U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera to share message of unity at Bloomington reading
In these contentious times, we too often see how words can divide. Poet Juan Felipe Herrera still believes words have the potential to heal and to bring people together. Herrera will appear at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 30 in Bloomington’s Buskirk-Chumley Theatre as part of Indiana University’s celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month. The event “¡Poesía […]
IU’s Center for Documentary Research and Practice hosts seminar on legacy of colonialism
Post courtesy of IU Newsroom intern Amanda N. Marino: Documentary media and historical transformations will be the focus of the first Sawyer Seminar hosted by Indiana University’s Center for Documentary Research and Practice. Intended as part of a five-part series, the two-day event will be led by Joshua Malitsky, director of the center and an […]
Nationwide 20th anniversary tour of ‘Rent’ begins at Indiana University Auditorium
Post courtesy of IU Newsroom intern Amanda N. Marino: A young Skyler Volpe first heard the music of “Rent” when she was about 5 years old. Her parents had seen the show and fell in love with the music. “I came into ‘Rent’ when I was very young, maybe too young,” she said. At that same […]
‘Framing Beauty’ trains its lens on aesthetics and cultural notions with exhibition, events
Indiana University’s College of Arts and Sciences is digging deep beyond the surface meanings of “Beauty” this fall in its eighth annual Themester. One signature event of Themester 2016 will be the “Framing Beauty” symposium taking place today and Friday in the Fine Arts Building on the Bloomington campus. The symposium’s free lectures, panel discussions […]
New lecture series at IU’s Fine Arts Library features artists who create handmade books
The Fine Arts Library at Indiana University Bloomington is home to many one-of-a-kind objects of art. In addition to its stacks of books covering many facets of art and its making, the library hosts an extensive collection of artists’ books. Jasmine Burns, the interim head of the Fine Arts Library, has designed a new lecture […]
‘No More Road Trips?’ transports its audience across U.S. through eyes of many beholders
“No More Road Trips?” ventures far from an ordinary documentary. Archivist Rick Prelinger traverses the United States in an 80-minute voyage from New England to California and into the past along the way. His vehicle is other people’s home movies, curated from his extensive collection of 50,000 films. As a filmmaker, Prelinger saves extra space for the […]
