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Visitors will find kids’ games, fun activities, and concessions serving chili, hot dogs, chili dogs, and drinks. There will also be a chili cook-off! Children’s activities.
The program is typically located in Lab A, but may also be in the garden if the weather is nice.
STEM Saturday is a weekly program that gets visitors to engage in STEM. STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Saturdays are designed to provide engaging hands-on STEM activities aimed at inspiring interest in STEM subjects and to make learning both hands-on and fun. STEM Saturday is meant for ages 5 and up. Each week the Education Team and volunteers develop different hands-on activities meant for the entire family. STEM Saturday is designed for ages 5-17, but we encourage adults and children to work together so that they can learn together! STEM Saturday is partially sponsored by Cook Medical and CFC Properties.
Key features of STEM Saturdays include:
- A variety of hands-on activities that encourage exploration of STEM concepts.
- Age-appropriate Curriculum: STEM Saturday content is tailored to different age groups, ensuring that the activities are suitable for a wide range of developmental levels.
- Expert Guidance: WonderLab Educators and Volunteers lead these sessions. They guide and answer questions helping guests gain a deeper understanding of the concepts.
- Collaborative Learning: STEM Saturdays encourages collaboration among participants, fostering teamwork and communication.
- Parent Involvement: Parents and caregivers are encouraged to participate, creating an experience for everyone in your group to take part in.
Open to kids from kindergarten to 5th grade. This event is put on by the Lions Club
Recommended Ages: 21+ with valid ID.
Learn about how humans deal with death. People all over the world have to confront death, and every culture has their own way of dealing with it. During this time, you will respectfully engage with various traditions surrounding death.
You start the Haunted Train in the Kids Train station it is just FUN for the kids with games & things to see nothing scary! Then the brave go to the Haunted Train station & on to the Haunted Train.
Presented by Bloomington Roots. Saturday, October 19 – Saturday’s performance is FREE, made possible by @iuahcouncil !! Tickets at: 812-323-3020.
Alice Randall is a New York Times bestselling novelist, award-winning songwriter, and educator. She is widely recognized as one of the most significant voices in modern Black fiction and has emerged as an innovative food activist committed to reforms that support healthy bodies and healthy communities. Her latest book, My Black Country, is “a delightful, inspirational story of persistence, resistance, and sheer love”
Leyla McCalla joins BloominGrass this year with her full band. She finds inspiration from her past and present, whether it is her Haitian heritage or her adopted home of New Orleans, she — a bilingual multi-instrumentalist, and alumna of Grammy award-winning African-American string band, the Carolina Chocolate Drops — has risen to produce a distinctive sound that reflects the union of her roots and experience.
Los Angeles-based street singer, guitarist, and roots music revolutionary Sunny War has always been an outsider, always felt the drive to define her place in the world through music and songwriting. Her restless spirit, a byproduct of growing up semi-nomadic with a single mother, led her to Venice Beach, California, where she’s been grinding the pavement for some years now, making a name for her prodigious guitar work and incisive songwriting, which touches on everything from police violence to alcoholism to love found and lost.
Colorado songwriter Emily Scott Robinson beckons to those who are lost, lonely, or learning the hard way with American Siren, her first album for Oh Boy Records. With hints of bluegrass, country, and folk, the eloquent collection shares her gift for storytelling through her pristine soprano and the perspective of her unconventional path into music.
Door Time: 6:00 PM
Mat Alano-Martin is shooting his new special at the place where it all started! Come be a part of the magic and have your laugh immortalized for the ages. Mat has three previous albums in regular rotation on Sirius/XM’s comedy channels and he has appeared on NPR, Laughs on Hulu and The Bob & Tom Show. He has worked with such notable acts as Patton Oswalt, Tig Notaro, Maria Bamford, Chris Gethard and Brother Ali. He has performed at several festivals and prominent showcases across the country and beyond.
Doors open 6:45 p.m.
Come in costume, skate to spooky tunes, and make your way through the haunted locker room … if you dare!
