Arts & Culture

Curating the perfect vacation is a goal most travelers share; however, sifting through restaurant and hotel reviews and piecing together an itinerary of memorable excursions can be stressful. That’s why…

“The bigger, the better—and smooth” is Amie Villiger Harris’s definition of the perfect pumpkin. She compares finding her ideal orange canvas to the scene in Christmas Vacation in which Clark…

Michael Bond never intended to be a children’s writer. Though an avid reader, he was by no means a model student and quit school at 14. He repaired rooftop radio…

Tom Harold, BA’94, was both delighted and positively transfixed. “It was George Rhoads’s rolling ball sculpture in the [Indianapolis] Children’s Museum,” he recalls. The kinetic piece, Science in Recess, featured…

Rosanne Tolin, BA’90, “devoured” the Paddington Bear book series as a kid. “I read my first Paddington book [when] I was probably about 8 years old,” she recalls. In 2020,…

Members of the IU family are standouts in every field, and podcasting is no exception. Listen to Erica Mandy, BAJ’07, deliver the news in 10 minutes, Tom Thakkar, BA’10, defend…

Since its inception in 2007, HoosOnFirst Improv Comedy club at IU Bloomington has bred a slew of talented entertainers. Katy O’Brian, BA’11, an original member of the troupe, is one…

Liz Lighty has always believed she’s too black, too poor, too awkward to shine in her small, rich, prom-obsessed midwestern town. But it’s okay—Liz has a plan that will get…

The inaugural young adult (YA) pick for Reese Witherspoon’s book club. A 2021 Stonewall Honor Book. One of the “Best Young Adult Books of 2020,” according to Cosmopolitan. Since its…

It was Thanksgiving when Sheldon Raisor, BS’10, came out to his parents as gay. They didn’t take the news well. If he wanted to make this lifestyle choice, they told…

The stories of Asian Americans are often skimmed over by U.S. history books. Younger generations tend to know very little about the experiences of Japanese Americans removed from their homes…

In pursuit of the “American dream,” Paul Park’s parents immigrated to the U.S. in the 1970s. “[My dad is] the oldest son of eight kids. He’s from a rural, agricultural…