Community Arts

Final dual swim meet brings win for women, loss for men

By Jordan Littman · Sunday, Jan. 29,2012 11:53 p.m.

With the Hoosiers taking on a highly touted Louisville team, the women ranked No. 24 and the men ranked No. 12, securing wins Saturday afternoon was not going to be an easy task.

Hoosiers pinned by Illini

By Kate Wickwire · Sunday, Jan. 29,2012 11:49 p.m.

It was another tough test for the Hoosiers on Sunday when they took to the mat against the No. 8 Fighting Illini in IU’s University Gymnasium. Despite its efforts, the team suffered a loss, 10-29.

Art, chocolate combine at Week of Chocolate event

By Courtney Stiehl · Sunday, Jan. 29,2012 10:27 p.m.

Each February, Bloomington is host to a week of events dedicated to chocolate and used to benefit local non-profit organizations.The 8th annual Week of Chocolate kicked off Sunday night with the Art of Chocolate, featuring sample savories, cocktails and local art at the IU Art Museum. Community members collected sweets at the elegant fair as live music from the Mahluli McCutcheon Jazz Quartet filled the museum’s atrium.

STOMP clangs, bangs at IU Auditorium concert

By Nicole Montella · Sunday, Jan. 29,2012 10:22 p.m.

Using everyday items such as kitchen sinks, trash cans, brooms and newspapers, the performers of STOMP created rhythms and beats this weekend in the IU Auditorium

Theater Circle cabaret features performances, audience interaction

By Raven Carpenter · Sunday, Jan. 29,2012 10:20 p.m.

Members of the Theatre Circle, contributors to the IU Theatre and Drama Department, family, friends, faculty and students attended a Friday cabaret that allowed performers to be themselves and to discover their own tastes in performance style.

Benefit dinner focuses on mechanical puzzles, play

By Jacqueline Veling · Sunday, Jan. 29,2012 10:16 p.m.

About 70 art enthusiasts gathered together for the 26th Annual Friends of Art Benefit Dinner Saturday evening. Bret Rothstein filled his hour-long lecture with his passion for puzzles, the type meant to frustrate, confuse and even needlessly challenge the viewer.

Financial crisis to blame for loss of earned revenue from interest in county

Sunday, Jan. 29,2012 9:01 p.m.

Monroe County revenue earned through interest on investments in 2011 was about half of that from the year before, Treasurer Cathy Smith reported during the county’s annual Board of Finance meeting Friday.

Human trafficking bill passes legislature

Sunday, Jan. 29,2012 9 p.m.

The Indiana General Assembly unanimously passed Senate Bill 4, a bill that would strengthen Indiana’s laws against human trafficking.

HIV testing sites for couples prove difficult to find

By Jaclyn Lansbery · Sunday, Jan. 29,2012 8:59 p.m.

Places where gay couples can feel comfortable hearing the results of a test for HIV or other sexually transmitted diseases with a significant other are hard to come by. That’s why Testing Together, a program designed for gay male couples to take HIV tests together, was created.