Have you always wanted to put on a show at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater? Do you dream of starting your own dance company? Could you bring your favorite musician to your favorite stage? Do you know just the movies to build the next Bloomington film festival?

BCT Management, Inc., (BCTM) the private non-profit which manages the Buskirk-Chumley Theater, brings the expertise of its staff and partners to the stage with the Arts Start Up Seminar at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater.

Applying the philosophy and business approach of entrepreneurship and the startup industry, BCTM offers enterprising artists, organizers, and promoters the opportunity to learn the basics of imagining, planning, and executing a successful event.

Schedule of Events
Discovery Session 10am-12pm
• If I build it, will they come?: how to determine if your idea will work
• Are you reaching out?: how to create a marketing plan and really make it happen
• Artists aren’t crazy, their production schedules are: how to have a fantastic, smoothly running show

Lunch with the Pros 12pm-1pm
• Enjoy a meal with local and regional professionals in the music, film, dance, theater, and circus arts industries

What’s the Idea? What’s the Problem? 1pm-3pm
• Talk through your idea or your obstacle with someone who knows – short sessions with individuals or small groups

Arts Start Up Competition
Participants become eligible for entry into the Arts Start Up competition, which will select promising ideas for further coaching, development, and ultimately select winning entries which will receive rent-free use of the Theater to launch new programming at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. Initial applications will be accepted from those who participated in the Arts Start Up Seminar starting April 1, 2016.

Lunch is included with registration. This seminar will include information specific planning events to be held at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater but the majority of the content will focus on event conceptualization and planning in general. Registration is $15. Visit buskirkchumley.org to register.

The Wylie House Museum once again offers its heirloom seeds for sale on Saturday March 5th; 10a-4pm. Please visit the museum’s Morton C. Bradley, Jr. Education Center (the barn building next door to the museum) at 317 E. Second St. to select seeds of many varieties of flowers, herbs, and vegetables. Plants are grown on site without chemicals and are harvested, cleaned, and packaged by staff and volunteers who will be present at the sale to answer questions. For more information: https://libraries.indiana.edu/events/wylie-house-museum

The museum continues to sell its seeds throughout the year.

Tom Rhea was trained as a painter at Indiana University, where he graduated with a
BFA. After twenty years in the demanding field of medallic arts, his paintings still retain a very sculptural feel, with an emphasis on the unique limestone architecture that distinguishes the IU campus. Besides providing celebrity portraits for publications such as The Wall Street Journal, LA Weekly, and XXL Magazine, he has written extensively on arts topics for local and national publications. He currently teaches drawing and History of Art at Ivy Tech Community College. While most are views of Bloomington, the show also contains two paintings from a recent trip to Italy, including a view of the ancient city of Matera, carved into the limestone cliffs in the southern region of Puglia. These paintings were executed in gouache, an opaque watercolor, over the past five years.

Taught by Allana Radecki who has been teaching Hatha Yoga since 1988. Her “Yoga from the Inside Out,” draws upon the foundation poses of Hatha Yoga, guided by the breath, to develop a balanced, mindful practice. Allana’s method adapts easily to all ages and levels of practice and is helpful to people with special needs, injuries and joint replacements.

From the builders of some of America’s earliest railroads and farms to Civil Rights pioneers to digital technology entrepreneurs, Indian Americans have long been an inextricable part of American life. “Beyond Bollywood: Indian Americans Shape the Nation” explores the Indian American experience and the community’s vital political, professional, and cultural contributions to American life and history. The exhibition moves past pop-culture stereotypes of Indian Americans to explore the heritage, daily experience, and diverse contributions of Indian immigrants and their descendants in the United States. Weaving together stories of individual achievement and collective struggle, “Beyond Bollywood” uses photography, narrative, multimedia, and interactive stations to tell a uniquely American story, while conveying the texture, vibrancy, and vitality of Indian American communities.

“Beyond Bollywood: Indian Americans Shape the Nation” was created by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. The Mathers Museum’s presentation of the exhibit has been generously funded by Indiana University alumnus Robert N. Johnson, the Madhusudan and Kiran C. Dhar India Studies Program, the Asian American Studies Program, and the Department of American Studies. Gallery is open 9am-4:30 pm Tues-Fri and 1pm-4:30pm Sat/Sun.

