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Luxury student apartments and enhanced commercial and entertainment amenities appear to bring life and movement to Bloomington. This is at the expense of low-income individuals and people experiencing homelessness in the city.
With the need to find new ways to spend free time in Bloomington, weekends in town are sure to look a little different this semesterdue to the COVID-19 pandemic. There are still exciting ways to explore Bloomington and what the community has to offer. Here's a list of local events to attend in Bloomington:
Tamara Loewenthal, executive director of the Lotus Education and Arts Foundation, said she estimates that her organization lost up to $40,000 from canceling its spring programming due to COVID-19.
IU Ride, previously known as IU Safety Escort, has switched names and apps for the new school year. IU Ride is a free, student-run ride service that previously used the app TapRide. It have now switched to the app TransLoc.
The recent wildfires in California are tragic, and the sheer loss stemming from them is catastrophic. This is one of California’s worst wildfire seasons ever, and it’s not even over yet. This year alone, 3.1 million acres of land in California have burned. For comparison, about 300,000 acres burn in an average California wildfire season.
Residents in Plato’s Court at Knights Landing, a Bloomington apartment complex, have reported multiple issues, such as insufficient parking and unfair charges, to the Plato's Court management, but said they feel no steps are being taken to address the problems.
A pair of candy-striped overalls sits tucked away in the corner of my closet. For some reason, they were one of my first purchases when I arrived in Bloomington four years ago as a freshman. I looked at them longingly for a second before I walked out of my bedroom into an empty living room.
Throughout quarantine, many have found new hobbies that are fun yet safe. Some started baking bread and others continuously created TikToks.
With recent guidelines issued for safety against the COVID-19 pandemic by the Monroe County Health Department and the return of the IU student population, many popular local restaurants around Bloomington have expanded and adjusted their outdoor seating options.
Sections of Kirkwood Avenue were teeming with IU students, Bloomington residents and out-of-town visitors at lunchtime last Sunday. After unanimous approval from Bloomington City Council, two parts of the street have been closed to automobile traffic on recent weekends to allow restaurants and shops more space for social distancing and outdoor diningin the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. While no shops have set up in the closed sections yet, many restaurants on Kirkwood between the Monroe County Courthouse and the Sample Gates have moved into the roadway.
The coronavirus pandemic has forced religious organizations to adopt their services to adhere to safety guidelines.
An IU Ph.D. candidate and researcher was arrested in July after an FBI investigation alleged he was one of several Chinese researchers in the U.S. who knowingly lied on his visa application by saying he had never served in the Chinese military.
After six months spent totally isolated, walled in with parents or even simply ignoring the pandemic as it transformed the world in irreparable ways, IU’s students returned to the campus they left in March. It was the same place it had always been when they arrived more than a week ago, but so much about their lives in Bloomington was unfamiliar.
The IDS published a story Sunday regarding the Bloomington Police Department not wearing face masks when dealing with the public as is mandated for employees and residents of the city of Bloomington by local and state officials.
The band Matixando performs a musical set. Switchyard Park will put on its first ever Summer Sendoff Concert 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 4 to a crowd of 150 people, due to safety restrictions.
Switchyard Park will put on its first ever Summer Sendoff Concert 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 4, according to the Bloomington Parks and Recreation website. The concert will feature Matixando and Kid Kazooey and The BallRoom Roustabouts. The event is free, but a ticket is required for admission. The event is currently sold out.
There is a free concert from 4:30 to 6 p.m. every Thursday at People's Park, located on the corner of Kirkwood Avenue and North Dunn Street.
Over the past four days of departmental budget hearings, officials overcame laggy video, accidentally muted audio and a zoombombing where a participant drew a penis on top of a presentation. This is the first formal presentation of the city’s proposed budget for 2021.
Skateboard Park Jam contest host James Ott, left, poses with his friend James Moffatt on July 25 in Columbus, Indiana. People gathered from different towns in southern Indiana to skate at the Jolie Crider Memorial Skatepark.
When Jordan Davis saw the tweets, she gasped.
