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Hoosiers for a Commonsense Health plan is sponsoring the Midwest premiere of a new documentary film, BIG PHARMA, MARKET FAILURE. The film reveals the truth about the high cost of drugs and what we can do about it.
Emerging from underground venues in Chicago’s Northwest side, NE-HI made its name on both its live energy and cleverly wrought guitar anthems. On its second album Offers (Grand Jury), the band takes those basement-forged instincts and refines them, lets its guitars explore new angles, and focuses its songwriting. The result shows there are a wide range of post-punk possibilities yet to be explored.
After their old flat becomes damaged, Emad (Shahab Hosseini) and Rana (Taraneh Alidoosti), a young couple living in Tehran, are forced to move into a new apartment. However, once relocated, a sudden eruption of violence linked to the previous tenant of their new home dramatically changes the couple’s life, creating a simmering tension between husband and wife. The Salesman won the 2017 Academy Award® for Best Foreign Language Film. This is the fourth film of Asghar Farhadi’s to screen in IU Cinema, with the others being The Past, About Elly, and A Separation. In Persian with English subtitles. (2K DCP Presentation)
IU Cinema is screening The Salesman as part of The Seventh Art Stand, a coalition of cinemas, community centers, and museums across the United States programming a nationwide series of film screenings and discussions from the countries affected by the Muslim Ban. An act of cinematic solidarity against Islamophobia, the Stand spans 53 screenings in 26 states, with supporters like Ramin Bahrani, Wajahat Ali, Laurie Anderson, Woody Harrelson, John Turturro, Steve Buscemi, Debra Winger, Iqbal Theba and Mary Harron.
An hour of quiet reflection for all.
You are invited to make change through your presence in silence with others. Our silence together will be interspersed with the calming sounds of crystal bowls by Janiece Jaffe. Bring a cushion, yoga mat, prayer rug or simply take a seat. This is a safe place for all people to come together in self-reflection, prayer, or meditation.
You can sign up for e-mail updates at [email protected].
Doors will open 30 minutes before start time.
STATIONTOSTATION features fresh work by new and visiting faculty in the Studio Art Department, in the School of Art and Design who are transitioning to or from life at Indiana University. Works in the show represent a wide range of schemes and methods in media including film, kinetic installation, painting,
printmaking, design, and sculpture.
STATIONTOSTATION’s title is borrowed from the 1976 album by music icon, David Bowie. The album marked a major shift in musical style, mood, and persona for Bowie, a musician already known to be chameleonic. In this album, Bowie experimented with different kinds of atmospheric instrumentation and sound in a way that bridged his seemingly disparate work pre-dating and following the release of this record. This exhibition is not a thematic show, but STATIONTOSTATION provides a logic of organization, loosely tying together works of very different artists and designers. Coinciding with their change of venue, the artists in this show are undertaking shifts in their work, experimenting with materials, perspectives, ideas and modes of production. The title of the exhibit evokes each individual artist’s act of traversing a new environment and describes the experience of moving through the gallery to discover commonalities between the works. Some pieces in the show describe transformation overtly and explicitly. In others, mutation becomes part of a narrative or plays out in the way work is made or conceived.
STATIONTOSTATION examines the idea of creative flux as a marker in the artists’ practice to celebrate distillation and experimentation in preparation for what comes next.
Exhibiting Artists: Justin Bailey, Melanie Cooper Pennington, E. E. Ikeler, Dakota Konicek, Sarah Lasley, Amanda Lechner, Julie Rooney, Sarah Tortora
W. Tylbor-Kubrakiewicz, and David Wolske
STATIONTOSTATION features fresh work by new and visiting faculty in the Studio Art Department, in the School of Art and Design who are transitioning to or from life at Indiana University. Works in the show represent a wide range of schemes and methods in media including film, kinetic installation, painting,
printmaking, design, and sculpture.
