From April through November, farmers and vendors fill Showers Common with locally grown produce, annual and perennial plants, and freshly baked bread for the Saturday morning Market. Local musicians perform while thousands of people find their way among the corn and tomatoes, local dairy products, and warm scents of fresh herbs. The Market often feels like equal parts shopping, socializing, and treasure hunt. Come early so you can amble among friends as you seek out that dried lavender or fresh basil you have been dreaming about.

The Market is open every Saturday, April through September, from 8 am until 1 pm and Saturdays in October and November from 9 am until 1 pm The season ends with the Holiday Market on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, from 10 am – 3 pm.

What: Ellettsville Farmers Market, a Program of Area 10 Agency on Aging

When: 8:00am-12:00pm, Every Saturday, beginning June 7, through Sept 27, 2014

Where: Area 10 Agency on Aging, Endwright Center, 631 W. Edgewood Dr, Ellettsville, 47429

Who: Locally Growers

Cost: FREE (donations and support gratefully accepted!)

About: Beginning this summer, Area 10 Agency on Aging will host the Ellettsville Farmers Market every Saturday, 8 a.m. to noon (June 7 through September 27). Area 10 is thrilled to provide a place for local farmers and neighbors to meet and connect in an easily accessible convenient location. Children will learn more about where their food comes from and families can purchase fresh, local produce and other farm produced goods. Area 10 is located at 631 W. Edgewood Dr. in Ellettsville next to Edgewood Jr. High School.
During market season, the Endwright Center’s hours will be extended to include Saturday mornings (8 am-noon). Patrons will have access to facilities and can come inside to cool off on a hot summer day or participate in scheduled classes and programs. Endwright Center members (only) will have access to the fitness equipment. Everyone is invited to stop at the Area 10 information table to learn about the wonderful services the agency provides to seniors, people with disabilities, their families and caregivers.
At the end of each market day, vendors are encouraged to donate unsold produce to the area 10 food pantry. Our food pantry provides over 500 bags of groceries each month to homebound seniors. Vendors may also compost excess produce scraps in the Area 10 Mustang Garden, a small teaching garden which also provides produce for the food pantry.
We encourage anyone interested in becoming a vendor, reserving an information table, serving as a volunteer, sponsor or supporter of the Ellettsville Farmers Market to contact us soon. The application deadline to reserve a vendor spot for the entire market season is May 2.
More Information: Please contact [email protected] – or (812) 876-3383 Laura Kray, Nutrition Program Manager (ext 553); or Jaime Sweany, Director, Endwright Center (ext 582)

The Symposium was founded in 1996 by two master stone sculptors, Amy Brier and Frank Young. It is based on the Greek model of coming together for discussion and celebration, and continues the tradition of sculpture symposia that have proliferated in Europe and Asia. Symposium instructors believe that anyone with the desire to carve can learn how. The atmosphere is relaxed, congenial, and non-judgmental. Instructors are available at all times to guide participants through the process of carving from start to finish. The 2014 symposium will be June 8-28 and is made up of two main sessions participants can register for, as well as several other instructional courses. For more information and to register, visit http://limestonesymposium.org/sessions

Bybee Stone Company, Inc., the sponsor, generously provides an outdoor working area near their mill building, up to 8 cubic feet of limestone per participant, forklift assistance for moving stones, and a compressor to operate pneumatic hammers.

Join us this week as the Lilly Library’s summer exhibition, “Spiritualists, Sorcerers, and Stage Magicians: Magic and the Supernatural at the Lilly Library,” makes its debut. The exhibition will run from June 2 to August 30, with a special reception on Saturday, June 21 from 6:00-8:00 PM.

The exhibition showcases the Library’s wide-ranging and eclectic holdings on magic and the supernatural, from 17th-century treatises on witchcraft to modern-day comic books.

Stay tuned to the Lilly Library’s blog and website for details about upcoming special events and blog posts throughout the summer highlighting items in Lilly’s collection such as discussion of spiritualism in the correspondence of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, the Lilly’s recently-acquired issues of the pulp magazine Weird Tales, and annotated editions of books by the self-styled black magician Aleister Crowley.

Library hours are Monday – Thursday, 9 am – 6 pm, Friday, 9 am – 5 pm, and Saturday, 9 am – 1 pm. Closed Sundays.

Indiana Limestone Symposium, sculpture; Carmel Montoya, paper arts; Anya Pany, digital illustration. Browse multiple galleries in a beautiful, historic downtown setting. M-F, 9-7; Sat 9-5.

Please join The Foundation For Autism Resources (FAR) for our 1st Ever Rummage Sale on Saturday, June 21, from 9:30 AM – 1:00 PM. Located at Unlocking The Spectrum, 417 Clarizz Blvd, Bloomington, IN. 47401. We would enjoy extending a thank you to Unlocking The Spectrum for being our Corporate Sponsor for this wonderful event at their Bloomington Center. FAR is seeking donations for the upcoming event. If you are in the Bloomington area and Interested in donating items contact Shana [email protected]

The Foundation for Autism Resources is a nonprofit connecting children with autism to quality services. FAR works with low income families providing access to therapy and resources. All proceeds will directly support funding to provide therapy for children.

FAR is a not-for-profit organization connecting families with limited means to resources that provide their children on the autism spectrum the ability to attain their fullest potential. In order to accomplish this FAR raises funds to help children who otherwise could not cover the cost of Applied Behavior Analysis, and other effective evidence based therapies. Please visit our website for more information regarding FAR at http://www.autismresource.org/

Nano: Small Science, Big Fun
Explore the science of the very, very small! The interactive science exhibition brings to life nanoscale phenomena in nature, as well as nano technology and products. Some of the exhibition experiences are part of a national touring collection, which is making its first appearance in Indiana at WonderLab.

Nano Art
An exhibition of fourteen images that show the compelling beauty of biological and physical structures on the nano- and micro-size scale. WonderLab visitors will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite image for the People’s Choice Award.

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.

Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Summer Garden Walk with tours of five outstanding private gardens plus IU’s Hilltop Garden and Nature Center. Visit the Monroe County History Center’s exhibit honoring Bloomington Garden Club’s 75 years, and see “Silver Anniversary” flower arrangements by Club members at Hilltop.

Tickets are good for both days and provide access to all locations on the walk. Proceeds benefit community gardening projects sponsored by the Bloomington Garden Club. Tickets will be available after June 1 at various locations and on the days of the event- please check the website for a list of vendors.

The Bloomington Playwrights Project’s Arts Fair on the Square is celebrating 34 years of bringing visual artists and craftspeople together with the local and regional buying community. This juried art show features 80 regional and national artists and craftspeople on the picturesque grounds surrounding the Monroe County Courthouse. The mission of Arts Fair on the Square is to showcase fine art and craft of the highest quality, connect artists with the art-buying community and promote commitment to the arts through a variety of interactive arts experiences. Arts Fair on the Square also includes interactive arts activities for children and entertainment from local artists for the whole family. Arts Fair on the Square runs in conjunction with the Taste of Bloomington which offers sampling opportunities from over 35 local and regional restaurants, special music and children’s activities. Together Arts Fair on the Square and Taste of Bloomington draw thousands of visitors to downtown Bloomington to experience the finest the visual arts has to offer while sharing a little of that Hoosier hospitality that makes Arts Fair on the Square a favorite among artists and art patrons alike.