This year, Youth Radio took to the streets to ask attendees of the 2023 Granfalloon Festival about Kurt Vonnegut, the performing artists and Bloomington’s atmosphere during the festivities. Along the way, they interviewed both people on the street, local artists and musicians and some participants in the festival itself. What is presented here is the extended edit of the …
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Locutora, Minerva Sosa, entrevista a invitada para hablar sobre sus experiencias viviendo en Bloomington. Además, nos habla sobre sus experiencias participando en eventos comunitarios de la ciudad de Bloomington! Host, Minerva Sosa, interviews a guest to talk about her experiences living in Bloomington. In addition, she tells us about her experiences participating in community events in the city of Bloomington!
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We open this episode with our monthly collection of prison disturbances, generously compiled by Perilous Chronicle. Afterwards, we share a conversation between Daniel McGowan and Brian Whitener about the Certain Days calendar. The Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar is a joint fundraising and educational project coordinated between outside and inside organizers in the US and Canada. Its founding …
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Joan Hawkins had done a lot of creative writing as a younger person, but she mostly abandoned that pursuit as she advanced in her academic career and other priorities took over. Recently she began to feel the pull to return to memoir writing. She attended an open mike night sponsored by the Writers Guild and read one of her memoir …
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Donna and Otto Ray didn’t ever expect that they would find themselves behind the scenes as volunteers supporting songwriters in Bloomington. They don’t write songs and only dabbled in playing music. It was a twist of fate and the close connections that Bloomington provides that brought them together four years ago as a couple. Soon, their shared love of original …
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The City of Bloomington committed to funding the Buskirk Chumley Theater for another year. The Bloomington Redevelopment Commission approved its 2019 partnership agreement with the BCT, on Monday. Redevelopment Commission President Don Griffin said the agreement supports Bloomington’s quality of life. Bloomington Parks Director Paula McDevitt told the commission up to $74,000 in support will come from one of the …
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Hoy tuvimos invitados que participaran en el Festival de Artes Black y Brown 2018 de la ciudad de Bloomington. Los artistas Arturo, Oscar, Zoilmar y Gavin de la comision de asuntos hispanos y latinos hablaron con locutora Josefa. Today, we have invited those participating in the Bloomington’s 2018 Black & Brown Arts Festival: Artists Arturo, Oscar, and Zoilmar chat with …
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What follows is an unedited conversation with actress Abby Lee who will be performing the role of Masha in IU Theatre’s production of the 2013 Tony Award winning play by Christopher Durang, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. Durang’s play revolves around the relationships of three middle-aged single siblings, two of whom live together, and takes place during a …
Read More »Bloomington Transit announced it has awarded contracts for exterior design and art work for the new Downtown Transit Center, which is currently under construction on Third and Walnut in downtown Bloomington. Local architect Matt Ellenwood was selected for the facility’s exterior benches and bicycle racks. His design was selected as the winning entry from among thirteen entrants in a national …
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