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Keep Bloomington Weird

The Way We Were…

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Our Town

A foreign correspondent who covered global hot spots before settling here, a jazz aficionado who turned his passion into a radio career, and the new Indiana University Athletic Director are Bloomingtonians worth knowing.

24 Arts/Entertainment

Musician Krista Detor found a way to present live theater at her Hundredth Hill property; and writer Scott Russell Sanders has a new book of essays.

32 Food/Drink

Foodies delight as a number of new eateries open around town; and an award-winning chili recipe to warm us on frigid nights.

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40 Fashion/Shopping

Face masks are the latest fashion statement—and a perfect stocking stuffer; and ETC for the Home responds to the pandemic by “reimagining creatively.”

44 Home/Family

Beacon shines bright as the new moniker for all Shalom programs, and garden columnist Moya Andrews provides ideas for modeling evergreens into holiday décor.

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Indiana University is home to a 2020 MacArthur Fellow, the school’s seventh; and the 121st Audubon Christmas Bird Count is on!

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Scott Dolson Director, IU Intercollegiate Athletics

by Peter Dorfman On March 17, five days after the NCAA canceled its Division I basketball tournaments in response to the COVID-19

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pandemic, Indiana University announced that Scott Dolson, deputy athletic director, would succeed Fred Glass as the university’s director of intercollegiate athletics on July 1.

Dolson had been deputy athletic director for 11 years, including all of Glass’ decadelong tenure, and the two had planned a normal, orderly transition. But this year, nothing has been normal in college athletics.

Shortly after Dolson’s appointment was announced, spring sports seasons were canceled. “Fred and I formed a medical advisory group during our transition period,” Dolson says. “We assumed that by July 1, everything would be back to normal and we’d be preparing for football season.”

But on August 11, the Big Ten Conference canceled its football season.

The conference reversed course in September, however, restoring a delayed, nine-game football season in front of only coaches and the parents of players. Everyone connected with the program, Dolson included, is tested daily for COVID-19. “We follow the uniform Big Ten protocols,” Dolson says. “We have the stadium announcer but not the band or cheerleaders.”

All other fall sports have been pushed back to the spring, forcing Big Ten athletic directors to improvise to make up for millions in lost income. Most football revenue comes

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from television, ticket sales, and Varsity Club gifts. There are no ticket sales, and revenue shares from the Big Ten’s multiyear deal with Fox Sports, ESPN, and the Big Ten Network are down sharply. “We had a 10% operational budget cut, department-wide,” Dolson notes.

“We’re honoring all our commitments to our student athletes, but we had furloughs that hit fall sports event staff the hardest.”

While no one could have prepared for such a chaotic debut, Dolson, 54, knows his way around IU sports. He’s an IU alumnus and former student manager under legendary basketball coach Bob Knight in the late 1980s.

He was hired by IU shortly after graduation and has been there for almost 30 years.

The pandemic shut down was a tough break for IU athletics, but Dolson, who has lived in Bloomington his entire adult life, is grateful for IU’s relative stability.

“Bloomington still feels like Bloomington,” he says. “My heart goes out to local businesses, though. We have our financial challenges here, but it’s not as make-or-break as it is for a local restaurant.”

Dolson and his wife, Heidi, also a lifelong Bloomingtonian, have five grown children between them: including Nick, 20, a junior at IU–Bloomington. “Our dog, Louie, is a 14-year-old puggle who runs the house,” Scott Dolson says. “He loves IU too.”

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Elaine Monaghan Journalist

by Craig Coley As a foreign correspondent, Elaine Monaghan witnessed Northern Ireland’s 1998 Good Friday Agreement, covered the Kosovo War, and traveled with two U.S. secretaries of state.

Today, she is a professor of practice at The Media School at Indiana University. “I never thought that I would find a job that I loved as much as being a journalist for Reuters,” Monaghan says, “and it turns out I find it right here in Bloomington.”

Reuters, for whom Monaghan worked from 1993 to 2002, is a wire service that distributes syndicated news as it breaks. “At Reuters I never had a deadline,” Monaghan says. “The deadline was always now.”

When news broke, Monaghan would call the office and dictate an 80-character “bulletin” to be sent over the wire. The practice was similar to the “insane online environment” that Monaghan prepares students to work in now. “Tweets to me are just another version of a bulletin,” she says. “It’s a lesson in how nothing changes.”

Monaghan, 52, grew up in rural southwest Scotland and went to the University of Glasgow to study languages. Between years of university, she lived in Berlin, where witnessing the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 triggered her interest in journalism.

After graduation, she underwent an intensive training program

by Reuters, which sent her to Moscow, where she got her first “scoop” by crawling between the legs of photographers to ask a question of President Boris Yeltsin.

Subsequent posts put her in Macedonia, Kosovo, and Dublin, Ireland. In 1999 she became Reuters’ U.S. State Department correspondent, and for three years traveled with secretaries of state Madeleine Albright and Colin Powell. She met her husband, Lee Feinstein, when he worked for Albright, though professional ethics prevented them from becoming romantically involved until Feinstein left the department. “Had George Bush not gotten elected,” Monaghan jokes, “we probably would not have gotten together, because Lee would have stayed on at the State Department.”

The couple married in 2003, and Monaghan began writing in longer form: magazine pieces for Congressional Quarterly and a column for The Times of London called Abroad in America—pun intended, she says.

In 2009, President Barack Obama appointed Feinstein U.S. ambassador to Poland, and Monaghan stepped out of journalism.

Feinstein was named founding dean of IU’s Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies in 2013 and Monaghan began teaching at The Media School two years later.

The couple have two children, ages 16 and 13, and between their family, their jobs, and everything going on in the nation and world, “there’s a long menu of things for us to talk about over dinner,” Monaghan says.

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David Brent Johnson WFIU-FM Jazz Director

in Indiana. “I can be a rah-rah cheerleader for Indiana jazz,” he says. “So much incredible jazz came out of the state: Hoagy Carmichael, Wes Montgomery, Freddie Hubbard, and Gennett Records in Richmond, which released the most important early jazz records. Black and white musicians played together. Jazz was a progressive force for racial integration long before baseball.”

Johnson credits the jazz program at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and its leader, the late David Baker, for creating a built-in local audience for jazz. “They are very savvy, loyal, and sophisticated,” he says.

When he’s not on the air, Johnson is at home in Bloomington’s Near West Side reading history and writing fiction—and urging young people to follow their passion. “I got into doing jazz radio because I loved jazz, and I wanted to pass that along. Then I got lucky and it turned into something I could do for a living.”

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by Janet Mandelstam David Brent Johnson was in his early 20s and unsure of what he was going to do with his life until one day he was sitting in a Bloomington coffeehouse and he became aware of the music that was playing. “It was a recording by Count Basie,” he recalls, “and some kind of weird light went on in my brain. I went across the street to a record store, found a recording, and got obsessed with listening to jazz.”

That obsession eventually led Johnson, now 54, to radio, where today he is jazz director and host of two programs on WFIU-FM: the weekly, nationally syndicated Night Lights, which chronicles the history of jazz, and Just You and Me, weekday afternoon programs that feature contemporary and classical jazz.

Once smitten, Johnson, a native of Indianapolis and graduate of Indiana University, took a job in a record store, where he was responsible for the jazz section. “A friend planted a bug of doing a radio show,” he says, “so I made a proposal to WFHB.” And soon he was a volunteer DJ at Bloomington’s community radio station.

When Joe Bourne, then WFIU’s reigning jazz host, was on a leave in 2002, Johnson was tapped to fill in. “From then on they used me as a part-time backup,” he says. He also produced some jazz specials for the station and in 2004 he created Night Lights. He became the permanent host of Just You and Me when Bourne stepped down from the show in 2011.

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editor’s message

Keep Bloomington Weird Okay, we all know that Austin, Texas, has the national reputation for being weird, but I think Bloomington is just as weird.

Austin is considered weird because of its “anything goes” music and arts scene and because it’s the polar opposite politically from the rest of the state. Sound familiar?

I don’t worry about Bloomington losing its weirdness by changing from blue to red, but in this pandemic, I do worry about our musicians, theater community, and artists. The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music normally puts on more than a thousand performances a year. What are all those talented students doing now, I wonder?

Undoubtably, the music school will recover, but our local artistic community is more vulnerable. There are hardly any venues for musicians to play, our live theaters are dark, and our artists have fewer opportunities to sell their work.

I’m heartened by the fact that our theater companies have shown impressive resilience during the pandemic.

A full rundown of the creative ways they’ve adapted can be found on Page 24. Another example of ingenuity is how the amazing Krista Detor put on a couple of plays for live audiences in her own backyard artist retreat (Page 30).

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Our main feature story, “Celebrating Our Local Artists,” presents the creations of 17 artists who work in a variety of mediums. Maybe you’ll want to take home something.

What also makes Bloomington weird is that our downtown consists mainly of locally owned stores and restaurants. In most cities, downtowns are dominated by national chains; Indianapolis, for example.

The short feature in this issue, “Help Our Local Stores!

Come Shop the Square,” will hopefully give a little boost to our locally owned retailers, both with purchases in person and online at their websites.

My fervent wish is that when the pandemic is finally over, our musicians, our theater groups, our artists, and our shops will still be here, and that Bloom will still be around to write about them.

Please Bloomington, stay weird.

Malcolm Abrams editor@magbloom.com

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Along with their website, Jennings and Hyde have recently started doing virtual store tours on social media highlighting new arrivals. Customers can then order online, call, or message to have favored items set aside, or browse items in-store. For those seeking a more private experience, MIRTH offers the opportunity to shop outside normal business hours, either alone or with family or girlfriends. Hyde says, “We take a lot of pride in the experience customers have when they’re here.”

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A certified health and wellness coach with 30 years’ experience working with the body, Tobie Hall learned at an early age that the food she put in her body determined her wellness. It’s a lesson she gained from her mother, who was deeply holistic, but also one that gained momentum when she attended Alexandria School of Massage Therapy and Nutrition in the 1990s.

“Although I have been a movement advocate my entire life and eat fairly consciously, my holistic approach to health became more serious while at the school,” she says.

At Up With the Sun Wellness, cleverly named because she’s always been an early riser, Hall teaches others the same principles she has lived—eating organic whole foods—to ward off disease. “I’m a living organism that needs living food,” she says, explaining that organic whole foods have a high vibration, unlike processed foods, and can heal and prevent diabetes, heart disease, autoimmune diseases, cancer, and acne, as well as balance hormones, reduce weight, and give the body abundant energy. “When you feel good, you have an amazing vitality, lower rates of anxiety and depression, higher selfesteem, and a lifestyle you are proud of. The body is meant to heal itself. It’s not about losing weight.”

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She’ll even grocery shop for them and do in-home meal preparations, private cooking, and parties.

“I am my clients’ biggest cheerleader and advocate without judgment,” she says.

“I support their ideas and together we can come up with a plan to help them discover solutions.”

Hall strongly believes that committing to a lifestyle of eating living foods can have a

dramatic effect on how a person feels and heals. “Being open to creative solutions and altering limiting beliefs about food will only serve you, creating a good-feeling vibration and healing energy within,” she says. “Movement, as well, is an integral part of your well-being. I believe a daily practice of meditation, yoga, Pilates, or any form of physical exercise is necessary to keep a body in motion.”

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Global Gifts

Dave Debikey, Manager After being closed for 2 1/2 months because of the pandemic, the fair-trade nonprofit Global Gifts reopened in May with precautions to keep its staff, volunteers, and customers safe. Those safeguards—admitting only eight people at a time, sanitizing surfaces throughout the day, and not touching customers’ items—are still in place, but potentially jeopardize the livelihoods of 300 artisan groups in 40 countries.

“There are communities that rely on us to market and sell their products—what we do here provides important income for families,” manager Dave Debikey says,

adding that the store’s limited capacity means less product gets sold. “The pandemic has impacted us, but it’s even harder for communities we work with around the globe. We have limited funding to provide the extra support they need at this time. That’s a bigger picture.”

In normal years, the shop would pack 50 people at a time during the holidays, which account for about a third of its business each year. “We’re encouraging people to shop online on our website for curbside pickup, because that’s going to be the only way we can actually manage to do the sales we need to do with only eight people admitted,” Debikey says, adding that customers can order or make direct donations of support at globalgiftsft.com.

Dave Debikey.

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contributors

Joe Lee ILLUSTRATOR: COVER Joe is an artist, cartoonist (whose Saturday editorial cartoon has run in The Herald-Times the last 17 years), author, and illustrator. A former circus clown, he has published books on Dante, Greek mythology, and the history of clowns. In 2015, U.S. Games Systems published his tarot deck, The LeGrande Circus & Sideshow Tarot. He is currently working on a graphic biography of Eva Kor to be published by IU Press in the spring of 2021.

Lee Ann Sandweiss WRITER: HELP OUR LOCAL STORES! COME SHOP THE SQUARE Lee has been a regular contributor to Bloom since its first issue. She co-authored with James H. Madison the award-winning textbook Hoosiers and the American Story (Indiana Historical Society) and a memoir about her family’s late Scottish Terrier, “Lock Ness!” and Other Tales of Nessie the Scottie (BookLocker).

