Lotus Education and Arts Foundation presents
Seeds of Memory: Community and Institutional Memory Symposium
When: Saturday, July 27
Where:
1-5pm — Lotus office, 105 S. Rogers, Bloomington IN 47404
5:15-7pm —Bloomington Fine Arts Supply, 207 S. Rogers, Bloomington IN 47404
FREE, but please RSVP (details below)
Since January, Lotus has been working on the Lotus@30 project, an initiative to document our institutional memory through archiving and oral-history practices. With this symposium, we invite members of the broader Lotus and Bloomington communities to engage with and give feedback on the archive that has emerged from Lotus@30. Beyond simply documenting the history of the Lotus Education and Arts Foundation, we have come to better understand and appreciate the relationship between Lotus and Bloomington histories. Our stories have been and continue to be shared stories.
Seeds of Memory panelists are:
Jeremy Reed, Lotus@30 project manager; PhD Candidate, Indiana University-Bloomington (Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
LuAnne Holladay, Lotus@30 partner; retired arts administrator (Lotus Education and Arts Foundation); writer
Adriane Pontecorvo, WFHB programmer and PhD candidate, Indiana University-Bloomington (Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
Special guest:
Arwen Donahue, author of the graphic memoir Landings: A Crooked Creek Farm Year (Hub City) and the oral history collection This Is Home Now: Kentucky’s Holocaust Survivor’s Speak (University of Kentucky Press). Arwen’s comics, essays, and graphic stories have been featured in The Field Guide to Graphic Literature, Electric Literature, LitHub, The Nib, The Rumpus, and elsewhere.
* Session 1, 1-2pm: Oral History, Methodology and Practice, with Arwen Donahue, Jeremy Reed, LuAnne Holladay, and Adriane Pontecorvo
* Session 2, 2:30-3:30pm: Lotus@30 Archive, Open Community Forum
* Session 3, 4-5pm: Lotus@30, a conversation with Arwen Donahue, LuAnne Holladay, and Jeremy Reed
* Reception + Lotus Collage at BFA: 5:15-7pm at Bloomington Fine Arts Supply (207 S. Rogers St.). Come collage with materials from the Lotus Education and Arts Foundation’s archives — making and remaking, playing with memories and mementoes to make new art that will be part of this year’s Lotus World Music and Arts Festival. The Lotus Collage at BFA will include a reception with food, drink, and convivial company.
>>> This event is FREE and open to the public, but we ask that you RSVP and indicate which sessions you plan to attend: https://forms.gle/r3tJiLns1Q2iu72N6
Last Sunday Poetry
Sunday, July 28
7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Morgenstern’s Bookstore & Café, 849 S Auto Mall Rd, Bloomington IN 47401
Columbus OH poets Caidyn Bearfield and Su Flatt
- Sign up for open mic
- Meet and greet program participants
- Purchase food and beverages before the 7pm cafe closing time
- Purchase copies of books by featured poets
Off Night Productions presents
Steel Magnolias
August 11 & 18 at 2pm
August 12, 13, 19, 20 at 7pm
Waldron Auditorium, downtown Bloomington.
Step into the glittery, glamorous sanctuary of Truvy’s beauty salon in 1980s Chinquapin, Louisiana, where six of the town’s most beloved women share jokes, advice, and unwavering support. This hilarious and touching tale showcases the power of female friendship to keep us laughing and inspire us to face life’s toughest moments.
Starring local artists including Greta Lind, Maria Walker, and Maggie Lyn Held!
Tickets are on sale now through the Buskirk-Chumley Box Office. Find tickets and learn more at https://offnightproductions.org/
Writers Guild at Bloomington Monthly
Business Meeting
Saturday, August 17th 2024
3:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Monroe County Public Library – Downtown
Room 214 on the 2nd floor
Writers Guild at Bloomington Annual Picnic
August 18 2024
1:00 to 4:00 PM
The Writers Guild at Bloomington invites all members to join us at the park
for a lovely day of food, drink, fellowship in poetry, and an open mic!
We will bring cold drinks and the main courses. Please, bring a covered dish,
a friend, and something to share at the open mic if you’d like to read.
We look forward to seeing you at this year’s picnic!
Mark your calendars!
The Book Fair is full, but you can join the waiting list!
If a space opens up, we will contact you by email or text, first come, first served.
Use this form: Yes, Add Me to the Waiting List!
For more information, contact the Writers Guild: contact@writersguildbloomington.com