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Welcome to the WFHB Community Calendar! To get an event listed on our Community Calendar, please send the event name, date, time and complete address of venue to [email protected] at least one week in advance. The events calendar is a volunteer-powered public service of your community radio station, WFHB.
Mar
24
Fri
2017
Toy Time-For ages 5 yrs. and younger w/parent, Banneker Community Center, 930 W. 7th St., Bloomington, IN
Mar 24 @ 9:30 am – 10:30 am
Gallery Talk: MFA Thesis 1 Exhibition, The Grunwald Gallery of Art, 1201 E 7th St, Bloomington, IN
Mar 24 @ 12:00 pm

The Grunwald Gallery at Indiana University Bloomington is pleased to present this year’s MFA Thesis Exhibitions. These exhibitions feature work created by graduating Master of Fine Arts students in the School of Art and Design at Indiana University. Each exhibition features student work from a variety of studio areas: ceramics, digital art, graphic design, metalsmithing and jewelry design, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and textiles. Each MFA student will give a gallery talk about their work.

MFA 1 features the work of Matthew Batty (Printmaking), Matthew Falvey (Sculpture), Katelyn Greenberg (Sculpture), Stephanie Kim (Graphic Design), Ashley Moog (Photography), and Amanda Ross (Textiles).

 

Guerrilla Tactics: U.S. Performance Art and the Politics of Radical Resourcefulness, Global and International Studies Building, 355 N Jordan Ave, Bloomington, IN
Mar 24 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Noon Concert: Piano Trio @ IU Eskenazi Museum of Art, 1133 E 7th St, Bloomington @ IU Eskenazi Museum of Art
Mar 24 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Kade Puckett, Pine Room-Muddy Boots, 51 E. Chestnut St., Salt Creek Plaza, Nashville, IN
Mar 24 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Opening Reception for MFA thesis 1, The Grunwald Gallery of Art, 1201 E 7th St, Bloomington, IN
Mar 24 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

The Grunwald Gallery at Indiana University Bloomington is pleased to present this year’s MFA Thesis Exhibitions. These exhibitions feature work created by graduating Master of Fine Arts students in the School of Art and Design at Indiana University. Each exhibition features student work from a variety of studio areas: ceramics, digital art, graphic design, metalsmithing and jewelry design, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and textiles. Each MFA student will give a gallery talk about their work.

MFA 1 features the work of Matthew Batty (Printmaking), Matthew Falvey (Sculpture), Katelyn Greenberg (Sculpture), Stephanie Kim (Graphic Design), Ashley Moog (Photography), and Amanda Ross (Textiles).

Book signing and Conversation with Thomas Frank @ The IU School of Education Auditorium, The Wendell W. Wright Bldg., 201 N. Rose Ave., Bloomington, IN @ Book signing and Conversation with Thomas Frank @ The IU School of Education Auditorium, The Wendell W. Wright Bldg., 201 N. Rose Ave., Bloomington, IN
Mar 24 @ 6:30 pm
Nashville Indiana Shimmy & Shake with Different Drummer Belly Dancers @ Brown County Playhouse, 70 S Van Buren St, Nashville @ Brown County Playhouse
Mar 24 @ 7:30 pm

Different Drummer Belly Dancers mixes traditional belly dancing and modern music, borrowing from Folkloric, Cabaret, American Tribal, and Fusion styles of belly dance. They believe the power, beauty, joy, and grace of belly dance can be expressed in our modern 20th and 21st century music. Our audiences love it! In the fall of 2003 Margaret Lion decided to honor her passion for belly dancing to rock'n'roll and formed her own troupe. Since she was different and wanted her troupe to be different than those dancing around her, she named her troupe Different Drummer Belly Dancers (DDBD). The name is inspired from the Thoreau quote "If a man does not keep pac with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer." The show is family friendly and for all ages.

Joel Kim Booster’s Bloomington Debut!, The Comedy Attic, 123 S Walnut St, Bloomington, IN
Mar 24 @ 8:00 pm

Joel Kim Booster is a Chicago bred, Brooklyn based comedian, writer and playwright. Born in Seoul, South Korea, Joel was adopted at a young age and moved to the southwest suburbs of Chicago. Both homeschooled and evangelical, Joel has read the bible literally dozens of times, but has no idea where the state of Oregon is on a map. As a comedian he has appeared on CONAN, LOGO, MTV and can be seen in the upcoming season of The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail on Comedy Central. His writing credits include Billy on the Street and the Comedy Central pilot Problematic with Moshe Kasher. Joel is a frequent collaborator on MTV’s Decoded webseries, Bravo’s Guide To…, and regularly appears in a number of Internet Action Force shorts. He loves to chat.

Joel has performed at numerous comedy clubs, bar basements and festivals all across the country. Most recently and notably he was a 2016 New Face for the world renowned Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal, Canada. Additionally he has featured at Funny or Die’s Oddball Comedy Festival, Riot LA and The Bridgetown Comedy Festival. Joel has also performed at Stand Up NY and Gotham Comedy Club in New York City and the Laugh Factory and Zanies in Chicago. Joel was just listed as one of Brooklyn Magazine’s 50 funniest people and Paper Magazine recently called him one of their “10 Comedians You Need to Know,” saying that if you like “cats, hot men, and insecurity, then you’ll love Joel Kim Booster.”

CONAN: https://vimeo.com/172051126

STAND UP: https://vimeo.com/140858629

ARTIST PAGE: http://omnipop.com/artist-details.php?BID=200

sharlee davis and will devitt @ brown county inn corn crib lounge 51 state road 46 nashville indiana @ sharlee davis and will devitt @ brown county inn corn crib lounge 51 state road 46 nashville indiana
Mar 24 @ 8:30 pm – 11:00 pm
The Kink Show @ The Backdoor – performance that offers a glimpse into the world of Kink & BDSM @ The Backdoor
Mar 24 @ 9:00 pm – 10:45 pm
Mar
25
Sat
2017
Bloomington Winter Farmers Market @ Harmony School, 909 East Second Street, Bloomington @ Harmony School
Mar 25 @ 9:00 am – 12:30 pm

Want to keep getting your favorite market goods all winter?  The Bloomington Winter Farmers’ Market has over 30 vendors with a diversity of produce, meats, eggs, dairy, soaps, flowers, plants, mushrooms, honey, syrup, prepared foods, and holiday items.  Come for breakfast, live music, and a great variety of local vendors.  For more info, check out the website (bloomingtonwinterfarmersmarket.com), like us on Facebook, or email mailto:[email protected].

