The City of Bloomington Entertainment and Arts District (BEAD) will showcase the artworks created by the Bloomington Boys and Girls Club in the Showers Atrium of City Hall. The Boys and Girls Club is located at 311 South Lincoln Street. For more information on the Lincoln Street Boys and Girls Club or the Visual Art Program, email Jenna Beasley at [email protected]. Runs until January 31. Open every weekday, 9 am – 5 pm.

Opening January 4, the new exhibits at the Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center include “Tropical Beauties” by Karen Holtzclaw, featuring floral paintings; “Windowscapes” by Becca Jones, featuring sprawling mixed media pieces that combine printmaking, drawing, and collage; and numerous entries from the 2013 Visual Arts Competition & Exhibition of Emerging Artists.

The gallery is open Monday through Friday, 9 am to 7 pm, and Saturday 9 am to 5 pm.

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

Dima Gavrysh opens a space where the boundary between photojournalism and fine art photography becomes unclear, and perhaps unnecessary. In 2009, he embedded with the U.S. Army in Afghanistan as a photojournalist for the Associated Press. In visually representing the war, Dima moved from direct reportage to a more emotional presentation of his experiences. Eventually, his work evolved into abstracted images that reflect the complicated fog of war. The resulting black and white photographs are personal and haunting, and in their obscurity, they tell a different kind of truth. The exhibition, Inshallah, opens at Pictura on January 4 and will include a set of black and white prints and a video installation. The exhibition will be on view until January 26.

Pictura Gallery is open Tuesday – Saturday, 11 am – 7 pm.

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

Lions and tigers and bears—oh my! Adapted from the 1939 film classic, Cardinal’s “Wizard” has it all—flying monkeys, charming munchkins and of course, glorious songs like “Over the Rainbow” and “We’re Off to See the Wizard”! Head down the yellow brick road this holiday season for the greatest family musical of all time.

Age recommendation: suitable for ages 4+
Run time: 2 hours and 20 minutes, including one intermission.

Purchase tickets at website. Showing December 21 – January 5. Check website for all showtimes.

Every Friday night from 6 to 8:30 pm is Family Night at the Western Skateland roller rink. This is a roller-skating session for everyone, including kids and recreational skaters. A wide array of music will be played to accompany the skating: oldies, R&B, country, and modern.

Skates are available for rental ($1).

Lions and tigers and bears—oh my! Adapted from the 1939 film classic, Cardinal’s “Wizard” has it all—flying monkeys, charming munchkins and of course, glorious songs like “Over the Rainbow” and “We’re Off to See the Wizard”! Head down the yellow brick road this holiday season for the greatest family musical of all time.

Age recommendation: suitable for ages 4+
Run time: 2 hours and 20 minutes, including one intermission.

Purchase tickets at website. Showing December 21 – January 5. Check website for all showtimes.

Paul Exben is a handsome and successful thirty-something Parisian corporate lawyer with a beautiful wife, two children, and a glimmering future as a partner in the firm he co-owns. But behind this deceptively perfect bourgeois façade lies a desire for creative fulfillment, a restless spirit who despises his conformist life and envies the freedom of his neighbor Greg an uncompromising photojournalist. Eric Lartigau’s thriller brings new meaning to the idea of an identity crisis, locating its drama in Paul’s struggle within himself. Adapted from Douglas Kennedy’s acclaimed novel. Starring Romain Duris (The Beat That My Heart Skipped, Marina Foïs, Niels Arestrup Branka and Catherine Deneuve (France; 2012; 114 min)

Showing January 4 and 5 at Fine Arts Building and January 6 at Bear’s Place.

After the death of Grandma Gerda at age 98, her family begins the long process of cleaning out her apartment in Tel Aviv and uncovers a slice of prewar Berlin life. (2012; 97 min)

Showing January 4 and 5 at Woodburn Hall.