Craig Coley WRITER: FOR FOODIES—9 NEW PLACES TO INDULGE Craig is a former schoolteacher and newspaper journalist.

He enjoys hearing people’s stories and sharing them with readers. Craig lives in Bloomington with his wife, Heather; daughter, Madrona; and dog, Roxy.

CORRECTION In the October/November 2020 issue, Bloom incorrectly

reported that The Green Nursery had permanently closed. Instead, The Green Nursery has rebranded and now offers CBD and hemp products.

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Editor & Publisher Malcolm Abrams Managing Editor Rodney Margison

Associate Publisher Cassaundra Huskey

Design Director Stephanie Reeves (Spectrum Creative Group)

Administrative Assistant Janet Arthur

Deputy Editor Sophie Bird Writers Moya Andrews Jack Baker Barb Berggoetz Megan Betz Paul Bickley Susan M. Brackney Aaron Brewington Molly Brush Craig Coley Olivia Dorfman Peter Dorfman Julie Gray Anna Groover

Janet Mandelstam Linda Margison Michelle Mastro Nicole McPheeters Rosie Piga Pizzo Scott Russell Sanders Lee Ann Sandweiss Carmen Siering Greg Siering Carol Anne Smock Tracy Z. Turner Jana Wilson Douglas Wissing Illustrators Joe Lee

Mike Cagle Photographers Martin Boling Haley Brown Jenn Hamm James Kellar Jim Krause

Nicole McPheeters Kendall Reeves Jeff Richardson Stephen Sproull Mike Waddell

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letters I always make it a point to read your [editor’s] messages. They are spot on and should be a motivation for people to act in a moral, rational fashion. Our country is indeed in serious trouble. Let’s see if the American people can assess the truth and vote accordingly.

TIM TERRY

The premise of your recent issue— “What’s at Stake”—was absolutely brilliant, and essays were uniformly excellent. What’s more, they demonstrated what an abundance of talent and expertise, in so many areas, Bloomington has to offer. Even the portraits of the contributors were outstanding. Everyone looked great and the personality of each person came through. Kudos to all involved!

DALE BURG

We think the new issue was inspired and hit just the right tone for these times, as did the editor’s note.

BECKY SCHICK

What a marvel! Beyond the alwaysengaging skinny on local citizens, businesses, events, and issues, your last issue scaled new heights. Feisal Amin al-Istrabadi provided a concise and very-readable sketch of global political and economic world order since WWII, and how it has destabilized after reckless U.S. actions: withdrawing from treaties, insulting NATO allies, engaging in tariff wars. He brings the message home with his concrete example of our soybean farmers losing access to Chinese markets. His conclusion is eye-opening: rational people may reject our continued role as guarantors of international order, but then we must accept that another country, likely China, may write and enforce the world’s rules. Wow. Excellent writing, thinking, publishing.

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Innovation Drives B-town Theater Groups During Pandemic Shutdown

by Tracy Zollinger Turner As large group gatherings remain unsafe for the foreseeable future, performing arts companies across the country have shut down—even Broadway theaters are dark at least until the summer.

Locally, Bloomington theater companies are innovating ways to keep audiences engaged while working together in the spirit of collaboration.

“We all have each others’ numbers and we’re all working together all the time to figure out the best way forward,” says Bloomington Playwrights Project Managing Director Brad Schiesser. “We all do different things and none of us wants to see the others fail.”

Most of Bloomington’s theater companies say they were financially healthy when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and that they have been able to pivot programming and adapt for the 2020–21 season. But if the pandemic continues to restrict the public’s ability to gather beyond that point, their futures become more uncertain. The unknown fate of the John Waldron Arts Center, which provides an affordable place for local theater companies to perform in its two theater spaces, seriously deepens that uncertainty.

The Future of The Waldron

In May, Ivy Tech Community College– Bloomington announced it was passing ownership of the John Waldron Arts Center back to the City of Bloomington.

According to Sean Starowitz, assistant director for the arts at the City’s Economic & Sustainable Development Sean Starowitz.

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official transfer of the building will likely happen on January 1, and the decision about its future will be shepherded by a task force appointed by the mayor and co-chaired by Miah Michaelsen, deputy director of the Indiana Arts Commission, and Valerie Peña, assistant vice president and chief of staff for the Office of Governmental Relations and Economic Engagement at Indiana University.

For now, Starowitz says the City’s plan for 2021 is to “maintain minimal but critical use for the livelihood of arts organizations,” such as Cardinal Stage, Stages Bloomington, and the Jewish Theatre of Bloomington.

Feasibility studies and future use plans for the facility won’t be completed and presented to the public until much later in the year.

Cardinal Stage

It was a stroke of luck that Cardinal Stage sold its building on South Walnut in the spring, says Managing Director Gabe Gloden.

Combining office space with the Bloomington Academy of Film and Theater allowed Cardinal to significantly reduce overhead costs. Funding from the coronavirus relief bill and the willingness of many season ticket holders to donate what they had paid for canceled productions also helped Cardinal remain stable.

Gloden says that figuring out how to drum up revenue in the digital realm has been a challenge, especially with so much free content hitting the internet. “Digital content creation and rollout is essential … but this industry has really struggled to figure out how to monetize things,” he says. “So, we at Cardinal thought, ‘Well, maybe this is an opportunity for us to counter-program. …

Maybe people are going to be spending so much time in front of the screens that they’re going to be looking for opportunities to step away from them and interact with theater in a new way, possibly outside.’”

Dubbing its 2020–21 lineup the “season of artistic adventure,” Cardinal has developed

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a “walkabout radio play” series that invites participants to walk among local landmarks as they listen to a story unfold. “The response has been really positive,” says Gloden.

“The challenge has been getting people to completely rethink the way theater is created and delivered and enjoyed.”

To that end, Cardinal created the Cardinal Cabaret Series, an interactive series of streamed performances (Home for the Holidays, December 11, 12, 18, 19; Swing into Spring, March 26–27; and Vintage Broadway, May 7–8) hosted by different teams of local artists and guests from Gabe Gloden. past productions.

Photo by Rodney Margison Cardinal is also offering a virtual performance of the musical Ordinary Days, which will be presented on demand.

Cardinal is presenting a membershipbased program that gives ticketholders access to all of the season’s digital content for $100.

“We’re going to overdeliver, I think, in terms of the value that the members are going to receive,” says Gloden. “I definitely tell people, when they ask the best way to support us, to purchase a membership and take a chance.” cardinalstage.org/support

Bloomington Playwrights Project

As the pandemic hit, the Bloomington Playwrights Project was enjoying the fact that its subscriber base had “septupled in the last six or seven years,” according to Brad Schiesser, its managing director. And the independent nature of the organization made it much easier to pivot to online programming than it was for others that had to negotiate the rights to perform online. “We have this

entire backlog of new work that is held in rights by the writer, including archival footage of a whole bunch of shows from the last ten years,” says Schiesser. This allowed BPP to create its own streaming, on-demand service as a fundraiser early on as it procured a Payroll Protection Program loan to help weather the storm.

As the coronavirus receded and resurged, “we’ve been through 10 to 12 possible iterations of our 2020–21 season,” says Schiesser.

Without the clear view that even a half-sold house would be safe for live performance, Producing Artistic Director Chad Rabinovitz conceptualized a new, at-home Brad Schiesser. kind of show Courtesy photo called In the Box Entertainment. Performances happen in real time online, but audience members are sent an interactive mystery box in advance that has items they may use, wear, smell, hold, or taste during the performance.

BPP writers continue to create new productions in this genre, and, because it owns its own performance space, BPP will continue to evaluate live performance possibilities. “We’re writing for the time we are in,” says Schiesser. “We are still running, we’re still on-brand with our mission: paying artists to create new content.” newplays.org

Jewish Theatre of Bloomington

The Jewish Theatre of Bloomington (JTB) celebrated its 15th anniversary “right before everything went kablooey and shut down,” says Producing Artistic Director Audrey Heller. After canceling their spring production of The Wanderers, “we sat on our haunches for a good month, not really knowing what to do,” she says.

As a return to the stage appeared increasingly unlikely, the JTB began to investigate the possibilities of Zoomappropriate productions, landing on The Grandkid—a lighthearted script by John Lazarus about a grandfather and granddaughter who become roommates as she begins college at the university where he teaches. A staged reading was presented to magbloom.com | December 2020/January 2021 | Bloom 25

online audiences as a free gift in August, with an invitation to donate.

The Grandkid allowed access to an audience from all over the United States and beyond, says Audrey Heller.

Heller. “We don’t Photo by Martin Boling want to go dark,” she adds. “That’s the kiss of death.”

While the wait for safe social gatherings continues, the JTB plans to do a reading of Blessings From the Pandemic, a Poetry Cycle for Performance by poet Rich Orloff in January. Heller is also looking for another intimate script that would lend itself to the Zoom format to produce in the spring and hopes that they will be back in live business— with a stage to play on—by autumn 2021. jewishtheatrebloomington.com

Indiana University Theatre

“We have a two-part mission this year,” says Linda Pisano, chairperson of the Indiana

University Department of Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance. “The first is to engage audiences with interesting work, even if it’s not live, and the second is to address race and the issues of our times.”

With campus theaters currently being used as classrooms, theater classes have moved online, where teams of students work together on theoretical productions that are being presented to the public virtually, free of charge.

Students are Linda Pisano.

Photo by Katie Gruenhagen learning a broad range of theater production skills as a result of today’s safety requirements. “We send out green screens, cameras, and microphones to students, and their dorm rooms and apartments become private studios,” says Pisano.

In response to recent racial justice protests, the department began a series of plays by

Black authors called Amplified, which will continue in February. As well, guest artists from various racial and ethnic backgrounds have been invited to contribute, including award-winning director and IU alumnus David Koté.

Pisano is optimistic about the future of theater everywhere when the pandemic subsides. “We’re going into a renaissance after this,” she says. “You can’t take this away from people for so long without coming back with a bang.” theatre.indiana.edu

Stages Bloomington

Bloomington’s volunteer-driven, youth theater education and performance company entered 2020 in a state of flux after its executive director, Pat Gleeson, died unexpectedly in November 2019. Marc Tschida, who also works as the operations and business manager for the Lotus Education and Arts Foundation, was brought on as interim director of Stages Bloomington in the spring, when the pandemic caused the cancellation of the musical The Lion King.

From that point, “we started a campaign to work on maintaining our community with our young actors,” says Tschida. Efforts were focused on social media and opportunities for youth to connect online through trivia night events and touch-in singalongs for The Lion King cast, which still hopes to perform live in 2021.

As the need to cancel summer camps relegated Stages’ 1,700-square-foot space to an expensive storage unit, “we made the tough decision to Marc Tschida. become a nomadic Courtesy photo organization,” says Tschida. Releasing the physical space allowed Stages to focus its resources on creating virtual classes and performances.

As complicated as 2020 has been, the circumstances have “given us the time to really step back and look at our programming and put ourselves in a good place as we move forward,” says Tschida.

As they round into 2021, Stages plans to turn to vaudeville, with comedy, stunt and juggling, and clowning courses leading up to a musical adaptation of the Marx Brothers’ Duck Soup. stagesbloomington.org

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A New Music Livestream Platform Conceived in B-town Law Office

Robert Meitus. Photo by Darryl Smith

by Peter Dorfman The coronavirus pandemic has created a huge demand for internetstreamed music. But most streaming experiences fall short of what musicians were used to before live venues shut down. “Generally, the quality wasn’t very good, and there was no ticketing or paywall,” says Bloomington lawyer Robert Meitus. “It was fun, but it was no way to bring back the music business.”

Meitus is married to noted singer-songwriter Carrie Newcomer.

Between them, they’d evolved a concept: a better livestreaming experience for music, where artists could perform and interact with audiences in novel ways. In June, backed by Indianapolis-based investors, the idea emerged as Mandolin, a new software platform for artists and venues.

Originally conceived in Meitus’ law office above the CVS Pharmacy on East Kirkwood, Mandolin is now headquartered in Indianapolis. Within five months, Mandolin has become a mature streaming platform with 50 employees, including Mary Kate Huse, a seasoned CEO. Meitus adopted the title of vice president, industry relations.

While his law practice continues, Meitus devotes about half his time to Mandolin as general counsel and liaison to artists and music venues who will use the platform to stream shows. “All over the country—and in London— we’re putting on shows or licensing our software to artists and venues,” Meitus says.

The Buskirk-Chumley Theater was an early licensee. “Carrie’s benefit [on July 24] was the first show,” he says. “She raised $10,000 for the theater.”

Artists stream performances in front of small, socially distanced audiences, or no audience. “Richard Thompson streamed performances from an empty studio in London,” Meitus recalls, “playing songs the audience requested in advance.” Audiences can interact with artists through chat, posting comments and emojis to which the musicians can respond. The platform enables “virtual watch parties.” Mandolin can manage multiple feeds from different locations, and the company can stream entire festivals.

Mandolin was created to help nurture musicians and audiences through the COVID-19 winter, but artists, impresarios, and the Mandolin team are inventing novel music experiences for the post-COVID-19 world.

“Learning how to play to livestream is a new art form,” Meitus says.