Children’s Expo @ Bloomington/Monroe County Convention Center 302 S. College Ave., Bloomington, IN @ Children’s Expo @ Bloomington/Monroe County Convention Center 302 S. College Ave., Bloomington, IN
Mar 25 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
K-Pop: Popular Music, Cultural Amnesia, and Economic Innovation in South Korea @ IU School of Education Auditori um #1120, The Wendell W. Wright Bldg., 201 N. Rose Ave., Bloomington, IN @ K-Pop: Popular Music, Cultural Amnesia, and Economic Innovation in South Korea @ IU School of Education Auditori um #1120, The Wendell W. Wright Bldg., 201 N. Rose Ave., Bloomington, IN
Mar 25 @ 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm
Open Day, The Hinkle-Garton Farmstead, 920 E. Tenth St., Bloomington, IN
Mar 25 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

In recognition of the seed library begun at the site, volunteers have packaged a variety of seeds that will be given away free to interested visitors. During the afternoon, volunteers will also be working on additional seed-saving activities. They will be happy to answer questions and visitors are welcome to assist the efforts. The farmstead also welcomes Keely Schmerber, a piano performance major at IU’s Jacobs School of Music who was awarded the Friday Musicale Scholarship last fall. She will be sharing her musical talents in the 1892 main house where visitors can also see the “Harvesting at the Farmstead” exhibit, and sample jellies for purchase made by volunteers. 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 and is located at 2920 E. Tenth Street in Bloomington. For more information call BRI at (812) 336-0909 or visit the Farmstead on Facebook at www.facebook.com/HinkleGartonFarmstead 

Science Live-Wild Neighbors, WonderLab, 308 W. Fourth Street, Bloomington, IN
Mar 25 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Who’s hanging out in your backyard? Meet some common neighborhood animals and learn some “not so” common things about them. Find out why some animals are considered pests and learn the secrets behind their “pesky” behavior. After meeting these amazing wild ambassadors, you won’t look at these common critters the same way again!

Show repeats at 3pm

King Charles III, The Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center, Whikehart Auditorium, 122 S. Walnut Street, Bloomington, IN
Mar 25 @ 2:00 pm

King Charles III is the winner of the 2015 Olivier Award for Best New Play and nominee for the 2016 Best New Play Tony award, as well as the #1 Play of 2015 as chosen by the The New York Times, Time Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, and Associated Press.

King Charles III takes place in an imagined future. Elizabeth has been laid to rest and the new King’s first actions threaten the existence of the English crown. William and Kate are determined to usurp the throne and save the house of Windsor while a restless Harry and the ghost of Diana haunt the palace.

This fiendishly clever future Shakespearean history play is a treat for fans of Hamlet and People Magazine alike.

Public Tour @ IU Eskenazi Museum of Art, 1133 E 7th St, Bloomington @ IU Eskenazi Museum of Art
Mar 25 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Researching Your House’s History, The Monroe County History Center, 202 E. Sixth St., Bloomington, IN
Mar 25 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Learn on how to research the history of your house and the available resources to do so.

Christy Miller, The Mitchell Opera House, 217 North 7th St., Mitchell, IN @ Mitchell Opera House
Mar 25 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Christy Miller, from Hudson, KY, was born into a musical family. Growing up, family functions were always full of various members of her family sitting around singing and playing every instrument made. Her love for performing started in high school and has become her passion. Her heart is in Country Music but with her soulful voice she is no stranger to Blues, Rock, R&B, Bluegrass and Gospel.

Christy graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a degree in the Recording Industry and Studio Engineering. Christy currently performs on several jamborees around Kentucky and Indiana. She has also performed at Renfro Valley, The Nashville Palace, Legends Corner, Tootsie’s, and The Bluebird Café, to name a few. She has had the honor of sharing the stage with artists such as Lynn Owsley, Jim Vest, Charlie Louvin, Donna Darlene, and Jack Green. She was a finalist in a competition and asked to perform at the Grand Re-Opening of Opry Mills Mall earlier this year.

Melinda Doolittle @ Bedford-North Lawrence High School Performing Arts Center, 595 Starts Blvd • Bedford, IN 47421 @ Melinda Doolittle @ Southern Indiana Live on Stage @Bedford-North Lawrence High School Performing Arts Center, 595 Starts Blvd • Bedford, IN 47421
Mar 25 @ 7:00 pm

Melinda has wowed audiences everywhere from the White House to the Kennedy Center to Carnegie Hall.  Her debut album, Coming Back to You (2009), garnered rave reviews from critics, including The New York Times which hailed Melinda as one of the most “phenomenally gifted” singers in years.  A powerful Pop vocalist.

Tickets available at the door.

Bones Jugs, with Chris Dollar @ Players Pub, 424 South Walnut St. @ Players' Pub, 424 S. Walnut St.
Mar 25 @ 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Joel Kim Booster’s Bloomington Debut!, The Comedy Attic, 123 S Walnut St, Bloomington, IN
Mar 25 @ 8:00 pm

Joel Kim Booster is a Chicago bred, Brooklyn based comedian, writer and playwright. Born in Seoul, South Korea, Joel was adopted at a young age and moved to the southwest suburbs of Chicago. Both homeschooled and evangelical, Joel has read the bible literally dozens of times, but has no idea where the state of Oregon is on a map. As a comedian he has appeared on CONAN, LOGO, MTV and can be seen in the upcoming season of The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail on Comedy Central. His writing credits include Billy on the Street and the Comedy Central pilot Problematic with Moshe Kasher. Joel is a frequent collaborator on MTV’s Decoded webseries, Bravo’s Guide To…, and regularly appears in a number of Internet Action Force shorts. He loves to chat.

Joel has performed at numerous comedy clubs, bar basements and festivals all across the country. Most recently and notably he was a 2016 New Face for the world renowned Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal, Canada. Additionally he has featured at Funny or Die’s Oddball Comedy Festival, Riot LA and The Bridgetown Comedy Festival. Joel has also performed at Stand Up NY and Gotham Comedy Club in New York City and the Laugh Factory and Zanies in Chicago. Joel was just listed as one of Brooklyn Magazine’s 50 funniest people and Paper Magazine recently called him one of their “10 Comedians You Need to Know,” saying that if you like “cats, hot men, and insecurity, then you’ll love Joel Kim Booster.”

CONAN: https://vimeo.com/172051126

STAND UP: https://vimeo.com/140858629

ARTIST PAGE: http://omnipop.com/artist-details.php?BID=200

Mar
26
Sun
2017
STEM Sunday: Epic Fun Park Challenge, WonderLab, 308 W. Fourth Street, Bloomington, IN
Mar 26 @ 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm

STEM Sunday is a drop-in, challenge-based experience that encourages families to engage in the engineering and design process. Emphasis is on the process rather than the product. Projects can be easily entered into by families with children as young as kindergarten and adults of any age working together. Projects encourage planning and design by presenting a simple challenge to achieve, as well as open-ended opportunities to redesign and improve the project. Families can work for as short or as long as they choose. Projects are not take-home, although suggestions for recreating the activity at home will be available.

Creating Unforgettable Characters in Fiction Workshop @ Program Room 2-B, Monroe County Public Library, 303 East Kirkwood Ave. @ Program Room 2-B, Monroe County Public Library, 303 East Kirkwood Ave.
Mar 26 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
King Charles III, The Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center, Whikehart Auditorium, 122 S. Walnut Street, Bloomington, IN
Mar 26 @ 2:00 pm

King Charles III is the winner of the 2015 Olivier Award for Best New Play and nominee for the 2016 Best New Play Tony award, as well as the #1 Play of 2015 as chosen by the The New York Times, Time Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, and Associated Press.

King Charles III takes place in an imagined future. Elizabeth has been laid to rest and the new King’s first actions threaten the existence of the English crown. William and Kate are determined to usurp the throne and save the house of Windsor while a restless Harry and the ghost of Diana haunt the palace.

This fiendishly clever future Shakespearean history play is a treat for fans of Hamlet and People Magazine alike.

