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

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.

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.

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

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.

The Brown County Art Guild exhibit for July features Gerrie Govert (pastels) and Hattie Stanton (oils). Exhibit will run through July 30th. An artists’ reception will be held on Saturday, July 14, from 5-8 pm, during the Village Art Walk.

Gallery hours:
Tu-Sat: 11 am-5 pm
Sunday: 12 pm-5 pm
Closed Monday

On 5 July 2012 at the Monroe County Public Library Auditorium from 4–6 pm, meet Fairview School alumni who will share “What Was It Like:” their experiences of attending this west side community school between the 1930s and 1970s. The program is open to the public at no charge, and it will be taped and broadcast by Bloomington’s Community Access Television Services (CATS).

This program is sponsored by Heritage Education Resources, Inc., a non-profit devoted to the development and provision of services and resource materials for the exploration of heritage and cultural diversity. For more information, please contact Jan Rosenberg, PhD.

The City of Bloomington Commission on the Status of Women explores women’s issues and concerns, celebrates women’s accomplishments, and promotes solutions to the problems and challenges faced by women. Learn more about the commission, including values and members.

The Commission on the Status of Women usually meets the first Thursday of each month at Showers City Hall. The Public is welcome to attend these meetings. For more information, contact Sue Owens, 812-349-3468 or [email protected]

Percussionist Ross Ericksen will perform a varied mix of music for his Master’s Recital at Auer Hall.

Program includes:

Bicyclops (Béla Fleck)
Sonata in G Minor, BWV 1001 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Born to Beat Wild, Op. 30 (2001) (Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic)