October brings four new exhibits to the Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center. All exhibits are available for viewing during regular gallery hours (Mon-Fri 9 am-7 pm, Sat 9 am-5 pm).

Contemporary fabric artist Sandy Hill splashes the walls with jewel-toned swirls and flourishes. Her freestyle forms employ silky-sheen fabrics and light-catching metallic threads, making a joyous quilting tour-de-force that celebrates the colors of the rainbow.

Tom Rhea takes us on a painterly tour of Bloomington’s best-loved landmarks, both town and gown. An eye for detail, a heartfelt connection with his subject matter , and an uncanny ability to render light on limestone make Rhea’s watercolors a delight for locals and visitors.

Sculptor (and writer) James Alexander Thom hand-carves fallen trees to reveal their spirits as sinuous, self-referencing, and graceful.

Fascinated by pattern and the negative space between objects, Ellen Starr Lyon says her current work is about “lushness of the commonplace.” A conservator at the IU Art Museum, Lyon is especially drawn to elements of Asian art, which are often found in her still-lifes.

When your toddler or preschool child hits the turf field at the Twin Lakes Recreation Center, they will be ready to run and play! An indoor turf field provides you and your young child with ample space to run, play on an obstacle course, and practice ball throwing and kicking skills. This free-time play is parent supervised while the TLRC provides all the equipment for an hour of healthy physical play. Check the monthly calendar for special Turf Time days with the bounce house and specially scheduled games. For children ages 1 – 6 yrs. w/parent. Every Monday and Wednesday.

Mahmoud al-Batal, associate professor of Arabic in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies and director of the Center for Arabic Study Abroad at the University of Texas at Austin, presents “Al-Kitaab Arabic Textbook Series: Pedagogical Vision & Classroom Practice,” from noon to 1:30 pm and “Toward a Pedagogical ‘Arab Spring’: Teaching and Learning Arabic in the U.S.” from 5 to 6:30 pm..

This exhibit, “A Place Aside: Artists and Their Partners,” is on display at the Kinsey Institute Gallery and will run from September 28 to December 20.

Since the invention of photography, the camera has been turned towards loved ones to document birthdays, vacations, graduations, and other significant events. For each of the couples included in this exhibition, however, photography is not a method of simply recording events but a means of exploring their partnership through the creation of art. While the photographs serve as documents of a couple’s life together, they also reveal the trust and respect that each partner has for the other.

The Kinsey Institute Gallery is open to the public Monday-Friday, 1:30 pm-5 pm.

Cassandra Extavour, associate professor in Harvard’s Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, will present the 13th James P. Holland Memorial Lecture. Her research explores the evolution of developmental mechanisms that control embryogenesis and germ cell fate in arthropods.

Mahmoud al-Batal, associate professor of Arabic in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies and director of the Center for Arabic Study Abroad at the University of Texas at Austin, presents “Al-Kitaab Arabic Textbook Series: Pedagogical Vision & Classroom Practice,” from noon to 1:30 pm and “Toward a Pedagogical ‘Arab Spring’: Teaching and Learning Arabic in the U.S.” from 5 to 6:30 pm..

Feldenkrais Method-Awareness Through Movement® (ATM) classes are a series of gentle, verbally guided movement sequences that are intended to improve posture, flexibility, coordination, and even attention. Those who wish to enhance their well being, whether they are healthy or currently experiencing physical pain, stress, or anxiety can, benefit from this class.

Participants must be able to get up and down to the floor without assistance. Participants must be able to lay on their stomachs for an extended period of time.

Classes held Mondays and Wednesdays from September 5 to October 15. Call or search for class on website to register.

In 1960, Cuba made an open call for volunteer teachers for the Cuban Literacy Campaign. Over 250,000 people volunteered, including thousands of very young women who achieved a degree of independence virtually unknown by Cuban women at the time. Maestra explores the stories of eight of these women and we see how the experience changed their lives, and the lives of others. (2K DCP prersentation)

Catherine Murphy is scheduled to be present.

A Panel discussion will follow the screening.

Every Monday night at 9 pm, The Bluebird nightclub features an evening of karaoke hosted by local favorite Dave Walter.