Southern Indiana Wind Ensemble & Friends Spring Concert @ Auditorium, Monroe County Public Library, 303 East Kirkwood Ave. @ Auditorium, Monroe County Public Library, 303 East Kirkwood Ave.
Mar 26 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
‘Rahsaan Roland Kirk: The Case of the Three Sided Dream’ @ IU Cinema, 1213 East 7th St. (on the North side of the IU Auditorium Bldg.) @ IU Cinema, 1213 East 7th St. (on the North side of the IU Auditorium Bldg.)
Mar 26 @ 3:00 pm
Last Sunday Poetry Reading & Open Mic, Bloomington and Monroe County Convention Center, rogers room, 302 S. College Ave., Bloomington, IN
Mar 26 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Presented by the Writers Guild at Bloomington and the Bloomington and Monroe County Convention Center.

Guest poets are Abegunde and Patsy Rahn, followed an Open Mic.

This event is free and open to the public. There is free parking in the back.

 

 

‘The Shack’ showings at 4pm and at 7pm @ Brown County Playhouse, 70 South Van Buren Street, Nashville @ Brown County Playhouse, 70 South Van Buren Street, Nashville
Mar 26 @ 4:00 pm
B-Town Jazz Jam @ Players Pub, 424 South Walnut St. @ Players' Pub, 424 S. Walnut St.
Mar 26 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Alan Long @ Pine Room Tavern, 51 E. Chestnut Street, Nashville @ Pine Room Tavern, 51 E. Chestnut Street, Nashville
Mar 26 @ 6:00 pm
Set it Off: Dance event of Hip Hop Connxion @ The Buskirk-Chumley Theater, 114 E. Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, IN @ Set it Off: Dance event of Hip Hop Connxion @ The Buskirk-Chumley Theater, 114 E. Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, IN
Mar 26 @ 6:15 pm
‘Mama Rainbow’ @ IU Cinema, 1213 East 7th St. (on the North side of the IU Auditorium Bldg.) @ IU Cinema, 1213 East 7th St. (on the North side of the IU Auditorium Bldg.)
Mar 26 @ 6:30 pm
Ryder Film Series: ‘Tanna’ @ Bear’s Place Back Room, 1316 E. Third St. @ Bear's Place Back Room, 1316 E. Third St.
Mar 26 @ 7:00 pm
Karaoke w/KJ Coley D @ The Back Door, in the alley behind the Atlas Bar, 207 South College Ave. @ The Back Door, in the alley behind the Atlas Bar, 207 South College Ave.
Mar 26 @ 10:00 pm
Mar
27
Mon
2017
Toy Time-For ages 5 yrs. and younger w/parent, Banneker Community Center, 930 W. 7th St., Bloomington, IN
Mar 27 @ 9:30 am – 10:30 am
Preschool Story Hour, Banneker Community Center, 930 W. 7th St., Bloomington, IN
Mar 27 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
AARP Free Tax Assistance@ Program Room 2-B, Monroe County Public Library, 303 East Kirkwood Ave. @ Program Room 2-B, Monroe County Public Library, 303 East Kirkwood Ave.
Mar 27 @ 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm

For low- and middle-income taxpayers, with special attention to those age 60 and older.

Pub Quiz Team Trivia @ Players Pub, 424 South Walnut St. @ Players' Pub, 424 S. Walnut St.
Mar 27 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
‘Papa Rainbow’ @ IU Cinema, 1213 East 7th St. (on the North side of the IU Auditorium Bldg.) @ IU Cinema, 1213 East 7th St. (on the North side of the IU Auditorium Bldg.)
Mar 27 @ 7:00 pm
Billy Blanchard @ Big Woods Brewery, 60 Molly Lane, Nashville @ Big Woods Brewery, 60 Molly Lane, Nashville
Mar 27 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Dickey Jones @ Pine Room Tavern, 51 E. Chestnut Street, Nashville @ Pine Room Tavern, 51 E. Chestnut Street, Nashville
Mar 27 @ 7:00 pm
Math and Sciences Homework Help for middle school, junior high, and high school students @ Meeting Room 2-A, Monroe County Public Library, 303 East Kirkwood Ave. @ Meeting Room 2-A, Monroe County Public Library, 303 East Kirkwood Ave.
Mar 27 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Bloomington Solo Showcase featuring A. Dwight Gregory @ Players Pub, 424 South Walnut St. @ Players' Pub, 424 S. Walnut St.
Mar 27 @ 8:30 pm – 11:00 pm
Mar
28
Tue
2017
Dine Out with Friends of the Library, The Crazy Horse, 214 W Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN
Mar 28 @ 11:00 am – 11:45 pm

Make plans with friends and family to enjoy the laid-back atmosphere and delicious food of the CRAZY HORSE, one of Bloomington’s oldest eateries!  Pick up a flyer at the Monroe County Public Library in Bloomington or Ellettsville or            download a copy at http://www.mcpl.info/friends and present it when you pay your bill.  CRAZY HORSE will donate 15% of your food and beverage tab to Friends of the Library.  All proceeds go to help fund the numerous and much-used programs offered by your library.

AARP Free Tax Assistance@ Program Room 2-B, Monroe County Public Library, 303 East Kirkwood Ave. @ Program Room 2-B, Monroe County Public Library, 303 East Kirkwood Ave.
Mar 28 @ 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm

For low- and middle-income taxpayers, with special attention to those age 60 and older.

Reception will kick off IU Bloomington’s Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 28, @ the Mathers Museum of World Cultures 416 N Indiana Ave, Bloomington @ Reception will kick off IU Bloomington’s Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 28, @ the Mathers Museum of World Cultures 416 N Indiana Ave, Bloomington
Mar 28 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Caving: Discovering Untouched Spaces in Nature, Bill Baus @The Venue Fine Art & Gifts, 114 S. Grant, Bloomington, IN @ Caving: Discovering Untouched Spaces in Nature, Bill Baus @The Venue Fine Art & Gifts, 114 S. Grant, Bloomington, IN
Mar 28 @ 5:30 pm
Pub Quiz Team Trivia @ Players Pub, 424 South Walnut St. @ Players' Pub, 424 S. Walnut St.
Mar 28 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
‘Alien’ @ IU Cinema, 1213 East 7th St. (on the North side of the IU Auditorium Bldg.) @ IU Cinema, 1213 East 7th St. (on the North side of the IU Auditorium Bldg.)
Mar 28 @ 7:00 pm
Be More Award Celebration, Buskirk-Chumley Theater, 114 E Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, IN @ Buskirk Chumley Theater
Mar 28 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
After the awards have been presented… 

Head down to Nick’s for a special Be More Awards After-Party
Keep the celebration going while you debrief, relax and unwind in the upstairs room of Nick’s English Hut, 423 E. Kirkwood Ave.
Nick’s waitress Natalie Cabanaw** will donate ALL of her tips and Nick’s will donate 20% of total sales to the nonprofit organization which has the most representatives there! Open to all attendees of the Be More Awards.

