Dine at Lennie’s Restaurant or stop in for a pint at the Bloomington Brewpub at Lennie’s during business hours and get an eyeful of what the Stone Belt artists have been up to. Works in a variety of media by Stone Belt client artists from Bloomington, Bedford, and Columbus will be on display and available for sale.

Bert Gilbert, sculpture; Thomas Norpell, architectural miniatures; Ivy Tech Fine Arts Students, Fall Show & Capstone Show, various media. Browse multiple galleries in a beautiful, historic downtown setting. M-F 9-7; Sat 9-5. Call ahead for holiday hours: 812-330-4400.

Local woodworker, Lon Haywood, and textile artist, Tova Lesko, come together in an effort to discover the hidden wonders of the forest. In this particular effort the two have focused on the walnut and osage orange tree. Lon turns wood from the two trees, while Tova extracts dye from the same trees to dye her textiles with.

Chair Exercise Class: Increasing your Strength

What: Chair Exercise Class: Increasing your Strength

When: 9:00 – 10:00 am (4 classes), Mondays, Nov. 3 – Nov. 24

Who: Stormi Raines, Endwright Center Fitness Specialist

Where: The Endwright Center, 631 W. Edgewood Drive, Ellettsville, 47429

Cost: $10, pre-register/paid in full (only $2.50 per class)
FREE for Endwright Center Members

About: Chair-bound exercises are ideal for people with lower body injuries or disabilities, those with weight problems or diabetes, and for people looking to reduce their risk of falling. This is an excellent routine for any fitness level or age; from those who are wishing to work out while on the job to those who are injured or trying to stay active with a health condition such as fibromyalgia or arthritis. This low impact workout is easy on the joints but still very effective for toning. Cardiovascular, strength training, and flexibility chair exercises can help improve strength, posture, and reduce back pain. They’re also a great way to squeeze in a workout while you’re watching TV!

The beginner exercise class will begin with a warm-up session and then focus on the upper body or lower body, and then end with a cool-down. The classes will alternate between upper body and lower body each week. Each session will include a variety of different exercises with an individualized progression of difficulty throughout the class. Exercises will include a chair with dumbbells and resistance bands. Handouts will also be given to encourage exercise throughout daily life. For more information: call the center at 876-3383 ex. 515.

Submitted by:
Jaime Sweany
Area 10 Agency on Aging
631 W. Edgewood Drive, Ellettsville, IN47429
Phone 812-876-3383 ext. 582
Fax 812-876-9922
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.area10agency.org

The Kinsey Institute Gallery is open 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm weekdays or by appointment 8 a.m. to Noon weekdays. Admission is free. Due to adult content, visitors should be 18 years of age or older, unless accompanied by a parent or guardian. Guided group tours of The Kinsey Institute may be scheduled by calling 812-855-7686. The Kinsey Institute is closed for all IU holidays.

“The Taste of Seduction: Arousing Desire with Edible Aphrodisiacs”
Taste of Seduction examines the rich tradition of linking the enjoyment of food and drink with romance and sex, through a display of works of art and cultural artifacts from the Kinsey Institute. Curators combed the collection for depictions of food and beverages and selected more than 50 photographs, prints, paintings, ceramic and glass objects, and artifacts that relate to the consumption of food and beverages and its association with sexual desire, romantic love and seduction. This exhibition is part of the 2014 Themester: Eat, Drink, Think: Food from Art to Science.

Featured artists include Albert Arthur Allen, Herbert Ascherman, Lynn Bianchi, Gili Chen, Ian Cook, David Deaubrey, Anthony Droege, Beryl Fine, Gene Greger, Bill Haigwood, Naomi Harris, Danielle Kaltz, Maureen Kaveney, R. Leftwick, Henri Monnier, April Renae, Feodor Rojankovsky, Mark Sawrie, Sam Steward, Betsy Stirratt, and Marie Weichman.
The exhibit runs through December 19.

“Undress Me”
Undress Me presents a selection of playful vintage photographs of women in lingerie from the Kinsey Institute art collection paired with period underclothes such as corsets, petticoats, brassieres, drawers, robes, and other garments on loan from the Sage Collection at Indiana University. Ranging in date from the late 19th century through the 1920s, the clothing on display illustrates the dramatic shift in desired body shape from the hourglass, to the S-curve, to the straight boyish lines of the Roaring Twenties. Tight-fitting corsets were eventually replaced by simple brassieres, and the volume and number of undergarments worn by women dramatically diminished. While the historic undergarments on view served the functional purposes of shaping and protecting, their decorative elements reveal that undergarments, though private, were also meant to be seen and appreciated for their erotic possibilities.

