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Folk music: More popular than you think

By Erica Rogers · Tuesday, Nov. 3,2009 10:31 p.m.

Since the legendary Bob Dylan visited the IU Auditorium on Monday, his music has softly sung in my ears. However, when people hear “folk music,” many do not understand the great impact that this unique genre has had on popular culture.

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BEAD looks for artwork proposals

Tuesday, Nov. 3,2009 10:05 a.m.

Bloomington is in search of two public art projects for the City’s Entertainment and Arts District also known as BEAD.

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Dylan’s politics compel crowd

By Rachel Krasnow · Tuesday, Nov. 3,2009 12:23 a.m.

At the IU Auditorium on Monday, there was no blaring music, no multimedia video clips, no flamboyant costumes and no special effects – just Bob Dylan’s black fedora hat, raspy vocals, soulful harmonica and classic rock tunes.

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Spreading the words: Students diffuse poetry throughout city

By Lauren Younis · Monday, Nov. 2,2009 10:59 p.m.

Graduate student Marcus Wicker’s W203: Poetry Creative Writing class is taking poetry outside the classroom and posting it around Bloomington. As part of an ongoing class project, Wicker assigned his students the tasks of reading selections from the contemporary poetry anthology “McSweeney’s Poets Picking Poets” and selecting their favorites to share with the community.

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Mathers Museum exhibit celebrates heritage month

By Almondia White · Monday, Nov. 2,2009 10:55 p.m.

To kick off National American Indian Heritage History Month, the Native American Community Center, in conjunction with First Nations Educational and Cultural Center and the City of Bloomington, organized an opening reception Monday at City Hall.

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IU Art Museum offers virtual exhibitions

By Margaret Ely · Monday, Nov. 2,2009 10:51 p.m.

The IU Art Museum has 10 online exhibits, two of which were designed and produced this year. The exhibits, or “modules,” have a variety of content that accompanies the art, ranging from timeliness to more written information and links to other Web sites and modules.

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IU alumnus set to release documentary on DVD

Monday, Nov. 2,2009 10:23 a.m.

IU alumnus and Bloomington native Deren Abram will release his documentary “ClarkWORLD” on DVD tomorrow. The premier event for the film is in Denver and proceeds will benefit Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Wandering Turtle celebrates Dia de los Muertos

By Abby Hull · Monday, Nov. 2,2009 12:38 a.m.

Dia de los Muertos is celebrated each year on Nov. 1 and 2, when the veil between the living and the dead is believed to be the thinnest. On these days, it is believed the dead are most receptive to messages from the living.

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100th birthday honors violin legend

By Lily Miller · Sunday, Nov. 1,2009 11:55 p.m.

“Josef Gingold: A 100th Birthday Celebration for a Musical Legend” took place at the IU Auditorium on Sunday. The orchestra accompanied Jacobs faculty members Joshua Bell and Jaime Laredo at the birthday performance. The Jacobs School of Music’s Violin Virtuosi also performed.

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Comedians joke about travels, politics

By Allison Tyra · Sunday, Nov. 1,2009 11:54 p.m.

The Funny Bone Bloomington Comedy Club filled with laughter Thursday, Friday and Saturday as headliner Daniel Kinno entertained audiences with the help of feature performer Jeff Oskay.

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Costumes customize ‘Picture Show’

By Keiara Carr · Sunday, Nov. 1,2009 11:51 p.m.

The Joker and his masked female counterpart, who was sporting a whip, stood outside the Buskirk-Chumley Theater for the fifth-annual showing of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” on Saturday.

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Dylan returns to Bloomington

Sunday, Nov. 1,2009 11:49 p.m.

Dylan will perform at 7:30 p.m. today at the IU Auditorium. The show will be part of what his fans have called the “Never Ending Tour,” which began in 1988. He has played more than 100 shows every year since 1994.

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Local collective to head Halloween art workshops

Friday, Oct. 30,2009 2:39 p.m.

The Collaboration Room, an artist collective of college graduates residing in Bloomington, has put together Friday Night Frights to serve the Bloomington community in readying their Halloween fashions.

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Society works to record cemeteries

By Patrick Craig · Friday, Oct. 30,2009 12:12 a.m.

And yet still for some, they are nothing, but fields of crumbling headstones with long forgotten names. Names forgotten by all except the Monroe County Historical Society.

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Raymer displays photos

By Lindsey Ferguson · Friday, Oct. 30,2009 12:06 a.m.

Dozens of people crowded the gallery to listen to the National Geographic photographer and tenured associate professor speak.

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Buzzkills charity show raises funds for music program

By Ben Kerns · Friday, Oct. 30,2009 12:05 a.m.

That’s why he decided to become a teacher at the CODA Academy, an after-school music program for kids in a high-poverty area in Bloomington, and at 10 p.m. Friday he and other members of the band The Buzzkills will be performing a charity show to help raise money for the program

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Jazz musician performs at Bear’s

By Jacque Donahue · Friday, Oct. 30,2009 12:03 a.m.

On Thursday, the Bear’s Place Ale House & Eatery entertainment room quickly filled up with jazz patrons who were excited to watch Indiana Jazz alumnus Michael Weiss perform alongside jazz musicians Tom Walsh, Jeremy Allen and Jason Tiemann.

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