Demonstrations (10:30 to 11:30 a.m.); Talk Stage (11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.); Demonstrations (2:30 to 4 p.m.)

A member of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, Katrina Mitten was born and raised in Indiana. Although most of the Miami were removed from their ancestral lands, Katrina’s family remained in Huntington County. She learned traditional beadwork by studying family heirlooms and museum artifacts. Her work combines the geometric designs found in Miami ribbon work with the floral patterns of Great Lakes tribes’ beadwork, as she incorporates personal experiences and family stories into her art. Taking inspiration from family and community narratives, Katrina’s artwork continues a storytelling tradition that predates statehood. Through her work, Katrina demonstrates that Miami history and culture is “not something from the past, it is still going on today in the present.” The events will be free and open to the public.

Privet, autumn olive, and other invasive bushes will be our target as we continue follow-up from a recent large-scale control project at Touch the Earth Natural Area.

Register on our website or contact John Lawrence at [email protected] or 812-336-5382 ext.105.

Graffiti is an unauthorized inscription or drawing on a public surface, and it is meant to be confronted by a viewing public and elicit a reaction or perhaps a response, notes Fernando Orejuela. He also notes that graffiti born from the hip hop subculture of the 1970s can be understood as resistance through adornment. This talk, by Orejuela, aims to address a cultural phenomenon when the act of vandalism is transforms into a highly-stylized art form recognized and adopted all over the globe.

A Senior Lecturer and the Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology at IU, Orejuela teaches courses on hip hop culture, subcultures, and youth music scenes; critical race theory and music; children’s folklore and service learning; and play, gaming, and sports. His is the author of Rap Music and Hip Hop Culture published with Oxford University Press and currently co-editing a volume with fellow ethnomusicologist, Stephanie Shonekan on Black Lives Matter Movement and Music to be published by Indiana University Press. He is also a music consultant for the National Music of African American Music in Nashville, Tennessee and a member of the advisory team for Carnegie Hall’s A History of African American Music. The lecture will be free and open to the public.

Come have tea with us at tea club. Bring some tea to share or come just to chat.

Animated Kratt Brothers, Martin and Chris, “come to real life” in a classically Wild Kratts story. Off “To the Creature Rescue!” the Kratt Brothers activate some fan favorite Creature Power Suits to confront a comic villain. Through hilarious pratfalls and amazing animal ‘wow facts’ the Wild Kratts team rescue their favorite invention from Zach’s clutches so the animals of the creature world are safe once again.

WFHB is throwing a Birthday Party for Hoagy Carmichael and you’re invited – 7pm, Thursday, November 16th at Fountain Square Ballroom, on the southside of the square in downtown Bloomingon.

A night of Hoagy Carmichael songs, liberally interpreted by Mark Bingham & David Gulyas, and Kid Kazooey’s Hoagy House Band (Danny Deckard, David Gulyas, Nate Johnson, Kid Kazooey, and Lara Weaver with special guests Paul Mahern and Bob Stright).

Co-sponsored by CFC, Oliver Winery, Cardinal Spirits and Upland Brewing Company.

A fundraiser for WFHB Bloomington Community Radio
Admission: $20

Cash bar featuring libations from Cardinal Spirits and Upland Brewing Company.

Sierra Hull has been recognized from age 11 as a virtuoso mandolin-player, astonishing audiences and fellow-musicians alike. Grammy-winning Alison Krauss called her to the Grand Ole Opry stage before Hull was even a teenager. Two years later, she signed with Rounder Records, and soon became known as a remarkable mandolin player, a tone-true vocalist, and a recording artist of high order. She made two acclaimed albums. She played the White House, Carnegie Hall, and the Kennedy Center. And she became the first bluegrass musician to receive a Presidential Scholarship at the Berklee College of Music.

Now a seasoned touring musician, Hull has delivered her most inspired, accomplished, and mature recorded work to date. Her 2016 album, Weighted Mind, is a landmark achievement, not just in Sierra Hull’s career, but in the world of folk-pop, bluegrass, and acoustic music overall. With instrumentation comprised largely of mandolin, bass, and vocals, this is genre-transcending music at its best, with production by Béla Fleck and special harmony vocal guests Alison Krauss, Abigail Washburn, and Rhiannon Giddens adding to the luster. Hull speaks eloquently through her challenging and sensitive original songs and her heartfelt vocals, all while breaking new ground on the mandolin.

“The moment you start to be yourself, there’s an honesty about that, that people connect with,” she says. “This album feels like the story of my early twenties, of that searching. Now, it feels like everything worked out the way it was supposed to.”

Doors will open for this reserved seating event at 7:30. Sierra Hull will perform in a duo with Ethan Jodziewicz. The opening performer has not yet been announced.