Overseen by the Department of Apparel Merchandising and Interior Design, the Sage Collection serves as a resource for students, professionals, and the public. The Collection contains both a high-quality permanent museum collection intended for exhibition and research and a hands-on collection used in classroom instruction and fashion design studios. The Sage Collection was founded by Elizabeth Sage, the first professor of Clothing and Textiles at Indiana University. For more information, go to http://www.indiana.edu/~sagecoll or call 812-855-4627.
The exhibit runs through December 19.

Registration REQUIRED by November 5 at http://bit.ly/allenscreek11-10-14
Free, but hike is limited to 20 people. Recommended for ages 16 and up.

The limestone shoreline around the point at Allen’s Creek is so dense with fossils that it’s hard to find “plain” rock! The fossil beds are filled with crinoids and corals, interspersed with geodes – remnants of the shallow sea that once covered Indiana. On our hike to and from the fossil beds, we’ll explore the broader geological story told by the rock layers exposed in the Monroe Lake area.

Round-trip hike distance is about 4 miles over moderate terrain and takes roughly 3 hours. Program Location: Allens Creek SRA (directions emailed)

Billy Mills and Robby Benson will present the film
Billy Mills was the inspiration for the movie Running Brave, which stars Robby Benson. The film chronicles the story of Billy’s life on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and the many obstacles he overcame to become an Olympic Champion. (Digital presentation)

Special thanks to the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty & Academic Affairs, LaDonna Jessie BlueEye, Thomas F. Gieryn, Billy and Pat Mills, and Robby Benson.

Billy Mills
Billy Mills was born on June 30, 1938 in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. He is Oglala Lakota (Sioux) and grew up on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Billy did not have an easy childhood. Surrounded by poverty and orphaned at the age of 12, he started running to channel his energy into something positive. In high school, his gift for running become more apparent as he set records in numerous track events. He went on to earn a track scholarship from the University of Kansas and then served as an Officer in the United States Marine Corps. An Olympic gold medalist and Running Strong’s National Spokesperson, he has dedicated his life to serving American Indian communities.

Running Strong for American Youth: http://indianyouth.org/billy-mills

If you’ve ever had the breath sucked right out of you as you watched a graceful aerialist twirl and spin, entwined with diaphanous, flowing fabric, then you already understand the a soul-stirring appeal of aerial silks. What you may not know is that aerial silks are both surprisingly accessible and a killer workout. Flight Club Fitness offers small group instruction and individual classes that will get you off the ground, out of your head, and into a dynamically expressive fitness routine.

Classes are for all ages (8 & up) and all levels – including first timers- and are held every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at Twin Lakes Recreation Center. ANYone can try aerial silks! Our certified instructors are experienced in working with total beginners, and are experts in both working with kids and with helping our clients lose weight and get in great shape while mastering the art of aerial silks.

For a complete list of classes, or to register, visit:

https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/home?studioid=23783

Sixteenth-century European mapmakers read contemporary travel accounts and devised distinctive motifs for the inhabitants of different parts of the Americas. They marketed their works as uniquely suited for comparing societies and the influence of environment on human bodies, temperaments and mental abilities. At a time when some readers were complaining that there was too much to know, maps made peoples of different regions memorably distinct from one another. This paper shows how mapmakers inserted the concept of the monster – used to denote beings that broke the category of the human – into discussions about peoples of the Americas. Such motifs as Patagonian giants and beings with heads in their chests have little credibility when viewed through modern eyes, and are usually dismissed as exaggeration, imagination and error. By contrast, I shall analyze mapmakers’ renditions of monstrous peoples historically, asking questions that are not based on modern cultural assumptions, to reveal aspects of Renaissance epistemologies for phenomena that lay at the limits of possibility. In so doing, I indicate a road map for re-configuring our understanding of early modern science as a visual pursuit.

Surekha Davies is Jay I. Kislak Fellow at the Library of Congress and Assistant Professor of European History at Western Connecticut State University.

This lecture is made possible through the support of the College Arts and Humanities Institute, the College of Arts and Sciences, the Office of the Provost, and the Department of History. There will be coffee, tea and light refreshments.

Dr. Konstantin Dierks of the Department of History at Indiana University, will present a public lecture in conjunction with a new exhibition that he curated at the Lilly Library at Indiana University. Professor Dierks will address the global expansion of the US between the American Revolution and the Civil War, from diplomatic, military, commercial, missionary, and scientific angles. Come to the History Center to hear Professor Dierks speak on this fascinating subject that will offer some new insights into the formative years of the American nation.

The exhibition “Globalization of the United States, 1789-1861” is at the Lilly Library until December 18, 2014.