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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Artist Laura Brikmanis Looks At Life from Both Sides Now
Laura Brikmanis’ theater mural adorns the exterior of the Bloomington Playwrights Project’s Ted Jones Playhouse and you can find her…
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Bret Raper, Local Court Commissioner, Wins Western Swing Album of Year
How does a court commissioner from southern Indiana become a western swing music sensation and win the Academy of Western…
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Lotus Festival Celebrates 25 Years of World Music
In October 1994, about 800 people gathered in downtown Bloomington for the city’s first-ever world music festival. Organized by Lee…
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‘Bloomington Boogies’ Festival, Aug. 11–13
The Bloomington Blues & Boogie Woogie Piano Festival bounces back into town August 11–13 for its fourth annual showcase of…
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Elvis Did It, You Can Too! Cut Your Own Vinyl Record
In the early 1950s, about the time Elvis Presley cut a record and changed the sound of popular music, anyone…
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Cardinal Stage Company’s ‘Fun Home’ Focuses on Families and Their Secrets
Cardinal Stage will wrap up its season with a production of the musical Fun Home, a story of repressed intimacy,…
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Fast-Growing Trend Hits Town 3 Escape Rooms Are Now Open
Three escape room businesses—simulated entertainment experiences likened to live versions of the board game Clue—have opened in Bloomington within the…
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New Books from IU Press: ‘The Curse of the Indy 500: 1958’s Tragic Legacy’
Sportswriter Stan Sutton’s The Curse of the Indy 500: 1958’s Tragic Legacy centers on a massive crash that killed one…
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Sounds of Indiana Barbershop Singing Lives On!
Originating in the late 1800s, the distinct vocal stylings of barbershop singing—generally a quartet singing a capella-style in four-part harmony—is…
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Russian Couple Makes Art Film in Bloomington with Local Cast
In the fall of 2018, if all goes according to plan, audiences will get their first look at The Klaxon,…
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