Free Furniture Art

Happy July 31st!

In college towns like Bloomington (home to Indiana University), where most apartments rent yearly from August to August, this is the day off-campus students move out at the last minute.

And leave their furniture.

Oversoul at Peoples Park

In the past two weeks, I have been fortunate to have a couple of father/son breakfasts on the town with my teenage son. I like to walk off the pounds go sightseeing after restaurant meals, so we walked a few laps around Kirkwood Avenue in Bloomington.

As soon as I stepped foot in Peoples Park, I saw the mural.

And exclaimed, "It's Alex Grey!"

My son was perplexed, so I had to share the story of my Alex Grey fascination.

Nighthawks 7/27/11

In yesterday's post, I mentioned finding local artists on Twitter. To highlight how useful Twitter is for expanding local social circles, I am starting a new feature called Nighthawks. On a regular basis (every week?), I will click on the Local Arts Tweets link in the sidebar of this blog and post screenshots of five current tweets I have explored. This is a fun way to meet new people and discover new arts events in your neighborhood.

Paul Smedberg Waldron Exhibit

Every week, I check local event calendars to find things to do. When I browsed the exhibit listing for The Waldron, Paul Smedberg's name jumped out at me.

I first encountered Paul's art many months ago when searching for local people to follow on Twitter. I was immediately fascinated by the combination of photography and computer graphics, the mixture of real and surreal.

The Wizard of Oz

I probably saved a lot of money by going to the final performance of The Wizard of Oz.

When I was a teenager, my younger sister watched The Wizard of Oz every day. She claims to not remember this, yet I can still recite most of the movie dialogue. The Youth Theatre did such a fantastic job with the acting, singing, dancing, costumes, and lighting... that I would have attended each show if my work schedule allowed for it. Bravo!