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IU Opera to perform Verdi's 'Rigoletto'

Thursday, Feb. 22,2001 11:48 p.m.

Absent for the last three years from the Musical Arts Center during the school year season, the work of Giuseppe Verdi will return on the 100th anniversary of his death with his tragic opera "Rigoletto."

Benefit supports food bank

By Lindsay Schoenfeld · Thursday, Feb. 22,2001 11:47 p.m.

St. Mark's United Methodist Church will play host to its seventh annual Soup Bowl Benefit, a community event to raise funds for the Hoosier Hills Food Bank, 5 p.m. Sunday. As is the custom, local potters donated hundreds of handmade bowls. Local restaurants contributed soups and breads, and entertainment is provided to add to the atmosphere.

Simple solutions for vegetarians

By Camilla Saulsbury · Thursday, Feb. 22,2001 12:29 a.m.

SILKY SPICED PUMPKIN BISQUE 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1 medium onion, chopped 3 garlic gloves, minced 3 cups canned solid-pack pumpkin 2 cups canned vegetable broth 2 teaspoons sugar 1 teaspoon ground cumin 1/2 teaspoon curry powder 1/2 teaspoon dried crushed red pepper juice and grated zest of 1 lime 1 11-ounce can unsweetened coconut milk Heat oil in heavy large pot over medium heat. Add onion and garlic. Saute until golden, about 10 minutes. Add pumpkin, broth, sugar, cumin, curry powder and crushed red pepper. Bring to boil. Reduce heat. Cover and simmer 5 minutes. Working in batches, puree soup in blender until smooth. Return soup to pot and stir in lime juice and zest. Bring soup to simmer and whisk in coconut milk. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Ladle soup into bowls. Makes 6 servings.

Earle brings the house down at Murat

By Andrew Jones · Thursday, Feb. 22,2001 12:26 a.m.

Continuing his "Trancendental Blues" tour, rocker Steve Earle stopped in Indianapolis Tuesday night at the Murat Theater. Earle's combination of rock and roll and country rocked the house, with his band and special guest Stacy Earle, Steve's younger sister. The doors opened at 6:30 p.m. as crowds anxiously awaited entrance, eager to get as close to the stage as possible.

The Vegan Way

By Camilla Saulsbury · Thursday, Feb. 22,2001 12:23 a.m.

The food pyramid isn't always constructed from the four main food groups, despite what elementary school teaches. Although nutritionists traditionally recommend a specific serving for each food group, the growing trend of vegetarianism, a diet omitting meat, and veganism, a diet omitting all animal products, has demanded a new foundation for healthy living.

Welsh rarebit is 'fast food salvation'

By Camilla Saulsbury · Wednesday, Feb. 21,2001 11:08 a.m.

For my entire childhood, I had a week's notice of my dinner fare. Every Saturday, my mother plunked a pile of cookbooks and her overstuffed recipe box on the dining room table and mapped out a week of dinner menus before heading to the local co-op. It helped her manage her budget, shopping and sanity, but left her open to scrutiny.

Around the Arts

Wednesday, Feb. 21,2001 12:07 a.m.

Classic filmmaker Stanley Kramer dies at age 87 Producer-director Stanley Kramer, whose nearly three dozen films included such classics as "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," "Judgment at Nuremberg" and "Inherit the Wind," died Monday at the Motion Picture & Television Hospital in Woodland Hills. He was 87 and had been ill with pneumonia.

Recital features student violinist

By Kailash V. Murthi · Tuesday, Feb. 20,2001 11:52 p.m.

Demonstrating her dedication to music, senior and violinist Ju-young Kim performed last night at Recital Hall. "I started playing the violin at the age of 5 when my mother took me to a violin shop," Kim said. "At first I was uncomfortable with it, but then I started getting used to it and fell in love with the violin."

Steve Earle to play at Murat Centre

Sunday, Feb. 18,2001 11:26 p.m.

The impact Steve Earle made on the Nashville music scene in the 1980s shook the city to its traditional roots. With its controversial lyrics, his album Copperhead Road made people ask, "What is country, and what is rock and roll?" Earle will bring his outlaw style to Indianapolis Tuesday with special guest Stacey Earle. The show will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Egyptian Room of the Murat Centre. Stacey Earle is Steve's younger sister, who plays guitar and performs duets with her brother on occasion.

Napster ruling leaves users seeking download alternatives

By Jonathan Hall · Sunday, Feb. 18,2001 11:25 p.m.

