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Electron Pencil event listings: Music, art, movies, lectures, parties, receptions, games, benefits, plays, meetings, fairs, conspiracies, rituals, etc.
Saturday, May 19, 2012
◗ Showers Plaza — Farmers Market; 8am-1pm
◗ Harley-Davidson of Bloomington — Ride for the Red, motorcycle ride, BBQ, & music benefiting the American Red Cross; registration begins at 9am
◗ Monroe County Public Library — Bank on Bloomington workshop on managing a checking account; 10am
◗ IU SoFA Grunwald Gallery — Kinsey Institute Juried Art Show; through July 21st, 11am
Sarah Legow’s “Sex and the Nature of Things” at the Grunwald Gallery
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◗ IU Kinsey Institute — Open house & artists’ panel discussion; 11am-2pm
◗ Sembower Field — IU Baseball vs. Ohio State; 1pm
◗ IU Hilltop Garden & Nature Center — Celebrate Urban Birds: learn about bird ecology, behavior, & identification; 1-4pm
Killdeer
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◗ Buskirk-Chumley Theater — Musical, “Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”; 2pm
◗ North Fork Waterfowl Resting Area — Volunteer work day; 2-4pm
◗ Rachael’s Cafe — Student drum recital; 4-6pm
◗ The Comedy Attic — Doug Benson Extravanganza; 4:20pm
◗ IU School of Education Auditorium — Film, “Race to Nowhere,” on school reform; 6pm
“Race to Nowhere”
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◗ Buskirk-Chumley Theater — Musical, “Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”; 7pm
◗ IU Cinema — Film, “Sound of Noise”; 7pm
◗ Brown County Playhouse — Talent show benefit for Brown County History Center featuring Jon Kay, Dillon Bustin, Grey Larsen, & Bob Lucas; 7pm
◗ Madame Walker Theatre — Daddy Real Entertainment’s musical talent contest grand final; 7pm
◗ The Player’s Pub — Kilborn Alley; 8pm
◗ Bloomington Playwrights Project — Musical, “Maggie Cassidy,” based on Jack Kerouac’s novel; 8pm
◗ The Comedy Attic — Eric Andre; 8 & 10:30pm
◗ Cafe Django — Sophie Faught Quartet; 8-11pm
◗ Jake’s Nightclub — Bloomington Burlesque Brigade’s Venetian Burlesque Ball; 9pm
Bloomington Burlesque Brigade’s Spring Chicks 2012
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◗ Bear’s Place — Jacob Huffman, Ty Franke, JC Clements; 9pm
◗ The Bluebird — Funky Monks; 9pm
◗ Max’s Place — Bottom Road Blues Band; 9-11pm
◗ The Bishop — Polica; 9:30pm
◗ Max’s Place — Fist Full of Bacon; 11:30pm
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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