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Selected Coptic Textiles from Ancient Egypt
Now-spring 2009, Gallery of the Art of the Western World, Indiana University Art Museum, first floor, Bloomington -- Nearly 100 years ago, more than 150 textiles dating from the third to the 12th centuries and spanning late Roman, early Byzantine, and early Islamic times were unearthed from shallow burials in the sandy soils of Egypt. The examples included in this new gallery installation have not been on display since 1999 and are being reintroduced to complement the Middle Eastern Arts Festival organized by the Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies program of Indiana University. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday noon-5 p.m. For more about Coptic textiles, please visit http://www.iub.edu/~iuam/online_modules/coptic/cophome.html. For further information, email iuam@indiana.edu or call 812-855-5445.

Mathers Museum Exhibit -- Botánica: A Pharmacy for the Soul
Now-Dec. 31, various times, 416 N. Indiana Ave., Bloomington -- The exhibit "Pharmacy for the Soul" centers on traditions of spirit healing, and the practitioners and places associated with these beliefs. The Mathers Museum is open Tuesdays through Fridays, from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday, from 1-4:30 p.m. Admission to the museum is free. For further information, visit http://www.mathers.indiana.edu.

Sunken Cities and Shipwrecks: The Growing World of Underwater Museums
Now-Dec. 19, various times, 416 N. Indiana Ave., Bloomington -- This exhibit delves into the world of underwater museums and addresses the related issues of treasure hunting and site preservation. The Mathers Museum is open Tuesday through Friday, from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; and Saturday and Sunday, from 1-4:30 p.m. Admission to the museum is free. For further information, visit http://www.mathers.indiana.edu/.

Images of Native Americans
Now-Dec. 31, various times, 416 N. Indiana Ave., Bloomington -- The Mathers Museum presents selections from one of the largest and most important collections of images of Native Americans, and features an overview of the collection's history and its holdings. The Mathers Museum is open Tuesday through Friday, from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday, from 1-4:30 p.m. Admission to the museum is free. For further information, visit http://www.mathers.indiana.edu.

Thomas Woodruff brings "Freak Parade" to Indianapolis
Now-Oct. 4, Eleanor Prest Reese and Robert B. Berkshire Galleries, Indianapolis -- Thomas Woodruff brings peculiarity, oddity and absurdity to life with his rhinestone embellished mixed media images. Exploring what it means to be a freak in an age of conformity, "Freak Parade" draws the viewer into Woodruff's anthropomorphic world. Born in 1957, Woodruff has exhibited his work throughout the United States and Australia. He is included in the collections of the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, and the Contemporary Museum, Honolulu. Woodruff has a BFA from The Cooper Union for the Advancement and Science of Art and lives in Manhattan. Free parking is provided in Herron's surface lot. All exhibitions are free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Thursdays, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. or by appointment. The gallery is closed on Sundays. For a complete gallery schedule, visit http://www.herron.iupui.edu/.

Clayfest and Herron School of Art and Design celebrate Indiana artists
Now-Oct. 3, Herron School of Art and Design Marsh Gallery, Bloomington -- Clayfest 2008 is a biennial juried exhibition featuring ceramic art produced by current and former Indiana residents. The exhibition is free and open to the public. The public is also invited to attend the exhibition's opening reception Friday, Oct. 3, in Herron's Grand Hall from 5-8 p.m. Clayfest 2008 features a vast array of ceramic pieces, ranging from functional items to elaborate sculptural and experimental designs, all featuring clay as the dominant material in mixed-media work. In addition to the more than $2,000 in prizes to be awarded, American Art and Clay Company Inc. (AMACO) will recognize the winning artist with a special exhibition of his or her work in 2009. Clayfest 2008 is sponsored by the Woodsmall Foundation in cooperation with the Department of Art and Design at the University of Indianapolis. For further information, visit http://www.herron.iupui.edu/.