“There’s no telling where it will take us when COVID is past.”

Learn more at watch.mandolin.com.

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Chef/Owner, 21 North Eatery & Cellar Chef Matt Harakal credits his employees with helping 21 North Eatery & Cellar reach its three-year anniversary, particularly in the midst of a global pandemic. “Without them, we wouldn’t be here,” he says, adding that his staff was especially instrumental in helping the restaurant survive such uncertain times this year.

“A lot of business owners—chef owners—they’re not going to bounce back, they’re closing up, and I can’t help the people I’ve worked together with over the years in this industry,” he says.

“My heart goes out to them. I’m working hard to keep the spirit to serve alive for them. It’s just terrible.”

After having been the restaurant’s executive chef, Harakal took ownership of 21 North, located at 21 N. Jefferson St. in Martinsville, Indiana, when Connie and Tony Musgrave sold the business and relocated two years ago. An Ohio native with a Ukrainian and French background, Harakal graduated from Johnson & Wales University in North Miami, Florida, and trained under French Master and Michelin-starred chefs.

At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Harakal had to cancel menus and events already planned, like a big party for St. Patrick’s Day and a Chef’s Table ready to go. The latter is a tasting event that pairs local breweries or distilleries with five different courses, helping to bring attention to new companies and their products.

For the Chef’s Tables, Harakal designs plates and foods not served every day to present an educational and fun time for everyone.

“The Chef’s Tables are great times to focus and have an intimate conversation with 20 to 30 people that want to sit down and have a little secluded club,” he says.

While he hopes to hold those types of events again soon, Harakal had to cancel them in March to keep customers and employees safe. “For the events we had planned, we had probably

(l-r) Crystal Taylor, Kody Brandenburg, Misty Millis, Matt Harakal, and Steve Martinez.

Photo by Martin Boling

40 reservations and got the notice like everybody else to shut down, but we made it,” he says, adding that time allowed him to diversify the menu—offering comfort foods like meatloaf and fried chicken dinners—and a three-way liquor license meant he could sell cans and bottles of alcohol. “We really had to pull our talents together to see how we were going to pull this off, but we’ve had a great response.”

Even though 2020 has been an unpredictable year, Harakal feels encouraged about the future. He’s planning Christmas parties, with brunches and Chef’s Tables restarting after the first of the year, as well as kickstarting off-premise and home catering.

He is continuing to transition into a seasonal menu for winter, with items such as root vegetables and slow-roasted dishes. “This is my favorite time of year to cook, so there’s a lot of thought going into the menu, like seasonal beers and also seasonal game, whether it’s Wagyu beef or turkey or duck, we are going to keep that going.”

To enhance offerings while staying true to his mission to support local, Harakal is working with Indiana and Kentucky farmers, vendors, and places like Mooresville’s new Black Dog Brewery, while also investing in wines from France and Italy that people may not have tried before. “We’re trying to continue supporting local, because they’ve taken a real hit and suffered a lot, too.”

Through all the trials and plans moving forward, Harakal says his employees have given their all for the restaurant’s success.

“I’m very proud of our staff because, without them, we wouldn’t be able to do this,” he says. “I’d have to take a one-man show to a deli somewhere and try to put out some really crazy foods. It’s super tough for everybody this year, but they’ve been great. I couldn’t ask for a better group.”

For information, visit 21northeateryandcellar.com.

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Live Local Theater Returns Outdoors at Hundredth Hill Live theater returned to Bloomington at The Hundredth Hill, a 40-acre nonprofit artist retreat on North Fish Road, owned by singer-songwriter Krista Detor and husband, music producer David Weber.

Detor and Weber, who reside on the property, invited nine graduates of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts to isolate at The Hundredth Hill’s Emerging Theatre Artist Residency for 2 1/2 months, where they wrote and rehearsed two original plays. Among the graduates was Detor’s niece Kyndall Sillanpaa, who was unable to direct her senior show in New York because of COVID-19.

In October, the residents debuted two original plays over two weekends. The shows were performed outdoors before live audiences. It was the first time live theater had been performed in Bloomington since the statewide COVID-19 lockdown in March.

“It felt important to risk this staging,” Detor says, “because we are in the single most critical juncture that I have experienced: Theaters are shuttered, music venues are shuttered, and we are all under nearly immeasurable

Krista Detor welcomes the audience and introduces a performance of Children’s Crusade.

Photos by Jim Krause

pressure as so many systems critical to the flourishing of our species are threatened and under fire. Art is the antidote—the way we imagine our survival, the way we imagine ourselves into the future.”

In order to make the performances possible, Detor and Weber deployed CDC-guided safety measures, which were communicated to ticketholders in advance. Audiences sat in chairs or on blankets inside painted circles with at least 12 feet between circles. Up to four people who signed on together were allowed within a circle. The round stage stood 20 feet from the closest circle, and the resident artists had each been tested for COVID-19 four times.

Audience members were required to wear masks and social distance at all times when outside their circles. Inside the circles, they could be maskless to enjoy picnic dinners or food purchased onsite from Lagom Food Services.

For rural outdoor settings, the CDC limit for a gathering in October was 50. After the cast, a technician, Detor, and Weber, room was left for 38 people to attend each performance.

Detor says she feels other theater groups will follow a similar structure in the future.

“I know that the residents will carry some version of our performance model forward,” she says.

Proceeds from ticket sales were donated to local charities.

For more information, visit Actor Nancy Kimball performs as thehundredthhill.org.

—Paul Bickley Meribella in Children’s Crusade.

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food/drink

Award-Winning Chili Recipe + Tips for Making Good Soup For soup-lovers searching for a good chili recipe as winter approaches, Bloom reached out to Neville Vaughan, a battalion chief with the City of Bloomington Fire Department, who created the award-winning chili recipe at the 2019 Freezefest Chilly Cook-Off. “As firefighters, we work 24-hour shifts and much of our time is spent training, preplanning, maintaining equipment, and responding to all kinds of emergencies,” Vaughan says. “At the end of the day, eating is what brings us together. Chili is the perfect dish for us.”

And for advice on how to make great soup, Bloom contacted Nels Boerner, chef owner of Darn Good Soup, the popular restaurant on the downtown Square that closed recently. Boerner is keeping his recipes secret in the hope of reopening, but he was willing to share his top tips for making excellent soup at home.

NEVILLE VAUGHAN’S AWARD-WINNING

“Chili Bombero” Recipe

Ingredients: • 1 pound of skinless, boneless chicken breast or thighs, cut into bite-size pieces.

• 2 cans (14.5 ounces) of chicken stock.

• 1 can (6 ounces) of tomato paste.

• 1 yellow onion, chopped.

• 3 garlic cloves, minced.

• 1 jalapeño pepper, diced.

• 1 red bell pepper, diced.

• 2 small cans (4.5 ounces) of green chilies (mild or hot to preference).

• 2 cups of frozen corn.

• 3 cans of cannellini beans, drained.

• 3 medium Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled, par-boiled, and cut into bite-size pieces.

• 2 tablespoons of fresh cilantro.

• 1 tablespoon of fresh lime juice.

• 1/2 tablespoon each of ground cumin, cayenne, and coriander.

• Chipotle chili powder to taste.

• 8 ounces of heavy cream.

YIELD: FOUR SERVINGS

Instructions: • Heat olive oil over medium to high heat.

• Brown the chicken until no longer pink and set aside.

• Sauté onions, peppers, and garlic until soft and fragrant.

• Add seasonings and toast the spices.

• Stir in the tomato paste.

• Add chicken stock and green chilies.

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(above) Bloomington Fire Department Battalion Chief Neville Vaughan; (left) a pot of Vaughan’s award-winning chili.

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Bring to a gentle boil then reduce to a simmer.

Mash some beans with a fork, then add them with the rest of the whole beans, potato chunks, chicken, and corn to the dish.

To thicken, if necessary, simmer without lid or mix a tablespoon of all-purpose flour into broth from the soup and add back into the dish.

Stir in some heavy cream for body and smoothness.

Add cilantro for pop and lime juice for zest.

Add salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste.

Garnish with a dollop of reduced-fat sour cream, fresh cilantro leaves, and tortilla chips.

NELS BOERNER’S TOP 4 TIPS FOR MAKING

Darn Good Soup

1. Use a good stock “It’s really important to start with a good stock, getting down to really basic things,” Boerner says. He suggests homemade stock, a good stock concentrate, or a 1-liter boxed stock from the grocery store.

When asked what makes a good stock, Boerner’s answer is simple: One that tastes good.

“If you have a little sip of the stock and you’re like, ‘Meh,’ then you’ll be pretty well guaranteed that your soup is going to taste ‘meh.’ A stock should be something that warms your belly, and you think to yourself, ‘Mmm, that tastes good.’”

2. Use fresh, quality ingredients It can be tempting to use ingredients you have around the house, but Boerner cautions against this. Your soup will only taste as good as the stuff you put in it.

“Don’t use cheap meats and cheap vegetables or rotten vegetables,” he warns. “A lot of people are like, ‘Oh, I’ve got this stuff in the fridge. It’s been there forever, I guess I’ll make soup,’ but that’s not a good way to do it.”

3. Don’t be afraid to use seasoning Because soup is primarily made of liquid, any seasoning you put in will be diluted. “You need a lot of seasoning,” Boerner says.

When it comes to herbs, Boerner recommends taking some advice from Simon & Garfunkel. “Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme,” he says. “I like to throw a little oregano in there, too.”

For spices, he favors paprika and cumin.“If I’m trying to create a recipe or create something from scratch, I think about the main ingredients. Like maybe I’m making a soup with pork, so I think about how pork tastes and then I go to my spices and herbs and I start opening up containers and smelling them. If one smells particularly good with the taste of pork in my mind, then I say, ‘Oh, okay, I’ll use that one.’”

Boerner says. “I let my nose and flavor memory guide me. That’s a really good thing to do with cooking in general.”

4. Don’t forget the black pepper “You pretty much need to have black pepper in most things just because it’s a ubiquitous undertone in our collective cultural palate,” Boerner explains. “It’s kind of like having air to breathe—it’s just there, and if you don’t put it in, people can’t really put their fingers on it, but they’re like, ‘It’s not quite right.’” —Sophie Bird

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For Foodies

9 New Places to Indulge!

Brilliant Coffee Company. Photos by Nicole McPheeters

by Craig Coley The throes of a pandemic might seem an inauspicious time to open a new restaurant or food store, but Bloomington has seen a healthy number of new such venues launch in the face of considerable obstacles. Consider that on-site dining was shut down entirely for two months, then limited to 50% capacity, and is still constrained by the requirement that tables be spaced 6 feet apart. Also consider that many people remain uncomfortable dining out. All the same, a number of people—both industry veterans and newcomers—have taken the plunge despite the challenges. Here are a few.

HEALTHY HOOSIERS

The day in March when Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb ordered all restaurants to close was the day Ed and Gina Kramer signed a lease on the building on South Grant Street where Dat’s used to be. They renovated the space and in June opened Healthy Hoosiers café, selling meal-replacement smoothies and other beverages.

They feature 87 smoothie flavors, each designed to provide 24 grams of protein, 21 vitamins and minerals, and about 250 calories.

A smoothie is served with a shot of flavored aloe and a cup of tea.

Smoothie add-ins include the Flirtini, which is rich in collagen, and the New Mom, which replaces nutrients used in pregnancy and breastfeeding. Energy Bomb drinks, containing vitamins, ginseng, amino acids, and guarana come in a variety of flavors. Protein coffee is served iced or hot.

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CUSTOM FURNITURE & CABINETRY

Healthy Hoosiers.

5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Learn more at facebook.com/healthyhoosiers.

BLOOMING THAI

Blooming Thai opened in October on the west side of the downtown Square, in the former location of Darn Good Soup. It offers a wide variety of main dishes, soups, salads, cakes, and milk teas, including bubble tea. In addition to tom yum and hot-and-sour soups, there are four pho noodle soups.

The menu’s seven salads include two varieties of papaya salad and larb, which is a lime-dressed minced meat.

Standout entrees include a chicken dish served in a half pineapple and pad thai wrapped in egg.

Wine is available.

Blooming Thai is at 107 N. College and has Blooming Thai. indoor seating.

Hours are 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 4:30 to 9 p.m.

Monday through Friday; noon to 10 p.m., Saturday; and noon to 9 p.m. Sunday. Menu at bloomingthai.net.

NAT’S BAKERY AND CAFE

Natalie “Nat” Strauser opened Nat’s Bakery and Cafe in Fountain Square Mall in August.

“I’ve wanted to have my own place for most

of my life,” Strauser says. “I just didn’t think I would be 22 when it happened.” A friend had told Strauser, now 23, that the owners of Stefano’s were looking to retire, and she

Nat’s Bakery and Cafe.

took a semester off from her culinary arts studies at Ivy Tech Community College– Bloomington to launch the café.

Nat’s serves breakfast, lunch, and made-from-scratch cakes, pastries, scones, cookies, and doughnut holes. Vegan and gluten-free options are available.

Breakfast—served all day—includes madeto-order omelettes, egg sandwiches, and Pancake Tacos. Lunch offerings include sandwiches, salads, and soups.

