Community Arts

How to make your porch a hot-spot hangout

While you’re dreaming up ways to style your new home, don’t forget that your outdoor space is what makes the first impression. Whether you have a yard, a porch, a deck or just a stoop, here are a few ways to enhance your outdoor space.

Sustainable living made easy

Friends, family attend vigil for delivery driver

The line snaked around the lot during the candle light vigil honoring the driver who was shot and killed early Friday after returning from a delivery. One hundred percent of sales made during the vigil were to be donated to Sarnecki’s young family.

Suspect arrested in shooting spree, Pizza X murder

James D. Finney, 21, is suspected in three recent crimes involving firearms, including the murder of Sarnecki, 22, Bloomington Police Chief Mike Diekhoff said during a press conference Monday.

2 Jacobs students advance to regionals

Two Jacobs School of Music students performed in the second round of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions this past weekend.

Tulip Tree undergoes construction

Tulip Tree Apartments is under construction. The first phase ended in August, and the second phase is scheduled to be completed in August 2012.

Seniors talk about IU career in round-table discussion

Five of the six IU women's soccer team discuss their time in an IU jersey.

D21 makes environmental data easier to find, share

The National Science Foundation has announced the Data to Insight Center (D2I) will share about $8 million toward its collaborative project, Sustainable Environment-Actionable Data.

Students respond to hate incidents

The Helen G. Simon Hillel Center, in cooperation with Union Board and the Episcopal Campus Ministry, has organized Hate to Harmony from today until Thursday in response to recent and ongoing hate-based incidents on campus.

Students make dorm rooms sustainable

Green Dorm Room Certification Program aims to provide students in dorms with a model to live more sustainably. To be certified, students must satisfy 20 actions from the Self Certification Form on the program’s website.

A quick review of the 2011 IU women’s soccer season

As the youngest team in the Big Ten, the IU women’s soccer team posted a 2-3 record in Big Ten play through Oct. 2. A six-game losing streak concluded its season and denied an opportunity for the team’s six seniors to play in a postseason match.

Women’s golf sits in 10th after two rounds at Onion Creek in Austin

The IU women’s golf team is in 10th place after 36 holes in the two-day Challenge at Onion Creek in Austin, Texas.

Hoosiers to play UIndy in last exhibition game before season

Before the regular season begins Friday, the Hoosiers face the University of Indianapolis in an exhibition game today at Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers defeated St. Ambrose 92-39 in their first exhibition game Thursday.

Where to vote in city elections

Want to vote, but don't know where to cast your ballot? Check out this map for poll locations to vote in the municipal elections today in Bloomington.

Local coffee shop operates with global awareness

Local coffee house The Pourhouse Café helps global agencies and carefully chooses what global needs to assist.

Police arrest child molestation suspect

A man was arrested Saturday on a preliminary charge of child molestation, Bloomington Police Department Sgt. Jeff Canada said Monday.

Not the Bloomington I know

Whether this is the first fall you’ve spent in town or what you hope is your last, you know something for sure: Bloomington isn’t scary.

Former Jacobs professor receives research award

Giovanni Zanovello, a former assistant professor at the Jacobs School of Music, now researches music from the Renaissance, Franco-Flemish composers/singers and sixteenth-century France.

Focus on Fashion

Everyone has that one shirt they bought thinking it would look amazing on them. They thought it would accentuate their closet and make everyone gush about their fashion sense.

Q&A with local indie folk artist Taylor Campi of the Best Friends

Taylor Campi, an IU junior and the band’s guitarist and vocalist, recalled the scene as her favorite band memory.She discussed with the IDS her solo and group work, from a song about stolen cats to her songwriting process. She will perform a solo set at 9 p.m. Saturday at The Bishop with Eric Ayotte and Anna Vogelzang. Admission is $5.