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Focus on Fashion

By Samantha Kirby · Monday, Oct. 17,2011 9:03 p.m.

There are some things that everyone should consider in their search for a costume: comfort and individuality.

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Spiro dances to his Cuban Conga

By Roshni Verghese · Sunday, Oct. 16,2011 8:43 p.m.

Performer, composer and educator Michael Spiro said he is proud to be part of a faculty he said were first musicians before teachers. After spending years as a visiting professor at the Jacobs School of Music, Spiro has joined the faculty full-time. The seven-time Grammy-nominated jazz percussionist is now an associate professor of percussion. He assists both the percussion and jazz departments to develop the curricula for Cuban and Brazilian music.

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War Posters commemorate past at IU Art Museum

By Derrick Naylor · Sunday, Oct. 16,2011 8:41 p.m.

The main theme of the IU Art Museum’s newest gallery is that a work of art might have the power to spark a change in one’s political, social or cultural ideology, especially in times of war and revolution.

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Cinema remembers years past with 4th IU Home Movie Day

By Brian Welk · Sunday, Oct. 16,2011 8:38 p.m.

People at the IU Cinema for the international Home Movie Day celebration Sunday became engaged and immersed in the history of old film reels dug out from closets. This is the ninth year Home Movie Day has been celebrated nationwide, and this year marks the fourth at IU.

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Bologna by Bre

By Brea Johnson · Thursday, Oct. 13,2011 8:43 p.m.

Long before the days of changing your relationship status on Facebook and tweeting about the romantic things done for you, there were more permanent and public ways to express your feelings for someone. Carving initials into freshly laid concrete and defacing a tree in the heart of campus were just two of the more popular ways to symbolize your love would last forever.

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The sound of silents

By Brian Welk · Thursday, Oct. 13,2011 8:39 p.m.

Ethan Uslan will perform a live accompaniment to the 1927 film “Sunrise” on Saturday at the IU Cinema. He said he hopes the screening and his individual musical style will serve as insight into movie-going in the ’20s.

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Dennen digs Bloomington's fearless crowd

By Kelsey Collisi · Wednesday, Oct. 12,2011 9:26 p.m.

Singer-songwriter Dennen took the stage Tuesday  at The Bluebird with a level of charisma many termed as animation. His barefoot dancing and soprano crooning seemed infectious.

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'Brush Work' exhibit features local landscapes

By Ellen Turner · Wednesday, Oct. 12,2011 9:20 p.m.

The diving valleys and cloud touching treetops found in Southern Indiana are provide a beautiful landscape for those who live here. They also offered inspiration for “Brush Work.” This collection of paintings by Mark Burkett and Jeanne McLeish features outdoor scenes, including Indiana’s natural wonders. The exhibit will be displayed now until Oct. 30 in the Upper Loft Gallery at the Brown County Art Guild in Nashville, Ind. The collection of about 40 paintings by McLeish and her husband, Burkett, features mostly landscapes.

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Tunes and trees pair for charity at Rhino's

By Adria Nassim · Tuesday, Oct. 11,2011 9:16 p.m.

While selling T-shirts, sophomore business major Adam Swartz decided he wanted to create change and do something positive instead of putting money in his pocket. So, last year Swartz launched Green Dream Clothing Company.

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The veteran visionary: IMU displays memories of war as art

By Celia Grundman · Tuesday, Oct. 11,2011 9:15 p.m.

 “Tell People the Story: The Art of Gustav Potthoff,” an exhibit that is part of the Fall 2011 Themester, “Making War, Making Peace." will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. now until Sunday in the Indiana Memorial Union garden, which is near the Tree Suite Rooms.

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Collective delivers coal-free message with mural

By Derrick Naylor · Monday, Oct. 10,2011 8:48 p.m.

A complex piece of art, nearly impossible to decipher with the naked eye, told the story of coal’s history in the United States. “The True Cost of Coal,” a narrative illustration brought to IU by the Beehive Collective, sat in the Collins LLC courtyard Monday night.

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Column: Facial hair fiascos

By Samantha Kirby · Monday, Oct. 10,2011 7:54 p.m.

I don’t know what makes guys want to grow mustaches, goatees, beards, soul patches or any other type of prominent facial hair. Some of my friends have told me they don’t like to shave because it irritates their skin. Another friend liked his beard because it kept his face warm in the winter.

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Festival screens student film

By Raven Carpenter · Monday, Oct. 10,2011 7:52 p.m.

It started with a violin. From there, “Nathan and the Luthier,” the coming-of-age story written and directed by recent IU graduate Jacob Sherry, evolved from an idea into a Heartland Film Festival-worthy production.

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Windfall's dancers fell at home

Sunday, Oct. 9,2011 9:13 p.m.

Windfall Dancers, Inc. is a nonprofit organization located in Bloomington on 1101 N. Dunn St. The history of the company dates as far back as 1978, when a modern dance collective formed under the name “Windfall Dancers.” 

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