"Platicas" Brown Bag Series
Sept. 18, 12-1 p.m. La Casa, 715 E Seventh St., Bloomington -- Ellen Moodie (Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois) will give a talk on the subject, "Worse than the War: Democratic Disenchantment in El Salvador." In this paper, she explored the circulation of postwar crime stories in San Salvador, El Salvador, as expressions of political feelings specifically, as sentiments generated through democratic expectations. These narratives, told in the first decade after the 1992 peace accords, moved through the city in a form coding some sense of loss, of frustration, that exceeded the literal damage suffered in the incidents recounted. The stories flowed into a larger national-cultural narrative that contained and shaped experience in San Salvador. They reveal what people imagined they would find after a war ended, when peace was pronounced and a very public process of democratization had been implemented. The discourse of postwar expectations (first, perhaps, of cautious hope, and then, quickly, of disillusion) saturated much public discourse at that moment, discourse that seeped into everyday conversations on crime and danger. Since these expectations were often formed around ideas of democracy, crime stories tell us something about what local political imaginaries look like. The event is sponsored by the Center for Latin America and the Caribbean Studies, La Casa and Latino Studies. For further information, visit http://www.indiana.edu/~lacasa/.

"World War I and the Federación Libre de Trabajo Agricultural Workers' Campaign in Puerto Rico"
Sept. 18, 3 p.m., Ballantine Hall 004, Bloomington -- Professor Dionicio Valdés (History, Michigan State University) will examine an unexplored 1915 first great workers' strike and its connections with the formation of the Socialist Party in Puerto Rico. For more information, visit http://www.indiana.edu/~lacasa/.

Visiting Artist Lecture
Sept. 18, 6:30 p.m., Herron School of Art and Design Basile Auditorium, Indianapolis -- Thomas Woodruff's "Freak Parade" is an ambitious and dazzling parade of images that celebrate beauty in aberrance. These beautifully rendered works on paper began in late 2000 as a reaction against the global standardization of culture. A master of hybridizing vocabularies from the past and present, Woodruff references sideshow banners, Pompeian wall frescoes, Baroque religious paintings, theatrical posters and Victorian penmanship charts to create a new yet oddly familiar world. Woodruff will speak about his work, followed by a reception. For more information, visit http://herron.iupui.edu.

Coffeehouse Nights at the Art Museum
Sept. 18, 7-9 p.m., IU Art Museum, Bloomington -- The IU Art Museum presents Coffeehouse Nights -- the fusion of coffee, art, music and more. For this Coffeehouse Night, Japanese street scenes will be featured in the second floor gallery, along with traditional Japanese folksongs. For more information, visit http://www.artmuseum.iu.edu.

Bill Cosby: Wit whimsy and wisdom from an American icon
Sept. 19, 6 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., IU Auditorium, Bloomington -- Trend-setting stand-up comic. Raconteur. Ground-breaking television actor and producer. Five-time Grammy-winning recording star. Best-selling author. Philanthropist. Educator. Perceptive social critic and activist. Perhaps no other entertainer can accurately claim so many titles as Bill Cosby, a true American legend. For nearly half a century, "the Cos" has kept concert audiences laughing with his gentle brand of nostalgic comedy sprinkled with personal anecdotes and observations. Whether he is recounting the childhood antics of Old Weird Harold, Fat Albert and other friends from the Philadelphia projects or exploring his own foibles as a husband and father, Cosby always seems to touch a familiar and funny place inside all of us. He's also become a beloved fixture in our living rooms, thanks to the historic television trail he has blazed from his barrier-breaking role in I Spy to the landmark sitcoms The Bill Cosby Show and Cosby to the animated children's classic Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids. Refreshingly reliable for decades as a family-friendly comedian, Cosby has won universal appeal without stooping to shock-value humor. For a lifetime of positive contributions to American culture, Cosby was given a Kennedy Center Honor in 1998 and, in 2002, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. An iconic American funnyman on par with legends such as Mark Twain and Will Rogers, and mentor to Jerry Seinfield and Chris Rock, Bill Cosby has always managed to make us laugh in the very best way: at ourselves and in spite of ourselves. For more information, including tickets, visit http://www.iuauditorium.com/new0809/index.html.