Nat’s Bakery and Cafe is on the lower level of Fountain Square Mall, 101 W. Kirkwood, where table seating is available. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Learn more at natsbakeryandcafe.com.

HOOSIER SEOULMATE

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Hoosier Seoulmate opened in July on West 3rd Street. Its name suggests the playful mash-up of Korean and American fare it

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offers along with traditional Korean dishes like bibimbap and japchae.

Fusion appetizers include Kimchi Fries, Bulgogi Fries, and the Ugly Croquette—a potato kimchi dough covered in a crispy outer blanket of panko bread crumbs. Bulgogi, a Korean marinated meat, transforms the hot dog into a Bul-Dog, which comes in five varieties. Other creations include Kimchi Bacon Fried Rice, Cheesy Chicken Fried Rice,

NOURISH Bar.

Hoosier Seoulmate.

and the Hoosier Rice Bowl, which includes scrambled eggs and Spam and is topped with a mayonnaise-based drizzle.

Hoosier Seoulmate is located at 1614 W. 3rd St. and has dine-in seating. Hours are 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 to 9 p.m.

Monday through Saturday. Menu at hoosierseoulmate.com.

SOUL JUICE

The baskets of fruit on the wall behind the counter signal the focus at Soul Juice: fresh ingredients. Opened in September on the northwest corner of the downtown Square, Soul Juice sells smoothies, juices, waffles, and toasts.

Ingredients are organic and some, like the hemp milk, are made in-house. There are freshly squeezed orange, celery, apple,

Soul Juice.

and pineapple juices, as well as a number of juice mixes, such as the Pineapple Express, 24 Carrot Magic, and Heart Beet. Smoothies come in varieties such as Dancin’ Dragonfruit, Purple Perfection, and Muscles by Nature. Choices for wellness shots include The Body Guard, Terrific Turmeric, and Electric Elderberry. For food to chew on, there are a number of fruit bowls, vegan waffles, and gourmet toasts such as Watermelon Radish Avocado.

Soul Juice is at 122 W. 6th St. Hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Menu at juicemysoul.com.

BRILLIANT COFFEE COMPANY

Next door to NOURISH and sharing its kitchen, Brilliant Coffee Company roasts its own beans, has its own signature blend, and offers spiked coffees. Housemade gelato and sorbetto come in rotating flavors. Gelato favorites include black sesame, tiramisu, and

NOURISH BAR

NOURISH Bar, west of the downtown Square on West 6th Street, opened in August with a menu of paninis, soups, and salads. Since the opening, business partners Bret Pafford and David Howard have expanded the kitchen so they could roll out their Asian-inspired menu. Noodles are made in-house for dishes like ramen and udon. Steamed dumplings, wok-fried rice, and skewered meats are also featured.

NOURISH has a selection of specialty cocktails—like the Matcha’erita, with tequila and matcha simple syrup, and the Evergreen Giant, which has absinthe—as well as mocktails, beers, and wines.

Located at 217 W. 6th St., NOURISH has table seating. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Menu at nourishbtown.com.

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Brilliant Coffee Company.

matcha. The sorbetto selection, which also rotates, includes lilikoi—Hawaiian passion fruit.

Brilliant Coffee Company is at 217 W. 6th St. Hours are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Friday and Saturday. Learn more at brilliantcoffeeco.com.

POPKORN!

PopKorn! Kernels with a Twist moved from College Mall to South College near Fourth Street in November 2019. Store

PopKorn!.

manager Fred Bennett says internet sales have kept the business afloat through the pandemic, and curbside pickup of local orders has become the norm. PopKorn! offers more than 30 varieties flavored with real foods like cheeses, peppers, nuts, and banana chips. Midwest Delight, a cheddar and caramel combination, is a popular flavor. Vegan options are available, and most products are gluten-free.

PopKorn! is at 122 S. College. Hours are noon to 5 p.m. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Learn more at popkorntwist.com.

DK SWEETS

DK Sweets, run by Kristi and Kelsie Risk, expanded from its Spencer, Indiana, location to a store on North College, just north of the Square.

The motherdaughter duo launched Diamond K Sweets in 2013, and have had success with their signature Fudge O’Bits, which come in flavors such as sea salt caramel, New York-style cheesecake, DK Sweets. and chocolate strawberry.

They offer a variety of other sweets, including fudges, covered pretzels, cookies, and peanut brittle.

DK Sweets is at 224 N. College. Hours are 2 to 8 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, and noon to 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Learn more at diamondksweets.com.

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by Jack Baker

Wine in the Time of Pandemic To say it’s been an interesting year is a huge understatement. It’s been unlike any other in our lifetimes. We are beset with political and viral worries on all sides, and there is no clear picture of what the future will bring. We are largely hunkered down, unable to move or socialize freely.

Yet, we have found ways to release ourselves from captivity and maintain some sense of normalcy.

For Jack Baker. Courtesy photo

Now more than ever, wine is our good companion. It dulls anxiety and calms our souls. With a glass in hand we can sit quietly, take a breath, and think of better times with family and friends.

Some wines have become old friends that I return to time after time. They give pleasure with each sip and bring back good memories.

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in Bassano de Grappa and were served wonderful tortellini en brodo soup for lunch and ended the afternoon with homemade grappa.

I think of a villa in Tuscany where we cooled our sfuso (unbottled wine) in the spring-fed sluice, and where our good friend Mia screamed as she lost her shoe in the fast-moving stream. I think of Rome, where we dug with the archaeologists in the Roman Forum and every day went to Gli Angeletti where we drank its frizzante (slightly sparkling) white wine with fresh “solo” rughetta (arugula) salad and handmade pasta; where we sat in the street at L’Insalata Ricca near the Piazza Navona and drank carafes of house white while choosing from the enormous menu of salads.

And I think of a February on Ortigia in Syracusa, Sicily, where many of the shops carried signs saying “come back in March,” where we drank nerello mascalese and carricante from Mount Etna at a local enoteca, and where we were practically blown off the island by the worst storm in 45 years.

Now neighbors have broken out to run and bike, and families are taking their children and pets on daily strolls. The new normal is acquaintanceship and impromptu conversation in the street, and small gatherings in neighborhood backyards. We push our masks aside when an invitation for wine is offered.

Using FaceTime and Zoom, we communicate long distance with our old friends and family. It doesn’t have the closeness of face-to-face contact, but a glass of wine maintains the spirit and zaniness, and makes the party go.

Here’s hoping the future improves soon, with as little permanent damage as possible. And I will drink to that.

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fashion/shopping

ETC for the Home Reimagined Offering More Choices and Better Prices The coronavirus pandemic has forced many businesses to reassess their operations and perhaps alter their practices, and ETC for the Home, Bloomington’s locally owned home furnishing and interior design center, is one of them.

“We recognize that we are in a pivotal time of change,” says Lori Denker, ETC’s general manager. “And we are asking what we can do differently to keep up with what’s happening now. We’re in the process of reimaging ETC creatively.”

That means establishing new shopping experiences for customers at the retail store on South Walnut and at the ETC warehouse on Liberty Drive, where the majority of the furniture selections are displayed. Customers can set up private shopping appointments at either location now or shop by phone with curbside pickup.

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1. A living room set with sofa and love seat. 2. A six-person dining room set.

3. A collection of handmade Turkish pillows. 4. Lori Denker.

5. A living room set featuring a sectional sofa and matching chair.

Photos by Martin Boling

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“We launched our Facebook online store with new inventory added every week, and we’re having more sales and running them longer,” says Denker, who brought 30 years of experience in marketing and interior design when she began working at ETC in May. “We know a lot of people are struggling financially,” she says, “and we are setting price points” to appeal to all budgets.

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That’s possible, she says, “because we buy strategically and are able to purchase inventory under cost and pass the savings on to the consumer. We can offer unique furniture and home décor options at generous discounts.”

ETC has been in business for eight years. In addition to furniture in many styles, it sells kitchen appliances, cookware, rugs, and lighting. “You can come to ETC and fully furnish your home,” says Denker. The ETC design center upstairs at the main store is the place to meet with specialists in architectural design, interior design, and window treatments.

There is also a small women’s boutique with clothing, jewelry, and perfume.

Denker says new items will be available soon. “This year we are closing out select inventory to make room for the new.”

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MASKS: the Great Christmas Stocking Stuffer of 2020

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Photography by Rodney Margison Because a mask is essential for slowing the spread of COVID-19, it’s safe to assume we’ll all be donning them this holiday season. But while masks started out as an unwanted piece of personal protective equipment, they’re now morphing into something else: a fashion statement. They’re also the perfect stocking stuffer this Christmas.

Masks are increasingly adding a bit of personal flair to the wearer’s outfit through designs, humorous sayings, and the logos of brands, organizations, and sports teams.

At Bloomington businesses, there are many styles of mask to choose. Perhaps someone on your list is a loyal Hoosiers fan, loves dogs, or enjoys tie-dye. At these local retailers, there’s a mask for everyone on your list. —Sophie Bird

1. Editor and Publisher Malcolm Abrams shows off his school spirit in an accordion-style mask by Ross Sportswear bearing the Indiana University logo.

Available at The Indiana Shop, 421 E. Kirkwood.

2. (l-r) Bloom’s Angels—Design Director Stephanie Reeves, Associate Publisher Cassaundra Huskey, and Deputy Editor Sophie Bird—take a break from working on the magazine to show off their masks. Stephanie sets her creative spirit loose while Cassaundra shares her love of cats wearing these colorful masks from Spectrum Creative Group, 101 W. Kirkwood. Sophie models a free-spirited, tiedye mask by Simply Southern from EllieMae’s Boutique, 101 W. Kirkwood.

3. Spectrum Creative Group also offers custom masks made with your design or photograph, like this one of a muscle car modeled by Stephanie.

4. Cassaundra pays tribute to artist Frida Kahlo in this fair-trade, Guatemalanmade, corte-shaped, embroidered mask from Global Gifts, 122 N. Walnut.

5. Rodney Margison, Bloom’s managing editor and photographer, wears a fitted, martini-print mask from Andrew Davis Clothiers,101 W. Kirkwood. Photo by Cassaundra Huskey 6. Administrative Assistant Janet Arthur supports her favorite football team in this fitted mask from Riddell, which she bought at Bloomington High School South.

7. Sophie’s puppy love is on display in this hard-to-find Vera Bradley mask from EllieMae’s Boutique, 101 W. Kirkwood.

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Review

Local Coffee Roasters Offer Excellent Brews

by Sophie Bird Something I’ve missed during the pandemic is spending time at a good coffee shop.

Bloomington has so many excellent options.

But a silver lining, if there is a such thing, has been the opportunity to make more coffee at home. Picking up whole beans from some of Bloomington’s local roasters is a good place to start.

At Bloomingfoods East and West, you can find a robust local coffee selection. I tried the following six blends: BLOOMINGTON COFFEE ROASTERS Ethiopia Dark Roast Sharp and velvety, the Ethiopia Dark Roast from Bloomington Coffee Roasters is not for the faint of heart. This roast really is dark. Full-bodied and just a little acidic, it’s perfect for seasoned coffee drinkers who want that really deep coffee flavor.

I prefer to drink it black when I need a real pick-me-up, but it’s also great with a little sweet cream to soften the flavor.

NEEDMORE COFFEE ROASTERS Nicaragua, Segovia Blend Needmore’s organic, ethically sourced beans are roasted frequently in small batches, and you can tell. They’re consistently rich and flavorful and after grinding up Needmore’s Nicaragua, Segovia blend, the smell of the freshly ground beans floated around my kitchen all morning.

This coffee is delightfully chocolatey, smokey, and smooth. Equally delicious hot or iced, it sits nicely on the tongue, and the notes of plum are delicious and autumnal.

This blend has become a favorite of mine for these chilly mornings.

Also try the Cowles Bog Blend for notes of hazelnut and baker’s chocolate, or Sumatra, Aceh Gayo for cocoa and lemongrass flavors.

QUARRYMEN COFFEE ROASTING COMPANY Costa Rican Blend Quarrymen Coffee owners Wes and Debi

Burton began roasting coffee as a hobby in 2008, and their personal passion for the craft is evident through Quarrymen’s precise, crisp flavors.

Quarrymen’s Costa Rican blend is no exception. The flavors are nice and heavy— dark, nutty, and just bitter enough to keep you going back sip after sip. I appreciate the lingering, earthy qualities of this blend and find it to be perfect for an after-dinner cup.

In addition to the Costa Rican blend, also try the Espresso Blend, Brazilian Buena Vista, or Mocha Java.

HOPSCOTCH COFFEE Smartshark For an innovative, unique flavor palate, Hopscotch beans are a must.

From their Drinkwell Blend, flavored with dark chocolate and orange, to their Weekender Blend, which sports spiced wine and berry flavors, each bag of Hopscotch Coffee is a new experience.

I picked up a bag of Smartshark and was not disappointed.

With hints of berry, almond, and chocolate, this coffee is like a flavorful, late summer dessert. The toasted almonds come through the most, giving a complex and nutty first sip that fades into chocolate and berry bliss. The berry flavor isn’t overpowering, but hangs on a bit after the rest, just enough to remind you it’s there.

