From time to time I post prison-related news stories to a blog on the Midwest Pages to Prisoners Project’s home page. I’ve started to aggregate those posts on this site as well. They’re on the right hand side of this page.
An Invisible City
I’ve started writing on a new blog that I’ve named An Invisible City as part of the local Bloomington paper’s community blog project. At this point, I think the writing will be almost entirely stories about living in Bloomington. The things I write for that blog get syndicated on this site as well. You’ll see recent posts listed on the right hand side of this page.
5th annual rock n’ roll prom (benefit for Midwest Pages to Prisoners and Boxcar Books) @ the bluebird. 9:30p. $6/10. 21+.
General Info
- Saturday April 7th
- A split benefit for Boxcar Books and Community Center and the Midwest Pages to Prisoners Project (more info at www.boxcarbooks.org and www.pagestoprisoners.org)
- Doors at 9:30pm
- 21 +
- At the Bluebird
- Â $6 per person/ $10 couple
 Random Info
- Dress to Impress!!
- Contests for best dressed, best themed costume, best drag
- Photo booth
- Drink specials
Bands
- Blondie (Secretly Canadian’s best)
- The Pixies (members of Kentucky Nightmare and The Delicious)
- Tina Turner (members of The All-Girl Summer Fun Cover Band)
- Iggy Pop and the Stooges (members of Puppy vs. Dyslexia, Green Fuzz Society, One Reason)
- DJ’s Justin and Derrick (I’m waiting to hear back if they have a name they’d like to use)
Bloomington Linux Users Group @ Monroe County Public Library Room 1B. 7p.
Join BLUG for a magical evening of Linux goodness. Tuesday's presentation will be by Scott Blaydes on Virtualization on the Linux Desktop. We will take a look at some of the options to help users replace Microsoft Windows on their desktop. After the short presentation we will have an open discussion for everyone to talk about what is going on in the Linux world and to get advice on problems. I would like to also talk about ways to generate interest in the BLUG and get the attendance up. Bring your ideas. *NOTE: I will not be discussing Xen. Xen deserves a whole presentation for itself...and I haven't had the time to get it working on my laptop. BTW: I need a projector for this meeting, so if someone could be nice enough to bring one, I would really appreciate it. (hint hint Simon...)
question @ house gone wylie (521 wylie). 9p.
Question is a hardcore band from Minneapolis. I think that locals Gourmet Scum are playing too.
list of online publications for veterans
a show and silent art auction to benefit your art here and art hospital @ art hospital. 7p. $5
Tonight at the Art Hospital! Art! Music! Humans! Electricity! Indoor
Plumbing!
Hello to Everyone from the Art Hospital!
On Friday, March 9th there will be a show and silent art auction to benefit
two of your friendly neighborhood art organizations. Your Art Here and the
Art Hospital.
The event starts with the auction @ 7pm.
Bids will be taken until 10 pm.
The auction will feature work by:
Robb Stone
Mperfect Designs
Owen Mundy
John Clark
Lou Joseph
Stephanie Dotson
Victoria Calabro
Liz Leslie
Andrew Maxson
Knee Shy
Jeremy Kennedy
The Staff of the Art Hospital
plus many more!
At 10pm-12:30am will be the music of:
Racebannon
Mouthbreather
Dixie Fried Diablo
Admission to both the art auction and the show is 5$.
The address of the Art Hospital is
1021 South Walnut Street
Bloomington, IN 47401
Please come out and support your local music and arts community.
Prison Blog Posts
Shannon Clark is an inmate from Arizona who blogs through the post at shannoninprison.blogspot.com. He recently sent a few new posts about relationships, corrections staff, attitudes about gender and violence, and rehabilitation programs in the ADOC.
Facility Holding Terrorism Inmates Limits Communication
The Justice Department has quietly opened a new prison unit in Indiana that houses a hodgepodge of second-tier terrorism inmates, most of them Arab Muslims, whose ability to communicate with the outside world has been tightly restricted.
New Terre Haute Facility holding Terrorism Inmates
Facility Holding Terrorism Inmates Limits Communication – washingtonpost.com:
The Justice Department has quietly opened a new prison unit in Indiana that houses a hodgepodge of second-tier terrorism inmates, most of them Arab Muslims, whose ability to communicate with the outside world has been tightly restricted.