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Wine not? Develop your palate with tips from IUSB’s wine expert

Wine When a restaurant's wine list is longer than its menu, do you feel excited at the prospect of choosing a winner, or intimidated by the unfamiliar names and categories? If you're among those who suffer from wine-list paralysis, it's time you met Bill Wilson, creator of the popular "Wine for Newbies" podcast. He teaches an eight-week course at IU South Bend called "Wine Appreciation 101." Before heading to holidays parties this year, take a few quick lessons from Wilson.  Full Story

 Three Jacobs School alumni make Carnegie Hall debut

William Harvey

When the New York Youth Symphony opens its 45th anniversary season at Carnegie Hall on Dec. 9 at 2 p.m., it will unintentionally host a Hoosier theme. Three of the major contributors to the performance -- the conductor, Ryan McAdams; solo violinist, William Harvey; and composer, Clint Needham -- are Indiana University graduates making their Carnegie Hall debuts.

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 Harvey Phillips, the "Paganini of the tuba," honored by Classical Music Hall of Fame

Harvey Phillips

Harvey Phillips, tuba virtuoso and distinguished professor emeritus at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, has added another honor to one of the most remarkable careers in modern American musical history. He has become the first brass player chosen for induction into the American Classical Music Hall of Fame.

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 AMID students finish their projects, head into the "real world"

Cheri' McDowell

Live at IU has followed seniors James DiMartino and Cheri' McDowell this semester as they complete their final projects in the department of Apparel Merchandising and Interior Design. DiMartino is a student in the department's Fashion Design Culture Group, and McDowell studies interior design within the Design Studies Group. In this segment, we see what they have prepared to kick-start their design careers.

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 Tracing the color lines

George Hutchinson

Indiana University Bloomington professor George Hutchinson's latest book, In Search of Nella Larsen: A Biography of the Color Line, has been selected for the 2007 Christian Gauss Award of Phi Beta Kappa. Hutchinson will receive the award Dec. 7 at the Latham Hotel Georgetown in Washington, D.C. The $10,000 annual award from the Phi Beta Kappa Society is given for works of literary scholarship and criticism.

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 The Bill Peet storybook menagerie

Bill Peet

A sketch artist for Walt Disney, Bill Peet's engaging illustrations of treasured children's characters like "Droofus the Dragon," "Pamela the Camel" and "Cowardly Clyde," will be on display through Jan. 6 at the IU Herron School of Art and Design in Indianapolis. The collection will show Peet's creative journey from when he started working to how he progressed as he went to work at Walt Disney.

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 The work behind "La Bohème"

La Bohéme set

Numerous essential backstage preparations must be made for each night of an opera's performance at Indiana University Bloomington. Go behind the scences of the recent opera, La Bohème, to see what occurs.

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 Previous issue

The Nov. 15, 2007, issue of Live at IU featured a preview to the IU Ballet Theater's performance of The Nutcracker. Also highlighted in this issue was a story on the book the The Cardiac Kids, a preview to Jimmy Cory, a preview to the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company's performance, IU Professor Samrat Upadhyay's latest book, details on La Bohème, and information about Jeanette Walls' visit to IU East.

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