Event Calendar
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IU Summer Music: Menahem Pressler and Friends
- June 17, 2012
- Location: Auer Hall
- Phone: 812-855-7433
- Times: 4 pm
- Admission: General $15, Student $8
- music.indiana.edu
With Andrés Cárdenes, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Antonio Meneses, cello performing R. Schumann: Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 47 Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 15
USA Junior Outdoor Track and Field Championships
- June 17, 2012
- Venue: Robert C. Haugh Complex
- Address: Memorial Stadium, Bloomington, IN 47408-1590
- Phone: 812-355-7726
- Times: 7:30 am - 5 pm
- Admission: $10 daily / $25 weekend pass
- usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2012/USA-Junior-Outdoor-Track---Field-Championships.aspx
The cream of the crop of American junior athletics is coming to Bloomington, Indiana from June 15th to the 17th for the 2012 USA Junior Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Fans will be treated to a glimpse of the future of USA Track & Field as... more
16th Annual Indiana Limestone Symposium
- June 17, 2012
- Location: Bybee Stone Co.
- Address: 6293 N Mathews Dr., Elletsville, IN 47429
- Phone: 812-824-8845
- Times: varies
- Admission: varies
- limestonesymposium.org
Session I—June 3-9, 2012 Session II—June 10-16, 2012 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... more
From Me to Hue. New tiles and three dimensional fish by illustrator and brain artist Bonnie Gordon
- June 17, 2012
- Venue: By Hand Gallery
- Address: 101 West Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, IN 47404
- Phone: 812-334-3255
- Times: 10 am - 5:30 pm
- Admission: none
- byhandgallery.com
From Me to Hue. New tiles and three dimensional fish by illustrator and brain artist Bonnie Gordon Lucas
Indiana Festival Theatre: Damn Yankees
- June 17, 2012
- Venue: IU Theatre
- Address: 275 N. Jordan Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47408
- Phone: 812-855-1103
- Times: Tues. - Sat., 7:30 pm; Sun, 2 pm
- Admission: $25 for adults, $15 for Students, $20 for Senior Citizens
- www.theatre.indiana.edu
You don't have to make a deal with the Devil to get laughs, love, music and baseball! The Indiana University Department of Theatre & Drama opens their professional, summer season, the Indiana Festival Theatre, with one of America’s best-lov... more
Wrapped in Power: An Introduction to Cotton and Indigo in West Africa
- June 17, 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.artmuseum.iu.edu
Raymond and Laura Wielgus Gallery of the Arts of Africa, the South Pacific, and the Americas, Focalpoint, third floor Locally produced cotton and indigo dyes continue to play prominent roles in West African myths, beliefs, and ritual practices, in sp... more
Go, Dog. Go!
- June 17, 2012
- Venue: Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center
- Address: 122 S. Walnut Street, Bloomington, IN 47404
- Phone: 812-336-7110
- Times: various - Matinee & Evening Performances
- Admission: $10 - $18
- www.cardinalstage.org
If you enjoyed A Year with Frog and Toad you'll love Go, Dog. Go!. P.D. Eastman’s classic children’s book is brought to swirling, colorful life in this delightful adaptation. Whether you’re a big dog, little dog, yellow dog or green... more
Monroe County Preservation Board in the Community Voices Gallery
- June 17, 2012
- Venue: Monroe County History Center
- Address: 202 E. 6th Street, Bloomington, IN 47408
- Phone: 812-332-2517
- Times: 10 am - 4 pm
- Admission: General Admission
- www.monroehistory.org
The Community Voices Gallery Celebrates the Monroe County Preservation Board for National Preservation Month. The Preservation Board of Review was established in 2001 to promote the educational, cultural, economic, aesthetic and general welfare of... more
