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Electron Pencil event listings: Music, art, movies, lectures, parties, receptions, benefits, plays, meetings, fairs, conspiracies, rituals, etc.
Friday, May 18, 2012
◗ Bloomington and the USA — National Bike to Work Day; all day
◗ IU Dowling International Center — English Conversation Club, for non-native American English speakers; 1pm
◗ Sembower Field — IU Baseball vs. Ohio State; 3pm
◗ Downtown Nashville, Indiana — Taste of Brown County; 4-7pm
◗ Bloomington Speedway — Larry Rice Classic, sprint cars; gates open 4:30pm, racing at 7:30pm
◗ The Venue Fine Arts and Gifts — Opening reception, the art of Juliana Burrell; 6pm
◗ Buskirk-Chumley Theater — Musical, “Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”; 7pm
◗ IU Cinema — Film, “Sound of Noise”; 7pm
◗ Bloomington High School South — Spring band concert; 7-9pm
◗ Bloomington High School North — Jazz band concert; 7-9pm
◗ Sweet Claire — Reading by poet Matthew Jackson; 7pm
◗ Cafe Django — Master accordionist Svetia; 7:30-9:30pm
◗ Bloomington Playwrights Project — Musical, “Maggie Cassidy,” based on Jack Kerouac’s novel; 8pm
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◗ The Player’s Pub — King Bee and the Stingers, Bottom Road Blues Band; 8pm
◗ The Comedy Attic — Eric Andre; 8 & 10:30pm
◗ Max’s Place — Ragbirds; 8pm
◗ Bear’s Place — Kimmie F’n Green Eyes, Johnny Profane; 9pm
◗ The Bluebird — Clayton Anderson; 9pm
◗ Uncle Elizabeth’s — Vicci Laine and the West End Girls; 10pm & midnight
◗ The Bishop — Dave Walter Karaoke; 10pm
Ongoing:
◗ IU Mathers Museum of World Cultures — Exhibits, “Blended Harmonies: Music and Religion in Nepal”; through July 1st — “Esse Quam Videri (To Be, Rather than To Be Seen): Muslim Self Portraits; through June 17th — “From the Big Bang to the World Wide Web: The Origins of Everything”; through July 1st
◗ IU Kinsey Institute Gallery — Exhibit, “Man as Object: Reversing the Gaze”; through June 29th
◗ Ivy Tech Waldron Arts Center — Exhibits at various galleries: Angela Hendrix-Petry, Benjamin Pines, Nate Johnson, and Yang Chen; all through May 29th
◗ Trinity Episcopal Church — Art exhibit, “Creation,” collaborative mosaic tile project; through May 31st
◗ Monroe County Public Library — Art exhibit, “Muse Whisperings,” water color paintings by residents of Sterling House; through May 31st
◗ Monroe County History Center — Photo exhibit, “Bloomington: Then and Now” by Bloomington Fading; through October 27th
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