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‘Elect Connect’ – The Bloomington City Council Candidate Forum
The Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce will host a candidate forum to welcome all 2019 city council candidates interested in leading our community. Join us as we offer them an opportunity to discuss their platforms and participate in a moderated Q&A session.
This event is free but tickets are required. Doors will open at 4:30pm for this general admission event, which is expected to last 2 hours.
Symphonic Band – Eric M. Smedley Featuring Kevin Bobo, percussion soloist; with Jason H. Nam and Emily Rodeck, conductors
Music Theory Guest Lecture W. Dean Sutcliffe (University of Auckland), “How Haydn Clinches Closure” – Five Friends Master Class Series (Honoring Robert Samels)
Bloomington Songwriter Showcase presents: Cari Ray, Gary Applegate & Greg Mahan.
Reversible – A unique and riveting mix of theatre, circus, dance, music, and acrobatics
Reversible, the newest production from the Montreal-based circus company who brought Traces to IU Auditorium, will arrivee in Bloomington on April 2 and 3. Through a unique and riveting mix of theatre, circus, dance, music, and acrobatics will tell the stories of the generation who forged the world we live in today.
Imagine your grandparents and what they lived through when they were your age. Our elders lived in a simpler era, when time moved at a less rapid pace. This time in history inspired poetry, imagination, passion, and staggering virtuosity.
Are these stories written in our DNA? How will the past guide our evolution in the future.
With Reversible, be prepared for the best in contemporary circus—moments of pure grace yielding to rushes of adrenaline—as a cast of multi-talented performers travel through time and space. Be part of a vibrant journey that will give you goose bumps: peek through the key hole at a Reversible world, where everyday life is turned upside down into new spectacular universes filled with beauty, emotion, and hope.
Family Heritage Day
Brown County Family Heritage Day
Brown County History Center
April 27, 11:00 am to 4:00 pm
If your members/family have any connections to Brown County please share with them. The theme for this year is “Finding Your Family Veterans.” Local veterans office will be here to help with any question and they will scan any Brown County Veteran’s photos. Their newest project includes building a database for all Brown County Veterans.
Book Club
HiStory Book Club
Apirl 27, 1:00 to 2:30 pm
The HiStory Book Club continues their 2019 reading list with Mixed Marriage: A Memoir. Remember the book club welcomes everyone, whether they have completed the book or not!
It was the sixties. Everything was changing. People were demanding freedom of every kind. Freedom from racism, from the war in Vietnam, from sexism, from police brutality, from college courses that ignored the achievements of everyone except those of European descent. So, why not, also, the freedom to marry whomever you choose? In 1965, before the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the ban on mixed marriages was unconstitutional, in many states it was a crime to marry “outside your race.” And less than 1% of Americans chose to commit that crime. This is the story of how author Janet Cheatham Bell came to defy that ridiculous law.
Faces From Gettysburg
For their April meeting, the Monroe County Civil War Roundtable will present a program titled Faces From Gettysburg. Many may be familiar with the Battle of Gettysburg and its aftermath as well as some of the more famous names associated with it – Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, and George Meade to name a few. But in this talk, roundtable president Scott Schroeder will be discussing the battle and its aftermath by examining the stories of some lesser known characters. Characters that are young and old, male and female, soldier and civilian. Some of their stories end tragically and others end happily, but all are interesting in their own way.
Garage Sale
Pop-Up Preview of the annual Garage Sale
April 6, 1:00 to 3:30 pm
Join us for a boutique experience of the Monroe County History Center’s annual Garage Sale. Explore this spring-inspired afternoon before the sale on June 14 and 15.
All proceeds of the pop-up preview support the preservation of the collections, programs, and exhibits of the Monroe County History Center.