Painter John Thom’s exhibit “From Warhol to Rothko we shared, but I disagreed” will be on exhibit at The Gallery Group, during weekday business hours, through July 26th. A friend of Mark Rothko and Andy Warhol, Thom’s works have been described as “Dali-cartoons”. John now resides in Bloomington, Indiana, living next to his brother and best-selling author, James Alexander Thom.

The Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center features a new exhibit for the month of July: the works of Claire Swallow, Dale Gardner, Sarah Wain, Jessica Lucas and Alex Straiker. British painter Claire Swallow is inspired by everything from childhood trips to the seashore to small household appliances. Photographer Dale Gardner saves turn-of-the-previous-century portraits and gives them new lives in new settings. Art teacher and baker Sarah Wain whips up candy for the eyes that may create cravings in the stomach. IU researchers Alex Straiker and Jessica Lucas present color-enhanced stills and videos taken of digital microscopy. Who knew mouse tissue could be this beautiful?

The exhibit, running until July 28, is free and open to the public during regular gallery hours: Monday through Saturday, 9 am to 7 pm. Closed Sundays.

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.

Sara is a signature member of the Bloomington Watercolor Society and the Watercolor Society of Indiana. A graduate of the Indiana University Printmaking Department of the School of Fine Arts, and a Monroe County Middle School Art teacher for almost 30 years, Ms. McQueen enjoys working in collage and printing as well as being a plein air painter. For this exhibit, she shows some leaf stamps in her compositions and abstract explorations with hand made and international papers.

Exhibit runs until July 29. Open Monday through Saturday, 10 am – 5:30 pm (8 pm on First Fridays.)

Indiana Festival Theatre presents “The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs”, a children’s musical based on the book by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith.

The long-suppressed account of the Big, Bad Wolf is brought to light in Piggsylvania’s Trial of the Century, where the audience as the jury must decide the Wolf’s fate. Parents and children will delight in this thrilling courtroom dram-edy… with music! and ham!

June 23, 26-30, July 2, 3, 5-7 at 11:00 a.m.
Studio Theatre

See web link for tickets.

Indie rock group Midtown Dickens and Bloomington-based acoustic duo Busman’s Holiday will perform a show at The Bishop bar and venue. Ages 18 and up are welcome at The Bishop.

The Short List consists of 10 different acts, for 10 minutes each, on the first and third Mondays of each month at Cafe Django. The show includes everything from live music and dance to comedy, poetry, and trivia. For upcoming show details and more information, check the website.

7 – 9 pm.

Just about every Monday, with a few holidays off, the Songwriters Showcase features approximately four performers, both local and from across the country, in a Nashville-style “Songwriters in the Round” format. This event takes place at the Players Pub, on South Walnut Ave. in Bloomington, Indiana, just north of 2nd Street, Mondays from 8-10 pm.

Pianist Read Gainsford will perform the following pieces:

Beethoven: Sonata in A Major, Op. 101
Debussy: Five selections from Études (1915)
Debussy: Two selections from Preludes, Book II
Debussy: “La cathédrale engloutie” from Preludes, Book I
Beethoven: Sonata in C Minor, Op. 111

A free night of karaoke, hosted by popular local DJ Tyler Damon, at The Bishop. Ages 18 and up are welcome at The Bishop.