A Tribute to William Zimmerman (1937-2011)
- June 17, 2012
- Venue: Indiana University Art Museum
- Address: 1133 E. Seventh St. Bloomington, IN 47405, Bloomington, IN 47405
- Times: 12 pm - 5 pm
- Admission: Free
Gallery of art of the Western World, Doris Steinmetz, Kellett Endowed Gallery of Twentieth-Century Art, first floor William Zimmerman, a nationally recognized wildlife artist and Brown County resident, passed away last fall. The Indiana University Ar... more
David Hockney: New Acquisitions
- June 17, 2012
- Venue: Indiana University Art Museum
- Address: 1133 E. Seventh St. Bloomington, IN 47405, Bloomington, IN 47405
- Times: 12 - 5 pm
- Admission: Free
Gallery of the Art of the Western World, first floor This installation features two recent acquisitions by the British Pop artist David Hockney. Both works demonstrate the artist’s interest in exploring new artistic tools. The earlier work refl... more
The Art of China all “Made in Bloomington”, featuring Yu-Min Chen and Chung Yu- Fang
- June 17, 2012
- Venue: The Venue Fine Art & Gifts
- Address: 114 S. Grant Street, Bloomington, IN 47408
- Phone: 812-339-4200
- Times: 11 am-7 pm
- Admission: Free
The Venue Fine Art & Gifts is pleased to offer an experience of Chinese Culture, all made in Bloomington. Artists Yu-Min Chen and Chung Yu- Fang display traditionally inspired Chinese Calligraphy and Chinese Painting, all made in Bloomington. Yu-... more
Personal Accents: Accessories Around the World
- June 17, 2012
- Venue: Mathers Museum of World Cultures
- Address: 416 N. Indiana Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47408
- Times: Tues. - Fri., 9 a, - 4:30 pm; Sat. & Sun., 1 - 4:30 pm
- Admission: Free Admission
From beetle-wing necklaces to iPods, this exhibit features personal accessories and their practical, decorative, and social roles around the world.
Picturing Archaeology
- June 17, 2012
- Venue: Mathers Museum of World Cultures
- Address: 416 N. Indiana Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47408
- Phone: 812-855-6873
- Times: Regular Museum Hours
- Admission: Free Admission
Described in their words and illustrated by their images, Indiana University archaeologists present their research and fieldwork around the world in this new exhibit at the Mathers Museum of World Cultures/Glenn Black Laboratory of Archaeology.
Simple Machine Mania!
- June 17, 2012
- Venue: WonderLab
- Address: 308 W. 4th Street, Bloomington, IN 47404
- Phone: 812-337-1337 ext.25
- Times: Tues. - Sat.,: 9:30 am - 5 pm | Sun, 1 - 5 pm
- Admission: Activities included with museum admission
- www.wonderlab.org
Lift it! Move it! Explore the science of pulleys and levers as you effortlessly pull yourself high off the ground in a pulley chair, lift a heavy block of stone with the strength of your little finger, design a catapult to lay siege to a castle, buil... more
Monday Jun 18, 2012
IU Summer Music: Menahem Pressler and Friends
- June 18, 2012
- Venue: IU Jacobs School of Music
- Address: Musical Arts Center, Bloomington, IN 47405
- Phone: 812-855-7433
- Times: 8 pm
- Admission: General $15, Student $8
- music.indiana.edu
With Andrés Cárdenes, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Antonio Meneses, cello performing R. Schumann: Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 47 Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 15
"Collage" art Exhibit
- June 18, 2012
- Venue: Blueline Gallery
- Address: 224 North College Ave., Bloomington, IN 47404
- Phone: 812-584-3383
- Times: 9 am - 5 pm
- Admission: Free
The 2-D and 3-D works of Virginia Patrick, Paul Smedberg, John Terrill, and Roast Hoggmann will be exhibited Mon-Fri 9AM-5PM. The opening is May 4 and will go until June 23. Feel free to stop by the Blueline Gallery and check it out.
16th Annual Indiana Limestone Symposium
- June 18, 2012
- Location: Bybee Stone Co.
