Arts interviews, reviews, and features from WFIU Public Media from Indiana University.
The Bloomington community gets creative as it tries to save the Alexander Memorial in Courthouse Square.
For the past 40 years, Indiana Heritage Arts (IHA) has promoted the tradition of this painting style as it was practiced by T.C. Steele and others in Brown County.
"A free performance featuring a wide variety of dance styles and a Q&A on stage, immediately afterward. It's a perfect opportunity to explore one of the country's finest arts..."
The 2018 Bloomington Early Music Festival reaches new heights through collaborations with both local and national organizations.
Local musicians Cindy Kallet and Grey Larsen bring "new" Old-time music to the 2018 Bloomington Early Music Festival.
Local chamber choir Voces Novae premieres a movement from The Vonnegut Reqiuem as part of the Granfalloon.
Jacobs School of Music students learn how to build and repair stringed instruments from Professor Tom Sparks, who is retiring at the end of this semester.
"El Capitane is an opera project that explores identity politics and focuses on creating a diverse and sustainable audience for the art form. " Alejandra Martinez
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Monroe County Fair is not a place for those with a timid appetite
This spring, George Pinney retired from his position as head of the Musical Theater Department at IU's Theater School. He reflects on 30 years of teaching.
"Anything goes" in fasion show dedicated to the reused and recycled. The only prohibition: Nothing new!
Reflections on how One Million Stars to End Violence Project made its mark on Bloomington this year through the Lotus Blossoms Education and Outreach Program.
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"My first puzzles, the back side of the puzzle could actually be a hand-painted set piece that you might’ve seen onstage at a Cardinal performance."
Daniel Larsen, the youngest person to have a crossword published in the New York Times, explains how perseverance and Elmer Fudd helped him achieve his goal.
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This doctor's career, avocation and family life combined to build a generations-long legacy.
A photography exhibition showcases a new generation of feminist activism in China.
Donna Sasse's dream is for all residents of Columbus, not just visitors, to take the architecture tour.
An exhibit at the Grunwald Gallery of Art explores the power of tattoos to delight, rebel and heal.
Knitting hats to wear to the Women's March on Washington, Bloomington women join thousands nationwide who are taking up needles to stand up for their rights.
Comedian Stewart Huff addresses the history of close-mindedness in his new comedy special.
The comic, writer and actor on growing up an outcast and why the role of the comedian just got more important.
Local circus performers return home from years on the road, open their own studios, and find more to love in the circus arts than the thrill of a great show.
Bloomington's Gentry Bros Circus retired in 1916. In 1983 Bernadette Pace, with her backyard trapeze and passion for flight, brought the circus back to town.
Old friends have been gathering in Brown County every September for the past 40 years. Now, the next generation is trying to find its place in this tradition.
Longtime WFHB Music Director Jim Manion finds continuity between Hoagy Carmichael's musical impulses and the DIY spirit of today's punk shows.
"Greatest living 17th-Century photographer" find treasure in others trash
Clowns have been sending out mixed signals for hundreds of years. But why is this narrative of the evil clown suddenly so compelling again?
The Indiana State Museum is actively collecting items associated with the conversations about LGBT rights in Indiana. In the past with social movements like women's suffrage, museums relied more on donations.
The last time I visited Indiana Beach I was only a child. Even then, though, I knew my connection to the amusement park wasn’t typical.
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The lineup of artists performing at the 2016 Lotus Festival of World Music and Arts has been announced
As an organizer of the annual Limestone Comedy Festival, Mat Alano-Martin feels a responsibility to book comedians from a diversity of backgrounds.
Mo Mitchell is one of Bloomington's youngest comedians, but she's making a name for herself at Limestone Comedy Fest.
Liby Ball is a seamstress in Bloomington who welcomes all to her studio.
There are plenty of dinosaur bones out west, but fossils on federal land are reserved for museums and universities. This makes thing complicated for hobbyists.
The Museum of Miniature Houses offers a tiny, but telling way to teach Hoosier history.
The seminar is part-event planning and part-career training. Attendees will learn what it takes to turn a big idea into a successful event.
Stewart Huff and Tom Simmons want to challenges what audiences expect from southern comedy.
Lilly Library curator Andrew Rhoda discusses how puzzles can teach us about history and ourselves.
Personal effects mingle alongside safari souvenirs in an exhibition at the Grunwald Gallery representing the more curious contents of IU's collections.
The Historic Artcraft Theatre in Franklin, Indiana screens a horror classic and celebrates its own re-animation.
Anna & Elizabeth perform using Crankies, shadow puppets, folk instruments and unique harmonies to bring stories old as time to life again.
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