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Legend leads ensemble

By Lily Miller · Tuesday, Sept. 29,2009 12:01 a.m.

Jazz solos and applause filled the Musical Arts Center on Monday night. The Jacobs School of Music Jazz Ensemble, directed by Jacobs faculty member David Baker, performed for the first time this year. Several audience members said they attended the show because of the legendary director.

Built to Spill are not built to break

By Katie McKenna · Monday, Sept. 28,2009 12:11 a.m.

All four permanent members of Built to Spill will take the stage at The Bluebird this Monday in support of their new album, “There is No Enemy.”

Folds strikes chords, resonates at IU

By Kelsey Finn · Monday, Sept. 28,2009 12:05 a.m.

Ben Folds performed Sunday night at the IU Auditorium, playing fan favorites and plugging Bloomington into some of his lyrics.

Magic of Lotus World Music and Arts Festival charms Bloomington

By Alycin Bektesh · Monday, Sept. 28,2009 12:03 a.m.

The three-day Lotus World Music and Arts Festival wooed patrons this weekend.

Sufjan Stevens paints his story with indie brushstrokes

By Mallory Jindra · Sunday, Sept. 27,2009 11:55 p.m.

IU’s student-run radio station WIUX and Spirit of ’68 Promotions will present American singer and songwriter Sufjan Stevens at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater.

Nostalgia keeps an old Frankie Valli in season

By Bailey Loosemore · Sunday, Sept. 27,2009 11:52 p.m.

Innocent, nostalgic music drew nearly a full house of people from each generation reaching back to the ‘60s to see rock ’n’ roll icon Frankie Valli Saturday at the IU Auditorium.

‘Shape’ molds body perceptions

By Kevin Doran · Sunday, Sept. 27,2009 11:49 p.m.

This Friday, the Kinsey Institute held an opening reception for its current exhibition for the semester entitled “Shape of Us,” a collection of vintage and contemporary images that display the diversity of the human body. All Kinsey exhibits are free to the public.

Mayor Kruzan, friends show up for 1-year stand-up anniversary

By Allison Tyra · Sunday, Sept. 27,2009 11:48 p.m.

As the town’s newest amateur comedian, Mayor Mark Kruzan put on a show Thursday as a special guest to celebrate the Funny Bone Bloomington Comedy Club’s one-year anniversary. Headliner Drew Hastings performed at it and four more shows at the club this past weekend.

As fall nears, pumpkin season is here

By Lindsey Ferguson · Sunday, Sept. 27,2009 11:45 p.m.

A garden of glass glittered on the courthouse lawn Saturday and Sunday during the fourth-annual glass pumpkin patch.

Laughter fills MAC at opera opener

By Lily Miller · Sunday, Sept. 27,2009 6:54 p.m.

The opening of “L’Italiana in Algeri” marked the beginning of the 2009-10 season for the IU Opera Theater at the Musical Arts Center. The Jacobs School of Music Concert Orchestra, conducted by Jacobs conducting professor Arthur Fagen, accompanied the cast for this production.

Local bands join country artist Chris Cagle

Sunday, Sept. 27,2009 6:51 p.m.

Two local bands will open the official 2009 IU Homecoming show. The Clayton Anderson Band and New Old Cavalry, both based in Bloomington, will perform before country artist Chris Cagle on Oct. 13.

Audience can’t take its eyes off Frankie Valli

By Bailey Loosemore · Sunday, Sept. 27,2009 2:11 p.m.

Innocent, nostalgic music drew nearly a full house of people from each generation reaching back to the ‘60s to see rock’n’roll icon Frankie Valli Saturday night at the IU Auditorium.

Q&A with Ben Folds

By Rachel Krasnow · Thursday, Sept. 24,2009 11:52 p.m.

Reporter Rachel Krasnow interviewed Ben Folds about his song lyrics.

Dark humor, sharp words play into Ben Folds’ tunes

By Rachel Krasnow · Thursday, Sept. 24,2009 11:48 p.m.

Ben Folds will bring a sense of humor, profound lyrics and a fine-tuned piano as his only tools to entertain an audience Sunday at the IU Auditorium.

Frankie Valli to make a song for all 4 seasons

By Bailey Loosemore · Thursday, Sept. 24,2009 11:39 p.m.

Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons will return to the IU Auditorium at 8 p.m. Saturday to play for an audience with members from an entirely new generation.

Worlds collide, comedy ensues at Opera

By Lily Miller · Thursday, Sept. 24,2009 11:36 p.m.

Shipwreck, lust, pranks and a foolish Bey combine to begin the IU Opera season.

Picking pumpkins aids art at Lotus Festival

By Adrienne Kaplan · Thursday, Sept. 24,2009 11:35 p.m.

Rows and rows of colorful glass pumpkins will be on display in a pumpkin patch created by Jeremy Sweet at the Lotus World Music and Arts Festival this weekend.

Rap artists profess politics at the Bluebird

By Kevin Doran · Thursday, Sept. 24,2009 11:33 p.m.

New York-based rapper and political activist Immortal Technique will perform a show with three other rap artists as part of the band’s 2009 Recession Tour Saturday at the Bluebird Nightclub.

Author highlights LGBTQ, rural life

Thursday, Sept. 24,2009 12:50 p.m.

Author Mary L. Gray will read and discuss her latest book, "Out in the Country: Youth, Media, and Queer Visibility in Rural America." 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Boxcar Books and Community Center.

FOUND caters to diverse, artistic interests

By Danielle Paquette · Thursday, Sept. 24,2009 1:08 a.m.

An eclectic array of graphic artists, musicians, photographers, cake lovers and art fans flooded the Lodge, located on Sixth and Walnut streets, for FOUND, an evening of art appreciation.

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