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Electron Pencil event listings: Music, art, movies, lectures, parties, receptions, games, benefits, plays, meetings, fairs, conspiracies, rituals, etc.

Tuesday, May  22, 2012

◗ IU Kelley School of Business, Godfrey Center — IU Global Mini-Conference; 8:30am-noon

◗ People’s Park — Lunch Concert Series, Sharlee Davis and Will Devitt; 11:30am

Sharlee Davis & Bill Devitt

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◗ The Venue Fine Arts & Gifts — Discussion of the art of Juliana Burrell; 5:30pm

◗ Jake’s Nightclub — Karaoke; 6pm

◗ The Player’s Pub — Blues jam hosted by Fistful of Bacon; 8pm

◗ The Bluebird — Candlebox; 8pm

Candlebox

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◗ Farm Bloomington, Root Cellar — Trivia Night; 8pm

◗ The Bishop — Fool’s Gold, Qur’an Qur’an; 9pm

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

◗ IU SoFA Grunwald Gallery — Kinsey Institute Juried Art Show; through July 21st, 11am

◗ 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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Electron Pencil event listings: Music, art, movies, lectures, parties, receptions, games, benefits, plays, meetings, fairs, conspiracies, rituals, etc.

Monday, May  21, 2012

◗ Landlocked Music — In-store performance, Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth; 6pm

Lee Ranaldo

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◗ Cafe Django — Variety show, The Short List, hosted by Marta Jasicki; 7pm

◗ Buskirk-Chumley Theater — Batchelor Middle School film program, B-TV, presents “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”; 7pm

◗ Rachael’s Cafe — Improvisational Music Project; 7-9:30pm

◗ The Player’s Pub — Bloomington Songwriter Showcase; 8pm

◗ The Bishop — DJ Spikes; 8pm

◗ The Bluebird — Steve Kimock, Bernie Worell; 9pm

Steve Kimock

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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

◗ IU SoFA Grunwald Gallery — Kinsey Institute Juried Art Show; through July 21st, 11am

◗ 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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Electron Pencil event listings: Music, art, movies, lectures, parties, receptions, games, benefits, plays, meetings, fairs, conspiracies, rituals, etc.

Sunday, May  20, 2012

◗ Congregation Beth Shalom — Gan Shalom Preschool annual garage sale; 7am

◗ Deer Run Park, Nashville, Indiana — Dawg Gone Walk & Fiesta pet competition; 1-4pm

◗ Buskirk-Chumley Theater — Musical, “Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”; 2pm

◗ St. David’s Episcopal Church, Bean Blossom — “A Song Recital between Friends,” featuring, soprano Sharee Seal, mezzosoprano Charis Peden, and Casey Robards; 2-3:15pm

Sharee Seal

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◗ Bloomington High School South — Musical play, “Godpsell”; 2pm

◗ Bloomington Playwrights Project — Musical, “Maggie Cassidy,” based on Jack Kerouac’s novel; 2pm

◗ Monroe County Public Library auditorium — Films, “Mr. Dial Has Something to Say” and “Water from Another Time,” both on creative aging; 2-3:30pm

◗ The Comedy Attic — Doug Benson Extravaganza; 4:20pm

◗ The Player’s Pub — Nate Johnson and the Keepers; 6pm

Nate Johnson

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◗ Buskirk-Chumley Theater — Musical, “Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”; 7pm

◗ Bear’s Place — Ryder Film Series, “We Have a Pope”; 7pm

◗ Max’s Place — Alar Wave; 7pm

◗ The Western Sky, South Central Indiana — Partial solar eclipse; Early evening until sunset

If We’re Lucky, We’ll See Something Like This

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◗ The Bishop — Joe Pug, David Wax Museum, Biz Strother; 9pm

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

◗ IU SoFA Grunwald Gallery — Kinsey Institute Juried Art Show; through July 21st, 11am

◗ 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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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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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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Electron Pencil event listings: Music, art, movies, lectures, parties, receptions, benefits, plays, meetings, fairs, conspiracies, rituals, etc.

Thursday, May  17, 2012

◗ American Red Cross, Monroe County Chapter — Used books and media sale; 9am-4pm

◗ Lower Cascades Park — Ribbon-cutting ceremony for new Cascades Park Trail; 10:30am

◗ Sembower Field — IU Baseball vs. Ohio State; 3pm

◗ City Hall — Bloomington Bikes Week: Bike Commuter 101; 6pm

◗ Bear’s Place — Ut Haus Jazz Septet 22nd anniversary concert; 5:30pm

Ut Haus Et Al

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◗ IU Old National Bank Art Gallery — Art, opening reception, “Hands of Time,” exhibit of photographic images of hands through the generations; 5:30-7:30pm

◗ The Player’s Pub — Built for Comfort; 6:30pm

◗ Farm Bloomington, Root Cellar — Ryder Film Series, “The Fairy”; 6:30pm

◗ Buskirk-Chumley Theater — “Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”; 7pm

◗ Monroe County History Center — Ron Bell speaks about early limestone quarries in South Central Indiana; 7pm

◗ IU Cinema — Film, “Sound of Noise”; 7pm

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◗ IU Auditorium — Riverdance; 7:30pm

◗ Max’s Place — Song Writer’s Select with host DW Brykalski; 8pm

◗ Cafe Django — Jeff Isaac Trio jazz standards; 8-10pm

◗ The Bluebird — New Old Cavalry; 8pm

◗ Comedy Attic — Eric Andre; 8pm

◗ Bear’s Place — Karaoke; 9pm

◗ The Bishop — Tim Smiley and the Patience; 9:30pm

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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Electron Pencil event listings: Music, art, movies, lectures, parties, receptions, benefits, plays, meetings, fairs, conspiracies, rituals, etc.

