Big Ten Women’s Basketball Update
This week’s Big Ten schedule tips off Thursday with six games on the docket, including a pair of nationally-televised contests on Big Ten Network and the FOX Sports app, as No. 12/11 Maryland visits No. 25 Ohio State (6pm) and No. 25 Iowa travels to Minnesota (8pm). Thursday’s other four conference games will be broadcast live on B1G+. The Big Ten ranks among the national leaders with five teams among the Top 25 in one or both major national polls.
For the first time in school history, No. 6/5 Indiana is 6-0 in Big Ten play, remaining atop the conference standings following Sunday’s 73-68 overtime win at in-state rival Purdue. The Hoosiers, whose previous best conference start was a 4-0 debut in 2019-20, have won nine in a row overall and have held all 16 opponents this season to fewer than 70 points (their opponent high came in a narrow 69-66 loss to defending national champion Stanford on November 25th at the Baha Mar Pink Flamingo Classic in the Bahamas). TONIGHT’S GAME AT ASSEMBLY HALL AGAINST MICHIGAN STATE HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO COVID PROTOCOL WITHIN THE IUWBB PROGRAM
Michigan improved to 4-1 against Top 25 teams this season with its 69-49 win at No. 8/8 Maryland on Sunday afternoon. The Wolverines not only captured their first-ever victory in College Park (snapping the Terrapins’ 31-game homecourt winning streak in the process), but also picked up their second top-10 win of the season.
Ohio State has an opportunity to become the second Big Ten women’s basketball program in a week to record its 450th regular-season conference victory when the Buckeyes play host to Maryland Thursday night.
Wisconsin collected its first conference win of the season (and first for new head coach Marisa Moseley), as well as its first Big Ten road victory in nearly two seasons on Sunday, defeating Rutgers, 49-45.
Bloomington’s FreezeFest is Thursday through Saturday
The second annual Freezefest will take place from Thursday, January 20 through Saturday, January 22nd. Freezefest is a free event and a great opportunity to get out of the house this winter! Be dazzled by frozen art, explore downtown Bloomington, and create fun winter memories during this one-of-a-kind Bloomington festival. Use the following links to check out the exciting winter festivities:
For more information, visit: www.visitbloomington.com/freezefest
NEA Supports the Arts in Indiana with $254,000 in First Round FY2022 Funding
Last week, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced the awarding of 15 grants totaling $254,000 to Indiana nonprofit arts organizations and cultural programming providers during the first round of grants for fiscal year 2022.
The Grants for Arts Projects program supports public engagement with, and access to, various forms of art across the nation, the creation of art, learning in the arts at all stages of life, and the integration of the arts into the fabric of community life. The next Grants for Arts Projects application deadlines are Thursday, February 10, 2022, and Thursday, July 7, 2022.
Challenge America grants offer support primarily to small and mid-sized organizations for projects that extend the reach of the arts to populations that have limited access to the arts due to geography, ethnicity, economics, or disability. The next Challenge America application deadline is Thursday, April 21, 2022.
Visit arts.gov/grants to learn more about these opportunities and the other funding opportunities offered by the NEA.
Indiana grant recipients include:
- American Cello Institute, Inc., Bloomington, IN
- Lotus Education and Arts Foundation, Inc., Bloomington, IN
- Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne, Inc., Fort Wayne, IN
- Audiences Unlimited, Inc., Fort Wayne, IN
- Decay Devils, Incorporated, Gary, IN
- Eiteljorg Museum of American Indian and Western Art, Inc., Indianapolis, IN
- Groundwork Indy Inc, Indianapolis, IN
- Harrison Center for the Arts, Indianapolis, IN
- Heartland Film, Inc., Indianapolis, IN
- Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Indianapolis, IN
- Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
- Percussive Arts Society, Indianapolis, IN
- Muncie Arts and Culture Council Inc, Muncie, IN
- Arts Alliance of Southern Indiana (AASI), New Albany, IN
- Art Spaces, Inc., Terre Haute, IN
This Week in Hoosier History
1949 – The world premiere for Walt Disney’s “So Dear to My Heart” was held at the Music Hall at Purdue University. Several actors in the movie, including Bobby Driscoll and Burl Ives, were present for the event. The motion picture, with live action and animation, tells of a boy’s life in Pike County, Indiana, at the turn of the 20th Century.
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