Big Talk

Simon Coronel, internationally renowned illusionist, opens a one-person show, “Glitches in Reality,” tomorrow at the Bloomington Playwrights Project. Chad Rabinovitz is the producing artistic director of the BPP, who, after seeing Coronel on the television program, “Penn & Teller: Fool Us,” contacted the performer with an offer to collaborate on the stage presentation. Rabinovitz — himself an amateur magician — and …

Cristian Medina and the team at the Indiana Geological and Water Survey are searching for ways to safely dispose of the carbon dioxide gas created by the burning of fossil fuels. He hopes the solution may slow down global warming. The Chilean native practices a hard science but also has a passion for poetry. He and a partner co-founded Cardboard …

Monroe County Commissioner Amanda Barge had an idea in 2017: Get community leaders, public officials, medical experts, and people with life experiences together to tackle the Opioid Crisis. She recruited Monroe County Council member Shelli Yoder to the cause and now the two are about to stage the 2nd Annual South Central Indiana Opioid Summit: Year of Action. Barge and …

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Reserve is a small group of unpaid, fully-trained, armed law enforcement officers who help Sheriff Brad Swain and his paid deputies in times of need and who hire out to private organizations for crowd control and security. The reservists came into being more than 60 years ago as Monroe County’s first Civil Defense unit. That group …

Cindy Beaulé has been a member of the WFHB family since shortly after the station first went on the air a quarter of a century ago. She hosts a Tuesday afternoon music show and serves as WFHB’s volunteer coordinator, wrangling some 150 music, news, and administrative personnel. She explains what it takes to become part of the WFHB crew, as …

The son of the legendary Indiana boy — Hoagy Carmichael — who grew up to be one of the greatest popular songwriters of the 20th Century, Hoagy Bix is in town to help stage and promote the music and dance revue, “Stardust Road: A Hoagy Carmichael Musical Journey.” The show traces four decades of American history through Hoagy’s music. Hoagy …

Feliz Çiçek was born in the ancient land near the Black Sea in what is now known as Turkey that gave rise to the Amazons of Greek myth. Filiz hails from a family of female poets and musicians. She has combined the traditions of strong women and creative, imaginative ones to become an international advocate for females in the arts. …

Maynard and his wife raise what they like to call “free range children.” He’s adopted the persona of a 21st Century viking and began to post social media anecdotes about his kids and the joys and horrors of parenting nearly a decade ago. The posts became so popular he’s turned the best of them into the book, How to Raise …

Both Chris Mattingly and Dave Torneo are lovers of words — and the means to convey them to the public. They have founded several old school, letter block presses specializing in handmade volumes of poetry. Mattingly, who has published three books already, will release his fourth, The Catalyst, later this month. His work deals with family, love, violence, baseball, and …

Brought up in a strict Pentecostal home in Indianapolis’ tough 2G neighborhood, Darran Mosley avoided the lures of the streets and fell in love with music. He’s making a name for himself in Bloomington as the proprietor of Misfit Toy Entertainment, deejaying and kayjaying all around town. He also sings lead vocals for the Prince tribute band, Royalty, and “old-school …