This week on Artworks, WFIU’s Yaël Ksander speaks with music industry maverick Todd Rundgren during his recent visit to DePauw University.
Two cast members stop by to tell WFIU’s George Walker about their part in this weekends “Call Me Shakepeare” at Edgewood High School.
And Bloomington Fire Department Battalian Chief Rob Stumpf tells WFIU’s David Wood about his efforts in intiating the Bloomington Pipes and Drums.
Stories On This Episode
A Restless Rocker Reflects: Todd Rundgren at DePauw
By Yaël Ksander - Apr 21, 2009
Having hosted luminaries from Margaret Thatcher to Elie Wiesel, DePauw University’s Timothy and Sharon Ubben Lecture series most recently featured a talk on "Music, Technology and Risk-Taking" by musician, producer, and video pioneer Todd Rundgren. Currently on tour to promote his latest album Arena, Rundgren spoke at DePauw two nights after rocking the Vogue in Indianapolis.
Edgewood High School’s Masqued Crafters Question Shakepeare
By George Walker - Apr 20, 2009
At "Call Me Shakespeare" all seems pretty nicely laid out for a typical Chautauqua styled evening. But then members of the audience playing Oscar Wilde and Mark Twain chime in with their comments. Hamlet drops by for a monologue, and things start to unravel.
Photographs by Hiroshi Sugimoto
By Erica Hunter - Apr 21, 2009
Indiana University's Art Museum features fifteen black-and-white photos by world renowned photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto in the exhibit, "Transcendent." Curator, Nan Brewer describes Sugimoto's artistic style.
Tell No One
By Peter Noble Kuchera - Apr 20, 2009
If you're a fan of thrillers in the vein of Hitchcock's specialty - an innocent man wrongly accused - or more recent Swiss watches like the ‘80s classic "No Way Out" -- then I'd like to draw your attention to an essential contribution to the genre. It's a French film called "Tell No One," and if you missed it last summer, and in its recent run at the Ryder Film Festival, it came out last week on DVD.
Bloomington Firefighters Continue Pipes And Drums Tradition
By David Wood - Apr 21, 2009
On the morning of April 10th, there's a training session at the Bloomington Fire Department Headquarters. But this one is a little different from what you'd expect.
