What: "Number 11" by American Jackson Pollock 1949. Duco, aluminum and paint on canvas
Checking out the Frangipani Room in the Indiana Memorial Union at 7 p.m. Fridays, a passer-by would witness people dancing joyously in a circle to European music. And it wouldn't be out of the ordinary --just another weekly meeting of the IU International Folkdancers.
It was the craze that, for a short time, almost killed rock 'n' roll. Calypso, that is. Students can discover calypso music at the Calypso Music in Postwar America exhibit's opening reception at 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center Grand Hall, 275 N. Jordan Ave.
Though Jacobs School of Music student Georgina Joshi was killed in a plane crash last April, her parents hope her memory will live on through a donation to the music school. Louise Addicot and Yatish Joshi of South Bend made a special trip to Hamburg, Germany, in December to select a Steinway concert grand piano in memory of Georgina.
The Buskirk-Chumley Theater will premiere its monthly film series this Thursday, featuring the talents and innovations of people who have advanced filmmaking.
Chamber music devotees are no doubt looking forward to this weekend's Dubinsky Memorial Concert. The concert, given annually, is piano professor Luba Edlina-Dubinsky's memorial offering to her late husband, Rostislav Dubinsky, who served as violin professor and chamber-music coordinator in the Jacobs School of Music from 1980 until his death in 1997.
Typically, musicians begin their careers at very young ages but rarely get to perform at a prestigious venue like Carnegie Hall in New York . IU alumnus Jonathan Ng is not your typical musician.
Linda Pisano has powdered the nose of Satan himself. In 2005, Pisano, head of costume and design of IU's Department of Theatre and Drama, designed the costumes for a production of Christopher Marlowe's "Doctor Faustus." She transformed the already 6-foot-4 actor playing the devil into a 7-foot-tall bruised corpse with bat-like wings that spanned 12 feet.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- A high-school play based on Harper Lee's classic "To Kill a Mockingbird" brought together black and white high-school students to tell the classic story of racial injustice -- and even drew out the novel's reclusive author.
In his khaki pants, navy shirt and sweat shirt, with an army-style crew cut, Nathan James Comerford looks like any ordinary 35-year-old husband and father of two.
Under the glow of red stage lights, four dancers fluidly moved their bodies to the sounds of Radiohead's "Kid A" to open a program that was anything but traditional. The IU Contemporary Dance Program hosted "Grow/Move/Change," its fall concert, last Thursday and Friday. As promised, it showed the audience an eclectic evening of dance.
In her article "Unfathomable, repellent, delightful" in The Guardian, Iwona Blazwick argues that despite controversy, awards in the arts should be divided into categories distinctly for men and women. She argues that despite its potential sexist and segregating aftereffect, it is necessary in arts competition to divide men and women due to extreme differences in style and the impact feminist art has had on the art world.
To become a high-browed arts expert, you can take one of the many classes that the IU art history department offers. Or you can just consult this little guide.
On Saturday night the atrium of IU's celebrated Art Museum will be transformed into a medieval French cathedral as the Jacobs School of Music presents 'Fleury,' a 12th-century liturgical, or church, drama. "Fleury," an anonymous manuscript, contains 10 separate dramas that address a variety of biblical stories, such as Christmas, Easter and the conversion of St. Paul.
NEW YORK -- Casino mogul Steve Wynn sued Lloyd's of London Thursday, saying the insurance company failed to act properly on his demand to pay $54 million in lost value for a Picasso that was damaged when Wynn accidentally poked a hole in the canvas with his elbow.
BELLINGHAM, Wash. -- Lori Richardson perused the book shelves, picking up one book for consideration and then another. At first glance, there was little that appeared to tie the widely varying authors and genres together. But a closer inspection revealed shelf tags and signs promoting local book club selections.
A tall, slender woman leans forward and firmly grasps the metal attachment on the canister of a vacuum cleaner with both hands. She places the attachment underneath a small, rectangular table, sucking up whatever dust remains on the gleaming tile floor. This description could conjure up images of a Dirt Devil advertisement if it were not for one element: Besides a pair of high heels and a garter belt to hold up her sheer stockings, the woman is entirely nude.
MEXICO CITY -- Mexican artist Hector Velazquez leaned in close and picked dust from one of his sculptures in a dim alcove of his exposition space. "They attract flies," he said in a disheartened voice.
What do you call a mixture of bananas and mayonnaise in a jar with a mock-up of an actual mayonnaise label? At least three Bloomington residents call it art.
Awkward Silence comedy WHEN: 9 p.m. Thursday WHERE: IMU Frangipani Room MORE INFORMATION: Free improvisational comedy.