Truly delightful.

PARTRIDGE & QUIGLEY COFFEE ROASTING CO. Breakfast Blend Partridge & Quigley coffee is served at a variety of local restaurants and cafés for a reason—it’s smooth, aromatic, and perfectly roasted.

I find that flavored coffees are excellent, delectable treats, but a good, reliable breakfast blend is my favorite for an everyday cup.

I adore the Partridge & Quigley Breakfast Blend, which is great alongside food, as its

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mild taste doesn’t overpower the flavors of your meal. I enjoy it iced as well. It doesn’t turn too acidic when you drink it cold.

Some other choices are the Kirkwood Blend, Hazelnut blend, or Sumatran Mandheling blend. For the overcaffeinated among us, consider their decaf options.

SOBER JOE COFFEE CO. Daily Reprieve Restorative Blend Proceeds from the sale of Sober Joe coffee provide scholarships at Courage to Change Sober Living House in Bloomington and help people experiencing addiction achieve recovery. This sober living environment provides a 12-step recovery program, oneon-one counseling, outpatient classes, peer support, and more.

Not only does every purchase of Sober Joe support a good cause, but the coffee is also delightful. Their Daily Reprieve Restorative Blend is full-bodied, balanced, and smokey—perfect to accompany your everyday on-the-go breakfast or a breakfast pastry treat. This medium roast is Certified Organic and Fair Trade, like all Sober Joe blends.

Also consider the Dawn’s Surly Light On Awakening Blend medium roast or the Dark Before Dawn Recovery Blend dark roast.

As long as the pandemic is ongoing, we might not be able to enjoy our local coffee shops the way we have in the past. But thanks to the dedicated and knowledgeable individuals of our local coffee roasting scene, having a cup at home can be just as rewarding. Supporting a local business can feel, and taste, delicious.

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BOOKS OF NOTE Review

‘The Way of Imagination’

by Julie Gray “How can we keep from crying out in wonder and praise?” asks Scott Russell Sanders in one of the alternately exultant and grieving essays contained in his newest collection, The Way of Imagination (Counterpoint Press).

Sanders has spent a lifetime singing the beauties of the natural world. These essays were written before the pandemic, but readers who haven’t yet realized that quarantine restrictions can free us to explore and cherish the world that lies close at hand should turn to them for guidance.

Sanders calls his lifelong habit of attentive praise “wooing Earth,” using a phrase borrowed from American microbiologist René Dubos. In these pages, we find him kneeling in the dirt on the Indiana University campus one April morning, communing with spring wildflowers. Or drifting aimlessly on a canoe in a Minnesota lake one starry night until the boundaries between inner and outer worlds dissolve into a single blaze of light. Such epiphanies remind him that every living thing is an expression of the same “primordial energy, constantly in flux.”

A web of life is another metaphor Sanders often uses to describe this kinship. That’s why, in a speculative essay set in 2100, he refers to the environmental apocalypse that he supposes will have ravaged our planet by that time as the Great Unraveling. That may seem a tame word for rising tides, blazing fires, and mass extinctions. But when you consider the world as a web, “unraveling” is exactly the right term.

In this same essay, Sanders compiles a reading list for 22nd-century readers to prove to them that their forebears treasured and advocated for the vanished world. Sanders modestly does not include himself on this list (though he certainly deserves a place). Instead he recommends writers like Edward Abbey, Annie Dillard, and Barry Lopez, to name a few.

The writers on Sanders’ list are driven by many and varied motivations, as Sanders acknowledges he himself is. And yet they all would surely subscribe to the powerful and moving artist statement that closes another of Sanders’s essays: “We apprehend the universe in fragments, but the universe itself is whole. … The art I aspire to make attempts to model that wholeness, to honor the order and beauty of the cosmos.”

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Elinor Ostrom Statue Unveiled on IU Campus

The Elinor Ostrom statue. Photo by Jim Krause

A statue of Elinor Ostrom, the first and only woman to receive the Nobel Prize in economics, was dedicated November 12 on the Indiana University–Bloomington campus. It is the first statue of a woman to be erected at IU–Bloomington and was commissioned by the university as part of its Bicentennial Bridging the Visibility Gap project. The statue is located outside Woodburn Hall, home to the school’s political science department, in an area that has been dedicated as the Ostrom Commons.

Ostrom was a pioneering social scientist and one of the world’s leading scholars on the management of common pool resources. In 1973, she co-founded with her husband, Vincent, the Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis at IU. Ostrom died from pancreatic cancer in 2012 at the age of 78.

Biden Chooses Dawn Johnsen for Transition Team

Dawn Johnsen. Photo by Jim Krause

Bloomington’s Dawn Johnsen has been named to President-Elect Joe Biden’s Department of Justice (DOJ) agency review team. Johnsen is a constitutional law professor at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law and the wife of Bloomington mayor John Hamilton.

A reproductive rights advocate who served in the Department of Justice under President Clinton, Johnsen has the distinction of being the only person on Biden’s DOJ team to have served on two previous DOJ transition teams—those of Presidents Clinton and Obama.

According to the Biden transition website, the DOJ team will also review the Federal Election Commission, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, the Commission on Civil Rights, the National Council on Disability, the United States Access Board, AbilityOne, the State Justice Institute, and the Legal Services Corporation.

Pigasus Pictures Releases Second Film Ms. White Light, the second purely Indiana-made film by Bloomington-based Pigasus Pictures, has been released globally and is now available to stream on platforms including Amazon Prime, iTunes, DirecTV, cable on demand, and more.

Filmed in Bloomington, Ms. White Light stars Emmy and Tony Award-winning actress Judith Light and was produced by Pigasus co-owners Zachary Spicer (who also stars in the film), John Robert Armstrong, and Gordon Strain. It is the story of Lex Cordova, a woman with a unique ability to connect with the dying, but who has difficulty connecting with everyone else.

Pigasus Pictures’ first film, The Good Catholic—also filmed here—stars Danny Glover and John C. McGinley. It was released Courtesy photo nationally in 2017 and is currently available on Amazon Prime.

For more information, visit pigasuspictures.com/ms-white-light-1.

A WINE EXPERIENCE

Craig Brenner Releases New Album ‘Passages’ Blues and boogie-woogie pianist Craig Brenner recently released a new album, Passages, featuring eight original songs.

According to Brenner’s website, the album, which includes the musical talents of a dozen other artists, includes “playful and uplifting jazz and boogie-woogie, sultry blues, introspective jazz piano, [and] reflections on life and death.”

Brenner has previously performed with the legendary Bo Diddley and opened shows for B.B. King, C.J. Chenier, Queen Courtesy photo Ida, Buckwheat Zydeco, and Duke Robillard, among others. In 2015, he founded the Bloomington Blues & Boogie Woogie Piano Festival.

Passages is available in limited quantity on 12-inch vinyl, as well as on CD and via digital downloads from his website, craigbrenner.com. In Bloomington, it can be purchased at a reduced price at Landlocked Records.

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science/education

New Book Shines Light on History of Indiana’s KKK

by Craig Coley The Ku Klux Klan’s iconic white hoods and burning crosses have become symbols of white supremacy, but the Klan’s place in the American consciousness outstrips most people’s understanding. In a new book, Bloomington historian James H. Madison dispels misconceptions about an organization whose membership for a time included one-third of Indiana’s native-born white men. To Madison, a retired professor of history at Indiana University, the story of the Klan is highly relevant today. “Klan-type thinking and Klan-type ideals are still with us,” Madison says. “Maybe even more so.”

Author and editor of several books, including two Indiana state histories, Madison, 76, for many years resisted delving James H. Madison. Photo by Matthew Levandowski

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deep into this topic because of its unpleasantness. “What pushed me to do it was that in decades of teaching at IU and speaking around the state and elsewhere, the question I most often got was about the Klan,” Madison says.

The Klan flourished in three eras: post-Civil War, the 1920s, and the 1960s. Madison’s book, The Ku Klux Klan in the Heartland, published this year by IU Press, tells the story of the Klan in Indiana.

It focuses on the 1920s but continues through the 1960s, when Klan members firebombed the Black Market, a Black-owned store on East Kirkwood, and up to the present. The Indiana Klan of the 1920s considered Catholics the biggest threat, followed by Jews and Black Americans. Their overarching belief was in the superiority of the “100% American,” who was white, nativeborn, and Protestant. They had a weekly newspaper and a political machine that dominated state politics.

Madison dismisses the claim of some writers that most Klan members were uneducated people ignorant of the group’s goals. “The people who joined the Klan were ‘good Hoosiers’ by the definitions of the day,” Madison says.

“They were lawyers, protestant ministers, school teachers, factory foremen, retail merchants, church women. Many of the people who joined were true believers.

They paid a lot of money in dues and fees and robes and time.”

Madison devotes a chapter to people who resisted the Klan, and concludes by discussing its legacy. “The Klan in the ’20s had a powerful definition of America that attracted a lot of attention,” Madison says. “And right now, we’re in the midst of a debate over the questions, ‘Who is an American?’, ‘What is America?’, ‘What are our ideals?’ It’s really about the future of our democracy.”

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Informatics Prof Is IU’s 7th MacArthur Fellow

by Carmen Siering The MacArthur Fellows Program offers a $625,000 “genius grant” to individuals who show exceptional creativity in their work and the potential for making future advances. The program is highly selective and rather secretive. It’s also Mary L. Gray Courtesy photo kind of sneaky. The announcement is made each fall, but recipients find out they have joined the elite group only slightly sooner than the rest of the world.

Mary L. Gray, one of 21 winners in 2020, is an associate professor of informatics at the Indiana University Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering. She is the seventh winner from IU, and the first since 2003. Like most recipients, Gray was unaware of her selection. Fellows are recommended by a constantly changing pool of anonymous nominators and chosen by committee.

To set the stage, the director of the program contacted Gray and asked for a meeting to discuss an anthropologist being considering for the award. Due to her heavy research schedule, Gray says, “I was kind of put out and kind of envious. But I wanted to be a good citizen, so I put it on my schedule.”

When the call came, she was quickly told the whole thing was a ruse. “I kind of lost focus,” she laughingly admits. “I asked if they were considering me, and when they explained I had been selected, I just started swearing like a sailor.”

A California native, Gray, 51, did her field work in rural communities bordering Kentucky and came to IU when a job that was “a perfect fit” opened up in the former Department of Communication and Culture.

An anthropologist and media scholar by training, Gray’s work focuses on how everyday technologies transform the lives of two groups she cares deeply about: those who work in the world of contract labor and LGBTQ youth. She was recognized by the MacArthur Foundation for “investigating the ways in which labor, identity, and human rights are transformed by the digital economy.”

She plans to use the award money to continue work she started as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. “It involves technologies and community health workers and building relationships of trust,” she says.

In addition to being a Luddy faculty member, Gray is a senior principal researcher at Microsoft Research and a faculty associate at Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society.

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Citizen Scientist

by Susan M. Brackney

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Pandemic or No Pandemic

The 121st Bird Count Goes On! The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly affected our day-to-day lives. It may be influencing citizen science, too. Case in point? During lockdown periods, there were fewer cars on the road and less traffic noise as a result. Those quieter streets actually helped to put nature—especially birds— back on our collective radar.

People increasingly noticed birds and their accompanying songs, which sounded louder in the quiet. As Elizabeth P. Derryberry and colleagues, writing in September 2020’s Science magazine, noted, “Despite a reduction in song amplitude, communication distance more than doubled during the shutdown, further indicating the impact of noise pollution on communication during normal conditions.”

The signal-to-noise ratio also doubled in relative energy. In other words? With less background noise cluttering up the soundscape, the “signal”—in this case the birds’ calls—had more oomph. “A doubling [in the signal-to-noise ratio] would allow people to hear birds at twice the previous distance, or effectively four times more birds than usual,” the authors explain.

And a recent study in The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health suggests the pandemic has also affected the behavior of birdwatchers.

For instance, people are birding closer to home, and former “weekend warriors” now birdwatch all week.

Citizen Science Persists

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Audubon Society’s 121st Christmas Bird Count. Volunteers act as avian census takers, counting every bird they see or hear within a pre-designated, 15-mile diameter circle. The annual event runs through January 5, and, locally, the Monroe County Christmas Bird Count (part of the Audubon count) will still take place—albeit with some modifications.

“We usually have a potluck dinner afterwards where we not only share dinner, but we find out from all of the different subteams what birds they’ve seen during the day,” notes retired IU biology professor Jim Hengeveld. But they’ll be sans potluck this year, instead sharing their results through email. Carpooling to the Lake Monroe counting site is also out.

“For many of us who subdivide that territory and spread out, [this year] won’t be that much different,” Hengeveld says.

“There will just be fewer instances where people are birding as a group.” (Email jhengeve@iu.edu for details.)

More Birding Options

The Great Backyard Bird Count is another census project about to take flight. For at least 15 minutes between February 12 and 15, participants count the number and types of birds appearing in their own yards.

Researchers use the pooled data to track the range and abundance of different bird species in near real-time.

Rather not be confined to a specific birding period or location? You can enter your birding results via eBird—an online data collection portal—24/7. To start, visit ebird.org/home, create an account, and complete the “eBird Essentials Course.”

