🚨 VENUE UPDATE 🚨 Due to weather conditions, tonight's Jazz In July concert will be held indoors at the Columbus Commons. 📍 300 Washington St., Columbus, IN
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Join us in Columbus (IN) for Jazz in July with the Visions Jazz Ensemble! ✨ This year’s performance highlights the Ensemble's "Of The People," a special program celebrating America's 250th anniversary. 📆 Friday, July 17 at 7pm 📍 Bartholomew Co. Public Library 💵 FREE and open to the public
"While I wasn’t involved in producing these projects, I see firsthand every day the dedication our journalists bring to their work. This recognition offers an opportunity to reflect on something larger than the awards themselves: why trusted local journalism matters."
Good afternoon, Hoosiers! Today is the day of the primary election and we will be providing updates throughout the day. Check out our election coverage at ipm.org/election
You asked, and we listened. Here's how this week's ruling in federal court affects funding for NPR and public media. (🧵)
Our Early Music America Emerging Artist Showcase wraps up today with the incredible ensemble Comtessa! 🏰 Since 2018, EMA has been highlighting the most promising talent in the field, and this 2025 laureate is a perfect example of the high caliber of historical performance today.
The Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Marin Alsop, brings a compelling program to Bloomington, Ind. this week, featuring the works of Beethoven, Brahms and Schumann. Hear about the concert night’s selections and the connections between them in a recent interview: www.ipm.org/2026-03-20/p...
Philadelphia Orchestra at the IU Auditorium
Listen to a conversation with luminary conductor Marin Alsop about the concert
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The future of early music is here! 🌟 This week on HARMONIA, we continue our celebration of Early Music America's Emerging Artist series with Ars Poetica:
This week on HARMONIA, we’re kicking off a month-long celebration of the Early Music America Emerging Artist series with 2025 laureate Charlotte Tang!
The latest episode of @npr.org's WAIT WAIT... DON'T TELL ME!, recorded live in Bloomington, features panelists Alonzo Bodden, Josh Gondelman, and Faith Salie. "Not My Job" guest Olympic Swimmer Lilly King plays a game called "Lilly King meet these Lil' Kings." ⤵️
'Wait Wait' for February 28. 2026: Live in Bloomington with Lilly King!
This week, Wait Wait is live in Bloomington, Indiana with host Peter Sagal, special guest Lilly King and panelists Alonzo Bodden, Josh Gondelman, and Faith Salie
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Indiana Public Media director Mike Arnold recently shared his thoughts about what the future of public media can be. Take a look! ➡️ current.org/2026/02/its-...
Opinion: It’s time for public radio to reclaim its educational identity
In a post-CPB world, embracing our original purpose as a “school of the sky” is not nostalgia — it is strategy.
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The second-highest-ranking official in Indiana, Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith, openly identifies as a Christian nationalist, igniting a fierce debate from the statehouse to the pulpit.
Hosted by WFIU's Kayte Young, Alex Chambers, and Tyler Lake, NICE WORK is a new podcast that explores the arts, culture, and imagination of south central Indiana. Find the first four episodes streaming now: ipm.org/nicework
Thanks to everyone who has shown up for this year's Swing In September concerts! We've seen a great turn out each week. 😊 Your support means so much! 📍 One more show this Friday at 6:30pm in Dunn Meadow
After an extensive search, WFIU & @wtiu.bsky.social are proud to welcome a new executive director this fall!
On March 7th, over 60 cities in the U.S. hosted #StandUpForScience rallies to protest recent executive orders from the Trump administration, such as layoffs to science professionals and cuts to the federal funding of research initiatives.
Kicking off a loud & proud celebration of #WomensHistoryMonth w/this dive into a decade where wartime circumstances briefly increased opportunities for women jazz artists. #JazzWomen #1940s
Jazz Women Of The 1940s
Women instrumentalists thrived in the upside-down jazz world of wartime America.
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As we approach Valentine's Day, 'The Poets Weave' features a collection with an edge...poems based on the idea of "limerence," or the state of being obsessively infatuated with someone. Today, many scientists believe that limerence is not only a psychological state but a neurological one. 🧠
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fluxt [née fluxed]@fluxt.bsky.social · 2y agoAs Trump's FCC threatens this week to sabotage @npr.org (shorturl.at/7yhuR), here's a perfect example of a public radio story with broad appeal, politics notwithstanding: Sara Wittmeyer at Indiana's @wfiu.bsky.social, on a priceless archive of historic sports recordings. www.npr.org/2025/02/01/n...
Hey folks! Do you live in south-central Indiana? (Bloomington, Martinsville, Columbus, Jasper, Greencastle, +more) Follow our newsroom for local coverage! ⤵️
WFIU/WTIU News@wfiuwtiunews.bsky.social · 2y agoAll of our accounts and reporters, all in one place. Check it out! go.bsky.app/L5vnakM
In the final weeks of his presidency, Biden commuted all but 3 death row prisoners' to a life sentence without parole. Now back in office, Pres. Trump says he intends to resume federal executions. This special bonus episode of Rush to Kill airs Jan. 23. Listen at wfiu.org/rushtokill
📢 Class is in session! NPR Music's Tiny Desk Contest is officially OPEN. 🎵 Unsigned musicians are invited to submit a video performing at a desk (any desk!) for the chance to play a Tiny Desk concert at NPR in Washington, D.C. Winners will also be paired with a mentor in the music industry! 📈
NPRExtra@nprextra.bsky.social · 2y agoNPR Music's Tiny Desk Contest Is Live!
To those of you who said you *don't* like jazz (cries), we have some major news to share! ⤵️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dewe...
What is 'The Influencers?' | Show Announcement
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Renowned jazz educator and Bloomingtonian Janis Stockhouse, who passed away on Dec. 23, was a widely beloved figure in the Indiana jazz community and beyond. Enjoy a tribute show with contributions from fellow musicians and educators at the link below: indianapublicmedia.org/nightlights/...
Remembering Janis Stockhouse
Jazz artists and educators Natalie Boeyink, Rachel Caswell, and Lissa May discuss the life and legacy of the longtime Bloomington High School North band director.
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Enjoy a snazzy, jazzy starter pack from our fave WFIU jazz host! 😀🎵
David Brent Johnson@davidbrentjohnson.bsky.social · 2y agoHere’s a jazz starter pack, with a V. 2 to follow as more artists, media outlets, writers, fans and others continue to fly the Bluesky way (suggestions welcome in the comments). #Jazzsky go.bsky.app/5cak61Z
Hello fellow Bluesky fliers! I’m a jazz DJ & am hoping to help build a jazz community here. I also love books of all kinds, history, film, radio, indie rock, & my cat Helen. I host a weekday jazz show for wfiu.org & produce the weekly historical program Night Lights (wfiu.org/nightlights). #Jazzsky
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Joseph Kerschbaum@josephkerschbaum.bsky.social · 2y agoThanks, @wfiu.bsky.social, for hosting me to read a new batch of poems from my most recent poetry collection. Folks, give this a listen if you need a bit of poetry in your day. indianapublicmedia.org/poetsweave/g...
Hi there, public radio nerds! My name is Sam - the social media manager for WFIU Public Radio in Bloomington, IN. Our producers have been asking me - is the jazz crowd on Bluesky? So I must ask...are you here? 👀 What are you listening to these days?