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Chocolate Is First Ingredient in LuckyGuy Bakery Brownies
BY AUBREY DUNNUCK Have you spotted the LuckyGuy Bakery logo of a peg-legged rabbit? His name is Felix, which means…
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Manila Social Club: NY Celebrity Eatery Has B-town Roots
BY MIKE LEONARD Within the first year of opening the Manila Social Club, Filipino-born and Bloomington-raised Björn DelaCruz has seen…
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Maple Valley Farm’s Harvest Partners: An Innovative Food Distribution Model (Photo Gallery)
BY BARB BERGGOETZ In January, Larry and Tina Howard, owners of Maple Valley Farm, created what they call a revolutionary…
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Have a Beer and Watch Cardinal’s Sultry Musical ‘Murder Ballad’
BY CAROLYN CROWCROFT Cardinal Stage Company will close out its 2015–16 season with Murder Ballad, an electric musical that Artistic…
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It Takes Math, Physics, & Voodoo to Learn to Make a Violin at IU (Photo Gallery)
BY PAUL BICKLEY “My mother was a violinist,” says Tom Sparks, “and when I was 14, I took her Joseph Guarneri violin…
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Rawhide Ranch: An Old West Experience in Nashville, Indiana (Photo Gallery)
BY PETER DORFMAN Those looking for a little adventure might be interested in experiencing a Westernthemed getaway in a rustic,…
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Hot Rod’s Downtown Barber Shop: Just Like the Good Old Days!
BY PAUL BICKLEY In July 2014, Rodney Pheifer visited Ward’s Downtown Barber Shop in Bloomington to look at two chairs…
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Sobremesa Farm: A Permaculture Endeavor
BY MIKE LEONARD There is simply not an adequate English translation for the Spanish word sobremesa, says Robert Frew, co-owner…
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Bangkok Thai Cuisine: Fine Dining on B-town’s East Side
BY CHRISTINE BARBOUR The dining room at Bangkok Thai Cuisine is beautiful, dominated by the majestic wall of local limestone…
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Award-Winning Play Focuses On What It Means to Forget Faces
BY BARB BERGGOETZ A rare neurological condition called prosopagnosia, or face blindness, makes for an award-winning drama at Bloomington Playwrights…
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