STATIONTOSTATION’s title is borrowed from the 1976 album by music icon, David Bowie. The album marked a major shift in musical style, mood, and persona for Bowie, a musician already known to be chameleonic. In this album, Bowie experimented with different kinds of atmospheric instrumentation and sound in a way that bridged his seemingly disparate work pre-dating and following the release of this record. This exhibition is not a thematic show, but STATIONTOSTATION provides a logic of organization, loosely tying together works of very different artists and designers. Coinciding with their change of venue, the artists in this show are undertaking shifts in their work, experimenting with materials, perspectives, ideas and modes of production. The title of the exhibit evokes each individual artist’s act of traversing a new environment and describes the experience of moving through the gallery to discover commonalities between the works. Some pieces in the show describe transformation overtly and explicitly. In others, mutation becomes part of a narrative or plays out in the way work is made or conceived.
STATIONTOSTATION examines the idea of creative flux as a marker in the artists’ practice to celebrate distillation and experimentation in preparation for what comes next.
Exhibiting Artists: Justin Bailey, Melanie Cooper Pennington, E. E. Ikeler, Dakota Konicek, Sarah Lasley, Amanda Lechner, Julie Rooney, Sarah Tortora, W. Tylbor-Kubrakiewicz, and David Wolske
Hit musical, performed by Playhouse Community Theater, begins when Little Sisters of Hoboken discovering that their cook, Sister Julia, has accidentally poisoned 52 sisters, and they are in dire need of funds for the burials. The sisters decide that the best way to raise the money is to put on a variety show, so they take over the school auditorium. All ages show.
The Buskirk-Chumley Theater is proud to screen Jafar Panahi’s Taxi Tehran.
This film is part of The Seventh Art Stand, nation-wide series of screenings and discussions featuring films from Islamic counties. This series will take place in May as an act of cinematic solidarity against Islamophobia.
Jafar Panahi has directed 15 short, documentary, and feature films and has won awards at film festivals across the globe. According to The Guardian, after making several dramas about the challenges of everyday life in his country, Panahi was threatened with imprisonment by the Iranian government, which prevented him from travelling and banned him from making films for 20 years. He has protested by working under the wire to make contraband film, including Taxi Tehran. This features the filmmaker posing as a taxi driver and talking to his passengers about the social challenges they face in Iran.
Taxi Tehran won the Golden Berlin Bear and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 2015 Berlin International Film Festival. It’s also received five other awards and six additional nominations at festivals in the US and across the globe.
This screening of Taxi Tehran is supported by the Center for the Study of the Middle East and the Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center.
To open this event we will be screening a collection of local, short films made through The Instant Gratification Movie Challenge. The movie challenge happens every month in Bloomington, and it is open to all, people are invited to create a short film inspired by the month’s theme. To tie in with The Seventh Art Stand and our screening here at the Theater, this month’s theme is “Arrivals/Departures”. If you would like to find out more please visit their website: http://monthlymoviechallenge.com
Doors will open at 7pm.
Language: Persian with English subtitles
Runtime: 82 minutes
MPAA rating: Not available
Screening format: DCP
The public is invited to a League of Women Voters Legislative Update on Saturday, February 4, from 9:30 to 11 a.m., in the Bloomington City Council Chambers. State legislators representing Monroe County will discuss developments in the Indiana General Assembly and will respond to audience questions and concerns.
This is the second of five planned Legislative Updates sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Bloomington-Monroe County. All updates will be held in the Bloomington City Council Chambers, Showers Building, 401 N. Morton St. and are free and open to the public. They will be taped by Cable Access Television Services through the Monroe County Public Library and will be replayed by CATS throughout the current legislative session.
Subsequent Legislative Updates are scheduled for March 4, April 8, and May 13.
Hit musical, performed by Playhouse Community Theater, begins when Little Sisters of Hoboken discovering that their cook, Sister Julia, has accidentally poisoned 52 sisters, and they are in dire need of funds for the burials. The sisters decide that the best way to raise the money is to put on a variety show, so they take over the school auditorium. All ages show.
