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Artists' works raise safe sex awareness

By Paige Ingram · Monday, Dec. 4,2006 12:45 a.m.

ondoms. They come lubricated, ultra-thin, flavored and ribbed for her pleasure, and Friday they filled the Indiana Memorial Union Solarium by the thousands, with the simple intention of promoting safe sex.

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Tea, art served up at IUAM

By Michael Reschke · Thursday, Nov. 30,2006 10:57 p.m.

If you're into art, music and tea -- or your significant other no longer considers having a beer and sitting on the couch with you a date -- come to the IU Art Museum Friday. The museum will stay open until 7 p.m. for Teahouse Night to celebrate its current exhibition, "Conspiring With Tradition: Contemporary Painting From the Guilin Chinese Painting Academy." The exhibit features a variety of contemporary Chinese art, said Judy Stubbs, Pamela Buell Curator of Asian art.

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Bluebird offers a taste of 'Sexual Chocolate' Saturday night

By Zack Teibloom · Thursday, Nov. 30,2006 10:57 p.m.

Karl Denson is one of those musicians people have seen without even knowing who he is. He got his break in an uncredited roll as the bandleader and saxophonist in the fictional band "Sexual Chocolate" in the 1988 Eddy Murphy movie "Coming to America." He played as Lenny Kravitz's saxophonist and bandleader throughout the '90s and has played in numerous projects since, garnering acclaim from jazz, rock and jam fans as he fused genres together with whatever his current lineup happened to be.

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Professor, docent leads 'story time'

By Molly McKinley · Thursday, Nov. 30,2006 10:56 p.m.

The IU Art Museum staff has found a new way of presenting its permanent collection. For the past few years, the Art Museum has offered a thematic tour of the museum on the first Saturday of each month. The themes are wide in variety, ranging from science to Shakespeare, with each tour providing a new approach to understanding and learning about art.

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Students showcase Bloomington, 'Off the Map'

By Ashley Wilson · Thursday, Nov. 30,2006 10:54 p.m.

For the 13 students in the Bachelor of Fine Arts photography program, "Off the Map," the ninth installment of the annual Alternative Show, is more than just a chance to showcase pieces they've been working on throughout the semester.

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Downtown Gallery Walk spans 9 art venues

By Shannon Valentine · Wednesday, Nov. 29,2006 11:34 p.m.

The Bloomington Area Arts Council will host a Downtown Gallery Walk from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday. The event, which is free and open to the public, will bring together more than 60 artists from five surrounding counties to display their work at nine galleries located in and around downtown Bloomington. The Monroe County Historical Society is collaborating in this event. Managing Director Jill Lesh said it has been a common goal of the historical society to work more with the Bloomington Area Arts Council since both groups share a common goal of educating and involving the public in Bloomington art and history.

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Finding a Creative Cure

By Leah Linder · Wednesday, Nov. 29,2006 11:34 p.m.

Bohemians had the Left Bank. Andy Warhol had the Factory. Bloomington has the Art Hospital. When you step into the Hospital, you walk on the same floor scuffed from techno dance parties and metal-head moshing. Look to your left, and you might think you're stepping back three decades to your crazy aunt's time-warped attic -- complete with old Coke machines, street signs and fake fruit in a bowl. While at first glance, it might look like a strewn mess, everything in that room could potentially have its own role in an artistic masterpiece. The Hospital, 1021 S. Walnut St., is a diversely functional facility for Bloomington artists to find solace within each of their methods of work. Founded in June, it is Bloomington's latest addition to the creative community.

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Orpheus Chamber Orchestra will perform, present 'Process' seminar

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Nov. 29,2006 11:32 p.m.