Arts, Inc.: How Greed and Neglect Have Destroyed Our Cultural Rights
Sept. 19, 1-2:30 p.m., SPEA PV 276, Bloomington -- Bill Ivey, director of the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy at Vanderbilt University, an arts policy research center with offices in Nashville, Tenn., and Washington, D.C., will discuss his new book Arts, Inc.: How Greed and Neglect Have Destroyed Our Cultural Rights. Ivey has degrees in history, folklore and ethnomusicology, as well as honorary doctorates from the University of Michigan, Michigan Technological University, Wayne State University and Indiana University. Ivey is also a four-time Grammy Award-nominee (Best Album Notes category), and is the author of numerous articles on U.S. cultural policy, and folk and popular music. For more information, contact merflynn@indiana.edu.

Burke Lecture Series
Sept. 19, 4:30-5:30 p.m., Fine Arts Building, room 102, Bloomington -- Through the Department of the History of Art's Robert & Avis Burke Lecture Series, Danielle Joyner, an assistant professor at the University of Notre Dame, will present a lecture titled "Looking for Time in the 'Garden of Delights.'" Joyner researches medieval European art and focuses on manuscripts. Her recent publications include a survey of medieval images of the poet Virgil and his works and an interpretation of seductively evil illustrations in the "Hortus Deliciarum." She is currently exploring medieval conceptions of time and its wide-ranging visualizations as a means of reinterpreting the "Hortus Deliciarum" and its relevance for visual theories and artistic production of the 12th and 13th centuries. For more information, visit http://www.indiana.edu/~arthist/.

Opening Concert and Reception: The Grand Tour
Sept. 19, 6-8:30 p.m., Special Exhibits Gallery, IU Art Museum, Bloomington -- In celebration of the opening of the special exhibit "The Grand Tour: Art and Travel, 1740-1914," local chamber choir Voces Novae will perform feature works by European composers who traveled or who were inspired by the idea of travel -- to both real and imaginary lands. Works by Bach, Handel, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Dvorak, Liszt, Debussy, Gounod and Boulanger will be performed. The concert will be followed by an opening reception, concluding at 8:30 p.m., on the first floor of the museum's atrium. For more information, visit http://www.artmuseum.iu.edu.

"Mordidas y Comidas: Politics, Food and the Rise of the United Farm Workers"
Sept. 19, 12 p.m., La Casa, 715 E. Seventh St., Bloomington -- This talk by Professor Dionicio Valdés (history, Michigan State University) will discuss how the United Farm Workers brought the discussion of food into the labor movement and made it political. For further information, visit http://www.indiana.edu/~lacasa/.

Festival Latino brings culture to life
Sept. 20, 12-6 p.m., Dunn Meadow, corner of Indiana Avenue and Seventh Street, Bloomington -- This festival is a free outdoor concert open to all people on campus and in the community. The festival consists of Latino music groups. This year the festival features Grammy Award-nominee group Sones de Mexico. The event also provides the opportunity for individuals to visit the food, cultural activities and information booths set up throughout the meadow area. For more information, visit http://www.indiana.edu/~lacasa/.

On Display Now: The Grand Tour: Art and Travel, 1740-1914
Sept. 20-Dec. 21, IU Art Museum, Bloomington -- Indiana University Art Museum is pleased to introduce The Grand Tour: Art and Travel. This exhibition will feature approximately 90 works, drawn from the permanent collections of the IU Art Museum and the Lilly Library. From the mid-18th century to the eve of World War I, northern Europeans and Americans became avid travelers, journeying as never before for pleasure, education and for the advancement of their careers. The "Grand Tour," as an extended period of travel became known, experienced its heyday in the 18th century with Italy as its primary destination. In the 19th century, colonial expansion and advances in transportation enabled more people to travel and to seek out new destinations. The opening concert and reception for The Grand Tour will be Sept. 19 from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Indiana University Art Museum in the Thomas T. Solley Atrium, first floor. For further information, visit http://www.artmuseum.iu.edu/iuam_intro.htm.

