Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Creeping Up But Still Way Down From Pre-Pandemic Levels

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) awarded Lavi Industries of Valencia, Ca., a sole-source small business contract for acrylic barriers and associated equipment for installation at TSA’s security checkpoints at 37 priority airports nationwide.

Chef Joe Trama and his team will host the return of Comedy Nights at the CVPA on Friday, Aug. 14 featuring a delicious plated dinner, socially distance planned private table seating for guests and favorite headlining stage comics, including the return of “Uncle Lar” Larry Reeb, who last performed at the CVPA in Munster in December 2018.

Installation Features 55 Portraits of Chicagoans, Including Artist Theaster Gates, Journalist Mike Royko, Doctor Abby Baus and Manny’s Deli Cook Gino | Artist’s Debut Book, Dont Fret: Life Thus Far, Now Available for Purchase

Manual Cinema’s LIVE Tele-FUN-draiser World Premiere Special variety show and Covid-relief benefit is Saturday, August 22 at 8 p.m. | World premiere short Quarantine Dream, Manual Cinema’s first socially distanced show made for live streaming, caps live closing night for company’s 10th Anniversary Retrospectacular!

Deer licenses for sale ... Don’t wait until right before deer season, purchase your 2020-21 deer hunting license now. Season dates and answers to deer hunting FAQs can be found at www.deer.dnr.IN.gov. Deer licenses can be purchased at an authorized retailer or online at www.on.IN.gov/inhuntfish.

BoHo Theatre announces the appointment Sana Selemon as the company’s new Executive Director. Selemon has been part of the company since 2019, and first worked with BoHo as an actor in 110 IN THE SHADE in 2018 and most recently in BIG FISH.

Indiana Archaeology Month 2020 - September 2020 will be the 25th anniversary of a statewide celebration of Indiana archaeology.

Dennis Watkins of The Magic Parlour announces the extension of his popular virtual offering “The Magic Parlour at Home.” Now running through August 29, 2020, the famed third-generation magician will offer virtual magic shows every Friday and Saturday throughout the month of August. Designed for group and family viewings, audiences will continue to be astonished by Watkins’ mindreading and interactive magic. 

Theatre in the Dark to present A WAR OF THE WORLDS – a virtual audio drama adapted from the H.G. Wells novel – performed live online October 15 to November 21 | Wells’ Martian invasion tale, now set in present-day Chicago and other parts of the state, will be performed live six times per week