This week on Artworks, part one of our City Beautiful series explores how one Indiana town is turing eyesores into eye candy. We’ll also talk to two members the IU Opera Theatre’s newest production. And an interview with ’80s underground musician, John Terrill.
Stories On This Episode
Stop and StART in Bloomington, Indiana
By Yaël Ksander - Oct 7, 2008
Over the summer, the City of Bloomington partnered with the Bloomington Area Arts Council to mount a public art project designed to engage local artists, empower youth, and encourage strolling around downtown. And, as WFIU’s Yaël Ksander reports, it dealt with one of the homelier features of the urban landscape that were largely unnoticed by […]
IU Opera Theater: The Love for Three Oranges
By George Walker - Nov 14, 2008
Jonathan Mathews who sings the part of the Prince and Elizabeth Baldwin who sings the wicked witch talk about the show with its genesis in the comedia del arte and its definitely modern incarnation.
Rachel Getting Married
By Peter Noble Kuchera - Nov 14, 2008
Jonathan Demme’s “Rachel Getting Married” is about the power of forgiveness within families. It is a movie of great generosity, like a lost Altman film (Altman is thanked in the credits), a tapestry of human faces, joy, pain, and detail everywhere with not one thread out of place. Look where you will – it’s flawless.
Underground with John Terrill
By David Johnson - Jul 24, 2008
If you were into the underground music scene in the early ‘80s, you probably came across John Terrill. And you may have anticipated the release of his solo album around 10 years later. WFIU’s David Brent Johnson has more with the artist…
