Community Events

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

2 days ago

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

A City of Bloomington truck sits outside of Mills Pool located at 1100 W 14th Street. Mills Pool will open for the first time since 2019 on Saturday.

Bloomington public pools to open for first time since 2019 on Saturday

May 25, 2021 5:28 pm

Bryan Park Pool and Mills Pool will open Saturday.

Supporters hold signs at the Save Our Venues Rally on May 22 in front of the Monroe County Courthouse.

Local arts organizations rally to support arts, thank Mayor

May 23, 2021 7:19 pm

Arts Forward Bloomington organized the rally Saturday.

A signs sits in front of the Habitat for Humanity site Oct. 9 on North Fee Lane. Signs lined the street, explaining the organization’s purpose and sponsors.

Church hosts virtual concert to benefit Habitat for Humanity of Monroe County

May 20, 2021 2:52 pm

The concert features local performers, including Jenn Cristy and King Bee and the Stingers.

The LGBTQ+ Culture Center is at 705 E. Seventh St. The LGBTQ+ Culture Center will offer a gender workshop on Wednesday.

LGBTQ+ Culture Center to educate allies on gender spectrum in Wednesday workshop

Feb 15, 2021 8:43 pm

Topics will include gender expression, transitioning and what it's like to be intersex.

IU's Asian Culture Center is located at 807 E.10th St. The ACC and the Monroe County Public Library are coordinating a virtual Lunar New Year celebration over Zoom.

IU Asian Culture Center, Monroe County library to host Lunar New Year virtual event

Feb 10, 2021 7:14 pm

The library has make-it-yourself kits available for dumplings.

"Power to the People," a Ann Altman painting from 2019, depicts women standing up for voter rights. The League of Women Voters of Indiana is sponsoring a virtual series featuring films that discuss voter suppression, with upcoming presentations on Thursday and Feb. 11.

League of Women Voters of Indiana to screen film series on voter suppression

Feb 3, 2021 4:18 pm

The organization seeks to inform people about gerrymandering and redistricting.

The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art is located at 1133 E. 7th St. The Eskenazi Museum and the Speed Art Museum will host a virtual conversation about women in politics and art Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.

Eskenazi, Speed Art museums to co-host talk about women and politics in art

Jan 18, 2021 5:20 pm

The event will honor Kamala Harris’ upcoming inauguration as the first female vice president.