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Locally grown vegetables, herbs, flowers, live music, children’s activities & more!!
J. S. Bach, “Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält, BWV 178” – Sarah Cranor, director
Indiana Coalition for Public Education is hosting a roundtable event covering local education issues. This informational event will be held on Sunday, October 1 from 3pm to 4:30pm in the conference rooms of the NEW Monroe County Public Library Southwest at 890 W. Gordon Pike. Light snacks and beverages will be served.
This event covers six topics – Finding common ground in the school culture wars, MCCSC 2023 referendum, special education services, preschool in public schools, school choice, and school funding.
Attendees will be able to rotate to three different tables where they will listen to an expert and ask questions.
The roundtable hosts:
Hal Turner, Co-Chair, Braver Angels of South Central Indiana
John Kenny, CFO, Monroe County Community School Corporation
Wendy Marencik, Clinical Assistant Professor Emerita, Indiana University
Sarah Cassavaugh, IN*SOURCE Team Leader & Special Education Liaison
Jennifer Bickel, Assistant Special Education Director, Monroe County Community School Corporation
Laura Stickels, Manager – Early Learning and Out of School Programs, Monroe County Community School Corporation
Keri Miksza, Chair of Indiana Coalition for Public Education–Monroe County
Matt Irwin, Assistant Superintendent, Richland Bean Blossom Community Schools
Info at: lotusfest.rendezville.com
A sad-sack writer with a severe case of writer’s block travels to a quiet summer home by the Baltic Sea, hoping to make some progress on his stalled novel (working title: “Club Sandwich”). Upon arrival, he discovers that the cottage has been double-booked. The unexpected house guests, including the enchanting Nadja, prove to be a distraction. As professional deadlines loom, emotional and romantic entanglements ensue. Meanwhile, distant fires on the horizon begin to threaten the home.
Pink Floyd were caught in the epicentre of the underground scene of the 60s as the psychedelic house band of the UFO club in London, with Syd Barrett its enigmatic figurehead, inspiring such musicians as David Bowie and Marc Bolan. Though he named the group, wrote the first two hit songs and was the lead vocalist and guitarist, Barrett was pushed out of the band by its members who were convinced he was having an LSD induced psychotic breakdown. Barrett subsequently dropped out of the music industry, living as a recluse for thirty years.
Directed by Storm Thorgerson and Roddy Bogawa, the film combines archival footage with present-day interviews (including classic band members David Gilmour, Nick Mason, and Roger Waters)/ Thorgerson was a lifelong friend of Barrett’s and, as a member of the graphic art collective, Hipgnosis, designed a number of Floyd’s album sleeves and influenced the band’s game-changing aesthetic. (94 min)
From My Fair Lady to Lady Gaga, George Michael to Michael Scott, and Downton Abbey to Uptown Funk, join us at Cardinal Spirits for “That’s Entertainment,” a trivia game that’s all movies, music, TV, and pop culture through the decades!
This event directly supports Cancer Support Community of South Central Indiana (CSCSCI) and will be hosted by Josh Johnson of Bloomington Pub Quiz. All proceeds from ticket sales go directly to CSCSCI.
RSVP requested, but you can drop in any time during the program hours.
Poodle enthusiasts and all dog lovers, listen up! Switchyard Brewing is excited to host our all-ages pup meetup on Monday, October 2nd, from 6 PM to 9 PM. This get-together is all about celebrating the grace and intellect of Poodles.
The day’s festivities include a pup photo booth for capturing those ‘pawfect’ moments, a group photo to remember the fun, and special pup packs for every well-behaved attendee, thanks to Monroe County Humane Association!
While we’re shining the spotlight on Poodles, all well-behaved breeds are more than welcome to join the fun. And let’s not forget our star guest – Mocha the Bernedoodle, who has been granted an honorary Poodle pass for the day!
Johnny D. Boggs is the highly acclaimed author of more than fifty historical fiction and western novels. A twelve-time Spur Award-finalist and nine-time Spur Award-winner, he has received more awards than any other author in the history of the Western Writers of America, including Louis L’Amour.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Inspired by the real-life adventures of legendary cattleman Tom Candy Ponting, Longhorns East takes readers on an unforgettable journey as big and bold as the American Dream itself. The story is based on the longest cattle drive in American history when, in the mid-1840s, Tom Candy Ponting became the first ever cattleman to make the journey from Texas to New York City, bringing the Texas Longhorn to the Northeast for the first time and changing the cattle industry forever.
Join us for an afternoon of celebrating Hispanic and Latinx heritage with food from a local, Latinx-owned business, music, crafts and a screening of Disney’s Encanto. All ages.
This visit from the widely acclaimed Serbian filmmaker will explore his prolific six-decade career and his films that have documented, anticipated, and critically engaged with pivotal sociopolitical events with an experimental documentary style that blurs film genres.
