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IU’s Lilly Library to celebrate 50th anniversary with collection of rare treasures

Shakespeare book An exhibition of rare books and manuscripts to mark the 50th anniversary of Indiana University's Lilly Library will include treasures never before displayed together. An open house to view the exhibition and the library's newly renovated reading room is scheduled for Jan. 22 from 5 -9 p.m. The event is free and open to the public, and the exhibition runs through May 8.  Full Story

 IU Bloomington joins with community to celebrate Martin Luther King’s legacy

Martin Luther King Jr.

Throughout the month, Indiana University Bloomington has celebrated the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with activities that will culminate Jan. 23 (Saturday). The university also helped present the community's celebration, featuring the Rev. Jesse Jackson, on Jan. 18, 2010, at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater.

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 A record-breaking rap

Matthew "M80" Markoff

IU-Purdue University Indianapolis alumnus Matthew Markoff -- better known on hip-hop billboards as rapper M-Eighty -- recently raised more than $10,000 to build a new educational facility for underprivileged students in Bodo, Nigeria. After nine hours, 15 minutes and 15 seconds of rhyming over bass-heavy beats, the Indianapolis native also successfully broke the Guinness World Record for longest freestyle rap.

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 Teaching technique challenges students to translate Middle English plays

Medieval Mysteries

Most students enter Damien Fleming's "Middle English Literature" class expecting to read Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, not hone their acting skills. Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) students Fleming's class got to do both this past semester, along with gaining a greater understanding of medieval literature.

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 Behind-the-scenes at the Mathers Museum

museum image

Indiana University Bloomington's Mathers Museum of World Cultures hosted a guided lunchtime tour of the museum for members of the university's professional staff. Visitors saw the handmade chairs shown in "A World of His Own: The Uncommon Artistry of Chester Cornett," and "Images of Native Americans: The Wanamaker Collection" in celebration of November's Native American Heritage Month, and got a behind-the-scenes look at stored items in an area of the museum usually closed to the public.

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 Indiana University presents the theatrical tour de force 'Marat/Sade' by Peter Weiss

Marat/Sade

Indiana University's Department of Theatre and Drama kicks off the spring semester with Peter Weiss' Tony Award-winning play Marat/Sade under the direction of IU Professor Dale McFadden.

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 IU Art Museum, SoFA present contemporary work from artist-teachers

"Icarus"

The Indiana University Art Museum presents The Triennial 2010, an exhibition of contemporary artworks by the talented artist-teachers of IU's highly acclaimed Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts (SoFA) in the Special Exhibitions Gallery, January 23 through March 7, 2010.

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 Previous issue

The Cleveland Orchestra

In the Jan. 7, 2010, issue of Live at IU, we featured stories on a new residency program by The Cleveland Orchestra at the Jacobs School of Music; a four-month film series and symposium in honor of the East German Cinema of the DEFA Studios; the "green" themed ArtsWeek 2010; the first Indiana Guitar Festival and Competition, which will be hosted by IU Bloomington's Jacobs School of Music; an international award for WFIU's Muslim Voices project; IUPUI's new editorial project that will result in The New Oxford Shakespeare; and a spring concert by Straight No Chaser.

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