Bloom Magazine
Category: Features
Long-form feature stories covering the people, places, and ideas that define life in Bloomington, Indiana. Bloom Magazine’s signature in-depth journalism.
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Cover Story: Masters of the Music School (Photo Gallery)
Five of the celebrated artists who helped make the Jacobs School of Music America’s best and brought great esteem to…
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Feature Story: Homes Where Artists Live & Work (Photo Gallery)
BY NANCY HILLER, PHOTOGRAPHY BY KENDALL REEVES Art may indeed be its own reward, but still it’s nice to have…
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Feature Story: ‘An Artist’s Images on the B-Line Trail’ — Poem and Photography by Roger Pfingston (Video)
Roger Pfingston is a retired English and journalism teacher who taught at Bloomington High School North for 25 years. He…
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Cover Story: Buddies: Filmmakers Angelo Pizzo and David Anspaugh
BY MIKE LEONARD, PHOTOGRAPHY BY SHANNON ZAHNLE David Anspaugh thinks for a moment and then recalls the first time he…
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Feature Story: Oh, the Delights You’ll Find at the Lilly Library
BY JEREMY SHERE, PHOTOGRAPHY BY JIM KRAUSE In a town with so much to do, it’s easy to overlook the…
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Homes & Gardens Issue: Made to Order
BY LEE ANN SANDWEISS, PHOTOGRAPHY BY SHANNON ZAHNLE In a perfect world, we would all live in our dream homes…
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Homes & Gardens Issue: It Takes Two
BY MOYA ANDREWS, PHOTOGRAPHY BY JAMES KELLAR Gardening is a hobby that can be enjoyed as a solitary pursuit or…
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How True Was ‘Breaking Away’?
BY MIKE LEONARD Late last summer, a British film reviewer professed his love for Breaking Away, the Academy Award-winning 1979…
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Comedy in Bloomington
BY JEREMY SHERE, PHOTOGRAPHY BY SHANNON ZAHNLE June 8, 2013. The Buskirk-Chumley Theater is packed. It’s the closing night of…
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Hanging out with R.E.M.
BY DAVID BRENT JOHNSON Imagine that it’s 1963, and you’ve just been told that the young Beatles are coming to…
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