Celebrate Live United stories from our community captured in the stunning imagery of Kendall Reeves. Through this collection of compelling photos, United Way of Monroe County highlights the many ways community members choose to LIVE UNITED. Promoting involvement and engagement, LIVE UNITED encourages individuals to work together to make our community stronger. This exhibition serves as a reminder that as a group, we have the power to bring about positive and lasting change. The photographs in the exhibition are stories of people who are making an impact as they LIVE UNITED. For more information and to read Live United community stories, visit www.monroeunitedway.org.

Join facilitators Bret and Christine Eartheart for this weekend workshop and make your relationship thrive, taking it to a new level.
Register at: www.CenterForThrivingRelationships.com

Chateau Thomas Winery is glad to present exhibition of art portraits “Winter Fairytales” by a professional photographer Yelena Yahontova, a native of Belarus and resident of Bloomington. Known as a “Photographer of Joy,” Yelena’s portraits tell stories, reflecting the miraculous and special qualities she explores in each subject. “Winter Fairytales” is an exhibition which reflects individuals joyfully interacting, surrounded by the snow and white and blue colors of a winter landscape.

The exhibit runs December 6-February 28 at the Chateau Thomas Winery on the downtown Square. Store hours are Monday-Thursday 2 pm-10 pm, Friday 2 pm-11 pm, Saturday noon-11 pm, and Sunday noon-6 pm.

Join the artist and her friends for a public reception on Friday, December 7 at 5:30-8 pm.

For more information about Yelena Yahontova and her photography, contact Yelena directly:

Website: www.PhotographerOfJoy.com
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsKbT36HJUU
Facebook: www.facebook.com/YELENA.PhotographerOfJOY
Facebook Fan Page: www.facebook.com/YELENA.PhotographerOfJOY.Studio

Email: [email protected]
Phone #1: (812) 333-8178
Phone #2: (812) 322-1912
Studio/Office Address:
924 West 17th Street,
Bloomington, Indiana, 47404

Brown County Art Guild’s Annual Member Artists’ Winter Exhibit on Display in the Upper Loft Gallery December 1– February 23. Artists’ reception: Second Saturday, December 8, 5– 8 pm during the Village Art Walk. The exhibit features small paintings by Guild member artists to fit holiday gift budgets. Our Fine Artisans’ Shoppe is brimming with a great selection of handmade artisan wares perfect for holiday gifts, all handcrafted by Indiana artisans! The shoppe features ceramics, jewelry, glass mosaics, wood turnings, books, Member Artist and Marie Goth Collection reproductions, and much more!
Give the gift of art this holiday season! For more information, please visit: http://www.browncountyartguild.org

Several new exhibits can be seen at the Indiana University Art Museum. The galleries are open Tuesday – Saturday, 10 am – 5 pm, and Sunday, 12 pm to 5 pm.

Paul Strand’s “Street People”
Continuing through May 5, 2013

Paul Strand’s revolutionary photographs, published in the final double-issue of Alfred Stieglitz’s Camera Work, shocked the art world not only with their unadulterated approach to the medium, but also with their gritty, realistic subject matter. This installation features three close-up portraits of some of the “invisible” beggars, hackers, and passersby found on New York City’s sidewalks.

“The Many Faces of a Master”
Continuing through May 5, 2013

Pablo Picasso (1888–1975) was not only one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century, but he was also one of the most recognizable. The IU Art Museum has a large collection of portraits of artists. This installation features several photographs of Picasso at work or play by Lucien Clerque, Robert Capa, and Brassaï.

Contemporary Explorations: Reviewing Nature in the 1980s
February 4‒May 19, 2013

Drawn from the museum’s collection of works by graduates of IU’s fine arts department (now the Hope School of Fine Arts), this installation examines the artists’ interpretations of the natural world. Reviewing Nature takes a look at the balance sought between structural composition and the role nature plays in co-defining the space we both share. This installation was organized by Emily Wood, graduate assistant for Western art after 1800 at the IU Art Museum.

The Mathers Museum of World Cultures presents a new exhibit for the year 2013, “In The Kitchen Around The World”, which will be on display in addition to the already-installed exhibits from 2012. This exhibit will run until November 15, 2013.

“In The Kitchen Around The World”: an exhibit that presents objects used in preparing food and food service from different areas of the world. It breaks down into two categories: what the viewer perceives as familiar, such as plates, cups, and dishes, and what is unfamiliar, such as a Peruvian corn toaster and an Ecuadorian grater. The goal of the exhibit is to look at what other cultures have come up with as solutions to help them in cooking or eating food, allowing the viewer to make comparisons to the solutions that are similar or dissimilar to their own.

Other exhibits include:

“Rhythms of the World”: a free audioguide tour of musical instruments from around the globe featured in exhibits throughout the museum. The audioguide includes narration and musical clips of the highlighted instruments.

