Lucinda Williams draws fans to Bluebird
Lucinda Williams performed for crowds at the Bluebird Nightclub on Wednesday night
Lucinda Williams performed for crowds at the Bluebird Nightclub on Wednesday night
Comedy, charity and Mayor Mark Kruzan will come together at the Funny Bone Bloomington Comedy Club today for its one-year anniversary show.
Students gathered at the Hoosier Den at Foster Quad on Wednesday night to listen to the unique sounds of the indie-rock band, We The Living. The band, which has been praised by both Perez Hilton and fans for its meaningful lyrics and melodious sounds, captured the attention of attendees.
“One world. One Week. One Festival.” Posters for the 12th annual Manhattan Short Film Festival are all over campus this week.
The small-town feel of a garage sale met the big time venue of the IU Art Museum at the ninth annual Decorate Your Digs! sale Wednesday. The IU Art History Association and IU Art Museum’s works-on-paper department put together a collection of used and donated mats, posters, frames and books for sale to raise money.
The spirits of the dead will invade Bloomington’s Wandering Turtle Art Gallery & Gifts. The gallery will begin collecting items Thursday to display on a community altar for Dia de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead. The display will continue through Nov. 2.
The 35th annual Bluegrass Hall of Fame & Uncle Pen Days Festival is now through Saturday.
IU’s student-run radio station, WIUX LP 99.1 FM, is one of 50 stations in the running for mtvU’s College Radio Woodie Award.
The second annual Retail and Design forum, presented by the Retail Studies Organization, brought high-profile figures from top industry companies to address and advise students eager to follow in their merchandising footsteps.
Astral Project dazzled audiences Tuesday evening at KRC Catering. Jazz from Bloomington President Monika Herzig described the group as a “fabulous jazz band from New Orleans” and said she was happy to have them play for Jazz from Bloomington’s 10th season of performance.
On Saturday evening, I found myself walking down Kirkwood to do some much-needed shopping with a friend. After stopping at Urban Outfitters, we continued to walk down past Kilroy’s to stop at Cactus Flower.
I wanted to avoid album reviews as much as possible, but this beautiful “break up” was just too hard to resist. Pete Yorn and Scarlett Johansson’s “Break Up” was released earlier this month and so far, I have not heard much hullabaloo about the project.
You’ve seen the chalk. Pastel blue-and-pink markings on the steps of Ballantine Hall, Herman B Wells Library, Jordan Hall and other concrete fixtures encourage students to give IU band South Jordan a listen.
From the makers of the “Rock Band: The Beatles,” which is being hailed by some critics as one of the greatest video games of all time, comes another exciting new game for users to immerse themselves in.
Emmy award-winning magician David Copperfield will visit Bloomington next month to show audiences how to make magic.
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. – Imagine the Hamptons without the ocean. Residents of one of the world’s best-known playgrounds for the haves and have-mores use the dramatic comparison for a public radio station that has been a beacon for community groups, and entertainers.
The famed indie band, We the Living, will perform in Bloomington at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Hoosier Den in Foster Residence Center. Named “the band to love” on celebrity gossip Web site, PerezHilton.com, We the Living gained recognition from MTV, VH1 and E! since forming in 2007, said the band’s publicist Nora Silver.
Senior Joey Mattucci has always been a movie guy. “When I was a little kid, I used to do triple-headers,” Mattucci said. “I’d go to a movie at 12 o’clock with my dad, and I’d be walking out of there at 11 o’clock at night. We’d pay for one movie and sneak into two others.”
While he isn’t the fictional Charles Dickens character brought to life, audiences should still prepare to be mystified, as famed magician David Copperfield is added to the growing line-up of star-studded performers this year at the IU Auditorium.
Local magazine marks 25 years of avant-garde films.