NEW “AUGUST WILSON LEGACY PROJECT” PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE AUGUST WILSON ESTATE, GOODMAN THEATRE AND DERRICK SANDERS TO REIMAGINE THE FAMED AUGUST WILSON MONOLOGUE COMPETITION, ESTABLISH CHICAGO AS A WILSON HUB AND INVIGORATE THE PULITZER PRIZE WINNER’S WORK FOR A NEW GENERATION | ***STUDENT APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE 2022 AUGUST WILSON MONOLOGUE AND DESIGN COMPETITIONS; CHICAGO FINALS SET FOR MAY 2 AT THE GOODMAN, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE LEAGUE OF CHICAGO THEATRES***

The Indiana Arts Commission (IAC) announced today that students representing fifteen high schools from around the state will compete in the virtual Indiana Poetry Out Loud State Finals. The Poetry Out Loud State Finals will occur live on Wednesday, March 9th at 5:30PM ET (4:30 PM CT).  

**** Highly Recommended **** When I went to see "Hadestown"  I had a vague idea that the story was based on Greek mythology, but I had no expectations.  Now that I’ve seen the show, I have to say, it blew me away!  "Hadestown" doesn’t wait for you to get into the story, it reaches out and grabs you with its hauntingly beautiful music, glorious voices, joyous dance, and a sense of joie de vivre on stage.  Even though it doesn’t have a ‘happily ever after,’ it does end on an upbeat note!  The coolest thing of all, "Hadestown" was written and directed by women, Anaïs Mitchell and Rachel Chavkin respectively!  4 BIG Spotlights      

Chicago Fire FC Will Travel to Face D.C. United at Audi Field on Saturday | Chicago Fire FC Weekly Update: March 7-13

Chicago Fire FC Earn Clean Sheet in Home Opener Against Orlando City SC | Fire hosted 25,477 fans in second-largest home opener in Club history

Yesterday morning, March 4th, 2022, at approximately 1:10 a.m., Troopers Israel Rosillo and Joshua Luckey observed a silver 2006 Chevrolet Impala traveling north on Indianapolis Boulevard near US 20 at a high rate of speed.

*** Recommended *** Hell in a Handbag’s unauthorized parodies of those old black and white films and TV shows from the fifties are always packed with double entendres, puns, running sight gags and bad wigs.  Their revival of their 2019 hit, "The Drag Seed" – a parody of the 1956 film, The Bad Seed – has all of that and more – in pink – with bling! Be prepared for murder, mayhem and a lot of laughs.  3 Spotlights

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced today the expansion of its TSA PreCheck® expedited screening program with the addition of Viva Air.

This morning (3/5/2022), at approximately 4:35 a.m., troopers from the Lowell post responded to the report of a three-vehicle crash that occurred eastbound on I-80 at the 7.4 mile-marker. T

NIRPC's CommuniTree makes trees free to region communities  | Deadline to apply for Spring 2022 planting season is March 11, 2022