** Natalie received a well-deserved Honorable Mention at the 2009 Be More Awards as well as a Mayor’s Civic Engagement Award, for her Third Thursday at Nick’s fundraisers. She spearheaded these about ten years ago. Since that time, Natalie and Nick’s have donated thousands of dollars to local nonprofit organizations in this way.
Lou Stant @ Pine Room Tavern, 51 E. Chestnut Street, Nashville @ Pine Room Tavern, 51 E. Chestnut Street, Nashville
Mar 28 @ 7:00 pm
Paul Bertsch @ Big Woods Brewery, 60 Molly Lane, Nashville @ Big Woods Brewery, 60 Molly Lane, Nashville
Mar 28 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Traditional Irish Music Session @ Runcible Spoon, 412 East 6th St. @ Runcible Spoon, 412 East 6th St.
Mar 28 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Bloomington Jazz History with Monika Herzig @ Topos, 403 N Walnut St, Bloomington @ Topos 403
Mar 28 @ 8:00 pm
Blues Jam hosted by O2R Blues Band @ Players Pub, 424 South Walnut St. @ Players' Pub, 424 S. Walnut St.
Mar 28 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
The Bloomington Songwriter Showcase presents Brandon Pfeiffer, David Lasuertmer & Lanny Hattabaugh @ Bears Place BACK ROOM 1316 E. 3rd St.Bloomington, IN @ The Bloomington Songwriter Showcase presents Brandon Pfeiffer, David Lasuertmer & Lanny Hattabaugh @ Bears Place BACK ROOM 1316 E. 3rd St.Bloomington, IN
Mar 28 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Mar
29
Wed
2017
Toy Time-For ages 5 yrs. and younger w/parent, Banneker Community Center, 930 W. 7th St., Bloomington, IN
Mar 29 @ 9:30 am – 10:30 am
Discovery Time, WonderLab Museum of Science, Health, and Technology, 308 W. Fourth Street, Bloomington, IN
Mar 29 @ 10:00 am – 10:30 am

It is said that young children experience the world and express themselves in a “hundred languages.” Discovery Time utilizes a broad array of these learning languages – including music, art, stories, and creative movement – to connect children to science. Children ages 3 to 6 are developing increasingly complex theories about the world, rapidly gaining language, and learning to work with others. Discovery Time activities are designed by early childhood specialists specifically to nurture and challenge the rapid development of preschool-aged children in a fun and safe learning environment.

Age Group: Recommended for children ages 3 to 6. Siblings welcome.

Location: Lab A or WonderGarden, weather permitting

Cost: Ticketed, but FREE with museum admission

Where Does Your Money Go?, Area 10 Agency on Aging, 631 W. Edgewood Dr. Ellettsville, IN
Mar 29 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am

Sponsored by Purdue Extension of Monroe County

Brief Description: Understand how current money-management practices affect financial stability

  • Increase knowledge of money-management practices that lead to financial control
  • Identify adopted financial management practices and recognize the economic impact of new practices
  • Establish financial management practices that promote financial stability, such as:
    • Tracking expenses
    • Identifying spending leaks
    • Identifying needs vs. wants
    • Establishing written financial goals
    • Developing spending-savings plan

Contact: Courtney Stewart, [email protected], 812-345-2575

Weekday Walkers: Lichen Hike @ Laura Hare Nature Preserve at Downey Hill, Valley Branch Rd, Nashville @ Laura Hare Nature Preserve at Downey Hill
Mar 29 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Join naturalist, artist, and Sycamore member Gillian Harris as she leads you on a rigorous, hilly hike to investigate the organisms of the forest that often go unnoticed.

Noon Talk: Copyright and Mourning: Malagan of New Ireland @ IU Eskenazi Museum of Art, 1133 E 7th St, Bloomington @ IU Eskenazi Museum of Art
Mar 29 @ 12:15 pm – 1:00 pm
Zion Crossroads Acoustic Duo @ Players Pub, 424 South Walnut St. @ Players' Pub, 424 S. Walnut St.
Mar 29 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Weekly Contra and Occasional Square Dance, with David Ernst calling to the music of Entwyned, intro lessons at 7:30pm @ Harmony School Gym, 909 East Second St. @ Harmony School Gym, 909 East 2nd St.
Mar 29 @ 8:00 pm – 10:15 pm
‘Basic Training’ @ IU Cinema, 1213 East 7th St. (on the North side of the IU Auditorium Bldg.) @ IU Cinema, 1213 East 7th St. (on the North side of the IU Auditorium Bldg.)
Mar 29 @ 9:07 pm – 10:07 pm
DJ Matsu, DJ Unique @ The Bluebird Nightclub, 216 North Walnut St. @ The Bluebird Nightclub, 216 North Walnut St.
Mar 29 @ 10:00 pm
Mar
30
Thu
2017
Science Sprouts, WonderLab Museum of Science, Health, and Technology, 308 W. Fourth Street, Bloomington, IN
Mar 30 @ 10:00 am – 10:30 am

Science Sprouts is a new weekly science enrichment program designed especially for toddlers and their families. Toddlers are natural scientists, and Science Sprouts is a time for them to explore, experiment, and build skills ranging from physical development to social emotional development. Science Sprouts activities are designed and facilitated by early childhood specialists and involve hands-on exploration, live music, body movement, and a commitment to accurate science!

Age Group: Recommended for children under 3. Pre-walkers welcome. Siblings welcome.

Location: Lab A or WonderGarden, weather permitting

Cost: Ticketed, but FREE with museum admission

Linking Arts for Social Justice: If Not You, Then Who? @ City Hall, 401 N. Morton, Bloomington @ City Hall Showers Building
Mar 30 @ 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Discuss the issues related to women in leadership and learn how you can get involved!
• 2017 Emerging Leader Award Presentation (Cathy Fuentes-Rohwer)
• Panel Discussion: Battling Fear and Hatred of the “Other” – Women, Certain Immigrants, People of Color, People of Certain Religions
o Sheila Kennedy
o Frances Trix
o Christie Popp
o Amrita C. Myers

Networking to follow the event at approx. 7:30 p.m.
Registration begins at 5:00 p.m. Light snacks during registration.

Women’s Leadership Development Event 2017

Monika Herzig with special guest Ingrid Jensen@ Bear’s Place, 1316 E. 3rd St, Bloomington, IN @ Monika Herzig: A Jazz Celebration of Women's History Month with special guest Ingrid Jensen - trumpet @ Bear's Place, Jazz Fables Series, 1316 E 3rd St, Bloomington, IN
Mar 30 @ 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm

A Jazz Celebration of Women’s History Month.

Jazz Fables Series

Shawn Maxwell’s New Tomorrow with Ron Kadish Quartet, Players Pub, 424 S Walnut St., Bloomington, IN
Mar 30 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Shawn Maxwell’s New Tomorrow is a quintet made up of five of Chicago’s finest musicians. Performing all original material, they specialize in a style of jazz that is heavily influenced and blended with several other modern genres. Focusing on composition just as much as improvisation, they reveal stunning melodies hidden within complex time signatures. This new approach in Maxwell’s writing brings a perfect blend of composition and improvisation for a new direction in jazz.

Ron Kadish Quartet w/ Dan Deckard, Nate Johnson and Bob Stright.

Asia Night, Buskirk-Chumley Theater, 114 E Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, IN
Mar 30 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Come learn and appreciate the diversity within Asian cultures through cultural performances.

Doors will open at 6:30, the event is expected to last 1 hour and 30 minutes.

Presented by: I.U. Asian Culture Center

WFHB’s Firehouse Lounge @ The Blockhouse, 305 S. College St. @ Blockhouse Bar
Mar 30 @ 9:00 pm
Frederick The Younger w/ Wax Fang @ The Bishop, 123 S Walnut St, Bloomington @ The Bishop
Mar 30 @ 9:30 pm

The band is touring in support of their debut album Human Child, which just came out on February 3rd. Produced by veteran sonic wizard Kevin Ratterman (My Morning Jacket, Andrew Bird, Twin Limb, Houndmouth), the album is a bigger and more exploratory progression of their debut Warm Front EP (Spotify) from 2016, which established their identity as a female-led five-piece with a perfect balance of psych-pop and vintage rock & roll, with Cochran’s captivating vocals at the forefront. To get an idea, you can check out the propulsive lead single “Horoscope” (SoundCloud) and the other two singles, “Tell Me” (SoundCloud + Spotify) and “Leaves Are Gone” (SoundCloud).

