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Festival will celebrate eastern culture

By Christina Stigliani · Wednesday, July 26,2006 6:58 p.m.

The Bloomington-based Silk Road Ensemble will present its 14th annual Silk Road Bayram, a word meaning "festival" or "celebration" in several Turkic languages, from 2:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. July 30 at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater on Kirkwood Avenue. The event will begin with an exhibit of arts and handicrafts at 2:30 p.m., followed by a concert with the theme of "Musical Stops on the Silk Road." The performances will include guest artists from several regions and a fashion show. The event is open to the public and admission is free.

Japanese love story on stage with Opera Theater's 'Mikado'

By David A. Nosko · Wednesday, July 26,2006 6:55 p.m.

Summer fun is often associated with baking in the sun and eating barbecue by the ton, but community members are invited to dress their best for a night of Gilbert and Sullivan opera. IU Opera Theater is showcasing Arthur Gilbert and W.S. Sullivan's Japanese-themed "The Mikado," acclaimed as one of the most popular musical masterpieces ever written, at 8 p.m. July 28-29 and Aug. 4-5 at the IU Musical Arts Center. "The Mikado," which opened internationally March 14, 1885 at the Savoy Theatre in London and nationally August 19, 1885 at the New York Fifth Avenue Theatre, tells the "timeless" tale of two young lovers who strive for romance despite a windfall of family and cultural obstacles.

IU's production of centuries-old opera, 'The Mikado,' opens this weekend

Sunday, July 23,2006 8:44 p.m.

IU Opera Theater is presenting Arthur Gilbert and W.S. Sullivan's Japanese-themed "The Mikado," or "The Town of Titipu," billed as one of the popular musical masterpieces ever written, at 8 p.m. beginning this weekend, July 28 and July 29, and ending next weekend, August 4 and 5, at the Musical Arts Center.

Village opens art gallery in restroom

By James Hannah · Sunday, July 23,2006 8:44 p.m.

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio - Call it Chagall in the stall, Picasso in the powder room.

Appointment aims to inspire dancers

By Patrick Commiskey · Sunday, July 23,2006 6:28 p.m.

Michael Vernon is coming to IU to be the chair of the Jacobs School Ballet Department, a school that already produces dancers for some of the world's leading companies.

Future of anime and manga looking bright in U.S.

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, July 19,2006 9:26 p.m.

ANAHEIM, Calif. - Japanese anime and manga -- animation and comics -- are drawing a lot of attention in the United States. And, more than ever before, not just from its traditional male audience. The art forms, defined by complex story lines and saucer-eyed characters, are also being made and enjoyed by young exuberant women, along with enthusiasts of computer-generated graphics, from both genders.

'Memory Artists' offers complicated, intriguing tale

By Alyson Brodsy and Lindsey Landis · Wednesday, July 19,2006 9:25 p.m.

"The Memory Artists" is fictional. Were it not for the bright yellow sticker from the public library on the spine proclaiming it so, I would have believed it to be a true story. Jeffrey S. Moore's avant-garde style of using a third-person perspective, bits of the characters' journal entries and even the endnotes of a "narrator," blurs readers' perception of reality. Noel Burun, the book's protagonist, has synaesthesia, an actual condition that allows those who have it to literally see sounds. Their sensory perceptions cross in their minds and they have a "color wheel" of memories that stay with them forever. Noel could recite all of the 1001 Tales of The Arabian Nights, remember the color of his baby bib and relive the moment that he learned that his father committed suicide, daily.

IU Auditorium: closed for summer?

By Patrick Commiskey · Sunday, July 16,2006 10:31 p.m.

The air conditioner is still on and vacuum cleaners are running, pushed by red "staff"-imprinted T-shirts wandering about like mildly agitated ants.

African Film screens at Buskirk

Sunday, July 16,2006 10:16 p.m.

IU's Summer Cooperative African Language Institute presents the African Film Series featuring "Ndeysaan (The Price of Forgiveness)" at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater.

Michael Stern conducts Festival Orchestra

Sunday, July 16,2006 10:15 p.m.

The Jacobs Summer Music Festival will continue at 8 p.m. July 20 in the Musical Arts Center with Concert II of the Festival Orchestra Series.

Musical seeks to bring Rembrandt's troubled personal life to the stage

By Alyson Brodsy and Arthur Max · Wednesday, July 12,2006 7:37 p.m.

HOORN, Netherlands - Like most Dutchmen, Henk Poort knew little about Rembrandt, beyond his two or three most famous paintings. Then Poort was asked to play the Dutch master on stage. "Rembrandt The Musical" sounds like classic kitsch, part of the commercial hoopla surrounding the 400th anniversary of Rembrandt's birth July 15. But the $12.5 million show is a lavish production that seeks to illuminate Rembrandt's exuberant and sometimes tragic life. As an artist, he is portrayed as rebellious and disdainful of popular opinion. As a person, he is a somewhat rakish figure bedeviled by three women.

Rocking out with Tommy Lee

By Sarah Core · Monday, July 10,2006 1:23 a.m.

It's on. Last week, the second season of the reality show "Rock Star" started, with Tommy Lee's new band Supernova on the hunt for an unknown performer to front them, and I for one am thrilled by this year's 15 finalists. For those of you who have never seen "Rock Star" in all of its glory, I like to think of it as an "American Idol" with people that can actually sing.

Contra dancing to live music

Monday, July 10,2006 1:09 a.m.

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.

Summer Music: Free Symphony Orchestra concert

Monday, July 10,2006 1:08 a.m.

Julliard's 2006 concerto competition winner violinist William Harvey and pianist Jeanette Koekkoek play at 8 p.m. tonight in Auer Hall.

BPP hosts art contest with cash prize

Monday, July 10,2006 1:08 a.m.

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.

Indiana Shakespeare Festival call-out

Monday, July 10,2006 1:07 a.m.

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.

'Ethical capitalism' inspires local record label's deals

By Paul Coover · Wednesday, July 5,2006 7:21 p.m.

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."

'Prada' movie spotlights Nasty Boss phenomenon

By Alyson Brodsy and Jocelyn Noveck · Wednesday, July 5,2006 7:20 p.m.

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.

Buskirk-Chumley presents 'GROOVELILY'

Sunday, July 2,2006 9:30 p.m.

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.

Summer Nights with Masterpieces at IU Art Museum