Featuring Free Tastings from Local Food and Wine Vendors
$2 suggested parking donation for general public
Celebrate T.C. Steele’s birthday outdoors in the open air and in the same surroundings that inspired Steele 100 years ago. Artists work as T.C. Steele did—en plein air—and visitors can stroll the grounds to watch, enjoy free tastings from local artisan food and wine vendors, and listen to local Brown County bluegrass band: White Lightning Boys. An Artist-in-Residence will present demonstrations during the event.

Please join the Bloomington Community Band in a 5K musical fun run/walk along the B-Line trail. The course features musical ensembles, the Bloomington Bones and the Hungry Five German band, playing on the course. A $25 entry fee guarantees event entry, musical water stop, and a T-shirt.

Net profits support the Band’s endowment fund through the Community Foundation of Bloomington and Monroe County. The endowment fund will help ensure the long-term viability of the BCB by providing an ongoing and stable source of funding. The Bloomington Community Band is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

The Bloomington Community Farmers’ Market is located at 401 N. Morton St. next to City Hall – Showers Building. Locally grown produce, annual and perennial plants, and a variety of prepared foods are available. Purchase your food directly from farmers and ask them questions about their products. Local entertainment adds to the shopping as well as socializing experience. Tantalizing scents and the inviting atmosphere may cause you to make the Market a weekend tradition.

The Bloomington Fire Department will be joining the Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce for a full-out waffle breakfast with all the fixings in support of the “Shop with a Fireman” fundraiser. Bring your families and children and enjoy a real live fire truck and a fireman on site to answer any questions and interaction. Only $5 per plate, and all proceeds go to the fund.

The City of Bloomington Department of Parks and Recreation hosts the displays and demonstrations of visual arts and fine crafts by local and regional artists during the second Saturdays of the season. Visit the Farmers’ Market in Showers Common and then browse for the beautiful and well crafted objects available at the Fair. Join us for this celebration of art and community.

Co-sponsored by Bloomington Parks and Recreation and the Lake Monroe Sailing Association, these lessons teach safe sailing skills to participants 18 years of age or older. No previous sailing experience is required. Instruction includes rigging, sailing upwind and downwind, docking, terminology, safety, and the rules of the road. For sailing details, call LMSA at 824-4611. For registration information, call 349-3700. *Ten percent discount for LMSA members. Recommended text is Sailing Fundamentals by Gary Jobson, available from local bookstores or from the Monroe County Public Library. This class is also appropriate for those who may have physical limitations that make the handling of smaller boats difficult.

Classes are held from June 9 until October 7. Register at least three days in advance.

This special Lotus exhibit at the Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center is a selection of traditional African fiber-art objects from the extensive collection of artist and IU Professor Emeritus of Fine Arts William Itter. These stunning woven textiles and baskets come from Sierra Leone, Mali, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, and other areas of sub-Saharan Africa. Sponsored by IU African Studies Program and IU Emeriti House.

Runs from September 7 through 30. A gallery talk by Prof. Itter will be held on September 13 at 5:30 pm, followed by a reception.

Lift it! Move it! Explore the science of pulleys and levers as you effortlessly pull yourself high off the ground in a pulley chair, lift a heavy block of stone with the strength of your little finger, design a catapult to lay siege to a castle, build a model of an amusement park ride and more! This exhibit on simple machines will remain at WonderLab from June 05 until September 23.

WonderLab’s hours are 9:30 am to 5 pm Tue-Sat, 1 pm – 5 pm Sunday. Open extended evening hours until 8:30 pm the first Friday of the month.

In this workshop, kids are transported to another time and space. They get the opportunity to step outside of themselves, out of their usual personal story, and have an expanded view with more possibilities. This program is fun and engaging, using teaching around a theme or story, but also for moments of personal peace and stillness. For 3-8 year old yogis.

Annibale and Agostino Carracci were the leaders of the Bolognese school that overthrew Mannerist aesthetics for a style based on the observation of nature, fusing Florentine draftsmanship with Venetian color. This installation features some of their major prints.

Runs until September 16