Doors at 6:30 pm
In 1926, radium was a miracle cure, Madame Curie an international celebrity, and luminous watches the latest rage—until the girls who painted them began to fall ill with a mysterious disease. Inspired by a true story, Radium Girls traces the efforts of Grace Fryer, a dial painter, as she fights for her day in court. Her chief adversary is her former employer, Arthur Roeder, an idealistic man who cannot bring himself to believe that the same element that shrinks tumors could have anything to do with the terrifying rash of illnesses among his employees. As the case goes on, however, Grace finds herself battling not just with the U.S. Radium Corporation, but with her own family and friends, who fear that her campaign for justice will backfire.
Written with warmth and humor, Radium Girls is a fast-moving, highly theatrical ensemble piece where actors play more than 30 parts—friends, co-workers, lovers, relatives, attorneys, scientists, consumer advocates, and myriad interested bystanders.
Combining the electric stage presence and powerful vocals comparable to that of the young Elvis Presley the showmanship and frightening precision with piano likened to the Killer, Jerry Lee Lewis, Terry Lee Ridley is an unbeatable reincarnation of everything that was exciting about the 1950’s.
Clean Comedy is back at the Playhouse with Gutty’s Comedy Night!
Featuring Rik Roberts and Moody Molavi, hosted by Blake Champlin.
It All Begins Again…
Come join the hauntings!
Family-friendly Hayride (not scary) and/or Haunted Trail (scary), buy tickets at the door.
Get ready for a night of screams, scares, and unforgettable memories.
Dark Mass is reemerging for a night here at The Back Door! Drag to scare and delight! Hosted and produced by Lady Dumpster!
There’s never been a more perfect month for this show of hot horrors.
Starring
St. Pussifer
Luna Magick
Tess Tosterone
Mazeequeen Vonpique
Riley Poppyseed
Door Time: 8:15 PM
Mat Alano-Martin is shooting his new special at the place where it all started! Come be a part of the magic and have your laugh immortalized for the ages. Mat has three previous albums in regular rotation on Sirius/XM’s comedy channels and he has appeared on NPR, Laughs on Hulu and The Bob & Tom Show. He has worked with such notable acts as Patton Oswalt, Tig Notaro, Maria Bamford, Chris Gethard and Brother Ali. He has performed at several festivals and prominent showcases across the country and beyond.
The 40th Annual Community Book Fair, a benefit for Hoosier Hills Food Bank.
This year’s book fair will fill two buildings with over 100,000 books, DVDs, CDs, LPs, games, puzzles and other items at affordable prices to support the food bank’s work. There will be a large selection of children’s books and collectible “Better Books,” which will also include a selection of vintage vinyl LPs.
We accept gently used books, CDs, DVDs, records, games and puzzles at the Hoosier Hills Food Bank Monday-Friday from 9 a.m.- 5 p.m (2333 W. Industrial Park Dr). We do not accept donations October 1st-31st.
We are honored to be the home of this beloved community event. For more than 30 years, we’ve promoted a message of sustainability – that too much food is wasted and should instead be channeled to people at risk of hunger. In many ways, the same is true of used books. We can’t afford to be a throwaway society – not with food, not with books and certainly not with people
Join us for a spooktacular time at Spring Mill State Park’s Scarecrow Weekend!
Build a scarecrow and place it in the village, carve a pumpkin, make a cornhusk scarecrow, make a rag doll ghost, and/or make a leather craft. Times for these fun fall activities will be posted in the village on the day of the event. Pick up a schedule for the Scarecrow Weekend events at the Grissom Memorial Office or the Grist Mill.
*The village closes at 3 pm to prepare for Haunted Village*
3:30 PM: Costume Parade in the campground – Dress up in costume and arrive at the campground amphitheater no later than
3:20 pm to be a part of this fun parade! Public welcome.
7:30 PM: Haunted Village – MUST HAVE PREPURCHASED TICKET TO ATTEND. See details of the event on our calendar under the title, “Haunted Village”.
In 1926, radium was a miracle cure, Madame Curie an international celebrity, and luminous watches the latest rage—until the girls who painted them began to fall ill with a mysterious disease. Inspired by a true story, Radium Girls traces the efforts of Grace Fryer, a dial painter, as she fights for her day in court. Her chief adversary is her former employer, Arthur Roeder, an idealistic man who cannot bring himself to believe that the same element that shrinks tumors could have anything to do with the terrifying rash of illnesses among his employees. As the case goes on, however, Grace finds herself battling not just with the U.S. Radium Corporation, but with her own family and friends, who fear that her campaign for justice will backfire.