Mar
31
Fri
2017
Owen Valley High School Career Fair, The Owen Valley High School, 626 SR 46, Spencer, IN
Mar 31 @ 8:30 am – 2:30 pm

Spend a day meeting and recruiting your future employees. Owen Valley High School is hosting a career fair this coming March, where you will have the opportunity to engage with over 800 students interested in learning more about the exciting employment opportunities your business offers. Be on the lookout for registration information in the mail coming in mid-January 2017.

For information please contact Derek Morgan at 812-829-2266 or [email protected].

Toy Time-For ages 5 yrs. and younger w/parent, Banneker Community Center, 930 W. 7th St., Bloomington, IN
Mar 31 @ 9:30 am – 10:30 am
Gallery Talk @ IU Eskenazi Museum of Art, 1133 E 7th St, Bloomington @ IU Eskenazi Museum of Art
Mar 31 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

2017 Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibitions

“March of the Beloved”: @ Global and International Studies Building 2067, 355 N Jordan Ave, Bloomington, IN @ East Asian Colloquium Series: “March of the Beloved”: An Anthem of Protest and the Politics of Commemoration in South Korea@ Global and International Studies Building 2067, 355 N Jordan Ave, Bloomington, IN
Mar 31 @ 12:15 pm – 1:00 pm

An Anthem of Protest and the Politics of Commemoration in South Korea

East Asian Colloquium Series

Kade Puckett, Pine Room-Muddy Boots, 51 E. Chestnut St., Salt Creek Plaza, Nashville, IN
Mar 31 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Opening Reception for BFA thesis 1, The Grunwald Gallery of Art, 1201 E 7th St, Bloomington, IN
Mar 31 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

The Grunwald Gallery at Indiana University Bloomington is pleased to present this year’s BFA Thesis Exhibitions. These exhibitions feature work created by graduating Bachelor of Fine Arts students in the School of Art and Design at Indiana University. Each exhibition features student work from a variety of studio areas: ceramics, digital art, graphic design, metalsmithing and jewelry design, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and textiles.

 

BFA 1 features the work of Ge Bai (Metals), Katie Flegenheimer (Graphic Design), Ashlyn Reynolds (Photography), and Zach Willhite (Textiles).

 

Sing with the Bloomington Community Song Circle @ Bloomingfoods East, 3220 E. 3rd St., Bloomington, IN @ Sing with the Bloomington Community Song Circle @ Bloomingfoods East, 3220 E. 3rd St., Bloomington, IN
Mar 31 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Opening Night Reception for “Calling All Kates”, Bloomington Playwrights’ Project, 107 West 9th Street, Bloomington, IN
Mar 31 @ 6:30 pm

BPP is proud to announce this season’s BPP/IU Collaborative Musical Calling All Kates. Written by Emily Goodson and Jeremy Schonfeld, Calling All Kates is the writing duo’s third musical developed at BPP. The story is based off of a real life story that took place in 2014 when a Toronto man made headlines by offering a free round-the-world trip to a woman with the same name as his ex-girlfriend.

In Calling All Kates, Marc gets dumped by his fiancé, Kate McBride, right before their wedding and honeymoon around the world. He’s now single and left to travel the globe alone since his plane tickets are non-transferrable and non-refundable. In an act of desperation, Marc posts an ad online for the only companion who could legally join him… someone with the exact same name as his ex-fiancé. Set loose in a bunch of different foreign countries, strangers Marc and Kate must get to know one another and learn to get along in the wake of Marc’s heartbreak. Will they fall in love? Probably not. Will they have a heck of a good time? Definitely.

“When I first heard the story, I immediately thought – THIS HAS TO BE A PLAY! Quite honestly, I’m surprised Hollywood hasn’t beaten us to the punch. And commissioning Emily & Jeremy to write this, the team that has brought BPP two of our most successful musicals, Spun and Greta, seemed like the perfect fit. What we have now is a show that is 100% BPP: it’s heartfelt, meaningful, fun, funny, and completely and totally original – you definitely can’t see this show anywhere else in the world,” says Director Chad Rabinovitz.

Book writer Emily Goodson was immediately on board with the idea as well. “We loved the inherent adventure in this story. Two strangers thrown together – literally – in a foreign land. There’s just so possibility,” she says.

Calling All Kates stars Mike Nappi (The Life and Slimes of Marc Summers) and Emily Crowley. Benjamin Aaron Smith (Toast, Make Me Bad) is the Musical Director. The show features Scenic Design by David Wade (Row After Row, Thirty Day Mourning Period), Lighting Design by Jeffrey Small (The Life and Slimes of Marc Summers, Make Me Bad, Island Song), Costume Design by Chib Gratz (The Bull, the Moon and the Coronet of Stars, The Capables), Sound Design by David Sheehan (Home, Thirty Day Mourning Period), and Choreography by Berklea Going.

Emily Goodson (Playwright) lives in Bloomington, Indiana with her husband Gabe and their two children Bea and Rock. She has written for both The Blizzard Rewind and Blizzard Sells Out. Her comedy Lady Bits opened to sold-out crowds at the Indy Fringe Festival in August 2012. Other musicals include Spun and Greta with composer Jeremy Schonfeld. Spun was originally commissioned and produced by the Bloomington Playwrights Project in May 2013 with subsequent equity productions by the Phoenix Theater in Indianapolis in April 2014 and the Adirondack Theatre Festival in July 2015. It is slated for an Off-Broadway production in 2018. Her most recent play The Third Glass was selected for the 2015 Northern Writers Conference.

Jeremy Schonfeld (Composer/Lyricist) is a celebrated singer/songwriter, composer/lyricist, occasional actor, producer, mentor and teacher. His concept album Iron & Coal, produced in Vienna Austria with producing partners Beat4Feet (Martin Gellner and Werner Stranka), was nominated for several Amadeus Awards (Austrian Grammys), and is currently in development as a large-scale, hybrid multimedia theatrical production. Previously, Jeremy created the album 37 Notebooks, featuring vocal performance contributions from friends including Adam Pascal, Julia Murney, Tracie Thoms, Amy Spanger, Lauren Kennedy, and Donnie Kehr. “House of Love,” recorded by Shoshana Bean for 37 Notebooks (featuring the Broadway Dreams Chorus), has been recorded and performed numerous times, and is consistently used in many diverse charitable campaigns including Defying Inequality and Rockers on Broadway. The New York City Gay Men’s Chorus annual holiday concert at Town Hall was even appropriately billed as the “NYC Gay Men’s Chorus Holiday House of Love,  featuring Lillias White”. Additional albums include Drift and Blue Skies and All, plus song contributions to the movie soundtrack for Clear Blue Tuesday (co-starring Jeremy) and the featured single Babazille Mahlangu written for the Broadway in South Africa campaign. Currently, Jeremy has been working in Nashville with producer Caleb Sherman, writing and producing material for up-and-coming singer Brook Wood and executive producing an EP for young singer/songwriter Lauren Weintraub (www.laurenweintraub.com).

