Partner Profile: Mathers Museum of World Cultures

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At Lotus, we’re lucky to work with many community organizations — to share resources, to reach larger audiences, to pool creative energy and ideas. One of our longtime community partners is IU’s Mathers Museum of World Cultures, which hosted the very first Lotus event (ever), back in 1994. [read more]

MAY 16 CONCERT UPDATE — Show Cancellation

16 May 2013

Because Christine Balfa and her band are experiencing weather-related flight cancellations and delays on their way to Bloomington, we have had to CANCEL tonight’s concert at Waldron, Hill, and Buskirk Park.  As of this post, they haven’t even been able leave Louisiana. We look forward to presenting them in the future, when the weather won’t [...]

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Free Concert May 16: Christine Balfa & Balfa Toujours [CANCELLED]

9 May 2013
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NOTE: This concert has been cancelled. We finish up our spring Lotus at 20 concert series with a free concert of traditional Cajun music by Christine Balfa and Balfa Toujours. Come on out to the park and let the good times roll.

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Edible Lotus • May 10

23 April 2013
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Finding the Pattern

9 April 2013
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The first phase of our pattern-driven arts outreach project wrapped up at the end of March, and after hundreds of design submissions, lots of carving, and getting our paint-spattered hands on umpteen feet of canvas, we’re ready to start chapter two of the Power of Pattern.

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Celebrating Our Volunteers

9 April 2013
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Every year, at the Be More Awards, the City’s Volunteer Network recognizes the phenomenal contributions of volunteers across the Bloomington community. We’d like to acknowledge the Lotus volunteers we nominated for special recognition this year: Gail Hale, Julie Lawson, and Geoff McKim.

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Blossoms, Revisited

4 April 2013
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Lotus Blossoms 2013 is a wrap. Two dense weeks of Tuvan throat-singing, old-time fiddle and dance, magnificent storytelling, and magical Andean music: here’s a snapshot of the action.

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