Written with warmth and humor, Radium Girls is a fast-moving, highly theatrical ensemble piece where actors play more than 30 parts—friends, co-workers, lovers, relatives, attorneys, scientists, consumer advocates, and myriad interested bystanders.
Presented by Resilience Productions and Monroe County History Center
This original play exposes the contentious relationship between Black and White suffrage movement leaders. It shows how two groups fighting for a common good but whose differing worldviews created a yawning chasm resulting in irreparable damage.
Written by Gladys DeVane (In Collaboration with Danielle Bruce) | Directed by Danielle Bruce
With Post-Show TalkBack and Reception
Celebrating 20 years of Women Writing for (a) Change in Bloomington! Featuring Indiana Poet Laureate Curtis Crisler and Author, Poet, and Playwright, Angela Jackson-Brown. Guests will also hear from participants in WWFC writing circles. Meet the authors in a reception following the program.
This event is part of Monroe Lake’s 60th Anniversary Celebration!
For a full list of anniversary events, see https://events.in.gov/event/60th-anniversary-events-monroe-lake
As part of the reservoir’s 60th anniversary celebration this year, Monroe Lake has released a self-guided tour for boaters that will take you to all 5 locations where covered bridges once crossed Salt Creek. The online guide includes the history of each bridge, historic photos, and navigational assistance to help you boat to the spot where each bridge once stood.
The 40th Annual Community Book Fair, a benefit for Hoosier Hills Food Bank.
This year’s book fair will fill two buildings with over 100,000 books, DVDs, CDs, LPs, games, puzzles and other items at affordable prices to support the food bank’s work. There will be a large selection of children’s books and collectible “Better Books,” which will also include a selection of vintage vinyl LPs.
We accept gently used books, CDs, DVDs, records, games and puzzles at the Hoosier Hills Food Bank Monday-Friday from 9 a.m.- 5 p.m (2333 W. Industrial Park Dr). We do not accept donations October 1st-31st.
We are honored to be the home of this beloved community event. For more than 30 years, we’ve promoted a message of sustainability – that too much food is wasted and should instead be channeled to people at risk of hunger. In many ways, the same is true of used books. We can’t afford to be a throwaway society – not with food, not with books and certainly not with people
A group of local professionals will be present to answer questions posed by Blooming Zone Initiative volunteers and audience members. Founders Bridgett DiVohl and Cynthia Schultz will host and moderate the discussion, focusing on this question:
How might the greater Bloomington Community improve its health and wellness programs and services to become eligible for Blue Zones Project certification?
Panelists
- Mary Hoedeman Coniaris: Professional Dance Instructor; Movement Expert; Blue Zones Principles & Healthy Living Advocate
- Landry Culp: Cook Medical, Studio Manager; COB’s Commission on the Status of Women and Blooming Zone Initiative, Director of Strategy & Development
- Julie Hill: Indiana Arts Commission Fellow, Dementia Friendly Bloomington, Founder; and Creative Aging Professional
- Phil Stafford, Co-Design Commons LLC, Co-Founder; IU Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Anthropology and Retired Director of IU’s Center on Aging & Disabilities
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The Blue Zones Project© aims to make healthy lifestyle choices readily available to individuals and communities. The Blooming Zone Initiative (BZI) is a local, all-volunteer team working toward a Blue Zones Project certification for Bloomington.
Founded in January 2024, BZI has offered programs and services to familiarize the community with the Blue Zones lifestyle principles. One of the most popular programs is the Health & Wellness program, which has been meeting monthly on the third Monday to read and discuss the book, The Blue Zones: 9 Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who’ve Lived the Longest by Dan Buettner, author and founder of the Blue Zones Project. Now that the book is finished, we are changing the meeting format to a panel discussion with a Q&A session and everyone is invited.
DOOR TIME 7 pm
The Indiana University Latin Jazz Ensemble is a 22-piece ensemble led by trombonist Wayne Wallace and rhythm section coach Andy Miller. The ensemble plays the best of Afro-Caribbean dance music, as well as Latin Jazz from throughout the African diaspora.