As a composer/Lyricist, Jeremy has several shows under his belt, many in development. Drift, based on the concept album, has won numerous awards for productions at NYMF (New York Musical Theater Festival) and at the Kennedy Theater in Raleigh, N.C., featuring a diverse roster of talent, including Adam Pascal, Christian Campbell, Terrence Mann, Adam Kantor, and Jarrod Emick. Spun and Greta are part of an exciting, ongoing collaboration with partners Chad Rabinovitz (producing executive director) and Emily Goodson (Book) formed through the BPP (Bloomington Playwrights Project) at Indiana University. The team is currently developing a new, as-of-yet untitled show for production at the BPP in spring of 2017.  Additionally, Jeremy is excited to have recently broken ground on an upcoming project with respected journalist and author, Steve Fishman of New York Magazine.

Some of Jeremy’s favorite performances include the opening ceremonies for the Maccabi Games in both Vienna and at Madison Square Garden, Hollywood in Vienna featuring Maestro David Newman and the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra and co-star Deborah Cox, Drift at BB King’s, Several Rockers on Broadway concert events, and regular gigs in NYC rooms including Joe’s Pub, the Cutting Room, LPR, 54 Below, and the Bitter End.

Jeremy lives in Brooklyn with beautiful Kiwi-actress/therapeutic horse riding instructor wife Sarah-Jane Casey, toddler cutie Gustav, and his brilliant college-attending daughter Alexandra.

Defending Our Values in Difficult Times @ 2120 N Fee Lane, Bloomington, IN @ Mr. Rob Boston will speak on DEFENDING OUR VALUES IN DIFFICULT TIMES. @ THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH, Corner of Fee Lane and the 45/46 Bypass, Bloomington, Indiana
Mar 31 @ 7:15 pm

Presented by Rob Boston

Calling All Kates, Bloomington Playwrights’ Project, 107 West 9th Street, Bloomington, IN
Mar 31 @ 7:30 pm

BPP is proud to announce this season’s BPP/IU Collaborative Musical Calling All Kates. Written by Emily Goodson and Jeremy Schonfeld, Calling All Kates is the writing duo’s third musical developed at BPP. The story is based off of a real life story that took place in 2014 when a Toronto man made headlines by offering a free round-the-world trip to a woman with the same name as his ex-girlfriend.

In Calling All Kates, Marc gets dumped by his fiancé, Kate McBride, right before their wedding and honeymoon around the world. He’s now single and left to travel the globe alone since his plane tickets are non-transferrable and non-refundable. In an act of desperation, Marc posts an ad online for the only companion who could legally join him… someone with the exact same name as his ex-fiancé. Set loose in a bunch of different foreign countries, strangers Marc and Kate must get to know one another and learn to get along in the wake of Marc’s heartbreak. Will they fall in love? Probably not. Will they have a heck of a good time? Definitely.

“When I first heard the story, I immediately thought – THIS HAS TO BE A PLAY! Quite honestly, I’m surprised Hollywood hasn’t beaten us to the punch. And commissioning Emily & Jeremy to write this, the team that has brought BPP two of our most successful musicals, Spun and Greta, seemed like the perfect fit. What we have now is a show that is 100% BPP: it’s heartfelt, meaningful, fun, funny, and completely and totally original – you definitely can’t see this show anywhere else in the world,” says Director Chad Rabinovitz.

Book writer Emily Goodson was immediately on board with the idea as well. “We loved the inherent adventure in this story. Two strangers thrown together – literally – in a foreign land. There’s just so possibility,” she says.

Calling All Kates stars Mike Nappi (The Life and Slimes of Marc Summers) and Emily Crowley. Benjamin Aaron Smith (Toast, Make Me Bad) is the Musical Director. The show features Scenic Design by David Wade (Row After Row, Thirty Day Mourning Period), Lighting Design by Jeffrey Small (The Life and Slimes of Marc Summers, Make Me Bad, Island Song), Costume Design by Chib Gratz (The Bull, the Moon and the Coronet of Stars, The Capables), Sound Design by David Sheehan (Home, Thirty Day Mourning Period), and Choreography by Berklea Going.

Emily Goodson (Playwright) lives in Bloomington, Indiana with her husband Gabe and their two children Bea and Rock. She has written for both The Blizzard Rewind and Blizzard Sells Out. Her comedy Lady Bits opened to sold-out crowds at the Indy Fringe Festival in August 2012. Other musicals include Spun and Greta with composer Jeremy Schonfeld. Spun was originally commissioned and produced by the Bloomington Playwrights Project in May 2013 with subsequent equity productions by the Phoenix Theater in Indianapolis in April 2014 and the Adirondack Theatre Festival in July 2015. It is slated for an Off-Broadway production in 2018. Her most recent play The Third Glass was selected for the 2015 Northern Writers Conference.

Jeremy Schonfeld (Composer/Lyricist) is a celebrated singer/songwriter, composer/lyricist, occasional actor, producer, mentor and teacher. His concept album Iron & Coal, produced in Vienna Austria with producing partners Beat4Feet (Martin Gellner and Werner Stranka), was nominated for several Amadeus Awards (Austrian Grammys), and is currently in development as a large-scale, hybrid multimedia theatrical production. Previously, Jeremy created the album 37 Notebooks, featuring vocal performance contributions from friends including Adam Pascal, Julia Murney, Tracie Thoms, Amy Spanger, Lauren Kennedy, and Donnie Kehr. “House of Love,” recorded by Shoshana Bean for 37 Notebooks (featuring the Broadway Dreams Chorus), has been recorded and performed numerous times, and is consistently used in many diverse charitable campaigns including Defying Inequality and Rockers on Broadway. The New York City Gay Men’s Chorus annual holiday concert at Town Hall was even appropriately billed as the “NYC Gay Men’s Chorus Holiday House of Love,  featuring Lillias White”. Additional albums include Drift and Blue Skies and All, plus song contributions to the movie soundtrack for Clear Blue Tuesday (co-starring Jeremy) and the featured single Babazille Mahlangu written for the Broadway in South Africa campaign. Currently, Jeremy has been working in Nashville with producer Caleb Sherman, writing and producing material for up-and-coming singer Brook Wood and executive producing an EP for young singer/songwriter Lauren Weintraub (www.laurenweintraub.com).

As a composer/Lyricist, Jeremy has several shows under his belt, many in development. Drift, based on the concept album, has won numerous awards for productions at NYMF (New York Musical Theater Festival) and at the Kennedy Theater in Raleigh, N.C., featuring a diverse roster of talent, including Adam Pascal, Christian Campbell, Terrence Mann, Adam Kantor, and Jarrod Emick. Spun and Greta are part of an exciting, ongoing collaboration with partners Chad Rabinovitz (producing executive director) and Emily Goodson (Book) formed through the BPP (Bloomington Playwrights Project) at Indiana University. The team is currently developing a new, as-of-yet untitled show for production at the BPP in spring of 2017.  Additionally, Jeremy is excited to have recently broken ground on an upcoming project with respected journalist and author, Steve Fishman of New York Magazine.

Some of Jeremy’s favorite performances include the opening ceremonies for the Maccabi Games in both Vienna and at Madison Square Garden, Hollywood in Vienna featuring Maestro David Newman and the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra and co-star Deborah Cox, Drift at BB King’s, Several Rockers on Broadway concert events, and regular gigs in NYC rooms including Joe’s Pub, the Cutting Room, LPR, 54 Below, and the Bitter End.

