Our Holiday Gift Packs are back.  We've bundled some of our most popular items together - SAVE $31. Each pack includes a 2020 park pass, a gift card, and a subscription to Outdoor Indiana Magazine.

The Chesterton Art Center will be hosting the November Cookies and Canvas on Friday, November 15. Children ages 3-7 can attend from 5-6:30, and ages 8 & up can attend from 7-8:30

New Episodes! Hell in a Handbag Productions presents "THE GOLDEN GIRLS: The Lost Episodes" The Holiday Edition, Vol. 2 | By Artistic Director David Cerda | Directed by Ensemble Member Stevie Love | November 27 – December 28, 2019 at Mary’s Attic

American Blues Theater presents 18th Anniversary Production of "It’s a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago!" from Frank Capra’s film | Directed by Artistic Director Gwendolyn Whiteside | Music Direction by Ensemble Member Michael Mahler

The Indiana Arts Commission (IAC) has announced two opportunities related to the 2020 Governor’s Arts Awards.

*** Recommended *** “Kentucky” is a quirky little play about a very dysfunctional family.  “Kentucky” is an odd, eccentric play.  It’s funny until it’s not.  It has music, but it’s not a musical.  It’s a poignant story about going home, with a moral (if there is a moral) – no matter what you think you know, you can’t know – or decide - what’s best for someone else.  3 Spotlights

I had the marvelous opportunity recently to go to Symphony Center to see/hear the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) conducted by Benjamin Northey.  Although I a receive a lot more invitations to plays than to concerts, I always try to accept the ones I do get.  MSO commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, with “The Galaxy’s Greatest Hits”.  In addition to glorious music, pictures from space were projected on a giant screen suspended above the orchestra.  It was an ‘out-of-this-world’ experience!  4 BIG Spotlights 

I had the marvelous opportunity recently to go to Symphony Center to see/hear the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) conducted by Benjamin Northey.  Although I a receive a lot more invitations to plays than to concerts, I always try to accept the ones I do get.  MSO commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, with “The Galaxy’s Greatest Hits”.  In addition to glorious music, pictures from space were projected on a giant screen suspended above the orchestra.  It was an ‘out-of-this-world’ experience!  4 BIG Spotlights 

The Crown Point Coroner's Office has confirmed the identity and notification of family has been made for the driver of the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette involved in the fatal crash on 11/10/2019. The driver has been identified as Suhail Saif Suhail Humaid Alderei, 20, of Indianapolis, Indiana. Notification was particularly difficult as Mr. Alderei's family resides in United Arab Emirates. Mr. Alderei was an exchange student attending IUPUI in Indianapolis.

****HIGHLY RECOMMENDED**** Hubbard Street Dance Chicago has launched its 42nd season with an evening of three bold and exciting works, collectively titled "Forge Forward." The title is appropriate. These edgy and slightly risky works prove once again that Hubbard Street is clearly Chicago's best modern dance company and they have consistently established a reputation for constantly looking toward the future. Two of the pieces presented here are world premieres -- one by New York-based choreographer Kyle Abraham and the other by Hubbard Street Choreographic Fellow Rena Butler.  4 BIG SPOTLIGHTS