Sounds of Brazil
Sept. 21, 2 p.m., Mathers Museum of World Cultures, 416 N. Indiana Ave., Bloomington -- One of the most authentic and brilliant voices of Brazilian music in Bloomington, Valeria DeCastro, returns to the Mathers Museum for a free performance. A vocalist, guitarist and composer, DeCastro will present some of her original compositions along with a blend of samba and bossa nova. This event is free and open to the public. For further information, visit http://www.indiana.edu/~lacasa/.

Brown County Playhouse ends its season with Same Time Next Year
Sept. 26-Oct. 26, Brown County Playhouse, Nashville -- Join us for a perfect autumn evening with Same Time Next Year --a tender, adult comedy about how memories are created. After a one-night stand at a country inn, happily married (but not to one another) George and Doris decide to meet again the next year, and soon they are as committed to their annual weekend together as they are to their own spouses and families. This romantic comedy covers the growth of their friendship and love over the course of a 24-year relationship, and the inevitable changes in their lives and the world around them. Same Time Next Year captures the joy, pain and humor that typify daily -- or annual -- human existence. For more information, visit http://www.indiana.edu/~thtr/productions/2008/bcp/4year/index.html

The Opera, La Traviata, comes to the MAC stage
Sept. 26-27; Oct. 3-4, 8 p.m., Muscial Arts Center, Bloomington -- Based on a true-life experience of novelist Alexandre Dumas himself, this "affair to remember" kind of opera depicts Violetta Valery, a beautiful Parisian courtesan, unexpectedly finding love with a middle-class young man, Alfredo Germont. Their affair is the scandal of Paris, and all too soon society and a fatal disease conspire against the lovers. Surrender yourself to an evening of sumptuous music, pageantry and romance. The opera is sung in Italian with English supertitles. For further information, visit http://www.music.indiana.edu/opera.

Center for Evaluation & Education Policy Chat Series
Sept. 30, 6 p.m., Bloomington High School South Auditorium, Bloomington -- The Center for Evaluation and Education Policy (CEEP), WTIU and WFIU will be hosting Tony Bennett (R) and Richard Wood (D), candidates for State Superintendent of Public Instruction, for a debate. A panel of education reporters will be on hand to pose questions to the candidates and the public will also be invited to ask questions. Everyone is welcome to attend. For further information, contact http://ceep.indiana.edu.

D.J. SPOOKY/Paul Miller presents his multimedia work
Oct. 2, 7:30 p.m., Ogle Center IU Southeast, New Albany -- - DJ Spooky is bringing the cool sound of ice to IU Southeast. DJ Spooky, a.k.a. Paul D. Miller, will showcase Terra Nova: Sinfonia Antarctica, a large scale multimedia performance work on the rapidly changing continent of Antarctica. Spooky/Paul D. Miller's large-scale multimedia performance work is an acoustic portrait of a rapidly changing continent. The Antarctic Suite transforms Miller's first-person encounter with the harsh, dynamic landscape into multimedia portraits with music composed from the different geographies that make up the land mass. Coupled with visual material from Getty Images' vast collection, The Antarctic Suite is a 70-minute performance, creating a unique and powerful moment around man's relationship with nature. For tickets to Ogle Center performances contact TicketMaster at 502-361-0066. The Ticket Office is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m.

HUB: A Collaboration of Art and Space exhibit and reception
Oct. 3, SoFA Gallery, Bloomington -- The School of Fine Arts Gallery at IU Bloomington is excited to announce the upcoming exhibition, HUB. The exhibition centers around a docking module, which serves as a physical hub, connecting mobile containers/moving trucks filled with art, thus transforming them into temporary gallery spaces. All act together as a temporary exhibition experience that can be erected anywhere, moving from site to site. HUB Phase l is held in the traditional gallery setting at the SoFA Gallery, allowing the visitor to view the artwork in a traditional context. HUB Phase ll invites the visitor to the Memorial Stadium parking lot to experience the transformation of the artwork within the HUB truck containers. Once the exhibition concludes, it will be mobile and travel to other site-specific venues. This exhibition takes on an anthropological role, with installations that explore urban sprawl, the definition of living space, consumer design and the collective unconscious. The first phase of this unique two-part exhibition continues through Sept. 27. HUB Phase I will open simultaneously with Vacation '08 at the SoFA Gallery. Hub Phase ll will open with a reception Oct. 3, from 6-10 p.m. at the Memorial Stadium parking lot and Oct. 4 from 12-6 p.m. All events are free and open to the public. HUB: A Collaboration of Art and Space, is a two-part exhibition experiment that seeks to explore the metamorphosis of the gallery experience. For further information, contact the SoFA Gallery at 812-855-8490 or sofa@indiana.edu. More information is available on the Web at http://www.indiana.edu/~sofa/. The SoFA Gallery is accessible to people with disabilities. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Friday from 12-4 p.m., and the gallery is closed Sundays and Mondays.