Jeremy lives in Brooklyn with beautiful Kiwi-actress/therapeutic horse riding instructor wife Sarah-Jane Casey, toddler cutie Gustav, and his brilliant college-attending daughter Alexandra.

Wu Man and ensembles @ The Buskirk-Chumley Theater, 114 E. Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, IN @ Asia Night @ The Buskirk-Chumley Theater, 114 E. Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, IN
Mar 31 @ 7:30 pm

An evening celebrating the Chinese pipa, featuring Grammy nominee Wu Man and ensembles from the I.U. Jacobs School of Music.

Recognized as a premier pipa virtuoso and leading ambassador of Chinese music, Wu Man has carved out a career as a soloist, educator and composer, giving her lute-like instrument—which has a history of over 2,000 years in China—a new role in both traditional and contemporary music. Through numerous concert tours as well as high-profile collaborations with ensembles such as the Kronos Quartet and Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Project, Wu Man has premiered hundreds of new works for the pipa while spearheading multimedia initiatives to preserve and create awareness of China’s ancient musical traditions.

The concert will begin with selected solo works for pipa, and then Wu Man will be joined by the JSOM Vera Quartet for the Concerto for string quartet and pipa (Tan Dun, 1999). The program will conclude with Tian Ling (Nature and Spirit) for pipa and fourteen players (Zhou Long, 1992) featuring Wu Man with the JSOM New Music Ensemble (David Dzubay, director). Additional program information and notes are available on the Lotus Education & Arts Foundation website.

This event is part of the IU Global Arts & Humanities Festival: China Remixed and Lotus Blossoms Educational Outreach and is a joint presentation of the IU Arts & Humanities Council, the IU Jacobs School of Music, and the Lotus Education & Arts Foundation.

More information about Wu Man: http://www.wumanpipa.org/
Other China Remixed events: go.iu.edu/china-remixed
Other Lotus Blossoms events: http://www.lotusfest.org/events/

Doors will open for this reserved seating show at 7pm, and the performance is expected to last one hour.

Wonderhills CD release show, The Blockhouse, 207 S. College Ave., Bloomington, IN
Mar 31 @ 9:00 pm

Wonderhills (FKA The Underhills) is releasing our first full-length CD on March 31st at Blockhouse Bar and will include performances by local artists Daisy Chain and Myah Evans.

Doors are at 8 and music will start around 9 pm.
Apr
1
Sat
2017
Lemonade Day University, Indiana Center for the Life Sciences, 501 N. Profile Parkway, Bloomington, IN @ 501 N. Profile Parkway, Bloomington, IN 47404
Apr 1 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am

 

Come join us for this quick two-hour workshop to learn how to make the most of Lemonade Day 2017! This interactive workshop will have you and your child(ren) go through sessions to learn from community leaders and experts about all aspects of what makes a successful lemonade stand.

Choose from The Basics, Taking it to the Next Level or Lemonade Day XTREME for our most experienced entrepreneurs.  There’s something for everyone, whether it’s your very first Lemonade Day, or you’re a Lemonade Day veteran.

Join us for this fun, interactive learning experience for mentors and your young entrepreneurs.

You can sign up for Lemonade Day at this workshop if you are not signed up yet.  Just arrive 15 minutes early so that you can get your LD materials before the workshop starts.

You can also sign up for your stand location at this workshop, pick up your t-shirts, backpacks and workbooks at this workshop (if you registered online), get your official business operators permit from the City of Bloomington and much more!

RSVP for Lemonade Day University by registering for Lemonade Day before Thursday, March 30, 2017 if you will be attending, or just show up on Saturday (15 minutes early), and join us!

Lotus Blossoms World Bazaar Family Day, Binford Elementary School, 2300 E. 2nd St., Bloomington)
Apr 1 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm

The Lotus Blossoms World Bazaar is a free multicultural arts-and-education event for kids and families.  Created in 1996 with the help of area teachers, the World Bazaar has become a tradition in Monroe County schools — public, private, and charter — as well as in our community.  Volunteers from the Bloomington community (and around the world) present arts, music, language, and international crafts at a vibrant multicultural fair in the gymnasium of Binford Elementary. More than 30 activity stations let kids get their hands on the world….so grab your passport at the door, and go!

Featuring hands-on activities, exploration of world cultures, and live performances.  Appropriate for all ages, but especially fun for kids K-6. Children must be accompanied by parents/guardians.

Cultural History Hike @ Porter West Preserve, West Vernal Pike, Bloomington @ Porter West Preserve
Apr 1 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Join Liz Watts Malouchos from IU’s Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology as she interprets local histories from the first Native peoples to Euro-American pioneers who lived in Monroe County.

History Book Club , The Monroe County History Center, 202 E. Sixth St., Bloomington, IN
Apr 1 @ 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm
Bluegrass Hope Concert Series @ Mike’s Dance Barn 2277 State Road 46 Nashville, IN @ Bluegrass Hope Concert Series @ Mike's Dance Barn 2277 State Road 46 Nashville, IN
Apr 1 @ 2:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Glass Fusing EGGstravaganza @ First United Church, 2420 E 3rd St, Bloomington @ First United Church
Apr 1 @ 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Come to our drop in workshop and make your own fused egg magnet or suncatcher. This family friendly workshop is an opportunity for anyone ages 5 and above to try glass making “on the spot” in 15 minutes or less.

Glass-fusing is a fun creative process that involves collaging smaller bits of glass onto a larger glass surface. Your piece will be taken to a kiln offsite for firing (at a later time) and you can pick it up by April 6 at By Hand Gallery in Fountain Square Mall.

Reservations are encouraged, but walk-ins are welcome! We will take reservations every 15 minutes from 2:00 until 5:30.

If you would like to register for a time slot please contact us at [email protected], or call (812)345-2470. Find more information at www.bloomingtoncreativeglasscenter.org.

King Charles III, The Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center, Whikehart Auditorium, 122 S. Walnut Street, Bloomington, IN
Apr 1 @ 2:00 pm

King Charles III is the winner of the 2015 Olivier Award for Best New Play and nominee for the 2016 Best New Play Tony award, as well as the #1 Play of 2015 as chosen by the The New York Times, Time Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, and Associated Press.

King Charles III takes place in an imagined future. Elizabeth has been laid to rest and the new King’s first actions threaten the existence of the English crown. William and Kate are determined to usurp the throne and save the house of Windsor while a restless Harry and the ghost of Diana haunt the palace.

This fiendishly clever future Shakespearean history play is a treat for fans of Hamlet and People Magazine alike.

Honky Tonk Cavalcade, Players Pub, 424 S Walnut St., Bloomington, IN
Apr 1 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

The Blue Diesel Ramblers will turn Player’s Pub into a Honky Tonk this Saturday for our Monthly Honky Tonk Happy Hour! Dust off your dancing boots and see The Ramblers (Emily Jackson, John Orie Stith, Mike Stiglitz, Eric Phillipssen and Rick Nagy) play songs from the Golden Era of Country Music – hits and deep cuts from Hank Williams, Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, George Jones and many others, including a few of our own. If you’ve been wondering where you can see live classic country music, your wondering can stop when you wander in to Player’s Pub between Five and Seven PM Saturday April First! See you then…

Jack Whittle and Doc Malone, Talkers Tap Room, 3876 W. Third St., Bloomington @ Talker Taproom West
Apr 1 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Calling All Kates, Bloomington Playwrights’ Project, 107 West 9th Street, Bloomington, IN
Apr 1 @ 7:30 pm

BPP is proud to announce this season’s BPP/IU Collaborative Musical Calling All Kates. Written by Emily Goodson and Jeremy Schonfeld, Calling All Kates is the writing duo’s third musical developed at BPP. The story is based off of a real life story that took place in 2014 when a Toronto man made headlines by offering a free round-the-world trip to a woman with the same name as his ex-girlfriend.

