Community Calendar

Event Name STEM Saturday

Description
Each week, STEM Saturday invites kids and caregivers to explore science, technology, engineering, and math through hands-on fun that sparks curiosity and creativity—turning learning into a true adventure.
First Saturday of the month, S for Science.
Second Saturday of the month, T for Technology
Third Saturday of the month, E for Engineering
Fourth Saturday of the month, M for Math
Any fifth Saturday of a month is, M for Maker

Recommended Ages STEM Saturday is designed for ages 5 and up and their caregivers.

Dates
Weekly on Saturdays

Times
3 - 4pm

Event Price Free for Members / Free with Museum Admission

Admission Prices
Member: FREE
Non-member: $14.50
Access pass: $5

Purchase Admission Online or at the front desk

Debut: Buhay at Unang Pag-Ibig (Life and First Love) is this year’s Filipino Culture Night presented by the Filipino American Association at IU, celebrating 18 years of Filipino community at IU Bloomington. To honor this milestone, the production brings a traditional Filipino debut to life on stage, featuring the 18 Roses, 18 Candles, and 18 Treasures.

Follow Maia as she reconnects with her Filipino roots through dance and finds herself caught between friendship and first love. With high energy cultural performances, emotional storytelling, and a blend of contemporary and traditional music, the show captures the excitement, drama, and heart of growing up.

Whether you are familiar with Filipino culture or experiencing it for the first time, this one-night celebration offers a vibrant and heartfelt performance centered on love, tradition, and community. First come, first served light appetizers and refreshments will be provided (while supplies last), proudly catered by Bloomington’s local Filipino restaurant, Pinoy Garden Cafe. The dress code for this event is semi-formal to align with the Debut theme. Dressing up is highly encouraged but not required.

For more information, please visit the event website: https://filipinoculturenight2026.lovable.app/

The Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington presents
Savoy Soirée II; or, The Very Model of a G&S Spectacular
with the Indiana University Gilbert and Sullivan Society
Join us for a lively evening of solos, duets, and ensembles celebrating the wit, sparkle, and beauty of the operas of W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan.
No tickets required—free and open to the public; donations welcome.

Join us for an evening with author Brennon Lane to celebrate his debut novel, Time-Tripping Over You, on its publication day!
ABOUT THE BOOK:
In this slow-burn queer trans romance from author Brennon Lane, two time-traveling college students team up to stop the time travel episodes forcing them to relive their closeted past without disrupting their future.
College freshman Silas Turner is a scientific anomaly. Thrown back in time uncontrollably, he’s forced into his pre-transition body for hours to days at a time, reliving random events in his past. Why? Every cell in his astrophysics major brain is straining to figure it out. But the “time trips” just keep on coming, disrupting Silas’s life, and he’s certain he’s a one-of-a-kind phenomenon—until brash, guitar-playing Jude Forrester barges into his life, exhibiting the same symptoms.
He claims a future version of Silas visited him, and that, according to future-Silas, they’re meant to help each other stop the time trips. If working together can really lead to finding a cure, Silas can handle Jude’s tortured-artist attitude; Jude can humor Silas’s nerdy obsession with the stars.
As they get closer to a solution, they grow closer to each other. But Jude is still grieving an old connection that broke his heart, and he can’t help but wonder if changing the past might save himself and Silas a lot of heartache. Amidst cataclysmic consequences, Silas and Jude must face the cosmic circumstances that brought them together if they hope to protect their timeline—and the future they seem destined to share.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Brennon Lane is a Black, queer, trans author who can’t seem to stop creating characters whose stories beg to be told. Writing exclusively in the LGBTQ+ genre, he hopes to offer the younger queer community the diverse representation in media that he always sought. Time-Tripping Over You is his debut novel.

Description: Curiosity Lab is an after-school, free play program for kids ages 6-10 years. Children are invited to explore, experiment, and engage in hands-on sensory activities at their own pace. No instructions, no pressure—just curiosity-driven play. Held in WonderLab (or sometimes outdoors weather permitting), the space is set up for exploration with a variety of rotating materials and stations.

There will be one main activity/installment/manipulative for the month that will be brought out every Thursday. This will rotate with the month and the month's theme.

Recommended Ages: Designed for children ages 6 - 10, but siblings are welcome.

Dates: Weekly on Thursdays

Times: 4 – 5:45pm

Event Price: Free for Members / Free with Museum Admission

Admission Prices
- Member: FREE
- Non-member: $14.50
- Access pass: $5

Purchase Admission: Online or at the front desk

More Info:
- Activities may include:
- Ramps and Rolling
- Prototype new ideas or experiments
- Maker projects
- The WonderLab Cave
- Swiss Cheese board
- Water play

