Bloomington artist Sally Jane Harless will be exhibiting new work at Boxcar Books beginning with an opening reception at 7 p.m. Friday.
Boxcar Books will celebrate its seven-year anniversary with friends and customers Saturday.
Anyone looking for a nuance-heavy, thought-provoking and dramatic musical that will haunt long after curtain call will not find it in “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” the most recent musical to show at IU Auditorium.
“Your Art Here was started by a group of Bachelor of Fine Arts students at IU,” said Julie Hardesty, co-director for the group, “and Billboard Generation was one of the first projects that they tried doing as a group, as an organization. And it coincides with National Youth Art Month in March.”
A free bi-monthly community event that draws attention to eight local art galleries will start at 5 p.m. Friday. Every year, Bloomington art galleries plan Gallery Walks, during which students and people of the community can view special exhibits including paintings and photography.
Diana Son’s “Stop Kiss,” directed by Bruce Burgun, brings a story of love and addresses issues of homosexuality at the Wells-Metz Theatre.
Complete with gyrating hips and erections, “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” brought more to the stage than how to spell “syzygy.”The Tony Award-winning musical follows the intense competition between six middle school spellers who, far from being considered “normal,” each have their own quirks to get them through the competition.
The IU Opera Theater will present Jules Massenet’s “Cendrillon,” which is based on the familiar fairy tale, Friday at the Musical Arts Center.
The fourth annual IU College Comedy Festival on Friday and Saturday at The Waldron Arts Center is intended to showcase student talent.
The Book Corner, Caveat Emptor and Howard’s Bookstore all sit within an arm’s length of one another on the square. However, none of these stores find themselves in competition.
In the final round of the Latin American Music Center’s annual Performance of Music from Spain and Latin America competition, four Jacobs school students came out on top.
After the success of their Christmas album “Holiday Spirits,” the original members of Straight No Chaser have packed their bags and boarded planes headed for New York City, where they will record their second album.
During the Super Bowl on Sunday, emotions were flying, from anger to excitement. Viewers from the stands and couches were all watching one of the biggest games of the year. There wasn’t just the game, the ads and the halftime show as per usual, but something that everyone should truly appreciate: Grammy-nominated singer Jennifer Hudson’s outstanding performance after a three-month hiatus.
“The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” is making its way to Bloomington for two performances at the IU Auditorium.
“Reefer Madness: The Musical” blew through Bloomington last weekend, leaving theatergoers high on laughter with its comical social commentary on the effects of marijuana.
People scuttled out of the slush and wind Thursday night into the warm Monroe Bank Art Gallery for local photographer William E. Bennett’s new exhibit reception. Inside, bank tellers and management greeted the lobby filled with people of varying ages who chatted about the photographs on display. Monroe Bank on Kirkwood Avenue has served as a local outlet for artists to show their work for the last couple of years.
If Bessie Delany was still alive, she would likely be shocked. More than 100 years old when she died, Delany never saw Barack Obama get elected – an event she once said wouldn’t happen for a thousand years. Even though Delany died in 1995, she and her sisters’ story lives on in theaters around the country in the play “Having Our Say.”
Spinning, leaping and graceful dancers flawlessly executed their choreographed arabesques, pirouettes and fouettes in the IU Ballet Department’s “On The Edge.”The show, originally scheduled for two performances Wednesday at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater, was postponed until Thursday due to snow. IU Ballet Theater moved the show to the Musical Arts Center ballet studio because the Buskirk was booked for Thursday.
Cracking jokes about the recession, global warming and love-making, Arj Barker kept the audience laughing during a two-hour set Thursday night at the Funny Bone Comedy Club.Barker, who portrays Dave on HBO’s “Flight of the Conchords,” performed five times in Bloomington this weekend. Performing with him was Andi Smith, who appeared on Comedy Central’s “Last Comic Standing.”About 50 people attended the weekend’s first show. Brian M. Frange was the emcee for the night, opening with jokes about reality TV.
The Union Board announced Friday that the comedic musical duo Flight of Conchords will perform during Little 500 on April 25 at the IU Auditorium.
