Events

B-Town Poker at Bub's Burgers

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:39:03 GMT

01/15/2012 Registration is FREE and all poker tournaments are 100% FREE. Even better, the tournament winner each night wins a $50 CASH PRIZE!

June Exhibits at the Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 06:56:50 GMT

06/07/2013 Drew Etienne, painting; Payson McNett, cast iron and birch plywood sculpture; James Lax, limestone sculpture; Colette Ross-Boggan, collage. Open M-F, 9-7, Sat 9-5. Free.

"The Impresario" by W.A. Mozart

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:38:01 GMT

06/16/2013 to 06/16/2013 - Festival and Symphony Orchestra members, student singers, directed by Kevin Murphy

Free Music at Oliver Winery featuring John Beatrice Band

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:31:00 GMT

06/16/2013 to 06/16/2013 - Come by Oliver Winery and bring Dad out to the winery for a Father's Day wine tasting and picnic, and enjoy the tunes of the John Beatrice Band on our patio!

Hop On! Pop

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 11:19:33 GMT

06/16/2013 to 06/16/2013 - Nothing says “I love you, Dad” more than putting him in a harness and sending him soaring over 1200 feet of zip lines over ravines and hollers up to 50 feet deep! At Holler Hoppin’ Zip Lines, our engaging and interactive guides and our family friendly atmosphere provide the perfect place to celebrate Dad’s special day with the whole family. The 1½ hour, six “hop” tour through the scenic woods of Brown County is a great way to spend quality time with your Dad. You bring your Pop, we’ll handle the Hops! Dads hop FREE when they hop with their kids and will receive a special gift from the team at Holler Hoppin’ Zip Lines. Call 812-988-0085 to reserve your hops now! *Kids must be age 7 or older to hop (but we’ll take grown up kids too!)

Mac DeMarco

Tue, 14 May 2013 06:44:05 GMT

06/16/2013 to 06/16/2013 - When the then 21-year old Mac DeMarco released his debut Rock and Roll Night Club 12″ just a short while ago in the Spring of 2012, it was accompanied by a barrage of bizarrely funny promo videos, wildly unhinged live performances and a not-so-subtle disparate range of promo photos. The glam facade was purely that, an image that was manufactured for fun to confuse the stiff and compartmentalizing world of indie music journalists. But it wasn’t all a jest, as that EP covered a whole range of music styles that were latent in the ex-Makeout Videotape frontman’s already impressive slough of cassette-only releases. The sincere and warm Mac who sang “Only You” was the same lipstick-wearing sleazoid that crooned “Baby’s Wearing Blue Jeans” and that suited him and his listeners just fine. Now, all of six months later, Mac is back with his first proper full length, Mac DeMarco 2. As opposed to RNRNC, “2″ is a concerted effort to produce a cohesive work that showcases Mac’s natural ability as a songwriter, singer and producer. With a new arsenal of recording gear, the fidelity has substantially improved without compromising the immediacy and organic quality of his prior releases under any monicker. The results are immediately rewarding, from the warm “Cooking Up Something Good” to the heartfelt “My Kind of Woman.” It’s obvious Mac is presenting himself musically in the most sincere way possible, no matter what happens in his wild videos or live shows. “Freaking out the Neighborhood,” Mac’s apologetic ode to his loved ones about such public behavior, shows that Mac DeMarco is still with us, coming along for the ride, getting everyone else in trouble. Even so, the maturation process of Mac DeMarco, recording artist, is in full swing. He did, after all, turn 22 this April.

"Walking Through Gardens" Exhibition

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:16:03 GMT

04/07/2013 to 04/07/2013 - An exhibition of garden-inspired fiber art by local artist Martina Celerin

Charlotte's Web

Mon, 27 Aug 2012 08:18:33 GMT

06/08/2013 to 06/08/2013 - Wilbur, Charlotte and their barnyard friends have never been more delightful than in this acclaimed adaptation of "the best American children's book of the past two hundred years." A timeless tale of bravery, selfless love and abiding friendship.

