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A program where individuals bring their own supplies to work on a project while others do the same. It’s a way to connect socially, enjoy your hobby, and be productive in the process! Whether you quilt, scrapbook, paint, decoupage, or anything of the like, this program is for you!
Friday, May 23rd:
6pm- Jan Bell with Marina Stant & Devin Brown
7pm- Tom Roznowski & Carolyn Dutton
8pm- Elizabeth Lee
9pm- Shelby County Sinners
Saturday, May 24th:
5pm- Tim Easton
6pm- Silver Creek Revival
7pm- Tim Grimm
8pm- CPR Revival
9pm- Nick Dittmeier & The Sawdusters
Step into the stars and join us for a magical Astrological Themed Craft Night at Gather! This after-hours DIY event is all about tapping into the cosmic energy and creating something woo-woo to align with the universe’s vibes. Whether you’re a seasoned star-gazer or new to the metaphysical world, it’s the perfect night to unwind, explore the mystical, and make something magical.
From celestial decor to zodiac-themed pottery, our DIY bar will have all the supplies you need to bring your cosmic creations to life.
What’s Included:
Astrology and zodiac-themed craft supplies at our DIY bar
A relaxing, otherworldly vibe to connect with your spiritual side
It’s a night for the curious, the creative, and the cosmic—channel your inner star, and create something magical with us! 🌙
Each month on Fourth Friday evenings the On The Rocks stage at Hard Truth Distillery features acoustic performances from a variety of local and regional artists. Playing “In the Round” these artists take turns sharing their favorite songs across the beautifully terraced and gardened hillside.
Doors at 5pm
Doug Duffey – Keyboardist,vocalist,songwriter, producer – Louisiana-based pianist, songwriter and music producer. He is an internationally acclaimed artist with a career spanning over 50 years. Doug has written songs for Marcia Ball, George Clinton, Funkadelic, Rare Earth, Zakiya Hooker, Billy Gergory, and many, many others. Doug Duffey is a member of the National Blues, Louisiana, and Northeast Louisiana Halls of Fame. In 2024 Duffey was honored with a historical marker on the Northeast Louisiana Music Trail.
Dan Sumner – Guitarist,vocalist,percussionist, engineer , and band psychologist . Talented, a classically trained jazz guitarist. Sumner plays a one-of-a-kind, custom 16-B archtop jazz guitar, handmade by master craftsman Bob Benedetto. He is also remarkable on the Talker Lap Steel guitar. He is comfortably at home in his Garden District music studio in Monroe, Louisiana.
Carmen Lagala masterfully blends silly, dark, and confessional humor with an approach that makes you feel like you’re up late getting buzzed with a best friend. Carmen’s journey from a shy Vermont collegiate hall-of-fame athlete to a well-known New York City stand-up comedian is nothing short of inspiring. After performing throughout the country for over 15 years, Carmen has developed a fearless approach to comedy, leaving no topic off limits.
Info: https://usaihc.org/13th-competition
Live local music Friday night at The Bishop
Market goers can expect to find a wide assortment of goods from the farm and field, including fruits and vegetables, eggs, meats and cheeses, honey, seasonal flowers, and annual and perennial plants. Food and beverage artisans provide a tasteful variety of satisfying breads, drinks, pastries, and savory dishes. This weekly gathering provides individuals the opportunity to connect with their community in meaningful ways while supporting small farmers and businesses.
Youth Day at the Market this Weekend!!
Young farmers, artists, growers and entrepreneurs 6-17 years old will get their own booth spaces on the Fernandez Plaza and some nestled along the periphery of BCFM vendors during this special day for youth at the Market. Youth keep all their profits as they experience a day of running their own stands. Their Market runs from 9 AM to 12:30 PM.
This week, Roger Kerr, Chief of the Bloomington Fire Department, will greet the public at the Bloomington Community Farmers’ Market from 10 AM to 12 PM.
The Bedford Farmers Market consists of local farmers, artisans and bakers; all items for sale at the market are handmade/homegrown in Lawrence County and within 75 miles from courthouse. Products available at the Bedford Farmers Market include fresh produce, plants, farm fresh eggs, local beef, chicken and pork, baked goods, jams, jellies, sweet bread, pies, cinnamon rolls, jewelry, tie-dye, pottery, leather goods, baby items, candles, walking sticks, baskets, crochet dolls/animals and a variety of other art/craft items.
