The Bloomington Community Farmers’ Market is located at 401 N. Morton St. next to City Hall – Showers Building. Locally grown produce, annual and perennial plants, and a variety of prepared foods are available. Purchase your food directly from farmers and ask them questions about their products. Local entertainment adds to the shopping as well as socializing experience. Tantalizing scents and the inviting atmosphere may cause you to make the Market a weekend tradition.

The Switchyard Park Property master plan design team will be at the Bloomington Community Farmers’ Market to host an informal, drop-in, public session for the public to share ideas for the development of the switchyard park property, located at the south end of the B-Line Trail just north of Country Club.

The Old-House Expo and Architectural Cake Contest is an event designed to raise awareness of historic preservation. The Expo will put owners of old houses, as well as those interested in historic preservation, in contact with qualified tradespersons and professionals. Entries for the Architectural Cake Contest will be modeled on local historic buildings and will be judged on criteria including accuracy of representation, overall appearance, and taste. Judging will begin at 1:30 pm, with cutting and tasting of the cakes to follow.

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Readers of all ages are invited to join us on the patio of Macri’s Deli (corner of 7th and Morton) to help Bloomington read aloud from a novel and various poetry selections. Free books for the first 400 students who visit the table. Sign up for a free library card and learn about the summer reading program at the library. Presented as part of the second annual Bloomington Reads – a week of reading and literacy related activities to focus our community on the importance of literacy.

Readers of all ages are invited to join us on the patio of Macri’s Deli (corner of 7th and Morton) to help Bloomington read aloud from a novel and various poetry selections. Free books for the first 400 students who visit the table. Sign up for a free library card and learn about the summer reading program at the library. Presented as part of the second annual Bloomington Reads – a week of reading and literacy related activities to focus our community on the importance of literacy.

New exhibits at the Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center for the month of May include work by Ben Pines, Yang Chen, Angela Hendrix-Petry, and Nate Johnson.

Figure studies by painter Ben Pines meditate on the state of relationships in our modern world; photographer Yang Chen elevates the tiniest details of spring to highlight their effervescent and ephemeral beauty; Angela Hendrix-Petry’s work is described as “An offering in celebration of an ordinary life lived with eyes and heart wide open”; Nate Johnson pays tribute to the musical and cultural figures who inspire and move him.

The exhibit will be open for viewing during regular gallery hours until May 27.

What does jazz look like? Can you see a symphony in your mind’s eye? This art exhibit showcases the watercolor paintings of older adults living at Sterling House, who paint to music. Lotus banners created by Bell Trace residents will also be exhibited. Bell Trace artists draw their inspiration from Alabama artist Thornton Dial and from the quilts made by residents of Gee’s Bend.

Exhibit runs daily from May 1 to May 31. Regular library hours.

Indiana University will conduct its fourth Electronic Waste Collection Days on May 11 and 12, giving individuals, schools, nonprofit organizations and businesses an opportunity for free and environmentally responsible disposal of obsolete computers and other electronic items.

At IU Bloomington, equipment that is in working order will be donated to Serve IT, a community information technology clinic at the IU School of Informatics and Computing. This includes equipment that can be refurbished and placed in a nonprofit organization, such as computers, monitors, mice, keyboards, routers, switches and cabling.

5K Run/Walk to Benefit the Exotic Feline Rescue Center, featuring music by Craig Brenner & The Crawdads pre- and post-race. T-shirts with all paid registrations. All proceeds benefit the Center.

Perle Fine (1905–1988) was one of the few women artists in the inner circle of the Abstract Expressionists. Fine’s exploration of abstraction is traced through a selection of paintings, prints, drawings, and wood assemblages dating from the 1930s to the 1970s. Photographs by Fine’s husband, the photographer Maurice Berezov, complement the exhibition.

Recurring weekly on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, until May 27