Buskirk-Chumley Theater Events for October 1-15, 2024

Event: Lotus Opening Concert
Date/Time: Thursday, October 3, 2024 @ 7:00pm
Venue: Buskirk-Chumley Theater 114 E Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN 47408

Description: Lotus is excited to start the festival out with a bang! Our opener, Coolmule, is the latest and greatest Midwest old-time band to emerge, like Brood X cicada - inevitable, unstoppable, often buzzing in the key of G. They will make the cloggers clog, the dancers go berserk, and the newly wedded couple cry. They are HOT and as cool, as, well, a mule.

Our featured band is Telmary & HabanaSana. Telmary is a Cuban rapper, musician, and spoken-word artist. Her music effectively brings together two worlds that seemed disparate, combining music genres, tearing down cultural barriers, and connecting people of different backgrounds and languages. With a powerhouse band to back her up, Telmary will rock the BCT!

Visit lotusfest.org for more info.

​Purchase tickets here: https://buskirkchumley.org/event/lotus_opening_concert/ Weekend passes here: https://buskirkchumley.org/2024-lotus-all-inclusive-pass/

Event: Lotus Closing Concert
Date/Time: Sunday, October 6, 2024 @ 3:00pm
Venue: Buskirk-Chumley Theater 114 E Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN 47408

Description: THE SUNDAY CLOSING CONCERT TICKET COMES WITH A 2024 LOTUS PIN.

Our closing concert begins with this year’s Lotus Dickey Artists' Ashlee Watkins & Andrew Small. They are award-winning singers, songwriters, and multi-instrumentalists with a soul-stirring sound that hearkens back to old-time radio broadcasts of the 30s and 40s.

Our second performer, Luciane Dom, is a singer and songwriter, part of a new generation of contemporary artists from Rio de Janeiro. She brings poetry to themes of Black diaspora, feminism, empowerment, and other social reflections that impact the construction of her emotions. Her musical sound is influenced by Afrobeats, urban jazz, reggae, and Ijexá. Her music is sensual, danceable, and a great way to close out the festival.

2024 Lotus Pin will be available for pick up in the lobby of the Buskirk-Chumley Theater when doors open for the event. Must have your Sunday ticket in hand to receive the pin and to gain entry to the show.

​Purchase tickets here: https://buskirkchumley.org/event/lotus_sunday_closing_concert/ Weekend passes here: https://buskirkchumley.org/2024-lotus-all-inclusive-pass/

Event: ENO
Date/Time: Tuesday, October 8, 2024 @ 7:00pm
Venue: Buskirk-Chumley Theater 114 E Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN 47408

Description: Maverick recording artist Brian Eno co-founded Roxy Music, produced breakthrough albums for David Bowie, Talking Heads, Devo, and U2, and pioneered innovative work in ambient music.

A renowned explorer of technology and “oblique strategies,” he is an unlikely subject for a conventional documentary; but in this first-of-its-kind portrait, Gary Hustwit (HELVETICA, RAMS) applies Eno’s own concept of “generative” art: the filmmaker’s proprietary technology, developed with digital artist Brendan Dawes, produces a different movie every time it’s screened, presenting variations in sequence, music, and scenes (including some with such collaborators as Laurie Anderson, David Byrne, David Bowie, U2, and others).

This is a once-in-a-lifetime screening. ENO offers millions of possible variations and ushers in a groundbreaking approach to storytelling. The result is a viewing experience that resonates with Eno’s own artistic practice, his use of technology to compose music, and the mercurial essence of creativity as his endless pursuit. Defying the hagiographic impulses of the music doc genre, ENO draws from original interviews and the artist’s own staggering archive of never-before-seen footage and unreleased music. This showing will include a pre-recorded Q&A with the Director/Producer Gary Hustwit.

