Focus on Flowers

Asters are aptly named, as the word aster means star.

Ife-Chudeni Oputa reads "Lessons on the Body: Meditation," and "Root: a definition."

Barbara Klinger, IU professor of film and media studies, interviews German movie director, producer, screenwriter, and opera director Werner Herzog.

Erin Headley directs the ensemble Atalante in a recording of "passionate, sensual, macabre and erotic narratives from 17th-century Rome"

Witch hazel bark has traditionally been used, by steeping it in water to make an astringent, which Native Americans used to treat a variety of ills.

Cate Lycurgus reads "Aviator," "It Wasn't A Fast Break," "Taking Care," "The Chronic Why," and "The House Reduced to Studs."

Shana Ritter speaks with Chad Rabinovitz, producing artistic director at the Bloomington Playwrights Project.