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by Carmen Siering Betsy Greene’s mother, Beth Van Vorst Gray, lived at Bell Trace Senior Living Community with her husband, Ralph Gray, and died in February, just before the coronavirus pandemic hit.

“Shortly after she died, Bell Trace shut down,” says Greene, a local attorney with Greene & Schultz Trial Lawyers. “We were planning a celebration of life, and we couldn’t visit with Ralph. It was hard not being able to communicate in person.”

Adding to the communication issues, Gray has hearing loss. “The telephone isn’t a good option for him,” Greene says, noting that things are a bit easier when Gray can see people’s faces.

So, when The Injury Board, a national association of trial attorneys that works to strengthen local communities, chose to provide senior living communities across the country with video communication devices as part of its 2020 Day of Action, Greene & Schultz knew just where it wanted to commit its efforts.

“We picked Bell Trace in honor of Mom and Ralph,” Greene says.

“He has his own laptop, so it wasn’t for him directly, but he was the genesis of the idea.”

(l-r) Betsy Greene and Fred Schultz. Courtesy photo

The firm donated six Amazon Echo Show 8 devices. Because many Bell Trace residents have laptops and smartphones for personal communication, and Bell Trace has tablets available for those who do not, Melissa Davis, Bell Trace activities coordinator, says the decision was made to place the new, Alexa-enabled devices around the building for communal use. They can be found in five locations: the assistedliving café, library, activity room, third-floor lounge, and mail room.

Information on basic voice commands is available near each device, and an inservice is planned for residents who want to learn more.

“We’ve spent a lot of time researching how we can use them,” Davis says. For example, the devices are used in group activities with residents asking Alexa for help during trivia and Word Chat, where participants discuss the etymology of words.

As for the learning curve, Davis doesn’t see a problem. “I think most of our residents will pick up quickly once they feel comfortable talking to Alexa,” she says. “As soon as they realize they can just talk and ask questions, I think they are going to get a kick out of it.”

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Dogs on the Job

The Ultimate Greeters Imagine having a co-worker in your office that greets every customer happily, has passersby stopping in just to say hi, and listens sympathetically to everything you have to say.

A pipe dream? Not when you bring your dog to work.

“It’s very calming to people,” says Andy Mallor of Mallor Grodner Attorneys. Mallor brings Keegan, a 6-year-old golden retriever, to the office nearly every day. “It makes coming to work so much more enjoyable,” he says.

Alex Nay, service coordinator at Experience Technology, brings his houndretriever mix, Murphy, to his office several days a week. “It changes the environment,” he says. “I’m in the office all day, so it’s nice to have a companion.”

Experience Technology owners Stacy and Eric Steining also bring their two dogs into the office occasionally—Chia, a Chihuahua mix, and Mike, a terrier mix. Stacy says, “It’s hard to be grouchy when a dog is wagging its tail and is just happy to be there.”

One key to success is making sure the dog is well-trained, says Macey Dale, manager at Andrew Davis Clothiers.

His best friend each day is Piper, a 2-year-old miniature goldendoodle.

At 27 pounds, Piper isn’t intimidating to most people who come into the store. But, Dale says, it’s vital to make sure your office dog has very good manners.

One of the biggest mistakes people make when they bring a dog to the

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office is not ensuring their dog is calm and well-trained.

Glenn Harris, owner of Harris Services, his wife, and his daughter all bring their golden retrievers to the Harris Services office. Zoey, 9, Judd, 4, and 6-month old Archie join them daily. Harris also believes training is key and says they have had a dog trainer come to the office for training sessions with the three dogs.

Early socialization is also essential.

Chrisy Gornall says she is glad she was able to get her young Labrador retriever, Avalanche, socialized with strangers before the coronavirus pandemic hit.

Gornall and her husband, Dan, own Shredding and Storage Unlimited.

“Avalanche has met thousands of people,” Gornall says.

5 Nowadays, fewer people come into their business office, and there are precautions when they do. But, Gornall says, Avalanche still comes out and puts her front paws up on the plastic barrier to say hello to everyone who enters.

Then, the large white dog ambles back to Gornall’s office for a nap. —Jana Wilson

5. Chrisy Gornall, co-owner of Shredding and Storage Unlimited, with Avalanche. Photo by Rodney Margison

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Help Save ‘The Ryder!’

by Peter Dorfman When Peter LoPilato launched The Ryder on April Fool’s Day 1979, it was part of a wave of Bloomingtonbased alternative magazines.

Focused on the downtown arts scene, the magazine and Peter LoPilato. Photo by Nicole McPheeters associated Ryder Film Series have outlasted all of their counterculture peers. But time may be running out for this local icon.

With the COVID-19 pandemic weighing down local businesses, The Ryder is running online without ad revenue.

Now, its primary revenue source is a GoFundMe campaign called Rally for the Ryder.

“We expected the pandemic crisis to be under control by September,” LoPilato says. “The plan in March was to publish electronically and continue paying staff—we could have withstood losing money for six months. But the crisis won’t end anytime soon. We’ll hang on until the spring, and then try to reimagine what the magazine can be online.”

The magazine is continuing to adapt in the meantime.

With arts venues mostly dark this year, The Ryder jettisoned its usual short essays on upcoming events, along with its calendar centerfold. The content has shifted to more long-form journalism from Bloomington-linked writers.

“My wife is fond of pointing out that I’m involved in two enterprises, both of which are becoming obsolete: print journalism and cinema,” LoPilato says.

Before COVID-19, film screenings were held at the BuskirkChumley Theater and smaller venues like Bear’s Place. “We would do micro-festivals of films with a common theme,” LoPilato explains. “We host a children’s international short film festival, and every year we host an Oscar short festival—the Academy Award nominees for best short film.”

Now, the series has shifted to online, virtual screenings. A virtual screening ticket allows the viewer to see the film within a 72-hour time window. “It’s not the same experience,” LoPilato allows. “Consequently, we’re not selling as many tickets.”

At 68, LoPilato might have been tempted to retire, but he insists he’s just getting started. “We’ve always prided ourselves on reaching a readership that does the irrational,” he asserts.

For more information, visit theryder.com. To donate to The Ryder’s GoFundMe campaign, visit gofundme.com/rally-forthe-ryder.

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BOOKS OF NOTE Review

‘Minister’s Daughter: One Life, Many Lives’

by Julie Gray Many Bloomingtonians will recognize the name Charlotte Zietlow, which is engraved on the local justice center, but may not have met the woman who bears it.

Zietlow’s new memoir, Minister’s Daughter: One Life, Many Lives, written Charlotte Zietlow. with Michael Photo by Rodney Margison Glab, fills in the details of her story.

The location of the justice center, which Zietlow played a leading role in building, provides clues to her role in the community: It sits close to the current chambers of the City Council that Zietlow served on, and it’s not far from Goods for Cooks, the local kitchen supply store she co-founded.

But Zietlow wasn’t always a Bloomington institution. When she moved to town in 1964, she admits she didn’t have high hopes: Bloomington sounded like a “godforsaken” place, “at the end of the world.”

And indeed, she was initially struck not only by the racism and provincialism of her new home, but also by its lack of the get-up-and-go attitude that marks her approach to life.

With a firm faith in her own convictions that may come along with being a minster’s daughter (thus, the book’s title), Zietlow recounts how she set about shaking things up. She recalls that a lot of people said no to her along the way. Although she had a Ph.D. in linguistics, she could not find a steady academic position. And even when she turned to public service, she lost many more elections than she won. But, as Zietlow says, “I don’t mind losing. It doesn’t knock me out.”

Zietlow won enough elections to have a lasting impact: She was the first woman to head the Bloomington City Council and the Monroe County Board of Commissioners.

She also worked for nonprofit organizations like Planned Parenthood, United Way, and Middle Way House.

Though her book details many bitter controversies, Zietlow has no regrets. As she says, “Politics is messy. It’s inefficient. But it’s bringing different ideas and people together to get something done.”

Her approach to life is ultimately both practical and philosophical: “Not all ideas work but some are worth working toward.”

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Look good feel good A guide to navigating local health care and beauty solutions

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Linda Margison /

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VIBRANT LIFE

Correcting Hormonal Imbalances

As a practicing gynecologist for 40 years, Dr. Clark Brittain has seen people struggle with hormonal imbalances that deeply impacted their health and intimate wellness. Wanting to help men and women fill the intimate void in their lives, he opened Vibrant Life 13 years ago and offers therapies for vaginal dryness, sexual sensation, orgasmic dysfunction, Peyronie’s disease—a penile bend that can cause pain and erectile dysfunction—and other issues.

“Establishing adequate hormone therapy isn’t always enough to take care of the intimate wellness people seek,” Dr. Brittain says. “Good sexual health helps relationships, it helps the immune mechanism, it helps the hormonal balance.”

Heather Lindsey, a nurse who has been with Dr. Brittain since he opened the practice, believes strongly in the work they do.

“We are changing lives, we are saving marriages, and sometimes we are saving lives,” she says, explaining how sometimes people want to give up on life. “It’s fun to be able to make a difference in people’s lives and their marriages and how they feel every day.”

Dr. Brittain explains how one patient had not had an orgasm for almost 12 years, but he was able to get her hormonally balanced and happy. “The next time she came in, she had a big smile,” he says. “She was sexually active and satisfied for the first time in 12 years. When our patients rediscover their hormone balance and sexual identity, they look good, they’re smiling, and their partners are smiling.” For information, visit drbrittain.com. magbloom.com | December 2020/January 2021 | Bloom 63

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WILLIAMS BROS. PHARMACY

Upright Walkers Help Experience Life Longer

With spinal stenosis preventing her from walking longer than five minutes without help, 58-year-old LeAnne Kelley’s solution for exercise was to lean onto the taller Sam’s Club shopping carts and walk around the store’s perimeter. But then, the COVID-19 pandemic closed down stores and brought her quest for an active lifestyle to a screeching halt.

At 5 feet 9 inches, Kelley couldn’t use a traditional walker because its low frame caused her to hunch over, putting too much pressure on her hands and back. So she went in search of a solution—and found the upright walker.

“I needed something that I could have a regular gait and walk sidewalks for speed,” says Kelley. “To get my heart rate up, I had to walk at least a 21 1/2-minute mile.” Instead of stopping at five minutes to rest, Kelley says she walks about 45 minutes each day, but could walk further if she wanted.

The upright walker—like UPWalker and NOVA Phoenix Rise UP— is a rolling stand-up mobility device that raises to a person’s height and has troughs for resting one’s forearms. This takes the strain off the lower back and redistributes weight to the arms, leaving hands free to grip the handles for better steering and braking.

With this equipment, Kelly can safely walk outside, which is her favorite place to get exercise. “I love to listen to birds, with the breeze or sunshine on my face, the smell of flowers blooming in the summer and leaves changing in the fall,” she says. “You really notice the seasons coming in when you’re walking outside.”

When she travels, Kelley is able to keep up with others by taking her upright walker with her. “I can walk as long as they want to walk,

Williams Bros. Pharmacy’s Kasey Butcher and a pair of upright walkers.

and I can easily get into shop doors—it’s no problem at all,” she says, adding that before she would have to sit and wait for others to finish shopping. “It really has given me my life back.”

Lisa Fouts, the director of advertising and marketing for Williams Bros. Pharmacy, says the upright walker’s upright position means a person’s head is up and they’re looking forward. “That helps them feel younger and better about themselves,” she says. “They’re able to keep experiencing life longer.” To see a selection of upright walkers, visit williamsbrospharmacy.com.

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MONROE HOSPITAL

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COVID-19 Recovery Made Possible by Smaller Hospital

COVID-19 survivor Jeri Hall.

Jeri Hall believes in miracles. As an early COVID-19 patient at Monroe Hospital, Hall remembers being short of breath on her farm and driving herself to the hospital, where she was put on a ventilator.

“After that is pretty much a blur,” she says.

Hall’s daughter, however, remembers the experience quite well. “She messaged me and said, ‘I’m going on a vent—I love

you,’” says Ronnie Sue Robinson, who spent each following day going to the window outside Hall’s room to see her, since the virus prevented family members from visiting. “I thought maybe she’d feel that I was there, and maybe it would make her come back—make her fight a little harder.”

Dr. Eric Trueblood says the days after Hall went on a ventilator were a battle with her lungs to keep her alive. At that point, he gave her a 1% chance of survival and told her family she probably wouldn’t make it through the night.

“Jeri held on—she held on that night, and she was a little bit better in the morning,” Trueblood says. “Why did she make it? I don’t know if we’ll ever know that answer. … She had maximum efforts given by the medical staff. … Nobody gave up on her, and she held on just long enough that she got through it.”

Hall says she knows why she survived, though. “Because of God, that’s the only reason. It’s not my time to go.”

Forty-four days after being admitted to Monroe Hospital, Hall left on a gurney to cheers from hospital staff lining the hallways and flowing out the door.

Trueblood says being in a smaller hospital gave Hall the time she needed to heal. “To get good care, you need to have time,” he explains. “None of the medications probably saved her. It was more of the care she got … just biding time until her own body could fight this thing off.”

