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Contra dancing to live music

From 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. every Wednesday at the Waldron Arts Center, 122 S. Walnut St., the Bloomington Old-Time Music and Dance Group hosts contra dancing to live music.



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BPP hosts art contest with cash prize

Bloomington Playwrights Project is hosting an art contest to find an image to be used on publicity materials and the BPP Web site to promote an upcoming festival of plays that celebrate Latino culture.


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Indiana Shakespeare Festival call-out

The Indiana Shakespeare Festival invites all interested community members to an informational meeting from 7 to 9 p.m. July 17 at the Rose Firebay Theater at the Waldron Arts Center, 122 S. Walnut St.

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'Ethical capitalism' inspires local record label's deals

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When Chris Johnston describes "ethical capitalism," the term he coined to describe his approach to running his Bloomington-based record label, Plan-It-X Records, it doesn't sound like a very good business plan. "Don't charge more than necessary," he offers as his advice to become an ethical capitalist. "Figure out what you need to maintain whatever project you're doing and make that the price. ... Unless you're increasing the quality of the product, there's no reason to increase the cost."


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'Prada' movie spotlights Nasty Boss phenomenon

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NEW YORK - A famous designer throws a fit and hurls a pair of scissors at his assistant. The ladies room at a top fashion glossy is routinely filled with weeping underlings who've been dressed down. One boss enforces a starvation regime: You can't go out for lunch, but you can't eat at your desk, either. These could be scenes from "The Devil Wears Prada," the new film starring Meryl Streep as Miranda Priestly, a capricious and fear-inspiring fashion editor. But they're actual anecdotes from the fashion world. Insiders agree that the depiction of scary-boss excess in the film, and even more in the book, is dead-on.


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Buskirk-Chumley presents 'GROOVELILY'

New York City trio GROOVELILY inhabits that contemporary space where creative musicians ignore the boundaries laid down by words like rock, folk, jazz and pop.


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Summer Nights with Masterpieces at IU Art Museum

Visitors to the IU Art Museum have an extra opportunity to view the two special exhibitions this summer with extended evening hours from 5:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. July 5 to July 6.


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Gallery walk celebrates international art

Artists from Mexico, Brazil and Colombia will exhibit paintings, drawings and photographs in a group exhibition "July, Julho, Julio: The Summer Exhibition" showing the diversity and beauty of local Latino artwork.


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It's Depp-ths of discovery in 'Pirates'

Johnny Depp's portrayal of Capt. Jack Sparrow in "Pirates of the Caribbean" may bear great resemblance to Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones.



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Adopted home of Superman flying high with new blockbuster comic book film

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METROPOLIS, Ill. -- Passing through southern Illinois on their way to Nashville, Diana Brown and her son Colin saw the signs pointing the way to this town's Superman Square and its colorful bronze statue of the Man of Steel. Thanks to the media buildup ahead of Wednesday's opening of "Superman Returns," Clark Kent's alter ego was already on Brown's mind. So last week, mother and son got off the highway and visited this Mayberry-meets-Disney town on the Ohio River.


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Festival jazz orchestra showcases Indiana musicians this Friday

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Indiana jazz musicians are coming together to perform what will be the first performance of the Jazz Festival Orchestra directed by composer and IU jazz icon David Baker. The orchestra will perform pieces composed by graduates of the Jacobs School of Music's jazz program and other Indiana jazz artists. "It really becomes an Indiana celebration in that all the compositions are by Indiana people, not necessarily Indiana University," Baker said. "Basically the thematic concept is that it's Indiana."


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Local community theatre produces flowing productions

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For the Monroe County Civic Theatre turning complex pieces of literature into productions staged in unorthodox spaces is half the battle. Making it work smoothly is the other half. And most of the time it isn't done easily. The upcoming performance of Alice's Adventures is Wonderland is no exception. The play opens July 1 in a venue many would not expect to house a theatre performance, The Irish Lion, located at 212 W. Kirkwood Avenue.




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'Smoke on the Mountain' plays in Brown County

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The first show of the IU Department of Theatre and Drama's summer series runs through this week with performances at 8 p.m. June 21 to 25 at the Brown County Playhouse in Nashville, Ind.