Please join for a fun filled high energy evening. Bring your dancing shoes! ¡A gozar! Let’s party!
The 40th Annual Community Book Fair, a benefit for Hoosier Hills Food Bank.
This year’s book fair will fill two buildings with over 100,000 books, DVDs, CDs, LPs, games, puzzles and other items at affordable prices to support the food bank’s work. There will be a large selection of children’s books and collectible “Better Books,” which will also include a selection of vintage vinyl LPs.
We accept gently used books, CDs, DVDs, records, games and puzzles at the Hoosier Hills Food Bank Monday-Friday from 9 a.m.- 5 p.m (2333 W. Industrial Park Dr). We do not accept donations October 1st-31st.
We are honored to be the home of this beloved community event. For more than 30 years, we’ve promoted a message of sustainability – that too much food is wasted and should instead be channeled to people at risk of hunger. In many ways, the same is true of used books. We can’t afford to be a throwaway society – not with food, not with books and certainly not with people
Design and decorate your very own magical wand! All supplies will be provided. (Magic not included.)
Join Georgia in the garden for this kid-focused, drop-in, and hands-on time in the garden. Pop in any time during this hour to join in.
It’s baking season! Join Georgia for this hands-on workshop to learn the basics of this adaptable dessert just in time for end-of-year holidays. Register in the pantry or online at https://www.mhcfoodpantry.org/event-details-registration/pie-workshop
The forum will bring together representatives from local economic development organizations and artists, performers, designers, and makers to discuss how we can strengthen the creative ecosystem in the Bloomington area. Topics will range from identifying entrepreneurial opportunities within creative fields to understanding how to access resources for education and business growth. The goal is to foster collaboration and experimentation between regional entrepreneurship supporters and the creative community, ensuring a stronger, more unified environment where local artists can thrive.
Following the forum, there will be an afterparty at The Bishop Bar, located just across the street. If you’re a creative or simply interested in supporting the arts, this event is an important step toward shaping a vibrant, sustainable future for our region’s creative scene. Don’t miss your chance to be part of the conversation!
Q & A to follow.
Glauber “Pro” Contessoto—an immigrant working multiple jobs and living in a 220-square-foot apartment—invests in the cryptocurrency Dogecoin and soon becomes a millionaire and a hero to his growing YouTube following. While it’s easy to get rich online, though, as Pro will soon discover, it’s even easier to lose it all. This is Not Financial Advice exposes the startling risks and rewards of today’s market through expert commentary and the anxiety-inducing stories of real people trying to make millions.
The Hoosier Original Music Association (HooMac) team is very exited to be presenting the next of our Songwriter’s Showcase series. This is going to be a great night of music sponsored by Visit Bloomington and WFHB. Come on out and be a part of this growing music community.
King Bee & The Stingers is a six-piece blues, soul and funk band from Bloomington, Indiana. King Bee & The Stingers are 2018, 2019, and 2023 semifinalists in The Blues Foundation’s International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN.
Door Time 6:00 PM
Multi-Grammy award winning band and Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame inductees. From the signature sound of the Chicago horns, their iconic vocalists, and a few dozen of ever-classic songs, the band’s concerts are celebrations. 2024 marks the band’s 57th consecutive year of touring.
Sip & Sing is a 21+ event where adults get to learn to sing in a low-pressure environment and enjoy a complimentary glass of wine.
**Please email Cindy Houston ([email protected]) if you would like to participate**
A conversation about the contributions and global impact of Indigenous and local knowledge, values, and practices for nature and the planet
Eduardo S. Brondizio (Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, Indiana University) will provide an overview of an exhibit that recently opened at the IU Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. The current accelerating global environmental crisis has heightened awareness of the knowledge, values, and practices of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities. Indigenous Peoples’ contributions to both nature and society are wide-ranging and have been increasingly recognized in both scientific and Indigenous-led research. These contributions include various ways of identifying and managing landscapes and waterscapes; producing food and materials, while maintaining agrobiodiversity that supports a significant sector of the global population; monitoring the health of local environments; restoring ecosystems or preventing their destruction; and offering alternative ways of conceptualizing the relationship between nature and humanity. The exhibit explores these contributions.
Recreate the campfire tradition with spooky storytelling and s’mores!
