|
|
 |
Curious about the latest education news? Check out the new issue of Chalkboard from the IU School of Education. In this issue, a Japanese alumnae in her 70's comes back to say "Thank You," students learn language and culture while teaching in Mexico and the school works on modernizing Afghanistan's education system.
|
|
|
|
Learn about great white sharks with A Moment of Science.
|
|
|
|
|
Chuck Mangione to appear at The Ogle Center: Feb. 17, 4 p.m. and 8 p.m., The Ogle Center, IU Southeast, New Albany -- Chuck Mangione is a flugelhorn player who achieved international success with his jazz-pop single Feels So Good in 1977. A graduate of Eastman School of Music, he has released more than 30 albums in the last 50 years. In 1980, his song Give It All You Got was the theme of the Winter Olympic Games. Tickets are $20 and $25.
|
|
|
|
Lecture by member of 'Little Rock Nine,' music and art highlight IUB's Black History Month
Indiana University Bloomington's celebration of Black History Month will open today (Feb. 1) with the dedication of a new painting of Martin Luther King Jr. at the IU Art Museum and the Fifth Annual Sound the Drum and Family Fest. Also, Terrence Roberts, one of the "Little Rock Nine," will visit campus on Feb. 13. Other highlights will include: Grand Nites in Grand Hall: The Essence of a Harlem Night on Feb. 8; a celebration of African American spirituals on Feb. 18, the annual Extensions of the Tradition concert on Feb. 25; and a closing reception on Feb. 28. All IU events are free and open to the public.
Full Story
|
This year's Middle Eastern Arts Festival at Indiana University Bloomington again will feature a vivid array of music and dance from the region, as well as exhibits, lectures by artists and scholars, and foods from the various countries. Most events at the festival, which runs from today (Feb. 1) to Feb. 10, require no admission fee and all are open to the public. "Diverse Faces and Places of Monroe," is the theme for this year's festival, which opens today (Feb. 1) with a reception at the Monroe County History Center, 202 E. Sixth St. Organizers are asking those who attend to submit photographs of community faces of Monroe County from the past. Photos will be preserved and archived. This free event is scheduled from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Full Story
From the first draft of his Tony Award-winning Side Man, playwright Warren Leight knew he wanted the play to be musical. A play about jazz musicians, and the sacrifices they and their families make, required an authentic, engrossing, mood-altering soundtrack. "I wanted each scene to have its own rhythm, whether hard driving, or romantic, or mournful, or bluesy," Leight wrote in his notes about the play.
Full Story
Gary Farmer, a cultural activist, musician, citizen of the Cayuga Nation and an actor who has performed in more than 75 films and television shows -- including director Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man and the highly successful Smoke Signals -- will speak today (Feb. 1) at the opening night of the Native Film Series at Indiana University Bloomington. Farmer, a three-time nominee for the Independent Spirit Award given by the independent film community, will attend a 6:30 p.m. reception and answer questions after a screening of Dead Man. This is the second year for the film series, which offers free screenings of American Indian, Native Canadian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian films. Films will be shown every Thursday through March 1. This year's theme is "Six Degrees of Gary Farmer."
Full Story
For many product designers, helping to design a tennis racket that Serena Williams used to win the Australian Open might be the pinnacle of professional success. But when Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne design professor Richard Nelipovich describes that point in his career, it's only a side note in the "before" portion of his story. Nelipovich, a Fulbright scholar who joined IPFW this year, left the world of mass production to pursue his vision of individualized design -- a hybrid concept that marries digital technology with a customized, participatory process that blurs the line between manufacturing and craft.
Full Story
Goodbye Simon Cowell. You're just not right for this competition. Hello, St. Peter. Young people who regularly tune in to FOX's hit television show American Idol should "get a hoot" out of observing four operatic divas compete in heaven before St. Peter for a spot in the heavenly choir, says Edwin Penhorwood, a composer at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Penhorwood's comedic opera Too Many Sopranos is part of an IU Opera Theater double bill (along with Arlecchino by Ferruccio Busoni) opening Friday (Feb. 2).
Full Story
The Live at IU issue dated Jan. 18, 2007, highlights two New Orleans artists' surviving paintings in the Tony Award-winning play Side Man, which the Indiana University Department of Theatre and Drama is producing in February. Also featured in this issue is the upcoming production of Hairspray at the IU Auditorium; the next helping of IU's Moveable Feast of the Arts; the latest exhibit at the IU Kokomo Art Gallery; the IU Bloomington fine arts faculty art show; and details about the new BCT Directors Series at the historic Buskirk-Chumley Theater in Bloomington, Ind.
Full Story
|
|
|
|
|
Stay in Touch
IU wants to help you stay in touch with the things you love about this great university. News and features about IU are now available in convenient e-newsletter formats. There is no cost, no advertising, and subscribers' e-mail addresses will remain confidential with IU.
|
|
Play >>
