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Come play with the Bloomington Playwrights Project as it hosts the 2016 Ike & Julie Arnove PlayOffs, a fundraising event like no other featuring eight original plays written and produced in under 24 hours.
The Ike and Julie Arnove PlayOffs is a 24-hour play competition where 8 Playwrights, 8 Directors, and 16 Actors are given a surprise common theme, prop, and line of dialogue that each team must incorporate into a new, original 7-10 minute play. The teams only have 24 hours to make it happen!
Thanks to Brian Courtney for hosting a fun family night for youth singers and musicians.
Come show off your talent to family, friends and peers on the following Sunday’s at Trailhead Pizzeria!
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2nd
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4TH
Come play with the Bloomington Playwrights Project as it hosts the 2016 Ike & Julie Arnove PlayOffs, a fundraising event like no other featuring eight original plays written and produced in under 24 hours.
The Ike and Julie Arnove PlayOffs is a 24-hour play competition where 8 Playwrights, 8 Directors, and 16 Actors are given a surprise common theme, prop, and line of dialogue that each team must incorporate into a new, original 7-10 minute play. The teams only have 24 hours to make it happen!
MONSIEUR with DJ host Aaron Tilford is a weekly speakeasy-style party for the bent (LGBTQ), their allies, and other aesthetes, featuring eclectic sounds old and new. No cover. Special thanks to Plan Nine Video for cinematic backdrops.
Del McCoury is at it again. At 77 years young he is still very excited about music and creating projects that will be enjoyed by generations to come. This one might just be the most talked about as it’s rare for two artists to team up on music separated by 70+ years…some of these lyrics were written the year Del was born, but with Woody’s timeless lyrics, and Del’s timeless sound, nothing matters but the songs.
You could almost say that the cover of the new release from the Del McCoury Band tells you everything you need to know: two giants of American music, both known far and wide by their first names, guitars in hand, looking out at the world with a bold gaze and a characteristic expression. But there’s a story behind Del And Woody (McCoury Music, street date 4/15/16), a collection of Woody Guthrie lyrics set to music by Del McCoury—and while its dozen songs speak eloquently for themselves, knowing how they came to be adds a dimension that’s sure to deepen every listener’s enjoyment.
On Monday, November 7th, the Bloomington Green Party is hosting a benefit concert for the water protectors resisting the Dakota Access Pipeline at Standing Rock in North Dakota. The benefit will start at 7 pm and will be taking place at the Bishop, 123 S Walnut St, Bloomington, IN 47404. Travis Puntarelli & UpFolk will be performing.
$10 cover. All proceeds will go to the water protectors. We are also accepting additional monetary donations, and are also looking for winter supplies. Specifically, the tribe is asking for heavy tents, sleeping bags, winter clothing, snow shoes, and generally any supplies that will help during the winter. The protests are expected to continue throughout the winter season.
The Venue will host a special performance by Bloomington’s own, Travis Puntarelli, Travis is a singer, a master of the guitar and other instruments, a songwriter, a poet, a traveling minstrel, a bard, a prophet, and one fine entertainer/performer. He performs solo and with talented friends who often attend his concerts and spontaneously join him in song.
Travis has seemingly boundless creativity, with songs that are original, covers, and a combination of the two. A new but classic folk song, a rap song, Robert Burn’s poetry set to music, anything is possible. But within it all, you will have the privilege of hearing him and knowing that you are in the presence of genius.
Cara Jean Marcy, Greg Mahan, Jeremy Shear, Mary Bomar & Bob Ritter Duo perform original songs ‘in the round’
“Each November we try to honor Native American Heritage Month by providing programming that works to support Native students on campus, culturally, as well as working to educate the broader IU Bloomington community about the diversity of Native American cultural life and about aspects of, and issues within, contemporary Native communities,” said Nicholas Belle, director of First Nations, a program within the IU’s Office of the Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Multicultural Affairs. “We are really happy to be offering all the events we have lined up for this month. We hope that everyone on campus gets a chance to come celebrate Native American Heritage Month with us and to learn a little bit more about what’s going on in Native North America.”
Lunch is provided.
THE VOID’S one-year anniversary show featuring music from Amy O, Whelmed, Wylie, and Calyx (from pittsburgh), and poetry readings from Ross Gay, Richard Wehrenberg, and Wendy Lee Spacek!
