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Sunday May 19, 2013

Awakening True Joy

  • May 19, 2013
  • Location: Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center
  • Address: 3655 S. Snoddy Road, Bloomington, IN 47403
  • Phone: 812-345-2169
  • Times: 9:30 - 5:30 each day
  • Admission: $150/person SPECIAL: $250 for you & a joy buddy!
  • www.HeartSpirals.com/joy.html

Awakening True Joy: A Weekend to Discover YOUR Heart of Happiness! Ever think your happiness was simply dependent on your genes, circumstances, possessions, or age? The great news is that we can all experience joy, no matter who we are or where we a... more

Make a Science Toy: Popguns!

  • May 19, 2013
  • Venue: WonderLab
  • Address: 308 W. 4th Street, Bloomington, IN 47404
  • Phone: 812-337-1337 ext.25
  • Times: 1:30 - 4 pm
  • Admission: Members: $2/project | Nonmembers: $2/project, plus museum admission
  • www.wonderlab.org

Discover the science and power of air pressure! Drop in to build your own popgun to take home.

Underneath the Lintel

A reserved librarian turns globetrotting detective when a Baedeker's Travel Guide is returned in his overnight slot 113 years overdue! Artistic Director Randy White revisits his smash off-Broadway hit- with Bloomington's own Mike Price in the role o... more

The Art of Jewelry Design featuring Lori McDonald

  • May 19, 2013
  • Venue: The Venue Fine Art & Gifts
  • Address: 114 S. Grant Street, Bloomington, IN 47408
  • Phone: 812-339-4200
  • Times: 6 - 8 pm
  • Admission: Free

On Friday, May 17th, beginning at 6:00pm. The Venue will host an Exhibition and Reception for the Artist and artistic Jewelry of Lori McDonald. The exhibition will continue until Thursday, May 23rd. At eight years Lori found herself mesmerized by a ... more

"Bowl of Light" and "Nature Spirit and Elemental at the Bar"

  • May 19, 2013
  • Venue: El Norteno Gallery
  • Address: 206 N. Walnut St., Blomington, IN 47404
  • Phone: 812-333-9591
  • Times: Gallery opening at 5 pm
  • Admission: Free

Patricia C. Coleman is an artist, writer and owner of Patricia's Wellness Arts Cafe. She has been creating in many mediums most of her life and loves allowing creative ideas to flow through her.

"Walking Through Gardens" Exhibition

An exhibition of garden-inspired fiber art by local artist Martina Celerin

Mathers Museum of World Cultures Exhibit--The Day in Its Color: A Hoosier Photographer's Journey

This exhibit presents a survey of Charles Cushman's extraordinary work, an archive of photographs that is the largest known body of early color photographs by a single photographer, 14,500 in all, most shot on vivid, color-saturated Kodachrome stock.... more

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

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 P... more

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

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, a... more

Tapa: Unwrapping Polynesian Barkcloth

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. Tap... more

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

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... more

Exhibit - In the Kitchen Around the World

This exhibit presents objects used in preparing food and food service from different areas of the world. It breaks down into two categories: what the viewer perceives as familiar, such as plates, cups, and dishes, and what is unfamiliar, such as a Pe... more

Exhibit - Treasures of the Mathers Museum

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

  • May 19, 2013
  • Location: Upland's Production Brewery
  • Address: 4060 Profile Parkway, Bloomington, IN 47404
  • Phone: 812-336-2337
  • Times: 2 - 6 pm
  • Admission: Free
  • uplandbeer.com

Free Tours and Tastings at Upland's Production Brewery on Profile Parkway.

Exhibit - Unfinished Business: One Hundred Years of Quilt Blocks

An exhibit presenting elements from unfinished quilts will be presented in conjunction with the Indiana Heritage Quilt Show.

Mathers Museum Exhibit--Time As We Keep It

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 Mono... more

20th Century Colonial Revival Quilts Exhibit

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.

Exhibit - From the Big Bang to the World Wide Web: The Origins of Everything

This exhibit examines history on a large scale, through the exploration of cosmic, biological, and human origins.

Exhibit - Picturing Archaeology

Described in their words and illustrated by their images, the research and fieldwork of 13 Indiana University archaeologists is presented in Picturing Archaeology at the Mathers Museum of World Cultures/Glenn Black Laboratory of Archaeology.

Exhibit - Rhythms of the World Audio Exhibit

Rhythms of the World is a free audioguide tour of musical instruments from around the globe featured in exhibits throughout the museum. The audioguide includes narration and musical clips of the highlighted instruments.

Exhibit - Thoughts, Things, and Theories...What Is Culture?

Thoughts, Things, and Theories...What Is Culture? examines the nature of culture through the exploration of cultural traditions surrounding life stages and universal needs.

Monday May 20, 2013

Songwriter Showcase

  • May 20, 2013
  • Location: The Player's Pub
  • Address: 424 South Walnut Street, Bloomington, IN 47401
  • Phone: 812-334-2080
  • Times: 8 pm
  • Admission: Free with Donations

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-... more

Cooked Books

  • May 20, 2013
  • Location: The Bishop Bar
  • Address: 123 S. Walnut St, Bloomington, IN 47404
  • Phone: 812-333-4700
  • Times: 9 pm
  • Admission: $5

COOKED BOOKS - http://www.musicalfamilytree.com/band/cooked_books Conceived in the Bloomington basement high volume therapy sessions circa sometime earlier this year. Acid-punk-cum-laude guitar freakouts amid heavy washes of pop circuitry and feral r... more

Nightengales Concert for the Creative Aging Festival

  • May 20, 2013
  • Location: Area 10 Agency on Aging, Endwright Center
  • Address: 631 W. Edgewood Drive, Ellettsville, IN 47429
  • Phone: 812-876-3383
  • Times: 10:30 - 11:30 am
  • Admission: Free
  • www.area10agency.org

In cooperation with the Creative Aging Festival, the Nightengales singing group will perform a one hour concert at the Endwright Center. This group practices at the Endwright Center every Monday in preparation for their performances at nursing homes... more

Disney's Winnie the Pooh Kids!

  • May 20, 2013
  • Location: Binford Elementary School
  • Address: 2300 E Second Street, Bloomington, IN 47401
  • Phone: 812-323-3020
  • Times: 7 pm
  • Admission: Adult - $10 In Advance; $12, Day of Show; Children 12 & Under - $6 in Advance; $8, Day of Show

Hip-hip-pooh-ray! Stages Bloomington presents “Disney’s Winnie the Pooh Kids,” a delightful new show based on the beloved characters of A.A. Milne and the 2011 Disney animated feature film. “Disney’s Winnie the Pooh Kids... more

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