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For low- and middle-income taxpayers, with special attention to those age 60 and older.
For low- and middle-income taxpayers, with special attention to those age 60 and older.
On Tuesday,March 14th, beginning at 5:30pm, we host a presentation and demonstration by Ann Smith, a certified Emotional Freedom Techniques practitioner with over 20 years of experience. She will teach and demonstrate EFT, Emotional Freedom Techniques, which by simple tapping allows you to immediately reduce the level of stress in your life, and find calmness in the midst of chaos. So needed these days. Amazing, virtually instantaneous relief !
Greg Mahan, Gary Applegate, and Frank Jones will be playing tonight. Also Open Guest for those who would like to perform an original tune.
Located at Bears Place – Back Room – must be 21+ to enter.
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
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
The lights are up, the sound is down, and no one minds if you talk or move around.
The Lean And The Plenty mixes engaging story songs and raucous stompers, darkly themed tunes from a biting perspective.
http://theleanandtheplenty.com
*Please note* Flatwoods Park is just outside of Ellettsville, on the way to Spencer. Flatwoods Road is to the left off Hwy 46.
Hopefully we will be treated to some displaying American Woodcocks as the sun sets for the evening!
John Roy began his career performing in independent rooms in Chicago. After honing his act in clubs around the Midwest, John was crowned the first champion of CBS’ “Star Search,” in 2003.He has appeared on numerous television shows, including “Conan,” “@midnight,” “The Tonight Show,” “The Late, Late Show” and “Last Comic Standing.”
John was a Co-Producer on Fusion’s “Trump Vs. Bernie: Debate for America” and “Shout the Vote” television specials.
John has written on projects for Comedy Central and MTV, and co-written numerous videos for Funny or Die, including the IFC web series “Maron in Space.” In addition, John has been a creative consultant on national ad campaigns for Apple, NBC Sports, and Mitsubishi, including spots that aired during the Super Bowl.
John’s CD “Dressed for Recess,” was released in 2008 on RBC Records. His second, “Alexander Hamilton,” was released on AST Records in 2013. Both are heard on Sirius XM radio.
John is a national touring headliner across North America. He performs in numerous clubs including Gotham in New York and the Improv in Hollywood. He is also a regular performer on acclaimed independent shows like “Whiplash,” “Hot Tub,” and “Meltdown.”
John’s Podcast, “Don’t Ever Change” is on the Feral Audio network, and has featured Dan Harmon, Kumail Nanjiani, and T.J. Miller.
John was a guest at the HBO Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, the Just For Laughs Festival in Chicago, The Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, and Laugh Fest in Grand Rapids. John also appeared in the High Plains, Limestone, and Bridgetown Comedy Festivals.
A unique St. Patrick’s Day celebration! Two of the regions most talented vocalists Heather Chapman and Cody Ikerd (previously starred in 2016’s Outlaws and Honky Tonks at the Playhouse) plus a live band will lead the audience on a journey to Ireland, exploring the ancestral roots of popular country and rock music.
John Roy began his career performing in independent rooms in Chicago. After honing his act in clubs around the Midwest, John was crowned the first champion of CBS’ “Star Search,” in 2003.He has appeared on numerous television shows, including “Conan,” “@midnight,” “The Tonight Show,” “The Late, Late Show” and “Last Comic Standing.”
John was a Co-Producer on Fusion’s “Trump Vs. Bernie: Debate for America” and “Shout the Vote” television specials.
John has written on projects for Comedy Central and MTV, and co-written numerous videos for Funny or Die, including the IFC web series “Maron in Space.” In addition, John has been a creative consultant on national ad campaigns for Apple, NBC Sports, and Mitsubishi, including spots that aired during the Super Bowl.
John’s CD “Dressed for Recess,” was released in 2008 on RBC Records. His second, “Alexander Hamilton,” was released on AST Records in 2013. Both are heard on Sirius XM radio.
John is a national touring headliner across North America. He performs in numerous clubs including Gotham in New York and the Improv in Hollywood. He is also a regular performer on acclaimed independent shows like “Whiplash,” “Hot Tub,” and “Meltdown.”
