• The cost of this Growing Up WILD Training Workshop is $20 per person. The fee will be collected when you arrive at the workshop – cash or check only.
• The workshop is limited to 14 people.
• Preregistration is REQUIRED by June 1 at http://bit.ly/guwjun2015

Growing Up WILD is an engaging curriculum specifically designed for educators that work with ages 2 to 5 (although many activities can also be adapted for early elementary students).

Are you a teacher who is interested in bringing lessons from nature into the classroom? A home-school parent/instructor looking for fun ways to enhance learning? A daycare provider looking for new ideas to engage children in fun yet educational activities? This workshop is for YOU! We’ll train you in how to use this wildlife-focused conservation education curricula to help children develop an awareness, understanding, and appreciation of our natural world.

Your workshop fee includes a copy of the Growing Up WILD curriculum guidebook, which contains tons of additional resources to further enhance learning.

During the tour weekend, visitors are invited to take a free, easy-to-navigate self-guided tour of 27 art spaces throughout the Bloomington area. This will be a unique opportunity for art lovers to meet 45 participating artists, to get an intimate look at creativity in action, and to acquire artworks – a great way to experience the tremendous variety of visual art being created in Bloomington, Indiana!
Our free full-color Educational Booklet is full of artist images and locations, navigational maps, messages from our sponsors and partners, and website information. It can be found at the Convention and Visitors’ Bureau on North Walnut, downtown Bloomington’s art galleries, and artists’ studios. On the day of the tour, studio locations will be clearly marked with red balloons and yard signs.

For more information, printable hi-res images, maps and to view our artists’ pages: http://www.BloomingtonOpenStudiosTour.com

Come meet The Nest’s volunteers and adoptable pets on Sunday, June 7th, during the Bloomington Open Studios Tour. The Nest is a Bloomington based not for profit animal rescue focusing on senior and special needs dogs. Animals that are not adopted live out their life as loved family members in The Nest Sanctuary. Welcome donations include pet cleaning supplies, cash and checks, and doggie chin rubs.

In honor of the return of the “X-Files” to television, WFHB Firehouse Follies presents “The XXX-L Files: The Biggest Thing in Radio.” The show will be joined by the well-known actor Gary Sandy (of TV series fame, “WKRP in Cincinnati”), making his third appearance on the show. Also featuring the Unusual Suspects Radio Acting Troupe and music from the NorTones, Opal Fly and Kapow, the WFHB Gospel Gurlz, and the WFHB house band, The Firehouse Rounders.

The WFHB – Firehouse Follies – presents ‘The XXX L – Files’ – a hilarious variety show much akin to the Garrison Keillor’s ‘Prairie Home Companion’ programs. Local radio theater actors ‘The Unusual Suspects’ will shine with their uber-funny scripts. National award winning sound effects guy – Tony Brewer will be dazzling the Audience with his amazing skills. The WFHB GoZpel GurlZ will be on board as will the house band ‘The Firehouse Rounders’. Mike (the Colonel) Kelsey – host and writer, teams up with funny man / writer Richard Fish will host the program. Special Guests include Gary Sandy (www.garysandy.com ) – the talented Actor who played the handsome and naive Andy Travis in the hit comedy series ‘WKRP – in Cincinnati’. This will be Sandy’s 2nd appearance on the Firehouse Follies and he enjoyed visiting Bloomington IN so much during his last visit that he decided to do it again. Special music guest includes Cathi & Stuart Norton – ‘The Nor-Tones’, as well as Opal Fly and Mark Bushkill – known as ‘KAPOW!’. Both duos are local and WFHB are pleased to present them this early evening.
Show starts at 4:00 pm – lasts two hours – seating is limited so come EARLY! $10 / 2 for $15 – bring a friend!
Located at the Ivy Tech, Waldron- Whikhart Auditorium 100 E. 4th St. (one block south of the Courthouse downtown) – FREE parking in the 4th St. Garage directly across the street from the Auditorium. Auditorium is on the 3rd Floor – TAKE the elevator located at the 4th street entry!! Be part of the Audience heard around the world (www.WFHB.org) as the show is broadcast LIVE around the globe. You can listen live at 91.3 & 98.1 (Bloomington and Lawrence County), 100.7 (Brown County and southern Morgan County) 106.3 (Ellettsville and Owen County). If you’re in the Audience you are part of the program . . . it’s FUN! All proceeds are used to fund WFHB – our Community Radio Station.

4 Bands! Country BBQ! Rain or Shine!

Special Guest: Pj Granger, Bedford’s own American Ninja Warrior!

The Acoustic Graveyard hosts an outdoor BBQ at the country-comfortable home of Rod and Deb Weld, 1408 Palestine Road, First long driveway on left after crossing Sandpit Road.

It’s a pitch-in BBQ. So bring yer mom’s potato salad recipe, something to grill, anything else you’d like to share. It’s BYOB. And it wouldn’t hurt to bring a folding chair, if’n ya got one!

In case of rain, we will perform on the front porch or ample country barn! (Chant with us: “NO RAIN! NO RAIN! NO RAIN!”)

• Loose Ends, Acoustic rock duo of Jesse Streich and Bill Shirley. Known for their clarity and musicianship on classic rock covers and tasty originals. Jesse heads Bedford’s own Ugly Duckling Records. Local rock gods in Bedford, Indiana.

• Lacey Chaddock: Bloomington-based singer/songwriter. Her sound is “anxiety, a guitar, and swagger. A poetic, erratic, yet smooth wannabe jazzy, sorta bluesy, and blacks and purples…that swirl in and out of your thoughts with very literal blunt force. Then leaves you feeling wiser and glad that you’re not me.” Her influences are Evan Bliss, Thom Yorke, of Montreal, Erykah Badu, Dallas Green, Connor Oberst, and Bradley Nowell of Sublime, to name a few..

• Daine Tyler is a songwriter from the Midwest who splits his time between pretending to be an intellectual and finger painting pictures of imaginary animals. His songs focus mainly on whiskey, the Devil, the Great American Novelist, and Fundamentalist Christianity. He enjoys cursing, philosophy and D.J.S. Formerly, Miami, FLA, currently Evansville, IN.

• Yer hosts, The Kimmie & Johnny Trailer Trash Combo Bedford-based Country Punk band. We steal from everybody!

Plus the acoustic guitar instrumentals of Johnny Profane during our community potluck.