Youth fishing derby at Paynetown SRA offers free bait, free equipment use, June 2

Monroe Lake’s annual Youth Fishing Derby will be Saturday, June 2 from 8 to 10 a.m. at Paynetown State Recreation Area, 4850 S. State Road 446, Bloomington.

Kids, ages 16 and under, are invited to participate and should check in at the fishing pier, located across from the swimming beach, by no later than 9:15 a.m.

Free bait will be provided for all participants. Fishing equipment will be available for free use during the derby for any children who do not bring their own. Experienced anglers will be there to help kids who are new to fishing.

A prize drawing for a new fishing pole will be held at 10 a.m. Every child who participates in the derby gets a free entry into the drawing.

Questions about this event should be directed to the Paynetown Activity Center at 812-837-9967 or [email protected].

Admission to Paynetown SRA is $7 per vehicle with Indiana plates, or $9 per vehicle with out-of-state plates. Annual passes can also be purchased at the entrance gatehouse.

Southern Indiana Kizomba & Serendipity Martini Bar team up for a night of Kizomba & Latin dancing! Come dance to many styles of music, enjoy a drink, and have a good time! Everyone is invited❗
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FREE Cover ❗ 18+
? FREE Beginner Kizomba Lesson at 9:00 pm
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➤ Kizomba, Urban Kiz, Tarraxhina, Semba
➤ Latin, Bachata, Salsa, Cumbia, Raggaeton
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Drink Specials:
$3 Coronas
$6 Margaritas
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Southern Indiana Kizomba is a community dance organization! We promote Kizomba and other dances in and around the region. Join us if you want to have some fun!
www.facebook.com/SoInKiz/

The Bloomington Handmade Markets kicks off the summer with its first outdoor Summer Fair on June 2, 2018 from 10 a.m.–5 p.m. on the north side of the Square (6th St. between College and Walnut) in downtown Bloomington. BHM will host 40+ independent makers featuring indie and contemporary crafts and handmade work; screen printed tees, bath and body items, children’s items, housewares, woodwork, jewelry, handbags, clothing, illustrations, and so much more! BHM will also feature local food vendors, and Cardinal Spirits will be there slinging spirits (ID required of course!). Free to attend. Super fun for the whole family.

BHM Summer Fair is made possible in part by grant funding from Bloomington Entertainment and Arts District (BEAD), the BUEA, and Visit Bloomington.

Breaking the Color Barrier: Bloomington’s Firsts celebrates the triumphs of Bloomington’s African American citizens and the vast accomplishments achieved throughout the county’s two hundred years. The exhibit runs until October 12, 2018 and is open to the public.

The exhibit features 29 citizens dating from 1870 to present and includes such notable firsts as Marcellus Neal, the first African America graduate of Indiana University, Bill Garrett, first African American to play basketball at IU and in the Big Ten Conference, and Elizabeth Bridgwaters, Bloomington’s first African American school board member to name a few.

Featuring: Amanda Webb

We will be gathering at the Atlas to listen and share stories, and
hear from other groups in Bloomington working to make our town a
better place.

Please join us, as we hope to help members of the community connect
personally through one-on-one conversations and other fun activities.
We will be providing snacks, so come out and spend the evening with us
and meet some new people.

We believe dehumanization can be reduced and prevented one connection
at a time. Please contact us if you have any questions. (This event
is limited to individuals 21 and over.)

Join us for Honky Tonk Happy Hour with Blue Diesel Ramblers

The Monroe County Civic Theatre presents their annual Shakespeare in the Park annual event, The Tempest, on Saturday, June 2, 2018, at Third Street Park, 331 S. Washington Street, Bloomington IN. This is going on their 30th year of the actors of the community volunteering for free. Bring a picnic with the family and enjoy Shakespeare for free!

A Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-Winning Play

Weller Martin and Fonsia Dorsey, two elderly residents at a nursing home for senior citizens, strike up an acquaintance. Neither seems to have any other friends, and they start to enjoy each other’s company. Weller offers to teach Fonsia how to play gin rummy, and they begin playing a series of games that Fonsia always wins. Weller’s inability to win a single hand becomes increasingly frustrating to him, while Fonsia becomes increasingly confident.

While playing their games of gin, they engage in lengthy conversations about their families and their lives in the outside world. Gradually, each conversation becomes a battle, much like the ongoing gin games, as each player tries to expose the other’s weaknesses, to belittle the other’s life, and to humiliate the other thoroughly.

Starring Broadway and TV veterans Doug Stend and Jill Tasker. Some adult language. |

You shall know the groove, and the groove shall set you free.