You are invited to submit your pet’s photo to the 2015 Pet Photo contest! Winners will be featured in the Pets Alive 2016 calendar, and the grand prize winner will have a photo session with Lil BUB’s dude!

Submit entries online, and encourage your friends to vote. The Photo Contest and Calendar are fundraisers to support the mission of Pets Alive Nonprofit Spay/Neuter Clinic to solve the problem of pet overpopulation.

Contest concludes today.

Angels Fall Sale
September 10-20
Up to 60% off Select Items

Hours
Monday through Friday: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday: Noon to 5:00 p.m.

Lotus Education & Arts Foundation “Seeing Red” cochineal-dyed textiles; Lynn Flinders & Lynne Gilliatt, painting; Sharlyn Cheeseman, painting. M-F 9-7; Sat 9-5. Open later and on Sundays when performances are going on.

Ease into the weekend at our free noon concerts. Enjoy live music from around the world followed by a complementary informal lunch. Our Noon Concert Series is brought to you through a partnership with the Office of International Services. Performer TBA

John Bowen, an anthropologist at Washington University/St. Louis and expert on Islam in both Europe and Indonesia, will discuss his recent research regarding the rise and functions of Shari’a Law councils in Britain.

Join us for an open appraisal day at the Brown County Art Guild. Jackson’s Auction & Real Estate Company will be on hand to appraise original artwork by Indiana Artists.

Visitors are limited to 3 works each and they must be by an Indiana artist. This event only happens once a year and is free of charge. Jackson’s is Indy’s Premiere Auction House for antiques, fine art, collectibles, & real estate. Don’t miss your chance for an appraisal of your favorite paintings by Indiana artists!

Ashley Hasty, lecturer in Indiana University’s Department of Apparel Merchandising and Interior Design, will discuss the apparel pictured in a 19th century Wylie family photograph. This time period is marked by the caged crinoline which created the ever-expanding large skirts but provided relief from wearing numerous petticoats. A photograph of Arthur and Margaret (Wylie) Mellette provides the perfect subject for exploring mid-19th century fashion. For more details: libraries.indiana.edu/wylie-house-and-mid-nineteenth-century-fashion.

In the late 1920s and early 1930s, millions of Americans lost their jobs, lost their homes, and lost all hope as the unrelenting forces of the Great Depression affected all levels of society, year after dreary year. Taking office in 1933, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt met his pledge of a New Deal for America by swiftly enacting ambitious federal work relief programs. People’s faith in their nation was restored as they built roads, schools. airports, and even zoos–creating an infrastructure that still supports our nation today.

These New Deal programs also fundamentally transformed American archaeology. Work relief archaeologists labored across most of the lower 48 states, peeling back layers of soil, and revealing startling secrets of the country’s past absent from standard history books. Ordinary men and women from all walks of life–farmers, railroad workers, coal miners, shop keepers, secretaries, and executives–undertook the extraordinary task of excavating places of national significance, such as at Jamestown, Daniel Boone’s birthplace, and French and Indian Forts. Of greater significance, work relief archaeologists also explored and uncovered the camp sites, villages, towns, and mounds of then little known pre-European heritage of American Indians.

Dr. Bernard Means’ visit and talk are a part of the College of Arts and Sciences’ semester-long initiative, “Themester 2015: @Work: The Nature of Labor on a Changing World.” Themester is a program that combines academic courses, public lectures and exhibits, film showings and other events and is intended to engage students and the entire community in a collective learning experience about a timely, even urgent, issue.

On Friday, September 18, at 6 p.m., The Venue Fine Art & Gifts will host a reception for an exhibit of the paintings of ANKO, aka Anneke Dekker.
Dutch by origin, African by osmosis, and American by assimilation, ANKO (aka Anneke Dekker-Olthof)’s full-time passion as an artist draws from her experience as a fashion designer, interest in nature, and lifelong interest in art.
Travel all over the world has sharpened ANKO’s appreciation of color, texture, and pattern, while 13 years of living in Africa brought her an awareness of that diverse landscape and the uniqueness of its people. Her Americanization allows her to comfortably translate her experiences into art.
In her paintings, ANKO demonstrates her mastery of multiple styles and the use of unusual materials and techniques to create works that are colorful, dynamic, and captivating. And they are priced to quickly find good homes.
ANKO’S art is in collections in the United States, Europe, Australia, and South Africa. She has had several Solo Shows and regularly exhibits in Groups Shows in her home town near Lake Michigan and in Florida.
Light refreshments will be served. You can visit the following link for free parking options near The Venue: bloomington.in.gov/parksmart.
Join us for this very special event. This Show will run at The Venue until October 1.

Who’s the guy you call when you’ve got problems with your love life? Figaro, the whipsmart Barber of Seville, can fix anything—and he’s got a new assignment. Count Almaviva and the lovely Rosina are nuts about each other, but her crusty old guardian wants to marry her himself. In fact, he won’t even let her out of the house! But not to worry because Figaro has more moves than Tom Brady, and he’s got a game plan that will ensure that these young lovers end up living happily ever after.

Giuseppe Verdi called Barber the greatest comic opera ever written—and we think you’ll agree as you enjoy this wonderful season opener that boasts some of the most delightful and famous opera music ever composed!

Subscriptions available now! Visit the Musical Arts Center box office,
Monday-Friday, 11:30 am-5:30 pm, or call (812) 855-7433.