Art Barn Announces Call for Entries for 30th Annual Juried Exhibition || Art Barn accepting entries for 30th Juried Exhibit through February 25, 2024.

Indiana Conservation Officer Shane Cooper, who serves Knox County, has been selected as 2023 District 7 Officer of the year.

Forget the wrestling, this "Royal Rumble" was all about brains, teamwork and the ingenuity of elementary school robotics whizzes. More than 45 teams and 100 students from across Northwest Indiana and Wisconsin descended upon Bishop Noll Institute Jan. 27 for the MSLR Robotics' inaugural "Full Volume" VEX IQ robotics competition. While the competitors were young, the challenges were anything but elementary. Students put their coding and engineering skills to the test as their custom-built robots battled it out in a series of minute-long matches across four different fields. 

Restaurant Week will return to the Village of Rosemont Sunday, March 3 through Saturday, March 9, 2024. Visitors are invited to take advantage of special prix fixe, three-course lunch and/or dinner menus at a wide variety of participating Rosemont restaurants.

Celebrating its 50th anniversary awarding recognition for Non-Equity theater, the Joseph Jefferson Awards announces its nominations for theater excellence among Non-Equity theater during the 2023 season.

Chicago Fire FC came from behind to defeat the Portland Timbers 2-1 in a preseason match at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio, Calif., earlier today in the team’s final match of the Coachella Valley Invitational.

****HIGHLY RECOMMENDED   Whenever you see Anna Deavere Smith's name attached to a project, you can be sure that you will experience a unique and well-researched theatrical presentation of often under-appreciated and frequently marginalized voices, which -- when listened to closely -- become both educational as well as emotionally authentic. Whether dealing with the Los Angeles riots following the beating of Rodney King in her legendary "Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992" or the segment titled "The Walkers," which detailed efforts to curtail violence on the South Side of Chicago and made up the bulk of the three stories presented in the contemporary opera titled "Proximity" at Lyric Opera of Chicago last season, Smith has always created works that are rallying cries for social justice. Her "Notes from the Field," receiving its Chicago premiere at TimeLine Theatre Company in a rousing production, is no exception.  4 SPOTLIGHTS

The Indiana State Police Criminal Investigations Division Lowell Post is investigating an interstate shooting that occurred this evening on I-80/94.

The Gary SouthShore RailCats continue to carve out their roster for the 2024 campaign. Jackson Valera returns for his second season in Gary, and Franklin Perez will make his debut with the ‘Cats this summer. 

Chicago Fire FC today announced that it has transferred forward Kacper Przybyłko to FC Lugano in the Swiss Super League.