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.

People & Animal Learning Services (PALS) invites you to join us on Saturday, October 24, from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. for the 15th Annual PALS Fun Show. This event is free to the public and celebrates PALS’ programs and the accomplishments of our clients. The Fun Show is a great opportunity to witness PALS programs in action and experience the positive impact PALS has on the people of the community. This fun-filled day includes the chance to cheer on PALS clients, award ceremonies, tasty concessions, kids’ activities, and a chance to win fabulous door prizes! Food will be available for purchase from a local food vendor. We will also have an information booth at the Fun Show for guests with any questions about PALS. The event will be held at PALS, located at 7644 W. Elwren Rd., Bloomington, Indiana, 47403. For more information, please visit palstherapy.org/funshow or contact PALS at [email protected] or 812-336-2798 ext. 18. You can also like us on Facebook at Facebook.com/palstherapy, or follow us at Youtube.com/palstherapy.

The Grunwald Gallery at Indiana University is pleased to announce 24/7/365 a video work by Kevin O. Mooney. This exhibition will open Friday, October 23 and continue through Wednesday, November 18, 2015. An opening reception will be held on Friday, October 23 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the Grunwald Gallery. Kevin O. Mooney will give a gallery talk about 24/7/365 on Friday, November 13 at 12 noon in the Grunwald Gallery.

365247•2012 is a time-based piece created by Kevin O. Mooney. Rooted in still photography, the work is presented as a video projection. The more than 250,000 still images, presented as a photographic stop-motion animation, allow the viewer to witness the artist’s day-to-day routines, the same activities that are experienced by many on a daily basis. When interacting with the piece, the past and future are viewed simultaneously. Ultimately, a year in the artist’s life is presented in under an hour, offering others the opportunity to vicariously participate and find meaning in mundane activities while also reexamining their own unrecognized minutes, hours and days.

Mooney states: “I have been fascinated with self-portraiture since the mid-seventies. I began photographing myself as an undergraduate student while attending Southern Illinois University in the cinema & photography program. Throughout my career as a commercial/editorial photographer, I continued to do self-portraits, often with the subjects that I photographed for a specific assignment or job, primarily as a record of who I had photographed, especially if the person was famous. I then decided to challenge myself by making a photographic self-portrait every day for an entire year. When 1997 was over I continued with the daily self-portrait, incorporating it into my daily routine, and do so to this day.”

For further information, please contact the Grunwald Gallery at (812) 855-8490 or [email protected]. We invite you to visit our website at http://www.indiana.edu/~grunwald/. The Grunwald Gallery is accessible to people with disabilities. Gallery hours are Tuesday – Saturday, noon – 4:00 pm, closed Sunday and Monday. All events are free and open to the public. For more information on the Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts at Indiana University, please visit www.fa.indiana.edu.

In Bloomington, atomic ranch isn’t just a catchy term for mid-century homes. Here it can also mean a home for atomic scientists!
BRI’s 39th annual historic tour features 6 outstanding “atomic ranches,” including the one built by two Manhattan project scientists as their home. Take a look inside the homes, and you will see window walls that open interior rooms into outdoor spaces, you will find a dining table that slides through a wall between the kitchen and living area, and you will walk through completely original kitchens and bathrooms and distinctive carports.
The tour is Saturday, Oct. 24 from noon to 5 p.m. Tickets go on sale Saturday, Oct. 10 and cost $10 for adults and $5 for children under 12. The homes are located just south and east of Indiana University.
Buy tickets in advance at Bloomingfoods or the Bloomington Visitors Center on North Walnut Street. On the day of the tour, buy tickets at tour headquarters, 1342 Southdowns Drive.

Author of Miles from Home: The Journey of a Lifetime; Phillip L. Woods, a native son of Nashville whose autobiography includes details growing up in South Central Indiana during the 1940’s as well as details about his 2 walks across America, will be making an appearance to greet readers and provide autographs.

At the age of 66, he decided to walk across the United States from east to west. He wanted to see the country not as politicians and lobbyists were formulating it, but see it as a land of individuals who had their own values and opinions. Then at the age of 72, he made a second trek across the country, this time from north to south.
Let his memoir and can-do spirit inspire you in pursuit of the American Dream.
Books will be available for purchase and autographs.
www.philliplwoods.com

Monroe Lake’s annual Halloween event, the Ghostly Gathering, will take place at Paynetown State Recreation Area on October 23 and 24.

The event begins with a bigfoot investigation hike on Friday, October 23 at 2 p.m. Visitors can then join in a shadow puppet making session from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. and enjoy shadow stories by the fire at 8 p.m.

On Saturday, October 24, you can make creepy, crawly crafts from 1 to 3 p.m. and compete in the all-ages costume contest at 4 p.m. Trick-or-treating takes place in the campground from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.; at the same time, visitors can vote on their favorite entries in the campsite decorating contest. The Ghostly Gathering concludes with a Halloween party on Saturday night from 8 to 9:30 p.m.

Full details about the Ghostly Gathering are included in Monroe Lake’s October Program Schedule, which can be found at stateparks.IN.gov/2954.htm. Campsite reservations can be made at camp.IN.gov. Activities are open to both campers and day visitors.

Thomas Robertello, internationally acclaimed flutist and associate professor in the Jacobs School of Music, will perform Indian ragas for the flute by Sameer Rao and Ravi Shankar. Following the concert, Judy Stubbs, the Pamela Buell Curator of Asian Art, will give a short talk about the Sari exhibition.

3 p.m.-4 p.m.
Arts Connection Reception

Join Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard and the Bloomington Food Policy Council to celebrate Food Day 2015 at Pie Fest! The free afternoon event includes pie baking demonstrations, fruit tree care demonstrations and a pie-in-the-sky community discussion of the Bloomington Food Policy Council’s upcoming Food Action Plan. All participants are encouraged to bring their favorite sweet or savory pie to share. Hot apple cider will be provided. Free parking is widely available. For more information, contact [email protected] or visit bloomingtonfpc.org.

This event is part of the Music in the Parlor Saturday Series at the Wylie House Museum. The performances will feature a variety of student string chamber ensembles coached by the Pacifica Quartet presenting a diverse selection of chamber music repertoire.

Have you been invited to multiple fall festivals, Halloween parties, and Trunk or Treats? We have an October party of a different kind for you…

Consider yourself invited to The Warehouse’s “PARTY FOR A PARKING LOT” on Oct. 24. From 4 p.m.-7 p.m., our party will be in full swing: carnival games, horses, bouncy houses, live music, food, giveaways, and the world’s (almost) largest piggy bank will greet you at 1525 S. Rogers St. All money raised will go to The Warehouse’s campaign for a brand new (and much needed) parking lot!