The Historic National Road Yard Sale is a more than 800 miles of must-have antiques and vintage thrills. Spread out along U.S. Route 40, the country’s oldest federally funded highway, the yard sale stretches across Indiana. The area between Greenfield and Centerville is full of great bargains and fabulous finds.

The sale is always the Wednesday after Memorial Day through the following Sunday, this year May 28-June 1. The Historic National Road Yard Sale page on Facebook has running commentary on where the best sales are happening.

1 week
37 plays
1,223 roles
835,997 words

For the first time in Bloomington history, MCCT will attempt to read the complete dramatic works of William Shakespeare… and we invite the entire Bloomington community to join us!

As Bloomington’s only all-volunteer community theatre troupe, we make participation in the art of theatre open to anyone and everyone , regardless of experience or background. The 25th Anniversary Shakespeare in the Park is our largest participation opportunity yet — the chance for potentially hundreds of local theatre-lovers to engage with the work of one of history’s greatest cultural figures.

For twenty-five years, Monroe County Civic Theater has presented the works of William Shakespeare, free and open to the public.

To celebrate this achievement, MCCT will hold a week-long festival during which the complete dramatic works will be presented as readings, in a variety of venues throughout the city of Bloomington. The festival will culminate with our mainstage production of Hamlet, directed by board vice-president Gregory Morales.

June 1:
9:00 am “Comedy of Errors”
11:30 am “King Henry IV, Part 1”
2:00 pm “The Tempest”
4:30 pm “Antony and Cleopatra”
7:00 pm “Romeo and Juliet”

Hours: Tuesday – Saturday: 10:00 – 5:00 p.m. Sunday: Noon – 5:00 p.m.

New in the Galleries: Spanish Painting in the 1960s: Works from the Collection of Doris Steinmetz Kellett
May 6–September 7, 2014
Gallery of the Art of the Western World, Doris Steinmetz Kellett Endowed Gallery of Twentieth-Century Art, first floor
Works by members of the Catalan-based group Dau al Set and artists associated with the avant-garde Galeria Juana Mordo in Madrid are featured.

New in the Galleries: ‘Max Beckmann’s Woodcuts’
Gallery of the Art of the Western World, Doris Steinmetz Kellett Endowed Gallery of Twentieth-Century Art, first floor
February 4–June 22, 2014
Although the German Expressionist artist Max Beckmann was a prolific graphic artist (producing 374 prints during his lifetime), he created fewer than 20 woodcuts. Most were produced during the 1920s, when Germany was experiencing a revival of interest in the medium. Seven prints from this period will be featured in this installation.

Special Exhibition: Matisse’s Jazz and Other Works from Indiana University Collections
April 2–June 29, 2014
Special Exhibitions Gallery, first floor
In addition to highlighting the IU Art Museum’s rare complete suite of twenty color stencil prints from Jazz—Matisse’s last and greatest book project—this exhibition will include more than thirty other works by this modern master from the holdings of the Art Museum and Lilly Library. Special attention will be paid to the artist’s works on paper and book illustrations from the 1920s through the end of his career.

Special Exhibition: Francesco Solimena: Picturing the World for an Eighteenth-Century Royal Wedding
April 2–June 29, 2014
Judi and Milt Stewart Hexagon Gallery, first floor
Through a selection of pieces coming from the Getty Research Institute, the IU Fine Arts Library, the Lilly Library, and the IU Art Museum collection, this exhibition focuses on one of the IU Art Museum’s masterpieces, Francesco Solimena’s Allegory of the Four Parts of the World, highlighting the painting’s history, patronage, and iconography. This exhibition features a thirteen-minute documentary, The World around Solimena.

Hot Rods and Classic Car Show, will include locally made bar-b-que, entertainment, and a first look at the Auto Indiana Exhibit! The show will be held in the parking lot behind the History Center, on the corner of Lincoln St. and 6th Street.

On display in the Upper Loft Gallery June 1- 30, pastel & oil paintings by Brown County Art Guild member artists,Roger Ambrosier & Joel Knapp. Reception: Second Saturday, June, 14, 5-8 pm during the Village Art Walk.

About Roger Ambrosier:
Roger Ambrosier was born in Maysville, Missouri and now resides in Evergreen, Colorado. He studied at the Northwest Missouri State University (BS) and the University of Colorado (Boulder), the Metropolitan State College (Denver) and received his Masters Degree from the University of Northern Colorado (Greeley).
Roger’s artwork can be found in the Brown County Art Guild, the American Legacy Gallery (Kansas City, MO), and the Strecker-Nelson Gallery (Manhattan, KS), as well as in museum and private collections. He is a signature member of the Colorado Pastel Society, and a Master Pastelist with the Mid- American Pastel Society.
Ambrosier has participated in many exhibits throughout the Midwest and Western United States, including the Denver Art Museum in Colorado. His work has been featured in solo exhibitions many times throughout his career. His work won “Best of Show” awards at the Mid-American National Pastel Exhibition at the Albrecht-Kemper Museum in St. Joseph, MO (2007); the Colorado Pastel Society Mile High National Exhibition, Aspen, CO (2007); the Mountainside Miniature Exhibition, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO (2005); and the Western Spirit Exhibit (Pastel Category), Cheyenne Frontier Museum, Cheyenne, WY. Roger has been a member of the Brown County Art Guild since 2004.
About Joel Knapp:
Joel Knapp is “a painter in motion,” restless to capture nature in all its moods and seasons. He is devoted to plein air painting because of its urgency and authenticity. He feels that the essence of a place may only be captured by the artist experiencing it directly. So, he may be found traveling in his camper with easel and paints deployed in front of mountains, rivers, and landscapes of all types, and in cities painting sidewalk cafes and cityscapes both by daylight and streetlight.
Joel and his wife travel throughout North America and Europe attempting to capture nature’s moods firsthand. His award-winning oil paintings have been displayed at the Hoosier Salon and numerous other art shows and “paint-outs” and are a permanent part of corporate and private collections throughout the U.S. and Europe.
Joel uses lively color with oil paint in an impressionistic style to capture a feeling of time and place as he sees it. He says of plein air painting, “It’s such an honest approach to see the light as it hits the scene. The wind in your face; flies in your paint and two hours to create a painting; one must paint fast and loose, go in with your feelings, but using your brain and experience to balance colors, to vibrate and sing, Hallelujah!”
Joel has been a member artist with the Brown County Art Guild since 2011.
Artist’s Statement: “I love to paint and share my blessings with you. I paint both plein air and in the studio. My wife and I love to travel and share our adventures with others through my paintings. I hope you enjoy what you see and experience.”

An open singing circle for people who like to sing and listen to traditional songs of Ireland, Scotland, and rest of the British Isles and their related traditions in Canada and the USA. The BSC follows the traditions of singing circles/sessions found in Ireland and the British Isles. The songs are primarily unaccompanied and sung from memory, but the occasional accompanied song is not out of the ordinary.

Held on the first of every month.

DJ ENGLISH & Misfit Toy Karaoke. Come to sing. Come to dance. DJ English & Misfit Toy Karaoke present no cover karaoke and dancing every Sunday. Sometimes if you ask nicely we are known to get the furry costumes out. Could be the bear. Could be the bumble bee. $2 drink specials.