Taught by Allana Radecki who has been teaching Hatha Yoga since 1988. Her “Yoga from the Inside Out,” draws upon the foundation poses of Hatha Yoga, guided by the breath, to develop a balanced, mindful practice. Allana’s method adapts easily to all ages and levels of practice and is helpful to people with special needs, injuries and joint replacements.

Bloom Magazine and Ivy Tech Community College present…
The 2016 Local Artists Showcase

More than 1,000 art lovers attended each annual Local Artists Showcase event at the Bloomington Convention Center. Don’t miss this year’s event!

-Spend a leisurely afternoon in the climate-controlled Convention Center.
-Free parking
-View wonderful art in all price ranges — from just a few dollars on up.
-On display: paintings, sculpture, jewelry, ceramics, multimedia, glass, wood carvings, crafts, photography, clothing
-Meet the artists; meet your friends.
-Enjoy a delicious lunch from One World Enterprises.
-$2 admission fee. Children admitted free. All proceeds go to purchase local art for display in the Convention Center.
-50+ Artists all in one place!

From the builders of some of America’s earliest railroads and farms to Civil Rights pioneers to digital technology entrepreneurs, Indian Americans have long been an inextricable part of American life. “Beyond Bollywood: Indian Americans Shape the Nation” explores the Indian American experience and the community’s vital political, professional, and cultural contributions to American life and history. The exhibition moves past pop-culture stereotypes of Indian Americans to explore the heritage, daily experience, and diverse contributions of Indian immigrants and their descendants in the United States. Weaving together stories of individual achievement and collective struggle, “Beyond Bollywood” uses photography, narrative, multimedia, and interactive stations to tell a uniquely American story, while conveying the texture, vibrancy, and vitality of Indian American communities.

“Beyond Bollywood: Indian Americans Shape the Nation” was created by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. The Mathers Museum’s presentation of the exhibit has been generously funded by Indiana University alumnus Robert N. Johnson, the Madhusudan and Kiran C. Dhar India Studies Program, the Asian American Studies Program, and the Department of American Studies. Gallery is open 9am-4:30 pm Tues-Fri and 1pm-4:30pm Sat/Sun.

Free visitor parking is available by the Indiana Avenue lobby entrance. Metered parking is available at the McCalla School parking lot on the corner of Ninth Street and Indiana Avenue. The parking lot also has spaces designated for Indiana University C and ST permits. During the weekends free parking is available on the surrounding streets.An access ramp is located at the Fess Avenue entrance, on the corner of Ninth Street and Fess Avenue. Reserved parking spaces are available on Ninth Street, between Fess Avenue and Indiana Avenue. If you have a disability and need assistance, special arrangements can be made to accommodate most needs. Please call 812-855-6873.

Weddings create lifelong memories, but over time pictures can fade, flowers can wilt, and dresses can deteriorate. Learn from preservation experts how to keep your wedding memories safe for years to come. Experts will discuss dress and veil preservation, photo and paper preservation, and flower preservation. Saturday, February 20th, 2016 from 2pm – 4pm. Free admission. Contact [email protected] for more information.

Conductors
Gabrielle Gaudreault
James Maverick*
Michael Wade*

*MM Recital

Ukelele Fun

Meet the Liberation Music Collective, a socially conscious jazz big band made up of 16 Indiana University students and alumni dedicated to communicating contemporary issues through jazz music. Beer & wine sold in the auditorium.

On February 20th, 2016, The Bloomington Chamber Singers will perform Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Requiem, K.626. The last, and possibly greatest choral work of the composer, the work was left unfinished; Mozart died before completing the Mass. His pen stops poignantly, sadly, after the first few measure of the “Lacrimosa.” And then there is only silence.

Shortly after Mozart’s death, two of his students, Joseph Eybler and Franz Süssmayr, approached Constanze Mozart offering to complete the work. Constanze needed the money that the completed commission would provide, and thus gave both students permission to tackle the task. Eybler completed several movements but then felt he was unable to continue, so it fell to Süssmayr to complete the lion’s share of the finishing work, and he, therefore, is credited with bringing the work to the state where it could be actually performed. Nonetheless, it still is quite clearly a torso and not the work of the brilliant musician who conceived it and sketched its initial movements.

Over the years, various editors and musicologists have published their own reconstructions of the work, some more successful than others. A number of years ago, BCS performed the Requiem using the relatively recent edition of Robert Levin, a reconstruction that was quite in vogue for a number of years.

This coming February We will perform Süssmayr’s edition, which most scholars and musicians now agree most honestly reflects Mozart’s style, techniques, and intentions.

Also on the program will be the Communion motet “Ave, verum corpus” and, as a prelude, the Adagio and Fugue in C Minor, K. 546.

BCS Music Director Gerald Sousa, now in his 27th season, will conduct the Chamber Singers and Orchestra in this masterwork concert.

Four piece, high energy blues act from Bloomington, IN. Performing a wide range of blues material. Classic blues to modern blues