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With moviegoers continuing to flock to two-time box office champ Invincible and more inspirational sports movies heading to a theatre near you, here is an interview with IU alumus and Bloomington native Angelo Pizzo, screenwriter of Hoosiers and Rudy, two of the most beloved sports movies of all time. This interview, in which Pizzo shared his ideas about writing and experiences in moviemaking, aired on June 25 as part of WFIU's Profiles series. Profiles airs Sundays at 7 p.m. (This clip requires Real Player or Windows Media Player. Photo courtesy of Chris Howell/The Herald-Times)
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QuiltArt exhibit travels to IU East
Now through Nov. 3, Meijer Artway, IU East, Richmond -- A unique look at society and the habits of those living in today's world has taken the form of quilt art. Indiana University East is hosting an art exhibit featuring what sewing artists ask: "What is the 8th Deadly Sin?" Ask people and they will be able to tell you at least one of the original seven deadly sins -- sloth, greed, envy, lust, gluttony, anger and pride. Sharon L. Bowman of Muncie, Ind., curated the exhibit. Inspiration for the project came from listening to an interview on National Public Radio in the fall of 2004. The idea of a self-defined eighth sin stuck with her and instigated a challenge to other members of QuiltArt, which is an online organization for contemporary art quilters. Bowman challenged other members of the organization to define their own eighth deadly sin and to create a quilt to define it. The show has traveled from Pennsylvania to California.
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Conspiring with Tradition
The artists of the Guilin Chinese Painting Academy, who will stage a historic exhibition at the Indiana University Art Museum from Sept. 30 to Dec. 17, are devoted to carrying on the more than 300-year tradition in China of influential Guilin painting. They're also seeking to give life to a contemporary school that merges traditional Chinese painting techniques with Western art styles that didn't emerge in China until the country opened its doors to outside influences in the 1980s. "Just as each artist's unique style is the result of experiments in artistic idiom, theme and material, their art ranges from the bold to the elegant, from fanciful and fantastic to the serene and charming," said Judy Stubbs, the Pamela Buell Curator of Asian Art and the coordinating curator of Conspiring with Tradition: Contemporary Painting from the Guilin Chinese Painting Academy.
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They're intrusive, annoying and quite often, infuriating. Whether we like them or not, cellular phones are a fact of life, said Indiana University Distinguished Professor of Music David Baker. Though he stops short of giving them a ringing endorsement, Baker has dreamed up a conciliatory approach toward dealing with cell phones and that moment which many performers have come to dread -- the ring tone interruption. Baker's new composition, Concertino for Cellular Phones and Orchestra, will incorporate audience members' cell phones in order to create a shared participatory performance experience. "This is the first time in my career that I have a piece that's finished and I have no way of knowing what the results will be. There's just no way to replicate 1,000 cell phones going off at once," Baker said.
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In a groundbreaking first for Indiana University and the Midwest, artists, directors, writers, composers, musicians, DJs/VJs, researchers and theorists from around the globe will come together for a transdisciplinary festival and symposium to share their work and examine the process of "performing" in new media and technologies. Perform.Media, which begins Sept. 29 at IU Bloomington, will include experiments in live audio-visual improvisations, interactive and game media, performance processes, mobile and locative works, mixed and virtual reality presentations, net.art and all things newer media. Read more at the Perform.Media Web page.
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Movie buffs can step back in time and enjoy another year of classic films through the popular Golden Age of Hollywood Movie Series, which was developed by Indiana University Professor of Communication and Culture Christopher Anderson and his wife, film archivist Rachael Stoeltje. The series will introduce a unique university resource -- the David Bradley Film Collection, one of the most comprehensive film collections ever assembled by an individual -- to members of the Bloomington and south central Indiana communities. "Considering the thousands of downtown movie theaters that have closed and disappeared across the country over the years, it's really quite extraordinary that we in Bloomington have made a commitment to keep this theater alive and to ensure that it remains central to the life of the community," Anderson said.
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Latino culture will be celebrated with food, dancing, interactive activities and more during the ninth annual Festival Latino at Indiana University Bloomington. IU's Latino Cultural Center, La Casa, is the main sponsor for the event. The outdoor festival will take place from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sept. 30 at Dunn Meadow, located at the corner of Seventh Street and Indiana Avenue in Bloomington. The festival, which is free and open to the public, is one of many events scheduled during National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15 to Oct. 15). "We provide a venue for Latinos and non-Latinos, campus and city to come together to celebrate the Latino presence," said Lillian Casillas, director of La Casa. "Festival Latino is a way to help people have that important interaction, which helps develop and create an inclusive and supportive community."
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New York artist Larry Deemer likes finding colorful bunches of seaweed on neighborhood beaches, draping the vegetation on his head and photographing himself. Several images from Deemer's Seaweed photo series will appear in Body in Question, an exhibition running Sept. 24 through Oct. 29 at the Indiana University Kokomo Art Gallery. The show focuses on how human beings adorn and transform their own bodies. Indiana artists have also submitted works, including sculpture, paintings and "flash" or tattoo designs. Tattoos and body piercing are just the latest wave of men and women's centuries-old interest in adorning and transforming their physical beings, said Gallery Director Gregory Steel.
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Homecoming at IU Bloomington is set for Oct. 26-28. This year's homecoming theme is "Glory Days: Hoosiers Past and Present." Learn more about this year's events and how to relive the friends, fun, memories, sights, sounds and feelings associated with your IU experience.
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