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Plants are grown from seed, harvested onsite, or sourced from Spence Restoration Nursery, since 1998 Indiana’s premier native plant supplier. The plants will include those suitable for rain gardens, butterfly gardens and as primary pollinator food sources. Miscellaneous native trees and shrubs may also be available. Experts are on-hand during the sale to answer questions and guide selections. The proceeds from the sale will benefit ongoing gardening efforts at the site.
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Daisy Days Plant Sale and Museum Open Day, Hinkle-Garton Farmstead, 2920 E. Tenth Street, Bloomington, IN
Plants are grown from seed, harvested onsite, or sourced from Spence Restoration Nursery, since 1998 Indiana’s premier native plant supplier. The plants will include those suitable for rain gardens, butterfly gardens and as primary pollinator food sources. Miscellaneous native trees and shrubs may also be available. Experts are on-hand during the sale to answer questions and guide selections. The proceeds from the sale will benefit ongoing gardening efforts at the site.
Maple syrup, cream, and candy and volunteer-produced jam and jelly will also be available for purchase.
Tours of the main house will also be available from 1-4 p.m. on Saturday. The Farmstead is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is owned and maintained by Bloomington Restorations, Inc. It is free and open to the public. For more information call BRI at (812) 336-0909.
Spencer Pride: Sexual Assault and Healthy Relationships
The Spencer Pride commUnity center is located at 17 E. Franklin Street in the Spencer Courthouse Historic District in downtown Spencer, Indiana. With the opening of the center in September of 2016, Spencer, Indiana became the smallest community in the United States with an LGBTQ+ center. Our center is the main headquarters for Spencer Pride activities, including our monthly volunteer & board of director meetings. It is also the home of Iris, the Spencer Pride youth group.
Visit our online store: https://shopspencerpride.square.site
We offer a variety of services at the center, including our Gathering Place & meeting room, which is available free to local, LGBTQ+ affirming, not-for-profit organizations (or other organizations with a not-for-profit purposes). The Gathering Place includes public access workstations. The entire commUnity center offers free Wi-Fi. Our non-gendered public restrooms include a variety of complimentary hygiene & contraceptive products, in addition to baby changing stations. Health & wellness screenings are offered monthly at the commUnity center.
Speaker Series: Cristina Ibarra and Alex Rivera (zoom) – The Media School at IU, Bloomington, IN
Filmmakers Cristina Ibarra and Alex Rivera, directors of “The Infiltrators,” will give a free lecture.
Ibarra is a Sundance award-winning filmmaker with a 20-year storytelling practice rooted in her border-crossing homeland along the Texas-Mexico border, and Rivera is a filmmaker who has been telling new, urgent and visually adventurous Latino stories for more than 20 years.
“The Infiltrators” is a docu-thriller about undocumented activists who go undercover inside a detention center to help set the occupants free. It’s currently being distributed by Oscilloscope. It won the Audience and the Innovator Award in the NEXT section at the Sundance Film Festival in 2019, among other notable festival awards.
The film is available to view before the event. The password “Infiltrators” and an email address will unlock one free viewing between April 2 and 16.
Annual Fire Nite Iron Pour, Sculpture Trails Outdoor Museum, Solsberry, IN
***See website for directions***
Sculpture Trails Outdoor Museum presents its most exciting event of the year! For the eleventh year in a row Sculpture Trails will host its Fire@Nite Iron Pour. This unique opportunity gives you the chance to witness artists pour over 2 tons of molten iron at night!
African American Choral Ensemble 45th Anniversary Spring Concert (LIVE on zoom), African American Arts Institute at IU, Bloomington, IN
Indiana University’s African American Choral Ensemble invites you to an inspiring afternoon of music celebrating 45 years of excellence, with special guest alumni performers.
African American Choral Ensemble Spring Concert, directed by Raymond Wise
Free! Register to attend here: https://iu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Tr4ZSJerQBSijzUVv0uP_w
IU Soul Review Spring Concert (LIVE on zoom), African American Arts Institute at IU, Bloomington, IN
Free. TUNE IN LIVE ON BROADCAST.IU.EDU
Since 1971, the IU Soul Revue is famous for dynamic performances of R&B, soul, funk, and contemporary Black popular music delivered by its commanding vocalists, powerful horn line, and tight rhythm section.
Students in the IU Soul Revue learn from the best in the business—from Bootsy Collins to Kenneth ‘Babyface’ Edmonds—and perform at venues around the country. Alumni of the Soul Revue are award-winning recording artists, world-class musicians, accomplished producers and directors, and much more.
IU Soul Revue is a course offered for academic credit through the Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies instructed by James Strong and a unit of the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Multicultural Affairs at Indiana University. Learn more here: https://aaai.indiana.edu/
African American Dance Company Spring Concert (LIVE on zoom), African American Arts Institute at IU, Bloomington, IN
The legendary African American Dance Company presents its Annual Spring Concert, featuring new dance on film works created by director Baba Stafford C. Berry Jr. and students.
ADMISSION
Tickets are $5 – $30. We encourage you to give what you can to support the African American Dance Company. Sign up to receive a notification when tickets are available for purchase: https://go.iu.edu/3IOg
HOW TO ATTEND
After you’ve completed your ticket purchase, you will receive the link to watch the live virtual concert via email the day of the show. Sign up to receive a notification when tickets are available for purchase: https://go.iu.edu/3IOg
Dine Out for Monroe County Civic Theater at Bucceto’s (2 locations), Bloomington, IN
What are your plans for dinner tonight? How about pizza from Bucceto’s?!
If you mention the Monroe County Civic Theater at Bucceto’s on April 6 (today) from 4:30-closing, they will give us 20% of their sales!
All you have to do is mention “MCCT” when you place your order or show them a copy of this email.
Locations
The Eastside Bucceto’s
115 S SR 46 Bypass…just off the bypass next to Starbucks and CVS.
Phone number: 812-331-1234
The Westside Bucceto’s
350 S Liberty Drive…in front of the Kroger
Phone number: 812-323-0123
Remember to mention MCCT when placing your order!
Thank you for supporting MCCT – Bloomington’s only all-volunteer and nonprofit theater
Juniper Art Gallery’s Book Club (zoom) – Juniper Art Gallery, Spencer, IN
Juniper Art Gallery is taking it’s popular book club on-line beginning in May, 2021! Each month, we’ll feature local guest authors, Q&A opportunities and lively discussions.
Charlotte Zietlow will be Juniper’s Zoom Book Club’s local guest author on May 13, 2-3pm. There will be a Q&A opportunity. We will discuss her book, Minister’s Daughter (One Life, Many Lives). It is available for purchase through Juniper Art Gallery and other Local bookshops. Email: [email protected] if you’d like to join us and we will send a link before we meet!