Come see Posoltega, Nicaragua! The Bloomington-Posoltega Committee of Sister Cities International has been supporting projects to feed the neediest children of the village a hot lunch each weekday for close to 26 years. The sister city committee also provides scholarships to Posoltegan college students so they can attend universities in nearby towns. The exhibit, featuring twenty-three photographs by photographer Debbi Conkle, focuses not only on scenes of typical village life in and around Posoltega, but also on the children and youth who benefit from the sister city programs. Come view the photographs while enjoying a delicious meal at Lennie’s Restaurant and Brewpub. The exhibit is up through the end of October. After 4:00pm on each Tuesday in October, present a “Helping Hand Certificate” while dining, and Lennie’s will donate 20% of your tab to the Bloomington Posoltega Sister City Committee. All proceeds from the sale of the photographs will also go to the committee. Learn more about our sister city and print a certificate at our website above.

Heather Hewett will discuss her research on feminist food studies and the ways in which food becomes a tool for inclusion or exclusion towards those with food allergies.

Heather Hewett is an Associate Professor of English and Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies at SUNY New Paltz. Her recent projects have focused on feminist mothering, disability studies, and food studies with particular focus on food allergies. She has also written essays for the public in prominent venues including The New York Times, CNN.com, and Ms. Magazine. Dr. Hewett earned her PhD in English Literature (with a Certificate in African Studies) from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2001.

Part of Themester 2014’s “Eat, Drink, Think: Food from art to Science”

Dorothy Graden, mixed media drawings; Aric Verrastro & Vincent Pontillo-Verrastro, contemporary jewelry; Kelly Jordan, paintings; Mark Kidd, photography; Marla Roddy, sculpture. Browse multiple galleries in a beautiful, historic downtown setting. M-F 9-7; Sat 9-5.

Adrian Van Allen is an artist, designer, and anthropologist who has created exhibits and web sites for the Exploratorium, NASA, the Smithsonian, UC Berkeley, and the Cleveland Museum of Art. During this presentation she’ll explore how collaboration has emerged in recent decades as a key concern for a broad range of academic disciplines and cultural institutions. As anthropology and public museums have searched for methods to integrate different kinds of knowledge from their source communities into exhibits and collections, the forms of collaboration and the kinds of representations they produce have correspondingly shifted. A similar shift from “display” to “dialogue” can also be charted within a series of institutional multimedia projects she created between 2006 and 2014. Case studies presented will include ‘Evidence: How Do We Know What We Know?’ for the Exploratorium, ‘Digital Nineveh Archives’ with UC Berkeley and the Iraqi Department of Antiquities, ‘Ars Synthetica’ with the Synthetic Biology Research Center (SynBerc) and Paul Rabinow, and ‘Crafting Nature’ a collaboration between Van Allen and scientists at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History during her dissertation fieldwork. Across these projects she’ll examine how collaboration is conceptualized by participants, how the roles of stakeholders change through the development, design, and production processes, and how different perspectives can be leveraged to provide insight into the production of scientific knowledge such as archeological histories, narratives of human origins, and emerging synthetic biology techniques. The lecture is free and open to the public and part of the Cultural Heritage Informatics lecture series, organized in conjunction with the joint Digital Infrastructure Planning for OVPR Cultural Heritage Collections project of the Mathers Museum of World Cultures and the Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, with support from the Office of the Vice Provost for Research, Indiana University.

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.

Take time off from cooking and enjoy some Pizza & Pasta with friends and family. Pick up a flier at the library in Bloomington or Ellettsville or download a copy from http://www.mcpl.info/friends. Present the flier when you pay your check and Bucceto’s will donate 20% of what you spend to the library. All proceeds go to fund the much used programs offered. Your meal will taste even better knowing you’re contributing to an award-winning library for all in the community! Offer is valid for dine in and carry out.

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.

IU’s Department of Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance and IU Cinema present an afternoon discussion with veteran character actor, Jonathan Banks. The conversation will be led by Jonathan Michaelsen, Chair of IU’s Department of Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance. Jonathan Banks attended Indiana University as an undergraduate and has since made a 40-year career of playing memorable characters in film and television.

Most recently known for his roles of Mike Ehrmantraut on Breaking Bad and Professor Hickey on NBC’s Community, his filmmography includes:

Better Call Saul (2014, TV Series)
Term Life (2015, Film)
Horrible Bosses 2 (2014, Film)
Community (2014, TV Series)
Identity Thief (2013, Film)
Axe Cop (2013, TV Series)
Parks and Recreation (2012, TV Series)
Breaking Bad (2009-2012, TV Series)
CSI: Miami (2011, TV Series)
Two and a Half Men (2011, TV Series)
Modern Family (2011, TV Series)
ER (2008, TV Series)
Dexter (2007, TV Series)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2004-2006, TV Series)
Women of the House (1995, TV Series)
Walker Texas Ranger (1994, TV Series)
Tales from the Crypt (1994, TV Series)
Matlock (1994, TV Series)
Highlander (1994, TV Series)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993, TV Series)
Wiseguy (1987-1990, TV Series)
Falcon Crest (1987, TV Series)
Otherworld (1985, TV Mini-Series)
Beverly Hills Cop (1984, Film)
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai (1984, Film)
Gremlins (1984, Film)
Hill Street Blues (1983, TV Series)
48 Hours (1982, Film)
Frances (1982, Film)
Lou Grant (1979-1981, TV Series)
Stir Crazy (1980, Film)
Airplane (1980, Film)
Coming Home (1978, Film)
Barnaby Jones (1976-1977, TV Series)

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Love good food, but not the price tag? You can eat better on your tight budget if you add a little ambition to your nutrition. See how smart shopping, planning, and cooking save time and money, and taste the results yourself as professional chefs show us how it’s done. Families welcome. Maximum capacity is 30 participants, so registration is required. Registration online beginning October 1st at www.mcpl.info/money/smartfoodies.