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'Versatile' composer visits

By Kristin Lamb · Tuesday, Feb. 26,2002 11:36 p.m.

The lights dimmed and the screen lit up. As the name Patrick Williams scrolled down onto the screen, the audience applauded. Bloomington residents and IU students gathered Sunday night at the IU Foundation Showalter House to view the Academy Award-winning movie "Breaking Away." The IU Student Foundation sponsored the event in honor of Patrick Williams, who composed the score for the film. He visited IU Friday through Sunday to hold auditions for the Henry Mancini Institute.

Storytelling and early music come together

By Caralyn A. Martin · Sunday, Feb. 24,2002 11:35 p.m.

Saturday the Bloomington Early Music Festival kicked off its annual festivities with the performance of "The 12 Dancing Princesses: A Musical Retelling." The program was an experimental addition to the regular lineup of the festival, done in conjunction with Arts Week.

'Bride' a lighthearted fare for opera-goers

By Gabriel Lewin · Thursday, Feb. 21,2002 11:12 p.m.

IU Opera Theatre produces parts of the opera repertoire that one may never see again in a lifetime of opera viewing. Giving life to works rarely seen in the commercial world and showcasing new productions is a facet of IU's highly-acclaimed Opera. At 8 p.m. Friday at the Musical Arts Center, "The Bartered Bride" by Bedrich Smetana will open for four performances, continuing Saturday and closing March 1 and 2 at 8 p.m.

Art speakers offer advice

By Joelle Petrus · Thursday, Feb. 21,2002 11:12 p.m.

Students gathered in Whittenberger Auditorium Wednesday to be enlightened by three speakers with career backgrounds in the arts. Hosted by the Union Board Performing Arts Committee, the forum showcased Ellen Shantz, vice president of marketing and communication for the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra; Jim Robinson, Asian art museum curator in Indianapolis; and Helen Wells, a talent agent based in Indianapolis.petr

Behind the scenes

By Elise LeBlanc · Thursday, Feb. 21,2002 10:31 a.m.

Oddly enough, the scene backstage at IU Sing is not even remotely hectic. It's an extremely well-coordinated and smoothly-run operation, where everyone knows his or her place and task.

Poet Mari Evans to lecture tonight

By Ryan Whirty · Thursday, Feb. 21,2002 1:19 a.m.

IU Afro-American Studies Professor John McCluskey has been friends with acclaimed poet Mari Evans since 1977. McCluskey, himself a novelist, remembers with fondness the days when he and Evans shared ideas at Yaddo, an artist's community in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. He said he appreciated her talent right away.

American classic 'sells' new theater

By Gabriel Lewin · Wednesday, Feb. 20,2002 12:29 a.m.

Professor Howard Jensen has waited thirty years for this Friday night. On that evening, the IU Theatre production of Arthur Miller's "Death of A Salesman," which Jensen directed, will open the new Ruth N. Halls Theatre at the new Theatre and Drama Center.

Camilla's Cooking Corner

By Alyson Brodsy and Camilla Saulsbury · Tuesday, Feb. 19,2002 2:07 a.m.

When I was little, I used to wonder why Goldilocks did not thank the three bears for letting her steal some of their oatmeal: gray, gummy lumpiness? I would have gladly given up mine. It was not until my teenage years that I learned the pleasures of a good bowl of oatmeal. When made correctly, it is smooth, silky and soothing. Made with milk and a dash of cinnamon, then topped with brown sugar, dried cherries and nuts. These days I find myself cozying up to a big bowl on many mornings and admiring the wisdom of those bears.

'Fiddler' tradition comes to Auditorium

By Evan Diamond · Tuesday, Feb. 19,2002 2:01 a.m.

The National Equity tour of "Fiddler on the Roof" will open at the IU Auditorium tonight and will play through Thursday. "Fiddler," which takes place in Anatevka, Russia in 1904 tells the story of a dairyman Tevye and his five daughters. The story is about the family trying to marry off the oldest daughter, Tzietel, and the journey to find her a proper mate. At that time in history, women's husbands were chosen for them. In this case Tzietel does not want to marry her arranged mate, Lazar Wolf, the butcher, and finds that she loves Motel, the poor tailor.

V-day raises awareness, money for local groups

By Alyson Brodsy and Caralyn Martin · Thursday, Feb. 14,2002 11:38 p.m.