Join us for an evening with author and IU International Studies professor Emma Gilligan to celebrate the release of her new book, The Future and You.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
A Reminder of the Rights We Can’t Afford to Forget —
Reflections on Freedom, Responsibility and What It Means to Be Human
What holds us together when the world feels fractured? In The Future and You, Emma Gilligan offers a quiet but powerful meditation on the enduring role of human rights and how they can ground us in a shifting world.
Written as a letter to her great-nephew and future generations, this deeply personal book draws on Gilligan’s lifelong commitment to global justice and moral responsibility, from the war-torn landscapes of Chechnya and Ukraine to the lecture halls of Indiana University. With clarity and purpose, she reflects on freedom, duty, dignity and the fragile beauty of being human.
Presented as a series of reflections, each centered on a fundamental human right, the book blends Gilligan’s values and lived experience to offer a framework for daily life.
This is not a manifesto or a memoir. It’s a reminder that we don’t exist in a vacuum and that courage, compassion and responsibility are already within us. We need only return to them.
The Future and You invites readers to remember that the freedoms to speak openly, move freely, live securely and be cared for are not guaranteed — they must be protected, practiced and passed on.
If you’re seeking resilience, understanding or a sense of direction in uncertain times, you’ll find insight and reassurance woven throughout this concise yet powerful read. Gilligan’s whimsical illustrations add warmth and imagination to her call for introspection and renewal.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Emma Gilligan is a human rights scholar, writer and professor committed to promoting global justice and accountability in post-conflict situations.
Born in Melbourne, Australia, she earned her doctorate in Russian history after studying in Moscow and completing graduate work at the University of Melbourne. Her early work took her to Moscow and the Northern Caucasus, where she collaborated with the Andrei Sakharov Foundation and WHO on programming, as well as documenting human rights violations for her own research. That experience laid the groundwork for her first two books: Defending Human Rights in Russia (2004) and Terror in Chechnya (2012).
Published in 2012, Terror in Chechnya received the Lemkin National Book Award from the Institute for the Study of Genocide. Reviewers praised its powerful portrayal of civilian suffering during the Chechen wars and its use of diverse, first-hand sources. Scholar Anna Brodsky called it “a compelling and heart-wrenching picture” of the devastation wrought by Russian military operations.
Her public service has included fellowships with the Kennan Institute at the Woodrow Wilson Center and the U.S. Department of State. In 2020, she became a Senior Advisor to the Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice. She co-founded the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group (ACA), a U.S., U.K., and E.U. initiative supporting the investigation and prosecution of war crimes in Ukraine. For her work launching the ACA, she received the U.S. Secretary of State Performance Award in 2022.
Currently, Gilligan is an associate professor at Indiana University. Her newest book, The Future and You, grew out of a letter to her grand-nephew. It’s a quiet but powerful reflection on the role of human rights in uncertain times. Through personal insight, clear and inviting language, and her whimsical illustrations, it offers readers a way to reconnect with the values that shape how we live and relate to one another.
Her writing and commentary have appeared on NPR, MSNBC, CNBC, Voice of America, Al Jazeera, and Radio Liberty.

Event Name Animal Hour and Dive Deeper

Description
Get closer to the wild side with Animal Hour and Dive Deeper! These weekly programs let you chat with WonderLab’s animal experts, discover what it takes to care for creatures from around the globe, and meet snakes, lizards, insects, arachnids, and more—up close and out of their habitats.

Animal Hour takes place on most Fridays, while Dive Deeper happens on the last Friday of each month at WonderLab’s stunning coral reef aquarium.

Recommended Ages All ages

Dates Weekly on Fridays

Times 3 – 4pm

Event Price Free for Members / Free with Museum Admission

Admission Prices
Member: FREE
Non-member: $14.50
Access pass: $5

Purchase Admission Online or at the front desk

Event Name Animal Hour and Dive Deeper

Description
Get closer to the wild side with Animal Hour and Dive Deeper! These weekly programs let you chat with WonderLab’s animal experts, discover what it takes to care for creatures from around the globe, and meet snakes, lizards, insects, arachnids, and more—up close and out of their habitats.

Animal Hour takes place on most Fridays, while Dive Deeper happens on the last Friday of each month at WonderLab’s stunning coral reef aquarium.

Recommended Ages All ages

Dates Weekly on Fridays

Times 3 – 4pm

Event Price Free for Members / Free with Museum Admission

Admission Prices
Member: FREE
Non-member: $14.50
Access pass: $5

Purchase Admission Online or at the front desk

The monthly meeting of the Morgenstern Books Romance Book Club is hosted by our resident romance reader, Ryann! The read for March is Ne'er Duke Well by Alexandra Vasti.

Event Name STEM Saturday

Description
Each week, STEM Saturday invites kids and caregivers to explore science, technology, engineering, and math through hands-on fun that sparks curiosity and creativity—turning learning into a true adventure.
First Saturday of the month, S for Science.
Second Saturday of the month, T for Technology
Third Saturday of the month, E for Engineering
Fourth Saturday of the month, M for Math
Any fifth Saturday of a month is, M for Maker

Recommended Ages STEM Saturday is designed for ages 5 and up and their caregivers.

Dates
Weekly on Saturdays

Times
3 - 4pm

Event Price Free for Members / Free with Museum Admission

Admission Prices
Member: FREE
Non-member: $14.50
Access pass: $5

Purchase Admission Online or at the front desk