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Terrorist attacks alter lineup of Lotus Festival

By Davin Kolderup · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

Bloomington's Lotus World Music and Arts Festival, an annual five-day event scheduled to begin Wednesday, will be adversely affected by the transportation problems stemming from the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington Tuesday. The disruption of air travel and general international tension have already led to one band cancellation -- Celtic pop group Kila have announced they will not make the festival. But Executive Director Lee Williams said the show would go on.

DiFranco fans ready for IU show

By Jill Chickedantz · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

For folk rocker Ani DiFranco, music is a way of making sense of the universe. "My little songs are sort of letters to myself," DiFranco told Music Connection. I'm trying to clue myself in on some things. It's all a very self-conscious process on some level. My music, I guess, is what I live through." DiFranco will perform at 9:30 p.m. Saturday at the IU Auditorium. Union Board is sponsoring the event.

Parks departments showcase the "Art of Nature"

By Corinne Reynolds and Corrinne Reynolds · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

The sounds of children running, banjos playing and people laughing could be heard at Karst Farm Park, Saturday during. The Bloomington and Monroe County Parks and Recreation department sponsored the annual event in order to raise awareness about local environmental issues and provide fun nature-based activities.

Bloomington native a classical prodigy

By Christopher Lee · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

It is always exciting to see a talented young musician grow into a major player on the tough classical music scene. Even more of a thrill is to know that you were there in the beginning and helped his or her career move from the practice rooms of a university into the world's most famous concert halls.

This Weekend's Calendar events

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

Calendar events for this week.

Holiday shows return to TV

By Alyson Brodsy and Lynn Elber · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

LOS ANGELES -- The Grinch who stole Christmas is back, and so is Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Claus. How much more do we need for a warm and fuzzy holiday TV season?

HBO and Showtime to air independent films

By Alyson Brodsy and David Germain · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

PARK CITY, Utah -- HBO and Showtime are going indie. The premium-cable channels have emerged as important nurturers of independent film, securing a major presence at the Sundance Film Festival.

Trio to perform

By Eddie Anderson and Edward Anderson · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

If you have ever studied jazz music, it's likely you have come across the name: The Lynne Arriale trio. The trio will be performing Feb. 1, 8 p.m., at the John Waldron Arts Center. With a master in classic piano performance from the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, Lynne Arriale has been studying piano for 30 years and studying jazz for 15. Arriale was playing by ear and making up melodies at age three. In 1993 she won the International Great American Jazz Piano Competition in Jacksonville, Florida. She has also performed in concert and on National Public Radio's "Piano Jazz" with legend Marian Mc Partland.

Grilling a perennial favorite

By Camilla Saulsbury · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

We live in an age of ever-increasing efficiency, when a five-minute wait at the nearest drive-through is considered four minutes too long.

Blue cheese: Moldy oldy but goody

By Camilla Saulsbury · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

"Mold" and "delicious" are rarely used in the same sentence. In an age of anti-bacterial obsession, blue cheese is the delightful exception. Hardcore blue cheese afficionados think that Swiss, Cheddar and Jack cheeses are for wimps -- if the cheese cannot be smelled from ten feet away, forget it.

'A Beautiful Mind' wins four Globes

By Anthony Breznican · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- "A Beautiful Mind" was named best drama, and its star, Russell Crowe, won the top dramatic actor trophy as the Golden Globes rewarded stories of love under the duress of madness, despair and illness. "A Beautiful Mind" collected a leading four Globes Sunday night and was followed by triple-winner "Moulin Rouge," which was awarded the Globe for best musical or comedy and earned a best actress honor for Nicole Kidman.

Jackson lashes out

By Alyson Brodsy and Verena Dobnik · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

NEW YORK -- Multiplatinum singer Michael Jackson, already feuding with his record company, charged Saturday that the recording industry was a racist conspiracy that turns profits at the expense of performers -- particularly minority artists. "The recording companies really, really do conspire against the artists -- they steal, they cheat, they do everything they can,'' Jackson said in a rare public appearance. "(Especially) against the black artists."

The power of music

By Stacey Palevsky · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

A dark-haired man in a worn-in Grateful Dead T-shirt sits on a blanket, bobbing his dreadlocked head up and down to the beat provided by Blue Moon Revue. To his right, an older, slightly balding man stands, gently tapping his foot to the music. To his left, two golden retrievers chase each other around in circles, eventually running after a young barefoot girl, her long brown hair windblown over her smiling face. Below her, the green grass blew in the wind while the blue but cloudy sky illuminates all of Dunn Meadow Saturday for this year's Calmfest.

Concert schedule released

By Daven Kolderup and Davin Kolderup · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

A full slate of nationally known entertainers, including Counting Crows and Ani DiFranco, highlight the fall's Indiana Memorial Union Board-sponsored events.

Lecture shows 'Beatlemania' not over yet

By Alyson Brodsy and Emily Newman · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

Although the Beatles broke up in 1969, Beatlemania continues to this day. "The best of any kind of music lives on," Professor of music Glenn Gass said.

'Candide' opera to close 'Magic, Mystery' season

By Laura Ewald · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

The season of "Magic, Mystery and Mayhem" at the IU Opera Theater will close with the April 6, 7, 13 and 14 run of Leonard Bernstein's "Candide." Despite war, separation from loved ones and even a shipwreck, the title character remains optimistic as he learns valuable life lessons.

Spielberg's 'A.I' vision a long way off

By Joseph S. Pete · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

The IDS has long been dedicated to bringing its readership tough-as-nails, hard-hitting arts and culture coverage. It was in that noble spirit -- certainly not the spirit of idle Internet-surfing spurred on by boredom -- that I visited the promotional Web site of "A.I." "A.I.," a widely lauded futuristic rumination on what it means to be human, rose to the top of the box office in its opening weekend and has since sank like a stone. It is thus, officially, the first Steven Spielberg picture loved by the critics and loathed by moviegoers.

Art in everyday life

By Rhiddhi Trivedi and Riddhi Trivedi · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

After the Thomas Hart Benton murals were displayed at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, they sat forgotten in a barn until Herman B Wells rescued them. They now adorn the walls of several campus buildings, including the IU Auditorium.

Around The Arts

Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

Jerry Lewis raises record $56.8M LOS ANGELES -- Jerry Lewis, headlining his 36th annual Muscular Dystrophy Association Telethon, raised a record $56.8 million to fight neuromuscular diseases. The telethon, originating from CBS Television City in Hollywood, was broadcast for 21 1/2 hours on about 200 TV stations around the country during the Labor Day weekend. As usual, the variety show featured celebrity co-hosts, including Ed McMahon, Norm Crosby and Casey Kasem.

Walker honored with University Players tribute

By Virginia Vasquez · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

Helen Sarah Walker will be honored March 30 in a musical tribute by her friends and peers, the University Players. Walker, who had just completed her junior year at IU, was killed in an automobile accident last May.

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