Table of Contents
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Editor’s Message: “What’s Your Favorite Restaurant?”
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Bloom’s 17th Annual Holiday Party
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The 2023 Bloom Magazine Community Award Winners
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The Big Picture: “Pussy Riot”
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Kerry Thomson: Mayor of Bloomington
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Multi-Talented Family Man: Aaron Biggs
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Mildred Hennessy: Herman B Wells’ Secretary
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B-town’s Sue Childs: Doll-Maker Extraordinaire
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Artist Speck Mellencamp Has First Solo Exhibition
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The Pink Poodle: Event Space For Intimate Shows of All Kinds
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Tim Clougher: Stained Glass Artist
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WTIU-TV to Air Documentary on World Cycling Champ Major Taylor: He Broke the Color Barrier
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Marco & Polo Restaurant Serving Uyghur Specialties
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New Heartwork Brewery Passes the Taste Test (Tapped Into Bloomington)
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The Vault Pub in the IMU Featuring Local Food & Drink
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Good Wine Adds Much To Any Restaurant Menu (Bloomington & Vine)
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Heather Murphy: Creator of Eclectic BlueBird Couture!
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My Sister’s Closet Facing Multiple Challenges
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Juniper Art Gallery: A Community Hub
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Handrails as Art By Joe LaMantia
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New Hope for Families Expands Its Services With Lilly Grant
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A New Book About Your Kid And Sex by Debby Herbenick
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Bloomington Prepares for a 4-Minute Total Solar Eclipse
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Time to Count Birds & Monitor Nests in Spring (Citizen Scientist)
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Indiana University Philanthropy: Two Centuries of Support for IU
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Sibling Cities B-town & Palo Alto: Connection Across a Continent
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Kerry Thomson’s Pledge Of Better Transparency (Dave Askins at City Hall)
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Honey: IU Police Department’s Therapy Dog Is Now on the Job
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CATS Cable Television Marks 50 Years of Local Broadcasting
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Our Big Adventure (Autism & Disability Journal)
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30th Soup Bowl Benefit To Support Local Food Bank
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White Pine Local: Designer of Business Spaces
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Closets, Too! Survival and Success
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A Story of Rebirth: How Bloomington Volunteers Restored The West Baden First Baptist (Colored) Church
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The Mill: Where creative entrepreneurs are mapping Bloomington’s future in the competitive tech world