Sincerely Yours: Stationery Voices from the Archives explores how letterhead, a common utilitarian object, serves to connect us to the social, industrial, and political expressions of our society and reflects the changing world of design. Scholars of the subject suggest the growth in the rich illustrations on stationary correspond with the advancement of American industrialization. This exhibit, with content drawn entirely from the collections of the Indiana University Archives, sets aside the content of the dispatches and focuses instead on the personal and societal stories told by via the letterhead itself. Featuring letterhead from businesses such as South Bend’s Studebaker Corporation to the international Shell Motor Oil company, personal stationary (well, hello, John D. Rockefeller!), travel destinations including nearby West Baden resort all the way to the German city of Leipzig, and, of course, Indiana University!

With over 30 vendors, you can fill your basket with your favorite market goods all winter. The Market offers fresh fruits & vegetables, mushrooms, ferments, breads & cereals, prepared foods, seeds & plants, cut flowers, meat & poultry, maple syrup, honey, dairy, eggs, jams & sauces, baked goods, locally roasted coffee, soap, holiday items, and more. The Market features live music from a variety of talented local musicians.

Saturday mornings from 9:00a.m. to 12:30p.m.,
December 3rd – March 25th (closed December 24th)

Some shop at the Winter Farmers’ Market for the freshest, tastiest foods around. Others come for a variety of artisanal soaps, candles, flower arrangements, and holiday gifts. Some come for community. Whichever your preference, your support is essential to a strong local food economy. All of our market vendors are local growers and producers from Bloomington and surrounding areas. Come for breakfast, enjoy live music, and find great ingredients for the week. Winter Market is a dynamic experience for the whole family.
The Farmers’ Market Doubles SNAP Benefits!
Farm to Family Fund: Help support the Farm to Family Fund (formerly the Healthful Food for All Fund) with gift cards at the Market’s info table. The Farm to Family fund buys fresh market food at half price every Saturday of Winter Market for donation to the Rise, the Community Kitchen of Monroe County, and Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard. It’s win-win for farmers and families. For $10 you can provide a dozen eggs for 15 families; $25 provides a 1 week supply of greens for 7 families; $50 provides 2 bushels of apples. A generous and thoughtful holiday gift in honor of family and friends!
Parking: In addition to the Harmony School lot, street parking is free on Saturdays. For an easy covered option, the IU Atwater Parking Garage (entrance is off Woodlawn) is only a block away and free on weekends.

Head to the Brown County Art Guild for a pastel demonstration and talk with Guild Artist Member Mary Ann Davis. Mary Ann is a signature member of the American Impressionist Society and the Chicago Pastel Painters Association. She earned her BFA from Herron School of Art in 1976, majoring in Lithography. She also studied painting under Antonious Raemaekers, Lois Griffel and Carolyn Anderson and enjoys painting and drawing from life each week and regularly paints Plein air. Mary Ann was chosen for the books: Painting Indiana II, The Changing Face of Agriculture and Painting Indiana III, and Heritage of Place.

The public is invited to celebrate the accomplishments of the young artists whose work is on display during Youth Art Month in March with refreshments, music, door prizes, and special gallery tours.

Learn all about making maple syrup from American Indian use and lore to pioneer methods and how to make it at home for very little money. Participants will practice using a brace and bit, learn how to hammer in a spile correctly, how to identify a maple, and taste sweet 100% pure maple syrup. Meet at Cedar Crest. Sign up by calling (812)-336-5832 or email [email protected]

The Indiana State Department of Agriculture’s Indiana Grown initiative announces its latest retail partnership with Lucky’s Market in Bloomington. The new partnership will be celebrated Saturday, March 4 at the store with more than 10 local vendors and producers providing free samples, wellness tips, giveaways and more. Indiana Grown representatives will be available during the event and will be handing out Indiana Grown swag to customers as well.

Through the partnership, Lucky’s Market will begin carrying and promoting Indiana Grown labeled products throughout the store. There are currently more than 30 Indiana Grown member products sold at Lucky’s Market.

By William Shakespeare
Directed by Henry Woronicz.

Prospero and his daughter Miranda are stranded on an island by his jealous brother Antonio, but their new home is inhabited by spirits. The Tempest offers the best of both drama and comedy in Shakespeare’s enchanting tale of shipwrecks and romance, masters and servants, betrayal and forgiveness. And wondrous magic.

Production dates:
February 24, 25, 28 – March 3, 2017 @ 7:30 p.m.
March 4 @ 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

This Thematic Tour will focus on the use of mathematics in art through examples found in the Eskenazi Museum of Art’s collection. This tour is presented by Eskenazi Museum of Art docent Carol McGregor, and is free and open to the public. Walk-ins and children are welcome. Meet by the information desk on the first floor of the art museum’s atrium.

By William Shakespeare
Directed by Henry Woronicz.

Prospero and his daughter Miranda are stranded on an island by his jealous brother Antonio, but their new home is inhabited by spirits. The Tempest offers the best of both drama and comedy in Shakespeare’s enchanting tale of shipwrecks and romance, masters and servants, betrayal and forgiveness. And wondrous magic.

Production dates:
February 24, 25, 28 – March 3, 2017 @ 7:30 p.m.
March 4 @ 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Three of the best bluegrass bands in the region will perform live. Brown County is home to the granddaddy of Bluegrass, Bill Monroe.

Brown County Bluegrass Bash Trio

Blue Mafia

We love putting our own twist on standard bluegrass tunes, and creating new music. Just the right combination of traditional and progressive bluegrass! Pinecastle Recording Artists
Tony Wray – Guitar
Dara Wray – Mandolin
Kent Todd – Fiddle
Michael Gregory – Bass
Calib Smith – Banjo

Blue Collar Bluegrass

“Working hard in sharing bluegrass music.” The Blue Collar Bluegrass Band consists of friends that have been picking together for a few years. Each member shares the same passion for traditional bluegrass as well as “new grass” music. The band name Blue Collar Bluegrass represents the down to earth, hardworking attitudes that each member shares for life, work and music.

Band Members;
Mike Grimmitt – Guitar & Vocals
Mark Roembke – Guitar & Vocals
Carl Strohm – Fiddle & Vocals
Jason Strohm – Banjo & Vocals
Dean Metcalf – Bass & Vocals
Bill Haggard – Mandolin & Vocals

Hamilton Creek

A band pf Bluegrass Musicians steeped in tradition with a sound as old as the hills but with a sound as fresh as the morning dew, a band who not only loves the music but founded on a great friendship that drives their sound. A band of veteran bluegrass musicians that strive to carry on the great traditions of the ones that went before us and looking to pass that tradition on to the ones that come in the future.

Dan Harden – Banjo & Vocals
Neil Smith – Guitar & Vocals
Frank Hilligoss – Bass
Kevin Cox – Mandolin, Fiddle & Vocals