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Essential Killing
- January 29, 2012
- Venue: IU Cinema Center
- Address: 1213 E. 7th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405
- Phone: 812-856-2463
- Times: 3 pm
- Admission: Free but tickets required IU Auditorium Box Office
- www.cinema.indiana.edu
Captured by the US military in Afghanistan, Mohammed (Vincent Gallo) is transported to a secret detention centre in Europe. When the vehicle is riding in crashes, he finds himself suddenly free and on the run in a snow-blanketed forest, a world away ... more
GLBTAA: Fourth Annual Celebration Weekend
- January 29, 2012
- Venue: Indiana Memorial Union - Biddle Hotel and Conference Center
- Address: 900 East 7th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405
- Phone: 812-856-7260
- Times: 10:30 am - 1:30 pm
- Admission: Cost is $17.50 per person. Please register.
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The GLBTAA is proud to announce its fourth annual GLBTAA Celebration Weekend! Coinciding with the Bloomington PRIDE Film Festival, the GLBTAA Celebration Weekend offers alumni and friends a fantastic slate of diverse and fun-filled events throughout ... more
IU Wrestling vs Illinois
- January 29, 2012
- Location: IU - University Gym
- Times: 2 pm
- www.iuhoosiers.com
Big Ten Wrestling in action with IU vs Illinois! Don't miss out on the action in U Gym.
Jacobs School of Music: Federico Agostini, violin
- January 29, 2012
- Location: Auer Concert Hall
- Address: 200 S. Jordan Ave., Bloomington, IN 47405
- Times: 2 pm
- Admission: Free
Federico Agostini, violin Faculty Recital
MCBA Home Show
- January 29, 2012
- Venue: Bloomington Convention Center
- Address: 302 S. College Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47403
- Times: Noon - 5 pm
- Admission: $7/Adult, $3/Child 6 - 12 years, Children 5 and under FREE
- www.bloomingtonconvention.com
2012 MCBA Home Show. Think Spring! Family Day!
MCBA Home Show
- January 29, 2012
- Venue: Bloomington Convention Center
- Address: 302 S. College Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47403
- Times: Noon - 5 pm
- Admission: $7/Adult, $3/Child 6 - 12 years, Children 5 and under FREE
- www.bloomingtonconvention.com
2012 MCBA Home Show. Think Spring! Family Day!
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (International Arthouse Series)
- January 29, 2012
- Venue: IU Cinema Center
- Address: 1213 E. 7th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405
- Phone: 812-856-2463
- Times: Thurs. 6:30 & 9:30 pm, Fri. 9:30 pm, Sat. 3 & 6:30 pm
- Admission: $3 students, $6 public
- www.cinema.indiana.edu
Winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes, the film is a richly detailed, stunningly shot investigation into both a murder and the human condition. A group of men set out in search of a dead body in the Anatolian steppes, where the other side of every hill ... more
PRIDE Film Festival
- January 29, 2012
- Venue: Buskirk-Chumley Theater
- Address: 114 E. Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47403
- Phone: 812-323-3022
- Times: various
- Admission: $5-$35
- www.pridefilmfestival.org
An entire weekend of LGBTQ fun! Films, performances, exhibits, socializing, and dancing for four full days. Celebrate lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, trans and queer lives - stretch your understanding, build your community, meet a new friend, or more. Buy a... more
Second Latin American Music Recording Competition (2012 edition)
- January 29, 2012
- Location: IU Jacobs School of Music-Auer Hall
- Address: Simon Music Center, 200 S. Jordan Ave., Bloomington, IN 47405
- Phone: 812-855-2991
- Times: 4 - 6 pm
- Admission: Free!
- music.indiana.edu/lamc/home/
The Latin American Music Center (LAMC), with support from the Guillermo and Lucille Espinosa Fund, presents the final round of the Second Latin American Music Recording Competition (2012 edition) at Auer Hall, this Sunday, January 29, at 4 p.m. This ... more
The Art of Chocolate
- January 29, 2012
- Venue: Indiana University Art Museum
- Address: Fine Arts Plaza, Bloomington, IN 47405
- Phone: 812-332-9615
- Times: 5:30 - 7:30 pm
- Admission: $50
- www.weekofchocolate.com
The Art of Chocolate is held annually to raise funds for the vital services Options provides for people with disabilities. The Art is an elegant evening filled with great people, decadent hors d’ oeuvres and chocolate creations from the finest ... more
Eagle Watch Weekend 2012
- January 29, 2012
- Location: Lake Monroe, various other sites
- Phone: 812-340-1255
- Times: Various
- Admission: Adults $12, Youth $6, all weekend
The 12th anniversary of Indiana's premier eagle-watching festival! Watch our websites, www.eaglesatlakemonroe.com, and www.birdcountry.us, for additional information.
Making Clothes Making Do: Carol Wise and the Art of Daily Living
- January 29, 2012
- Venue: Monroe County History Center
- Address: 202 E. 6th Street, Bloomington, IN 47408
- Phone: 812-332-2517
- Times: Tues. - Sat. 10 am - 4 pm
- Admission: General Admission
- www.monroehistory.org
Carol has made clothing, much of it by hand, for most of her adult life. For Carol, clothes-making offers a sense of self-sufficiency and continuity with the past. She can do for herself as did her ancestors.
