Dan Swan, Curator of Ethnology, Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, and curator of “A Giving Heritage: Wedding Clothes and the Osage Community” will discuss his work with the Osage Community in developing the exhibit, as well as the history, importance, and meaning of wedding coats in Osage culture. A reception will follow the talk. The program is sponsored by IU’s American Indian Studies Research Institute; Committee on Native American and Indigenous Studies; Department of Apparel Merchandising and Design; and Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology. The event will be free and open to the public.

Garfield, a chubby and sarcastic tabby cat fantasizes about having the most amazing birthday in the history of birthdays. He deserves it for being the best cat ever! But, it seems that all his friends – Arlene, Odie, Jon, and even his nemesis, Nermal, seem to have forgotten. Me-owch!! Feeling rejected, Garfield ventures out to find adventure, but quickly learns that “home is where the heart…and the food is.”

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Once a year at The Venue we celebrate Ekphrasis, and this year we invite you to join us this Friday at 6:00 p.m. for a viewing of the Paintings of The Exphrasis III.
A Greek tradition, Ekphrasis is the literary description of, or commentary on, a visual work of art. For our event we have invited some of our community’s most recognized painters to submit an evocative painting. We then invited some of the area’s most prolific poets to select one of those paintings to be the inspiration for an original poem.
Paired poets and painters will present their paintings, read their poems, and describe their inspirational and creative processes. The Paintings of Ekphrasis are an experience all their own, independent of their poems, and we invite you to share in their inspirational energy. They are also for sale, at reasonable prices.
Join Us!

Friday Night Lecture: The Buddhist Approach to Improving Relationships
with Western Buddhist Monk, Kelsang Zamling
Friday, 15 September • 7:00 – 8:00 pm

Our relationships — whether personal or professional–are often a source of stress, conflict, and dissatisfaction.  This public talk will focus on making our relationships more stable and positive through the use of Buddhist mindfulness and meditation.  Open to everyone, this evening is guaranteed to inspire and inform.
Cost: $10
Everyone is welcome!

Kelsang Zamling is a western Buddhist monk and the Resident Teacher of Kadampa Meditation Center Bloomington. He is known for his clear, humorous and inspiring teachings.

Moonlight and Magnolias is a clever comedy play about the writers of the movie “Gone With the Wind”. The producer has had enough of delays – he locks his top team away until they finish the script, with hilarious results. The play is based on a legendary Hollywood incident that also light-heartedly explores the struggle between artists’ morals and the film industry’s prejudices. Includes some old-fashioned swearing. Directed by Gerry Pauwels.

Join WFIU on September 15th for an evening with Steve Inskeep! A native of Carmel, Indiana, Inskeep is a graduate of Morehead State University in Kentucky. He is host of NPR’s Morning Edition, as well as NPR’s morning news podcast Up First, with Rachel Martin and David Greene.

Known for posing probing questions to everyone from presidents to warlords to musicians, Inskeep has a passion for stories of the less famous—like an American soldier who lost both feet in Afghanistan, or an Ethiopian woman’s extraordinary journey to the United States.

Since joining Morning Edition in 2004, Inskeep has hosted the program from New Orleans, Detroit, Karachi, Cairo, Houston, and Tehran; investigated Iraqi police in Baghdad; and received a 2006 Robert F. Kennedy journalism award for “The Price of African Oil” on conflict in Nigeria. In 2012, he traveled 2,700 miles across North Africa in the wake of the Arab Spring. In 2013, he reported from war-torn Syria, and on Iran’s historic election. In 2014, he drove with colleagues 2,428 miles along the entire U.S.–Mexico border; the resulting radio series, “Borderland,” won widespread attention, as did the acclaimed NPR online magazine of the same name.

Doors will open for this reserved seating event at 7:30 p.m. The event will include a video component and Q&A session and is expected to last two hours.

Movies in the Park – Fridays at dusk, location varies.

Bloomington Parks and Recreation and the Ryder Film Series present free movies in the parks on the big screen.

Date Location Movie
5/26/2017 Bryan Park Pool Finding Dory (2016-PG)-9pm or dusk
8/18/2017 Bryan Park Pete’s Dragon (2016-PG)- 9pm or dusk
8/25/2017 Butler Park Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015-PG-13)- 8:15pm or dusk
9/1/2017 Bryan Park The Secret Life of Pets (2016-PG)- 8:45pm or dusk
9/8/2017 Waldron, Hill, & Buskirk Park Double Indemnity (1951-NR)- 8:35pm or dusk
9/15/2017 Bryan Park Tomorrowland (2015-PG)- 8:30pm or dusk

Monroe County Civic Theater presents The Odd Couple (female version)

It’s girls’ night at Olive Madison’s house. Olive is a messy, scatter-brained, cluttered news producer living in New York in the 80’s. When her friends Mickey, Vera, Sylvie and Renee come over for a game of Trivial Pursuit, they quickly realize someone is missing: Florence Unger, a neurotic, neat freak, bookkeeper turned stay-at-home mother.

We find out Florence’s husband has had it with her obsessive ways and kicked her out. Olive opens up her home for her friend, and what happens next is hilarious, heartwarming, and heart-breaking. Can two opposite people live together without killing each other? Will all of the rest of their friendship be ruined in the process? And what happens when the fiery Costazuela brothers try and go on a date with Olive & Florence?

Neil Simon’s adaptation of his Odd Couple for a mostly female cast is in turns touching, challenging and laugh out loud funny. Enjoy!