The Monroe County Cares Boards annual fall community meeting/presentation is scheduled for Thursday November 10th at 6:00 pm, at the St. Paul Catholic Center 1413 E. 17th Street, Bloomington. Light refreshments will be available. Anyone that is interested in learning more about the current issues of Opiate addiction in Monroe County should plan to attend. Guest Speakers Joan Duwve M.D. M.P.H. Chief Medical Officer, Indiana Department of Health and Basia Andraka- Christou J.D. Phd. Post-Doctoral Fellow IU Fairbanks School of Public Health, will present information related to the myths and facts about the current opioid addiction increase in Monroe County and Indiana.
How do you enjoy an evening of big band jazz music AND support one of the best high school jazz programs in the state at the same time? The answer is easy: come to the Bloomington High School North Fall Jazz Concert!
Enjoy the music of Hoagie Carmichael, Cole Porter and other jazz greats on Thursday, November 10 at 7:00 p.m.at the Bloomington High School North auditorium. General admission is $5; students and seniors, $2.
Nancy Folbre, Professor Emerita; Director, Political Economy Research Institute’s Program on Gender and Care Work, University of Massachusetts Amherst
sponsored by MBA Veterans Club and Eli Lilly. Donations to Toys for Tots — new unwrapped toys or cash donations — are encouraged.
The Fall 2016 EASC Colloquium Series will continue this Friday, November 11, with a presentation by Dr. Tim Liao, Professor of Sociology, Director of CEAPS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
TOPIC: Collective Memory, Multidisciplinarity, Public Sociology: China and Japan’s Islands of Contention
This event is sponsored by the East Asian Studies Center
Organized by School of Public Health-Bloomington service-learning class.
Join the Bloomington North and South Orchestras for their “All You Can Eat” Chili Supper , Friday, November 11 th from 5:30pm-7:30pm at Bloomington High School South Cafeteria. $6.50 per person or $27 for family of 5….kids under 5 are free!! Let us do the cooking. Enjoy “All You Can Eat” chili, hot dogs, Veggie Chili, chips drinks and desserts. Tickets at the door. Carry-out is available. These funds help with the Orchestra’s February Trip to Orlando.
This will be the first of our Mostly-Monthly Open Mic Nights at the Art Sanctuary in Martinsville! It will be held in the downstairs big room underneath the Sanctuary, and coincides with the Second Friday Open Studio Night. Sign-up at 6:30 PM for a ten minute slot; performances run from 7-9 PM. All ages and all types of family-friendly acts welcome: music, dance, poetry, storytelliing, drama. Come on over to participate or listen! Refreshments available.
Famed drummer Kenny Aronoff has worked with iconic musicians such as John Mellencamp, Elton John, The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Melissa Etheridge, Joe Cocker, Smashing Pumpkins, Dave Grohl, Sting, Steven Tyler, John Fogerty, B.B. King, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, and The Stone Age Institute Band. Join him at the Buskirk-Chumley as he performs live and shares inside stories and lessons from his 40-plus years in the music business. Free but ticketed.
Friday Musicale will host a program, Music by American, French, and German composers. Thomas King, tenor, and Vicki King, piano, will perform Charles Ives, Kurt Weill, Clara and Robert Schumann, Schubert, Smetana, and Faure. The public is invited to attend. Friday evening, November 11th at 7:15 p.m. at St. Thomas Lutheran Church, 3800 E. Third Street. For further information, please contact: [email protected], or call 931-980-9326.
New and Used Rock n’ Roll, with a little Soul.
Bop Boyz are a hip hop group out of the midwest that’s been on the scene since 2011. In late 2011 they dropped their first album (EP). ‘Eating of the Same Table’. Soon after that went on tour while building their buzz. Spring of 2012 they released the mixtape ‘In Weed We Trust’ which went on to do over 10,000 downloads and over 20,000 views while contining to tour. In fall 2012 they dropped their 2nd album (EP) ‘Where is My Drink’ Which had the lead single ‘Get Fucked Up’ on it. Bop Boyz didn’t let up jumping on tour with people like lil wyte, Twisted Insane, Kutt Calhoun (strange music), Young Bleed (no limit), Prozak (strange music), Lord Infamous (3 6 Mafia) and more. Bop Boyz continues to be in the studio and recording
KP & ME’s last show / Tape release show.