The BCT is thrilled to bring Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn to the stage this May. A banjo duo might seem like a musical concept beset by limitations. But when the banjo players cast in those roles are Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn – she with the earthy sophistication of a postmodern, old-time singer-songwriter, he with the virtuosic, jazz-to-classical ingenuity of an iconic instrumentalist and composer with bluegrass roots- it’s a different matter entirely. There’s no denying that theirs is a one-of-a-kind pairing, with one-of-a-kind possibilities.
Join Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater to witness a picking partnership unlike any other on the planet.
We will explore the pond and puddles for animals that live in and around water, like pollywogs and dragonflies.
Mother’s Day live tango music by Tamango. Beginner class by Thuy Bogart from 3:00-3:30 PM. Come to dance, watch, listen, and enjoy.
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.
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.
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Esan Thai Restaurant is recognized for its outstanding Thai cuisine, excellent service, and friendly staff. Make plans with family and friends to enjoy the delicious cuisine at Esan Thai and ensure a donation to Friends of the Library at the same time! Pick up a flyer at the Monroe County Library in Bloomington or Ellettsville or download a copy from http://www.mcpl.info/friends and present it when you pay your bill. Esan Thai will donate 15% of your check to Friends of the Library. All the proceeds go to fund the numerous and much-used programs offered by your Library!
The Bloomington Walking Club is an informal group that meets for a guided group walk on the paved trails surrounding Olcott Park. The group meets every Thursday evening, weather permitting. All ability levels are wel
Rockin’ Jake has been hailed by many as one of the premier harmonica players in the country. His original sound is a hybrid of second line, swamp funk, blues and zydeco with influences from Paul Butterfield, Big Walter Horton, James Cotton, The Meters, WAR, J. Geils Band, Clifton Chenier, and the Fabulous Thunderbirds. Based out of New Orleans since 1990, Rockin’ Jake relocated since being flooded out by Hurricane Katrina, and now lives in Southern Florida. Jake has toured nationally with G. Love & Special Sauce, blues and pop legend Maria Muldaur, and bluesman T.J, Wheeler. Jake’s work has also been heard on the soundtrack of “The Big Easy” television series, the theme for the “Mike Ditka Show, ” and a Miller Beer commercial. Jake is a five-time winner of Off Beat Magazine’s coveted Best of the Beat award for best harmonica player. He and his band pour out their souls in every performance with high energy and electricity which consistently brings the audience to their feet. Rockin’ Jake One of the best harmonica players in the world of blues Five-time winner, Off Beat Magazine’s Best of the Beat award “Best Harmonica Player”
Written by Marcia Cebulska, in response to the hate ministry of Topeka’s Westboro Baptist Church, Visions of Right not only has timely social and political implications relating to themes of homophobia and anti-Semitism, but also has a strong local interest. The playwright, Marcia Cebulska lived and wrote in Bloomington for about 20 years, and is well known in theatre circles there and in Indianapolis. She will be working closely with this production throughout the run and will be a talk back participant.
When Cebulska moved to Topeka, Kansas, she learned of the hate-mongering activities of the Westboro Baptist Church. She went undercover, attempting to discover the basis for the bigoted activities of the church. Visions of Right, fueled by her research, evolved into a fictionalized portrait of a fanatic preacher. Gay Bashing and anti-Semitism are brought to light in the play, which tells the story of photographer, Christina Romanek’s head-to-head encounter with the preacher’s twisted view of what is right.
The cast includes IU theatre graduate students, Abby Lee and Chris Handley, both members of Actors’ Equity, Adam Decker, IU undergraduate theatre major, and well-known Bloomington actor, Gerard Pauwels.
Now more than ever, Visions of Right, delivers an important message. As Marcia Cebulska wrote:“Today, our headlines are filled with more and more incidents of hate speech and hate acts perpetrated by numerous sources in our private and public arenas. We can respond by running and hiding. We can respond by answering violence with more violence. Or, we can respond, with a little help from our friends, with acts of creativity and humor, unity and light.”