John’s Podcast, “Don’t Ever Change” is on the Feral Audio network, and has featured Dan Harmon, Kumail Nanjiani, and T.J. Miller.
John was a guest at the HBO Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, the Just For Laughs Festival in Chicago, The Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, and Laugh Fest in Grand Rapids. John also appeared in the High Plains, Limestone, and Bridgetown Comedy Festivals.
On Saturday, Mar 18th, we will visit Stillwater Marsh and the walk will be hosted by Allisyn Gillet and Sadie Dainko. Meet at 8:45am in the park parking lot at the Stillwater Overlook. If you need directions or have any questions please contact us at [email protected]
On Saturday, Mar 18th, we will have the third installment of our new series of monthly bird outings aimed at being casual walks open to birders of all skill levels (beginners to advanced). During the year we will visit many of the best birding areas in Monroe County. Hosted by a Friend of SAS, all are welcome. Walks will be held the 3rd Saturday of each month beginning at 9am.
April 15th, we will visit Lingle Road
May 20th, we will visit Friendship Road
June 17th, we will visit Bean Blossom Bottoms
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].
Come and experience a science saga from a galaxy far, far away. Meet real Star Wars costumed characters, experience a lightsaber duel by the Indy Light Saber Academy, meet real robots, and lots more for Jedi of all ages! Come as you are or dress in your best Star Wars outfit!
Pryor began playing music with the punk/ska band Secret Decoder Ring in 1994, and through playing shows in the Kansas City area, met the members of his future band, indie rock group The Get Up Kids, which was formed in 1995. After getting the attention of major labels with their first album, they found widespread success and acclaim with the release of Something to Write Home About in 1999. It was around this time that he began releasing solo acoustic material under the moniker The New Amsterdams. While touring to support the band’s fourth album Guilt Show, Pryor had a breakdown in Australia brought on from the stresses from being away from his newborn first child. After quitting the band temporarily, the group decided to disband after one final tour the following year. It was during this time that he wrote Story Like a Scar, inspired by the band’s troubles.
After the breakup of The Get Up Kids, Pryor’s musical focus shifted to The New Amsterdams, which had now become a full three-piece band. Pryor had two more children, and began writing children’s music. His first children’s album, If You Ever See an Owl…—recorded with The New Amsterdams under the moniker The Terrible Twos—was released in 2006.
In 2008, Pryor announced that The New Amsterdams (which had by that time grown into a full band) would be going on hiatus, allowing him to pursue a solo career. The first album released under Pryor’s name was Confidence Man, released later that year on Vagrant Records.[1] After a brief tour with Kevin Devine in support of the album, it was announced that The Get Up Kids would be reuniting after a surprise show in their native Kansas City.
In 2009, between tours supporting the ten-year anniversary of Something to Write Home About, The Get Up Kids entered the studio with longtime producer Ed Rose to record new material, resulting in the Simple Science EP and the band’s fifth album There Are Rules. In 2011, Pryor ran a Kickstarter campaign to fund a second solo album, entitled May Day. The project was funded, and the album was released in January 2012, along with the companion album Still, There’s a Light. That same year, he formed the supergroup Lasorda with members of fun., White Whale and Kevin Devine’s Goddamn Band, writing and recording their new album remotely in different studios across the country.
In 2013, Pryor released Outroduction, a collection of B-Sides meant to serve as the final release by The New Amsterdams. He is also writing a third Terrible Twos album, as well as recording songs with Get Up Kids Bandmate James Dewees for an as-yet unnamed side-project.
In 2012, Pryor launched “Nothing to Write Home About,” an interview podcast featuring one-on-one interviews with Pryor’s musician friends. James Dewees was a regular guest on this podcast and they later announced plans to release a collaborative EP on vinyl/digital formats together. This self-titled EP was released on October 1, 2013. Matt has plans to follow this up with a new album called “Wrist Slitter” on November 12, 2013 via Rory Records in the US and Alcopop! Records in the U.K.
