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.

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.

Make plans with friends and family to enjoy the delicious food at Chili’s Grill and Bar. For FOUR DAYS from 11 a.m. until 11 p.m. each day, starting Monday, March 7th and continuing through Thursday, March 10th, Chili’s Grill and Bar is offering the opportunity to dine and ensure a donation to the Friends of the Library. Pick up a flyer at the library in Bloomington or Ellettsville or download a copy from http://www.mcpl.info/friends and present it when you pay your bill. Chili’s Grill and Bar will donate 15% of your check to Friends of the Library. All proceeds go to fund the numerous and much-used programs offered by the library. Don’t miss this easy way to help your library continue its vital and necessary programming! This offer is valid for Dine In and Carry Out!!

Texture, color, and form unfold through human movement as IU contemporary dance students perform original choreography inspired by the intent, impact, and physical qualities of artworks in the IU Art Museum’s twentieth-century collection.

Sponsored by Indiana University’s Archives of African American Music and Culture, African American Arts Institute, and the Office of the Provost & Executive Vice President

On March 9, award-winning producer and gospel music announcer Jacquie Gales Webb will present a free public lecture in the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center’s Grand Hall at 4:00 p.m. The lecture will be followed by a reception honoring her distinguished career and the establishment of the Jacquie Gales Webb Collection at Indiana University’s Archives of African American Music and Culture.

Jacquie Gales Webb, an award winning producer and radio on-air personality, has hosted the number one “Sunday Afternoon Gospel” music program in Washington, DC since 1990 on 96.3 WHUR. She is also a freelance arts reporter for WAMU and the national arts program “Studio 360” at WNYC, New York.

Gales Webb created and produced programming for six years at W*USA-TV Channel 9 in Washington D.C., and served as host and producer of the award-winning public television broadcast “Melodies from Heaven,” which explored African American gospel radio in Washington, DC. Her work in television has garnered six local Emmy Awards and 14 nominations from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. She has also written and produced radio documentary segments for NPR and the Library of Congress, including the 1995 radio series, “Black Radio: Telling It Like It Was,” which was the recipient of a Peabody Award from the University of Georgia and an Alfred I. DuPont Silver Baton from Columbia University. In 1999, she served as executive producer of the award-winning public radio series “Remembering Slavery,” and in 2001 executive produced the 13-hour radio documentary “Jazz Singers” for the Smithsonian and Public Radio International.

Gales Webb received a Bachelor of Science in Speech, cum laude, from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts. In 2012, the National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses presented Ms. Webb with a Lifetime Achievement Award for continuous service and support of gospel music. Her performance and body of work in the gospel music industry was instrumental in WHUR receiving the 2009 Stellar Award for Major Market Station of the Year. In 2014, Gales Webb was inducted into the WERB Hall of Fame at Emerson College, and in 2015 the Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts (CAAPA) recognized Jacquie Gales Webb’s artistic contributions.

The class is taught by Carli Astell who has been teaching yoga since 2002. Her classes consist of ashtanga inspired hatha yoga, and vinyasa yoga I and II. In her class the goal is to have fun, be free, and spread love. The class is great for beginners and practiced yogis alike. All levels are welcome and encouraged.

From bloomers and brassieres to crinolines and corsets, “The Victorian Secret” at the Monroe County History Center explores the function and fashion of undergarments worn in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries.

For over thirty years, Tom Roznowski has used various creative forms to explore his persistent curiosity with daily life. He has composed, performed, and recorded a multitude of original songs. They have emerged in solo albums, film soundtracks, product jingles, and cover versions from artists of various genres. Tom Roznowski has recently been called “Indiana’s best living songwriter”. He won’t argue with this.

Steven Pav of Cerebellum Capital and Zak David of Pine Bay Capital Management will speak to the Bloomington Data Collective at 7 p.m. about measuring alpha and not overfitting.