- Address: 6293 N Mathews Dr., Elletsville, IN 47429
- Phone: 812-824-8845
- Times: varies
- Admission: varies
- limestonesymposium.org
Session I—June 3-9, 2012 Session II—June 10-16, 2012 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... more
From Me to Hue. New tiles and three dimensional fish by illustrator and brain artist Bonnie Gordon
- June 18, 2012
- Venue: By Hand Gallery
- Address: 101 West Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, IN 47404
- Phone: 812-334-3255
- Times: 10 am - 5:30 pm
- Admission: none
- byhandgallery.com
From Me to Hue. New tiles and three dimensional fish by illustrator and brain artist Bonnie Gordon Lucas
The Kinsey Institute Art Exhibit "Man as Object: Reversing the Gaze"
- June 18, 2012
- Venue: Kinsey Institute
- Address: Indiana University / Morrison Hall / 3rd Floor, Bloomington, IN 47405
- Phone: 812-855-7686
- Times: 1:30 - 5 pm
- Admission: Free
- www.kinseyinstitute.org/services/gallery.html
Man as Object presents works of art that examine the visibility of men and masculinity from female/feminist/transgender perspectives. By surveying the ways men are represented in contemporary art by women, this exhibition opens new dialogues regardi... more
Indiana Festival Theatre: Damn Yankees
- June 18, 2012
- Venue: IU Theatre
- Address: 275 N. Jordan Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47408
- Phone: 812-855-1103
- Times: Tues. - Sat., 7:30 pm; Sun, 2 pm
- Admission: $25 for adults, $15 for Students, $20 for Senior Citizens
- www.theatre.indiana.edu
You don't have to make a deal with the Devil to get laughs, love, music and baseball! The Indiana University Department of Theatre & Drama opens their professional, summer season, the Indiana Festival Theatre, with one of America’s best-lov... more
Wrapped in Power: An Introduction to Cotton and Indigo in West Africa
- June 18, 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.artmuseum.iu.edu
Raymond and Laura Wielgus Gallery of the Arts of Africa, the South Pacific, and the Americas, Focalpoint, third floor Locally produced cotton and indigo dyes continue to play prominent roles in West African myths, beliefs, and ritual practices, in sp... more
Go, Dog. Go!
- June 18, 2012
- Venue: Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center
- Address: 122 S. Walnut Street, Bloomington, IN 47404
- Phone: 812-336-7110
- Times: various - Matinee & Evening Performances
- Admission: $10 - $18
- www.cardinalstage.org
If you enjoyed A Year with Frog and Toad you'll love Go, Dog. Go!. P.D. Eastman’s classic children’s book is brought to swirling, colorful life in this delightful adaptation. Whether you’re a big dog, little dog, yellow dog or green... more
Monroe County Preservation Board in the Community Voices Gallery
- June 18, 2012
- Venue: Monroe County History Center
- Address: 202 E. 6th Street, Bloomington, IN 47408
- Phone: 812-332-2517
- Times: 10 am - 4 pm
- Admission: General Admission
- www.monroehistory.org
The Community Voices Gallery Celebrates the Monroe County Preservation Board for National Preservation Month. The Preservation Board of Review was established in 2001 to promote the educational, cultural, economic, aesthetic and general welfare of... more
The Art of China all “Made in Bloomington”, featuring Yu-Min Chen and Chung Yu- Fang
- June 18, 2012
- Venue: The Venue Fine Art & Gifts
- Address: 114 S. Grant Street, Bloomington, IN 47408
- Phone: 812-339-4200
- Times: 11 am-7 pm
- Admission: Free
The Venue Fine Art & Gifts is pleased to offer an experience of Chinese Culture, all made in Bloomington. Artists Yu-Min Chen and Chung Yu- Fang display traditionally inspired Chinese Calligraphy and Chinese Painting, all made in Bloomington. Yu-... more
Picturing Archaeology
- June 18, 2012
- Venue: Mathers Museum of World Cultures
- Address: 416 N. Indiana Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47408
- Phone: 812-855-6873
- Times: Regular Museum Hours
- Admission: Free Admission
Described in their words and illustrated by their images, Indiana University archaeologists present their research and fieldwork around the world in this new exhibit at the Mathers Museum of World Cultures/Glenn Black Laboratory of Archaeology.
