While international musicians congregate in Bloomington each autumn for the Lotus World Music & Arts Festival, a special program for children brings that same diverse cultural experience into area schools. In September, one musical guest, Betsayda Machado y La Parranda el Clavo, visited Fairview Elementary School for a performance through the Lotus Blossoms Educational Outreach program.
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In 2014, the League of American Bicyclists named the City of Bloomington a gold-level Bicycle Friendly Community. Now, a joint bike-share project between the City of Bloomington and Indiana University, scheduled to launch in March or April, will make Bloomington even more bicycle-friendly.
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Local actress, writer, and historian Gladys DeVane dressed as Rosa Parks to commemorate the activist’s 105th birthday with Bloomington Transit on Saturday, February 3. DeVane was participating in Bloomington Transit’s Free Ride Day event, which was part of the city’s Black History Month and Bicentennial celebrations.
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Stormy Walker found her forever home at 18 years old. Watch her speech here.
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(From Bloom’s October/November 2012 issue) Marc Haggerty, 64, elder statesman of Bloomington’s counterculture, grew up hunting, fishing, and playing guitar in the countryside south of Indianapolis. His father served as Democratic Party chairman for Marion County, and Haggerty recalls visiting the 1964 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City with his brothers. “We ran up and down the boardwalk, in and out of the convention, looking for girls—there was no security, nothing.”
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