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This photo by Jeffrey Wolin shows the last day of quarry season at the Independent Limestone quarry in 1983. This is one of many photographs Wolin took for his book, with text by Scott Russell Sanders, on the Indiana limestone industry, "Stone Country." | Photo by Jeffrey Wolin

‘Stone Country,’ the Land That Carved a People
Yaël Ksander
In her first article for Limestone Post, Yaël Ksander, a producer at WFIU, takes an in-depth look at the collaboration between photographer Jeffrey Wolin and writer Scott Russell Sanders, whose two books (published 30 years apart) are a chronicle of our quarries — the workers, rock, and cultural histories of the Indiana limestone industry. Click here to read the full story.
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Artists William Bass, left, and Raphael Cornford stand at the end of their downtown gallery space, NOISE. Writer Lindsay Welsch Sveen says a new art scene is emerging that offers “hip alternatives to the institutions." | Photo by Samuel Welsch Sveen

New Art Scene Is Redefining What ‘Gallery’ Means
Lindsay Welsch Sveen, Samuel Welsch Sveen
What do you think of when you hear “Bloomington art gallery”? Many traditional galleries might come to mind, but a new scene is emerging that offers “hip alternatives to the institutions,” says Lindsay Welsch Sveen. With photos by Samuel Welsch Sveen, she shows us several places that are redefining “gallery.” Click here to read the full story.
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Every time you tear down a barn you obliterate a memory, says barn preservationist Duncan Campbell. But he and others are committed to saving what’s left of these legacies of Indiana’s diverse barn heritage. | Photo courtesy of the Indiana Barn Foundation

Saving Hoosier Agricultural Heritage, One Barn at a Time
Dason Anderson
Every time you tear down a barn you obliterate a memory, says barn preservationist Duncan Campbell. But he and others are committed to saving what’s left of these legacies of Indiana’s diverse barn heritage. LP writer and editor Dason Anderson looks into their efforts to preserve these treasures of Indiana’s (agri)cultural past. Click here to read the full story.
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Peggy talks to columnist Michael G. Glab about experiencing homelessness in Bloomington for nearly two years. | Photo by Michael G. Glab

Big Mike’s B-town: Peggy
Michael G. Glab
Some folks just won’t stay down. Peggy is one of them. Through an abusive past — and a challenging present — Peggy persists. In Big Mike’s B-town, Michael G. Glab talks to someone who has experienced homelessness for almost two years. Although life always seems to knock her down, “I get back on my feet,” Peggy says. Click here to read the full story.
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(l-r) Nyckelharpa player Olov Johansson, guitarist Roger Tallroth, and violist Mikael Marin of the Swedish band Väsen will be performing at their ninth Lotus World Music and Arts Festival this year. | Courtesy photo

Two Lotus Fest Trios Offer Twists on Traditional Music
Benjamin Beane
Xöömei and nyckelharpa … must be the sounds of Lotus! A meeting ground of world musical styles, the year’s Lotus Festival brings Swedish string trio Väsen and Tuvan throat singers Alash, offering an innovative twist on the traditional music of their home countries. Click here for videos and Benjamin Beane’s profiles of the bands, including an exclusive interview with Väsen.
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Trio da Kali (Mali/soulful Mandé griot traditions). | Courtesy photo

Lineup for 24th Lotus World Music Festival Announced
Benjamin Beane
The lineup for the 24th annual Lotus World Music and Arts Festival has been announced. In the coming weeks, writer Benjamin Beane will profile some of the more prominent acts that will perform. Lotus, which Beane says “perfectly encapsulates Bloomington’s celebration of cultural diversity,” begins September 28. Click here for the provisional lineup.
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Bella Bravo's 100-percent-local theater production of their play "As Bad As They," about opioid addiction, will be showing Friday, June 30, at The Blockhouse. | Photo by eric molina from New York City, United States [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Behind the Curtain: ‘As Bad As They’ [a play]
Jennifer Pacenza
Bella Bravo’s play As Bad As They explores the darkness of opioid addiction and the impulse of nonaddicts, especially loved ones, to exert a new form of control over the addict. And it’s a comedy. In her column, Behind the Curtain, Jennifer Pacenza calls this timely play “local theater as a form of activism.” Click here to read the full story.
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Filmmaker TJ Jaeger's short film screened at Cannes in May. | Courtesy photo

Local Filmmaker’s Short Film Screened at Cannes
TJ Jaeger
After his short film "Lost Dog" won awards at Campus MovieFest, filmmaker (and LP contributor) TJ Jaeger thought the journey had ended. But then he was invited to show his film at the 70th annual Cannes International Film Festival in France. Now he has many experiences to share. Click here to read the full story.
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You can help out in the Bloomington Community Orchard during their Work and Learn Days on Wednesday evenings. | Photo courtesy of Bloomington Community Orchard

Out-of-the-Ordinary Summer Events for Your Next Adventure
Sierra Vandervort
A-a-a-ah, summer. Bloomington is a different town when school is out. The traffic is thinner, the pace is slower, and the small-town feel really settles in. Boring? Hardly. Here’s a short list of out-of-the-ordinary events to keep your summer happening — all during the week! Click here to read the full story.
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Musical children pass through various stages of development, each step requiring different approaches, encouragement, and patience, says Miller Susens, a cellist in the IU Jacobs School of Music. | Copyright: gonshi4545 / 123RF Stock Photo

Helping a Musical Child Foster a Love of Music
Miller Susens
Musical children pass through various stages of development, each step requiring different approaches, encouragement, and patience, says Miller Susens, a cellist in the IU Jacobs School of Music. Supporting young musicians encourages individual expression and contributes to a more well-rounded and compassionate human being. Click here to read the full story.
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Kenneth L. Roberson (right), director and choreographer of this summer's "Dames at Sea" production by Indiana University Summer Theatre, instructs during a rehearsal. | Courtesy photo

Behind the Curtain: The Joy of Summer Theater
Jennifer Pacenza
Attending summer theater allows us to truly enjoy the moment, says Jennifer Pacenza in her Limestone Post column, Behind the Curtain. And local theater lovers have many shows to choose from in the next few months. In this preview of the IU Summer Theatre season, Jennifer says the lineup promises some “lasting summer memories.” Click here to read the full story.
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Big Mike’s B-town: Michael Waterford, Adventurer
Michael G. Glab
This month, adventurer and Bloomington native Michael Waterford will attempt to solo kayak the full length of the Mississippi River in record time — fewer than 42 days. Limestone Post columnist Michael G. Glab spoke to Waterford about his “Race to the Gulf” and the many trials he’ll face on the “big water.” Limestone Post will publish regular updates of Waterford’s journey. Click here to read the full story.
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