Web: https://mattpryor.bandcamp.com
FB:https://www.facebook.com/mattpryorsongs
Twitter: @mattpryorsongs
Daniel Michael Andriano is the bassist and co-vocalist of the punk rock band Alkaline Trio.In 1993 he and several friends from the Elgin area formed the punk-ska fusion band Slapstick, with Andriano playing bass and contributing backing vocals. He would remain a member through the release of two full-length albums (Lookit! and a self-titled compilation) until the group’s breakup in 1996. After the breakup he and two other ex-members of Slapstick formed the band Tuesday, which released an EP titled Early Summer and one full length entitled “Freewheelin'” in 1997.In late 1997 Andriano was asked by Matt Skiba to join the Alkaline Trio, replacing original bassist Rob Doran. His first release with the band was the 1998 EP For Your Lungs Only. The band has since released eight studio albums.
In 2004 he joined The Falcon, a supergroup also including members of The Lawrence Arms. The group has released an EP, God Don’t Make No Trash or Up Your Ass with Broken Glass (2004), and an album, Unicornography (2006). Andriano played bass guitar on Ben Weasel’s 2007 album These Ones Are Bitter.
Andriano also performs as a solo act under the name “Dan Andriano in the Emergency Room”.His first solo album, Hurricane Season, was released on August 9th, 2011 through Asian Man Records.
Web: http://www.danandrianointheemergencyroom.com
FB: http://www.facebook.com/danandrianointheemergencyroom
Twitter: @danielandriano
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.
Dale Drake, local quilt historian and enthusiast, will discuss the life and work of Marie Webster. Drake will highlight the impact her work had on the quilting world of the Colonial Revival, and how Webster’s work has inspired quilters since her time, including the artist quilters of the Dialogues quilt exhibit currently on display at MCHC.
Celebrate (or mourn) the end of spring break with that quintessential beach movie, Beach Blanket Bingo, starring Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello. This all-star cast also features Buster Keaton, Don Rickles, Linda Evans, and Paul Lynde, just to name a few.
What’s the movie about, you ask? Well, we’re mostly interested in the mermaid, the buzz saw, and the skydiving but if you want to know more about the plot of the film, here’s our best effort:
A singer, Sugar Kane, is unwittingly being used for publicity stunts, including a fake skydiving adventure. Eric Von Zipper, shadowed by his Malibu Rat Pack bikers, falls madly in love with Sugar Kane. Eventually Von Zipper kidnaps Kane and, in classic villain style, ties her to a buzz saw. And the mermaid? We’re not sure how she fits into the story but apparently someone named Bonehead falls in love with her.
Add in some musical numbers, surfing, and a classic teen romance and you get lots of good wholesome fun (ignoring the deception,…
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.
For low- and middle-income taxpayers, with special attention to those age 60 and older.
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.
The Club is honoring Hometown Heroes this year and will be pleased to hear from Cindy York, the president of the Bloomington World-Wide Friendship organization. The public is invited to attend.
For low- and middle-income taxpayers, with special attention to those age 60 and older.
Presented by the Jorgensen Guest Filmmaker Lecture Series. The title of David Gatten’s lecture is Working with Words: Historical Documents, Systems of Knowledge, & Text-as-Moving Image Art
“The films of David Gatten brand the brain and the retina with equal force. They consist partly of cerebral puzzles and partly of lyrical reveries, and their central drama lies in the space between, where facts transform into poetry and transient experiences are assimilated into systems of knowledge. —Tom McCormack, Moving Image Source
Over the last 19 years, David Gatten (b. 1971, Ann Arbor, Mich.) has explored the intersection of the printed word and moving image. The resulting body of work illuminates a wide array of historical, conceptual, and material concerns, while cataloging the variety of ways in which texts function in cinema as both language and image, often blurring the boundary between these categories. These movies measure the movement of desire across distance and the manner in which words, books, letters, and other written or printed communications might both produce and mediate that distance.
