Archive for August 2010

August 1, 2010

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Rick Sowash

Rick Sowash: WFIU’s Featured Contemporary Composer

WFIU features Rick Sowash as August's Artist of the Month.

August 1, 2010

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Classical Music Highlights For August

Come in out of the heat and enjoy some cool classical music chosen by WFIU's Music Director David Wood.

August 2, 2010

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Brown County Playhouse Presents ‘The Last Night Of Ballyhoo’

Last Night of Ballyhoo is really a sweet love story with a lot of humor.

August 3, 2010

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Jefferson Street Parade Band Makes A Joyful Noise

The members of Jefferson Street Parade Band are bringing some fanfare flair to Bloomington -- because this band is a marching band!

August 3, 2010

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William Jon Gray: WFIU’s August Artist Of The Month

Gray is the newly appointed director of Chicago's Music of the Baroque Chorus and an Assistant Professor at the Jacobs School of Music.

August 4, 2010

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Blanca Estela Fuentes, Flower, Snake & Hummingbird

The Embroiderers Of Ninhue: Stitching Community In Chile

In the midst of the volatility rocking her native Chile in the early 1970s, Carmen Benavente sought to create community with a few simple stitches.

August 5, 2010

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The Soul Of The Orchestra: Bassoonist Kathleen McLean

Associate professor of bassoon at the IU Jacobs School of Music, Kathleen McLean says, "People have always said the bassoon sounds like the human soul."

August 9, 2010

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Alfred Uhry’s ‘The Last Night Of Ballyhoo’

A funny, touching, thoughtful and thought-provoking look back to a slice of America just before World War II.

August 10, 2010

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Waldron Welcomes New Artistic Director

Paul Daily has returned to Bloomington to take the position of the Artistic Director of the newly reorganized John Waldron Arts Center.

August 12, 2010

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John Tafoya

The View From The Back Of The Orchestra: Timpanist John Tafoya

Professor of Percussion John Tafoya says, "Many timpanists believe they are the second conductor of the orchestra."

August 12, 2010

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How Beethoven Had ‘Big Guns Aimed At The Future’

Harvey Sachs' new book, "The Ninth: Beethoven and the World in 1824," seeks to reveal what Beethoven was telling us.

August 17, 2010

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A Deathly Reputation: Violist Michael Strauss

Principal Violist of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Michael Strauss talks about the viola's funny - and deathly - reputation among musicians.

August 17, 2010

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The Indiana Memorial Union: An Unlikely Art Gallery

If you think you’ve seen all the art galleries in Bloomington, you might be missing one: The Indiana Memorial Union.

August 18, 2010

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Conservation of Benton's Industrial Panel 10

Damage Control: Restoring Thomas Hart Benton’s Indiana Murals

The process of stabilizing an aging masterpiece provides the opportunity to consider something that’s larger-than-life, from an intimate vantage point.

August 25, 2010

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The Land the People

The Land, The Author: The Rachel Peden Revival

A Bloomington farm wife's mid-20th century books are coming back into print and popularity.

August 25, 2010

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Jonathan Goldberg’s ‘The Wizard Of Wall Street’

"One of the most sinister figures that have ever flitteed at-like across the vision of the American people." Joseph Pulitzer on Jay Gould

August 27, 2010

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The Wizard Of Wall Street: Jay Gould

A fascinating epic of Americana, the show is clever, funny, bawdy and charmingly full of itself.

August 30, 2010

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kate lukas

Visiting The Orchestra’s Aviary With Flautist Kate Lukas

"The job of the principal flutist is a bit of a Jekyll and Hyde thing," says Jacobs School of Music Professor of Flute Kate Lukas.

August 30, 2010

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The Grapes of Wrath

Galati has done a terrific job with a sprawling narrative, the skill and care that he’s shown in putting the individual on stage is exemplary.”

August 30, 2010

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Bloomington Playwrights Project Gala: The Night Of 1000 Words

On Friday, September 3, 2010, The Bloomington Playwrights Project will hold a gala fundraiser at Fountain Square.

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