I was worried about vaginas. I was worried about what we think about vaginas, and even more worried that we don't think about them…So I decided to talk to women about their vaginas, to do vagina interviews, which became vagina monologues. I talked with hundreds of women. I talked to old women, young women, married women, single women, lesbians, college professors, sex workers... They were a little shy. But once they got going, you couldn't stop them. -- playwright Eve Ensler.

Dalai Lama cancels visit to IU

By Gabriel Lewin · Wednesday, Feb. 13,2002 11:38 p.m.

The Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet, has canceled his North American tour which included a visit to the IU Bloomington campus in April due to illness from exhaustion. The Dalai Lama was to dedicate the opening of the Chamtse Ling Temple and the Youth Program at the Tibetan Cultural Center as well as give a talk at IU's Assembly Hall.

Jazz artist Joshua Redman returns to Bloomington

By Alyson Brodsy and Eddie Anderson · Tuesday, Feb. 12,2002 11:25 p.m.

Many lives were tragically affected Sept. 11 becaue of the consequences of the day's terrorist attacks. One such life affected was 32-year-old saxophonist Joshua Redman. As one of the most acclaimed young artists in jazz, Redman was booked to play at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater in Bloomington the night of Sept. 11. Because of the day's events, the performance was cancelled so Redman and his band members could check on their family and friends in New York City. Redman's entire tour was crippled because of the terrorist attacks, but he is returning to the Buskirk-Chumley Saturday.

'AntigonE' relays modern message

By Stephanie Dodge · Tuesday, Feb. 12,2002 12:38 a.m.

As the world fights religious fanatics with misconstrued perceptions of sacred texts, a small ensemble in a tiny theater portrays a post-apocalyptic religious group led by its own misconceptions of sacred truths. Religious leaders potentially have the power to mold the minds of millions with their own interpretations of religious texts. They can deem what is right and what is wrong and more importantly, what is truth and what is not.

Award-winning costume designer to visit campus

By Colleen Koch and Colleen Star Koch · Friday, Feb. 8,2002 12:53 a.m.

Milanka Berberovic's work neglects the ordinary. An internationally recognized Yugoslavian costume designer, she creates costumes that are at once brilliant, distinct, vivid and sensual. Although her costumes are wildly modern and highly fashionable, Berberovic herself could easily be mistaken for someone's grandma. She emanates gentleness, baked goods and worldly wisdom. She has received many prestigious awards, including a Prague Quadrennial gold award -- one of only 10 awarded throughout history.

Ceremony to honor professor

By Gabriel Lewin · Tuesday, Feb. 5,2002 1:46 a.m.

Tonight at 7 p.m. in Auer Hall in the School of Music Library, the late distinguished professor of violin, Franco Gulli, will be remembered and honored by his colleagues and students in a memorial concert. The concert, serving both as a tribute and a farewell to the late professor, will bring family, friends, students, alumni and IU Music Faculty together to play the music that Gulli loved.

Professor looks at history of medieval attire

By Amy Currry and Amy Curry · Sunday, Feb. 3,2002 11:52 p.m.

Tales of chivalrous knights and lovely heroines found in the texts of French medieval literature reveal much about court culture, but professor E. Jane Burns is not interested in what these characters are doing. She's interested in what they are wearing.

Man of many talents

By Priya Desai · Thursday, Jan. 31,2002 11:42 p.m.

He has written screenplays, played in a rock band and acted in plays. From author to actor to musician, Paul McComas has experienced a little bit of everything during his 20s. But his strongest passion has always been writing. When he turned 30, McComas realized he was spreading himself too thin and decided to focus on one area, fiction writing.

'Little Women' makes local debut

By Meredith Hahn · Thursday, Jan. 31,2002 11:41 p.m.

This weekend will mark the collegiate debut of a new spin on a classic work of American literature. Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women" will be performed on stage at the Musical Arts Center in an opera production composed by Mark Adamo.

'Ragtime' wows Auditorium audience

By Meredith Hahn · Wednesday, Jan. 30,2002 11:21 p.m.

\"Beggar and millionaire, everyone everywhere was moving to that ragtime." This line from the opening number of the musical "Ragtime" sums up a great deal about the show. Not only does the play follow the lives of three segregated groups at the beginning of the 20th Century, but it also describes the audience reaction to the night's performance.

Play premiers at Waldron

By Alyson Brodsy and Eddie Anderson · Thursday, Jan. 24,2002 11:08 p.m.

What if you were a painter and suddenly found yourself unable to paint? That's what Alex suffers in "Sunflower and Blue," opening this weekend at the John Waldron Arts Center.