Community Events

Bags full of food sit inside of a bus during Agency 10 on Aging's Stuff-A-Bus event in December 2019. The food goes to support the agency's food pantry for homebound seniors.

Local elder care facility will lead ‘Stuff-A-Bus’ food pantry event Saturday

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The Area 10 Agency will partner with Kroger to gather donations for homebound seniors.

A still of home movie footage of a Navajo family circa 1960 from Tribesourcing Southwest Film Project is seen. IU Libraries will present an annual archival roadshow screening event, “Archival Screening Night Roadshow Edition (2021)”, at 7 p.m. Nov. 18 at the Fourth and Rogers Gallery.

IU Libraries to screen rare film, video clips at Archival Screening Night

Nov 16, 2021 9:33 pm

The event will take place at 7 p.m. Nov. 18th at the FAR Gallery on Fourth Street.

A Middle Way House tree wrapping is seen Oct. 1, 2021, at 100 W Kirkwood Ave. An arts festival organized by an IU student raised money for the Middle Way House on Nov. 13 at the FAR Center for Contemporary Arts.

IU student raises money for domestic violence with his film festival

Nov 16, 2021 3:24 pm

The event partnered with Middle Way House to raise money for the charity.

Students wave their arms during the Welcome Week Block Party Aug. 21, 2021, in the Green Lot next to the IU Tennis Courts.

COLUMN: Festivals like Astroworld show need for increased safety

Nov 16, 2021 2:40 pm

The events must prioritize safety to maintain their image and excitement.

The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art is pictured on on Sept. 9, 2021, located at 1133 E. Seventh St. The Eskenazi Museum of Art will host an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of its featured exhibit “The Art of the Character” from 2 to 3 p.m. Nov. 12.

Eskenazi Museum to offer behind-the-scenes tour Nov. 12

Nov 10, 2021 4:27 pm

Students will have the opportunity to explore “The Art of the Character” exhibit.

Hasan Minhaj attends the 13th Annual Stand Up For Heroes event in 2019 at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. IU Union Board will present “A Conversation with Hasan Minhaj” at 7 p.m. Dec. 6 at IU Auditorium.

Netflix star, Peabody winner Hasan Minhaj will give keynote speech at IU Auditorium Dec. 6

Nov 1, 2021 4:56 pm

The comedian is the 2021 Lou Mervis Distinguished Lecture event keynote speaker.

The stage at the Artisan Alleys’ Dimensions Gallery where poets performed on July 29. Bloomington arts nonprofit Artisan Alley hosted a poetry slam highlighting poetry about the COVID-19 pandemic Thursday night.

Local poets explore ‘New Beginnings’ at poetry slam Thursday

Jul 30, 2021 11:02 am

Artisan Alley showcases performers at one of their first live events since before quarantine.

Since 2010, the Bloomington Trashion Committee has planned annual runway shows.The annual Trashion Refashion Runway Show highlighting sustainable fashion designs created by Bloomington community members will take place Sunday night at Switchyard Park Pavilion.

Designers make sustainable outfits from trash and old clothes for Trashion Refashion Runway Show

Jul 23, 2021 5:11 pm

The show will take place at Switchyard Park Pavilion at 7 p.m. Sunday.

Photographs featured in a past Gallery Walk Bloomington event are displayed on a wall. The July Bloomington Gallery Walk on July 9 showcased various local art across nine galleries.

9 local galleries showcase art in July Bloomington Gallery Walk

Jul 9, 2021 11:48 pm

The gallery walk normally takes place the first Friday of every month.

Kirkwood Avenue is pictured April 8, 2020. The B-Town Summer Challenge encourages Bloomington residents to participate in their community and explore Monroe County with the possibility of winning prizes.

Explore Bloomington and support local businesses with the B-Town Summer Challenge

Jul 8, 2021 1:47 pm

The B-Town Summer Challenge will run from July 9-Aug. 8.

Attendees order food from an employee of Pili’s Party Taco truck June 23, 2018, as part of the 36th annual Taste of Bloomington. There are 42 restaurants participating in Taste of Bloomington To-Go from June 19-26.

42 restaurants participating in 2021 Taste of Bloomington To-Go

Jun 23, 2021 2:34 pm

Taste of Bloomington To-Go will last from June 19-26.

Participants do yoga outside.The Hot Room yoga studio held free lessons for international day of yoga.

Bloomington celebrates International Day of Yoga on Monday

Jun 22, 2021 11:23 pm

The Hot Room yoga studio offered free outdoor classes at Switchyard Park.

A Bloomington Juneteenth Celebration sign stands June 19, 2019, in the entrance in the Neal-Marshall Black Cultural Center.

Bloomington organizations recognize Juneteenth this weekend

Jun 17, 2021 7:37 pm

Juneteenth with El Mercado, People's Cooperative Market, Enough is Enough: Bloomington and BLM B-Town.

Harriet Watson, owner of Harriet Watson Art and creator of the pictured t-shirt, will sell her art at the Bloomington Handmade Market on Kirkwood Avenue on Saturday.

Bloomington Handmade Market to take place this Saturday

Jun 10, 2021 9:15 pm

The Bloomington Handmade Market is occurring this Saturday.

In Celebration of Limestone: Quarries and Carvers” at Bloomington’s By Hand Gallery features work from 12 artists who are supporters of the Indiana Limestone Symposium.

Exhibit celebrates Indiana limestone through limestone carvings and quarry collages

Jun 10, 2021 7:42 pm

The exhibit will be on display from June 4 until July 31.

Krista Johns, co-chair of the Strawberry Shortcake Festival in 2016, sells Strawberry to customer during the Strawberry Shortcake Festival. The Strawberry Shortcake Festival is one of the two major fundraising events the Auxiliary to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Bloomington hosts each year in order to donate $75,000.

Strawberry Shortcake Festival on Thursday to support Boys and Girls Clubs of Bloomington

Jun 9, 2021 3:09 pm

The festival will take place from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. at Switchyard Park.

Participants in the Independence Day parade carry the American flag July 4, 2007. During the Independence Day Reverse Parade the entries will remain stationary while the spectators drive or bicycle past them.

City of Bloomington to host COVID-19 safe reverse parade for Independence Day

Jun 9, 2021 1:41 pm

Parade entries will remain stationary while spectators drive or bicycle past.

Then-IU sophomore Trenton Musch works on a mural Nov. 20, 2020 outside of The Warehouse in Bloomington. The Bloomington Creative Glass Center will put on a paint-by-numbers mural community event Saturday.

Bloomington Creative Glass Center to provide paint-by-numbers mural community event Saturday

Jun 4, 2021 2:11 pm

The BCGC is holding a community art project event from 1-6 p.m. Saturday.

Tislam Swift performing at the Bloomington Black y Brown Arts Festival in 2019. Swift is performing from 4:30-6:00 p.m. Thursday at People's Park.

IU vocal coach Tislam Swift to perform at People’s Park on Thursday

Jun 2, 2021 6:54 pm

Tislam Swift will perform “Souls of Black Folks: The Sequel” from 4:30-6 p.m.

People walk through the aisles of vendors at the Bloomington Community Farmers' Market in 2018. The Tuesday Farmers’ Market and A Fair of the Arts both open for the first time this summer June 1 at Switchyard Park.

Tuesday Farmers’ Market and A Fair of the Arts to open for the summer

May 31, 2021 5:34 pm

Both the Tuesday Farmers’ Market and A Fair of the Arts open Tuesday at Switchyard Park