Month: September 2020

As the October First Thursday festival approaches, I’ve taken a minute to reflect on the role of live music during these uncertain times. Though at times I miss the traditional live concert experience, events like the First Thursday festival have made me appreciate the creative and collaborative experiences born out of these parameters. Normally, Tiny…… Read more »

Finding a work/home balance in the age of coronavirus is difficult. I feel you, we all feel you. If only we could be able to get out of the house, have a change of scenery, and be able to work in a more productive space without the fear of getting sick, getting our work done…… Read more »

For the first few months of shelter-in-place, I felt awful—not because I was sick, but because sitting inside for the entire workday, and then some, was wearing on me. With work and school bleeding into my personal life, nothing felt sacred anymore; it was all just sameness. But then I started mimicking the walk I’d…… Read more »

As the semester is finally kicking into gear, I think we can all say that virtual learning is confusing and stressful at times. It’s hard to adjust to a totally online classroom space. While we try to get through the rest of this pandemic, let’s make the best of our virtual learning. Here are 10…… Read more »

The annual Lotus World Music & Arts Festival, organized by the Lotus Education & Arts Foundation, has been a source of pride for the city of Bloomington and an inspiring event for the many people that happen upon it—or even travel miles to attend it. During my time as a student at IU, I would…… Read more »

(Image taken by Jeremy Hogan, 2020) My first encounter with this mural was during my freshman year on campus. I remember walking down Kirkwood and seeing people pose in front of it in their matching IU gear for Instagram. It had just been freshly painted by local artist Eva Allen in 2017, during a time…… Read more »

As a humanities student, I spent most of my time in the older parts of campus. But when time permitted, I’d often walk past the huge red sculpture outside the Jacobs School of Music’s Musical Arts Center (MAC). The piece—famous American sculptor Alexander Calder’s Peau Rouge Indiana—was created by Calder specifically for its location in…… Read more »

This semester is off to a much different start than usual, with the campus arts and humanities community’s typical host of shows, lectures, and performances either virtual or modified. But the beauty of the arts and humanities is how adaptable we can be when presented with the constraints of Covid and social distancing. This Thursday,…… Read more »