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Connections

The Connections section includes coverage of arts, entertainment, lifestyles, and anything that generally fits the category of: A person does a interesting thing.

Police seek video after racist pepper-spray assault at greenhouse; market looks toward more growing sites

Police seek video after racist pepper-spray assault at greenhouse; market looks toward more growing sites

After a racist confrontation ended in a pepper-spray attack on a People’s Market volunteer, Bloomington police are still seeking the suspect. Market organizers hope the response also spurs local churches to use their land for greenhouses and other food-growing projects.

Friday Funnies: Hawk v. Fish (Taste of Bloomington edition)

Friday Funnies: Hawk v. Fish (Taste of Bloomington edition)

It's a special edition of Sunday Funnies ... on Friday, because Taste of Bloomington is on Saturday! This comic gives you the combination of food and local political drama that everyone is craving! Why did the city councilmembers have to settle for walking the chicken over Kirkwood Avenue?

Sunday Funnies: Hawk v. Fish

Sunday Funnies: Hawk v. Fish

Why kind of drama goes with a movie about the Little 500 race? Fish has the answer!

Sunday Funnies: Hawk v. Fish

Sunday Funnies: Hawk v. Fish

What kind of fish is Fish?! Find out in today’s episode!

A time capsule in steel words: The story of (C)olumn

A time capsule in steel words: The story of (C)olumn

Installed in 2015 at 2nd and Walnut streets, Bloomington’s (C)olumn sculpture turns nearly 300 community-supplied words into a steel civic time capsule. Co-designer Jon Racek says it captures the city’s joys, frustrations and identity around 2014.

Photos: Inside the Bloomington Convention Center expansion

Photos: Inside the Bloomington Convention Center expansion

After last Wednesday’s (July 8) meeting of the Monroe County capital improvement board (CIB) some board members were taken on a tour of the convention center expansion project. Leading the way was Weddle Bros. construction project manager Andrew Scere. The B Square tagged along.

Plaque dedication in Monroe County marks nation’s 250th anniversary

Plaque dedication in Monroe County marks nation’s 250th anniversary

A new plaque unveiled Saturday at the Monroe County Courthouse recognizes 30 Revolutionary War patriots buried in the county, replacing a 1986 version. The local DAR chapters hosted the dedication as part of events marking the nation’s 250th anniversary.