Bloom Magazine
Category: Arts/Entertainment
Coverage of Bloomington’s vibrant arts and entertainment scene — theater, music, visual arts, film, galleries, and cultural events throughout Monroe County and beyond.
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Bloomington Chamber Singers Celebrate a Half Century of Making Beautiful Music (PHOTO GALLERY)
Half a century ago, about a dozen passionate amateur musicians gathered around a kitchen table sharing their love of singing.
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Enthusiasm Earns Local Women Magical Trip to Broadway Show
When friends Carolyn Anderson, Linda Burton, Sandy Martin, and Suzanne Roberts attended a performance of the musical Ain’t Too Proud:…
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WFHB’s Live ‘Saturday’s Child’ Celebrates 25 Years on the Air
WFHB-FM’s live monthly music broadcast, Saturday’s Child, aired for the first time in March 1994 from the Rose Firebay at…
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Priscilla Barnes: TV & Film Star Performed Here in Play at BPP
Priscilla Barnes was in Bloomington for several weeks in April and May, performing in the Bloomington Playwrights Project production of…
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Southern Indiana Novelist Gets Hollywood Treatment
Frank Bill was working the night shift at a factory in Louisville, Kentucky, when he saw the movie Fight Club.…
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At Carnegie Hall: Jill Bolte Taylor’s TED Talk Plays as a Choral Composition
In July 2018, neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor received an unexpected email from Brad and Doug Balliett, the renowned twin orchestral…
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Artist Dixie Ferrer: Inspired by Nature
In her 40-year career, longtime Brown County resident Dixie Ferrer has been a textile and ceramic artist and a painter.…
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New Visitor Center for Guests at T.C. Steele State Historic Site
Summer visitors to the T.C. Steele State Historic Site will be greeted by a whole new experience. Singing Winds Visitor…
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‘Birch Bayh: Making a Difference’
In his new book about Birch Bayh, Indiana’s Democratic U.S. senator from 1963 to 1981, author Bob Blaemire shows his…
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Players Pub Lives on in Mural at I Fell Event
While The Players Pub may be closed, a piece of it lives on. The mural that graced the back stage…
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