Internet file-sharing host Napster lost a highly publicized legal battle last week when a federal appeals court ordered it to stop letting users share copyrighted material. But experts say it's not likely the ruling will stop the booming business of digital copying. "I am pessimistic about (the court's) ability to stop illegal downloads of copyrighted music," said business law professor Thomas Bowers, co-director of the MBA Sports and Entertainment Academy.

Malaysian art focus of exhibit

By Kailash V. Murthi · Sunday, Feb. 18,2001 11:23 p.m.

The IU Art Museum is continuing efforts to highlight the best artistry from around the world with a unique collection of traditional Malaysian art. The collection was loaned to the museum by Mary Ruth Linville Jumper, who lived in Malaysia from 1986 to 1991. The exhibit, "Spirits in Wood: Contemporary Sculpture from Malaysia," is organized by Diane Pelrine, curator of arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas.

AIDS play explores friendship

By Gabriel Lewin · Thursday, Feb. 15,2001 11:30 p.m.

During the past two decades, the AIDS epidemic has taken many lives and left lasting impressions on society. The virus, which attacks the human immune system, has changed attitudes and ideas about sex, sexuality and life. AIDS also is the subject of some of the most haunting and beautiful works of modern art -- especially that of the theater.

Musical to close tonight

By Jose Rivera and Josean Rivera · Thursday, Feb. 15,2001 11:20 p.m.

Tonight is the last chance to catch this year's national tour of the classic musical "Show Boat" at the IU Auditorium. Based on a novel by Edna Ferber and created for the stage by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, the original "Show Boat" had its debut in 1927 to rave reviews. Set on the Mississippi River in the late 1800s, the crew of the boat, the Cotton Blossom, takes the audience to a bygone day as "Show Boat" follows the lives of Cap'n Andy Hawkes, his wife Parthy and his daughter Magnolia.

Filmmaker Wajda honored in series

By Kailash V. Murthi · Wednesday, Feb. 14,2001 10:53 p.m.

Featuring one of the best-known modern Eastern European filmmakers, Andrzej Wajda, a new foreign film series begins today, sponsored by the Polish Studies Center.

Pat McGee Band electrifies Bluebird crowd

By Marna Cousino · Wednesday, Feb. 14,2001 10:51 p.m.

Sounds of the acoustic guitar, drums, basses and amazing vocals echoed throughout the Bluebird Nightclub, 216 N. Walnut St., Tuesday night as Pat McGee Band took center stage.

Sweet charity

Wednesday, Feb. 14,2001 10:48 p.m.

Red and white balloons waved back and forth in the air, hovering over tables covered in white cloths. A line of adults and students wound around the outer walls, as each visitor got his or her hand stamped with a heart, signifying they had paid for the sweet treats they were about to sample. As children ran back and forth -- on a perpetual sugar high -- a band played the song "Hey Good Lookin'" from the front center of the room at the Bloomington/Monroe County Convention Center, 302 S. College Ave.

High schools join dramatic forces

By Christopher Lee · Wednesday, Feb. 14,2001 10:48 p.m.

In what is being publicized as a "historic event," the fourth production of the John Waldron Arts Center Theater Series 2000-2001 will be a joint effort by the drama departments of Bloomington High Schools North and South. It is the first time students of both schools will perform together on the same stage. Two Depression-era plays by American playwright Clifford Odets will be presented, "Waiting For Lefty" and "Awake and Sing." The performances will run 7:30 p.m. Feb. 16, 17, 23 and 24; and 2 p.m. Feb. 25.

The sweetest, strangest, funniest... Valentine's Day

By Kate Armbruster · Wednesday, Feb. 14,2001 1:18 a.m.

When he was 17, senior Mike Huang spent Valentine's Day night writing poetry on the sidewalk outside his high school girlfriend's house. His original Valentine's Day plans to take her out had been spoiled that afternoon by an argument with his girlfriend's parents. So he formed a new plan and went to the nearest Wal-Mart, where he bought a jumbo pack of colored street chalk.

Performance to highlight love

By Lisa Chapman and Lisa J. Chapman · Wednesday, Feb. 14,2001 12:50 a.m.

Until recently, cabaret was something that only happened in New York or Chicago. Award-winning Chicago actress Candace Johnson brings the art of the cabaret to Bloomington. in the Bloomington Playwrights Project production, "Love, Candy," complete with entertainment, champagne and dessert at 8 p.m. today.

Playwrights Project debuts award-winning 'Outrage'

By Juliet Eichberg · Wednesday, Feb. 14,2001 12:35 a.m.

Another opening, another show. But this was not the case at the Bloomington Playwrights Project, 308 S. Washington St., where the world premiere of "Outrage" opened this weekend. This work runs weekends through Feb. 25.

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