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Enjoy the June 2009 issue of IU Home Pages online. Read about the Sisters of the Flying Fountain Pen and see what IUPUI's Archaeology Field School uncovered in Madam Walker's backyard.
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2009 IU Summer Music Festival: Mario Venzago, Conductor
July 23, 8 p.m., Musical Arts Center, 101 N. Jordan Ave., Bloomington -- Swiss conductor Mario Venzago has served as music director of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra since 2002, following several prestigious music directorships in Europe. This festival features works by Moussorgsky, Strauss, Debussy and Ravel.
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Today (Thursday, July 23) is the third and final day of Indiana's third-annual Hispanic Youth Leadership Academy, which this year took place at Indiana University Bloomington. From July 21-23, 50 Latino students from nearly two dozen Northwest Indiana high schools lived on campus at IU, where they attended workshops, networked with successful Hispanic community leaders and honed their leadership skills. The academy is a program of the Hispanic Organization Promoting Excellence (HOPE), founded by Lake County Indiana Sheriff Roy Dominguez. The academy's executive director is José Arredondo, who created the Hispanic Youth Leadership Academy.
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Gov. Mitch Daniels and the Indiana Arts Commission (IAC) announced July 10 that Indiana University Jacobs School of Music alumna Angela Brown is among the recipients of the 2009 Governor's Arts Awards. The five recipients will be honored during a special performance ceremony on Sept. 25 at the Cornerstone Center for the Arts in Muncie.
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The Indiana University Art Museum is offering a glimpse into the world of painting conservation this summer. On Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from now through the end of August, the public is invited to observe the ongoing conservation of two panels from Thomas Hart Benton's famous Indiana murals at the IU Art Museum's painting conservation laboratory. The murals were originally created for the Indiana Hall at the 1933 Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago in 22 panels that stretched 250 feet, encircling the exposition.
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Is one's eternal destiny foreordained by God? The age-old idea of predestination is among the most controversial doctrines in Christianity -- and one that remains highly relevant in today's denominations. In a groundbreaking new book, IUPUI author Peter Thuesen considers predestination and its inseparable links to other questions of Christian belief, including the existence of purgatory and hell and the extent of God's providential involvement in human affairs.
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High school teachers from across the country converged in Bloomington July 6 for a four-week "Picturing John James Audubon Institute" at Indiana University, the first of its kind. The institute is directed by Indiana University English Professor Christoph Irmscher (Alita Hornick from the IU Department of English helped organize the institute), and funded by a $200,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities through its Picturing America series of summer seminars and institutes for high school teachers. The institute has featured experts on Audubon, American art and natural history.
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The timeless work of master comic playwright Noel Coward returns to Indiana University's Brown County Playhouse for the first time since 1967 with the comedy Present Laughter, starring IU master's students in acting and professional actors from across the country whose collective credits include a role in John Waters' final film, the European premiere of Doubt and a stint on "Law and Order." Present Laughter is directed by Jonathan Michaelsen, producer for the Brown County Playhouse. Michaelsen lauds Coward's "great style and sparkling writing."
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In the July 2, 2009, issue of Live at IU, we featured stories on the Sisters of the Flying Fountain Pen writing camp for girls; the Jacobs School of Music's Summer String Academy, celebrating its 25th year; the IU Department of Theatre and Drama's Brown County Playhouse presentation of There Goes the Bride; the IU Art Museum's Jazz in July summer concert series; Michael Adams' new book, Slang: The People's Poetry; a new music program at IU East; and the Summer Music Festival piano series, featuring Jonathan Biss.
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The IU Bloomington Web site has debuted a new look. In addition to favorite components of the current site -- such as the A-Z Big List, news and events sections, and both topical and audience navigation -- the new site includes more photography, video as a regular feature, and a new and improved campus photo tour.
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