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Join us as Jean Capler, MSW, LCSW, Rehab Hospital of Indiana, discusses emotions and stroke recovery. This group meets the first Thursday of each month.
The Bloomington Walking Club is an informal group that meets for a guided group walk on the paved trails surrounding Olcott Park. The group meets every Thursday evening, weather permitting. All ability levels are wel
Join other youth entrepreneurs (Lemonade Day) and their mentors to celebrate your success, play games, eat snacks, win awards and HAVE FUN!
Come downtown to the Bloomington Entertainment & Arts District for a look at what is new and different in our community. Artwork, refreshments and live music will be available for your viewing pleasure.
Remember that we have a new gallery! Soma Coffee House on Kirkwood has added a gallery to their space.
Come to these locations and experience something new:
Blueline Gallery
-By Hand Gallery
-gallery 406
-Gallery Group
-Gather: handmade Shoppe & Co.
-Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center
-Monroe Convention Center Art Gallery
-Pictura Gallery
-Royale Hair Parlor Gallery
-Soma Coffee House on Kirkwood
-The Venue Fine Art & Gifts
Visit gallerywalkbloomington.com for show details, a map, and suggestions for parking downtown, and don’t forget to support local art.
Dee Schaad’s work is included in numerous private, corporate and public collections. His ceramics have been shown in exhibitions regionally and nationally. Thirty of his ceramic figures from the series “Pilgrims on the Way to Canterbury”, were recently on display as part of the Art at the Indianapolis International Airport. His ceramics have also won numerous merit and purchase awards and have appeared in a variety of publications. Articles written by him have appeared in “Pottery Making Illustrated” and in Ceramic Sculpture and Studio Ceramics, both books, publications of the American Ceramic Society.
Kevin Horan is an artist based in Langley, Washington, USA. He is working on projects which look at animals as people, people as animals, and the planet as a very small place. His pictures are reality-based, and he enjoys finding the amazing hidden in the ordinary. His work from Chattel was selected for the Photolucida Critical Mass Top 50 in 2014.
A recovering photojournalist, Horan has published his work in The New York Times Magazine, Smithsonian, LIFE, U.S. News & World Report, National Geographic, and numerous other magazines and books. Horan based himself in Chicago 1976-2006 and Whidbey Island since 2006, with assignments ranging from presidential campaigns to small-town life in Russia to development issues in the Amazon to following a dollar bill for a week for LIFE Magazine. He was Artist in Residence, Glacier National Park, September, 2004; staff photographer for Chicago In The Year 2000; staff photographer for the Chicago Daily News and the Chicago Sun-Times, 1977-1981. He received a degree in journalism at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Nature sings, and her music touches all our lives. From the low, sad moan of an autumn wind to the melodious trills of spring frogs, the sounds of nature enfold us in every season and mood. The Nature Sounds series combines a live, acoustic performance by local musicians with an educational nature presentation about the sounds made by creatures of the water, earth and sky that are found in all our outdoor spaces.
Each program begins with an introduction to the park’s current music makers, followed by an hour-long concert. After the concert, a guided nature walk will encourage active listening and creating connections between our own music and that of nature.
Musical act: Amigo Fields
Presented by Bloomington Parks and Recreation’s Nature Sounds
Performers: Susan Harris, Jillian Chaney, Sarah Cassidy, Kel McQueen, and Facets of Color
Structured activity will be followed will be followed by plenty of free-form exploration.
RSVP: to [email protected]
RSVP preferred due to limited parking. Carpooling encouraged! Donations gladly accepted.
6/3-On the Hunt for Plants
7/1-What’s in the Water
8/5-Building Things: Forts, Cairns, and Fairy Places
9/2-Collections
10/7-Autumn Leaf Extravaganza
11/4 Forest Scavenger Hunt & Campfire Fun
The Blooming Neighborhood Celebration provides neighborhoods with the ability to reach out to the public about what is happening in their neighborhoods as well as enjoy the camaraderie of neighborhood folks. What wonderful community building takes place when there are Neighborhood Associations gathered together!
“In the Bag” is the 2017 theme for the Blooming Neighborhood Celebration. It is beyond doubt that Bloomington Neighborhoods have it “IN the Bag”, when it comes to great people, knowledge and resources to make their own neighborhood a great place to live. Each participating neighborhood will receive a “HAND BAG” that serves as a tool box and will contain supplies that neighborhood associations can use in the organization of their neighborhood associations.
Starting January 16, Moms’ Monday, our new moms group, will be held in The Baby Space at the Monroe County Library on every first and third Monday of the month from 10 am to noon. This space is a separate, fully enclosed room designed just for the needs of babies who are not yet walking, and their caregivers.
This group is a drop-in style. It is open to moms and their babies who are not yet walking. Please note that older children are not permitted in The Baby Space.
Needmore Coffee Roasters is a woman-owned small-batch coffee roastery in Indiana dedicated to roasting organic, ethically sourced coffee from the finest small-scale farmers around the world.
