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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Charlotte Hess: Fascinated by Life’s Patterns (Photo Gallery)
BY MOLLY BRUSH Artist Charlotte Hess has had a lifelong fascination with patterns. One of her earliest memories is of…
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Jennifer Mujezinovic Wins Whimsical Assignment (Photo Gallery)
BY PAMELA KEECH Bloomington portrait painter Jennifer Mujezinovic (moo-yea-zeena-vitch) is about to become a star with the younger set. She…
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From the Creative Mind of Leo Cook, A Kids’ TV Spot: ‘Footsteps to Flight’
BY PAUL BICKLEY “I’m phasing out of the food industry,” says Leo Cook, former head caterer at the Showers Inn…
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Quarry Book Festival Gives Readers Chance to Meet Favorite Authors
BY SOPHIE BIRD When John Decker, exhibits and events coordinator at IU Press, was asked to help plan Quarry Festival…
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September Is Festival Month in Bloomington
BY JULIE GRAY Trust a college town to know how to ease back into school and work every autumn. Bloomington…
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Groove to the Blues Up Close at Bean Blossom Blues Fest
BY BARB BERGGOETZ The atmosphere is laid back and festive. Blues music played by nationally touring acts flows from two…
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Pacifica Quartet: Valued Mentors at Music School, Renowned Musicians Worldwide
BY STEPHANIE VON HIRSCHBERG Chamber ensembles rarely perform all 16 of Beethoven’s string quartets or all 15 of Shostakovich’s quartets…
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2nd Boogie-Woogie Festival Set for B-town August 14
BY PETER DORFMAN Bloomington devotees of boogie-woogie, a hard-driving, uniquely American blues piano style, can immerse themselves in the music…
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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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