The largest garage sale in Monroe County opens for a bonus holiday sale! From antiques and household items to holiday decorations and gifts, the warehouse on Profile Parkway is filled with treasures waiting for you.
Members of the History Center can access the sale early! Become a member by visiting monroehistory.org/join-and-give/.
All items are donated from the public and proceeds of the Holiday Bonus Sale fundraiser support the preservation of the collections, programs, and exhibits of the Monroe County History Center.

WTIU is hosting a free, virtual conference to explore, explain, and navigate some of the issues of growing older. The fourth annual WTIU Conference on Aging will be held online every Saturday at 10 a.m. from October 2 to November 20.

WTIU is pulling together area experts and resources to help participants find the answers to many questions associated with getting older. Attendees will learn what to ask, who to ask, and how to make wise decisions now that keep their options open as they age.

The conference will include the following eight sessions: Medicare 101, Supplemental and Long-Term Care Insurance (October 2); COVID-19: An Update (October 9); Palliative and Hospice Care: A Conversation (October 16); Dementia: An Overview (October 23); Mental Health and Aging (October 30); What You Need to Know About Social Security (November 6); You Want Me to Do What? The Roles of POAs, Guardians, and Executors (November 13); and Gathering Family Stories and Telling Your Own (November 20). Each session will include a live chat feature so participants can ask experts questions.

This free event is open to caregivers as well as those who would like some advice on more informed aging. Registration is available at wtiu.org/aging.

For as long as we hold on to hurts from others and our own mistakes, we will find it impossible to really move forward with our life. Holding on to these things keeps us locked into the same cycles of destructive thoughts and behaviors and prevents things from changing.

Buddha gave many powerful explanations to help us understand how to stop grasping at the past and how to let go of mistakes, hurt and resentment. This workshop gives us an opportunity to learn and become familiar with the meditations on impermanence and acceptance which will free us from the past, enable us to forgive ourself and others and transform ourself into the person we wish to become.

This can be practiced by anyone, regardless of background and belief. Absolutely everyone is welcome; no previous meditation experience is needed.

Saturdays only / weekly series (Nov. 6 – Dec 18 at 11:00 am – 1 :00 pm EST; no session on Nov. 27)

A powerful weekly series that helps you to find your voice, remove inhibitive patterns and find new freedom in singing. This six-week workshop series focuses on the voice as healing in the expressive and healing arts modality, Authentic Voicework ™. Guiding you into the heart of your authentic self through the body, breath, and voice, we play (and sing) our way to disarming inhibitions in order to gain access to your creative brain and set yourself free.

Themes include the voice as a barometer, your bodymind as an instrument, the vibrational voice as extension of self, and helps you to reconnect to your unique voice and authentic self.

Many vocal activities will help bring out your voice, helping you to regain parts of yourself that may have remained hidden. Stephanie Heidemann, Founder of the Authentic Voicework Institute, LLC facilitates an open, deep and powerful experience that is sure to shake open and peel away negative feelings you may have about your voice.

*Dress comfortably and ready for movement. (Jeans / skirts not recommended.) Bring bottled water, and your own yoga mat. Come with an open mind and give yourself time to arrive early and be present.

Based on Robert Fulghum’s best-selling books, Kindergarten takes a funny, insightful, heartwarming look at what is profound in everyday life. This tightly woven adaptation has earned standing ovations from Singapore to Prague— from L.A. to D.C. It’s an evening of theatrical storytelling in revue format, with monologues, dialogues, and multiple voice narration. The delightful stories feature colorful characters such as: a shy little boy who insists on playing the “pig” in his class production of Cinderella and steals the show; a man whose dream of flying carries him high over Los Angeles … in a lawn chair buoyed by surplus weather balloons; a “mother of the bride” who’s staged a perfect wedding—until the bowling ball of fate rolls down the aisle; and a modern-day Greek philosopher who finds the meaning of life in a piece of broken mirror from World War II. These stories celebrate our very existence, from the whimsy of childhood to the wisdom of old age.

A non-profit theatre company since 2006, Stages Bloomington Theatre Company offers exceptional year-round theatre arts education and performance opportunities for children and teens in Bloomington and surrounding counties. Programs build passion for the arts, promote self-confidence, teach collaboration, and help young people become better students and citizens.

Stages Bloomington will be requiring face masks for all attendees 3 year of age and older as mandated by the Monroe County Health Department.

www.stagesbloomington.org

Doors open at 20 minutes prior to performance times and this event is expected to last 2 hours.

Calling all Loud Luxury fans – the BACARDĺ Party Tour is coming to Bloomington, IN on Saturday, November 6th for a post-game celebration of the Hoosiers vs. Wolverines football game on Saturday. Taking place at The Atrium at Kilroy’s Sports, this 21+ RSVP-only event will be held from 10:30pm to 1:30am after the big game.

The Bloomington stop marks the fifth event of the nine-city BACARDĺ Party Tour, where fans can expect the world’s most awarded rum brand to provide an unforgettable experience, complete with a sweepstakes to win a meet-and-greet with Loud Luxury, surprise onsite giveaways, delicious cocktails, and more.