Using traditional research methods (reading old books) and non-traditional film processes (boiling old books), the films trace the contours of private lives and public histories, combining philosophy, biography, and poetry with experiments in cinematic forms and narrative structures. Exploring the archive in unusual ways and making connections across categories of knowledge and fields of meaning, Gatten’s movies construct new compositions and generate unexpected conclusions from 19th-century scientific treatises, “outdated” 20th-century instructional texts, and rare books from 18th-century personal libraries.
Since 1996, Gatten’s work has appeared in over 60 solo exhibitions and screened in over 1,000 group shows around the world. Gatten is a 2005 Guggenheim Fellow, and his films premiere regularly at Lincoln Center in the New York Film Festival. His films have been included twice in the Whitney Biennial (2002 and 2006), as well as in the landmark exhibition “The American Century: Art & Culture, 1900–2000” at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Gatten’s films are screened in international film festivals (London, Toronto, Rotterdam, Oberhausen) and cinémathèques (Anthology Film Archives in NYC, Cinema Project in Portland, Cinémathèque Française in Paris), as well as exhibited in museums (National Gallery of Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, ICA-London), galleries (Gladstone Gallery and Exit Art in NYC, Pierogi, WORK in Brooklyn, Paul Young Projects in L.A., SKE Gallery in Bangalore), and university and art-school spaces (Harvard Film Archive, Gene Siskel Center, Pacific Film Archive, RedCat).
Texts of Light: A Mid-Career Retrospective of Fourteen Films by David Gatten, opened in November of 2011 at the Wexner Center for the Arts and, in 2012, toured to the National Gallery of Art; Harvard Film Archive; SFMoMA; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts; ATA Gallery in San Francisco; RedCat; Los Angeles Film Forum; and The Panorama.
A 2010 Film Comment critics’ poll of artist cinema in the 21st-century placed Gatten within the top 10 filmmakers of the new century and included two of his films in a list of the 50 best individual works of the decade.
In May 2012, an international critics poll conducted by Cinemascope named Gatten one of the “Fifty Best Filmmakers Under Fifty” alongside Academy-Award® nominated directors Wes Anderson, David Fincher, Steven Soderbergh, and Quentin Tarantino, as well as international “festival-circuit” filmmakers Jia Zhangke, Lucrecia Martel, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Carlos Reygadas, and American independent directors and film artists of Gatten’s generation including Kelly Reichardt, Jennifer Reeves, Sharon Lockhart, and Paul Thomas Anderson.
His latest major work, The Extravagant Shadows was ranked the no. 9 film of 2012 in the Film Comment international film critics poll of the “50 Best Independent Films of 2012.” Feature articles about and reviews of The Extravagant Shadows have appeared in Artforum, Film Comment, Reverse Shot, Fandor, and IDIOM, among others.
In November 2013, multi-program retrospectives of Gatten’s films were presented by the Austrian Film Museum in Vienna and the National Film Archive in Prague. In 2014, THE MATTER PROPOUNDED: The Films of David Gatten, 2010–2013 was featured at the Festival International de Cine de Gijon in Gijon, Spain. In March 2015, the Irish Film Institute and the PLASTIK Festival of Artists Moving Image presented the international premiere of The Extravagant Shadows as a part of their retrospective DAVID GATTEN IN THE 21ST CENTURY: 16mm Films & Digital Cinema, 2004–2014.
Gatten’s work will be the subject of another major retrospective in January and February of 2017 at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seoul, Korea.
His work resides in the permanent collections of the British Film Institute, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Austrian Film Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Cinémathèque Française, the Scottish Poetry Library and the Harvard Film Archive, as well as in numerous public and private collections.
This series is sponsored by The Media School, The Media School’s cinema and media arts program, and IU Cinema.
A Lotus Blossom Event:
Iraqi oud musician and composer Rahim AlHaj combines traditional Iraqi maqams with contemporary styling and influence. Virtuosically playing on an instrument that spans 5,000 years, Rahim’s music represents a unique voice that speaks passionately to contemporary listeners of every musical background. Deftly combining traditional Iraqi maqams with contemporary stylings and influences, AlHaj seeks to translate into music the suffering, joy, anxiety, and determination that he has experienced and witnessed in his life as an Iraqi political refugee, and today as an American citizen. Communicating with a compelling immediacy that bypasses cultural obstacles, his music speaks irresistibly to the heart in a universal language of compassion. A Grammy award-nominated artist, AlHaj tours the country delivering a message of optimism while seeking to bring the world to a compassionate understanding of our shared destiny and to give the oppressed a voice for justice.