In Calling All Kates, Marc gets dumped by his fiancé, Kate McBride, right before their wedding and honeymoon around the world. He’s now single and left to travel the globe alone since his plane tickets are non-transferrable and non-refundable. In an act of desperation, Marc posts an ad online for the only companion who could legally join him… someone with the exact same name as his ex-fiancé. Set loose in a bunch of different foreign countries, strangers Marc and Kate must get to know one another and learn to get along in the wake of Marc’s heartbreak. Will they fall in love? Probably not. Will they have a heck of a good time? Definitely.

“When I first heard the story, I immediately thought – THIS HAS TO BE A PLAY! Quite honestly, I’m surprised Hollywood hasn’t beaten us to the punch. And commissioning Emily & Jeremy to write this, the team that has brought BPP two of our most successful musicals, Spun and Greta, seemed like the perfect fit. What we have now is a show that is 100% BPP: it’s heartfelt, meaningful, fun, funny, and completely and totally original – you definitely can’t see this show anywhere else in the world,” says Director Chad Rabinovitz.

Book writer Emily Goodson was immediately on board with the idea as well. “We loved the inherent adventure in this story. Two strangers thrown together – literally – in a foreign land. There’s just so possibility,” she says.

Calling All Kates stars Mike Nappi (The Life and Slimes of Marc Summers) and Emily Crowley. Benjamin Aaron Smith (Toast, Make Me Bad) is the Musical Director. The show features Scenic Design by David Wade (Row After Row, Thirty Day Mourning Period), Lighting Design by Jeffrey Small (The Life and Slimes of Marc Summers, Make Me Bad, Island Song), Costume Design by Chib Gratz (The Bull, the Moon and the Coronet of Stars, The Capables), Sound Design by David Sheehan (Home, Thirty Day Mourning Period), and Choreography by Berklea Going.

Emily Goodson (Playwright) lives in Bloomington, Indiana with her husband Gabe and their two children Bea and Rock. She has written for both The Blizzard Rewind and Blizzard Sells Out. Her comedy Lady Bits opened to sold-out crowds at the Indy Fringe Festival in August 2012. Other musicals include Spun and Greta with composer Jeremy Schonfeld. Spun was originally commissioned and produced by the Bloomington Playwrights Project in May 2013 with subsequent equity productions by the Phoenix Theater in Indianapolis in April 2014 and the Adirondack Theatre Festival in July 2015. It is slated for an Off-Broadway production in 2018. Her most recent play The Third Glass was selected for the 2015 Northern Writers Conference.

Jeremy Schonfeld (Composer/Lyricist) is a celebrated singer/songwriter, composer/lyricist, occasional actor, producer, mentor and teacher. His concept album Iron & Coal, produced in Vienna Austria with producing partners Beat4Feet (Martin Gellner and Werner Stranka), was nominated for several Amadeus Awards (Austrian Grammys), and is currently in development as a large-scale, hybrid multimedia theatrical production. Previously, Jeremy created the album 37 Notebooks, featuring vocal performance contributions from friends including Adam Pascal, Julia Murney, Tracie Thoms, Amy Spanger, Lauren Kennedy, and Donnie Kehr. “House of Love,” recorded by Shoshana Bean for 37 Notebooks (featuring the Broadway Dreams Chorus), has been recorded and performed numerous times, and is consistently used in many diverse charitable campaigns including Defying Inequality and Rockers on Broadway. The New York City Gay Men’s Chorus annual holiday concert at Town Hall was even appropriately billed as the “NYC Gay Men’s Chorus Holiday House of Love,  featuring Lillias White”. Additional albums include Drift and Blue Skies and All, plus song contributions to the movie soundtrack for Clear Blue Tuesday (co-starring Jeremy) and the featured single Babazille Mahlangu written for the Broadway in South Africa campaign. Currently, Jeremy has been working in Nashville with producer Caleb Sherman, writing and producing material for up-and-coming singer Brook Wood and executive producing an EP for young singer/songwriter Lauren Weintraub (www.laurenweintraub.com).

As a composer/Lyricist, Jeremy has several shows under his belt, many in development. Drift, based on the concept album, has won numerous awards for productions at NYMF (New York Musical Theater Festival) and at the Kennedy Theater in Raleigh, N.C., featuring a diverse roster of talent, including Adam Pascal, Christian Campbell, Terrence Mann, Adam Kantor, and Jarrod Emick. Spun and Greta are part of an exciting, ongoing collaboration with partners Chad Rabinovitz (producing executive director) and Emily Goodson (Book) formed through the BPP (Bloomington Playwrights Project) at Indiana University. The team is currently developing a new, as-of-yet untitled show for production at the BPP in spring of 2017.  Additionally, Jeremy is excited to have recently broken ground on an upcoming project with respected journalist and author, Steve Fishman of New York Magazine.

Some of Jeremy’s favorite performances include the opening ceremonies for the Maccabi Games in both Vienna and at Madison Square Garden, Hollywood in Vienna featuring Maestro David Newman and the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra and co-star Deborah Cox, Drift at BB King’s, Several Rockers on Broadway concert events, and regular gigs in NYC rooms including Joe’s Pub, the Cutting Room, LPR, 54 Below, and the Bitter End.

Jeremy lives in Brooklyn with beautiful Kiwi-actress/therapeutic horse riding instructor wife Sarah-Jane Casey, toddler cutie Gustav, and his brilliant college-attending daughter Alexandra.

Apr
2
Sun
2017
Bloomington Ukulele Club Meeting @ Meeting Room 2-A, Monroe County Public Library, 303 East Kirkwood Ave. @ Meeting Room 2-A, Monroe County Public Library, 303 East Kirkwood Ave.
Apr 2 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Books Plus Monthly Book Discussion: Poems on Family & Culture @ Program Room 2-B, Monroe County Public Library, 303 East Kirkwood Ave. @ Program Room 2-B, Monroe County Public Library, 303 East Kirkwood Ave.
Apr 2 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
King Charles III, The Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center, Whikehart Auditorium, 122 S. Walnut Street, Bloomington, IN
Apr 2 @ 2:00 pm

King Charles III is the winner of the 2015 Olivier Award for Best New Play and nominee for the 2016 Best New Play Tony award, as well as the #1 Play of 2015 as chosen by the The New York Times, Time Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, and Associated Press.

King Charles III takes place in an imagined future. Elizabeth has been laid to rest and the new King’s first actions threaten the existence of the English crown. William and Kate are determined to usurp the throne and save the house of Windsor while a restless Harry and the ghost of Diana haunt the palace.

This fiendishly clever future Shakespearean history play is a treat for fans of Hamlet and People Magazine alike.

‘The Destruction of Memory’ @ IU Cinema, 1213 East 7th St. (on the North side of the IU Auditorium Bldg.) @ IU Cinema, 1213 East 7th St. (on the North side of the IU Auditorium Bldg.)
Apr 2 @ 3:00 pm