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Join us for August’s family night and a kick off to the school year. Come make puppets to take home and make new friends. All ages.
The Mitchell Opera House will be hosting a substance free alternative event showing Hunger Games! Entry is completely free, so bring your friends and family and enjoy a night out at the historic venue.
Doors will open at 5:15 p.m. Mitchell Opera House is handicap accessible. All seating is first come, first served.
This season’s finale begins with Brahms’ moving Clarinet Quintet- a work full of introspective melancholy written as the sun was setting in Brahms’ own life. Finally, Dvořák’s radiant Sextet reminds us all that the sun will rise again!
Brahms: Clarinet Quintet, op. 115
Dvořák: String Sextet, op. 48
James Campbell, clarinet
Lei Hou, violin
Qing Hou, violin
Larry Neuman, viola
Mark Holloway, viola
Brandon Vamos, cello
Kenneth Olsen, cello
Maddie Wiener is a stand-up comedian with a style described as “irreverent humor…with a streak of brazenness,” and “abrasive and likable at the same time.” This past fall she made her Tonight-Show-starring-Jimmy-Fallon debut.
This is a special performance of the captain’s new suite of compositions dedicated to the awesome power and majesty of the ocean. Coupled with a light and projection presentation that is truly one of a kind, this is a particular slice of interdimensional space and time that really shouldn’t be missed. Doors open at 6:30.
Music unbounded by genre, droning cosmic americana, and weaving guitar textures.
ALL-AGES — TICKETS
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William Covert – synthesizer + drums – Chicago, IL
After drumming in bands like Space Dust, Droughts, and Rust Ring, William Covert set out composing music for synthesizer and drums which he could perform solo. Creating without regard to any genre, “it’s not punk music for synthesizer and drums, it’s not jazz music for synthesizer and drums, it’s just Music for Synthesizer and Drums…fully composed songs as well as quasi-improvised pieces that play off the beauty of imperfections inherent with analog synthesizers and acoustic drums that keeps the music lively, but not sterile. This is weird music made for weird people.” William has played in Bloomington numerous times, and this will be his first solo performance here.
https://www.instagram.com/william.p.covert/
https://wmcovert.bandcamp.com/
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Thee Magi – ambient americana – Lafayette, IN
Cuzzin Eddy/Brother Yeshua presents a suite of songs for guitar and voice. Expect pleasant drones and smiles as wide as the horizon.
https://www.yesuelhu.com/
https://theemaji.bandcamp.com/
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Gabe Garber / Richard Jermain / Ben Myers – guitar trio – Bloomington, IN
Three guitarists, three approaches to vibrating strings and exciting pickups. Individually, they have played in countless formations and bands. Lately, you may have caught them with A Aardvark, Lather, The City Underground, or alongside artists like David Miller, Marty Belcher, Kyle Quass, and Xylocept. Come find out where they go on their first sonic adventure together.
https://www.bkwala.com/
https://www.youtube.com/@cityundgnd
https://lather.bandcamp.com/
Come see a free movie on the big screen!
Doors at 8pm
Sunday
8:00 – 11:00 am Breakfast
9:00 – 10:00 am Open Waltz (Tom Yeiser)
10:00 – 11:00 am Open Waltz (Open Band)
Noon Camp closes
We return with amazing vendors from all over the Midwest!
Pop Art, Comic Books, Toys (Modern and Vintage), and everything in between! Food Trucks will be onsite! Also the RETURN of the COSPLAY CONTESTS!
Come to the Downtown Library and find the missing piece in your puzzle collection. In this program, we ask you to bring your completed puzzles and swap them with others! All ages.
Baritone Richard Lewis and friends’ annual concert returns to support Fairview Elementary School literacy and arts integration programs. Our 15th annual concert is a romantic comedy love triangle! Two feuding exes show up to perform at a gala concert, brought together by their manager who wants to barter a truce – but who has another motive as well. Will romantic chemistry save the day, or will everyone declare that they are done – and down – with love?
Registration is requested.
Read about your food and eat it, too! We’ll read a book, sing some songs, and make a new delicious recipe each month.
For more information, contact Clarence Boone at [email protected] or (812) 349-3738
Every Monday includes fun skating, cardio challenges, dance moves, skills lessons, a good stretch, and support from veteran roller derby skaters.
Activities are focused on advanced beginner to skilled skaters. ALL adults are welcome
We’re at home in Bloomington, Indiana but welcome singers from all across the region.
Auditions consist of an interview and vocal exercises with the artistic director. Rehearsals are 7-9:30 pm every Monday with a 20-minute break.
Learn more at https://quarryland.org
Join us for a screening of “A Minecraft Movie.” We’ll watch the movie adaptation of the hit video game while enjoying snacks and good conversation.