On Tuesday eve, March 21st, beginning at 5:30 p.m. The Venue will host an artist demonstration of painting with pastels, by Joanne Baum.
Joanne developed her passion for pastels several years ago and has perfected the techniques of color layering, and over and under painting that take full advantage of the qualities of the medium.
Joanne will demonstrate various basic techniques, to wet the appetite of the novice. Her presentation will be interactive, informative, and fun.
Light refreshments will be served, and our collection of gifts and fine art will be on display for viewing and purchase.
Contact: Laurie Ringquist. 812-349-3870, [email protected]
The Animal Control Commission is a citizen’s commission charged with:
- Formulating, adopting and implementing policies, principles, and standards for humane treatment and control of all animals in the city.
- Reviewing the decisions and actions of the senior animal control officer in any matter related to the enforcement of chapter 2.12.010 of the Bloomington Municipal Code.
- Making recommendations to the mayor of the city as to necessary ordinances concerning the care, treatment and control of animals.
Contact: Nancy Woolery. 812-349-3851, [email protected]
The purpose of the Commission shall be to promote connections in our community which empower, enhance and nurture children and youth. The Commission will access resources and information to make recommendations to people and organizations with authority to create and support systems that encourage healthy development of children and youth.
Aims and goals:
- Identify and assess needs, resources and services relating to children andyouth;
- Encourage collaboration between local agencies, schools, businesses and individuals;
- Monitor legislative developments relating to children and youth;
- Encourage local, State and federal legislation that will improve the lives of children and youth;
- Empower children and youth to have a stronger voice in our community;
- Empower children and youth to reach their full potential;
- Report assessments and make recommendations; and
- Celebrate successes.
Formerly the Community and Family Resources Commission.
We are pleased to announce the names of our three speakers, all of whom bring unique, yet interrelated, lenses to the discussion. These include IU Professor Asma Afsaruddin from the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures who specializes in Islamic religious thought and gender roles, and who will focus on Islamophobia and the harassment of Muslim women in particular; Ms. Evelyn Smith, on the staff of Bloomington’s domestic violence shelter, Middle Way House, who will shed light on intimate partner violence involving women of color in Bloomington and Monroe County; and professor and author Kali N. Gross of Wesleyan University. Dr. Gross, has been teaching and writing about nineteenth and twentieth century African American women, crime, and incarceration for almost two decades. She has published two scholarly books on black woman and crime in addition to numerous articles on state sanctioned violence against black and brown women, and the continual erasure of this violence by both the media and civil rights organizations, in a variety of venues including the Huffington Post.
In addition to hearing from our panelists, we wish to encourage open dialogue with those in attendance at the teach-in as well as encourage cross-organizational networking. With these goals in mind, the room will be set up with floor microphones in order to facilitate questions and conversation from the audience, town hall style.
Additionally, tables will be set up for a Reception and Justice Fair across the hall in the University Club starting at 8pm. Attendees will be able to walk through the tables, learn about the various organizations on campus and across the city that are engaged in social justice work on behalf of women of color (broadly defined), and sign up to receive more information from those groups they are interested in joining. We hope to encourage greater civic participation among our students and the residents of the City of Bloomington.
This event is co-sponsored by: Office of the Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Multicultural Affairs(DEMA), Department of History, Office of First Year Experience Programs(FYE), and Union Board.
