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Lecturer gives inside look at curator's lifestyle

By Stacey Laskin · Monday, Jan. 23,2006 12:14 a.m.

A basketball game ending minutes before and a crowd trickling in late because of traffic set the stage for the Burke Lecture Series presentation of Julien Chapuis, curator at The Cloisters of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

Classic literature pops up in airports

By Alyson Brodsy and Bethany Bannister-Andrews · Sunday, Jan. 22,2006 9:24 p.m.

Readers who pick up a Danielle Steel novel are probably not the same readers who pick up Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice." Yet, new marketing and packaging of classic romantic literature might change that.

What's at stake with lies in literature

By Alyson Brodsy and Bethany Bannister-Andrews · Saturday, Jan. 21,2006 8:57 p.m.

Our world is full of stories. Television shows, films and novels all entertain us with imaginative and creative narratives. We know this media is made-up; storytelling is part of our culture.

IU group seeks dancers

By Stacey Laskin · Thursday, Jan. 19,2006 11:47 p.m.

Not many artists do their creative work lying on the floor. Still, members of the InMotion Dance Company lay on the floor Wednesday night, brainstorming moves to include in the dance for their upcoming audition.

Alumnus, curator to speak at benefit dinner

By Stacey Laskin · Thursday, Jan. 19,2006 11:46 p.m.

Outside the School of Fine Arts, professors in bright greens and purples smoke cigarettes and watch the students: boys in skinny pants and overpriced loafers, girls with chunky glasses and rainbows for bangs. The smoke clouds drift over their heads and dissipate into the rain and wind. Everything in this building is art: the witchy cackles propelling the steam puffs, the swirls in the commercial carpet and the broken-pencil scent filling the hallways.

GONE

Thursday, Jan. 19,2006 12:26 a.m.

GONE -- Three-year-old Austin Brandt of Apple Valley, Minn., touches Snoopy's big red dog dish Wednesday at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn. The Peanuts gang along with its branding will be removed after inhabiting the mall's amusement park, Camp Snoopy, for the past 13 years.

Remodeled IMU darkroom open

By Nina Mehta · Thursday, Jan. 19,2006 12:24 a.m.

Photographers and artists alike have a new resource on campus to express themselves and be creative. The Union Studios opened its newly renovated darkroom for photographers in the Indiana Memorial Union Monday. In addition, a variety of six-week classes, including courses in pottery and ceramics, are offered for students through Union Studios this semester. The Union Studios is located in the IMU's Back Alley past the arcade. The darkroom has doubled in size and has a new ceramics studio, said Kera McElvain, Union Studios program director.

We think students with inspired style should be seen.

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Jan. 19,2006 12:22 a.m.

Today's model: Alaa Fadag, Graduate Student On her style: As a graphic designer, Fadag said she creates her style to be fun, but simple. With interesting color combinations and unique details, she strives to be both comfortable and sophisticated. "I put attention into my clothes, but I don't try to overdo it," Fadag said. "I like to incorporate a lot of color because I am an artist."

Gillian Anderson finds nothing alien about playing British in 'Bleak House'

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Jan. 19,2006 12:20 a.m.

PASADENA, Calif. -- Since "The X-Files" ended, Gillian Anderson has tried to move as far away as possible from her fame as Dana Scully, the skeptical FBI agent assigned to investigate the paranormal. In PBS's "Bleak House," she's probably completely succeeded. As the beautiful but tragic Lady Dedlock in this six-part "Masterpiece Theatre" adaptation of one of Charles Dickens' greatest novels, only Anderson's classic profile is a reminder of Scully.

Knitting to unwind

By Rorye O'Conner · Thursday, Jan. 19,2006 12:17 a.m.

Clickety clackety. The steady sounds of knitting needles can be heard on campus this semester because of the steady rise in popularity of knitting among college students. The sudden interest has caused knitting groups to pop up like crocheted crocuses. "Student interest is very high," said Marla Dawson, knitting instructor at Yarns Unlimited. "It is the busiest I have ever seen it."

