He touched countless students’ lives and hearts while teaching at Bloomington High School North. Steve Philbeck realized he had a calling back when he was a kid and he was assigned to help a less fortunate classmate. He studied urban planning in college but found the lure of teaching irresistible. Philbeck also hosts a Thursday overnight program on WFHB. Hosts …
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In the last decade, he turned the long-time WFHB interview program, Interchange, into something more in line with his personal vision. Doug Storm stepped forward from a group of five Interchange hosts back in 2013 and has been a mainstay on Firehouse Broadcasting ever since. Doug has decided the time is right to step away from his role as the …
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She’s spent her entire adult life teaching kids and encouraging them to read books. Kathy Loser began her working life as a school teacher and then moved into library science. For more than 30 years, she oversaw the library at Bloomington High School North. For the last few years, she’s served on the Monroe County Public library board. She has …
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He arrived in New York City earlier this century, not knowing how to speak English and hoping to study business at an American university. Love brought him to Bloomington, where his new wife was to work on her graduate degree. Wally Ouedraogo, born and raised in Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou, now is a fixture here and a successful businessperson as …
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A year ago she was a senior in high school. Today she sits at the head of the Republican Party in Monroe County. Taylor Bryant in December was named to replace outgoing longtime chair William Ellis. She became the youngest person to hold such a county position in Indiana state history. Active in politics since becoming inspired by the 2016 …
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He came aboard as WFHB News Director in 2019 just as the city was following a wrenching, polarizing news story that had 1st Amendment implications and put people of color on edge. Kade Young has covered the city along with his assistant, Noelle Herhusky-Schneider, and their crew of independent citizen journalists ever since even as traditional news gathering operations fade …
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Her parents were accomplished, noted artists so she and her sisters were raised in art museums, galleries, and studios. Jaime Sweany has run several commercial galleries in Brown County, Bloomington, and now Owen County. The proprietor of Juniper Art Gallery on the courthouse square in Spencer, Indiana, Sweany has weathered both an historic economic recession and the pandemic shutdown and …
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When she came up with the idea to celebrate Krampus in Bloomington, Kel McBride promised herself she’d only wrangle ten of the annual Christmas season events. Last year’s would have been the tenth but COVID-19 got in the way, so this year’s is the final Krampus bash in Bloomington. The festivities begin at 5:00pm Saturday, December 4, at Showers Commons …
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His love of drawing and Japanese animation figures evolved into both a lifelong pastime and an adult vocation. Reilly Donaldson now spends his days helping to curate and care for the tens of thousands of articles of art owned by Indiana University. When not on the job, he turns his attention to creating live-action fantasy creatures and two-dimensional designs and …
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Five people from Bloomington who love movies, videos, and all forms of recorded visual art got together more than five years ago to found Cicada Cinema, a pop-up movie theater. Setting up ad hoc shop wherever they could, the five brought cult films, art films, and many other cinematic treasures to town. Nile Arena was one of those five. He …
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