Author: Sophie Bird

Vue: New Upscale Eyeware Boutique

Nov 5, 2021 | Fashion & Shopping

During the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown, Bloomington’s downtown Square, typically a prime retail destination, appeared subdued.

Bloomington & Vine: Pinot Noirs—Difficult But Delicious

Nov 4, 2021 | Bloomington & Vine, Columns, Food & Drink

Pinot noir is perhaps my favorite wine. But there are some pinots I can’t abide, or they can’t abide me.

‘Wally’ Ouedraogo: Coffee Is His Thing

Nov 3, 2021 | Business & Finance

For the first three decades of his life, coffee wasn’t something Oualelaye “Wally” Ouedraogo thought too much about.

RevSports: A Place for All Vehicles

Nov 2, 2021 | Business & Finance

A new light shines through the night on Bloomington’s west side—the outdoor sign at Dunn’s RevSports, 2479 West Industrial Park Drive, a 14,000-square-foot facility selling parts and services for cars, SUVs, motorcycles, ATVs, and UTVs.

REVIEW: ‘Come Sit With Me’

Nov 1, 2021 | Community

The subjects of many of the poems, essays, and plays in Gladys DeVane’s inspiring new collection, Come Sit with Me: Life in Poetry, Prose and Plays (Jewell Jordan Publishing), are risk-taking, crusading women.