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The Indiana University Arts and Humanities Council has created the First Thursdays Festival at Showalter Arts Plaza — a monthly event that will “celebrate and showcase” a range of arts. | Photo courtesy of IU Office of First Year Experience Programs

IU to Showcase Artists with Massive Monthly Festival
TJ Jaeger
Recognizing the wealth of “artists and thinkers” on campus, the IU Arts and Humanities Council has created the First Thursdays Festival at Showalter Arts Plaza. The monthly event will “celebrate and showcase” a range of arts — musical, visual, performance, and other creative endeavors — free and open to the public. Click here to read the full story.
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Coley D, of Misfit Toy Karaoke, and Stacy Louise Hardy perform during karaoke night at Bloomington's only queer bar, The Back Door. In a post-Orlando world, writer Zak Szymanski argues places like The Back Door, with “its diversity and ideology,” are becoming sanctuaries for the disenfranchised — and “the future of LGBT space.” | Courtesy photo

Queer Space, Post-Orlando: Can Karaoke Save the Misfit?
Zak Szymanski, Andrew Grodner
Many people think what’s happening at The Back Door is culturally transformative,” Zak Szymanski writes about Bloomington’s only queer bar. In a post-Orlando world, places like The Back Door, with “its diversity and ideology,” are becoming sanctuaries for the disenfranchised — and “the future of LGBT space." Click here to read the full story.
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11 Tips to Be the Best Pokémon Go Player … Like No One Ever Was [video]
TJ Jaeger
Have you been wandering the streets of Bloomington looking for Pokémon, walking one more block to see if Pikachu is right around the next corner? Videographer and Pokémon Go fan, TJ Jaeger, put together a handy video showing the safest, most efficient way to be the very best — like no one ever was. Click here to watch the video.
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Lindsay Welsch Sveen chose to knit socks using the yarn from Marble Hill Farm's fleece crop. This photo shows the satisfying last step of sock knitting: stitching the toe closed. | Photo by Lindsay Welsch Sveen

Farm to Yarn: The Craft Part 3 of a 3-Part Series on the Life of Local Fiber
Lindsay Welsch Sveen
In parts one and two of her “Farm to Yarn” series, Lindsay Welsch Sveen procured yarn from its source and learned how to dye it. In this finale, she finds help with knitting “magical creations” — socks! Click here to read the full story.
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Plan-It-X Fest, a weekend of folk-punk running July 22 to 24 at Stable Studios, brings people to southern Indiana for the opportunity to see both friends and favorite bands perform. | Photo by Garrett Walters

Plan-It-Right: A Folk-Punk’s Survival Guide to Plan-It-X Fest
TJ Jaeger
Writer TJ Jaeger says surviving Plan-It-X Fest — a folk-punk music festival running July 22 to 24 at Stable Studios in Spencer — “is no walk in the woods.” So he asked the festival organizers for tips and tricks to make sure you “and your inner anarchist” get the most out of it. Click here to read the full story.
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Orks stand their ground in "Warhammer 40,000" in the downstairs gaming rooms of The Game Preserve. There are a variety of opportunities for tabletop gaming in Bloomington. | Photo by Lynae Sowinski

Tabletop Gamers Discover Abundance of Adventures in B-town
Dason Anderson
Writer Dason Anderson says tabletop gaming is more than healthy escapism. It’s an avenue “for the creative spirit, the puzzle-solving mind, and the adventuresome soul.” And the games are not just fantasy. Fans of classic literature, architecture, and sci-fi can find games — and venues around B-town — that suit their interest. Click here to read the full story.
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The locally made film "Above the Fruited Plain" exemplifies “independent, do-it-yourself filmmaking that the coasts aren’t creating,” says Jessica Levandoski, co-founder of Middle Coast Film Festival. A leading force for filmmaking in the Midwest, the festival will screen 82 films at five venues July 28–30 in Bloomington. | Photo courtesy of "Above the Fruited Plain"

Local Film at the Heart of Middle Coast Film Festival
TJ Jaeger
A leading force for filmmaking in the Midwest, Middle Coast Film Festival will screen 82 films at five venues July 28–30 in Bloomington. Among them is locally made Above the Fruited Plain, which festival co-founder Jessica Levandoski says exemplifies “independent, do-it-yourself filmmaking that the coasts aren’t creating.” Click here to read the full story.
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Studios an Integral Part of B-town Music Scene [video]
TJ Jaeger
Bloomington’s vibrant, homegrown music scene thrives in genres that span the spectrum. With such talent and energy, it’s only natural that a recording industry would be a part of the scene. In this short documentary made for Limestone Post, filmmaker TJ Jaeger tours a few of the area’s many studios. Click here to watch the video.
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Nathan Clark spins steel wool on the Clear Creek Trail. Clark created this image by packing steel wool into a whisk, attaching it to a dog leash, lighting it on fire, and spinning it while using a long exposure. | Photo by Nathan Clark

From Lake Monroe to the Milky Way, a Photographer’s Long Exposures
Nathan Clark
Nathan Clark doesn’t so much shoot for the stars as shoot at them. His time-exposure photography is stunning, but his work also focuses on his more down-to-earth interests — the outdoors, geology, and conservation. Here is a gallery of some of his favorite shots. Click here to read the full story.
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Instant Gratification Movie Challenge producers Eric Ayotte, left, and Charlie Jones are celebrating the challenge's seventh year on June 5 at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. | Photo by TJ Jaeger

Movie Challenge at Buskirk-Chumley Promises ‘Instant Gratification’
TJ Jaeger
Instant Gratification Movie Challenge celebrates seven years on June 5 at Buskirk-Chumley Theater. Producers Eric Ayotte and Charlie Jones sat with writer TJ Jaeger to discuss their monthly short-film festival, its roots in the “DIY punk scene,” and their effort in “keeping live cinema alive.” Click here to read the full story.
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Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys created a cradle of bluegrass music in Bean Blossom, Indiana, that continues to influence musicians of all genres today. Anders Beck of Greensky Bluegrass (pictured here performing at The Vogue in Indianapolis in January) credits the Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia for his introduction to bluegrass. Garcia was heavily influenced by Monroe, and even visited Bean Blossom in 1964 to audition for him. | Photo by Samantha Eibling

From Blue Grass to ‘Purple Rain,’ Bean Blossom Fest Celebrates 50 Years of Influence
Samantha Eibling
Even before Bill Monroe's first “Blue Grass Celebration” in 1967, Bean Blossom, Indiana, was a home to the style of music Monroe created. Fifty years later, it’s still considered the cradle of bluegrass music. As writer Samantha Eibling tells it, Monroe’s — and Bean Blossom’s — influence reaches far and wide. Click here to read the full story.
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Bloomington has two Food Truck Friday locations lasting from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., one in The Chocolate Moose parking lot and one in the Smith Shoe Center parking lot. | Limestone Post

The Mavens in the Food Trucks
Limestone Post
With Food Truck Friday in full swing at two locations in Bloomington, an anonymous photographer set out to photograph the people who make it happen. Whether at The Chocolate Moose or in the parking lot at Smith’s Shoe Center on South Walnut, these chefs, cooks, and servers dish out the goods. Click here to view the photos.
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