Visions of Right premiered in Topeka by the Ad Astra Theatre Ensemble. The performance was praised by audience members:
“This play is: intelligent, biting, funny, humanizing; excellent story and characters…timeless, seamless writing.”
“Very moving, as if through a lens to the soul,”
“Wonderful! A play that speaks to humanity.”
Doors will open 30 minutes prior to show; metered parking and parking garage space is available downtown and across the street. For more information on the Jewish Theatre or on Visions of Right, please visit jewishtheatrebloomington.com or on Facebook: Jewish Theatre of Bloomington.
The Monroe County Domestic Violence Coalition is committed to improving our community’s response to domestic violence issues through communication and coordination of services. Major projects of the Coalition include a Domestic Violence Awareness Conference held every other November and the implementation and monitoring of an audit of our community’s response to domestic violence.
Membership to the Domestic Violence Coalition is open to service providers, representatives from local communities of faith and other organizations concerned with the elimination of domestic violence in our community.
The Monroe County Domestic Violence Coalition meets on the third Friday of each month at 12:00 p.m. in the McCloskey Conference Room (#245), located in Showers City Hall, 401 N. Morton Street, Bloomington, Indiana. (Dates and meeting rooms are subject to change).
Hit musical, performed by Playhouse Community Theater, begins when Little Sisters of Hoboken discovering that their cook, Sister Julia, has accidentally poisoned 52 sisters, and they are in dire need of funds for the burials. The sisters decide that the best way to raise the money is to put on a variety show, so they take over the school auditorium. All ages show.
The Blankenship Band: Original Americana Roadhouse Music.
Blair Crimmins began his current music career in Atlanta, Georgia, with a determination to bring Ragtime and 1920’s style Dixieland Jazz to new audiences. While playing small rock clubs around the Southeast he developed a sound that is at once modern while being deeply rooted in the past. Now four years, and five hundred shows later, he has toured the country playing large venues and has opened for acts such as Mumford & Sons and Preservation Hall Jazz Band. A multi-instrumentalist and music academic, Crimmins writes songs and arrangements for a classic New Orleans style horn section consisting of trumpet, clarinet and trombone. His debut 2010 release The Musical Stylings Of became a college radio sensation on WRAS Atlanta making him the most requested band on the air. In 2012 Crimmins showed his musical diversity by writing and recording the full score for the independent short film “Old Man Cabbage”. The following year, Crimmins was the critics pick for Best Song Writer of 2013 in Creative Loafing’s Best of ATL issue. His last album entitled Sing-a-longs! went to #21 on the EuroAmerican radio chart and earned him a nomination at The Georgia Music Awards for Best Jazz Artist. Blair Crimmins has now released his anticipated 4th studio album You Gotta Sell Something. The band will be touring through 2017 performing their newest songs from the record as well as old favorites from his past recordings.
“Atlanta’s genre blending ensemble Blair Crimmins and The Hookers have been creating a sound that is both unique and inspired for years. Crimmins himself began developing it some time ago, honing in on the magic of ragtime and the 1920’s, coupled with some Dixieland jazz. The fourth studio album from Crimmins’ impressive creative mind is due out in February of 2017, and we haven’t been this excited in quite some time.” – Impose Magazine
On Saturday, May 20th, we will have the fifth 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.
We will visit Friendship Road to look for spring migrants and the walk will be hosted by Scott Evans, Joe Bailey and Rita Stephens. We will meet at 8am at the Bloomingfoods parking lot by College Mall and will car pool to the location. If you need directions or have any questions please contact us at [email protected]
5:00- 5:45: HIGH BOHEMIA: JESSICA RUBY RADCLIFF – VOCALS, VICKI HELBER – VOCALS, DAVID KIRK – RHYTHM GUITAR & VOCALS,
PINEY WOODS – LEAD GUITAR, PATRICK CALLAHAN – BASS & VOCALS, BOB GOODMAN – VIOLIN
6:00-7:45 SLIP ME 5: Slip Me 5 is a hillbilly swing band that plays up-tempo, danceable tunes from the early 1900s through the ’50s. 8:00- 11:00 – STINKEYE STRINGBAND: Mike Johnson, Bob Mark Goodman, Art Heckman and Dan Selvaggi are purveyors of acoustic, eclectic, eccentric free-range amer-arcana for your listening pleasure.