Registered nurse Dawn Concannon adds, “We had the opportunity to let Jeri heal, and it took quite a long time for her to heal. She’s a fighter. She’s got something still in her that she’s got to do here.”

Hall’s story of survival at Monroe Hospital is featured in a Blueline-produced, 22-minute documentary, Time to Heal. Watch it at magbloom.com/monroehospital.

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MONROE COUNTY YMCA

Adapting Exercise Classes for the Pandemic

Although the Monroe County YMCA has reopened after shuttering for the COVID-19 pandemic, Fitness Director Cara McGowan says providing group exercise took considerable planning to do safely.

The most significant change has been to provide group exercise classes virtually, while also maintaining safe practices for in-person group exercise, personal training, and aquatics classes.

“We started classes with social distancing and everyone spread out, but we soon realized a definite need to offer virtual programming,” McGowan says. “With the pandemic, it’s so important to find ways to stay active.”

About 20 of 50 group exercise classes are being taught virtually, including classes for yoga, Pilates, strength training, and cardio. “We’re really trying to look at all of the different classes that we could possibly offer virtually,” she says. “And then, we’re giving members options to utilize things they have laying around their house to enhance their workout.” For instance, members could use canned food or water bottles instead of hand weights and dumbbells, or paper plates instead of gliding discs.

While exercising in one’s home is important, McGowan says the studio has benefits, too, from social interaction to accountability. “We know that exercise can be a powerful medicine for mental health,” she explains. “People are missing that social component. It’s great to have interaction, especially now, because people are lonely.” Members in live classes maintain social distance, fill out a health questionnaire, and have temperatures taken.

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The personal training program has also had to adapt to the pandemic. Clients and trainers wear masks and are mindful of the space and equipment, which is thoroughly disinfected and cleaned before and after sessions. Members can also opt for virtual sessions if they want one-on-one support from a trainer but aren’t ready to return to the YMCA yet. “Our trainers have been very conscientious of the time that we’re living in,” McGowan says, adding that the aquatic classes have grown in popularity since the YMCA reopened. “A lot of people feel safer in the water.”

McGowan has noticed a trend in people utilizing the virtual option for classes more frequently than attending in person.

“Some people are getting more comfortable with the virtual option, and I think that it’s here to stay,” she adds. “The fitness industry is going to be forever changed by this pandemic.” For information, visit monroecountyymca.org.

A socially distanced exercise class at the Monroe County YMCA.

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Come Shop the Square

By Lee Ann Sandweiss Photography by Rodney Margison

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’Tis the season of holiday shopping—please do some of it downtown. And if you are strictly a stay-at-home shopper, check out the websites of our local retailers. There are many locally owned businesses that have the perfect gift for everyone on your list. So, if you’re able, put on your mask and come downtown, but be sure to social distance outside and inside the shops.

Wooden boxes by Stephen Rapp at By Hand Gallery.

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tropical plants. Check out their variety of Black Lives Matter and Bloomington/Indiana love merchandise, $3-$60. Or bring some greenery indoors during the winter by adopting or gifting several tropical house plants, including calathea, pothos, Philodendron, succulents, cacti and more, $5–$50. 116 N. Walnut, 812-287-8046. gathershoppe.square.site

MIRTH is popular for its curated collection

Cozy autumn essentials at Mirth.

BY HAND GALLERY, a cooperative gallery of local artisan members, has been beautifying Bloomington for more than 40 years with an ever-changing array of art and handcrafted works in virtually every medium. A recent visit revealed Stephen Rapp’s wood boxes, which are compact museums of Earth’s wonders and embellished with minerals, fossils, and sea life, $75–$790. Nancy Grabner weaves pliable materials into threedimensional artifacts that are both artistic and functional, $17–$55. Bert Gilbert, an artist in many mediums, has recently been fascinated by metal. Among his current work are pieces that utilize piano keys to evoke emotional reactions along with architectural strength, $85–$725. Fiber artist Janet Helber’s work comprises dolls, quilted potholders and baby jackets, and crocheted caps. Her talents also extend to scherenschnitte, the art of paper-cutting design, from which she creates cards, $10–$48. 101 W. Kirkwood, 812-334-3255, byhandgallery.com GATHER is known for its Indianahandcrafted wares, vast selection of socially conscious goods, and assortment of

of contemporary women’s apparel, accessories, jewelry, and footwear. Try on a cozy pullover in a hot block print, perfect with leggings, $89. Someone you know—or you—would love the sleek and modern Colette vegan leather backpack, perfect for carrying all essentials and available in multiple colors, $64.

And because a little bling always makes the season merrier, consider the Teardrop Earrings from Calliope Jewelry, a Seattle-based jewelry designer known for mixing metal tones like oxidized silver and 14-karat gold with pearls and gemstones, $102. 101 W. Kirkwood, 812-822-1624. shopmirthmarket.com

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GLOBAL GIFTS is Bloomington’s one-stop shop for fair-trade goods. Back this winter are whimsical animal scarves, handmade by skilled Aymara and Quechua artisans in Peru, $44. Keep someone’s feet toasty and support a worthy nonprofit organization or cause with Conscious Step socks made in India from organic cotton, $17. Intricately hand-quilled cards from Vietnam make a beautiful addition to any holiday gift while providing sustainable income for nearly 500 people in Ho Chi Minh City, $10. 122 N. Walnut, 812-336-7402. globalgiftsft.com THE BOOK CORNER, a Bloomington institution since

1964, prides itself on providing personalized customer service and stocking bestsellers, notable classics, a huge selection of puzzles, children’s books, plush toys, specialty greeting cards, and unique gifts. If the book you want isn’t in stock, it’s just a special order away. For those who can’t wait to kick 2020 to the curb, there is an extensive assortment of 2021 calendars, $14.99. 100 N. Walnut, 812-339-1522. thebookcorneronline.com

Global Gifts offers handmade animal scarves made by Aymara and Quechua artisans in Peru.

THE BRIAR & THE BURLEY, an inviting specialty shop with an aroma that conjures images of an exclusive men’s club, offers a vast array of handmade pipes, including Peterson’s limited 2020 Christmas pipe, $130. Spoil the cigar afficionado on your list with a Savoy Ironwood Marquetry humidor, which holds 100 cigars and is lockable, $190. Burnish his professional image with a Chiarugi leather briefcase imported from Florence, Italy, $500. And because travel will one day be possible, there is the Briggs & Riley 22-inch, two-wheel carry-on, which boasts a lifetime warranty and fits in the overhead compartment of most U.S. domestic airlines, $589. 101 W. Kirkwood, 812-332-3300. briarburley.com

A Chiarugi leather briefcase at The Briar & The Burley.

ELLIE MAE’S BOUTIQUE stocks practical and

appealing gifts for every member of the family, including fur babies. For fashion-conscious women, high-end jewelry by Pandora, Brighton, and French Kande are extremely popular,

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Shop the Square $25–$200, as well as a large variety of handbags by Vera Bradley, Katie Loxton, and Caroline Hill, $30–$285. Men’s gifts include Duke Cannon hair care and lotion, shoeshine kits, and watches, $20–$50. Pamper your pooch with a spiffy new bandana or treat bowl, $15–$50. For the college student on your list, consider BrüMate drink insulators, Ambre essence oil, or a new backpack or lanyard, $20– $100. 101 W. Kirkwood, 812-339-8084. elliemaes.boutique

TIVOLI FASHIONS has called the downtown Square home since 1987 and specializes in upscale career, casual, and special-occasion women’s fashions. It’s sweater season, and owner Cheryl Nichoalds—who gift wraps and makes the best bows in town—has stocked cotton, cashmere, and blends in solids and patterns, as well as cardigans and pullovers, $68–$328. From Canada, Sympli sportswear offers refined femininity and an artful twist.

It also travels like a dream, $110–228. Wavertree & London luxury soaps are French milled of organic shea butter and sustainable plant oils in a variety of delicious fragrances. Embossed Italian paper packaging makes these soaps delightful gifts, $7.98.

Raincoats by UbU and Mycra Pac are reversible and functional for running errands, but stylish enough for the opera, $148– $298. 101 W. Kirkwood, 812-339-6239. facebook.com/TivoliFashions

Sweaters sold at Tivoli Fashions.

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Invest in your community by shopping local—you’ll find distinctive gifts and strengthen our economy.

Ruby and sterling silver earrings at Argentum Jewelry.

ARGENTUM JEWELRY

has provided the Bloomington community with an outstanding array of contemporary jewelry, in addition to custom design and repair, since 1973. Currently available are etched and engraved sterling silver pieces set with precious stones made

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by a Woodstock, New York, designer who lived in Tunisia as a child, $350–$450. A keepsake wooden trinket box from Rockford, Illinois-based Heartwood Creations makes a perfect affordable gift, $10. 205 N. College, 812-336-3100. argentum-jewelry.com

with easel back, $45; a 24-by-16-inch direct-to-glass print, $110–$135. For interactive fun, they offer 1,000-piece puzzles with either your image or your gift recipient’s. $45. 101 W. Kirkwood, 812-333-0536. spectrumcreativegroup.com

GOODS FOR COOKS believes that travel can be found in the kitchen. Explore ethnic cuisine through cookbooks, ceramics, and traditional cooking tools, $7–$200. Spread holiday cheer by giving the gift of sophisticated cocktails, sodas, and zero-proof concoctions. Check out a wide selection of syrups, mixers, bitters, shrubs, and tools, $7–$100. A good knife can change the experience of cooking. Goods’ knowledgeable team can assist in finding the perfect piece at any budget, $40–$300. 115 N. College, 812-339-2200. goodsforcooks.com

An easel-back aluminum photograph by Kendall Reeves at Spectrum Creative Group.

Photo by Kendall Reeves

SPECTRUM CREATIVE GROUP is a full-service photography and design firm that specializes in creating prints using either your image or theirs. An 8-by-10-inch aluminum print

Gift ideas available at Goods for Cooks. Courtesy photo

O’CHILD CHILDREN’S BOUTIQUE is dedicated

to offering high-quality children’s clothing in durable organic cotton from designers such as Tea Collection, Hatley, and Mayoral, and fine footwear for growing tootsies

by Native Shoes and Freshly Picked, among other brands.

You’re bound to find an irresistible stuffed bear, yeti, or dragon for a child of any age (or the child in you!) from makers including Jellycat and Warmies. They also have a wide range of developmental books and toys, $8–$100. 101 W. Kirkwood, 812-334-9005. ochildboutique.com

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A stuffed bear at O’Child Children’s Boutique.

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A variety of decorative throw pillows at Lola + Company.

LOLA + COMPANY offers trendy women’s clothing, jewelry, and home décor. Affordable apparel leans toward easy-to-layer lagenlook separates in neutral colors, $30–$130. Comfy accent pillows and throws of natural fibers are perfect for feathering the nest in chill temps, $29–$90. High-quality candles add the “ahhh” factor to any room; consider the iconic Capri Blue Volcano with its blend of citrus and sugar notes, $19–$32. 114 N. Walnut, 812-323-7010. shoplola.net

opened on the Square introducing optical lines previously unavailable in Bloomington. Available are classic designs

by Tom Davies and Masunaga, as well as the upbeat and artistic vision of Theo, popular with Hollywood celebrities, and Faceaface from Paris, $150 and up. 101 W. Kirkwood, 812-332-2020. precisioneye.com/vue

ANDREW DAVIS CLOTHIERS is known for custom-made suits and formal attire, but it also offers luxurious casual wear. It’s easy to find a piece that will become his—or your—sumptuous signature garment, such as a Hagen Clothing mid-weight vest of 100% virgin wool, trimmed in blue cotton, $598, or the Italian-made Baldassari sweater jacket, a stretch wool piece dubbed the “team sweater” for its popularity, which can be worn as outerwear or around the house during colder months, $948. Looking ahead to days on the links, a golf-inspired combo by Greyson Clothiers is a good choice: The gray zip top is a poly-cotton-elastane blend for a comfortable fit, $185; its paneled vest, a blend of poly, wool, elastane, and cotton, merges style with comfort, $165. 101 W. Kirkwood, 812-323-7730. andrewdavismenswear.com CAVEAT EMPTOR weathered the COVID-19

lockdown last spring by encouraging customers to send book care packages to bibliophile friends and family members. The storied used-bookstore is now open Thursday through Sunday for masked walk-in customers to peruse its stacks. Leather-bound classics from Easton Press and Franklin Library, some of which are signed, make wonderful gifts, $25 and up. Please visit its website or call to confirm hours. 112 N. Walnut, 812-332-9995. caveatemptorbloomington.com

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BELL TRACE

A Safe Environment to Help Prevent Accidents

A physical therapy session at Bell Trace.

From fall prevention to surgery “prehabilitation” to rehabilitation to home and outpatient therapy, Bell Trace provides a safe environment and on-site physical therapy for all its residents, while encouraging all seniors to be cautious. “Safety doesn’t happen by accident,” says Amanda Whitaker, occupational therapy supervisor, with physical therapist Cindy Berlin adding, “Falls are not a normal part of aging.”