We welcome new vendors/performers throughout the season
Join us for a day of fresh produce, handmade goods, and local flavors at the Owen County Farmers’ Market! Whether you’re looking for the freshest vegetables, beautiful flowers, local honey, unique crafts, or plant starts, there’s something for everyone.
Located in our overflow parking lot on the West side of the funeral home, vendors will be on hand with fresh produce, honey, homemade baked goods, handmade crafts and jewelry, fundraisers, food trucks and non-for profit community organizations.
Many vendors accept Venmo, Paypal, Apple and Android Pay.
Public restrooms are available at our market.
Come join us May 24th from 10am-4pm for a truly hometown experience and enjoy the old western town in BLOOM! This will be a celebration and gathering of all thing in spring full of life and blooms.
Our market will be located at Kady Lynn auctions, a quite old western town ready to welcome guests!
Come meet the author of At the Edge of the Stairs!
Phil will be here signing copies and meeting readers! Stop by to grab a copy and meet the talented author!
Join us in the Bloomington Community Orchard to help kick off the new growing season! We plan to get some spring plantings in the ground, including fruit trees, berry shrubs, and companion plants. We will also have some blackberry, elderberry, and other plant starts to give away from our new Orchard Propagation Station! The Orchard will provide snacks and drinks for volunteers, since this overlaps our weekly Work & Learn Day (1-4pm).
SCHEDULE:
– 1pm Event Begins
– 1:15 Plantings (and live music!)
– 3:15 Food/Drinks & Raffle (free chance to win BCO merch!)
– 3:30 Poetry Reading with Ross Gay!
– 4pm Event Ends
Sip your way through marriage, money, and mayhem
Will you retire rich or spill your tea on a millionaire? We are throwing a ‘Game of Life’ themed tea party.
Dress: Bright, board-game fabulous
Spin the wheel, drink the tea, and play your best life
This is a social support group for LGBTQ+ adults.
Saturday, May 24th:
5pm- Tim Easton
6pm- Silver Creek Revival
7pm- Tim Grimm
8pm- CPR Revival
9pm- Nick Dittmeier & The Sawdusters
Doors at 5pm
Nashville’s Dallas Ugly (Libby Weitnauer, Owen Burton, and Eli Broxham) are a band of truly trusted friends who – after a decade of playing together – return with their best work yet. Sitting somewhere between indie rock and Americana, and beautifully produced in collaboration with Grammy winning engineer Justin Francis, their sophomore album See Me Now is contemporary, crisp, and alive, a fiddle-filled entry in the current band-with-guitar renaissance that puts them in conversation with acts like MJ Lenderman, Big Thief, and Allegra Krieger while still channelling the sparkly sing-along heights of late 90s radio. The growth of heartache, finding footing in an unstable world, and modern anxiety resonate out in soaring harmony.
Carmen Lagala masterfully blends silly, dark, and confessional humor with an approach that makes you feel like you’re up late getting buzzed with a best friend. Carmen’s journey from a shy Vermont collegiate hall-of-fame athlete to a well-known New York City stand-up comedian is nothing short of inspiring. After performing throughout the country for over 15 years, Carmen has developed a fearless approach to comedy, leaving no topic off limits.
Improv Bloomington presents a night of fast-paced, unscripted comedy on Saturday, May 24 at 7:30 PM at Constellation Studios (411 E 7th St). Like the TV show “Whose Line Is It Anyway?”, everything is made up on the spot based on audience suggestions. Doors open at 7:00 PM.
Info: https://usaihc.org/13th-competition
8PM DOORS /// 830PM SHOW /// ALL-AGES
Chicago-based Dylan Ryan makes a return to Orbit Room, this time performing material from his new solo album, In The Same Room With A Cactus,” on eyes&ears Records. Dylan’s band Bronze performed at Sounds From the Black Hole in January 2025. This solo album is the result of 3 years of work, written primarily on synthesizer and drum machine. The results are reminiscent of komische, new age, and the softer facets of jazz. For this live presentation, Dylan will be joined by Nate Lepine on soprano saxophone.
Dylan Ryan has played with Bronze, SAND, Man Man, Ether Feather, The Red Krayola, Bitchen Bajas, Icy Demons, and has albums out on Cuneiform Records.
