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An exclusive FREE IU Bloomington student only event, Union Board is excited to present a conversation featuring the 2024 consensus national coach of the year, Curt Cignetti. This event is free to IU Bloomington students only, but a ticket (as well as student ID) is required for entry.
Cignetti was named the 30th head football coach in Indiana football history on December 3, 2023, and in his first year on campus engineered one of the best first-year turnarounds in FBS history.
A program-record for wins in a season (11) and Big Ten victories (8) highlighted Cignetti’s first season in Bloomington. The 2024 season marked the first double-digit win season in program history and pushed IU into the College Football Playoff for the first time as the No. 10 seed. This is a student-only event and is free for all IU students!
Enjoy a set three-course dinner, and FARMbloomington will donate to the Friends of the Library to help support Library programming. Price does not include a beverage, and sales tax and a 20% service charge will be added to all checks.
If music be the food of love, play on! William Shakespeare’s brilliant wordplay comes to life in this comedy filled with hilarious characters, love triangles, and mistaken identities.
Bring a mostly acoustic instrument and/or your voice and we’ll all take turns playing songs: folk, country, blues, rock’n’roll. Organized by Jason Fickel.
Looking for a place to tinker, create, and explore? Bloominglabs invites you to our free Wednesday Night Public Hours from 7 PM to 10 PM!
* Check out our tools & equipment
* Meet fellow makers & hackers
* Work on projects & get inspired
Whether you’re a seasoned maker or just curious about what we do, everyone is welcome! Come see what Bloomington’s community makerspace is all about.
Visitors are free to bring a project to work on.
If music be the food of love, play on! William Shakespeare’s brilliant wordplay comes to life in this comedy filled with hilarious characters, love triangles, and mistaken identities.
Beginners lesson at 7pm sharp
Door Time: 7:00 PM
Featuring both professional comedians from the midwest’s best Comedy scene right here in Bloomington as well as brand new folks trying out their 5 minutes for the first time- you never know what you’re going to get or who you’ll see!
Set on an idyllic Greek island, the plot serves as a background for a wealth of ABBA hit songs. Donna, an independent, single mother who owns a small hotel on the island is about to let go of Sophie, the spirited young daughter she’s raised alone. But Sophie has secretly invited three of her mother’s ex-lovers in the hopes of finding her father.
Poet and author Merle Bachman is hosting a weekly writing group at the Downtown Library! Come for the writing prompts, to discuss your work, or just to have dedicated time to write. Age 18 and up.
all ages
Jacobs School of Music Jazz Studies students will perform original compositions and classics from the Great American Songbook.
Enjoy a set three-course dinner, and FARMbloomington will donate to the Friends of the Library to help support Library programming. Price does not include a beverage, and sales tax and a 20% service charge will be added to all checks.
Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band’s newest release, “Honeysuckle” will be released officially, Friday Feb. 21.
Film | DOOR TIME 6:30 pm
The Science on Screen® grant initiative brings science to cinemas nationwide.
The Coolidge Corner Theatre’s series has enhanced film and scientific literacy with this popular program, which launched at the Coolidge in 2005 in partnership with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and its pioneering nationwide film program. This series puts together creative pairings of current, classic, cult, and documentary films with lively introductions by notable figures from the world of science, technology, and medicine.
Music for Mushrooms (2024) is a narrative documentary highlighting the personal journey of shamanistic musician and filmmaker East Forest (Krishna-Trevor Oswalt) – a collaborator of the late Ram Dass – whose bold experiments pair music with guided psychedelic experiences to create spaces of healing for a fractured world. The film captures East Forest as he discovers a practice of guided ceremonial concerts that offer participants an immersive environment to confront their pain and fears, fostering hope, and moving them to re-engage with their own true north.
Weaving together interviews and conversations with artists, academics, and cultural experts in the fields of psychedelics, science, music and philosophy – voices like Ram Dass, Xochitl Ashe, Hanifo Nayo Washington, Spring Washam, Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris, Jon Hopkins, Peter Broderick, ANNA, and more – the film explores first hand experiences, wisdom traditions, and data-backed evidence of how these timeless tools impact the human psyche, nervous system, and more.
