Around Town & On the Air during the 2007 Lotus Festival

Aug. 29-Sept. 19 • "World Music 101"  
Aug. 29-Sept. 19 (Wednesday evenings) / Ivy Tech Community College Lifelong Learning program
• Music publicist Dmitri Vietze teaches "Donkey Jaws, Clay Pots, and Conch Shells: The Pulse of the Planet through Hybrids, Polyrhythms, and Found Objects." Details here ...

Sept. 1-30 • Youth Arts with Global Vision
• Arts with a multicultrual theme, from Monroe County students. On display at Bloomingtoods East (3220 E. 3rd) and Near West Side (316 W. 6th). Sept. 1-30.

Sept. 7 • Downtown Bloomington First Friday
• Some Lotus pin outlets offer the pin free with a purchase of $25 or more.

Sept. 27-28 • Downtown Bloomington Galleries
• Wandering Turtle Art Gallery (224 N. College): Artist reception for Ransome Haile, Sept. 28, 2-4pm
• Prima Gallery (109 E. 6th): Artist reception for Suzanna Hendrix & Lorraine Merriman Farrell, Sept. 28, 3-6pm
• By Hand Gallery (109 Fountain Square): Artist reception for Joel Washington, Sept. 28, 4-6pm
• tutto bène Gallery (213 S. Rogers): Dimensional paper illustrations by Deborah Klein; 11am-11pm
• Textillery Gallery (114 E. Kirkwood, Buskirk-Chumley Theater): Work by Libby Boruff; Sept. 28-30
• Bloomington Area Arts Council: Hand-blown glass pumpkins by Jeremy Sweet/Blind Dog Studio (Courthouse lawn, Sept. 29-30, 8am-5pm); Waldron Arts Center Galleries (4th & Walnut, 10am-5pm), Hoosier Instruments
• Natural Elements (122 N. Walnut): Post wishes and visions for the future on a trellis to be auctioned in support of Lotus programming; Sept. 27 11am-6pm, Sept. 28-29 11am-7pm.

Sept. 28-29 • Live Interviews & Performances
On WFHB 91.3/98.1FM (Bloomington Community Radio); WFIU 103.7FM (Indiana University/NPR); and WIUX-LP 100.3FM (IU student-operated radio)

Sept. 29 • Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration
• Monroe County Public Library (303 E. Kirkwood). Bilingual storytelling, food, music, and crafts. All afternoon; free.

 

 

 

 

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