Supplies will be provided, and attendees can take home the basket they create.
“Each November we try to honor Native American Heritage Month by providing programming that works to support Native students on campus, culturally, as well as working to educate the broader IU Bloomington community about the diversity of Native American cultural life and about aspects of, and issues within, contemporary Native communities,” said Nicholas Belle, director of First Nations, a program within the IU’s Office of the Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Multicultural Affairs. “We are really happy to be offering all the events we have lined up for this month. We hope that everyone on campus gets a chance to come celebrate Native American Heritage Month with us and to learn a little bit more about what’s going on in Native North America.”
Events hosted throughout the month include a lunchtime speaker series at 12:30 p.m. each Wednesday at the First Nations Educational and Cultural Center, 712 E. Eighth St.; lunch will be provided. Other events include craft workshops, a storytelling session and a fundraiser for the American Indian Student Association. First Nations is also co-sponsoring events and talks on campus with the Mathers Museum of World Cultures and the Phi Beta Kappa Lecture Series.
The IU Powwow, traditionally held in November, is being planned for Spring 2017.
Come see the Bloomington premiere of Brundibar, a children’s opera by Hans Krása and adapted by Tony Kushner & Maurice Sendak. The opera is performed in a double bill with Tony Kushner’s But The Giraffe.
A psychedelic rock band that also plays blues rock. A mix between British Invasion and the Blues boom.
Tickets are available for the Community Justice and Mediation Center’s annual benefit. Featured guest speaker is best-selling author and noted story teller, Phil Gulley. A semi-finalist for the James Thurber Prize for American Humor, Gulley’s stories are “tender, insightful and downright hilarious.” Tickets include dinner, silent auction and live jazz music. Support for this event will enable CJAM to continue their work of building peace and healing harm in our community. For more info and tickets: www.cjamcenter.org/HarvestGathering or call 812-336-8677.
Contact: Liz Grenat, Executive Director; 812-336-8677; [email protected]
The Community Justice and Mediation Center (CJAM) has been a vital part of the Bloomington and Monroe County community for over 20 years. CJAM is a 501(c)3 and exists to promote a civil and just community through mediation, education and restorative justice. Annually, CJAM staff and volunteer mediators serve over 400 people, helping them resolve disputes, heal relationships, and move forward in the wake of conflict. They work to ensure that Monroe County is a community that learns from conflict, prevents harm and grows in understanding.
Ladies for Liberty is a singing group dedicated to performing the Andrew’s Sisters style of music through their own rendition of vocals, costumes, hairstyles and spirit of patriotism in the 1940’s.
Alchymy Viols returns to town after its successful premiere program, Alchymy at the Courthouse, to present a concert of Scottish music in collaboration with Chicago’s Bach and Beethoven Ensemble (BBE).
Featured prominently in this program are staged scenes from Allan Ramsay’s The Gentle Shepherd, Scotland’s first opera (1725). Last seen in Philadelphia in 1798, the show was (re)premiered in North America in September 2016 by the BBE and members of Alchymy Viols. This is not your grandmother’s grandmother’s granny’s opera! The Gentle Shepherd is a charming comedy of shepherds and their lassies, featuring light-hearted folk tunes, wistful ballads, and foot-stomping pub-band music. This program in the 70-seat Firebay Theater is free to the public.
Nancy Folbre, Professor Emerita; Director, Political Economy Research Institute’s Program on Gender and Care Work, University of Massachusetts Amherst
4 piece, high energy blues act from Bloomington, IN. Performing a wide range of blues material. Classic blues to modern blues
Come see the Bloomington premiere of Brundibar, a children’s opera by Hans Krása and adapted by Tony Kushner & Maurice Sendak. The opera is performed in a double bill with Tony Kushner’s But The Giraffe.
Sanders shares information about his work including readings from his new book, Dancing in Dreamtime. In a series of science fiction short stories, Sanders creates a world devastated by climate change, war, and loss of vital resources. Indiana University Press states, “Never before has Sanders’s writing been so relevant and never before have the lessons in these stories been so important.”