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Numa Perrier discusses her film "Jezebel" on Sept. 24 at the IU Cinema. Numa shared information about her film, which will screen again Sept. 27 as a part of her "The Politics of Pleasure" series.

Director Numa Perrier discusses film "Jezebel" at IU Cinema

Sep 24, 2019 9:53 pm

The talk was part of IU Cinema's Running the Screen series.

Parkour instructor James Brown demonstrates his backflip off of a wall Sept. 22 outside of the First Christian Church. This was the second parkour meeting Brown led.

Weekly parkour training sessions began in Bloomington

Sep 24, 2019 11:42 am

Local parkour enthusiast Vincent Brown brings his love of parkour to Bloomington.

Third year of Midway music festival to feature 30 artists

Sep 22, 2019 9:51 pm

Tickets cost $30 in advance and $35 at the door.

Jake, a 7-year-old rescue dog, lounges with his owner Susan Krieg at a showing of short films from the New York Dog Film Festival on Sept. 22 at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. The showing was open to dogs on leashes that were fixed and up to date on their rabies vaccinations.

Dogs on the big screen, and in the seats, of Buskirk-Chumley

Sep 22, 2019 7:58 pm

Owners took their dogs to watch films at the Ryder Magazine’s weekly movie event.

Tingting Wu, a Jacobs School of Music piano instructor, smells a flower at Big Red Eats Green, an event held Sept. 19 organized by IU Office of Sustainability at the Conrad Prebys Amphitheater at Bryan House. The festival featured five local vendors including Fisher Farms, which supplies most of the meat for campus, and Heartland Family Farm, which provides produce for IU.

Big Red Eats Green celebrates sustainable, locally sourced food

Sep 19, 2019 6:03 pm

The annual festival featured local vendors and organizations discussing sustainable food.

Carlene Carter performs Sept. 8 in the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. Carter's tour will run through Feb. of 2020.

Country star Carlene Carter performs at the Buskirk

Sep 19, 2019 4:32 pm

The singer-songwriter sang her hits and shared stories from her childhood.

Director Mitch Teplitsky answers a question Sept. 18 in the Global and International Studies Building. Teplitsky met his wife during the making of his first film.

"Return to the Andes" documentary screened at IU

Sep 18, 2019 10:51 pm

Bloomington resident screens his latest documentary about the struggles of a woman running for mayor in her Peruvian hometown.

Sue Sgambelluri, candidate for Bloomington City Council District 2, talks with community members Sept. 17 at the Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center. The arts forum was put on by Arts Forward Bloomingtonand focused on community concerns about keeping art alive and supported in Bloomington.

Candidate and Officials Arts Forum discussed Bloomington's arts expenses

Sep 18, 2019 12:29 am

Topics included building a new auditorium and introducing STEAM to schools.

Anderson Cooper, Karamo Brown, Ruth Carter and Penny Lane will all be speaking on campus as a part of the Indiana Memorial Union Board's 2019 fall lecture series.

Anderson Cooper, Karamo Brown included in Union Board lectures

Sep 17, 2019 6:15 pm

Director Penny Lane and costume designer Ruth Carter are also set to talk.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Héctor Tobar speaks Sept. 16 in the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center. Tobar won the Pulitzer Prize in 1992 for his coverage of the Los Angeles Riots.

Pulitzer Prize winner Héctor Tobar speaks for Hispanic Heritage Month

Sep 17, 2019 5:14 pm

The Neal-Marshall Black Cultural Center featured Tobar as part of Hispanic Heritage Month.

A postcard for "Every Breath We Drew” by Jess Dugan sits Sept. 16 outside the Grunwald Gallery of Art. The exhibit shows people who vary in gender and sexual orientation and how these identities can be expressed.

“Every Breath We Drew” photo gallery presented at Grunwald Gallery

Sep 17, 2019 11:10 am

The gallery focuses on ideas of gender identity, sexuality and individuality.

The Asian Culture Center is located at 807 E. 10th St.

Asian Culture Center to celebrate 21 years

Sep 16, 2019 5:43 pm

The celebration will feature IU alum Michael Singh and his father Arun.

Boy in the Bubble kicks off new season

Sep 15, 2019 8:25 pm

IU's longest-running comedy group introduced three new members.

The Comedy Attic will be celebrating its 11th anniversary at 8 p.m. Thursday, with comedian Ron Funches performing. All money received in ticket sales will be donated to Stepping Stones, a program of Centerstone.

Comedy Attic to celebrate 11th anniversary

Sep 15, 2019 5:49 pm

Ron Funches will perform, and all benefits will be donated.

Timothy Showalter of Strand of Oaks sings and plays the guitar during a performance Sept. 12 at the Bishop. Strand of Oaks performed with Apex Manor.

Strand of Oaks plays at the Bishop

Sep 13, 2019 10:08 pm

Apex Manor opened for the featured Strand of Oaks.

Giorgio Gikas, 63, buffs the Indiana Arc while 30-year-old Terra Gillis held his ladder July 13 in front of the Eskenazi Museum of Art. The museum will celebrate its highly anticipated grand reopening Nov. 7.

Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art to reopen Nov. 7

Sep 13, 2019 12:12 pm

Museum Fest will allow art lovers to experience the newly-renovated museum.

Actors perform Sept. 12 at Third Street Park. The Monroe County Civic Theater celebrated its 30th anniversary of Shakespeare in the Park by performing “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

Bloomington Shakespeare in the Park shares 30th anniversary

Sep 13, 2019 8:06 am

The Monroe County Community Theater performed "A Midsummer Night's Dream."

Vietnamese filmmaker Ash Mayfair will be attending a screening of her film “The Third Wife,” at 7 p.m. on Sept. 19. Mayfair will be interviewed at the cinema at 5 p.m. the following day.

Ash Mayfair coming to the IU Cinema

Sep 11, 2019 9:18 pm

Mayfair will be present at the Sept. 19 and Sept. 20 screenings.

The marquee displays details of the Paddling Film Festival on Sept. 8 at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. The festival featured 26 films centering on paddling sports such as kayaking, canoeing and paddleboarding.

Paddling Film Festival brings paddling sports films to Bloomington

Sep 9, 2019 1:51 pm

This international film festival brings “hairy white-water action” to the Buskirk-Chumley Theater.

Hot air balloons decorated the sky during the 7th annual Kiwanis Club of South Central Indiana Balloon Fest from Sept. 6-8, 2019. During the festival, spectators could look at hot air balloons of all shapes and sizes, giant kites, skydivers, and other forms of entertainment.

Kiwanis Indiana Balloon Fest takes place for seventh year in a row

Sep 8, 2019 7:18 pm

The festival brought the community together and showcased more than just balloons.

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