Pre-Film Speaker: Dr. Richard Feldman, MD is a family physician, author, lecturer, and former Indiana State Department of Health Commissioner. He has written about psilocybin and depression Can Magic Mushrooms Treat Depression? It Seems So.
dir. Rene Clair
Synopsis: Blissfully hilarious and romantic, I MARRIED A WITCH features great chemistry between Veronica Lake (SULLIVAN’S TRAVELS) and Fredric March (THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES). This fun romp from French master Rene Clair gives its seasoned leads a chance to break away from stereotypically serious roles (intense leading man and film noir vamp, respectively) and prove their comedic prowess.
Lake stars as an ancient Salem witch once burned at the stake, who returns to haunt descendants of the Puritans who let her smolder — namely aspiring politician March. Lake concocts a love potion, but things get complicated when said potion works on Lake instead and she falls for March!
*In partnership with The Orbit Room, The American Genre Film Archive and Vulture Video, our Cicada Underground series comes from the ethos that while as imperfect as the people who made them, genre films deserved to be screened to both enrich our lives and have a good time doing it!
2024 | Japan, Germany | PG | DCP
Closed captioned
Genres:
A deceptively simple film about noticing and savoring the tiny joys of our everyday, ordinary lives. Nominated for a 2024 Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.
Door Time: 6:00 PM
If music be the food of love, play on! William Shakespeare’s brilliant wordplay comes to life in this comedy filled with hilarious characters, love triangles, and mistaken identities.
Doors at 7 | Ages 21+
all ages | Brought to you by Bloomington Pub Quiz.
Age: 18+
Synopsis: $5 Fight Club! This is a series dedicated to bringing you a wide array of martial arts deep cuts and kung-fu classics that Hong Kong cinema has been serving up since the 60’s. Sign up for our email list for more details!
Info: Yel Brayton 203-812-9017
Local artist, Zoe Dean, provides watercolor painting instruction every Friday excepting the first Friday of the month. All supplies are provided. All skill levels are welcome—including beginners! Requires a minimum of 3 registrants or class will be canceled.
Watch as two talented teams of glassblowers go head-to-head, bringing your wild and crazy suggestions to life!
You’ve seen the hit Netflix show, now watch BCGC’s own Blown Away Live! Watch as two talented teams of glassblowers go head-to-head, bringing your wild and crazy suggestions to life! Last year’s creations included a hot fudge sundae, a burger, and even a carnivorous – what surprises will this year’s event hold? Will the heat get to our two talented teams this time?! Find out by joining the excitement on Friday, February 21st!
Presented by Girls Rock Bloomington + FAR | Sponsored by the City of Bloomington Arts Commission
Featuring poetry by Andrea Sterling, musical by Ehaesi + DJ Good Peoples, treats for sale by Midnight Mariposa Bakery and more vendors to be announced!
Teams of 4 to 6 people compete in recess-style games, relays, and obstacle courses while listening to throwback tunes. Games are a mix of active and inactive so everyone can contribute to the team. The full activity list and rules will be released the week of Feb. 17.
Doors at 5pm
A cozy evening featuring incredible local talent, signature drinks, and delicious bites. From country tunes to acoustic gems, this series has something for everyone.
Door Time: 6:00 PM
The once-in-a-generation CAMP CLASSIC returns to BTown. Featuring a bonkers plot, endlessly quotable lines, bizarre acting, and some of the most “intense” football action in movie history, The Room is a masterpiece of WTF cinema that demands to be seen with a large group! Before the screening begins, Constellation will be hosting a short pre-show event, including a quote off and a few other movie-related activities.
The Bloomington Storytellers Guild presents their annual Wintertelling. Cozy up for warm stories on a cold night.
If music be the food of love, play on! William Shakespeare’s brilliant wordplay comes to life in this comedy filled with hilarious characters, love triangles, and mistaken identities.
How To Train Your Dragon – In Concert features this acclaimed film presented in HD, with composer John Powell’s Academy Award®-nominated score performed live to picture by a full symphony orchestra in a thrilling experience for all ages.
