here for a time.

All the world is a stage: especially NYC living rooms

By Jennifer Peltz · Thursday, April 12,2007 12 a.m.

NEW YORK – The air is filled with uncertain expectancy as purple-haired 20-somethings, urbane 50-somethings and those in between stream into the loft. The 40 or so people exchange smiles without quite mingling. Some head for the pingpong table, while others put on lipstick or pull beers from the fridge. One man tries to gauge the loft’s occupants by decoding the post-collegiate minimalist decor: an entry-level sofa with a beanbag chair, utility shelves supporting books that range from Grisham to Nietzsche.

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John R. Armstrong as Guido is surrounded by women during the Department of Theatre and Drama's prduction of "Nine, the Musical" at the Ruth N. Halls Theatre.

‘Nine, the Musical’ ends IU theater season

By Kelsey Nash · Thursday, April 12,2007 12 a.m.

The musical opening Friday at the Ruth N. Halls Theatre will take its audience somewhere outside of reality, says graduate student John Armstrong. Tony Award-winning “Nine, the Musical” follows the story of an Italian film director named Guido Contini, played by Armstrong. The musical is based on Federico Fellini’s Italian film “8 1/2.”

G. Love ‘makes lemonade’ at Bluebird

By Zack Teibloom · Thursday, April 12,2007 12 a.m.

A decade ago G. Love (Garrett Dutton) told a friend he would get a tattoo of “lemonade” on his arm if he ever got a record contract. Thirteen years and seven albums deep into his career he not only decided to get the tattoo but also named his most recent album “Lemonade.” For G. Love, lemonade means more than just lemons, sugar and water. It symbolizes a time before he was famous when he would play the streets and make a pitcher of lemonade on his porch, where he did a lot of his “shredding and writing,” according to a press release.

Not-so-starving Artists

By Annysa LaMantia and Anyssa LaMantia · Thursday, April 12,2007 12 a.m.

While some work “McJobs” just to stay in school, others find ways of using what they’re passionate about to further their careers and fatten their bank accounts before diploma time. The following five students are just a few of the many young go-getters on campus using their artistic skills to pay the bills.

Woman writes English translation of Quran

Thursday, April 12,2007 12 a.m.

CHICAGO – One of the first English translations of the Quran written by a Muslim woman is expected to hit bookstores next week.

ACC to demonstrate hula dance

By Vivian Huang · Thursday, April 12,2007 12 a.m.

The Asian Culture Center will inspire aloha spirit and teach hula moves this Friday from 5 to 6:30 p.m. as part of ACC’s Asian Cultures Around Campus program. The hula lesson will feature Carol Reynolds and guest Ed Hiram, both native Hawaiians, demonstrating Hawaii’s native dance. Hula is best known today as a dance usually performed at luaus and celebrations. But the hula was originally performed as a religious ceremony to honor and worship Hawaiian gods such as Pele, the goddess of volcanoes. “Hula is the folkdance of the Hawaiian people,” Reynolds said.

Taking notes: Student’s unique compositions awarded

By Katie Ingmire · Wednesday, April 11,2007 12 a.m.

The Awards & Recognition section of Jeff Stanek’s resume reads like the complete list of honors available to student composers. At the age of 22, the music composition graduate student has already garnered 13 accolades for writing music, including two prestigious BMI Student Composer Awards and first prize at the CEMJKO International Electroacoustic Music Contest.

Fashion foward speaker defines global clothing trends

By Natalie Platt · Wednesday, April 11,2007 12 a.m.

The F-word has a different meaning to Joanne B. Eicher, stretching far beyond the usual connotations of the word.

Songwriter’s Showcase puts local talent on display at Player’s Pub

By Rorye O'Connor and Rorye O'Conner · Wednesday, April 11,2007 12 a.m.

A quiet revolution is brewing Monday nights in a pub on Walnut Street. At the Player’s Pub, 424 S. Walnut St., local songwriters gather to share their music and create a unsual listening atmosphere for the audience. Greg Hill, owner of the two-year-old pub, said music has healing power, and it’s why he opened a music-focused pub.

Summer music and you

By Ryan Brown · Tuesday, April 10,2007 12 a.m.

On Saturday night, I got my first preview of what my summers are generally full of – a show that blew my mind. Umphrey’s McGee played at the Murat Egyptian Room in Indianapolis this weekend for the purpose of recording an upcoming live album, which I intend to purchase the day it comes out. I want to give you hope that there is a band playing somewhere nearby this summer that will consume you the way I was consumed Saturday night.

‘Butterfly’ opera blossoms into success

By Eric Anderson · Tuesday, April 10,2007 12 a.m.

Perhaps Gwyn Richards, the dean of the School of Music, summed it up best. “Isn’t it breathtaking,” he said to me at intermission. In a word, yes. The IU Jacobs School of Music’s production of Giacomo Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” was a musical and theatrical triumph that made an exciting conclusion to the 2007-08 Opera Theater season. Based on a play, which is itself based on a short story, “Madama Butterfly” is the tragic tale of a young geisha who renounces her country and faith to marry Lieutenant Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton, an American naval officer with remarkably less wisdom or cultural awareness than his auspicious namesake. Insisting his marriage to Butterfly includes an “escape clause,” he leaves her within a year, with false promises of his return and ignorant of the child he has fathered.

Photo exhibit documents last movie of Marilyn Monroe

By Martin Griffith · Tuesday, April 10,2007 12 a.m.

RENO, Nev. – Like the rest of her work, Inge Morath’s photographs of Marilyn Monroe, shot in 1960, go right to the heart of her subject. Monroe may be smiling on the outside, but her vulnerability is also revealed.

Live From Bloomington’s 22nd annual Club Night successful with numerous bands, venues

By Dana Majewski · Monday, April 9,2007 12 a.m.

Several local bands played at one of six locations over two nights in the name of helping impoverished people in Bloomington at the Live From Bloomington 22nd Annual Club Night.