The Bellevue Group is a cooperative of local artists working in a variety of mediums that actively display their creative talents within the community. Their exhibit will be on display at the Gallery Group, Monday through Friday, 9 am-5 pm. Exhibit runs through September 26.

Continuing through December 30, 2012, Tuesday through Saturday 10 am-5 pm, Sunday 12-5 pm.

Gallery of the Art of the Western World, Doris Steinmetz Kellett Endowed Gallery of Twentieth-century Art, first floor.

In honor of Labor Day, Rockwell Kent’s iconic engraving is on display along with three other prints by this American Social Realist. Kent’s works were widely published in leftist journals in the 1930s, and his style and activist politics made him a favorite in the Soviet Union. This apocalyptic image of a lone worker fighting against aggressors with bayonets bears a title taken from Karl Marx’s Communist Manifesto that became a battle cry at labor strikes and protests worldwide.

Bloomington area artists are among the 93 whose works were selected for the “Hoosier Salon 88th Annual Exhibition.” The annual juried competition promotes Hoosier artists and their art by identifying the best works by Indiana artists, showcasing them in the annual exhibition and making them available for sale. The local artists in this year’s exhibition are Ronald Elkins of Bloomington for the oil painting, Morning Sun, and Wyatt LeGrand of Bloomfield for the oil painting, George Heaton, Takes a Big Dog.

The “Hoosier Salon 88th Annual Exhibition” runs through September 8 at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center, 450 West Ohio Street, Indianapolis. The show is open to the public during regular museum hours, 10 am to 5 pm Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is $7 for adults, $6.50 for seniors, and $5 for youth ages 5 to 17. Indiana Historical Society members and Hoosier Salon members receive complimentary admission.

Blueline Gallery is proud to announce their exhibition for August and September. “Works from Life” is a collection of figurative drawings and Bloomington landscapes by award winning painter Mark Ratzlaff. Available for viewing during regular gallery hours, 10 am-5 pm Monday through Friday. Exhibit runs through September 28.

“Media Life”, presented by IU’s Grunwald Gallery of Art, is an exhibit of drawings by Dutch artist Meik van Dongen. The exhibit will be open to the public from August 24 until September 15 during regular gallery hours (Tu-Sat, 12 pm-4 pm), and a lecture by the artist will be held on September 12.

The Grunwald Gallery of Art is pleased to announce Axe of Vengeance:Ghanaian Film Posters and Film Viewing Culture. This exhibition will open to the public with a gallery talk and reception Friday, August 24, 5-8 pm and be on view during regular gallery hours through Saturday, September 15, 2012. Two cinematic features will be on view at the IU Cinema, Black is Black: Mama Mia, Sunday, September 9, at 6:30 pm and Oganigwe, Saturday, September 15, 9:30 pm.

“Axe of Vengeance: Ghanaian Film Posters and Film Viewing Culture” is an exhibition of large-scale posters hand painted on flour sacks to advertise Hollywood, Bollywood, Kung Fu, Nollywood and Ghanaian films circulating in Ghana during the 1980s and 1990s. The posters and the venues where they were shown have become obsolete, as viewing has shifted from makeshift theaters to in home film viewing. The exhibit will feature a recreation of the traditional cinematic space, reproducing key aspects of the original viewing experience where visitors can view the films Isakaba Boys, Secret Adventure, The Snake Girl, and Oganigwe.

Broadway Idiot follows Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong from a punk rock concert at Madison Square Garden to the opening of his musical American Idiot on Broadway—only ten blocks away, but worlds apart. Go backstage as Green Day takes on Broadway—and ultimately see how the world of theater transformed Billie Joe. (HD Cam. 78 min. Not rated.)

Director Doug Hamilton is scheduled to be present. He will introduce and discuss this ‘rough cut’ of his film, before it appears in festivals.

Club Riders meets every Tuesday from March through November to ride bikes. It is a program that teaches older kids and teens to safely ride bikes around town, repair bikes, and offers a chance to get out of the club and explore Bloomington.

Annual fee for membership in the Boys & Girls Club is $20. It is open to ages 6-18. See website for more information and membership form.

Take in the fresh produce and prepared foods of the Farmers’ Market and enjoy the acoustic rhythm and voice of Jim Ansaldo. Music is from 5 to 6:30 pm. Market runs from 4 to 7 pm.

Monroe Lodge #22 of Free and Accepted Masons meets at 6:00 on the first Tuesday of every month for dinner before their business meeting. Though the meeting is restricted to members, the dinner is open to all men over the age of 18 who are interested in learning more about Freemasonry, the world’s oldest fraternal order, and how it helps the Bloomington community through charity and volunteer work.