Doors at 7 | Ages 21+
The acclaimed and ever popular Japanese taiko drum group, Kodo, is bringing its engaging rhythm to IU Auditorium this season! The group will perform its newest work, Warabe, as part of its 2025 North American Tour showcasing the ensemble’s continued exploration of new and old traditions from Sado Island.
The taiko is a traditional Japanese drum with limitless rhythmic possibilities and Kodo’s mission is to explore those possibilities, and in the process forge new directions for a vibrant living artform. In Japanese, the word “Kodo” holds a double meaning. It can be translated as “heartbeat,” the primal source of all rhythm, but it can also mean “drum” and “child.” This reflects Kodo’s desire to play the drums with the simple heart of a child. In Warabe, Kodo looks to its classic repertoire and aesthetics from the ensemble’s early days. This production blends simple forms of Taiko expression that celebrate the unique sound, resonance, and physicality synonymous with Kodo—forever children of the drum at heart.
Door Time: 8:45 PM
About Kneecap
Former schoolteacher JJ and local hoods/casual drug dealers Naoise and Liam Og are Kneecap, an unlikely trio rapping in their native Irish and unlikely figureheads of a civil rights movement to save their mother tongue. But first they must overcome police, paramilitaries, and politicians trying to silence their defiant sound while their anarchic approach to life makes them their own worst enemies. In this fiercely original sex, drugs and hip-hop quasi-biopic, Kneecap play themselves, laying down a global rallying cry for the defense of native cultures. First Irish-language film to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival (and at IU Cinema!). [135 min; comedy, drama; English and Irish with English subtitles]
The Bloomington Winter Farmers’ Market is the oldest winter market in Indiana as it enters its 21st year serving the community of Bloomington.
The BWFM has a diversity of vendors and products including fresh produce, local meat and poultry, dairy products, eggs, maple syrup, honey products, breads, baked goods, jams and sauces, prepared foods, locally roasted coffee, cut flowers, seeds and plants, artisanal crafts and many other items. You can find everything you need for nourishing winter meals along with local crafts, seasonal gifts and shareable treats!
Info: Victoria Cheng 812-837-6037
Bingo in the cat lounge! Space is limited for this fun event. Win cat-themed prizes and visit with adoptable cats. Adoption is not required the socialization plays a big part in their journey.
If music be the food of love, play on! William Shakespeare’s brilliant wordplay comes to life in this comedy filled with hilarious characters, love triangles, and mistaken identities.
TASTE-ALONG the WONKA way! Experience the favorite childhood classic like never before – with taste-a-long bags of treats for the whole family. Eat along with the film…when Charlie takes a bite, so do you!
This is a social support group for LGBTQ+ adults.
2024 | Japan, Germany | PG | DCP
Closed captioned
Genres:
A deceptively simple film about noticing and savoring the tiny joys of our everyday, ordinary lives. Nominated for a 2024 Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.
Join us at the Hard Truth Tours & Tastings Center for a creative evening of painting and cocktails! Whether you’re an experienced artist or just looking for a fun night out, this guided painting session will let you bring a piece of the Hard Truth campus to life on canvas.
Your ticket includes:
All painting supplies
One handcrafted Hard Truth cocktail
Step-by-step instruction to create your own Hard Truth-inspired masterpiece
Sip, paint, and enjoy a relaxed atmosphere with great company. Space is limited — reserve your spot today
Doors at 5:30pm
Join the IU Student Foundation at the Buskirk Chumley Theater for IU Sing A Cappella 2025 on Saturday February 22nd! IU Sing A Cappella will showcase talented student groups performing for the opportunity to sing at the 2025 Little 500 races. IU Sing is a campus musical competition that, for more than 80 years, has gathered student groups to create and perform original productions. With its rich history of hosting student events, IUSF is proud to revive this time-honored IU tradition for a new generation.
Funds raised from IU Sing will benefit the 2025 Students Helping Students campaign.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer-themed dance featuring cover bands.
Door Time: 6:00 PM