WFHB Bloomington Community Radio
*SPECIAL video Q&A with Swamp Dogg + Moogstar
Introduction by Music Supervisor Jessica Berndt (Secretly Group).
In SWAMP DOGG GETS HIS POOL PAINTED, the titular artist and his “bachelor pad of aging musicians”, including the charming Guitar Shorty and lovably quirky Moogstar, navigate the tumultuous music industry, transform their home into an artistic playground and invite fellow musicians like Jenny Lewis and John Prine and superfans Mike Judge, Johnny Knoxville and Tom Kenny to play in their unique musical sandbox…and paint Swamp Dogg’s pool. Bursting with infectious personality and stoner energy, SWAMP DOGG GETS HIS POOL PAINTED is a music documentary unlike any other.
EV Mae is a country music singer, songwriter and Clarksville Creative Sound recording artist from southern Indiana who recently moved to Clarksville, TN to pursue her dream of becoming a well-known female country artist. She is a truck drivin’, boot wearin’ girl who fell for classic country music from her parents’ influence at a very young age. By the time EV Mae was 9 years old, she knew she wanted a career in music.
Drawing her musical inspiration from classics such as Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline and George Jones; and current artists like Zach Top, Lainey Wilson and Megan Moroney. EV Mae works to create her own unique sound that blends Americana and classic country.
Presented by Stages Bloomington, it’s a riotous ride, complete with audience participation, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a delightful den of comedic genius.
This is an 18+ event.
Sounds From the Black Hole presents an evening of experimental sound: percussive possibilities with Rob Funkhouser, experimental metal from Verity Pariah, and prog music from another realm with Vaguerriffic.
ALL-AGES
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Rob Funkhouser: composer, performer and instrument builder in Indianapolis, IN. Rob is always doing something interesting, constantly designing new tools and exploring their sonic capabilities. Also an educator and collaborator, Rob’s work explores space, memory, pattern, and the interstitial spaces between established genres. Rob’s music has been released by Auris Apothecary, Medium Sound, El Tule, and Orphanology.
https://www.robfunkhouser.com/
https://robfunkhouser.bandcamp.com/
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Vaguerriffic: solo project of Adeptive Radiation bandleader John Knight, joined on keyboard tonight by Matt Rouge of Frugal Gormets. Matt and John have been playing together for over 15 years, collaging bits and pieces of ‘popular’ song into structures of another music theory entirely. The resulting songs may sound alien and chaotic but come from a mash which has been slowly fermenting, blending flavors and mixing ideas.
https://adeptiveradiation.bandcamp.com/
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Verity Pariah: a new project from Louisville, KY artist Eric Clark. He’s described it as experimental metal and sent along a video of him welding some copper lights. Hopefully these two things are incorporated?! Eric has been performing as ClarkSmithy and has attended many Black Hole shows. This will be his debut at the series, and we are excited to give him the stage.
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063457300053#
https://www.instagram.com/_clarksmithy_/
Located on the Hamilton Lugar School South Lawn. Admission is free and snacks are available for purchase. Movies begin at dusk.
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.
On Sunday 7/27 at 3PM, we will meet to discuss Maya Binyam’s novel “Hangman” (2023). The novel concerns a man’s search for his brother upon his return to sub-Saharan Africa after living in the U.S. for decades.
We hope you will join us in conversation!
Limestone Nomad – Contemporary Bluegrass
The Bluetick Healers – classic acoustic covers trio
Country/Blues/Popular Song
We’re putting a giant dirt pit on Kirkwood Avenue! Kids can play in the dirt, make mud pies, learn about worms and the science of soil, and take home soil and seeds for gardening.
Expect to get gloriously dirty! We recommend bringing a towel and even a change of clothes for kids. A shade station with water and light snacks will be provided. The soil will be generously donated by Good Earth Composting, LLC with support from Bloomington Parks & Recreation.
Ready to level up your 3D modeling skills? Join us to learn the basics, and we’ll help design a model that you can keep.
Celebrate our All-Ages Summer Reading Program by joining us for a screening of “Turbo.” We’ll watch Turbo chase his Indy 500 dream while we enjoy snacks and good conversation.
Doors at 6pm
Have a little laughter as a treat! Javon and Finley are hosting this round with some fab performers!
Mo Mitchell
Shawn Hayes
CK Andrews
Faggedy Ann
Veronica Casillas
Katelyn Dunivan
Jennifer Lane
Hey smart people!! Trivia Nights are now your favorite thing to do on Mondays! We promise to keep the sports to a minimum!
An opportunity to make new friends and enjoy local, live music.
We are a steel tip dart & social club. You do not have to be a member to play. All are welcome.
Doors at 6pm
The 44th Year! With: Fruits, Vegetables, Flowers, Plants and other Summer Produce
These events are open to the public, with no registration or experience required (though we appreciate advance notice for groups of 5+ people). We simply ask that you dress appropriately to do outdoor work, and bring plenty of water to stay hydrated. Snacks and drinks will be provided as well as any other tools you may need to help out!