Hey smart people!! Trivia Nights are now your favorite thing to do on Mondays! We promise to keep the sports to a minimum!
Registration is requested
Turn basic stitches and sewing supplies into custom designed covers for easy journals and notecards.
All tools and materials provided.
Registration is requested.
Join us as we read our way through the romance genre! We’ll gush about our newest love story while unpacking the more complex sides of the genre as it grows and expands.
We are a steel tip dart & social club. You do not have to be a member to play. All are welcome.
The 44th Year! With: Fruits, Vegetables, Flowers, Plants and other Summer Produce
New English speakers will practice everyday language skills in a relaxed, informal atmosphere.
No registration required for this hands-on class that teaches kids of all ages confidence and curiosity in the kitchen. Try new recipes, inspired by the pantry and the garden, each week.
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!
The City’s Assistant Director of Sustainability, Shawn Miya, and Sustainability Program Coordinator, Jolie Perry, will highlight the grants and rebates available to residents, small businesses, and nonprofits to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase resilience to climate change. From solar panels, batteries, heat pumps, and insulation, to tree plantings, neighborhood gardens, cool roofs, and more, the City provides resources for the community to make these projects happen. Miya and Perry will also share news about potential incoming sources of federal grant dollars for community-wide energy efficiency and solar installations. Listeners will find out how to apply for funding and what community input the City needs for upcoming projects.
**Cerridwen Kennedy** will share a collection of her own contemporary poetry, centered on growing up in a neo-pagan household and her relationship with spirituality as an adult.
Cerridwen is a poet and aspiring author. She spent the majority of her childhood in libraries, reading just about anything she could get her hands on. As an adult, not much has changed. She spends a lot of time between stacks of books, exploring new worlds, and learning from other perspectives. Writing and telling stories is something she holds near and dear to her heart.
**Jennifer Lynn Christie** will read a retelling of the French fairy tale, “The White Cat” written by Marjorie Sandor. Following her reading, Jennifer will share her perspective on why fairy tales are potent and fun vessels of modern storytelling. Questions and conversation encouraged!
Jennifer’s short stories have appeared in The Georgia Review, PANK, Atticus Review, and elsewhere. She has written book reviews for the Denver Quarterly, Entropy, Newfound, and Full Stop, and for two years she served as the Assistant Small Press Editor for Entropy.
She has recently completed her first novel and is seeking representation.
Registration is requested.
Have you ever wanted to try your hand at a manual typewriter? Want to practice your poetry-on-demand skills? Join Tony Brewer for this drop-in type-in!
Dreya Weber is an actress, aerialist, and director.
Bring your instruments, voices, poems, jokes, and more. Sign up at the event for a 10 minute slot. Mic provided.
Local musician Pat Otto joins us this month for an extra special musical event at Gather featuring special guests Ernest Brusubardis on IV Fiddle from Milwaukee, WI and Aaron Smith on Bass from Chicago, IL. We’re stoked to be hosting this wonderful trio in our Gallery Space for August! Grab your seats now!!!
Beginner lesson is 7-7:30pm, Dance runs 7:30-9:30pm
21+Only
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/
In person and online. A discussion group on specific banned books chosen by the group.
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.
Hosted by Nicholas Graham Hall
7-8pm host band
8-10pm open blues jam with backline provided.
Dreya Weber is an actress, aerialist, and director.
Doors at 6:30pm
This informal social event brings the VITAL community together for light snacks and conversation.
5:00 PM – 12:00 AM – Racing
Gates Open: 5pm
Open Racing/T&T: 6pm – 7:30pm
Qualifying: 7:30pm – 8:45pm
Drag Racing: 8:45pm – 11pm
Heads Up/Grudge Racing – 11pm – 12am
Racing Awards: 11:30pm – 12am
City of Bloomington Utilities is reviewing a proposed water rate adjustment to fund critical improvements to the City’s water system. We’re encouraging members of the community to learn more, ask questions, and share feedback at several upcoming meetings.
The Utilities Service Board will vote on the proposed rate changes on Sept. 8, at the Utilities Service Center. It will be open to the public and comments will be welcome.
The Gala is again a celebration of all things local, from our incredible donors, volunteers, and community members like you to all the businesses and talent that are making this event possible. While you enjoy our gardens, take in music from two live local bands: Time Well Spent and Sleeping Trees. Tickets online or at the door.
The only thing better than watching a sophisticated,
chilling, and sinister Hitchcock thriller is watching it in 3D!
Come for the dastardly schemes of Ray Milland plotting
to kill his wife for her money, stay for the twists and an
outstanding performance from Grace Kelly
Doors at 6:30pm
Dreya Weber is an actress, aerialist, and director.