Tune in for your LGBTQ+ news plug (and discussion) for the week with your BloomingOUT family: The City of Bloomington’s decision to suspend the Farmer’s Market following local response to escalating tensions over the presence of Schooner Creek Farms, a vendor with alleged ties to white nationalist groups. Three presidential candidates have added pronouns to their bios on Twitter. Jenna …

Fronted by songwriter David Dávila González, Matixando plays original latin fusion music with conscience. Freshly returned from Costa Rica, here is them live in the WFHB studio. Originally aired July 31, 2019

The City of Bloomington continues to battle the emerald ash borer, an Asian beetle that feeds on ash trees. Last week, the Board of Park Commissioners approved an $11,000 contract with Ellington Tree Service to remove thirteen infested trees. In the same meeting, the Board approved a 45 thousand dollar contract with Runsdell, Ernsberger and Associates. Parks Director Paula McDevitt …

Correspondent Sarah Vaughan caught up with shoppers and vendors at the Tuesday farmers market in Bloomington to hear their thoughts on the city’s decision to suspend the Saturday market August 3rd and 10th. This piece was co-produced by Kevin Oliver and Macy Evans.

Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton held a press conference July 31, 2019 to address safety concerns surrounding the Bloomington Farmers Market and the market’s suspension August 3rd and 10th. This episode is produced in partnership with Community Access TV Services at the Monroe County Public Library.

The City of Bloomington is suspending the Bloomington Community Farmers’ market for the next two Saturdays. Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton announced Monday the market will be closed August 3rd and 10th in response to escalating tensions over the presence of Schooner Creek Farms, a vendor with alleged ties to white nationalist groups. The Tuesday market will continue running at Sixth …

In the liner notes to the album Pithecanthropus Erectus, Charles Mingus calls the title song “his conception of the modern counterpart of the first man to stand erect – how proud he was, considering himself the “first” to ascend from all fours, pounding his chest and preaching his superiority over the animals still in a prone position. Overcome with self-esteem, …

The focus of today’s show is how African-American ex-slaves were pioneers and part of the U.S.’s explansion into the Western Frontier, with a focus on free-black settlers in Indiana and other parts of the Mid-West. Hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell speak with La Vella Hyter, President of the Board of Directors for the Indiana Roberts Settlement*, and Stanley Madison, …

Buddy Bill, Rich Reardin, and Don Jordan are the hosts. Storms in Monroe county, update on the Don and Bill’s gardens, more on the state of potatoes, and the tomato blight, info on fishing in Lake Monroe, squirrel season starts on August 15th, 2019 through January 31, 2020, a bit about old tractors, biscuits and gravy talk, girl tossed into …

This week, we hear reflections from members of the MOVE Organization. Speaking at the 2019 Fight Toxic Prisons convergence, they give their thoughts on the past and current struggles of MOVE family members behind bars.  Mike Africa, Jr., who was born in prison, speaks about the MOVE Organization, and having his parents on the inside during most of his life. …