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Auction fills SoFA Gallery

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From a handmade sock doll named Pickles to various prints and paintings, the School of Fine Arts Gallery auctioned off a variety of artwork Friday for the Silent Night Holiday Art Sale and Auction.


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Sold out show fills BCT

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Friends and family of all ages waited in line to be seated at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater an hour before the Straight No Chaser Holiday Show started Friday.


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Memories make the Golden Age

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As the film began, the camera focused on the famous feet of Fred Astaire as he strolled across the screen. Only one word seemed to summarize the experience of those watching these movies in their original versions.


Cirque Dreams

Cirque Dreams lights up stage

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From double-jointed break dancers to acrobats performing death-defying acts, “Cirque Dreams Illumination” provided a visual feast to a packed house Friday at the IU Auditorium.



IU Essence

IU Essence dancers shine on campus

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Without official sponsorship from the University, Essence has been managed and coached solely by students. Even without a staff sponsor, Essence has been able to perform for large audiences without any funding from the school. Last year, the group performed at BET’s “Spring Bling,” and tentatively in January, they will return to BET to perform on the daily music video countdown show, “106 & Park.”




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‘Cirque Dreams: Illumination’ lights up IU Auditorium

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Acrobatics, magic and fantasy will make the way to Bloomington at 8 p.m. Friday at the IU Auditorium.  “Cirque Dreams: Illumination" was produced by Cirque Productions, the first American company to perform European “cirque style” for the theater and on tour, according to the Web site, www.cirqueproductions.com.


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Dancing to a different beat

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From hip-hop to ballet, contemporary dance majors will do it all during “Unfolding Elements,” the IU Contemporary Dance Program’s final performance of the semester. The showcase will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at the John Waldron Arts Center and is free, but gift donations will be taken to benefit Bloomington’s Middle Way House.



Chime

Chimes of Christmas ring in holiday season

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Making their way through the cold and flurries, students, faculty members and families throughout the Bloomington community gathered to hear IU’s annual Chimes of Christmas. An hour before the curtain opened, the auditorium was glowing with faces ready for festive cheer.


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Beautiful, dirty, glam

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A belly-baring Britney Spears dropped jaws in the ’90s as a school girl destined for detention, wearing a skimpy pleated mini-skirt and a strategically tied oxford shirt. While back in the day that image had every middle school boy drooling, standing in a lineup with some of pop culture’s current heavy hitters makes it seem so “Sunday school.”


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A ‘Silent Night’ Auction

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It’s Tuesday afternoon, and the Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Art gallery is going through a transition. Ladders and construction tools are scattered on the floor of the west gallery, while the first pieces of art are mounted on the center gallery walls.


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Comic makes personal life funny

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He’s performed on “The Late Show with David Letterman,” had his own “Comedy Central Presents” one-hour special, and this weekend, Tommy Johnagin  will return to the Funny Bone Bloomington Comedy Club to entertain local audiences.


African American Dance Company

Final project: dance concert

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The African American Dance Company will perform its annual Studio Concert  at 7:30 p.m. today in the Willkie Auditorium. The concert will showcase dances depicting different aspects of environmental justice, the theme of the African American Dance Company class  this semester.



Singing Hooisers

Hark the herald Hoosiers sing

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The IU Auditorium will soon be filled with songs of holiday cheer when the Jacobs School of Music puts on its annual Chimes of Christmas performance at 7:30 p.m. today.