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The Tatanka Roadshow is a series of events calling for better land and forest management in southern Indiana. (above) Many of the events feature “Tatanka,” a larger-than-life bison sculpture by southern Indiana artist Gloria Courtney. | Photo provided

Tatanka Roadshow Calls for Better Management of Hoosier Forests
Dason Anderson
The Tatanka Roadshow is a series of events calling attention to what organizers call destructive land and forest management practices by the U.S. Forest Service in southern Indiana. The roadshow will be in Paoli on June 28, featuring comedian Stephanie Lochbihler, singer-songwriter Tim Grimm, novelist Scott Russell Sanders, and screenwriter Angelo Pizzo. Read about the show and the significance of southern Indiana’s forests, by Dason Anderson.
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The goal of the local news collaboration Deep Dive: WFHB & Limestone Post Investigate was to provide Monroe County residents “with vital information, comprehensive coverage, and transparency.” For more than two years, the series covered pressing issues in Monroe County, from health to education to the environment. (Above) Deep Dive opened with a two-part series on the local housing crisis and potential solutions. | Photo by Jim Krause

Deep Dive: WFHB & Limestone Post’s Award-Winning Collaboration Two independent news outlets, two years of in-depth, public-service journalism
Limestone Post
The innovative local news series Deep Dive: WFHB & Limestone Post Investigate received statewide, national, and international recognition, but the most impact was local, surpassing its goal to provide Monroe County residents “with vital information, comprehensive coverage, and transparency.” Read a wrap-up of the series, including links to every broadcast and article by WFHB and Limestone Post.
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While many Americans do not trust national news sources, they still say they have faith in local news. | Photo by iStock/Getty Images Plus

Americans Still Have Faith in Local News — But Few Willing To Pay for It
Jennifer Hoewe
While many Americans have lost trust in national news sources, most say they still rely on the accuracy of local news, with 74 percent of Americans saying they had at least some trust in their local news organizations. And yet, more than 3,200 local and regional newspapers have closed since 2005. This report by Purdue University Professor Jennifer Hoewe puts the plight of news into perspective.
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Jon Tonks and Roman Franc (l-r) pause during their photo shoot at the Musical Arts Center on the Indiana University campus. The photographers visited Bloomington in February and returned in April for a community photography project. Their work will be shown at Pictura Gallery beginning June 6. | Limestone Post

B-Town Is 1st City in U.S. for ‘Group Portraits’ by European Photographers The Groups Collective Photographic Series Opens at Pictura Gallery on June 6
Hiromi Yoshida
In February, European fine art photographers Jon Tonks and Roman Franc began working on a project to photograph various groups in and around Bloomington. The results will be exhibited at Pictura Gallery in the FAR Center for Contemporary Arts beginning June 6, coinciding with the Fourth and Rogers Block Party and Gallery Walk Bloomington. Hiromi Yoshida profiled the photographers and Pictura co-owner Martha Moore.
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Cindy Chavez, left, and Traci Ayala run Pantry 279, a food bank in Ellettsville that has lost food supplies because of federal funding cuts. | Photo by Trung Le

Federal Funding Cuts Are Hitting Home Food banks, libraries, water quality organizations among numerous groups affected
Trung Le
Grandparents with custody of their grandchildren, low-income families, and stewards of clean water are all feeling the impact of federal funding cuts. Vulnerable Hoosiers are getting hit the worst. Writer Trung Le interviewed leaders at several local nonprofits to see how uncertainty caused by government policies are leading to hardship. Read how the cuts are hurting.
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“One of the things I’ve been playing with in the work — and, of course, the work is always a reflection of personal growth and thought — is the awareness of how fear and desire are often the same,” says sculptor Melanie Cooper Pennington. | Photo by Claude Cookman

