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IU Opera and Ballet Theater celebrates 60th anniversary with productions old and new

Guilio Cesare Familiar favorites combine with forays into fantasy in the 60th Indiana University Opera and Ballet Theater season. The 2008-2009 lineup includes beloved standards like Verdi's La Traviata, Giulio Cesare by Handel and The Nutcracker ballet, in addition to fairy-tale fun in Prokofiev's Love for Three Oranges and Massenet's Cendrillon, the Cinderella story interpreted in the French operatic style.  Full Story

 Conductor Arthur Fagen joins IU Jacobs School of Music faculty

Arthur Fagen

The IU Jacobs School of Music announced last week that Maestro Arthur Fagen has been appointed as Professor of Music in instrumental conducting. Fagen will commence his activities in Bloomington in the fall of 2008.

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 Reception for IU football legend George Taliaferro in Merrillville on March 9

Taliaferro

The Lakeshore Region and the Neal-Marshall Northwest Indiana chapters of the Indiana University Alumni Association will honor IU graduate and All-American football star George Taliaferro at a reception and book signing on Sunday, March 9, in Merrillville, Ind.

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 IU journalism students to retrace steps of war correspondent Ernie Pyle

Ernie Pyle

While many Indiana University students will be hitting warm and sunny beaches for spring break, 30 journalism students will be retracing the steps of thousands of soldiers in Normandy, France, at the "Bloody Omaha" beach. More specifically, they'll be seeing where famed war correspondent and fellow Hoosier Ernie Pyle reported on the lives of those soldiers in World War II. Follow their journey as they write stories about the trip, some of which will be featured on the journalism school's Web site.

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 Writer's block? These writing tips will inspire you

Creative Writing

Waiting for inspiration to strike you before you take on that blank page on your computer screen? Don't waste your time. While there are moments of inspiration, most writers will tell you that in order to develop creative writing skills you need to get in a habit of writing regularly. Indiana University writing experts share their thoughts on how to be the best writer possible.

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 Art designer from Down Under

Sim Luttin

Australian native and IU master's student Sim Luttin celebrates a successful career in Indiana University's School of Fine Arts by designing a piece of art per day for a year. The project is the capstone to her Master of Fine Arts degree in metalsmithing and jewelry design.

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 An IU Jacobs School partnership encourages children to become composers

Kids Compose

Kids Compose! -- co-sponsored by the Bloomington Community Arts Commission, IU Jacobs School of Music and the Community Chamber Music Association -- allows hundreds of schoolchildren between second and sixth grades to use their imagination to compose melodies.

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 Previous issue

The Marriage of Figaro

The Feb. 21, 2008, issue of Live at IU featured a story on the Jacobs School of Music's upcoming production of Le Nozze di Figaro. This issue also included a feature on the Jacobs School's six Grammy Awards, details on the American Shakespeare Center Tour, highlights from the Contemporary Dance Program's upcoming ArtsWeek shows, a look at the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra's upcoming concert at the Musical Arts Center, the scoop on the dos and don'ts of working with celebrities, and a Q&A with the leading lady of The Seagull.

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