Relationship Coffee – Direct Trade: Our current direct trade coffees are from El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Our collaborative relationships with these farmers ensure environmental, economical, and social sustainability, resulting in the production of the highest quality coffee.
Fair Trade CertifiedTM: Your everyday purchases, like your daily cup of coffee, can help farmers get better prices to help them keep their kids in school and protect fragile ecosystems.
Helping Others: Always trying to help the community, our coffee grounds are donated to local gardening groups and farmers. We also make an annual donation to help fund the Comedor Children’s Lunch Program in Posoltega, Nicaragua, which is organized and run by Bloomington & Posoltega Sister Cities.
Presenting Nathan Dillon, Taylor Hernly and Kenny Hall ‘In the Round’
Find out why the birds are so angry. When an island populated by happy, flightless birds is visited by mysterious green piggies, it’s up to three unlikely outcasts – Red, Chuck and Bomb – to figure out what the pigs are up to. (PG, 97 min.)
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Frank Adler is a single man raising a child prodigy – his spirited young niece Mary in a coastal town in Florida. Frank’s plans for a normal school life for Mary are foiled when the seven-year-old’s mathematical abilities come to the attention of Frank’s formidable mother Evelyn whose plans for her granddaughter threaten to separate Frank and Mary.
Stars: Chris Evans, Mckenna Grace, Lindsay Duncan, Jenny Slate and Octavia Spencer. Rated PG-13
A fun 1930s musical parody, Dames at Sea follows Ruby, a small-town girl, who moves to New York City with “nothing but tap shoes in her suitcase and a prayer in her heart,” as she chases her big Broadway dreams!
The Bloomington Walking Club is an informal group that meets for a guided group walk on the paved trails surrounding Olcott Park. The group meets every Thursday evening, weather permitting. All ability levels are wel
Sponsored by Writers Guild at Bloomington
FEATURING Andrew Hubbard (poetry), Tom Bitters (fiction), and Antonia Matthew (poetry)-WITH music by Kyle Quass
There will also be an open mic.
In the course of growing up and then trying to keep food on the table, Andy Hubbard has lived in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Washington DC, Maryland, North Carolina, Nebraska, Indiana, and Texas. He glories in his family, his home in the woods of Nashville, Indiana, his wife’s incomparable cooking, and his genius for procrastination. He is currently unemployed full-time as a poet. He frequently considers giving it up to become a productive member of society, but never gets around to it.
Tom Bitters has written fiction since fifth grade when he produced a short note, supposedly from his mother, explaining why he should be allowed to watch the seventh game of the World Series that afternoon. Since then, he has published stories in journals such as The Berkshire Review, Hampshire Life, Peninsular, and “Meat” for Tea. He moved to Bloomington in 2013 from Moscow, where he taught English to Russian children who mostly wanted to know why all Americans own guns. He serves on the Board of the Friends of the Monroe County Public Library and volunteers in the VITAL program there, tutoring ESL learners. His plan is to live long enough to see the I.U. football team play in the Rose Bowl again.
Antonia Matthew grew up in England during World War II and has lived in Bloomington since 1968. Since 1984 she has been member of Five Women Poets, who have put out three chapbooks and a CD of their work. She has been published in various magazines, NIMROD, WIND, and INDIANA REVIEW among them. Her work is also included in the anthologies A LINEN WEAVE OF BLOOMINGTON POETS and CELEBRATING SEVENTY. She has written a play, HOMEFRONT, which is built around the letters that she received from her father when he was fighting in Burma in WWII. It has had one staged reading. She’s written a novel that she shows to no one, and is currently working with memoir and flash fiction.
KYLE QUASS is and has been a professional student, soldier, jazz musician, database administrator, and data architect among many other things. He holds a MM in Jazz studies from Indiana University. He has studied, played, and/or collaborated with David Baker, Joe Henderson, Greg Osby, Mulgrew Miller, Tyshawn Sorey and Cory Smythe. He has presented at multiple conferences including Oracle Open World, Indiana Oracle Users Group, and the Higher Education Data Warehousing conference. He has performed on numerous and varied recordings, from David Baker to Amy Stephens to Murder By Death. He has more than a half dozen recordings under his own name, most of which can be found and purchased at https://kylequass.bandcamp.com/. His most recent recordings under his own name are DARKNESS MADE OF LIGHT and RISE AGAINST, both recorded in August 2017.
A fun 1930s musical parody, Dames at Sea follows Ruby, a small-town girl, who moves to New York City with “nothing but tap shoes in her suitcase and a prayer in her heart,” as she chases her big Broadway dreams!
The Farmers’ Market, held each Friday at St. David’s afternoon/evening – May through September; provides a venue for local farmers to sell fresh produce/meat, an opportunity for local artisans to sell their handmade creations and a wonderful location for area musicians to display their talents.
A special booth is reserved each week at the market for a local outreach/non-profit to highlight their community programs at no cost to the agency. The Children’s Garden and Playground, a dream of the Outreach Committee, offers children of both customers and vendors an opportunity to play in a safe and fun environment.
The Bean Blossom Farmers’ Market began on the grounds of St. David’s Church in 2013 as a community outreach program to encourage healthy produce and food consumption for the community and provide a venue for local musicians and crafts people.