Free visitor parking is available by the Indiana Avenue lobby entrance. Metered parking is available at the McCalla School parking lot on the corner of Ninth Street and Indiana Avenue. The parking lot also has spaces designated for Indiana University C and ST permits. During the weekends free parking is available on the surrounding streets.An access ramp is located at the Fess Avenue entrance, on the corner of Ninth Street and Fess Avenue. Reserved parking spaces are available on Ninth Street, between Fess Avenue and Indiana Avenue. If you have a disability and need assistance, special arrangements can be made to accommodate most needs. Please call 812-855-6873.

Come meet the women who made quilts inspired by artifacts from the Mathers Museum’s collection, on exhibit in Material Culture: Quilts Inspired by Mathers Museum Artifacts. Ask questions, gain insight, and discuss techniques with these knowledgeable quilters in one-on-one or small group conversations in the exhibit space. The event will be free and open to the public.

Free visitor parking is available by the Indiana Avenue lobby entrance. Metered parking is available at the McCalla School parking lot on the corner of Ninth Street and Indiana Avenue. The parking lot also has spaces designated for Indiana University C and ST permits. During the weekends free parking is available on the surrounding streets. An access ramp is located at the Fess Avenue entrance, on the corner of Ninth Street and Fess Avenue. Reserved parking spaces are available on Ninth Street, between Fess Avenue and Indiana Avenue. If you have a disability and need assistance, special arrangements can be made to accommodate most needs. Please call 812-855-6873.

Learn how easy and fun it can be to make your own herbal teas and remedies. Each attendee will get hands-on experience making some these and will receive DIY recipes. The workshop will be taught by HGF volunteer Kris Heeter.

What: “Vegetable Gardening for the Beginner”
When: 1:30-2:30 p.m. Saturday, March 5
Where: The Endwright Center, 631 W. Edgewood Dr., Ellettsville, IN 47429
Who: Master Gardener Dale Cantonwine
Cost: $5 – Call to reserve your spot 812-876-3383 ext 515

About: Everything the beginning vegetable gardener needs to know, presented by Master Gardener Dale Cantonwine: deciding what to grow, choosing a site (whether it is big or small), preparing the soil, and propagating, tending, and harvesting your bounty.

Melissa Lauren is a 17 year old country songwriter and recording artist with OC Hit Factory, a subsidiary label for Sony Music. She is currently the Gospel Vocalist of the Year for the West Coast Country Music Association and performs in venues throughout Southern California, including House of Blues, Hard Rock Café Hollywood, Chain Reaction, and at the new OC Hit Factory venue in Tustin, California. Melissa is regularly called back to audition for subsequent seasons of The Voice because of her unique, powerful, emotional and fresh interpretations of favorite covers. Melissa released an EP, Where I’m Supposed to Be, in December 2013, and a single with Sony, Wild and Crazy, in July, 2014. Three of her original songs progressed to the international finals for the North American Country Music Association competition for 2015 with results being announced in March 2016. You are invited to like her Facebook page: Melissa Lauren Music, visit her web page at www.melissalaurenmusic.com and enjoy her YouTube channel: Melissa Lauren Music Channel.

She’s seductive, she’s predatory, and she’s very dangerous.

Carmen, the fiery gypsy cigarette girl, gets any man she wants—and then gets rid of him when a better one comes along. When she sets her sights on Corporal Don José, he doesn’t have a chance. He’s smitten and gives up everything — his career, his mother, even the girl he’s going to marry—to be with the sultry siren. For a while, they revel in passion. But then Carmen meets a famous matador, and she dumps Don José in a heartbeat. This time, though, Carmen has finally pushed a man too far—and she pays for it with her life.

The famous Toreador Song, the seductive Seguidilla, the rousing Habanera—no opera boasts more famous tunes than this one! Ensure your seats by subscribing today

ARTISTIC TEAM
Conductor David Effron
Stage Director Jeffrey Marc Buchman
Set and Costume Designer Robert O’Hearn
In French with English supertitles