Murals have been around for as long as there have been walls and humans to paint on them. But as photographer and writer M.J. Bower shows in this photo essay, Bloomington, Indiana, has seen a ...
“Travel with Laurie” is a new Limestone Post travel series written by Laurie D. Borman, who will take us to many sundry and fascinating destinations in southern Indiana. In her first article, Laurie ...
Professors in the IU Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design are collaborating with the nonprofit Ethical Metalsmiths to inspire students to create jewelry made from ethically source materials.
I came out as queer/bisexual/pansexual in my early 20s. I realized that I should actually start listening to those “girl crushes” I’d been noticing all my life. A few years later I met Josie, and we ...
To be inside the music, to hear it, to feel it, from within a group of musicians. To be surrounded by sound, to be one of the people creating that sound. “Incredible,” “amazing,” “extraordinary” are ...
Journalist Ida B. Wells spent much of her career in the late 1800s shedding light on the horrors of lynching. Some historians say she was the most famous Black woman in the U.S. during her lifetime.
Medical training has long been incorporated into Bloomington Fire Department operations, with emergency medical technicians acting as first responders to medical emergencies. But two years ago, the ...
[UPDATE: This story was originally published in 2016 while rumors were circulating that the renowned Rooftop Quarry was being filled in by the property’s owner, Indiana Limestone Company. A ...
Ann Barlow died two weeks after Easter this year, as snow was falling like a pox on the barely budded spring. Her daughter Sarah had been trying to reach Ann for hours from her apartment in Bangkok, ...
Editor’s note: This story contains descriptions of graphic violence and sexual assault. Reader discretion is advised. My clearest memory of Ann Harmeier is of her singing at the Milton Elementary ...
Now that adopted-cum-prodigal-son Robert Montgomery Knight has returned to the town of his epic, mythical, mystical triumphs to live out his valedictory years, Bloomington again seems the center of ...
From open mics to touring headliners, sketch shows to improv troupes, Bloomington is a hub for live comedy in the Midwest. Why Bloomington, specifically? Because certain stars aligned over the ...