Tag Archives: Chad Carrothers

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 6.8MB)Subscribe: RSSYou know summer is really here when the Monroe County Civic Theater does Shakespeare in the Park. Our community’s only all-volunteer nonprofit theater group has been doing it for 35 years, and next week this year’s production goes back to basics with “The Comedy of Errors,” one of Shakespeare’s …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 7.2MB)Subscribe: RSSBloomington’s SING FOR JOY! community choir might be the most inclusive performance group around. SING FOR JOY! is open to literally anyone, no audition required. People with disabilities or dementia or other challenges that might make a traditional choir intimidating are encouraged to join. Director Sandra Freund recently won …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 7.0MB)Subscribe: RSSDance studios are typically set up as commercial businesses, but in Bloomington Windfall Dancers is a non-profit promoting movement for individual health AND building community. Managing director Andrea Kleesattel offers their facility to groups that need a space, and she’d love to talk to you about volunteering at Windfall …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 7.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIf you experience discrimination in Bloomington, the Human Rights Commission may be able to help. Last year the city HRC and the county HRC merged into a single entity that investigates complaints of discrimination against protected classes. Both the city and county have extended protection beyond what …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 7.0MB)Subscribe: RSSVeteran service organizations have a problem: their volunteer pool is aging out. Not enough younger volunteers are signing up to replace the older volunteers who are retiring. Jenny Tracy discovered this problem at the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 18 in Bloomington when she went there looking for help while …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:42 — 7.9MB)Subscribe: RSSBloomington is teeming with people working for positive change in our community. The annual Be More Awards celebrates them. The 2024 awards will be presented at 6:30pm on Thursday April 25 in a public event at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. Bloomington Volunteer Network Coordinator Michelle Moss announces those winners in …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 7.3MB)Subscribe: RSSBloomington is waging war against a foreign invader. Asian bush honeysuckle is choking out our native flora, and the return of warmer weather means this invasive species is once again on the grow. Paul Murphy is an intern on the City of Bloomington Parks and Recreation Urban Greenspace Team …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 7.2MB)Subscribe: RSSA trip overseas led high school student Sophia Craiutu to realize she was living in a media bubble. Sophia and her friend Iris Jones founded Global Learners on a mission to change the way American kids receive and perceive information about what’s going on in the world. Activate! is …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 7.2MB)Subscribe: RSSWhen Dorian Villanueva was a family case manager with the Department of Child Services, she frequently depended on Court Appointed Special Advocates to figure out what was really going in cases of neglect and abuse. After her time at DCS was over she got involved at CASA as a …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 6.7MB)Subscribe: RSSEvery three years the best harp players in the world gather in Bloomington for the USA International Harp Competition. Of course the IU Jacobs School of Music is involved, but the competition itself is an independent organization relying heavily on volunteers. Deb Pekin is looking for host families willing …