Wednesday, May  16, 2012

◗ Ivy Tech, Bloomington Campus — Creative Aging Symposium, keynote speaker Susan Perlstein, exploring creative expression for seniors; 10am

◗ IU Dowling International Center — English Conversation Club, for non-native speakers of American English; 1pm

◗ City Hall atrium — Mayor Mark Kruzan and IU Vice Provost Tom Geiryn introduce authors Carrol Krause (“The Showers Brothers Furniture Company: The Shared Fortunes of a Family, a City, and a University”) and James Capshew (“Herman B. Wells: The Promise of the American University”) celebrating the release of their new books; 4pm

◗ City Hall, Showers Plaza — Bloomington Bikes Week, Art by Bike Fun Ride, led by Jaqui Bauer; 5pm

◗ Bloomington High School North — Spring band concert; 7-8:30pm

◗ Max’s Place — Open mic; sign up begins at 5:pm, music at 7:30pm

◗ The Player’s Pub — Post Modern Jazz Quartet; 8pm

Post Modern Jazz Quartet

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◗ Harmony School — Contra dancing; 8-10:30pm

◗ The Bluebird — Rod Tuffcurls and the Benchpress; 8pm

◗ Cafe Django — David Johnson on guitar; 8-10:30pm

◗ IU Kirkwood Observatory — Star-gazing open house, rain or shine; 9pm

The Kirkwood Observatory Main Telescope

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◗ The Bishop — Here We Go Magic, Hospitality; 9:30pm

◗ Jake Nightclub — Battle of the bands; 10pm

◗ Uncle Elizabeth’s — Boys On Poles, male exotic dancing: 10pm and midnight

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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Electron Pencil event listings: Music, art, movies, lectures, parties, receptions, benefits, plays, meetings, fairs, conspiracies, rituals, etc.

Tuesday, May  15, 2012

◗ 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

◗ People’s Park — Lunch Concert Series, DW Brykalski roots music; 11:30am

◗ Sembower Field — IU Baseball vs. Evansville; 3pm

IU Freshman Chris Sujka

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◗ Templeton Elementary School — Bloomington Bikes Week, Bike Safety Rodeo for the family; 4:30pm

◗ Monroe County Democratic Party Headquarters — Meet the Candidates, food & drinks; 5:30-7pm

◗ Jake’s Nightclub — Karaoke; 6pm

◗ Max’s Place — Comedy Night; 8pm

◗ The Player’s Pub — Blues jam with Cliff and the Guardrails; 8pm

◗ Farm Bloomington, The Root Cellar — Trivia Night; 8pm

◗ The Bluebird — Christina Perri; 9pm

Christina Perri

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◗ The Bishop — Pierced Arrows, Don’t; 9pm

◗ Bear’s Place — Hope for Agoldensummer, Mikkel Almholt, Andru Bemis, Keeping Cars; 9pm

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OUR NEW POSTING SCHEDULE

Good morning.

We’ll be doing things a bit differently around here from now on. Staring today, we’ll have two posts a day.

The first, at 7:30am, Eastern, will be GO, our daily event listings. Prior to this, often by the time we get our combined post up, a few events in our daily listing already had come and gone. Doesn’t really make sense to post listings for the past, does it?

“It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” — Attributed to Yogi Berra

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We’re all about the future here at The Pencil. So now, check GO every morning for the best local events listings in South Central Indiana.

Then we’ll put up the day’s Hot Air whenever we get around to it — usually by 10am, Eastern, although occasionally, when we’re especially inspired or especially lazy, we might get our Hot Air post up as late as 1pm, Eastern.

The Electron Pencil — always striving to serve you better (as long as it isn’t too much trouble for us.)

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Electron Pencil event listings: Music, art, movies, lectures, parties, receptions, benefits, plays, meetings, fairs, conspiracies, rituals, etc.

Monday, May  14, 2012

◗ 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

Creating “Creation”

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◗ 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

◗ Wapehani Mountain Bike Park — Wapehani Trail Building Night, volunteer and learn to build a trail using sustainable methods; 4-6pm

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◗ First Christian Church — Bloomington Watercolor Society, Betty Wagoner demonstrates techniques for drawing believable human figures; 6pm

◗ The Bishop — DJ Brian Winterman; 8pm

◗ The Bluebird — Dave Walters Karaoke; 8pm

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