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.

Inspired by The Amazing Race reality TV show…Experience a taste of what Monroe Lake has to offer in this unique event that plunges you and a partner into a series of mental and physical challenges! Each stage of the race features a different aspect of natural history, recreation, cultural history, or wildlife management that you can experience at Monroe Lake.

Limited to 10 teams (of 2 people each); Registration required by September 9.

Register your team with the Paynetown SRA Office between 8 am and 4 pm.
By phone: 812-837-9546 OR In person: 4850 S. SR 446, Bloomington

Please have the following info for both team members ready when you register: Name, Mailing Address, Primary Phone Number, E-mail Address (if applicable), List of any food allergies/restrictions.

Payment is required at time of registration. Credit card required for all registrations made over the phone. Check/cash accepted only for in person registrations.

All participants must be at least 18 years of age and in good physical condition. In order to participate, you must sign a liability release at Orientation on Sep. 22. The registration fee will not be refunded for any cancellations made after Sep. 9. A letter with additional details will be mailed to all registered participants on Sep. 10.

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.

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.

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.

Join us at Oliver Winery as we celebrate 40 years of making great wine! We want to celebrate this special milestone with a fun filled day for all!!! Get ready for a party like you won’t soon forget featuring Camelot Mead, fabulous food, live music, historic memorabilia, balloon tether rides, puppets, production tours and a few surprises for good measure! Stay tuned for more details.

This installation, running from September 11 to December 31, will focus on three photographers Julia Margaret Cameron, Edward Weston, and Harry Callahan, who used their romantic partners as their subjects. Whether portraits or nude studies, these images reveal a sensitivity that comes from the artists and sitters’ close personal relationships.

This installation is presented in conjunction it the special exhibition “A Place Aside: Artists and their Partners,” on view at the Kinsey Institute Gallery, September 28–December 20.

Artists working in Paris and Lorraine during the Baroque period developed distinctive styles—which focused on the vibrancy of the line—that differed markedly from their Italian and Dutch contemporaries. The two print kiosks in the early part of the gallery feature French works by Jacques Bellange, Claude Lorrain, Jacques Callot, and Claude Mellan, whose engraving is a tour de force of printmaking that creates the face of Christ using a single line.

Help the experts from Eco Logic put the finishing touches on a wetland restoration project along the Beanblossom Bottoms trail. Volunteers will assist with spreading native plant seeds and treating invasive plants. Meet at the Beanblossom Bottoms trail parking lot at 10 am. Directions are available here. Bring work gloves and dress for the outdoors; wear waterproof boots to avoid wet feet. RSVP by September 20.

This installation presents the work of three contemporary Native American artists. It is part of the series, Contemporary Explorations, which features focused, rotating displays from the museum’s permanent collection that explore aspects of art from the 1950s to the present.

Runs until October 14