For Love or Money is the Kinsey Institute’s contribution to Themester 2015 at Indiana University. This year the theme is @Work: The Nature of Labor on a Changing Planet.

For Love or Money will explore various forms of sex work, as well as professions associated with sex and gender expression, including prostitution, exotic dancing, nude and erotic modeling, peep shows, burlesque and drag performance, and adult film production.

More than 80 artworks, photographs, artifacts, film posters, books, magazines, and documents from the Institute’s research collections will be exhibited, including works by contemporary artists Herbert Ascherman, Dennis Chamberlin, Michael Grecco, Jason Kiley, M.C. Madrigal, Barbara Nitke, Michael Rosen, Dona Schwartz, Annie Sprinkle, Daniel D. Teoli Jr., Martin Weinberg, and Hope Wurmfeld.

These varied materials offer a broader view of these forms of work, beyond the stereotypes of sex-related work as demeaning or victimizing. These professions may be out of the mainstream, but they play a significant role in the American economy and culture.

The exhibit continues through February 12th, 2016.

Visit a dozen studios, featuring the work of more than 20 artists. Meet artists, watch them work, explore the spaces that inspire them. Get a glimpse into the working lives of artists. Pottery to painting, woodworking to weaving, metal, jewelry, fiber arts, broom making, bookbinding and more.

FREE. All you need is a brochure and map, available at the Nashville Visitor Center, local businesses, or at www.BrownCountyStudioTour.com. Studios open every day in October.

Back by popular demand! Coffeehouse Nights provide campus and community members alike an opportunity to explore all that the IU Art Museum has to offer with extended evening hours. Experience an exciting fusion of live music, coffee, and art from around the world.

Stage fright or not, the weekly OPEN MIC CABARET is your chance to shine! Open to musicians, songwriters, performance artists, poets, actors, dancers, comics—you name it! Don’t be shy! Grab your 15 minutes of fame every Thursday night. Hosted by Actor/Musician/Songwriter dwBrykalski (dwBrykalski.com).

Community Justice & Mediation Center (CJAM), in partnership with Indiana University’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) has arranged a visit to Bloomington by Grande Lum. He is Director of the Community Relations Service “America’s Peacemaker” at the U.S. Department of Justice. The visit will include two public events on Thursday, October 1, 2015: one sponsored by SPEA at the University which will focus on conflicts in community relations nationally, and one for the community co-sponsored by CJAM and the Monroe County Public Library, to be held in the MCPL auditorium at 7:30pm with support from the City of Bloomington, Monroe County and the Town of Ellettsville. The community theme is Healthy Cities/Healthy Communities: promoting a peaceful and just community in Monroe County.