Another Oprah book club selection having issues

By Alyson Brodsy and Hillel Italie · Tuesday, Jan. 17,2006 11:47 p.m.

NEW YORK -- Another Oprah book club pick has raised the issue of fact vs. fiction.

Local volunteer orchestra gives more than just music

By Abby Schwimmer and Ab Schwimmer · Tuesday, Jan. 17,2006 11:42 p.m.

Bloomington Symphony Orchestra conductor Christopher Ludwa assures us orchestra has plenty of appeal. The BSO is an organization that brings together professional and amateur musicians from around the community to do what they love: make music.

'Walk the Line,' 'Transamerica' claim Golden Globe wins

By Alyson Brodsy and David Germain · Tuesday, Jan. 17,2006 11:41 p.m.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- "Brokeback Mountain" is moseying along the Academy Awards trail, its four Golden Globe wins -- best drama among them -- positioning the cowboy love story for Oscar glory.

Minus 10 points for style: The online trends of yesteryear

By Alyson Brodsy and Derek Kagemann · Tuesday, Jan. 17,2006 12:15 a.m.

This year marks a special anniversary for one of the granddaddies of online humor. In 1996, college student Nehal Patel posted "Mr. T Ate My Balls" (www.geocities.com/nkpatel/mrt/). It was juvenile, it was pointless, and it conquered the Web. Patel followed up his first page with "Chewbacca Ate My Balls," and from there the phenomenon spawned countless celebrity "Ate My Balls" pages. Everyone from Bill Gates to Seinfeld found their pictures amended with not-too-witty word blurbs or crudely drawn gonads. "Useless" pages like these were how we entertained ourselves before broadband. It was considered by many to be the first Internet phenomenon -- at least among those unaware of Kibology (www.kibo.com).

Award-winning poet shares experience of oppression

By Emily B. Campbell · Thursday, Jan. 12,2006 11:40 p.m.

One afternoon, award-winning writer Toi Derricotte and her mother went through her mother's homage to her ancestors, a memoir that had been 15 years in the making. Her mother died three days later.

Artist puts purchases on display in gallery

By Jamie Lusk · Thursday, Jan. 12,2006 11:39 p.m.

As a graduate student, Kate Bingaman kept all her receipts. In fact, she even took photographs of items she purchased, all the way down to a pack of gum. But it wasn't because she's a stickler for balancing her checkbook; it's because she's an artist.

Boxcar Books marks 4th year with charity auction

By Lindsey Landis · Thursday, Jan. 12,2006 11:38 p.m.

With the beginning of the new semester, students typically spend several hundred dollars on textbooks. While many students might dread this task, not all members of society, like prisoners, have the opportunity to learn through literature.

IU performers explore new frontiers by performing pieces

By Annysa LaMantia and Anyssa LaMantia · Thursday, Jan. 12,2006 3:06 p.m.

The Indiana University Departments of Kinesiology and Theatre and Drama unite this Thursday and Friday at the Ruth N. Halls Theatre to present "New Frontiers/Contemporary Traditions," a performance in its fourth year of production. The performance is open to the public and will consist of various forms of art including music, dance and video sequences performed by student dance groups.

Remembers his dream

By Teri Rosenbaum · Thursday, Jan. 12,2006 3:06 p.m.

As the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. draws near, opportunities around Bloomington and the campus abound, especially with regards to the arts.

"Our Town" comes to B-Town

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Jan. 12,2006 12:20 a.m.

Premiering in New York back in 1938, "Our Town" by Thornton Wilder is still running today. The play, which also won a Pulitzer Prize in 1938 according to www.pulitzer.org, revolves around the lives of two families in a small New Hampshire town. The audience will see the blood, sweat and tears of the characters' lives pour out to them in a simplified -- yet funny and touching -- manner. "Our Town" is playing this Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. with a Saturday matinee at 2 p.m. at Buskirk-Chumley Theater. The general admission price is $18, $15 for seniors (62 and older) and $13 for students with identification. There is also a special for the Saturday matinee where children under 16 pay only $8 with the supervision of an adult.