“As long as we’ve been telling stories, we’ve been using them as a way to wake people up.” Jake Heggie | A Powerful New Song Cycle by Margaret Atwood and Jake Heggie | "Songs for Murdered Sisters" | Film Premiere on February 19, Album Release on March 5th | Baritone Joshua Hopkins Aims to Inspire 10,000 Men to Take the White Ribbon Pledge to “never commit, condone or remain silent about violence against women”

WE WERE ON A BREAK, BUT NOW WE’RE BACK! | THE FRIENDS EXPERIENCE RE-OPENS IN CHICAGO WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17 | Tickets on Sale now, via https://www.FriendstheExperience.com/Chicago

PUPPETEER TOM LEE RETELLS THE CLASSIC LUNAR NEW YEAR ZODIAC TALE IN LIVE-STREAMED PERFORMANCE OF “THE GREAT ZODIAC ANIMAL RACE” FEBRUARY 26th | Family Friendly Program is Part of Eighth Blackbird’sWinter 2021 Chicago Artists Workshop Live Streamed Event Series

REMEMBERING AUDITORIUM THEATRE LIFETIME TRUSTEE EDWARD S. WEIL, JR. 1928-2021
Weil, Great-Grandson of Auditorium Theatre Architect Dankmar Adler, Was The Longest-Serving Member on the Board of Directors
“My great-grandfather was there for the birth of the Auditorium and I was there for its rebirth.” - Ed Weil

Students in Purdue University Northwest (PNW) Associate Professor Nicky Ali Jackson’s Wrongful Convictions class were astonished and thrilled Thursday (Feb. 11) when Kim Kardashian joined their Zoom class to discuss her work on wrongful conviction and mass incarceration.

Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Chicago Cubs today announced the club’s revised 2021 Spring Training schedule, which now begins Monday, March 1, at Peoria Sports Complex against the San Diego Padres. The Cubs play their home opener at Sloan Park against the Kansas City Royals Tuesday, March 2.

Jasper County- This morning (February 12, 2021) at approximately 9:00 a.m., Master Trooper Martin Benner was patrolling I-65 near the 212 mile-marker when he observed a maroon 2015 Chevrolet Equinox driving northbound along the outside shoulder.  The vehicle was driving with a flat front tire. 

Due to the severe cold weather, Governor Eric J. Holcomb signed Executive Order 21-04 to relax restrictions on truck drivers delivering propane to heat Hoosier homes and businesses.

With final funds provided by the Legacy Foundation, Lakeshore Public Media announced today that it has completed the final phase of its critical system infrastructure upgrades.

A bill that could permanently establish up to 10 high tech crime units across the state continued forward on Wednesday as House Bill 1082 gained approval from the House Ways and Means Committee.