A 125th Birthday Celebration for Marie Goth! Cake, ice-cream, and punch will be served

Everyone is encouraged to wear a festive (or sensible!) hat and to celebrate the life and legacy of this AMAZINGLY talented woman and artist. Marie established the Brown County Art Guild in 1954 and made it into one of the premiere art galleries in the Midwest. Happy Birthday Marie!!

Read more about Marie Goth: http://www.browncountyartguild.org/artist_bios/mgoth/index.html

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

When your toddler or preschool child hits the turf field at the Twin Lakes Recreation Center, they will be ready to run and play! An indoor turf field provides you and your young child with ample space to run, play on an obstacle course, and practice ball throwing and kicking skills. This free-time play is parent supervised while the TLRC provides all the equipment for an hour of healthy physical play. Check the monthly calendar for special Turf Time days with the bounce house and specially scheduled games. For children ages 1 – 6 yrs. w/parent. Every Monday and Wednesday.

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.

Every Wednesday morning at 10:30 is Discovery Time at the WonderLab science museum for kids. Enjoy a hands-on activity, book, or both with a different science topic each week. Siblings are welcome. Ideal for kindergarten age and younger children. Visit the website for information on other WonderLab programs and events.

“Articulture” at The Venue is an exhibit of paintings by 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.

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.

Are you interested in helping your community? Come join us at the Bloomington Community Orchard every Wednesday in August. The Orchard will be holding weekly workdays to enhance and maintain the Orchard.

Each workday contributes to the growth of the Orchard by focusing volunteers on various tasks such as: weeding, mulching, prunning, and general maintance of the nearly 100 diverse fruit trees and plants. Without the generorsity of community volunteers the Orchard wouldn’t be where it is today.

Please come on out and enjoy some delicious food, meet new friends, and contribute to the growth of your Orchard!

Explore the waterfall, ponds, native plants, and streams at this beautiful urban park. Learn how plants and ponds naturally cleanse storm water to help keep our waterways clean. Look for signs of wildlife with provided binoculars as we walk the paved 0.6-mile loop trail and get off the beaten path to explore the naturalized areas of the park. Meet at the pier adjacent to the 17th Street parking lot. Parking is limited so pre-register for this free program. Instructor: Kriste Lindberg

Register by August 14 on website link provided.