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Drumming workshop inspires participants

This weekend, downtown Bloomington experienced a transformation when the rest of the world invaded its streets for the annual Lotus World Music and Arts Festival. A similar transformation took place Sunday in the parking lot behind Athena when 20 people gathered for a Middle Eastern and North African drum workshop taught by local musician Anass Sentissi.


Sound technician Gabe Gula makes a regular systems check for the Theater and Dramas' department production of "Dead Man Walking" before each show.

Sound designer plans logistics for memorable 1st production

As a sound designer in the theater, I have to look at the play as a whole and how sound is going to affect the show. Before a show is cast, I work with a production team that consists of a director, lighting designer, scenic designer, costume designer and others. As a team, we talk about what we want to convey on stage.


Members of the March Fourth Marching Band preform during the evening parade during Lotus festival on Satrday.

Artists bring the world to Bloomington

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Reindeer, gently falling snow and woolen sweaters are not the first things you think of when Bloomington comes to mind. But this year Scandinavia appeared and extended its wintery hand to downtown, sharing hundreds of years of musical and cultural tradition.The 15th annual Lotus World Music and Arts Festival began gently this year compared to other years, opening Thursday night in the Buskirk-Chumley Theater with the Northern Realms concert. In the past, world-renowned world-fusion Balkan Beat Box explosively inaugurated Lotus Fest to begin the three day-long revelry and cultural exchange.Thousands of world music enthusiasts, including students and Bloomington residents, congregated downtown to hear a mostly new artist list. With bands spanning from Spain to Syria, Mongolia to Mexico and Brown County, Bloomington’s arguably largest cultural event delivered the rest of the world to southern Indiana.SLIDESHOW: Lotus Fest


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IU Art Museum closes for repairs

In light of repairs, the IU Art Museum has scheduled a special closing today through Wednesday.


For stage manager, a smooth show means communication

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Chris Lee is only an undergraduate student, but he’s already a stage manager. His love for stage management began early, and now, as a senior, he’s the head stage manager for this month’s production of “Dead Man Walking.”



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Parisian nightlife mixes art, social times

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It’s easy to think you have truly experienced Paris after trekking to all of the major monuments, taking the quintessential pictures in front of the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre and ordering an espresso while smoking a cigarette at a sidewalk cafe. But you have not really experienced Paris until you’ve taken part in its nightlife.


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Step out of the box with flamboyant fashion

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Baggy jeans: check. Tall white T-shirt: check. XXL hoodie: check. Scuffed sneakers: check. If this is the process you find yourself going through each morning when you wake up, I urge you to change up your wardrobe routine. As young men, we often get much too used to the same ol’ thing, whether it’s clothing or the two-step.


Mike Bridavsky shows off Russian Recording, a new Bloomington recording studio opening on Friday in Bloomington.

3 bands build recording studio, plan opening celebration Friday

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Studio owner Mike Bridavsky decided he wanted to go into the recording industry when he was in middle school. In high school, he began making recordings. And now at age 28, Bridavsky is opening a new studio he designed and built with the help of many other musicians.


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Downtown pumpkin patch dazzles shoppers

Forty-five minutes pass, yet the same shoppers wander up and down the rows, cradling their favorite pumpkin, still searching for the perfect one. Although the rows and rows of fall decorations are like any other pumpkin patch, this patch has a dazzling effect.


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Novel sheds insight on IU basketball, segregation

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Hoosiers, particularly basketball fans, might think they know everything behind the history of IU’s heralded basketball team. However, there’s one book Hoosiers should consider adding to their reading list.



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To hip or not to hip

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In August, culture-jamming publication Adbusters released the cover story, “Hipster: The Dead End of Western Civilization,” an article that, since its release, has received more than 2,300 online comments – a lot more than most Adbusters cover stories.


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Economics and entertainment

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Unless you have been living under a rock for the past few days, never look at a newspaper or – like John McCain – don’t know how to use e-mail, you probably have heard at least a little bit about our country’s current economic situation.




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Bringing home Mr. Right

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So that special someone from last week (you know, the guy taking Jell-O shots by himself?) turns out to be the love of your life. Who knew? It’s about time to bring him home and introduce him to the parents.


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SoFA Gallery highlights 'One Moment'

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By bringing images of moments in time to the School of Fine Arts Gallery, Thomas Robertello, a Jacobs School of Music flute professor and owner/director of Thomas Robertello Gallery, plans to inspire more than fleeting attention during the “One Moment” exhibition scheduled for Oct. 17.