The Week of Chocolate
- January 29, 2012
- Venue: Week of Chocolate
- Address: Various Venues, Bloomington, IN 47404
- Phone: 812-320-7876
- Times: varies
- Admission: varies
Options’ Week of Chocolate offers area residents an opportunity to experience a tempting array of chocolate creations and fun activities. The annual extravaganza will feature eight events over seven days from January 29th to February 4th. The e... more
WHOOSH! Amazing Air
- January 29, 2012
- Venue: WonderLab
- Address: 308 W. 4th Street, Bloomington, IN 47404
- Phone: 812-337-1337
- Times: Tues-Sat: 9:30 am - 5 pm | Sun: 1 - 5 pm
- www.wonderlab.org
Who knew air could be such a blast? Discover the fun-tastic properties of air by heating it to lift a big balloon, using it to sail toy boats, forcing it out of a cannon to knock over a “city” of blocks, releasing screaming monkey parachu... more
Urban Landscape: A Selection of Papercuts by Qiao Xiaoguang
- January 29, 2012
- Venue: Indiana University Art Museum
- Address: Fine Arts Plaza, Bloomington, IN 47405
- Phone: 812-855-5445
- Times: Tues. - Sat. 10 am- 5 pm, Sun. Noon - 5 pm
- Admission: Free
- www.iub.edu/~iuam
Qiao, born in Hebei, China, in 1957, is a professor and deputy dean of the Cultural Department at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China, and director of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Research Center. He is inspired by ancient Chinese ar... more
IU Men's Basketball vs Iowa
- January 29, 2012
- Venue: Assembly Hall Athletic Complex
- Address: 1001 E. 17th Street, Bloomington, IN 47408-1590
- Phone: 1-866-IUSPORTS
- Times: 6:00pm
- Admission: Yes
- www.iuhoosiers.com
Game on Big Ten Network
January art exhibits at the Ivy Tech Waldron
- January 29, 2012
- Venue: Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center
- Address: 122 S. Walnut Street, Bloomington, IN 47404
- Phone: 812-330-4400
- Times: 9 am - 7 pm; later during theater performances
- Admission: free
- www.ivytech.edu/waldron/
Payson McNett, sculpture retrospective; Karen Holtzclaw, figure & portrait paintings; Ben Rains, photojournalism; Ivy Tech art instructor Maureen Forman.
Toys through the Ages
- January 29, 2012
- Venue: Monroe County History Center
- Address: 202 E. 6th Street, Bloomington, IN 47408
- Phone: 812-332-2517
- Times: Tues. - Sat. 10 am - 4 pm
- Admission: General Admission
- www.monroehistory.org
This exhibition looks at the development of toys, games, and childhood memorabilia from the early 1900s to today. Many toys we used to play with have evolved or fallen out of fashion, but there are many that continue to be entertaining for all.
Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition
- January 29, 2012
- Venue: Grunwald Gallery of Art
- Address: Fine Arts Building, Room 123, Bloomington, IN 47405
- Phone: 812-855-8490
- Times: 12 - 4 pm
- Admission: Free
- www.indiana.edu/~grunwald
The Grunwald Gallery of Art is pleased to announce the upcoming Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition. This exhibition will open to the public with an Opening Reception on Friday, January 13, 2012 from 6 – 8 pm and will be ... more
Anna Maria Whetstine: Stories from Buenos Aires
- January 29, 2012
- Location: El NorteƱo Restaurant
- Address: 206 N. Walnut, Bloomington, IN 47401
- Phone: 812-333-9591
- Times: 11 am - 10 pm
- Admission: Free
- www.elnortenorestaurant.com
EL NORTEÑO GALLERY is proud to present Ana Maria´s work about the capital city of Argentina: Buenos Aires. The show will start on January 6 and will run until March 10. As part of the Gallery Walk tour in Downtown Bloomington, El Norte&n... more
Community Voices Gallery presents: The Bloomington Old Time Music and Dance Group
- January 29, 2012
- Venue: Monroe County History Center
- Address: 202 E. 6th Street, Bloomington, IN 47408
- Phone: 812-332-2517
- Times: Tues. - Sat., 10 am - 4 pm
- Admission: General Admission
- www.monroehistory.org
The Bloomington Old Time Music and Dance Group is dedicated to the enjoyment of music and dance, BOTMDG is a local nonprofit community organization. The music is like "fiddle tunes from Appalachia," and the dances are contra-dances and squa... more
Monday Jan 30, 2012
Jazz Ensemble 1/30
- January 30, 2012
- Venue: IU Jacobs School of Music
- Address: Musical Arts Center, Bloomington, IN 47405
- Times: 8 pm
- Admission: Free
- www.music.indiana.edu
Brent Wallarab, Director
Rocks Tell a Story: The Geology of Monroe Reservoir
- January 30, 2012
- Location: Monroe County Public Library, Room 1C
- Address: 303 E. Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, IN
- Phone: 812-837-9546
- Times: 7 pm
- Admission: Free
- tinyurl.com/lakemonroe
What was the Monroe Reservoir area like 350 million years ago? Jill Vance, Interpretive Naturalist for Lake Monroe, will use geology to tell the tale. Join her as she “turns the pages” of the rock layers and unveils the story hidden withi... more
Wings of Desire
- January 30, 2012
- Venue: IU Cinema Center
- Address: 1213 E. 7th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405
- Phone: 812-856-2463
- Times: 7 pm
- Admission: Free but tickets required IU Auditorium Box Office
- www.cinema.indiana.edu
Considered one of the great movies by Roger Ebert, Wim Wenders' meditative and elegiac film Wings of Desire follows two angels through modern and post-war Berlin, as they not only witness human lives but provide what comfort and help they can to the ... more
Making Clothes Making Do: Carol Wise and the Art of Daily Living
- January 30, 2012
- Venue: Monroe County History Center
- Address: 202 E. 6th Street, Bloomington, IN 47408
- Phone: 812-332-2517
- Times: Tues. - Sat. 10 am - 4 pm
- Admission: General Admission
- www.monroehistory.org
Carol has made clothing, much of it by hand, for most of her adult life. For Carol, clothes-making offers a sense of self-sufficiency and continuity with the past. She can do for herself as did her ancestors.




