H2H intercepts reusable items during the student moveout, and brings them all together for sale, open to both students and the general public, to support Habitat for Humanity, United Way, and other charitable causes. CASH ONLY. Contact [email protected] or visit www.indiana.edu/~h2h for more info.

Join us on August 11, 2012 for our second running of the Bloomington Resale Trail! This event joins multiple locations throughout Bloomington into one GIANT GARAGE SALE! Find treasures and back-to-school bargains and give back to your community at the same time.

www.indiana.edu/~sustain/hoosier_to_hoosier/ResaleTrail.html

The Bloomington Community Farmers’ Market is located at 401 N. Morton St. next to City Hall – Showers Building. Locally grown produce, annual and perennial plants, and a variety of prepared foods are available. Purchase your food directly from farmers and ask them questions about their products. Local entertainment adds to the shopping as well as socializing experience. Tantalizing scents and the inviting atmosphere may cause you to make the Market a weekend tradition.

The City of Bloomington Department of Parks and Recreation hosts the displays and demonstrations of visual arts and fine crafts by local and regional artists during the second Saturdays of the season. Visit the Farmers’ Market in Showers Common and then browse for the beautiful and well crafted objects available at the Fair. Join us for this celebration of art and community.

Lift it! Move it! Explore the science of pulleys and levers as you effortlessly pull yourself high off the ground in a pulley chair, lift a heavy block of stone with the strength of your little finger, design a catapult to lay siege to a castle, build a model of an amusement park ride and more! This exhibit on simple machines will remain at WonderLab from June 05 until September 23.

WonderLab’s hours are 9:30 am to 5 pm Tue-Sat, 1 pm – 5 pm Sunday. Open extended evening hours until 8:30 pm the first Friday of the month.

Annibale and Agostino Carracci were the leaders of the Bolognese school that overthrew Mannerist aesthetics for a style based on the observation of nature, fusing Florentine draftsmanship with Venetian color. This installation features some of their major prints.

Runs until September 16

This exhibit, which runs from June 12 until September 9, features original paintings from “Life Histories of North American Woodpeckers”, a book by nationally recognized wildlife artist and Brown County resident William Zimmerman. Open during regular gallery hours. Visit website for more information.

Bloomington Fading, an online community led by Derek and Jen Richey and dedicated to preserving information about Bloomington’s past, shows our rich architectural heritage by overlaying images of current infrastructure on historic photographs. Exhibit runs until October 27.

Visit website for more information.

This installation presents the work of three contemporary Native American artists. It is part of the series, Contemporary Explorations, which features focused, rotating displays from the museum’s permanent collection that explore aspects of art from the 1950s to the present.

Runs until October 14

Celebrate Discardia’s Grand Opening. Discardia, a non-profit gift store features articles designed from recycled materials. Help the environment by buying upcycled art, craft, clothing, jewelry and more at Discardia. The Grand Opening will be full of fun, music, recycle crafting demonstrations, and door prize drawings designed by local artists. Come meet some of the artists, enjoy food and drinks.