Presented by the Archives of African American Music and Culture
5:45pm | Doors
The Archives of African American Music and Culture invites you to join us on , at : for : , a concert celebrating the legacy of Black women in jazz.
While many people have contributed to the evolution of jazz, from the beginning of the genre, Black women have served in strategic roles as instrumentalists, arrangers, composers, singers, bandleaders, and mentors, which advanced the careers of some of the most popular figures in the tradition from Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, and Duke Ellington to Thelonious Monk and Dizzy Gillespie.
In celebration of the longstanding contributions of Black women, the evening will feature three unique vocalists, New York City’s rising star Ekep Nkwelle, and Indianapolis’s premier songstresses SANDY LOMAX and BRENDA WILLIAMS. Each artist will showcase a full range of songs, styles, and lived experiences that have defined, elevated, and sustained jazz within and beyond the Black community.
Internationally acclaimed, New York-based pianist, Luther Allison, will accompany Ms. Nkwelle for the performance. Ms. Lomax and Ms. Williams will be accompanied by an all-star band from Indianapolis, led by music director and bassist Bill Myers, former President of the African American Jazz Caucus, Inc. Additional musicians include Cassius Goens (drums), Kevin Anker (keyboard), Steve Weakley (guitar), and Clifford Ratliff (trumpet).
This event, sponsored by the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center and City of Bloomington, IN – Sustainable Bloomington
You’ll have 15 minutes to do your thing.
Door Time 5:30 PM
One of the leading alternative rock bands to emerge from the ‘90s, Everclear will return with special guests Marcy Playground and Jimmie’s Chicken Shack.
Pool table will be set up in the bar! Bring your game or play one of ours!
Intro lesson at 7 pm
Open Wednesday evenings, weather permitting.
Times change with sunset. Check website for specific date.
Check out the Bloomington Clear Sky Chart too.
Monroe Lake to celebrate 60 years with reception beneath dam, Oct. 24
On October 24, 1964, representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officially dedicated the newly constructed Monroe Reservoir. 60 years later, Monroe Lake will commemorate that occasion with an anniversary reception on October 24 from 2 to 3:30 p.m.
The reception will take place in the tailwater, directly beneath the reservoir dam, at 1620 E. Monroe Dam Court, Bloomington. The public is invited and encouraged to attend.
Beginning at 2 p.m., there will be displays of historical items and photos from the reservoir’s history, a self-guided tour of the dam, and info tables from organizations tied to the lake. The first 100 people in attendance will receive a 60th anniversary souvenir.
Daniel Bortner, Director of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Michael Chaveas, Hoosier National Forest Supervisor, and Tyler Blakenship, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Natural Resource Specialist, will speak on the history and significance of the reservoir at 2:30 p.m.
Following the remarks, attendees can enjoy refreshments, sponsored by Visit Bloomington, and all attendees can enter to win a 2025 Indiana State Parks Annual Entrance Pass.
If you plan to attend the reception, an RSVP by noon on Oct. 23 is greatly appreciated to assist with planning. However, walk-up attendees are also welcome.
The program is typically located in Lab A, but may also be in the garden if the weather is nice.
STEM Saturday is a weekly program that gets visitors to engage in STEM. STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Saturdays are designed to provide engaging hands-on STEM activities aimed at inspiring interest in STEM subjects and to make learning both hands-on and fun. STEM Saturday is meant for ages 5 and up. Each week the Education Team and volunteers develop different hands-on activities meant for the entire family. STEM Saturday is designed for ages 5-17, but we encourage adults and children to work together so that they can learn together! STEM Saturday is partially sponsored by Cook Medical and CFC Properties.
Key features of STEM Saturdays include:
- A variety of hands-on activities that encourage exploration of STEM concepts.
- Age-appropriate Curriculum: STEM Saturday content is tailored to different age groups, ensuring that the activities are suitable for a wide range of developmental levels.
- Expert Guidance: WonderLab Educators and Volunteers lead these sessions. They guide and answer questions helping guests gain a deeper understanding of the concepts.
- Collaborative Learning: STEM Saturdays encourages collaboration among participants, fostering teamwork and communication.
- Parent Involvement: Parents and caregivers are encouraged to participate, creating an experience for everyone in your group to take part in.