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September 2 is the first day of classes for new and returning IU students.  As one of them, I’m excited to start a new semester of classes after a long summer break.  As a fellow IU student and editor, I’d like to welcome all the new students [...]

You can “make your own history by making pies with family and friends,” says chef Daniel Orr “Nobody can so no to a slice of pie.”
Sarah Kaiser

With the prevalence of 4-H competitions focused on raising beef, swine, sheep, ducks and other animals, it is easy for those unacquainted with the organization to think this is all 4-H has to offer. But Evan Eakins, a 10-year member, explains that “there’s so much more to 4-H than the cows and plows.” Sarah Kaiser

These chicken (or tofu) and vegetable kebobs, flavored with orange juice and dry white wine, will make a delicious treat for family and friends. Pair them with jasmine rice and a tossed salad and you have a meal. Sarah Kaiser

With warm weather and a holiday mood in the air, summer is the perfect time to drag out the grill and fire it up. But when you start grilling, don’t just stick with the same old burgers and dogs: try something new! Sarah Kaiser

We decided to give readers a glimpse of the diversity in the upcoming performances by highlighting some of each style, from classical to jazz, and each type, from large ensemble to chamber music to solo recital. Sarah Kaiser

Concert Information
What: Carol Ponder and IVE perform Appalachian ballads and other folk songs
When: 2 PM, March 1
Where: Auer Hall
It will be Carol Ponder’s first trip to Bloomington when she performs her native Appalachian ballads with Indiana University’s International Vocal Ensemble (IVE) this March. She seemed excited to come to IU when interviewed over the [...]

“Everyone’s heard soul tunes, but not everyone has a sense of the context in which they were produced,” says Dr. Sunni Fass. Fass is the Administrator/Project Coordinator of the IU Archives of African American Music & Culture (AAAMC) and curator of the upcoming exhibit “A Change is Gonna Come: Black Music and Political Activism.”
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It’s hard to find a genre to describe the music of Malcolm Dalglish. It’s hard to even find the right words to fully describe his new CD Into the Sky, a blend of choral music and folk songs that uses an elaborate variety of percussion instruments, including the hammered dulcimer, which Dalglish plays. [...]

This month, prepare to be drawn into a world of young love which transcends time and place in IU’s brand new production of the beloved Puccini opera La bohème. The IU Jacobs School of Music has brought noted stage director Tito Capobianco to create and direct this production, in association with IU’s own master scene [...]