The Grammy-winning Orpheus Chamber Orchestra will perform at 8 p.m. Dec. 3 at the IU Auditorium. The orchestra will also present a seminar on its copyrighted and highly acclaimed "Orpheus Process" at 11 a.m. Dec. 4 in the foyer of the IU Auditorium. The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra began 34 years ago and has been playing at New York's Carnegie Hall for 26 seasons. It has collaborated with many famous artists including Isaac Stern, Yo-Yo Ma and Dawn Upshaw. Orpheus is unique because the group does not have a conductor; the members of the orchestra share and rotate leadership roles. This is known as the "Orpheus Process." Business schools at Harvard, Columbia and Yale, as well as corporations including Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, have incorporated the group's philosophy on self-government into their own business outlooks.

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Alumna targets post-collegiate readers in book

By Kelsey Nash · Wednesday, Nov. 29,2006 11:32 p.m.

Bloomington-born author Meg Cabot has the Monroe County Public Library to thank for her love of literature. Cabot, who is best known for the famed "Princess Diaries" series, spent much of her childhood in the young adults' section, soaking up books by fellow authors Judy Blume and Jane Austen, according to a press release for Cabot's most recent book. Cabot's latest novel, "Size 14 Is Not Fat Either," was released Tuesday as the second book in her "Pink Mystery" series. "Size 14" chronicles the daily conundrums faced by Heather Wells, heroine of the previous Pink Mystery novel, "Size 12 Is Not Fat." Wells is a former teen pop sensation with a penchant for cracking the occasional murder case.

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First IU 'Latexhibition' displays latex art for World AIDS Day

By Michael Reschke · Wednesday, Nov. 29,2006 11:31 p.m.

Many condoms will be unwrapped and used this week, but the ones used in the Indiana Memorial Union Solarium Friday will have a unique fate. They will be displayed as works of art for IU's first "Latexhibition." Latexhibition is a display of artwork created with condoms and other latex barrier devices. Latexhibition will be held on World Aids Day "as part of a community wide effort to educate and reflect on the HIV/AIDS epidemic," according to a press release. The idea of Latexhibition began as a project for human sexuality students at San Francisco State University, where IU graduate student Chris Fisher received his master's in human sexuality studies. "The biggest barrier to using condoms and other latex devices is often because of a sense being uncomfortable touching and talking about them," Fisher said.

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Workshops Friday, Saturday to show how art can be mental health treatment

By Paige Ingram · Wednesday, Nov. 29,2006 11:31 p.m.

Cathi Norton views art as a healing activity. From painting to dancing to writing, she said she values using the artistic world to help those in need. This weekend, that goal will be extended to the community as she co-sponsors the first Art of Mental Health celebration. The event, which includes art exhibits, workshops and a concert, began with a simple idea. Weekly painting classes are held at the Center for Behavioral Health, said Norton, the community relations specialist at the center. These classes allow clients to express themselves artistically while having access to clinicians to discuss the feelings behind their artwork, she said. An annual event came from these classes, in which the public is invited to judge client work, with the winners being featured on note cards sold to the public.

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Cruise couch-jumping incident offers inspiration for writer

By Rachel Skybetter · Wednesday, Nov. 29,2006 11:28 p.m.

When Tom Cruise jumped on Oprah Winfrey's couch professing his love for Katie Holmes in May 2005, the nation deemed him insane. However, playwright and IU graduate student Paul Shoulberg used Cruise's antics to perfect the finishing touches of his play, "Reel." The IU Department of Theatre and Drama will open the world premiere of "Reel" at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Wells-Metz Theatre. After working on the set of an independent film as an undergraduate at the University of Kansas, Shoulberg knew he wanted to tell a story on stage about what happens off camera. "Watching Tom Cruise on Oprah, (I realized) these people are absolutely crazy. They're psychopaths," Shoulberg said of celebrities. "These people are really disturbed."

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Chicago holiday bazaar stirs controversy

By Alyson Brodsy and Don Babwin · Tuesday, Nov. 28,2006 11:40 p.m.

CHICAGO -- A public Christmas festival is no place for the Christmas story, the city says. Officials have asked organizers of a downtown Christmas festival, the German Christkindlmarket, to reconsider using a movie studio as a sponsor because it is worried ads for its film "The Nativity Story" might offend non-Christians.

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