Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:00 — 23.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThey hope to connect songwriters with audiences, audiences with songwriters, and songwriters with other songwriters. The Cosmic Songwriter Festival is all about connections. Founded by Fuentes and McDermott in December 2021, the nonprofit Cosmic Songwriter, Inc. has staged monthly showcases at the Orbit Room since then. Now, …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:00 — 21.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreAs part of our effort to create a comprehensive history of WFHB, Bloomington community radio, we are gathering a library of oral recollections. Among the recordings is that of Richard Fish, a long-time audio engineer and old-time radio program archivist. Fish was in on the development of …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:00 — 24.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreNamed the director of the Monroe County Public Library system in May 2022, Grier Carson knew he’d face some daunting challenges. But he was surprised by the news he received when he woke up on January 15th this year, The brand new, award-winning Southwest branch building had …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:00 — 22.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreLike the robin and the crocus, Trashion Refashion is a sign of spring in Bloomington. This year’s runway show at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater is the 15th annual exhibition of clothing designs made of repurposed materials. Molecular biologist Bettina Kehoe is typical of the amateur designers who dabble …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:00 — 22.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreShe taught herself how to play the guitar and now she wants to help young girls, trans kids, and those questioning their assigned gender learn how to play music too. Amy Oelsner, known to many around Bloomington as Amy O and leader of two bands, one named …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:00 — 21.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreAudrey Heller, co-founder of the Jewish Theatre of Bloomington, has said it took a lot of chutzpah to start the stage company in South Central Indiana. The organization launched in 2005 and is reprising its very first production, “Another Antigone,” by academician and playwright A.R. Gurney. This …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:00 — 21.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWith Bloomington’s music scene experiencing a renaissance in the wake of the pandemic, new performers are emerging and longtime singers, songwriters, and players are staging comebacks. They’re all entering (or re-entering) rapidly changing performance and recording environments. Guitarist Clements and WFHB DJ Nicki 7 last summer founded …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:00 — 24.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreA little more than a year after the Indiana legislature voted to bar state funding for the Kinsey Institute, the world-renowned human sexuality research center will remain part of Indiana University. The IU Board of Trustees voted on March 1, 2024 to keep the Institute after considering …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:00 — 22.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreShe’s been helping people trace their Hoosier roots as the maven of the Monroe County Public Library’s Indiana Room for years. Now, Friesel is spearheading the MCPL’s effort in getting the Hoosier Character digital map of the state in the 19th century off the ground. The map …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:00 — 22.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWhat started out as a side gig, a vanity project, has become Drew Wehrle’s day job. He and his brother Cole Wehrle founded the historical board game maker, Wehrlegig Games. Drew handles the production and business end of the operation while Cole is a noted game designer. …
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