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People's Park provides priceless performances

By Jonathan Daugherty and John Daugherty · Wednesday, June 22,2005 8:47 p.m.

Music lovers can hear jazz, rock, country, blues, and world music every Tuesday at People's Park as part of the Tuesday Lunch Concert Series.

Chilean student confesses stealing Rodin sculpture

Wednesday, June 22,2005 8:46 p.m.

SANTIAGO, Chile - A 20-year-old art student admitted Saturday he stole a sculpture by French artist Auguste Rodin, but the student was conditionally freed after claiming he was only testing security at the Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts.

PBS television program interviews IU professor

By Jonathan Daugherty and John Daugherty · Wednesday, June 22,2005 8:45 p.m.

Tonight PBS will ask us, "How good is higher education in America today?"

Arts fair hits downtown Bloomington

By David A. Nosko · Sunday, June 19,2005 9:05 p.m.

Arts and crafts as part of a viable arts economy is nothing new to Bloomington.

Museum dedicated exclusively to Paul Klee's work

By Uta Harnischfeger · Sunday, June 19,2005 8:30 p.m.

BERN, Switzerland -- When Paul Klee applied for Swiss nationality after fleeing Nazi Germany, his request was refused because it was feared that if his art should "take root in Switzerland, it would insult real art and cause good taste to deteriorate."

Raunchy drama revives feel of the '80s

By David A. Nosko · Wednesday, June 15,2005 9:04 p.m.

Bloomington welcomes the sex, drugs and palm trees of 1980s Hollywood beginning Friday at the John Waldron Arts Center.

Cheeseburger in Paradise opens

Wednesday, June 15,2005 9:02 p.m.

When Jimmy Buffett wrote songs about food, he might have written them someplace similar to Cheeseburger in Paradise.

IU professor wins achievement award

By Kacie Foster · Wednesday, June 15,2005 8:27 p.m.

When checking the mail a few months ago, IU alum, stage designer and Professor Robert O'Hearn got the surprise of his life.

Limestone sculptures on display at the Waldron

By Annysa LaMantia and Anyssa LaMantia · Wednesday, June 15,2005 8:27 p.m.

The Rosemary P. Miller Gallery located in Bloomington's John Waldron Arts Center has been home to many fascinating local art exhibits over the years.

Michael Jackson acquitted of all charges

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, June 13,2005 6 p.m.

SANTA MARIA, Calif. -- A jury acquitted Michael Jackson on Monday of molesting a 13-year-old cancer survivor at his Neverland ranch, vindicating the pop star who insisted he was the victim of mother-and-son con artists and a prosecutor with a vendetta. Jurors also acquitted Jackson of getting the boy drunk and of conspiring to imprison his accuser and the boy's family at the storybook estate -- a total legal victory but one that may do little to improve his bizarre image.

New Bach composition discovered in library papers

By Stephen Graham · Sunday, June 12,2005 9 p.m.

BERLIN - A previously unknown work by Johann Sebastian Bach has been discovered in a crate of 18th-century birthday cards removed from a German library shortly before it was devastated by fire, researchers said Wednesday.

New local textile exhibit opens

By Jonathan Daugherty and John Daugherty · Sunday, June 12,2005 8:59 p.m.

Melinda Williams first turned to art for therapeutic value. Now, she is not only doing what she loves but also making a profit.

George Lucas receives lifetime achievement award for cinematographic successes

By David Germain · Sunday, June 12,2005 8:28 p.m.

LOS ANGELES - He was the cruel taskmaster who made Harrison Ford hang with snakes and rats, required Robert Duvall to shave his head and turned Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill into Pez dispensers.

Tut's treasures tour again, now with high-tech effects

By Joseph B. Verrengia · Wednesday, June 8,2005 10:21 p.m.

Pharaohs may never have found the glorious afterlife they were expecting, but one thing about ancient Egypt is eternal -- the popularity of King Tut.

Small Indiana town clings to tradition local theater

By Laura Johnston · Wednesday, June 8,2005 10:21 p.m.

ANGOLA, Ind. -- Strand Theatre owner Dana Thompson greets patrons at the door.

Bloomington hosts vintage music ensemble at Buskirk

By Adam Sedia · Wednesday, June 8,2005 10:21 p.m.

Much in Bloomington resonates the past: the courthouse, the old university buildings and the portraits in the Union commons.

Looking back on the golden age of film

Wednesday, June 8,2005 7:49 p.m.

Imagine a time when there were no films driven by special effects and the concept of an action movie did not exist.

Music analyzed for film market

By Alex Veiga · Sunday, June 5,2005 8:39 p.m.

OAKLAND, Calif. -- In a computer-crammed space at Savage Beast Technologies, divergent melodies seep softly from headphones worn by young men and women who listen to music with the intensity of submarine sonar operators.

Hospitality House displays plants, paintings in exhibit

By Jonathan Daugherty and John Daugherty · Sunday, June 5,2005 8:38 p.m.

The art, the plants, the food, the wine, the music... Friday night's Art and Garden Exhibit at the Bloomington Hospitality House had it all.

Downtown art gallery opens new summer show

By Kathlyn Von Rohr · Sunday, June 5,2005 8:37 p.m.

Strolling around the Prima Gallery's new summer show, it's easy to forget every art piece and its respective price tag has a unique history, similar to the gallery itself.

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