17th Annual Indiana Limestone Symposium

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 11:29:38 GMT

06/09/2013 to 06/09/2013 - Session I-June 9-15, 2013
Session II-June 23-29, 2013

Each session consists of seven days of immersive instruction carving limestone, including design, moving stone, splitting blocks, roughing out, using hand and pneumatic tools, lettering, and much more. Different guest instructors are featured each session. For beginners an introduction to using basic tools, roughing out, and working from a maquette or drawing is given on the first day. Techniques for carving and basic principles of sculpting are covered on day two. Tools are not provided.

Other activities include: Carving the Figure with George Bauer-June 16-22; Independent Carving -June 16-22; Carve-by-the-Day - June 10-14, 17-21, 24-28; Hand Carving for ages 10-17 - June 16-22

Swing! The Musical

Mon, 13 May 2013 08:31:52 GMT

06/12/2013 to 06/12/2013 - "Two thirds rhythm and one third soul." That's how Fats Waller defined the uniquely American form of popular music and dance known as "swing." Requiring only joyful enthusiasm and a ready partner, swing exploded out of pre-war Harlem's hotbed of youth culture and swept the world. It shattered ethnic and cultural barriers, generating specialty styles such as Jive, Swing, Lindy Hop, West Coast Swing, and Hip-Hop Swing. SWING! celebrates this remarkable diversity to the beat of the most exhilerating songs of the period. But as this enthralling song-and-dance show makes abundantly clear, swing was never a time or place -- it has always been a state of mind!

‘Walk the Walk, Art Lives’: Paper Art Quilts by Mary Hambly.

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:12:10 GMT

05/23/2013 to 05/23/2013 - The art of Mary Hambly, founding member of the committee that started Gallery Walk, is honored with this exhibit of her work. The Paper Art Quilt is a joining of contemporary art and traditional craft, a blending of individual elements in such a way that the joining allows for a richer and more meaningful whole. In the creative process stenciled, marbled, printed, and over dyed papers are cut, pieced, and then stitched using a zig zag sewing machine. The resulting “quilt blocks” are then laid out in a composition, sometimes born out of the repeating pattern concept of traditional quilting, sometimes not. The “quilt” is then completed with a border, also of paper, and the result is a one of a kind image.

‘Doing the Dance’: Woodcut prints by Dale Enochs

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:05:56 GMT

05/24/2013 to 05/24/2013 - ‘Doing the Dance’: Woodcut prints by Dale Enochs . Sets of four woodcuts that when displayed together make a single composition or tetraptych. One tetraptych, ‘Tantric Sideshow’ is based on a visit to Bhutan and is a reference to the elements Earth, Air, Fire and Water. A second tetraptych ‘21st Century Dance Cards’ is inspired by the Gulf Coast oil spill and also by environmental and war issues.

Mathers Museum Exhibit--Footsteps of a Stranger: Shoes from Cultures Around the World

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 09:29:18 GMT

04/28/2013 to 04/28/2013 - Footsteps of a Stranger: Shoes from Cultures Around the World expands our thinking about how shoes can reflect the values, ideals, and aesthetics of an era or culture. The exhibit features a diverse range of footwear, including bridal sandals from Pakistan, Tibetan boots, and Mexican dancing shoes.

New in the Galleries: Pierre-Auguste Renoir: A Visiting Master Print

Wed, 29 May 2013 08:04:51 GMT

05/29/2013 to 05/29/2013 - Gallery of the Art of the Western World, first floor One of the originators of the Impressionist style, Pierre-Auguste Renoir was particularly noted for his depictions of his friends, family, and their children in scenes of domestic activity and repose. A favorite subject included two young girls pinning flowers on a hat. Renoir did several versions of this scene in a variety of media, including an important large-scale lithograph that is on temporary loan to the IU Art Museum for the summer. The installation will be complemented by several small prints by Renoir and two portraits of the artist by Pierre Bonnard and Jean-Louis Forain.

New in the Galleries: Breaking the Gilded Ceiling: Women Artists of the Nineteenth and Early Twentie

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 09:06:18 GMT

03/05/2013 to 03/05/2013 - This installation will feature women artists—some former artist’s models, some wives and mothers, and some trailblazers—who worked in a variety of media. Included will be work by photographers Anna Atkins, Julia Margaret Cameron, and Laura Adams Armer, as well as prints and drawings by Mary Cassatt, Suzanne Valadon, Gwen John, and Käthe Kollwitz. Presented in conjunction with IU 2013 Women’s History Month.

