This exhibit at the Mathers Museum of World Cultures examines history on a large scale, through exploration of cosmic, biological, and human origins. It is open weekly on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from May 8 to August 26, 2012, and is free.

Mathers Museum hours are:
Tuesday-Friday: 9 am-4:30 pm
Saturday-Sunday: 1-4:30 pm

This exhibit at the Mathers Museum of World Cultures examines the nature of culture through the exploration of cultural traditions surrounding life stages and universal needs. It is free and open to the public during regular museum hours, and will run until August 27.

Mathers Museum hours are:
Tuesday-Friday: 9 am-4:30 pm
Saturday-Sunday: 1-4:30 pm

This exhibit at the Mathers Museum of World Cultures is a companion piece to the book by Eric Sandweiss, and presents a survey of Cushman’s extraordinary work, an archive of photographs that is the largest known body of early color photographs by a single photographer—14,500 in all, most shot on vivid, color-saturated Kodachrome stock. It will run until August 27.

Mathers Museum hours are:
Tuesday-Friday: 9 am-4:30 pm
Saturday-Sunday: 1-4:30 pm

The Farmer House Museum will be featuring the work of Jane Briley, a contemporary painter on porcelain. Ms. Briley began painting on china in 1972. On moving to Bloomington, Ms. Briley became active in teaching and promoting china painting, particularly through the activities of the Blooms of Bloomington china painting club. Ms. Briley’s work is traditional in style, timeless in its grace and charm. Her work is also currently on display at The Venue, Fine Art and Gifts. Exhibit runs until September 2.

The Farmer House is located at 529 N. College Ave. in downtown Bloomington, right across College Ave. from the Waffle House. The museum is open Wednesday-Sunday 10 am-1 pm, with additional hours until 4 pm on Saturday. Admission is free. The telephone number is 812-336-5597.

“Ephemeral Ink”, an exhibit at Indiana University’s Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction, features a selection of tattoo art from the Kinsey collection. Two century’s worth of tattoo-inspired art will be on display, including flash art (i.e. stereotypic tattoo designs collected in binders or painted on parlor walls), paintings of tattoos, and photographs by anonymous and fine art photographers, notably Michael Grecco, Jess T. Dugan, Chas Ray Krider and George Platt Lynes.

Runs July 9 – September 21

The Kinsey gallery is open Monday through Friday, 1:30 pm – 5 pm.

Race at Bloomington Speedway, featuring sprint cars, UMP Super Stocks and Modifieds, and Hornets.

Sprint cars are high-powered race cars designed primarily for the purpose of running on short oval or circular dirt or paved tracks. Sprint car racing is popular in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Sprint cars have a high power-to-weight ratio, making speeds in excess of 140 miles per hour possible on some tracks. 630 horsepower is commonplace for these machines.The safety record of sprint car racing in recent years has been greatly improved by the use of roll cages to protect the drivers. Many IndyCar Series and NASCAR drivers used sprint car racing as an intermediate stepping stone on their way to more high profile divisions

Pit Gates open 4:30 p.m. Grandstands open 5:30 p.m. Hot Laps 6:30 p.m. Racing 7:30 p.m. Special Event Gate Times will be on the website schedule.

Experience Creekbend Vineyard on a VIP guided walking tour. The tour also includes a private tasting, gourmet cheese pairing and a few surprises along the way. Space is limited. Call Today! Tour is from 6 pm to 8 pm.

Marshmallow Toaster
You’ll be the envy of all the other s’mores makers when you step up to the campfire with a customized toasting stick! Drop by the Activity Center between 6 pm and 8 pm to make one.

Marshmallow Stacking Contest at 8:30 pm
Compete to create the tallest tower, or embrace your creative side and go for the most unique design! The best marshmallow stackers will be rewarded with a s’mores kit. Join us at the Amphitheater, next to the Beach.
Separate competitions for adults (ages 16+) and kids (ages 15 and under); each is limited to the first 15 people. Spectators welcome!

S’mores Recipe Competition at 9:00 pm
S’mores aren’t limited to just the classic combination! Gather around the campfire at the Amphitheater, next to the Beach, to sample the finalists in our S’mores Recipe Competition and vote for your favorite… Will it be sweet, savory, or something in between? You’ll help us choose the “best of the best!”

Bonus Activity!
Drop by the Activity Center between 1p and 5p to assemble a unique “s’mores” refrigerator magnet.

On Friday, August 10th, beginning at 6 pm., The Venue, Fine Art & Gifts will host a reception for the paintings of a Venue favorite, Marco Zehrung. Marco’s unusual and bold color combinations evoke powerful emotional sensations from the viewer in both their figurative and painterly abstractions. Many of these new paintings are reminiscent of the surf, sand and sun. Although quite bold, they create a calming effect. Marco will be in attendance, and The Venue will provide special refreshments for the occasion.

The exhibit runs until August 16 and will be available for viewing during regular gallery hours: 11 am-7 pm Tu-Sat, 12 pm-5 pm Sun.

To Rome With Love is a kaleidoscopic comedy movie set in one of the world’s most enchanting cities. The film brings us into contact with a well-known American architect reliving his youth; an average middle-class Roman who suddenly finds himself Rome’s biggest celebrity; a young provincial couple drawn into separate romantic encounters; and an American opera director endeavoring to put a singing mortician on stage.

The film stars Woody Allen, Alec Baldwin, Roberto Benigni, Penélope Cruz, Judy Davis, Jesse Eisenberg, Greta Gerwig and Ellen Page.

Showing August 9, 10, 11. 90 minutes.