​Purchase tickets here: https://buskirkchumley.org/event/eno/

Event: Hiss Golden Messenger
Date/Time: Wednesday, October 9, 2024 @ 7:00pm
Venue: Buskirk-Chumley Theater 114 E Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN 47408

Description: Don’t miss a special solo set from Hiss Golden Messenger, performing the 2010 record “Bad Debt” in its entirety, along with other favorites. Coming to Buskirk Chumley Theater on October 9th. Tickets on sale now.

In 2010, M.C. Taylor—leader, songwriter and singer of Hiss Golden Messenger—sat down at his kitchen table and started writing and recording the songs that would eventually become his beloved album Bad Debt. At the time, the songwriter was living in a drafty cedar cabin in the woods outside of Pittsboro, North Carolina with his wife and three-month old son Elijah, having recently moved across the country from California. Taylor was, for all intents and purposes, out of the music game.

Purchase tickets here: https://buskirkchumley.org/event/hiss_golden_messenger_solo_plays_bad_debt_and_other_favorites/​

Event: Popcorn
Date/Time: Thursday, October 10, 2024 @ 7:00pm
Venue: Buskirk-Chumley Theater 114 E Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN 47408

Description: Join Cicada Cinema and the BCT in a collaboration to kick off the Halloween Vibes of October with this campy horror flick!

Popcorn (1991) follows a group of college students holding a film festival in an old theater (similar to the 102 year-old Buskirk-Chumley!?!).

Among the movies being shown during the festival is Possessed, an experimental film made by the deranged filmmaker Lanyard Gates, who killed many people from the audience during its initial showing. And now – a master of disguise is killing again!
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Written by Mitchell Smith and Alan Ormsby
Directed by Mark Herrier and Alan Ormsby
Starring: Jill Schoelen, Tom Villard, and Dee Wallace

Rated R

​Purchase tickets here: https://buskirkchumley.org/event/popcorn_1991/

Event: Fresh Horses: Tribute to Garth Brooks
Date/Time: Friday, October 11, 2024 @ 7:30pm
Venue: Buskirk-Chumley Theater 114 E Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN 47408

Description: If you love Garth, you’ll love Fresh Horses. Les Smith perfectly captures the spirit of the one and only Garth Brooks. Whether you sing along or raise your glass to Friends in Low Places, you won’t want to miss it.

​Purchase tickets here: https://buskirkchumley.org/event/fresh_horses_tribute_to_garth_brooks/

Event: Buffett’s Margaritaville
Date/Time: Saturday, October 12, 2024 @ 7:30pm
Venue: Buskirk-Chumley Theater 114 E Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN 47408

Description: Buffett's Margaritaville is an explosive celebration of the iconic music of Jimmy Buffett, featuring all of his greatest hits, that will have you singing along and dancing in your seat. With a band that is as talented as it is passionate, you’ll be treated to a performance that captures the essence of Buffett’s music and the lifestyle it embodies. With infectious energy and an undeniable passion for the music, they’ll have you feeling like you’re right there with them, sipping on a frozen margarita and soaking up the sun.

​Purchase tickets here: https://buskirkchumley.org/event/buffetts_margaritaville/

Event: Cruces de Caminos/Intersections
Date/Time: Sunday, October 13, 2024 @ 4:00pm
Venue: Buskirk-Chumley Theater 114 E Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN 47408

Description: “Cruces de Caminos/Intersections: Celebrating Movements of the Diaspora” tells stories of migration and lived experiences from Latinx and African diasporic perspectives. The concert will include an opening performance by the Indiana University African American Dance Company directed by Baba Stafford C Berry Jr., followed by a full-length performance by Indianapolis-based Seda Negra/Black Silk Dance Company directed by Iris Rosa. Through a fusion of contemporary and traditional dance forms, poetry, and music, the concert presents a creative and innovative relationship between Latinx and Black diasporic dance, spirituality, and culture. The event will also include a post-performance dialogue with audiences and performers.

There will be a post show conversation and Q&A.

Projections and haze may be used. Suitable of all audiences!

​Purchase tickets here: https://buskirkchumley.org/event/cruces_de_caminos-intersections/