Friday, April 5, 2019
An IU Senior's Mandatory Bloomington Adventure List
Categories: Indiana University, Arts & Culture, The IU Student Perspective
It's your senior year and you are about to leave Bloomington. You've said goodbye to friends who have turned into family and professors that have turned into mentors. But, have you said goodbye to Bloomington that has turned into "home"? Scroll through our list of mandatory "must-do's" and start planning out your calendar now.
- Watch a free movie at the IMU
- At night, lie on the ground and watch the light totem change in front of the Eskenazi Museum of Art at IU
- Grab a coffee from Soma, then afterward get tacos, chips, and salsa from Laughing Planet
- Buy breadsticks with cheese sauce from Pizza X
- Go to a wine tasting at Oliver Winery and sit by the pond
- Take on a short stack of chocolate chip pancakes from Village Deli
- Snap a photo with the Herman B Wells statue, Hoagy Carmichael, and Ernie Pyle too
- Indulge in scoops of grasshopper ice cream from Chocolate Moose and cookie monster ice cream from Jiffy Treet
- Attend the Little 500 men's or women's race
- Eat Sunday brunch in the Tudor Room at the Indiana Memorial Union
- Experience Kilroy's Breakfast Club during Homecoming weekend
- Treat yourself to a nice dinner at Malibu Grill
- Gaze down Kirkwood Avenue from the Sample Gates at night and enjoy the moment
- Munch on a bag of kettle corn popcorn from a farmers' market
- Climb the Hickory Ridge Fire Tower and enjoy the sweeping views of the Hoosier National Forest
- Watch a performance at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater, then go to BLU Boy Chocolate Café and Cakery and buy macarons
- Walk around downtown during Lotus Festival and see a concert
- Stroll the grounds during a self-guided tour of the Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center
- Tailgate before an IU Football game then cheer on the Hoosiers from inside Memorial Stadium
- See a show at the IU Auditorium show and a movie at the IU Cinema
- Buy center stage tickets to The Nutcracker
- Look at stars at the Kirkwood Observatory
- Walk around downtown during the Canopy of Lights and shop for gifts at your favorite locally owned store
- Go to Flat Rocks at Monroe Lake, skip rocks, and enjoy watching the ripples in the water
What's on your senior year bucket list? Let us know in the comments.
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Nia Jones
Nia is Visit Bloomington’s Content Coordinator. As soon as she stepped foot on IU's campus, she realized she found a forever-home in Bloomington. Her favorite thing about B-Town is the diversity and culture that is found in this small town in the Midwest. She enjoys exploring new places around town and cheering on the Hoosiers.