Thaddeus Rex
Oct. 7-9, 10 a.m. and noon, Ogle Center IU Southeast, New Albany --ThaddeusRex blends imagination and originality into a rock 'em sock 'em show that has kids on their feet singing, dancing and just having fun. Without even realizing it they are learning important lessons about reading and imagination. More than just a concert, Thaddeus Rex provides lesson plans (created by Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra) so teachers can use music played in the program to teach language arts and creative writing in the classroom. The show is recommended for students in grades K-6. For tickets to Ogle Center performances contact TicketMaster at 502-361-0066. The Ticket Office is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m. For more information, visit http://www.thaddeusrex.com/.

Under the Tuscan Sun Author to Speak at IUPUI
Oct. 8, 7 p.m., Multipurpose Room 4th floor IUPUI Campus Center, 420 University Blvd., Indianapolis -- Frances Mayes, best-selling author of Under the Tuscan Sun and A Year in the World, will deliver the inaugural Efroymson Lecture on International Art, Culture and Heritage. The lecture is free and open to the public. Mayes, whose remarks are titled Writing in Place: Travels with My Notebook, will talk about traveling and living abroad. After the lecture, Mayes will participate in a book signing at the Barnes & Noble Bookstore in the Campus Center at 8:15 p.m. For further information, visit http://www.iupui.edu/.

Dead Man Walking kicks off Theatre and Drama's 2008-09 season
Oct. 10-11 and 14-18, Ruth N. Halls Theatre, Bloomington -- The Lee Norvelle Theatre & Drama Center proudly opens its season with Tim Robbins' stage adaptation of his Academy Award-winning film. Dead Man Walking chronicles the real-life story of the fearless and inspirational Sister Helen Prejean, as she shepherds a convicted murderer through the final days before his execution. Confronting powerful and controversial social and human issues through the lens of spirituality, Dead Man Walking challenges our perspectives on capital punishment and asks us to plumb the depth of humanity in everyone. For further information, visit http://www.theatre.indiana.edu/.

Stone Soup
Oct. 13-16, 10 a.m. and noon, Ogle Center IU Southeast, New Albany -- Learn how Peter, a hungry sailor, has no luck getting a free meal from the stingy citizens of a tiny village. He turns the tables by inviting the villagers to enjoy his famous, delicious stone soup. With promises to provide the main ingredient, he tells the villagers it tastes best with cabbage, but of course mentions that there is no use wishing for something they don't have. Miraculously, a head of cabbage is found and so on until all the other ingredients are added to the pot. Join Peter and his trusty parrot Admiral as they teach the villagers a lesson in friendship and sharing in this heartwarming musical retelling of the classic folktale. Recommended for children in grades K-5. For tickets to Ogle Center performances contact TicketMaster at 502-361-0066. The Ticket Office is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m. For further information, visit http://www.theatreiv.org/artspresenters.html.

