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Lady Gaga: creepy, yet creative

By Erica Rogers · Tuesday, Sept. 15,2009 9:58 p.m.

Weekly column from Erica Rogers: This week's focus is on Lady Gaga and her epic performance at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.

Capoeira: An infusion of dance & martial arts

By Lauren Younis · Tuesday, Sept. 15,2009 9:55 p.m.

On a Monday night at the Harmony School, nestled into Bloomington’s residential Second Street, quiet passersby can hear the thick drum beats of music from far-away Brazil.

'Dirty Dancing' star Patrick Swayze dies at 57

By Christy Lemire · Tuesday, Sept. 15,2009 2:27 p.m.

Patrick Swayze personified a particular kind of masculine grace both on and off screen, from his roles in films like "Dirty Dancing" and "Ghost" to the way he carried himself in his long fight with pancreatic cancer. Swayze died from the illness on Monday in Los Angeles, his publicist said. He was 57.

IU Comedian returns to Bear’s

By Alycin Bektesh · Tuesday, Sept. 15,2009 12:35 a.m.

“I ask girls ‘What is the sexiest thing a guy could do to get a girl?’” IU alumnus Brain Watts told the Bear’s Place Ale House and Eatery crowd Monday night.

MAC season includes students, faculty

Monday, Sept. 14,2009 10:32 p.m.

“L’Italiana en Algeri.” “Romeo et Juliette.” “Die Zauberflote.” A Diaghilev Tribute. All are included in the 2009-10 fall schedule for the IU Jacobs School of Music. “We try to do the most interesting and varied season possible,” Jacobs spokesman Alain Barker said.

IU Auditorium prepares for fall

By Rachel Krasnow · Monday, Sept. 14,2009 10:30 p.m.

The concepts of a show at the IU Auditorium may seem simple to an audience member, but a complex process goes into creating an upcoming season. Doug Booher, director of the IU Auditorium, said the work begins a year before, and programming interns assemble all the performance materials received from different booking agencies.

‘Dirty Dancing’ star Patrick Swayze dies at 57

Monday, Sept. 14,2009 8:20 p.m.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Patrick Swayze, the hunky actor who danced his way into viewers’ hearts with “Dirty Dancing” and then broke them with “Ghost,” died Monday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 57.

Kanye West steals attention, Lady Gaga turns heads at 2009 VMAs

Monday, Sept. 14,2009 1:24 p.m.

Sunday's 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, which took place at Radio City Music Hall in New York City featured eye-catching fashions, star-studded performances and a few shocking moments.

Students set to shoot feature-length film on IU’s campus

By Haley Adams · Sunday, Sept. 13,2009 11 p.m.

A new group on campus, Dark Hound Productions, is planning to give a hands-on experience for students interested in filmmaking.

Comedian inspired by IU experiences

By Alycin Bektesh · Sunday, Sept. 13,2009 9:57 p.m.

Comedian and IU alumnus Brian Watts said the people in Los Angeles are prettier, cooler and have vintage threads rather than sorority T-shirts.

‘Othello’ grooves onstage

By Carly Bassen · Sunday, Sept. 13,2009 9:41 p.m.

Rather than classic Elizabethan-style Shakespeare, the Monroe County Civic Theater presented a sexually revolutionized “Othello” this weekend.

Buskirk’s ‘Golden Age’ shows ‘Furies’

By Keaira Carr · Sunday, Sept. 13,2009 9:36 p.m.

Bloomington residents attended “The Golden Age of Hollywood,” where the first movie of the fall series was a 1950 black-and-white western called “The Furies,” starring Barbara Stanwyck and Walter Huston. The event was held in the Buskirk-Chumley Theater

Evening of art brings patronage, education

By Ashlee Green · Sunday, Sept. 13,2009 9:32 p.m.

Vivid paintings and clicking wine glasses filled John Waldron Arts Center on Friday as the men of the Gamma Eta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. sponsored “A1906: Art Appreciation and Patronage.”

‘Last Comic’ comedienne cracks up Funny Bone

By Allison Tyra · Sunday, Sept. 13,2009 9:28 p.m.

Tammy Pescatelli performs at the Funny Bone.

Students nominate WIUX for top college radio station

Sunday, Sept. 13,2009 12:25 p.m.

IU's student radio station, WIUX LP 99.1 FM is among the top 100 college radio stations according to voters for mtvU's College Radio Woodie Award.

Temptations showcase classic hits at Buskirk

By Rachel Krasnow · Friday, Sept. 11,2009 12:21 a.m.

The enthusiastic audience at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater had the chance to re-live classic sounds of the Temptations on Thursday night.

Art museum offers themed tours

By Alycin Bektesh · Friday, Sept. 11,2009 12:07 a.m.

The IU Art Museum boasts a collection that includes works of art ranging from Monet to 13th-century B.C. bronze statues. Though the museum is free and open to the public, weekend tours offer an informed way of seeing the collection. Ed Maxedon is the curator of education at the museum and trains the docents who lead the tours.

‘Othello’ travels to 1970s

By Carly Bassen · Friday, Sept. 11,2009 12:05 a.m.

If William Shakespeare walked into 1972 and saw heated Vietnam War protests, women’s rights struggles and the spawn of a sexual revolution, what do you think he would say? Nate Stanger, a freshman from the University of Michigan, said he imagined these circumstances when he decided to direct a rendition of Shakespeare’s “Othello: The Moor of Venice.”

At Buskirk, Sundays are golden

By Keiara Carr · Friday, Sept. 11,2009 12:02 a.m.

The average moviegoer could spend upward of $8 for this weekend’s box office hit. However, in downtown Bloomington, a historic theater takes audiences back to the Golden Age for only $2.

Local bands to perform at Crossroads Music Festival

Friday, Sept. 11,2009 12 a.m.

It began as a relaxed backyard barbecue for various bands to come together and has now grown to showcase a lineup of local bands. Organized by Crossroads of America Records, or XRA Records, XRA Fest comes to Bloomington on Friday and Saturday.

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