. Just show your flyer from mcpl.info/friends and Da Vinci will donate 20% of your bill to the Friends of the Library
Sometimes the pursuit of our greater humanity involves jumping into life headfirst. That’s what McKain Lakey does. You can tell by her songs.
Armed with George the trusty road cat, a carful of instruments, and all the fight of a rambling, rural-raised, queer femme wanderer, McKain Lakey is one to be reckoned with. She’s the rare human who feels as comfortable wielding a chisel as she does a guitar, who can be as often spotted behind the soundboard in a crowded venue as discussing the intersections of race and gender in old time music with a classroom full of 5th graders.
Described by What’s Up Magazine as “a time capsule unearthed, fine-tuned and re-imagined”, Lakey draws creative inspiration from far corners of the American music tradition, tracing the lines of musical lineage that connect Old Time to Rockabilly, Country to Cajun to Dixieland. She’s a dedicated student of tradition, but at once unafraid to stare down convention through the modern lens of her lived experience. Her new album, Somewhere, blurs lines of old and new, referencing musical textures of past eras while unabashedly exploring topics of mental health, family separation, rural identity, and queer love.
“My introduction to American folk music was so rooted in the knowledge that I am a part of living tradition, a web connected across time and distance, and built by generations of creative and resilient people.” – McKain Lakey
Host band plays 7-8pm, Jam runs from 8-10pm
Three idealists embark on a mission to awaken the class consciousness of peasants and workers in the countryside with unintended consequences. Winner of the 1969 Berlin Golden Bear. Q&A with the filmmaker to follow!
Receive free testing for HIV and HCV, as well as referral for Hepatitis C and HIV treatment, and access to PrEP medication. IU Health Positive Link members are happy to answer any questions you may have.
Join us to learn how to make jewelry! Each month of jewelry making, we’ll be learning a new technique. Age 16 and up. Please register.
beginner dance lesson by Katie Zukof at 7:10pm
Calling all elementary-aged homeschoolers—it’s recess time! Come to the Downtown Library to play a variety of games and hang out with other homeschoolers. Ages 5–12.
. Just show your flyer from mcpl.info/friends and Da Vinci will donate 20% of your bill to the Friends of the Library
Each comedian is asked to do no more than five minutes of completely original material. While we do not care about foul language in your set, we do not allow racist, homophobic, transphobic or rape/female bashing jokes. If you have to ask if it’s racist, homophobic, transphobic or a rape joke, it probably is.
Comedians that wish to participate are asked to e-mail [email protected]. Newcomers and any participants who are not paid professionals will be required to bring audience members to see them. This is non-negotiable. So if you plan on signing up, be sure to invite as many friends as you can. Good luck!
Drop in, adventure through fantastic realms, then leave whenever you’d like. These special sessions of the Camp Myth Summer Reading Program edition of Dungeons & Dragons are designed to be short, fun, and evolving adventures that anyone can play. All skill levels are welcome. Ages 12–19.
Every Friday and Saturday in October, join us from 5-8pm in A Night Gallery, a Halloween-themed Immersive Art Exhibit, at the Backspace Gallery at 112 W 6th St. Enter through Bonne Fete.
Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrest apart after Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea. Two decades later, they are reunited in New York for one fateful week as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life in this heartrending modern romance. [105 min; drama, romance; English and South Korean with English subtitles]
Hari Kondabolu is a comedian, writer and podcaster based in Brooklyn. The NY Times called him “one of the most exciting political comics in stand-up today” and described his 2018 Netflix special Warn Your Relatives as “an incisively funny and formally adventurous hour that reveals a comic in command of his powers.” The special was named on many “Best of” lists, including for Time, Paste Magazine, Cosmopolitan, E! Online, and Mashable. He was also named one of 2018’s “Comics To Watch” by Variety. Hari currently hosts the new Netflix food competition series Snack vs Chef along with Megan Stalter.
Georgie is a resourceful 12-year-old girl. She secretly lives alone in her flat in a working class suburb of London following the death of her mother. She makes money stealing bikes with her best friend Ali and keeps the social workers off her back by pretending to live with an uncle. Out of nowhere, her estranged father, Jason, arrives. Uninterested in this sudden new parental figure, Georgie is stubbornly resistant to his attempts to connect to his daughter. As they adjust to their new circumstances, Georgie and Jason find that they both still have a lot of growing up to do.
The Molses Kaufman/Tectonic Theater Project play, produced locally by Stages Bloomingon.
A young man is drawn into a love affair with Queen Elizabeth 1. As Orlando strives to make their way as a poet and lover, their travels keep Orlando at the heart of a tale where gender and gender expression shifts regularly, with whimsical results.