One Moment exhibit comes to SoFA Gallery
Oct. 17-Nov. 21, 6:30-9 p.m., SoFA Gallery, Bloomington -- The School of Fine Arts (SoFA) Gallery at IU is pleased to announce the upcoming exhibition One Moment. A gallery talk by art collector and gallerist Thomas Robertello will take place at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 17, with an opening reception following from 7-9 p.m. One Moment is an exhibition that investigates the nature of momentary experiences that are fleeting, quickly dismissed and transitory. These moments are often forgotten-they simply register as an image or feeling that gets pushed aside by the next occurrence. One Moment will allow the viewer to capture an instantaneous glimpse of the current state of things, and to consider the temporal nature of existence. The works can be violent, contemplative, reflective or ambiguous in nature, and will serve as a pathway into moments that are normally ignored. All events are free and open to the public. For further information, visit http://www.indiana.edu/~sofa/.

The Merry Wives of Windsor
Oct. 24-25,31, Nov. 1, Musical Arts Center, Bloomington -- This brilliant comic romp, set in Windsor, Berkshire and England in the early 15th century, is faithful to Shakespeare's story while set to fabulous music. Sir John Falstaff, the middle-aged knight, tries to court the married Mistress Ford and Mistress Page for his financial advantage. The ladies decide to teach old John a lesson, and he is the victim of a series of pranks, first by them, and then by the whole town, until he swears never again to indulge in amorous pursuits. The dialogue is in English and arias are in German with supertitles. For further information, visit http://www.music.indiana.edu/opera.

The Wild Party to play this fall in Bloomington
Oct. 24-25, 28 and Nov. 1, Wells-Metz Theatre, Bloomington -- Adapted from a Jazz Age poem by Joseph Moncure March, Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party captures the spirit and sensuality, the vitality and violence of the Roaring Twenties. In an attempt to punish her abusive lover, showgirl Queenie throws a debaucherous party designed to make him jealous. The resulting cavalcade of drugs, alcohol and promiscuous sexuality drives the play to its dangerous climax. Deftly blending 1920s jazz with a more contemporary sound, Lippa's score boasts a stunning freshness that carries the original poem to new heights. For further information, visit http://www.theatre.indiana.edu/.

Different Drummer Series
Oct. 25, 8 p.m., Ogle Center IU Southeast, New Albany -- Dynamic on stage, down to earth off stage, Dan Tyminski has the voice, instrumental chops and charisma to be counted among the most recognizable and popular male vocalists on today's bluegrass and country music scenes. Since 1994, his ace instrumental skill (mainly on guitar, but also on mandolin) and burnished, soulful tenor singing has been a key component of Alison Krauss and Union Station, arguably the most visible and successful bluegrass band in the modern era. Prior to that, he rose to national prominence as a member of bluegrass favorite, the Lonesome River Band. In 2000, Tyminski stepped into the popular conscience as the singing voice of George Clooney in the Coen Brothers' Odyssean farce O Brother, Where Art Thou? In addition to being a pivotal element in the plot of the film, his powerful rendition of the Stanley Brothers' version of Man of Constant Sorrow became a surprise hit single -- firing off a popular renaissance in bluegrass in the process. The song was given the CMA Single of the Year award, an IBMA award for Song of the Year (the album was also named the Country Music Association Album of the Year), and a Grammy Award for O, Brother Where Art Thou for Country Collaboration with Vocals. The album received the Grammy for Album of the Year -- a rare achievement for a soundtrack project. He has toured as part of Vince Gill's band and with Jerry Douglas. He was invited by Eric Clapton to participate in Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival in 2004 and as a part of Union Station in 2007. Subscriptions for the Different Drummer are now on sale. For tickets to Ogle Center performances contact TicketMaster at 502-361-0066. The Ticket Office is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m.

Gwen Haworth: "The Power of Self-Representation in Filmmaking on Issues of Gender and Sexuality"
Oct. 31, 12-1:15 p.m. (lecture), Room 100, 800 E. 3rd St., Bloomington -- Using archival family footage, interviews, phone messages and animation, Haworth's documentary She's a Boy I Knew begins in 2000 with Steven Haworth's decision to come out to his family about his life-long female gender identity. The resulting auto-ethnography is not only an exploration into the filmmaker's process of transition from biological male to female, from Steven to Gwen, but also an emotionally charged account of the individual experiences, struggles and stakes that her two sisters, mother, father, best friend and wife brought to Gwen's transition. To see the film prior to the Oct. 31 talk, please join us for a screening of She's A Boy I Knew (70 minutes) on Oct. 30, 7:15-8:30 p.m., Wylie 015. Both events are free and open to the public. For more info on the film and filmmaker, visit http://www.artflick.com/.

