Sometimes one thing leads to another—and in the case of Words! A Bloomington Celebration of Poetry and Spoken Word, that’s a beautiful thing, says Danielle McClelland, executive director of the Buskirk-Chumley Theater (BCT). From March 2–7, organizations from the community are coming together to celebrate the spoken word at venues across the city and on the Indiana University campus.
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Many of the faces have changed over the past two decades, but not the bond that brings them together—basketball. Every Sunday at 8 a.m., approximately 20 men, young and old, gather at the Southeast YMCA to shoot hoops for a couple of hours. Their reasons for playing are as diverse as their backgrounds.
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As Bloomington and Monroe County prepare to celebrate the city’s bicentennial this year, we reflect on this story, originally published in 2007, that commemorates the 100th anniversary of the fish that sits atop the county courthouse.
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Jay Thompson, owner of Hoosier Barber Shop, had barbered in Indianapolis and Kokomo before moving to Bloomington in 2000. He says in those cities, customers were divided along racial lines. Thompson says that’s what he loves about Bloomington—the diversity of his customers.
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Now the story can be told. Dwight Worker—organic farmer, former Indiana University business professor, raconteur, globetrotter, former drug smuggler, inmate and escapee from a notorious Mexican prison, and international provocateur—really did sink a Norwegian whaling ship in 1992. He still has the indictment letter from Norwegian prosecutors for the crime.
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