Pink Floyd were caught in the epicentre of the underground scene of the 60s as the psychedelic house band of the UFO club in London, with Syd Barrett its enigmatic figurehead, inspiring such musicians as David Bowie and Marc Bolan. Though he named the group, wrote the first two hit songs and was the lead vocalist and guitarist, Barrett was pushed out of the band by its members who were convinced he was having an LSD induced psychotic breakdown. Barrett subsequently dropped out of the music industry, living as a recluse for thirty years.
Directed by Storm Thorgerson and Roddy Bogawa, the film combines archival footage with present-day interviews (including classic band members David Gilmour, Nick Mason, and Roger Waters)/ Thorgerson was a lifelong friend of Barrett’s and, as a member of the graphic art collective, Hipgnosis, designed a number of Floyd’s album sleeves and influenced the band’s game-changing aesthetic. (94 min)
Playwright John Heimbuch and director Jon Ferguson infuse this work with a lively blend of gothic terror and tongue-in-cheek humor that ably captures Irving’s story and demonstrates why it remains so compelling.
Our friend, drag performer, show producer, and darling of Indy is getting top surgery soon and looking to raise funds to help cover all those costs!
The show kicks off at 9:30 to accommodate time for a little auction!!
You can catch a number from each of these fab performers:
Minnie Ryder
Nikki Dixx
BeelzeBabe
Black Ivy
Kitt St Clair
Desiree Bouvier
Brentlee Bich
King Icarus
Tristyn St Clair
Jizzelle Vontrell
Dyke Van Dick
Ava Morningstar
& Verna Vendetta
From 10 am–3 pm. Art supplies provided. All ages welcome! Artists’ demonstrations, music, and storytelling throughout the day!
All art completed for judging must follow the guidelines below.
· NO REGISTRATION FEE: Free event. No advance registration needed.
· Artists must check in at the pavilion between 9.30-11 am the day of the event.
· Original artwork eligible in any medium done in Bloomington the day of the event.
· Open to professional and emerging artists of all ages and skill levels.
· Canvasses or multi-media paper must be stamped before beginning.
· Supplies are available to artists for painting on Bryant Park grounds.
· Completed artwork for judging must be delivered by 3 pm at Woodlawn Pavilion.
Artist’s name and contact info on the back. Do NOT sign artwork until after judging.
Wet oil paintings should be in a frame for safe handling (or BYO easel.)
Awards will be given for artists in the following categories in ALL media:
Professional Artists
Adult Artists
Teens (Ages 12-17)
Youth (Ages 7-11)
Collaborative Art
Bring your vegetable and flower seeds to exchange with other community members and help the gardens of Monroe County grow! During this program, the Seed Library can accept seed donations, so please come and help stock up this valuable community resource. The Library and Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard will also have free seeds available.
When donating seeds, please make sure your seeds are not from invasive plants and note the following:
The type and variety of seed
The year the seeds are from
Whether the seeds are store-bought or self-saved
We ask that you please package your seeds accordingly; we will have tools and supplies on-hand. All ages.
Pride Shuttle runs from 11:00 AM until 7:30 PM. Attendees may park at Boston Scientific, the Owen County Public Library, or any available downtown parking space. Parking is free.
The Molses Kaufman/Tectonic Theater Project play, produced locally by Stages Bloomingon.
Georgie is a resourceful 12-year-old girl. She secretly lives alone in her flat in a working class suburb of London following the death of her mother. She makes money stealing bikes with her best friend Ali and keeps the social workers off her back by pretending to live with an uncle. Out of nowhere, her estranged father, Jason, arrives. Uninterested in this sudden new parental figure, Georgie is stubbornly resistant to his attempts to connect to his daughter. As they adjust to their new circumstances, Georgie and Jason find that they both still have a lot of growing up to do.
Pink Floyd were caught in the epicentre of the underground scene of the 60s as the psychedelic house band of the UFO club in London, with Syd Barrett its enigmatic figurehead, inspiring such musicians as David Bowie and Marc Bolan. Though he named the group, wrote the first two hit songs and was the lead vocalist and guitarist, Barrett was pushed out of the band by its members who were convinced he was having an LSD induced psychotic breakdown. Barrett subsequently dropped out of the music industry, living as a recluse for thirty years.
Directed by Storm Thorgerson and Roddy Bogawa, the film combines archival footage with present-day interviews (including classic band members David Gilmour, Nick Mason, and Roger Waters)/ Thorgerson was a lifelong friend of Barrett’s and, as a member of the graphic art collective, Hipgnosis, designed a number of Floyd’s album sleeves and influenced the band’s game-changing aesthetic. (94 min)
Every Friday and Saturday in October, join us from 5-8pm in A Night Gallery, a Halloween-themed Immersive Art Exhibit, at the Backspace Gallery at 112 W 6th St. Enter through Bonne Fete.
Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrest apart after Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea. Two decades later, they are reunited in New York for one fateful week as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life in this heartrending modern romance. [105 min; drama, romance; English and South Korean with English subtitles]