New and beginning in March 2020: Animal Hour. This recurring weekly program encourages visitors to meet the WonderLab Animal Ambassadors in live, facilitated interactions. Who might you meet this week? Come and see! Maybe a bearded dragon or Mooch, the blue tongued skink. Possibly you’ll have a chance to pet a Madagascar hissing cockroach or corn snake. Visitors will be able to get up close and ask questions. Weekly topics will rotate and might include: the biology, behavior and natural homes of each Ambassadors; how WonderLab cares for each animal as well as their unique background stories.

We Must Be Fearless: The Woman’s Suffrage Movement in Indiana by Anita Morgan is a popular history of the women’s suffrage movement in Indiana and tells the story of the sixty-nine-year struggle for the right to vote in the state. The people who acted, what they did, and the results of their efforts are the focus. Through this story, it also places the state’s women more firmly in the history of Indiana, the Midwest, and the nation. Author Anita Morgan will present her continuing research for the Indiana Women’s Suffrage Centennial in honor of the release of her new book.

Join us for a visiting artist talk with Robert Baines.
Renowned Australian goldsmith Robert Baines has been studying and reviving Bronze Age goldsmith techniques for 40 years. Interested in the ways in which jewelry is connected to culture and history, Baines explores these ideas in works that are whimsical, intriguing, and beautiful in their complexity. Through the presentation of a fictitious narrative that conveys the enigma of jewelry as material evidence of authentic history, the works in this exhibition challenge ideas about what is “wearable.”

This program is supported in part by the generosity of Rita Grunwald.

Enjoy the museum’s new Saturday evening extended hours with hand-crafted artful experiences.
Whether you come solo or with others, we invite you to try our new Social Saturday evening programming.

Join us to celebrate the opening of two featured exhibitions: Living Treasure and Fabulous Follies and Facing the Revolution: Portraits of Women in France and the United States.

This evening’s celebration includes:

Music Café | Live music in the atrium, featuring an all-female string quartet. Meals and snacks available for purchase at the Cafe. | 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Curator Talk. Galina Olmsted introduces Facing the Revolution. A limited number of portable gallery stools will be available for guests who are uncomfortable standing and walking in the gallery. First come, first served. | 5:30 p.m. | Featured Exhibition Gallery, first floor
Women in Art Tour | 6 p.m. | RSVP to reserve a space.
Free cookies, inspired by Iced VoVos. Robert Baines, the artist whose work is featured in Living Treasure and Fabulous Follies, tells a story of how an 11th century Islamic armlet became an Iced VoVo cookie, an Australian treat. Enjoy a cookie. | 5 to 7 p.m. | Luzetta and Del Newkirk Café and Gift Shop, second floor
Open Studio: Make Sculptural Jewelry with Lauren Daugherty, Wellness Experiences Manager | 5 to 7 p.m. | Kimberly and John Simpson Center for Education, second floor
Interactive Exploration Station | Make and take wire jewelry, inspired by ancient jewelry and Baines’s creations. Create your own identity and sit for a faux portrait.
Free

A multi-media rock show that brings you the greatest rock hits from the 70’s and 80’s. Based out of Columbus, Indiana, the band not only performs classic rock hits to shear perfection but includes a true to form light show and video projection of stunning visual effects, custom created for each song.

The band’s song list includes over 50 titles from artists such as Boston, Styx, The Eagles, Foreigner, Journey, Yes, Fleetwood Mac, and more.

A multi-media rock show that brings you the greatest rock hits from the 70’s and 80’s. Based out of Columbus, Indiana, the band not only performs classic rock hits to shear perfection but includes a true to form light show and video projection of stunning visual effects, custom created for each song.

The band’s song list includes over 50 titles from artists such as Boston, Styx, The Eagles, Foreigner, Journey, Yes, Fleetwood Mac, and more.

Legendary jazz bassist Reggie Workman will bring his sextet to the IU Bloomington campus March 27-28 for a FREE master class and performance hosted by the IU AAAMC as part of a special event, Black Music Icons Live. The visit comes just before Workman will be honored with an NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship Award on April 2, the nation’s highest honor in jazz. Workman was a member of the John Coltrane Quartet in the early 1960s and went on to perform with such jazz icons as Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, Wayne Shorter, and Thelonious Monk. As a professor at The New School College of Performing Arts (COPA), Workman teaches classes such as Futuristic Concepts in Music and the John Coltrane Ensemble. Workman is an iconic national treasure in Black music. For further information go to: https://provost.indiana.edu/statements/workman-sextet/

Kizomba & Latin Social Dancing! Come dance to many styles of music, enjoy a drink, and have a good time! Everyone is invited no matter your dance skill level. No partner needed, as this is a social dance so you can dance with anyone❗
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🔖 FREE Cover ❗
💃 FREE Beginner Kizomba Lesson at 9:00 pm
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🎼 50/50% Kizomba & Latin music with 2 DJ’s
➤ Kizomba, Urban Kiz, Tarraxhina, Semba
➤ Latin, Bachata, Salsa, Cumbia, Raggaeton
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Drink Specials:
$3 Coronas
$6 Margaritas
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Southern Indiana Kizomba is a community dance organization! We promote Kizomba and other dances in and around the region. Join us if you want to have some fun!
www.facebook.com/SoInKiz/