Skip to Content, Navigation, or Footer.
Indiana Daily Student
Monday, Dec. 22
Subscribe Donate
E-paper
The Indiana Daily Student

A&E

COMMUNITY EVENTS REVIEW IU AUDITORIUM JACOBS SCHOOL OF MUSIC IU CINEMA EXHIBITS PERFORMANCES TRAVEL WEEKEND POP CULTURE MUSIC THEATER BOOKS FOOD PODCAST
The Indiana Daily Student

Group bonds over knitting, sewing

By Teri Rosenbaum · Thursday, Dec. 9,2004 12:24 a.m.

All around Bloomington, groups devoted to knitting have been popping up. They are united through a recently revived trend with one important conclusion: knitting is no longer just fun for grandma.

The Indiana Daily Student

Around The Arts

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Dec. 9,2004 12:20 a.m.

Annual artist competition announced The National Society of Arts and Letters of the Bloomington chapter will award more than $15,000 to students in various visual arts, ballet, drama, acting and musical theater. The competition will give at least $1,000 to the top award.

The Indiana Daily Student

Grammy nominations span all genres

By Anthony Breznican · Tuesday, Dec. 7,2004 11:43 p.m.

LOS ANGELES -- Producer-turned-rapper Kanye West collected a leading 10 Grammy nominations Tuesday, including album of the year, for his innovative debut, "The College Dropout."

The Indiana Daily Student

Ireland brings thoughts of home

By Stephanie Fedor · Monday, Dec. 6,2004 11:34 p.m.

Wow. I cannot believe this semester has flown by so quickly. Hopefully you're on the other end of this thinking the same thing. It really is incredible to imagine that only four short months ago I was awaiting and anticipating what Ireland would be like.

The Indiana Daily Student

Walk showcases new, seasoned artists

By Christine Lunde · Sunday, Dec. 5,2004 11:24 p.m.

Nine downtown galleries opened their doors to the public Friday night in celebration of the visual arts and the last Downtown Gallery Walk for 2004, Though it was just another walk for some, for others it marked a milestone.

The Indiana Daily Student

Dancers express love for art in 'Nutcracker'

By Adam Sedia · Sunday, Dec. 5,2004 11:22 p.m.

This weekend brought the continuation of a Christmas tradition that stretches back more than a century. The ballet suite "The Nutcracker" by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky was performed with a full cast, live orchestra and large-scale set in five performances. The classic tale of fantasy meets Christmas is entertainment for the audience, but work for the dancers. Dressed in mouse suits, dancing on stilts and playing multiple characters has its challenges.

The Indiana Daily Student

Rapture explored in latest BPP play

By Patrick Doolin · Friday, Dec. 3,2004 12:26 a.m.

"Accidental Rapture" opens this weekend at the Bloomington Playwrights Project. The play, written by former Bloomington resident Eric Pfeffinger, comes to life thanks to work by several BPP Ensemble of Artists members as well as several IU students.

The Indiana Daily Student

Films concerning the First Amendment to air

By Alyson Brodsy and Frazier Moore · Thursday, Dec. 2,2004 11:56 p.m.

NEW YORK -- If you don't think the First Amendment is a burning issue, you've already forgotten the ruckus over "Saving Private Ryan" just three weeks ago. Spooked by how the Feds might punish them, 66 ABC affiliates played safe by squelching that acclaimed, ultrapatriotic war film.

The Indiana Daily Student

Sex artifiacts displayed at educational exhibit

By David A. Nosko · Thursday, Dec. 2,2004 11:55 p.m.

IU's Kinsey Institute demonstrates erotica with an exhibit of sex toys, masturbation pictures, illustrated births and photographs of sexual acts as part of their latest project to educate students about human sexuality.

The Indiana Daily Student

'Second City' show entertains at IMU

By C. Warner Sills · Thursday, Dec. 2,2004 11:49 p.m.

Senior Monika Chhabria made two mistakes Wednesday night at the Indiana Memorial Union's Alumni Hall. First, she chose to sit in the front row of the large auditorium, and second, she wore a bright pink sweater.

The Indiana Daily Student

Gallery walk features holiday art

By Christine Lunde · Thursday, Dec. 2,2004 11:47 p.m.

Nine art galleries will celebrate the visual arts during the annual Holiday Downtown Art Gallery Walk this evening. The walk will showcase local and regional artwork from galleries within walking distance of each other. The gallery walk takes place four times each year, and this will be the last Downtown Gallery Art Walk for 2004.

The Indiana Daily Student

Around The Arts

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Dec. 2,2004 12:53 a.m.

Composition makes premiere at Auer Hall In celebration of IU faculty member Jaun Orrego-Salas' 85th birthday, the Latin American Music Center and Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies colloquium "Composer and Community" will culminate with a world premiere of Orrego-Salas' original work, "La Ciudad Celeste" (The Celestial City).

The Indiana Daily Student

Kinsey displays sexual artwork

By David A. Nosko · Thursday, Dec. 2,2004 12:33 a.m.

Stinging bees and pecking birds do not make babies, unless the two mate under the bed sheets without using any form of prophylactic or contraceptive.

The Indiana Daily Student

Classic 'The Nutcracker' comes to MAC stage

By Adam Sedia · Thursday, Dec. 2,2004 12:32 a.m.

The music to the ballet suite "The Nutcracker" by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky is generally regarded as one of the most brilliant works for orchestra. In the upcoming performance by the IU Ballet Department, however, it is not just the music that will shine, but the array of dance that is meant to accompany the music.

The Indiana Daily Student

Setting the Stage

By Maurina Paradise · Thursday, Dec. 2,2004 12:22 a.m.

The stage: It is a vast open space of hardwood floor until a set is erected. Then the possibilities are endless. In the past year, IU's Wells-Metz Theatre has been a Chicago back porch in "Proof," the surreal tree-lined landscape of "The Cherry Orchard" and the dark dreary cave of "Bat Boy." The set creates the world that a play's characters inhabit, and its creation is the culmination of work by a behind-the-scenes team.

The Indiana Daily Student

Around The Arts

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Nov. 30,2004 11:48 p.m.

Second City comes to Alumni Hall Chicago-based The Second City, one of the best-known improvisational comedy troupes in the United States, will perform at 9 p.m. tonight at the Indiana Memorial Union's Alumni Hall as part of Union Board's "Wednesday Night Live." The Second City was a starting ground for famous comedians such as Mike Myers, John Candy, Bill Murray, Tina Fey and Dan Aykroyd.

The Indiana Daily Student

John D. Barrymore dies at age 72

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Nov. 30,2004 11:47 p.m.

LOS ANGELES -- John Drew Barrymore, the sometimes troubled heir to an acting dynasty and absent father of movie star Drew Barrymore, died Monday. He was 72. "He was a cool cat. Please smile when you think of him," Drew Barrymore said in a statement issued by her publicist's office.

The Indiana Daily Student

Guest director leads cast in 'Happy Birthday, Wanda June'

By Kacie Leblong · Tuesday, Nov. 30,2004 11:47 p.m.

It's a little-known fact that in 1970 Kurt Vonnegut, best known for novels like the best-seller "Slaughterhouse Five," decided to take a chance and try his hand at playwrighting. The result of this experiment is the play "Happy Birthday, Wanda June," a crazy and comedic play that will be performed by the IU Department of Theatre and Drama this weekend.

The Indiana Daily Student

NBC executive survives plane crash

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Nov. 29,2004 11:21 p.m.

MONTROSE, Colo. -- NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol and his college-age son emerged from the wreckage of a chartered jet after the plane crashed, but authorities said Monday his 14-year-old son was presumed dead in the wreckage.

Trending