“Living Heritage: Performing Arts of Southeast Asia”
This exhibit highlights some of the performing arts in Southeast Asia, including artifacts of the manohra dance (from Thailand), Sudanese puppet theater from Indonesia, and folk music from Vietnam.

“TOYing with Ideas”
Toying with Ideas examines toys across cultures, as well as throughout decades of American history, to analyze and question how toys have come to influence social roles, gender roles, and early childhood identity.

“The Day in Its Color: A Hoosier Photographer’s Journey”
This exhibit presents a survey of Charles 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. From 1938-1968, Cushman—a sometime businessman and amateur photographer with an uncanny eye for everyday detail—travelled constantly, shooting everything he encountered as he ventured from New York to New Orleans, Chicago to San Francisco, and everywhere in between. His photos include portraits, ethnographic studies, agricultural and industrial landscapes, movie sets and media events, children playing, laborers working, and thousands of street scenes, all precisely documented in time and place. The result is a chronicle of an era almost never seen, or even envisioned, in color.

“Picturing Archaeology”
Described in their words and illustrated by their images, the research and fieldwork of 13 Indiana University archaeologists is presented in Picturing Archaeology at the Mathers Museum of World Cultures/Glenn Black Laboratory of Archaeology.

“Thoughts, Things, and Theories…What Is Culture?”
Thoughts, Things, and Theories…What Is Culture? examines the nature of culture through the exploration of cultural traditions surrounding life stages and universal needs.

“From the Big Bang to the World Wide Web: The Origins of Everything”
This exhibit examines history on a large scale, through the exploration of cosmic, biological, and human origins.

Museum is open Tuesdays through Fridays, from 9 am to 4:30 pm, and Saturdays and Sundays, from 1 to 4:30 pm. Check website to see all of the Mathers Museum’s exhibits.

Chocolate! Chocolate! is the perfect place to socialize with friends and sweethearts alike while indulging in over 80 varieties of treats, enjoying live music, and bidding on the fabulous silent auction items, many donated by local craftspeople. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit bchumane.org. All proceeds benefit Brown County Humane Society.

Many Thanks!

The Friends of the Monroe County Public Library invite you to have Coffee with Friends on Sunday, 2/17, from 2-3 pm in room 1B at the library. Have you seen the metal cat in from of Farview Elementary School or the colorful sculptures along the B-Line Trail? These are the work of ollaborative artist Joe LaMantia who will be speaking about his approach to community-based art. All are welcome to join us for coffee and conversation!

We’ve already hosted a few Dishcrawls and have, yet, another one in play! Now, it’s time for an even greater event that entails not only more foodie fun but will benefit the B-town community, too!!

It’s the inaugural Dishwalk of Bloomington! Foodies, eat your way through 8 local restaurants in one afternoon, sampling a dish at each stop. You’ll be trying dishes at 8 different restaurants this time around!!

This is a self-guided tour and perfect for groups! Your ticket includes food at every location.

How does it work? : Price of admission gains foodies access to dishes at all 8 locations. At check-in, you will receive a map of the food stops. Drink specials are available for purchase the day of at participating locations.

Are tickets available the day of? : Yes, but they are more expensive. Tickets are $45 at check-in, or buy online for $40 now! at www.dishcrawl.com/bloomington.

$25 for students who use code: studentsonly
$5 off for all who use code: eatgreatfood

I’m a Vegetarian : There may be vegetarian dishes at various stops, but we cannot accommodate strictly vegetarian options or other dietary restrictions for this event.

Cancellation Policy : Cancellations are taken only if given 48 hours advance notice. All Dishcrawl events are held rain or shine.

Questions? : Contact me! I’m Brittany, your Bloomington Dishcrawl Ambassador! My email is [email protected].

FAQ:
Are kids welcome? : Yes, they are! However, some locations may restrict entry.

Do kids need a ticket? : Kids do not need a ticket unless they are eating. Each admission is good for one dish at each stop. If your kids are older and want to eat, we recommend purchasing one ticket for 2 kids to share.

Can I come anytime? : Yes, you can come anytime, as the event last for 3 hours. We can’t guarantee you’ll get to try every stop if you come late, though!

About Dishcrawl (we’re the hosts of Dishwalk): Food, Fun, and Exploration! We here at Dishcrawl aim to provide you with a premier culinary social experience by bringing together neighborhood restaurants, local chefs, regional food producers and fellow food enthusiasts. Join us if you’d like to embark on a one-of-a-kind gastronomic adventure!

The performances of Willy Claflin and his “fellow furry storyteller” Maynard Moose inspire kids of all ages to use their imaginations to create and tell their own stories and to pass them on. While kids will love the silliness, adults will hear so much more in Willy’s humor and stories to appreciate. Please call the MCPL Children’s Desk at 812-349-3100 to register in advance. For ages 5 through adults. (You can find out more about Willy on his website, http://www.willyclaflin.com.