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Colbert tosses his hat into GOP ring

By Jake Coyle · Wednesday, Oct. 17,2007 10:06 p.m.

NEW YORK – Stephen Colbert has announced his candidacy for president on “The Colbert Report,” tossing his satirical hat into the ring of an already crowded race.

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What is Art?

By Ryan Brown · Wednesday, Oct. 17,2007 10:03 p.m.

After I purchased my tickets for this Friday’s Bob Dylan performance at Assembly Hall, I rushed to catch the 6 bus home, where I did the one thing that dominated my mind – watched all four hours of Martin Scorsese’s, “No Direction Home.”

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Le Dernier Cri

By Claire Burke · Wednesday, Oct. 17,2007 4:08 p.m.

High fashion, to me, is an art form. There is so much that goes into it that it is hard for me to think of it any other way. But what happens when high fashion is exploited? The result is what we are now seeing at lower-end stores such as Target and Kohl’s: legitimate, established designers doing collections for mass-market retailers.

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Jens Lekman will play an acoustic set at the Waldron

By IDS staff · Tuesday, Oct. 16,2007 10:29 p.m.

Spirit of ’68 Promotions, a Bloomington-based promotions company, announced that Swedish singer-songwriter Jens Lekman will be playing an acoustic set at 8 p.m. Oct. 23 at the John Waldron Arts Center. The show, which will seat 100 people, is in addition to Lekman’s 9 p.m. performance scheduled that same night at Jake’s Night Club and Bar.

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Tickets available for next week’s Governor’s Arts Awards

By IDS staff · Tuesday, Oct. 16,2007 10:28 p.m.

The 2007 Governor’s Arts Awards ceremony will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25, at the Musical Arts Center. Tickets are available for both the ceremony and the celebration dinner immediately following at the Bloomington Convention Center. The ceremony will feature special performances from three of the six honorees.

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Celebrate IU week events

Monday, Oct. 15,2007 9:41 p.m.

To celebrate IU’s annual homecoming weekend, the University has decided to do something different this year: Celebrate IU week. During Homecoming week, events, performances and lectures will be featured each night. From the Jacobs School of Music to the School of Fine Arts Gallery, there is no shortage of cultural happenings. Here’s a short list of free events.

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Letters from abroad

By Lindsey Landis · Monday, Oct. 15,2007 9:40 p.m.

BOLOGNA, Italy – When I hear people railing against modern art and its lack of aesthetic value, I usually get upset.

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SoFA celebrates artist Robert Baines’ new exhibit with opening reception

By Lauren Younis · Sunday, Oct. 14,2007 9:18 p.m.

For someone who is not an art school student, it may be hard to imagine that being a professional gold and metalsmith artist is a wise career move. And it’s not, unless the idea of spending all day indulging in the creative process and showing the resulting work in major capitals all over the world sounds appealing.

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