Tapa: Unwrapping Polynesian Barkcloth

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 06:32:05 GMT

04/25/2013 to 04/25/2013 - This spring, students taking the course On Exhibit: The Pacific Islands have had the opportunity to create a small installation, as well as an online Web module focusing on Polynesian tapa cloth from the permanent collection of the IU Art Museum. Tapa cloth is created throughout the Pacific Islands and is made from beating the inner bark of trees. Opening Talk Thursday, April 25 7:00-7:30 p.m. Raymond and Laura Wielgus Gallery of the Arts of Africa, the South Pacific, and the Americas, third floor

Three Remarkable Women: Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun, Margaret Chinnery, and Félicité de Genlis

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 08:35:36 GMT

03/23/2013 to 03/23/2013 - In honor of women’s history month, the IU Art Museum will premiere a focused exhibition featuring Vigée Le Brun’s Portrait of Mrs. Chinnery (1803) and selected materials from the Lilly library. The exhibition presents an unusually rich opportunity to use a single artwork as a lens for an interdisciplinary study of the history, politics, art, literature, and music of its time.

New in the Galleries: Sam Gillaim: A Lyrical Abstractionist in Indiana

Wed, 29 May 2013 08:08:39 GMT

05/29/2013 to 05/29/2013 - Gallery of the Art of the Western World, Doris Steinmetz Kellett Gallery of Twentieth-Century Art, first floor Sam Gilliam draws on a wide range of inspiration, from his African American heritage and abstract expressionism to the poetry of Pablo Neruda and jazz music. Although associated with the Color Field painters of Washington, D.C., Gilliam had a strong connection to this region of the country. This installation will feature several works produced at IU’s Echo Press and a miniature watercolor painting given by the artist to Bloomington’s Second Baptist Church in honor of his brother Clarence and his wife Frances, who were recently named by the City of Bloomington as a Black History Living Legends.

Exhibit - Treasures of the Mathers Museum

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 10:51:29 GMT

04/28/2013 to 04/28/2013 - Decades of collecting and curating will be featured in this exhibit, presented in conjunction with the institution’s 50th anniversary.

Brewery Tours at Upland's Production Brewery

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 19:18:01 GMT

09/08/2012 Free Tours and Tastings at Upland's Production Brewery on Profile Parkway.

Mathers Museum Exhibit--Time As We Keep It

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 09:27:17 GMT

04/28/2013 to 04/28/2013 - Time As We Keep It presents different facets of time including the evolution of the clock, the development of time zones, and contrasting cultural perspectives of time. Objects on display represent a range of time periods including a sun dial, a Monon station clock, as well as a pendulum clock. Museum hours are Tuesdays through Fridays, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; and Saturdays and Sundays, from 1 to 4:30 p.m.

20th Century Colonial Revival Quilts Exhibit

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:37:06 GMT

04/10/2013 to 04/10/2013 - This interesting journey through the study of quilts displays con-temporary quilters’ recreations of historic designs and offers visitors an opportunity to explore the quilt-making industry.

Construction Junction: The Science of Building

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 10:12:56 GMT

06/04/2013 to 06/04/2013 - It's a young builder's dream come true! At the heart of the hands-on science exhibition, design and construct large one-of-a-kind structures using pre-drilled wooden struts and braces, fabric curtain walls, real construction tools, and authentic gear. Visitors of all ages also will enjoy the challenge of discovering how to engineer bridges, multi-level edifices, earthquake-proof structures, and more.

Songwriter Showcase

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 08:28:58 GMT

01/07/2013 to 01/07/2013 - Every Monday evening at The Player’s Pub, the Songwriter Showcase series displays the talents of local and regional artists. No cover is charged, but donations are appreciated. Player’s Pub has an all-ages section, as well as the main 21-and-up area, and serves a wide variety of entrees, sandwiches, appetizers and drinks.

June Exhibits at the Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 06:56:50 GMT

06/07/2013 Drew Etienne, painting; Payson McNett, cast iron and birch plywood sculpture; James Lax, limestone sculpture; Colette Ross-Boggan, collage. Open M-F, 9-7, Sat 9-5. Free.