The changing of the seasons from summer to fall and winter brings everyday challenges for seniors. With the rain, snow, and ice of winter creating slippery surfaces, people are more likely to fall. Bell Trace focuses on creating a safe space and educating

residents on making good decisions to prevent tumbles in the home. Outdoor yard work, like cleaning gutters and removing snow and ice, is an area where seniors are encouraged to exercise caution and even get some extra help with tasks to prevent precarious situations.

Inside the home, people are encouraged to remove clutter, eliminate throw rugs, have anti-slip mats in the shower, and refrain from using stepladders. If they cook eggs every day for breakfast, setting up the equipment they need in easy-to-manage locations, instead of in the back of a bottom cupboard or on the second shelf of an upper cupboard, can help prevent accidents.

Bell Trace encourages people to set up their home environment with safety in mind. “Fall prevention is a combination of making good decisions and creating a safe environment,” says Barbara Carroll, director of residential marketing. One goal of therapy is to empower people with safety education, environmental modification, and the use of assistive devices to reduce their risk of fall and injury, maintain their independence, and help them thrive at home.

“Therapy can help identify deficits and barriers to keep people moving longer and find the balance of a healthy life,” says Virginia Smith, therapy supervisor. Bell Trace’s physical therapy program—which is offered both inpatient and outpatient —includes strength and core balance training, as well as pain management. Therapists also provide vestibular therapy, which focuses on improving symptoms that affect gait caused by inner ear disorders.

Smith adds, “The goal of therapy is to identify where people need more assistance and to keep them independent in their homes as long as they want to be there.” For more information, visit cardon.us/communities/bell-trace.

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Artwork by Jennifer Mujezinovic.

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Celebrating Our

Art ists

Local

Bloomington is blessed with a myriad of artists working in a wide variety of mediums. In these pages we present the works of 17. There are many more, for sure.

The life of an artist is not an easy one and few are able to make it solely on income from the sale of their art. Almost all have day jobs. We have purposely not included artists who teach art at Indiana University or who have in the past because we assume that they are financially secure. Our hope here is that some readers will purchase the art they see or other works by a favored artist.

Unless you have money to spare, I think you really have to fall in love with a painting or sculpture to buy it. When you do, an original work of art becomes yours alone, a precious possession that serves no worldly function other than to be admired and shared with family and friends.

So, beware. As you turn these pages, you just might fall in love.

—the editor

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Larissa Danielle

Mixed Media Artist

(above) Larissa Danielle.

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It’s hard for mixed media artist Larissa Danielle to name her favorite medium.

Much of her work combines paint, sculpture, fiber, and an array of recycled materials on canvas. “I was tired of seeing flat paint,” says the Silver Springs, Maryland, native. “At museums in Washington, D.C., I’d see paintings with fabric and metal. I dabbled in texture and started using more and more of it. It makes pieces come off the canvas.”

Danielle says her signature work “reflects the everyday life, love, and struggles of the strong Black woman” and tackles topics like racism, discrimination, and genderism in both the Black and LGBTQ+ communities.

Visit instagram.com/larissadanielleart.

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(above) Tamar Kander. Photo by Steve Raymer

Tamar Kander

Renowned Abstract Painter Tamar Kander’s abstract paintings start with a textural layer that might include shopping lists, insulation, or the sweepings from her studio floor. After adding layers of paint and other materials, Kander declares each piece finished only after she has considered it in different settings and upside-down.

“I need to approach the painting with a clear mind,” Kander says. “It’s like what the Buddhists believe, that if you can get the mind out of the way, the spirit and the body can work together.”

Kander’s paintings hang in homes from Terre Haute to Johannesburg; in corporate offices in New York and London; and at the Indiana State Museum.

Visit tamarkander.com.

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Steve Dawson

An Unlikely Artist As president of local mechanical contracting firm Harrell-Fish Inc., Steve Dawson might seem an unlikely artist. But after a mountain-biking accident left him with a broken arm and four months of convalescence, he decided to take an art class.

Primarily a landscape painter, Dawson frequently works alla prima (spontaneously) and en plein air (outdoors).

“There is something deep within us that bonds inseparably with our natural world,” Dawson says. “Bringing that connection to life for others to experience is the essence of landscape painting.”

Visit dawsonoriginals.com.

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(above) Steve Dawson.

Photo by Martin Boling

Wyatt LeGrand

(above) Wyatt LeGrand. Photo by Tom Preston

The Pride of Bloomfield Wyatt LeGrand says he prefers painting “weird, funky things rather than pretty things.” He estimates that he makes more than 1,000 paintings a year.

“I have kind of a blue-collar approach to producing artwork,” he says. “Just make a whole bunch of it, know where to steer yourself, then step back and look at the artwork and go from there.

LeGrand started painting in 2008 while working on a degree in visual arts education at Indiana University. A Bloomfield, Indiana, native, LeGrand now teaches at Bloomfield High School. “I’m thrilled to have established an identity as an artist and teacher in the small town I grew up in,” LeGrand says.

Visit legrandartstudio.com.

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Martina Celerin

Tapestries That Tell a Story (above) Martina Celerin. Photo by Rodney Margison

Martina Celerin’s fiber art combines traditional weaving techniques with felting and reclaimed materials like shells, rocks, and old jewelry to create tapestries that tell a visual story.

Celerin finds inspiration in her own life experiences, such as visits to the Bloomington Community Farmers’ Market, or fishing trips with her husband, Jim, and their sons, Tommie and Jacob. During the pandemic, she has found herself creating brighter and more colorful pieces.

“My art is really a statement of who I am and what my experiences in this town have been,” she says.

Celerin sells her work online and at local and regional art fairs.

Visit martinacelerin.com.

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(above) Amy Brier. Courtesy photo

Amy Brier

Stone Carver In the age of digital modeling and 3-D laser printers, working with a hammer and chisel may seem “kind of archaic,” admits stone carver Amy Brier. But it’s precisely this connection to human origins that makes her craft compelling.

“When you look back at history, we understand a lot of it through the stone architecture that’s left,” she says. “Even those early pictographs were a harder rock on another rock picking out a picture. I think that’s why people respond to stone in such a deep way.”

Brier has directed the Indiana Limestone Symposium, a summer workshop she co-founded to offer training and community, since 1996.

Visit amybrier.com.

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Joe and Bess Lee

Art With a Cause In 2019, husband-and-wife team Joe and Bess Lee exhibited more than a dozen 2 1/2-by-3-foot acrylic paintings on paper in the style of mid-20th-century circus sideshow banners in a show called Professor Animalia’s Menagerie of Struggling Species in Bloomington and Indianapolis.

“Circus banners were frequently stylized visual promotions, displaying the awe that riskperformers inspired—the trapeze artists, for example,” Bess explains. Each banner featured an endangered species rendered in circus style.

Joe is now writing and illustrating a biography of Holocaust survivor Eva Kor. Bess has worked on broadening her artistic experience through Ivy Tech arts courses and meditative study of museum artwork at the Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University.

Visit joeleeillustrator.com.

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(above) Joe and Bess Lee. Photo by Nicole McPheeters

(below) Dawn Adams. Photo by Martin Boling

Dawn Adams

Water Artist Dawn Adams specializes in water imagery: fresh, salt, still, rippling, melting, frozen.

She focuses on water because the paintings could be both representational and abstract. “Water changes things,” she notes.

“Reflections, sparkling water, the light going through. You can hardly believe it exists in reality, it’s so magical.”

The paintings are never dark and stormy. “I want my art to help people feel better and be healthy,” Adams says. “I want the work to be soothing.”

Visit dawnadamspaintings.com.

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Patricia Rhoden

(above, right) Patricia Rhoden. Photo by John Bailey

Prolific Artist

After 37 years as an art teacher, Patricia Rhoden retired in 2013 and now spends most days creating oil and acrylic paintings in her Nashville, Indiana, studio. Much of her work is impressionistic, and she’s known for her silver and gold leaf floral landscapes.

“I find joy in painting,” Rhoden says. “It’s my emotional outlet. I can’t even say how many paintings I do in a year. I’m a very prolific artist because I’m constantly painting.”

Rhoden was named an outstanding landscape artist at Hoosier Salon, a statewide juried art show in Indianapolis, in 2014, 2015, and 2020.

Visit rhodenart.com.

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Jerome Harste

Multi-Genre Artist (above) Jerome Harste. Courtesy photo

Upon retiring from Indiana University as a distinguished professor of literacy, culture, and language in 2006, Jerome Harste began studying with renowned artists in several states. Today, he is a multi-genre artist who also throws pottery, draws in pen and ink, and builds sand sculptures. His diverse collective work features many subjects and styles.

“The motto I live by is ‘ruin one piece of paper a day.’ It’s only by staying actively engaged and taking risks that one grows,” Harste says.

Visit jeromeharste.com.

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Kevin Pope

Artwork That Tells Stories Cartoonist Kevin Pope has illustrated for Playboy magazine, the Chicago Tribune, Mad Magazine, the NBC animated show Sammy, Pepsi TV commercials, and the comics Inside Out and The Far Side.

These days, Pope is creating finer art. Applying acrylic paints and found objects on birch planks or vintage stationary, Pope creates vignettes of imagined 1930s’ scenes—a railroad station, a jazz group, a farmer and his wife.

“I’ve continued on artwork that hopefully has the ability to tell stories, with a bit of humor, while embracing vintage Americana,” Pope says.

Visit kevinpope.com. (right) Kevin Pope.

Photo by Martin Boling

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(above) Meg Lagodzki. Courtesy photo

Meg Lagodzki

Painting anUnnatural Landscape After Meg Lagodzki had a serious illness that resulted in the removal of her thyroid, she was entirely unable to speak for two months, and then only in a whisper for a year. Depressed, she coped by returning to oil painting, something she had given up for 10 years to focus on her family.

In particular, she found herself drawn to south-central Indiana’s limestone quarries—an interest that stems in part from a concern about human impact on the environment.

“It’s a manufactured landscape,” she says of the quarries. “They shouldn’t exist like that. They’re beautiful, and bizarre, but sort of impossible.”

Visit meglagodzki-art.com.

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(above) Mark Blaney. Courtesy photo

Even before painter and ceramicist Mark Blaney moved to Bloomington in 2010, he had contributed artwork to various local arts endeavors, including albums and publications by local composer Malcolm Dalglish.

Now, he continues to produce work for the Bloomington community.

His paintings hang in homes across the city and are available for purchase at Juniper Art Gallery in Spencer, Indiana.

While Blaney’s paintings have been described as post-Impressionist, “I don’t like to be held to a certain style,” he says. He also creates painted ceramic wall sculptures, many of which depict people and street scenes.

Visit markblaneyart.com.

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Jennifer Mujezinovic Portrait Painter

For four years, Bloomington’s Jennifer Mujezinovic painted the whimsical portrait covers for the All About children’s book series. After 12 total book covers, Mujezinovic has decided to begin taking a new creative direction.

A show in Chicago where half of her work sold on opening night, a move to a new studio “with perfect natural lighting,” and a show called “La Vie en Rose Colored Glasses” are part of the process.

“With the pinks and reds that kept popping up in my paintings and [the song ‘La Vie en Rose’] lately in the air, it seems we are all looking forward to days with a rosier view,” she says.

Visit jmujezinovic.com.

(above) Jennifer Mujezinovic.

Photo by Kendall Reeves

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Joel Washington

Music Is His Inspiration A self-taught artist, Joel Washington’s work can be found in Bloomington galleries and restaurants, in departments across Indiana University, and at the Indiana State Museum. In 2018, he travelled to London, England, where eight of his paintings were featured at the Parallax Art Fair.

Many of Washington’s works are colorful paintings of famous jazz and rock musicians, such as Billie Holiday, Miles Davis, and the Beatles.

“Music can put you in a time and place,” he says. “In my head, I know what imagery I could paint if I’m listening to certain music.

When I hear something, I sometimes think, ‘I’ve got to buy this!

I’ve got to paint!’”

Visit joelwashingtonart.com.

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(above) Joel Washington.

Photo by Jeff Richardson

Dixie Ferrer

Texture Artist Brown County resident Dixie Ferrer considers herself an artist of texture, exploring the combined mediums of oil paint and cold wax. “Working in different arts has allowed me to collect and combine techniques,” says Ferrer, whose 40year art background includes textile, ceramics, and painting. “But I’ve always been a texture artist. I can’t get away from texture.”

Her evolving style speaks of moodiness and tonalism, perhaps matching the times we are living in, she says.

Ferrer’s work can be viewed at the Brown County Art Guild or by appointment at the Ferrer Studio.

Visit ddferrer.wixsite.com/mysite.

(above) Dixie Ferrer. Photo by Rodney Margison

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Jerry Smith

En Plein Air Painter Initially finding it easier to paint in a realist style, Jerry Smith says his work has adapted with time. “I’ve turned toward impressionism,” Smith says. “My direction has been to loosen up, simplify, work with bigger shapes.”

In 1975, four years after he first picked up a paint brush at age 30, Smith was introduced to en plein air (outdoor) painting, a hallmark of his portfolio.

“Plein air is just as much about the experience as the results,” he says. “It’s the time I most feel like a painter, like I’m relating to the impressionists and the artists who came before me.”

Currently, Smith’s creative direction lies in watermedia painting.

Visit jsmithstudio.com.

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(above) Jerry Smith. Courtesy photo

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