Presenting: Michael Kelsey, Summer Vee and Joe Peters
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
A Lotus Blossom presentation:
Iraqi oud musician and composer Rahim AlHaj combines traditional Iraqi maqams with contemporary styling and influence. Virtuosically playing on an instrument that spans 5,000 years, Rahim’s music represents a unique voice that speaks passionately to contemporary listeners of every musical background. Deftly combining traditional Iraqi maqams with contemporary stylings and influences, AlHaj seeks to translate into music the suffering, joy, anxiety, and determination that he has experienced and witnessed in his life as an Iraqi political refugee, and today as an American citizen. Communicating with a compelling immediacy that bypasses cultural obstacles, his music speaks irresistibly to the heart in a universal language of compassion. A Grammy award-nominated artist, AlHaj tours the country delivering a message of optimism while seeking to bring the world to a compassionate understanding of our shared destiny and to give the oppressed a voice for justice.
The ATM Noon Concert and Lecture Series is a forum for the presentation and discussion of music and culture. Entertaining and educational, the series features performances and lecture/demonstrations by musicians and scholars from around the world and from the local community. The series provides an opportunity for university and local community members to gather and celebrate the diversity of music and culture in the world.
Prospective students and their families can get general information about college and financial aid, take campus tours, and learn about degree programs that are in-demand by employers. Students who plan to earn a bachelor’s degree can learn how to complete the first two years of college at Ivy Tech and transfer their degree to save on college costs. High school students can learn how to complete an associate degree in as little as 11 months in the ASAP program. Faculty from all degree programs will be available to answer questions. All visitors will be entered for a chance to win a free class, tablet, or bookstore gift card. For more information, please call 812-330-601
This event is completely FREE (including property admission) and open to everyone – no registration needed. Gaze through the telescopes set up outside, and come inside to enjoy astronomy-themed activities and crafts. Activities will be available from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. Telescopes will be set up next to the Beach area; indoor activities will be at the Activity Center, which is next to the beach. In the event of inclement weather or exceptionally cloudy skies, telescope viewing may not be available. However, the indoor astronomy activities are “rain or shine!” More info at http://bit.ly/welcomeuniverse
Saturday Night, the first proper solo album from Tim Darcy (Ought), comes from one of those crossroads-type moments in life where one has to walk to the edge before knowing which way to proceed. Darcy actually almost bailed on the session at the start of day one, but was thankfully convinced to make the jump and record a crop of songs he had been amassing over the years–an initial set, curated from a much wider catalogue of young songs. A personal meditation reveals itself across these songs as you feel a poetic, thoughtful person attempting to reconcile a schism, one that grows more expansive as Saturday Night flows along. It is a journey, but it’s a really fun, gratifying one; like a poem where you’re not supposed to know exactly how to feel at that last line and you’re left just bursting with a wonderful emptiness.
As this is, in a way, a more personal introduction to Darcy despite the attention and acclaim he has with Ought, it feels worthwhile to mention his origins. Born in Arizona, he made his way to both Colorado and New Hampshire before ending up in Montreal where he found university, the city’s rich DIY scene, and the other members of Ought. He began writing poetry as early as the third grade and performed often, and his first attempts at songwriting were him feeling around in the dark to set some of them to music. In Montreal, he played in various projects, his and others, before settling into a groove as the singer and guitarist of Ought.
Saturday Night feels not just coherent but constant. Each track is woven to the next in a winding, complex journey through a charged, continuous present. They feel as if they’ve been brought together by a strong impulse, recorded in a very particular moment. The bright, ghostly choir that lingers around the edges of the album and Tim’s tuned-between-radio stations guitar appear as characters in a cast of songs that at times breathe like folk music and at others hit like full-band rock tunes. There are love/love lost songs like the standout, almost-New Wave “Still Waking Up” in which a Smiths-esque melody builds upon an underbrush that recalls 60s AM pop and country. Darcy’s unmistakable, commanding voice and lyrical phrasing are, as they are in Ought, an instrument here: vital to the entire affair. He over-enunciates. He makes mantras out of molehills. He whoops and croons. He makes damn sure you know there are no tossed-off lines here.
At the same time there is an evident softness in these songs and an accompanying musicality. While there are moments that take their strength in sparseness, Darcy is unafraid to paint in economic technicolor as his wry lyricism floats nimbly upon chorused guitars and the occasional synthetic artifact. The tracks that start each turn of the record pull like ripcords that then earn the nimble, ambient expanses each harmoniously settles with. In between, Darcy presents warm, near-psychedelic folk exploration (“Joan Pt 1, 2”) of Joan of Arc and the righteous anger of femininity on the way down to a final, crystalline and existential piano-and-voice ballad (“What’d You Release?”).