The Farmers’ Market Advisory Committee is the steering committee made up of members from St. David’s and two vendors from the market. This committee guides the operation of the market, prepares marketing and advertising and supports the St. David’s food booth.
For more than two decades Gene Deer has been injecting audiences with his blend of Blues/Rock nationally and internationally. Performing more than 250 shows annually, this modern day blues man possesses vocals that were born to sing nothing but his style of blues. Gene’s mojo infects audiences and leaves them feeling the rhythm of blues long after the music stops. His music persona is a blend of Robert Cray, Stevie Ray, Eric Clapton and Muddy Waters, and it isn’t hard to testify to that while watching and hearing him perform. It’s sometimes hard to tell where the separation is between man and guitar.
A fun 1930s musical parody, Dames at Sea follows Ruby, a small-town girl, who moves to New York City with “nothing but tap shoes in her suitcase and a prayer in her heart,” as she chases her big Broadway dreams!
Young Love….Doo Woppin’ & Good Ol’ Rock n’ Roll….Relive the music of the 1950’s as we Rock Around the Clock with the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, Patsy Cline, and Elvis just to name a few. This cast will take you back to the era of rich harmonies, classic love songs and unforgettable dances that will leave you wanting to…”Twist the Night Away”! All ages show.
The show is produced by Rhett Thomas of Silver Night Entertainment (previously appeared at the Playhouse with Jimmy & Jay Osmond and in Playhouse’s Believe Christmas Show), premiered in Branson, MO.
70’s & 80’s progressive rock, county rock, southern rock, rhythm & blues, alternative rock with Brian Baker – Percussion, Allan Buhr – Keyboards & Vocals, Dan Helton – Saxophone & Vocals, Otto Ray – Bass, Skip Daley – Guitar & Vocals & Vince Aliano – Guitar
Head to the Melchior Marionette Theatre for the “Comedy Cabaret on Strings!” Enjoy a fast paced variety show with half life sized marionettes…since 1983. This 20 minute show of trick marionettes will delight individuals of all ages. A wide variety of music and a hand-painted street scene enhances this delightful cabaret. Watch how the puppeteer pulls the strings to make the dancers, jugglers, trapeze artists and others, come to life…a unique experience! Show times for the “Comedy Cabaret” are 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Popcorn!
Sessions is a three-writer-musician “song club” featuring Sarah Fridrich (DC), Rachel Mousie & Serenity Fisher (Cincinnati), with percussionist Matt Halvorson (Lexington). The songwriter/pianists will be bring new works to perform and stories to tell at the concert.
Donations welcome at the door.
A fun 1930s musical parody, Dames at Sea follows Ruby, a small-town girl, who moves to New York City with “nothing but tap shoes in her suitcase and a prayer in her heart,” as she chases her big Broadway dreams!
Young Love….Doo Woppin’ & Good Ol’ Rock n’ Roll….Relive the music of the 1950’s as we Rock Around the Clock with the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, Patsy Cline, and Elvis just to name a few. This cast will take you back to the era of rich harmonies, classic love songs and unforgettable dances that will leave you wanting to…”Twist the Night Away”! All ages show.
The show is produced by Rhett Thomas of Silver Night Entertainment (previously appeared at the Playhouse with Jimmy & Jay Osmond and in Playhouse’s Believe Christmas Show), premiered in Branson, MO.
Dance all nite to the funk!!
Become a robotics engineer! Up-cycle motors, markers and other materials to create a robot that unleashes its inner artist! Tinker with WonderLab’s materials to design a unique Scribblebot that will create a work of art for you to take home.
STEM Sunday is a free, drop-in, challenge-based experience that encourages families to engage in the engineering and design process. Emphasis is on this process rather than the product. Projects are not “take-home”, but may include a take-home element. A simple goal/design challenge is introduced to guide the process and encourage engagement. Projects are “easy entry” for all ages, meaning that specialized skills are not generally needed and children as young as kindergarten can participate. Projects use simple, inexpensive materials, emphasizing that families can easily re-create the project at home.
Visit fifteen galleries for refreshments, receptions, demonstrations and music. For gallery list & addresses: http://artalliancebrowncounty.org/event/artwalk
Needmore Coffee Roasters is a woman-owned small-batch coffee roastery in Indiana dedicated to roasting organic, ethically sourced coffee from the finest small-scale farmers around the world.
Relationship Coffee – Direct Trade: Our current direct trade coffees are from El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Our collaborative relationships with these farmers ensure environmental, economical, and social sustainability, resulting in the production of the highest quality coffee.
Fair Trade CertifiedTM: Your everyday purchases, like your daily cup of coffee, can help farmers get better prices to help them keep their kids in school and protect fragile ecosystems.
Helping Others: Always trying to help the community, our coffee grounds are donated to local gardening groups and farmers. We also make an annual donation to help fund the Comedor Children’s Lunch Program in Posoltega, Nicaragua, which is organized and run by Bloomington & Posoltega Sister Cities.