the reality tunnel

Sunday. January 7, 8pm at the Well Well Well, 909 W. Ninth Street Mayor Daley (Chicago) for fans of Deerhoof, DNA, and dresses made out of Aldi bags Brett Gand is Dead (Chicago) plays are the new band Bitter Homes and Gardens (Bloomington) ex-Piedmonster and punkin pie fucked up punk, circling the drain plus more [...]

Jan 16th Guilty Pleasures house corner of 2nd and washington Japanther Jerk Alert Pretty Hot 8pm

Here’s the menu: Hors D’oeuvres Fresh baked bread by Colin Olives with Fennel and Orange Falafel Dolmas Spinach Phyllo Cups Roasted Garlic Crostini with Smoked Paprika Charmoula Drizzled Vegetable Kabobs Salads Greek Salad Moroccan Cous Cous Salad Entree Eggplant Roulade served w/ Polenta and topped w/ Vegetable Saffron Bouillabaise Desserts Baklava by Tess Creamy Mediterranean [...]

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Boxcar Books, 310-A South Washington St. in Bloomington, is happy to announce an upcoming art exhibit at their location.  On Friday, January 5th, 2007, from 5:00-7:00 p.m., Boxcar books will host a reception to kick off a month-long exhibit of featured paintings from artists of the Horizons Art Therapy Program at Center for Behavioral Health.  [...]

Hoosiers for a Common Sense Health Plan will hold a public meeting beginning at 4pm. Formed in the Fall of 2005, HCHP’s goal is to develop and promote a bill in the Indiana State Legislature that will be introduced in January of 2007 that will promote Universal Healthcare. For more information, please visit www.hchp.info

One of the things that’s nice about living in a town as small as Bloomington is that the connection between different dynamics and forces is much more clear.  Two development plans that will really affect Bloomington in coming years are Finelight’s proposal for a new headquarters downtown.  Finelight is requesting that the city help provide [...]

So I started reviewing CDs for the local community radio station, WFHB, after realizing that, being on tour so much, I couldn’t easily have a show.  It’s a small thing, but hopefully it’s helpful.  I’m going to start posting some of the reviews of things that I find to be pretty enjoyable. Label: Art of [...]

From today’s Herald Times: Agencies say proposed NAP changes will harm four local agencies H-T Report December 26, 2006 A group of Bloomington agencies say proposed changes to the Neighborhood Assistance Program will significantly harm four local agencies: In a letter sent to Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority, Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman, state Sen. [...]

Browsing through boing boing at work, I found a link to a page and a book detailing inventions that people created out of necessity in prison. The project is described: This project was a collaboration with Angelo, an incarcerated artist. He illustrated many incredible inventions made by prisoners to fill needs that the restrictive environment [...]