Remembering Herman, an Evening with James Capshew, Author of Herman B Wells: The Promise of the American University.

Readings followed by Q&A and book signings

6–6:30–Meet the author, light refreshments will be served
6:30–7:30–Readings from his biography, Herman B Wells: The Promise of the American University (2012, IU Press) and stories of his friendship with Herman Wells
7:30–8–Questions and Answers

About the Author:
James H. Capshew has been a member of the Indiana University faculty since 1990. He is an historian of science and learning at the Bloomington campus. He is the author of the biography Herman B Wells: The Promise of the American University (2012) and Psychologists on the March: Science, Practice, and Professional Identity in America, 1929-1969 (1999) as well as numerous scholarly articles. In 2010 he gave the Herman B Wells Distinguished Lecture under the auspices of IU’s Society for Advanced Study. He has served as editor of the international journal History of Psychology and as editor for psychology of the New Dictionary of Scientific Biography.

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.

An Indy favorite with an expressive recipe of vocals, organs, horns, guitar and a dash or harmonica, joins us for a wonderful show! Bring your friends and family for a night of great music.

Indiana Festival Theatre presents “Happily Ever Chloe”, a production by Grammy Award-nominated Michael Heitzman and Ilene Reid.

Adopted Asian-American Chloe Ellsworth finishes college and returns home to her family farm in Middle Valley, Indiana, but her royal birth family demands that she immediately return to her native land to take her place on the throne. This life-altering disruption sends her on a fairy-tale journey, that reveals her true identity and her true place in the world.

August 16-18 at 7:30 pm
August 19 at 2:00 pm
Wells-Metz Theatre

See web link for tickets.

The Hoosier women’s soccer team will play Arkansas State at Bill Armstrong Stadium. Free admission!