The title comes in part from the nights and weekends when it was recorded: a six month period that overlapped with the recording of Ought’s second album where Darcy gathered with friends to record in the storage room of a commercial studio. It also comes from the album’s title track: a bowed-guitar epic where the whole album seems to crack wide open as Darcy repeats the phrase “Wish I’d ran away sooner to save time” and indeed wanders out alone, as if into a field, questioning the very nature of changing, shifting, and growing as we do as humans, asking: “Does a bush ever think, where do I grow to be seen?” Saturday Night sounds like a person exploring his voice in a room full of people he trusts: joyful, shot through with struggle, unfakeably honest. Intimate and rollicking as a house show, delicate as a late-night phone call.
There’s a line in “Tall Glass of Water,” the album’s Velvet Underground-nodding opening track, where Darcy asks himself a rhetorical question: “if at the end of the river, there is more river, would you dare to swim again?” He barely pauses before the answer: “Yes, surely I will stay, and I am not afraid. I went under once, I’ll go under once again.” That river shows up again and again in the lyrics of Saturday Night. It’s about how wonderful it can be to feel in touch with that inner current. It’s about how good it feels to make art, and how terrifying; how you don’t always get to choose whether you’re swimming or drowning as we grow and move through life, just that you’re going to keep diving in. That’s the impulse that links all the songs on Saturday Night, makes them glow.
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
Multiple employers will be accepting applications and screening job seekers on Thursday March 23, 2017 at the Salvation Army Community Center here in Bloomington.
The Job Fair will open to job seekers at noon and run until 3 p.m.. Those who attend the How to Work a Job Fair presentation at 11:00 a.m. will be allowed to meet with the employers first.
There will be employment for all levels from entry level positions to management. Bring your resumes and dress appropriately for interviews.
Currently the following Businesses are registered to attend:
Indiana Limestone Company
Curran’s Tree Service
Home Instead
Salvation Army
Work One
The women wanted to create something that would offer a space that is secular but that promotes a coming together of all people in order to heal the divide that not only exists in the world and our country, but also in Bloomington.
The five women who have initiated this recurring event are Mary Ann Jacklin, senior minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington, Nancy Kalina, Certified Martha Beck Life Coach, Laurel Reed Adams, Pilates/Yoga Instructor/Owner, Karla Kamstra, founder of The Bridge Spiritual Center and Janiece Jaffe, spiritual musician. It should be noted that Janiece Jaffe will be playing crystal and tibetan bowls during the gathering.
Multiple employers will be accepting applications and screening job seekers on Thursday March 23, 2017 at the Salvation Army Community Center here in Bloomington.
The Job Fair will open to job seekers at noon and run until 3 p.m.. Those who attend the How to Work a Job Fair presentation at 11:00 a.m. will be allowed to meet with the employers first.
There will be employment for all levels from entry level positions to management. Bring your resumes and dress appropriately for interviews.
Currently the following Businesses are registered to attend:
Indiana Limestone Company
Curran’s Tree Service
Home Instead
Salvation Army
Work One
Korean Night is an annual event held by the East Asian Studies Center that gives the IU and Bloomington communities the opportunity to learn about and experience Korean food, culture, and traditions. Guests can enjoy cultural activities, lectures, and performances by groups both outside and local. Korean Night is free and open to the public. All ages are welcome.
Introductory lessons will be provided at 6:30 by Arthur Murray. Open dancing follows with music provided by the Bloomington North jazz bands.
Tickets available at the door.
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
Help *ask celebrate the release of our debut LP, discipline & pressure at The Bishop on March 23 at 9:30pm. Two great supporting bands will grace the stage: Sky So Dark and The Cowboys.
*ask, discipline & pressure, available March 17: http://tinyurl.com/hol3teb
“Sin Is On My Side” OFFICIAL VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPVap2DQOaM