We hope you can join us to get outside and enjoy nature, make new friends, and learn some sustainable, organic orcharding practices. All are welcome!
Come to the Downtown Library and find the missing piece of your board game collection. Bring games that don’t get the play they deserve and swap them with others! All ages.
Speakers giving presentations on different subjects in Folklore and Ethnomusicology
Beginner lesson 7-7:30pm, Dance 7:30-9:30pm
New and old volunteers welcome!
Regular volunteers will pick out packages of books and have them ready to go, we just need your help wrapping them up and writing letters!
You can read more about the project here:
https://pagestoprisoners.org/
Catch local talent at Comedy Attic’s Open Mic Night—five-minute sets of original material from rising and seasoned comedians. Want to perform? Email [email protected] and bring some friends to cheer you on.
Sophie Payten’s (aka Gordi) professional lives are split in an almost perverse way, between a healthcare professional who needs to shut off the emotional valve and the songwriter whose job it is to flood the room. What better way to interrogate that contradiction than in a song?
Payten has learned the hard way of the need to be malleable, to form and reform in response to her environment and circumstances and self. The pandemic – a moment where we all lost control of our reliable structures and were instead completely shaped by our surroundings – prompted Payten to think about “What are the moments where you really transform in your life? I think grief is one of those things. Love is one of those things. Queerness is one of those things. And so is going into the next act of life.”
Agenda: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tFeuf8IjizZdLCJ084QKaqjuDBLm8hTg/view?usp=sharing
Join Zoom Meeting
https://bloomington.zoom.us/j/84519203329?pwd=HiFxo3BjS5GVIff2pjZnQjQpVeHZUS.1
Watch for the naturalist walking through the CAMPGROUND to learn about geodes! Discover where you can legally collect them, check out examples of geodes that were found locally… and snag a piece of rock candy (while they last!).
Join us on Thursday evenings beginning 6/26 and ending 10/30 to play disc golf.
We’ll start out with a short introduction session and play the 9-hole disc golf course at Arlington Heights Elementary School. If you have never played, no worries, you can practice throwing discs before playing the course.
Bottled water and discs will be provided but it’s good to bring your own as well.
7-8pm host band
8-10pm open blues jam with backline provided.
Original Cosmic folk rock from Matt Lundquist, Ryan Payton, Kirby Hammel and Mark Wayne Minnick. TV Mike opens.
This is a queer-centered dance open to people of any identity/orientation/etc. It’s for anyone who is open to dancing with people of all genders and up for experimenting with dancing a different role than usual, Dances will be beginner-friendly. This 21+ event is inspired by similar dances in Chicago, Louisville, and other cities.
Advance Base is the melancholic soft rock recording project of Chicago, IL singer/songwriter Owen Ashworth (formerly of Casiotone for the Painfully Alone). Using a two-handed arsenal of electric piano, Omnichord, samplers, effect pedals & drum machines, Ashworth builds minimalist, heavy-hearted, & nostalgia-obsessed ballads around his conversational baritone. The warm, electronic sound of Advance Base has been described as “lo-fi,” “depressed” & “weirdly uplifting.”
We are excited to present ALL NEW artwork by our 30+ Regional Artists! We can’t wait to share our latest exhibit of new paintings, hand-pulled prints, sculpture, jewelry and ceramic work by our fabulous artists!
The exhibit features photography by Kathryn Coers Rossman in which the artist engages political surrealism as a means to reflect on civil discourse and civic identity.
The Disappointed House is a collection of works by local artist Bethany Habegger that looks at the home in relation to the human body and how our personal spaces can reflect our physical and mental forms.
This will happen on the first four Fridays of August.
Mike Finoia is a Comedian based out of NYC. He is a producer for TruTV’s hit show Impractical Jokers, and tours regularly with the guys on their national tour. Mike is also the host of the podcasts Dented Cans and Comes a Time, which he co-hosts with Dead & Company bassist Oteil Burbridge. Mike’s debut special, “Don’t Let Me Down” was met with glowing reviews in 2023, and when Mike isn’t on the road he can be found nightly at NYC premiere comedy clubs, and heard regularly on Sirius XM’s The Bonfire.
Parks on the Air is a site for international portable amateur radio operations that promote emergency awareness and communications from national/federal and state/provincial level parks.
BARC meetings are free to everyone; all ages and backgrounds are invited. Meetings are the first non-holiday Friday of the month.
For more information please contact BARC President Tom Henderson, amateur radio call sign W9YW —317-250-4646 or [email protected]
Paisley Fields is queer country music ~ https://paisleyfields.bandcamp.com/track/pancho-and-lefty
A AARDVARK is local charmers Gabe and Chuck ~ playing you ambient freak shit
God bless country music ~ Paisley Fields is coming through and we asked our pals Chuck and Gabe to open up for him! Come on through and have a little time with us!
Come and see a free movie on the big screen! Pool opens at 8:00 pm.