Come play some Bingo at The Void and support your local all-ages, all-volunteer collective! We have some great prizes to choose from. Our bar, Null will be open. Local electro-jazz unit LazerBlades will be providing entertainment during breaks between games.
Singer/songwriter and country gal Linda Smith has been captivating audiences for years with a show that is packed with energy, fun, and non-stop entertainment for all ages to enjoy. She brings diverseness to each song from a sultry blues, a rocking edge, a smooth ballad, or country style. Linda along with her husband Doug on vocals/rhythm guitar, Steve Adams vocals/lead guitar, Carmen Fischer vocals/drums, and Brian Sherwood on bass guitar, contribute to creating a powerhouse show. The Linda Smith Band has opened for national acts Kris Kristofferson, Alabama, Sawyer Brown, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Kentucky Headhunters, Confederate Railroad, Bryan White, The Judds among others. This show will be full of music that is sure to get you moving & grooving!
For the cost of a free will offering, you can enjoy delicious biscuits and gravy, ham and eggs, juice and coffee. Grace Center supporters will also be collecting nonperishable food and cash donations during the Festival parade, which steps off at 2:00PM in Harrodsburg. All donations benefit clients in need in Indian Creek, Clear Creek and Polk Townships.
Hit musical, performed by Playhouse Community Theater, begins when Little Sisters of Hoboken discovering that their cook, Sister Julia, has accidentally poisoned 52 sisters, and they are in dire need of funds for the burials. The sisters decide that the best way to raise the money is to put on a variety show, so they take over the school auditorium. All ages show.
Written by Marcia Cebulska, in response to the hate ministry of Topeka’s Westboro Baptist Church, Visions of Right not only has timely social and political implications relating to themes of homophobia and anti-Semitism, but also has a strong local interest. The playwright, Marcia Cebulska lived and wrote in Bloomington for about 20 years, and is well known in theatre circles there and in Indianapolis. She will be working closely with this production throughout the run and will be a talk back participant.
When Cebulska moved to Topeka, Kansas, she learned of the hate-mongering activities of the Westboro Baptist Church. She went undercover, attempting to discover the basis for the bigoted activities of the church. Visions of Right, fueled by her research, evolved into a fictionalized portrait of a fanatic preacher. Gay Bashing and anti-Semitism are brought to light in the play, which tells the story of photographer, Christina Romanek’s head-to-head encounter with the preacher’s twisted view of what is right.
The cast includes IU theatre graduate students, Abby Lee and Chris Handley, both members of Actors’ Equity, Adam Decker, IU undergraduate theatre major, and well-known Bloomington actor, Gerard Pauwels.
Now more than ever, Visions of Right, delivers an important message. As Marcia Cebulska wrote:“Today, our headlines are filled with more and more incidents of hate speech and hate acts perpetrated by numerous sources in our private and public arenas. We can respond by running and hiding. We can respond by answering violence with more violence. Or, we can respond, with a little help from our friends, with acts of creativity and humor, unity and light.”
Visions of Right premiered in Topeka by the Ad Astra Theatre Ensemble. The performance was praised by audience members:
“This play is: intelligent, biting, funny, humanizing; excellent story and characters…timeless, seamless writing.”
“Very moving, as if through a lens to the soul,”
“Wonderful! A play that speaks to humanity.”
Doors will open 30 minutes prior to show; metered parking and parking garage space is available downtown and across the street. For more information on the Jewish Theatre or on Visions of Right, please visit jewishtheatrebloomington.com or on Facebook: Jewish Theatre of Bloomington.