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IU’s annual ArtsWeek celebration examines politics and the arts

ArtsWeek 2008 Get ready for an expressive week as "Politics and the Arts" are explored during the 24th annual ArtsWeek, Bloomington's winter festival of the arts. ArtsWeek, a collaboration between the City of Bloomington and Indiana University, offers exhibitions, performances, discussions and family-friendly events using many modes of artistic expression. No longer able to contain itself, ArtsWeek now spans 11 days, from Feb. 20 to March 1, with a few events following on March 2.  Full Story

 Illustrious set designer Robert O’Hearn retires from IU following "A Wedding"

Robert O'Hearn

This is the final weekend to see A Wedding, the third of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer William Bolcom's operas to have its collegiate premiere at Indiana University. When the curtain rises, it will reveal the final creations of illustrious set designer Robert O'Hearn, who retires following the opera's run, at the age of 86.

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 Masterworks of the IU Art Museum unveiled in new book

Baden and Gealt

Where can you find masterworks by Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet, Gustave Caillebotte and Jackson Pollock along with decorative and ceremonial art objects from all around the world? The answer has long lain at the heart of the Indiana University Bloomington campus, but now it's also coming to a coffee table near you.

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 IU Jacobs School of Music captures several Grammy nominations

Carol Vaness

The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music is once again sweeping the Grammy Awards, with three recordings up for a total of five awards at this year's ceremony, taking place Feb. 10. Representing a diverse array of styles from contemporary classical to Spanish opera to experimental a cappella, the nominated recordings highlight the wide range of strengths at the celebrated school.

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 Koppel, Safire and Beschloss to speak at Journalism School

Andrea Koppel

An internationally renowned broadcast journalist who was the first to report that Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi was shutting down his country's production of weapons of mass destruction, a Pulitzer Prize-winning commentator and one of America's most prolific historians will speak at the Indiana University School of Journalism's spring speaker series.

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 IU film experts reveal the top must-see classic films

Top Films

With the 80th Annual Academy Awards slated for Feb. 24, Live at IU turned to film experts at Indiana University Bloomington to determine the classic movies that everyone should see or even add to their film collection. While it is hard to find two people who would agree on a list of classic films or the very definition of what a "classic movie" is, suggestions from film connoisseurs can be a good starting point or guideline in deciding on titles to include in our private film collections.

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 IU Jazz Ensemble to perform in New Albany Feb. 16 as part of Moveable Feast

Pat Harbison

The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music continues IU's Moveable Feast of the Arts Series with the final of three performances this season at the Ogle Center on the campus of IU Southeast in New Albany, Ind. The Indiana University Jazz Ensemble, led by Professor Patrick Harbison, will come out swinging on Feb. 16 at 7:30 p.m.

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"The Wedding"

The Jan. 24, 2008, issue of Live at IU highlighted the upcoming collegiate premiere of the opera A Wedding. Also featured in this issue were stories about the new Karl Wirsum exhibit at the Herron School of Art & Design, details on the Middle Eastern Arts Festival at IU Bloomington, a preview of the upcoming theatrical wonder Metamorphoses, a look at The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, an overview of the African American Dance Company, and a look at the newest book by IU Professor Emeritus of History Alexander Rabinowitch.

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