First Thursdays arts and humanities festival offers costume party, dance and fresh fare
IU Newsroom intern Amanda N. Marino contributed to this story: IU Bloomington’s new monthly celebration of the arts and humanities will return Oct. 6 with a fresh schedule of entertainment and activities. First Thursdays are free festivals designed to engage students and other members of the community at Indiana University, in Bloomington and beyond. The action […]
New First Thursdays festival puts the focus on IU’s arts and humanities, food and fun
Post by Amanda N. Marino and Karen Land of the IU Newsroom: At IU Bloomington, Thursday will be a day of firsts. It’s the first day of September. It’s also the first time Indiana University’s Arts Plaza will be the center of a sweeping, interactive festival celebrating the arts and humanities. Welcome to First Thursdays. The inaugural event […]
IU professor Hildegard Keller brings voices in history to life through multimedia experiences
Post courtesy of newsroom intern Amanda N. Marino: A dance costume hangs inside a section of tables in the Lilly Library. It is a wood sprite from the Mathers Museum of World Cultures, worn during funeral ceremonies, and professor Hildegard Keller chose to hang it there when designing her portion of the “Performative Book” exhibition. […]
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gregory Pardlo to read his work at IU Bloomington
Post courtesy of newsroom intern Annie Brackemyre: Contemporary poet Gregory Pardlo will visit the Indiana University Bloomington campus for a reading from his Pulitzer Prize-winning collection, “Digest.” The free reading, which is open to the public, will take place at 7 p.m. Feb. 2 in the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center. Pardlo’s collection ranges from the delicate […]
Mütter Museum to exhibit ‘La Maladie’ series of paintings and sculptures by Betsy Stirratt
Betsy Stirratt, director of the Grunwald Gallery, has been getting ready for two openings. The Studio Art Faculty Show will open Jan. 15 at the gallery inside the Fine Arts building , which regularly displays work by Indiana University students in addition to local, national and international artists. What is extraordinary is that the other […]
‘Audubon’ documentary screening features IU professor Christoph Irmscher
Post by Karen Land and IU newsroom intern Tori Lawhorn: John James Audubon, a godfather of today’s conservation movement, is the subject of a new documentary coming to Bloomington in a special one-night event Thursday. “Audubon” recounts the life and accomplishments of the man who set out to paint all 435 species of the birds known […]
Indiana University’s Viking-in-residence is all in a Twitter about the arts in Bloomington
Post courtesy of newsroom intern Tori Lawhorn: At Indiana University, the most frequent visitor to campus events isn’t a student; it’s a Viking. Lars Karlsson, a small wooden Viking, is dedicated to learning about all the different programs IU Bloomington has to offer, according to his owner, Kristin Leaman. “He discovers and shares what he […]
Grunwald Gallery’s ‘Wunderkammer’ exhibition pulls out some of IU’s most curious collectibles
Indiana University has quite a collection of collections. Within its museums and more arcane repositories, IU Bloomington houses nearly 200 years worth of papers, books, artwork, artifacts and other miscellany. A fascinating fragment of these objects and oddities has been assembled in “The Wunderkammer: Curiosities in Indiana University Collections,” which opens Oct. 23 and remains […]
Relive childhood through show of famous children’s literature at the Lilly Library
As adults, many of us recall a special book from childhood. Perhaps it was a library book, a gift or a favorite bedtime story. Page after page, it taught us to read, tucked us into our slumber or otherwise unleashed our imagination. Through Sept. 26, many of these special books are on display at the […]
Storyteller, artists and Jacobs School musicians celebrate beauty of Brown County at event
Guest post courtesy of IU Newsroom intern Emily Davis: Think of tonight’s event at the Brown County Playhouse as one continuous piece of artwork. Inspired by Frank Hohenberger’s iconic early 20th century photographs of Brown County, local artists, a storyteller and musicians from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music have teamed up to showcase new […]