African American Arts Institute's Concert Season begins
Nov. 8, 8 p.m., Buskirk-Chumley Theater, Bloomington --The African American Arts Institute is preparing another exciting concert season beginning with the 15th annual Potpourri of the Arts in the African American Tradition featuring the Dance Company, Soul Revue and the Choral Ensemble. Be sure to check out these additional events:

• Nov. 19, 9 p.m., Bear's Place, Bloomington -- Soul Revue
• Dec. 9, 7:30 p.m., Willkie Auditorium, Bloomington -- Dance Company Studio Concert
• Jan. 19, 8 p.m., Buskirk-Chumley Theater, Bloomington --Choral Ensemble

For further information, visit http://www.indiana.edu/~aaai/ or contact 812-855-5427.

Hamlet -- Shakespeare's great masterpiece returns to IU Bloomington
Nov. 14-15, 18-22, Ruth N. Halls Theatre, Bloomington -- Arguably the greatest play written in the English language, Shakespeare's masterpiece returns to the Indiana University stage for the first time in more than 50 years. The play's exquisite language and excruciating violence collide to create one of theatre's truly timeless tragedies. Prodded by the ghost of his slain father, the Prince of Denmark seeks justice against his usurping uncle and malevolent mother, all the while falling into an ever deepening exploration of his own troubled psyche. Both pensive and penetrating, Hamlet probes the struggle for power and the dynamics of family, its lyrical beauty demonstrating why its author stands as one of the supreme poets of the stage. For further information, visit http://www.theatre.indiana.edu/.

The Love for Three Oranges comes to the MAC stage
Nov. 14-15, 21-22, Musical Arts Center, Bloomington -- In this fantastical farce, a prince is dying of gloom, and laughter is the only cure, but the sorceress Fata Morgana, the wicked prime minister, and an even more wicked Princess Clarissa, are preventing it. When the sorceress herself is accidentally turned upside down by the palace guards, the ridiculous antics finally make the prince laugh. But Fata puts a curse on him, by which he must find and fall in love with three oranges. Follow his journey to distant lands to discover that each orange holds a beautiful princess. The opera is sung in English with English supertitles. For further information, visit http://www.music.indiana.edu/opera.

Dance Kaleidoscope the Dance Show takes to the Ogle Center stage
Nov. 17-21, 10 a.m., and noon, Ogle Center IU Southeast, New Albany -- In this high-energy performance, 10-12 dancers demonstrate the concepts of shape, space, pattern and rhythm through a series of short dances. Dancers emphasize teamwork, positive self-expression, healthy life choices and setting goals while engaging students with live performances and interactive exercises. This show is recommended for students in grades K-6. For tickets to Ogle Center performances contact TicketMaster at 502-361-0066. The Ticket Office is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m. For further information, visit http://www.dancekal.org/.

Synergy Brass brings classical music alive
Nov. 22, 8 p.m., Ogle Center IU Southeast, New Albany -- Synergy Brass Quintet performs more concerts than anyone in classical music today, averaging nearly 300 engagements per year. Acclaimed for "blazing precision [and] amazing technique" (The Watertown Daily Times), the Synergy Brass Quintet has emerged as one of the world's most exciting ensembles. The group's engagements have taken it to every corner of the United States including the Ravinia Music Festival in Illinois, the Bethlehem Musikfest in Pennsylvania, the Tanglewood Music Festival in Massachusetts, and internationally at the Festival de Musica de Camara de Aguascalientes. Synergy is often heard on National Public Radio, and in 2005 the group broadcast on NBC with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. For tickets to Ogle Center performances contact TicketMaster at 502-361-0066. For subscriptions to a series, to be added to the email list at the Center, or for more information, call the Center Ticket Office at 812-941-2526. The Ticket Office is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m.

To view more events from around the state, visit http://www.events.iu.edu/ .