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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:50 — 8.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreAn actor, playwright, and proud jokester, Emily Goodson has made her mark in Bloomington theater. She’s written the new musical-comedy, “Calling All Kates,” now in pre-production at the Bloomington Playwrights Project. She and her husband, Cardinal Stage Company managing director Gabe Gloden, have chased the theater life …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:26 — 7.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreA cabinetmaker, furniture designer and builder, author, preservation advocate, and storyteller, Nancy Hiller has been beautifying people’s homes in Bloomington and other cities for years. She started working with wood as a young woman simply because she needed affordable furniture. She trained in the art and craft …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:41 — 7.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreScience has become a controversial topic in today’s political discourse. Sean Buehler, a senior studying public health issues at Indiana University, is helping clear the air about scientific topics ranging from the environment to the mind. He’s the founder of Science on Tap, a monthly, open to …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 9:11 — 8.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBloomington is home to a wide variety of do-it-yourself, grassroots entertainers. Sue Rall is one — an aerial silks acrobat and drag king. She and her cohorts perform at various special events around town as well as at venues featuring exotic and envelope-pushing fare. Sue graduated from …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:48 — 8.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreNewspapers are old school and it takes an old school character to get them to your door or your neighborhood store. Jack Dopp has been in the newspaper delivery business since he was a grade schooler in Gary, Indiana, back in the 1950’s. He and his crew …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 9:01 — 8.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreMartin Luther King Jr.’s record of success against all odds has inspired a consortium of Bloomington environmental groups who’ll get together Sunday for a celebration of solar, wind, and other renewable energy sources. The event — The Fierce Energy of Now: Time to Choose — will feature …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:53 — 8.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreActor and beloved drama teacher Francesca Sobrer appears in this weekend’s final performances of the Bloomington Playwrights Project production, “Home”. She plays a manipulative Texas mother desperate for her daughter’s love and understanding. It’s a challenging role as Sobrer is on stage for almost the entire length …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:44 — 8.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreRestoration architect Cynthia Bruhbaker helps Bloomington retain its past. She has been responsible for the rebirth of such historic structures as the I. Fell Building and the old Coca Cola bottling plant that now serves as the multipurpose headquarters for Middle Way House. Bruhbaker knew early on …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 9:00 — 8.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreAn institution in local politics, Dan “Carp” Combs has been Perry Township trustee since the mid-‘eighties, providing services for the needy and even making sure the abandoned Shortstop lot on the south side remains relatively clutter-free. Uniquely among American states, Indiana depends on the township form of …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:44 — 8.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Bishop bar and live music venue doesn’t cater to the stereotypical binge-drinking, hell-raising undergraduate crowd. So how does the place stay open? Amid a number of live music venues coming and going in Bloomington, The Bishop has survived. Together with its building neighbor, the Comedy Attic, …