Bloomington Pridefest 2022 includes music, vendors and more
Music, movies and Pridefest are all on tap in the coming week in Bloomington, with two events combining kids and music. The first: Kids and polite dogs are welcome at a hands-on concert Sunday at Switchyard Park. The second: A free concert of Broadway and opera music that will benefit Fairview Elementary programs.
More music, at a CD release party, will benefit a suicide-prevention group. Even more local music will be part of Pridefest 2022 on Saturday afternoon and evening.
If films are more your style, check out IU Cinema's new season and there's also a chance to learn about architectural history at the Grunwald, more music at a Nashville restaurant and a dance performance offered on Friday and Saturday.
Descent by Hybridmotion Dance Theatre
The FAR Center for Contemporary Arts presents Descent by Hybridmotion Dance Theatre. This collaborative production, directed and choreographed by husband and wife duo Jun Kuribayashi and Mia Dalglish, combines theater, visual arts and unconventional dance to delve into the world of the unconscious. The performances feature dancers Trea Dipkin, Heather Easley, Ori Harris, Tzshedom Tingkhhye, Lila Kushner and Hannah Laski.
Doors will open at 7 p.m. for the 7:30 performances on Friday and Saturday at 505 W. Fourth St. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the door. For tickets, to to hybridmotion.eventbrite.com. A question and answer session will follow the performances.
Bloomington Pridefest 2022 is Saturday on Kirkwood
Bloomington Pridefest 2022 will be 2-11:45 p.m. Saturday on East Kirkwood Avenue. It's in-person this year and will have a vendor village (open 2-8 p.m.), food trucks, wellness activities and music. The festivities will begin with Quarryland Men's Chorus performing at 2 p.m. followed by Kool Breed. A local drag show begins at 4 p.m. followed by DJ Duck Trash, Emma Peridot and a sunset drag show at 7 p.m. A meet and greet with Dida Ritz and Saint at 8 p.m., DJ Maddog at 9 and a grand finale drag show at 10 p.m. The education and wellness events will be in room 1B and C at the Monroe County Public Library that will include HIV testing, Monkeypox vaccines and more.
Bloomington Sympony Orchestra plays Sunday at Switchyard
Bring the kids and well behaved dogs to this free serenade to pets. Hear works by Stravinsky, Copland and Gershwin, as you drink in the evening air. The first part of the event begins at 6 p.m. Sunday with animal adoption with Bloomington's Animal Care and Control. During the Musical Petting Zoo, which begins at 6:30 p.m., touch and play several of the instruments you are about to hear. At 7 p.m., the concert begins. Bring comfortable seating and a picnic and enjoy the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra in Switchyard Park, 1601 S. Rogers St.
Fun continues at Hard Truth Terrace in Nashville
On the Rocks concert series at Hard Truth, a Nashville restaurant, offers live music and games Friday through Sunday. Enjoy On the Rocks, a concert series. From 6 to 9 p.m. Friday Paradigm performs. Then on Saturday, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. it's Kit Haymond, followed by music by John Ryan 3-6 p.m. Saturday at 6 p.m. it's Bonita, and from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, Tracy Thomson performs. The restaurant is at 418 Old Ind. 46, Nashville. Visit vistihardtruth.com/events for details.
Hinterland Band CD Release and Benefit for Project Stay
The Hinterland Band CD Release & Benefit for Project Stay with an appearance by Krista Detor is 7 p.m. Saturday at Detor’s Hundredth Hill Artist Residence & Retreat, 8275 N. Fish Road. Patrons will celebrate the music of Hoosier artists Ben Schwartzman and the new Hoosier roots music of The Hinterland Band.
This family-friendly program includes catering by BuffaLouie's. Participants will hear songs by Schwartzman, a young musician who died by suicide. Another guest is Bloomington singer-songwriter Sarah Cassidy. All profits from the concert will go to Project STAY, dedicated to peer-to-peer suicide prevention and education. Suggested donation is $25 per person. For tickets or more information on the event, go to TheHundredthHill.org. For more about Project STAY, go to projectstayindiana.org.
Mies van der Rohe’s architectural history on view at Grunwald
The Grunwald Gallery of Art, 1201 E. Seventh St., presents "Mies in Indiana," which looks at the little-known history of Mies van der Rohe’s architectural history in Indiana between 1947 and 1953. The exhibit will open on Thursday and continue through Nov. 12. Hear a public lecture by Adam Thies and Jon Racek at 5 p.m. Friday in room in FA 015. An opening reception at the Grunwald Gallery follows the lecture. Call 812-855-8490 for more details.
'Lerner & Loewe and Locked Away' to benefit Fairview Elementary
Richard Lewis' 12th annual free concert of Broadway and opera, live and in person returns, this time titled “Lerner & Loewe and Locked Away.” See this show at 2 p.m. Sunday at Fairview United Methodist Church, 600 W. Sixth St. Prospect Hill resident Richard Lewis performs with returning guest artists Anna Singer, Robert Chafin and Michael Borowitz to share secrets and songs from "Brigadoon," "Camelot," "My Fair Lady" and "Paint Your Wagon." There's opera, too, with works by Verdi, Puccini and Johann Strauss.
Donations will help the literacy and arts integration programs at Bloomington’s Fairview Elementary School. Find more at Facebook: “Lerner & Loewe & Locked Away.
IU Cinema opens new season
Air Force scientists and crew are working in an isolated North Pole research outpost, when they encounter a badass plant-like stranger. Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, Robert Cornthwaite and Douglas Spencer stir up the action in this thriller that will open the season at IU Cinema, 1213 E. Seventh St, on the Indiana University Bloomington campus.
"The Thing from Another World" (1951) will be shown at 7 p.m. Thursday for $5. For tickets and information on more films, go to https://am.ticketmaster.com/iucinema/Fall2022.
This article originally appeared on The Herald-Times: Bloomington PRIDE fest, BSO concert with dogs highlight week
