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With so many airlines in financial trouble, why are consumers paying less for flights? Clint Oster discusses the economy's influence on airlines, how the industry has changed in recent years and ways travelers can improve their airline experiences.
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World-renowned organist Dennis James returns to the IU Auditorium to accompany The Cat and the Canary for his annual Halloween concert Oct. 31. James, an IU-grad known the world over for his silent film accompaniments, breathes new life into cinema's gilded golden age. His Halloween shows have been a Bloomington tradition for more than 35 years.
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IU Art Museum building lights up with 25th anniversary celebration
The Indiana University Art Museum building will celebrate its 25th birthday with the power of 500 million candles. On Friday, Oct. 26, the switch will be flipped on the 25th Anniversary Light Totem, a dazzling light installation illuminating a 70-foot freestanding tower, a 40-foot-long tube within the atrium, and the building's south exterior wall. Three searchlights will further highlight the building, designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect I.M. Pei.
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In the beginning, there were dimmers. But in Rob Shakespeare's three decades of lighting design, he has also incorporated robotically controlled instruments, computer rendering, and "virtual scenography" -- projecting virtual sets for live productions. His most recently completed project, the IU Art Museum 25th Anniversary Light Totem, is a "beacon" to green lighting on campus, he said.
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His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, will speak Oct. 27 at Indiana University as part of his visit to Bloomington.
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Indiana University and its Jacobs School of Music will again be in the limelight when the Indiana Arts Commission presents the 2007 Governor's Arts Awards, today (Oct. 25) at 6:30 p.m., in the Musical Arts Center (MAC) on the Bloomington campus. The event marks the first time in the 35-year history of the awards that ceremonies will be conducted outside the state capital.
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Set in Appalachia, Carlisle Floyd's Susannah is the most performed American opera. This deeply meaningful and tragic story portrays hypocrisy, intolerance and the consequences of both. IU Opera Theater's new production features two talented singers in the title role -- Elizabeth Ashantavi and Betsy Uschkrat. Live at IU caught up with the two Susannahs during rehearsals and asked about the message the opera has for today's audiences.
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As a fashion accessory, a status symbol and a heat relief device, hand-held fans have played a practical and ornamental role in fashion design and culture for thousands of years. To celebrate the historic and artistic foundations of hand-held fans, the Sage Collection, which is part of the Indiana University Department of Apparel Merchandising & Interior Design, is staging an exhibit of more than 90 of its 300 archived fans.
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What's Culturati? Formed in April 2007 by a committee comprised of Herron faculty, staff and community volunteers, Culturati's mission has been to connect young professionals in the central Indiana area to Herron and to visual arts educational experiences in Indianapolis.
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The Oct. 5, 2007 issue of Live at IU featured the IU Ballet Theater's fall production, "Perspectives 1900s." Also highlighted in this issue, were stories about two Department of Apparel Merchandising and Interior Design students, a preview to the Moveable Feast of the Arts concerts in New Albany, free exhibits at IU during Celebrate IU Week, a preview to Marjorie Schick's work at the IU Art Museum, details on a series of book signings that will honor George Taliaferro, and a preview to Seussical The Musical.
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