Bloomington Sculptor Reaches ‘Punctuation Point’ with Her Latest Exhibition
Claude Cookman
The career of IU sculpture professor Melanie Cooper Pennington has evolved over 30-plus years, but she considers her recent exhibition at the I Fell Gallery “a punctuation point.” Claude Cookman, author and professor emeritus at IU, says watching Cooper Pennington talk about her work feels like watching one of her sculptures come to life. See and read about her work here.
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“Jazz culture is about being a part of the jazz community and being connected to the history of the music,” says Tom Walsh (above), a professor of music in saxophone and chair of the Department of Jazz Studies at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. | Courtesy photo

Tom Walsh: The Man Inside the Music
Aaron B. Cohen
Tom Walsh, professor of music in saxophone and chair of the Department of Jazz Studies at the IU Jacobs School of Music, spoke to writer Aaron B. Cohen about the combination of jazz and jazz education, transmitting the culture of music, and the roots of music culture in Bloomington. Read Cohen’s Q&A with Walsh here.
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Since 2016, live performances in The Remarkable Women Series have enlightened the public on “the many unknown and un-celebrated contributions of African Americans.” The series is produced by Resilience Productions, which was founded by (above, l-r) Danielle Bruce, Gladys DeVane, and Liz Mitchell. | Courtesy photo

‘History Reclaimed, Stories Retold, Theatre Revealed’ Resilience Productions’ Remarkable Women Series Aims to Educate, Enlighten, and Engage
Hiromi Yoshida
Since 2016, Danielle Bruce, Gladys DeVane, and Liz Mitchell have enlightened the public on “the many unknown and un-celebrated contributions of African Americans” to Indiana and U.S. history. The next live performance in their Remarkable Women Series is about Judge Viola Taliaferro. They shared their personal experiences and unique contributions with writer Hiromi Yoshida. Click here to read about these Remarkable Women.
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In 1994, a group of Bloomington women conducted a homegrown experiment to create a new science playground for children. Today, WonderLab Museum of Science, Health & Technology has become a success story far beyond what many could have imagined. (above) WonderLab staff at the museum’s original location in the Wicks Building on the downtown square (clockwise from far left): Louise Schlesinger, Mary Sommers, Colleen Couper, Karen Stucky, Erin Gerecke, Catherine Olmer, (unidentified), Karen Jepson-Innes, Jeanne Gunning, Greta Faroute | Photo by Melinda Seader

The ‘WonderWomen’ Behind WonderLab
Trung Le
In 1994, a group of Bloomington women conducted a homegrown experiment to create a science playground for children. Today, as it welcomes a new executive director, WonderLab Museum has become a success story far beyond what they imagined. LP contributor Trung Le interviewed some of the women involved with WonderLab since its humble beginnings. Click here to read about the WonderWomen.
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Ruthie Cohen, LP’s aproned sage, is back in the kitchen, stirring the pot and serving up delicious recipes. This month, she shows us how to spice up the pantry, then makes chermoula (above), a savory Moroccan sauce that works with vegetables, fish, meats, and couscous. | Photos by Ruthie Cohen

Stirring the Pot: Chermoula and a Pantry Infused with Delight
Ruthie Cohen
Ruthie Cohen is back in the kitchen! After a two-year, too-long hiatus, LP’s aproned sage is once again serving up delicious recipes. This month, she stirs the pot by showing us how to spice up the pantry and make chermoula, a savory Moroccan sauce that works with vegetables, fish, meats, and couscous. Click here for the whole chermoula.
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Students in the American Studies class at Bloomington’s Academy of Science and Entrepreneurship were asked to identify their sense of place. Each student made a video to learn about their special place’s “larger connection to our shared home of southern Indiana.” Above, a screenshot from the video by Andjoli C. Badger.

What Is ‘A Sense of Place’? Bloomington Students Explain — and Share Theirs The 2024 “Sense of Place” project by students at the Academy of Science and Entrepreneurship is here!
Academy of Science and Entrepreneurship Students
Students in the American Studies class at Bloomington’s Academy of Science and Entrepreneurship were asked to identify their sense of place. Each student made a video to learn about their special place’s “larger connection to our shared home of southern Indiana.” And as ASE students have done since 2016, they’ve shared their videos with us. Watch their “sense of place” videos here.
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