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Champagne and churches in Reims Reims, a northeastern city almost bordering Belgium, is known for two things: the Notre Dame de Reims Cathedral and its access to the Champagne region of France. The Institute of the International Education of Students took its Paris students there last weekend. Madeline Burg, a junior at Northwestern University, was glad to escape the hectic energy of the city. “It was actually really nice,” Burg said. “I would love to go back to Reims. It was just empty, which was kind of lovely.” She said this despite the freezing cold weather. Wrapped tightly in her tan coat, she shivered as wind circled around us. Pounded with waves of rain and wind, the massive church overlooked us. It was the tallest structure in the area. We could see Reims’ connection to the champagne industry — there was a series of stained-glass windows dedicated to its creation. Seeping royal blue infused light was an intricate maze of a window, all with miniscule barrels scattered about. Champagne, or champAH-gne in French pronunciation, is a sparkling wine that takes its name from the region in which it originates — Champagne, France. Saving us from the cold weather, IES took us from the cathedral to the Pommery, a champagne production house. “This place looked like Disney world,” Burg said. “The main part of it was walking through its caves. It was like a maze.” Passing through the Pommery doors, we were guided through the mismatched lobby featuring ancient wooden barrels and installations of
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Located on a back wall of the Notre Dame of Reims is a stained glass mural of the champagne making process.
neon lights. A few more steps and we were fed through a single set of double doors leading us down into the Pommery caves. This is where the champagne sits, for years, and decades even, while the wine ages and develops its carbonation. Footsteps echoed through the cave-like cellars as we moved from branch to branch. Piles of dusty, web-covered glass bottles rested along the walls. Our guide described the process of champagnemaking, as well as the differences between it and normal, flat wine. What makes champagne different from wine is natural carbonation. But to create the carbonation, the wine is fermented a second time. To simplify the process, there are three steps. Make the wine, add a carbonation solution, then remove the byproduct of said solution. Once the wine is created, the guide said it is poured into the champagne bottle and a solution of levure, or
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yeast and sugar, is added. The bottle is then corked and left to ferment while the yeast consumes the sugar and creates the carbon dioxide needed for carbonation. Once the wine has fermented, the bottles are inverted into the “A” shaped racks so the now dead yeast can settle into the neck of the bottle. When the bottle is finished, the settlement is removed and the cork is put back into the bottle. This is all done quickly to keep as much carbon dioxide in the bottle as possible. At the end of the day we climbed up the steps back into the lobby and found rows of filled flutes of champagne awaiting us. “It was kind of nice knowing that it was down there being tended to,” Burg said. “The cellar part was actually cooler than the champagne tasting.” audperki@indiana.edu
Stages Bloomington will present the Broadway production “Seussical” from March 27 to March 30. All six performances of the show, which will be staged at the Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center, sold out before opening night. “Suessical” is a musical based on several books written by Dr. Seuss. It first appeared on Broadway in 2000. Show director Pat Gleeson teaches classes at Stages Bloomington. She has directed more 350 shows starring people ages 5 to 19. Dana Burton, marketing associate for Stages Bloomington, said the organization focuses on performance opportunities for young people in grades one
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through 12. “It is the only theater company of its kind in Bloomington because it provides quality theater arts education,” she said. “There are year-long programs. So there are workshops, and summer camps and performances.” Kinder Stages is a new program in development by Stages Bloomington, which Burton said will be geared toward educating children in preschool through first grade with theater activities. She said the program will go beyond the experiences other community theater organizations offer. “The Cardinal has kids in shows, the IU Opera has kids in shows and that is a learning experience, but its not arts education based on kids’ developmental
levels,” Burton said. She explained how Stages Bloomington seeks production staffs that are knowledgeable on how children learn and how to give them the best experience in theater arts education. Stages Bloomington promoted its upcoming performances of “Seussical” by having ticket giveaways on the weekend of Dr. Seuss’ birthday. Though the show is based on children’s books, Burton said the show will appeal to audiences of all ages. “You don’t have to be a kid to like this show,” she said. Christian Kemp
Nikki Glaser to perform at Comedy Attic tonight FROM IDS REPORTS
Comedian Nikki Glaser will perform several shows at the Comedy Attic this weekend. Performances will take place at 8 p.m. today, Friday and Saturday, with additional shows at 10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Tickets range from $8 to $14 and may be purchased on the Comedy Attic’s website. Glaser, who began performing stand-up comedy when she was 18, started her career at comedy clubs in Kansas City and St. Louis, Mo. “Performing at the gritty
clubs in both cities taught me how to be a road comic before I was out on the road,” she said in an interview with Westword, an alt-weekly newspaper in Denver. “The rooms were drunk and smoky, and the crowds were down to hear anything. They weren’t uptight or trying to be cool. It was a great place to start.” Glaser has since appeared on several TV shows including “Last Comic Standing,” “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” and “Conan.” Last year, she co-hosted the late night MTV talk show “Nikki & Sara Live” with fellow comedian Sara
NIKKI GLASER AT THE COMEDY ATTIC Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday at 10:30 p.m. Schaefer. Since the show’s cancellation, she has spent much more time on the road. “I have the skill set to try new jokes in the middle of a set and not have their inherent weakness derail me,” she said. “I don’t feel the same pressure to be perfect up there that I did in the beginning.” Rachel Osman
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