Dylan Ryan – In The Same Room With A Cactus
Working under the name DREKKA since 1996, American composer Michael Anderson has toured, traveled, and collaborated extensively; collecting memories and building a personalized archive of sound that dates back to the mid-1980’s.
Anderson’s work dwells heavily on themes of silence, memory, and forgetfulness; functioning as a direct line to the mind and its tenuous cache of memories. An unguarded freneticism is clearly on display, rather than being obscured by poetic abstractions; seeking to occupy and confront those dark spaces which comprise the tenuous province of memory, dreams, anxiety, and a palpable, haunted sense of liminality.
Michael also performs in the groups Crisping Lover and Water Is The Sun.
Drekka website
Taylor K. Sullivan-Peters is a musician, electrical engineer and instrument builder based out of Indianapolis. Using homemade synthesizers and electronic circuitry, Taylor creates dynamic fields of sound–power ambient that can contain gentle, enveloping baths to swarming pricks and stabs. This is exciting, adventurous ambient that takes you on a journey through your own mind.
Bandcamp
featuring:
Oliver Closeoff
Kitt St. Clair
Brentlee Bich
Ava
Violet Nightmarez
Neil Down
Info: https://usaihc.org/13th-competition
Get guidance from an expert as you paint miniatures for tabletop role-playing games. Supplies and miniatures will be provided. All skill levels are welcome.
The Mobility Aids Lending Library (MALL) program matches gently used mobility devices free of charge to those who cannot afford them or only need them for a short period of time. All ages.
Join us as we start season one of “Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.” We’ll chat, craft, and eat snacks.
BLEMF is the Bloomington Early Music Festival, focusing this year on Early Music in the African Diaspora. Info at www.blemf.org
The Bloomington Community Band will start playing at 9:30 am and the ceremony will begin at 10 am. If you go, organizers suggest taking along folding chairs or blankets for the hour-long event.
BLEMF 2025 is the Bloomington Early Music Festival, focusing this year on Early Music in the African Diaspora. Info at www.blemf.org
No money involved. Play euchre or another card game (cards provided by the Club) or bring any board game to play.
BLEMF is the Bloomington Early Music Festival, focusing this year on: Early Music in the African Diaspera. Info: www.blemf.org
Hey smart people!! Trivia Nights are now your favorite thing to do on Mondays! We promise to keep the sports to a minimum!
Come out on Monday nights from 8:30-10pm for your chance off that brain power to win fabulous bar cash prizes!
Learning begins with curiosity and wonder. Hands-on workstations strengthen your young scientist’s independent math and comprehension skills as you investigate science topics together.
Dine out for the Friends of the Library at DeAngelo’s (2620 E. Third Street, Bloomington). Make plans for lunch or dinner from 11 AM–9 PM on Tuesdays, May 20 and 27. Show your flyer (available at any Library branch or at mcpl.info/dineout) and DeAngelo’s will donate 20% of your bill to the Friends of the Library to help make amazing Library programs possible.
BLEMF 2025 is the Bloomington Early Music Festival, focusing this year on Early Music in the African Diaspora. Info at www.blemf.org
BLEMF 2025 is the Bloomington Early Music Festival, focusing this year on Early Music in the African Diaspora. Info at www.blemf.org
Join us as we read our way through the romance genre! We’ll gush about our newest love story while unpacking the more complex sides of the genre as it grows and expands.
BLEMF 2025 is the Bloomington Early Music Festival, focusing this year on Early Music in the African Diaspora. Info at www.blemf.org
This event is part of the Collections of Sembène and Vieyra Archival Workshop organized by the Early African Cinemas Lab.
A Q&A with Alain Sembène and Saiba Bayo (Pompeu Fabra University) will follow the screening.
BLEMF 2025 is the Bloomington Early Music Festival, focusing this year on Early Music in the African Diaspora. Info at www.blemf.org
BLEMF 2025 is the Bloomington Early Music Festival, focusing this year on Early Music in the African Diaspora. Info at www.blemf.org
Meet and chat with VITAL staff and volunteers. Ask questions about tutoring, get ideas for lesson plans, and connect with other volunteers. All levels of experience are welcome.
A place to go if you love dancing and support the work of Spencer Pride. No cost, no registration, no partner necessary. Just show up!