SOUTH BEND – Venues Parks & Arts VPA Presents Annual St Patricks Day Parade . The parade will take place on Saturday, March 17, 2018, beginning at 11 a.m. The parade begins in East Bank Village at Jefferson Boulevard and Frances Street, heads west on Jefferson, then turns north on Niles Avenue towards Washington Street. […]
SOUTH BEND – Downtown South Bend, Inc. (DTSB) presents South Bend’s official St. Paddy’s Tent Party & Pub Tour on Friday, March 16th. The event takes place at 350 S. Michigan Street in the parking lot between Wayne St. and Western Ave in downtown South Bend. The St. Paddy’s Tent Party is from 5:00 –
RENSSELAER – Colorectal cancer may not be on your short list of great conversation topics. But in the end, discussing how to screen for the disease with your family doctor could be a lifesaving decision. Testing can detect precancerous growths, or polyps, which doctors can remove. And testing can detect cancer before any of its
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MERRILLVILLE – Rachel Hurst has been named Director of Development for Meals on Wheels of Northwest Indiana (MOW). Hurst relocated from Louisville, Kentucky to her hometown of Valparaiso to work with Meals on Wheels. She has been serving in nonprofit fundraising and leadership for 20 years and has raised more than $24 million from foundation,
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SOUTH LAKE COUNTY – The 9th annual Volunteer Fair, sponsored by the Crown Point Community Foundation, drew over 300 potential volunteers to the event. Attendees had the chance to meet and learn about more than 80 nonprofits from throughout Lake County who are looking for volunteers. “Our Volunteer Fair was a terrific event,” said Mary
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MICHIGAN CITY – The Sinai Temple Sisterhood will host a distinguished speaker, Dr. Peter Ascoli, on Sunday, March 11, at 2 pm at Sinai Temple, 2800 Franklin Street, Michigan City. The event is free of charge and open to the public. Baked refreshments will be available after the program. The talk is entitled Five-Thousand Schools
HAMMOND and WESTVILLE – Purdue University Northwest (PNW) hosted the first Indiana gathering of teachers and scholars launching the Big History Project in the state. Nearly 30 PNW faculty members and several educators from Northwest Indiana K-12 schools gathered recently at PNW’s Hammond Campus to kick off the Big History Project in Indiana. The session
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MISHAWAKA – A warm welcome and indulgent comfort foods are just some of the memorable moments that guests will experience as they walk through Metro Diner’s doors for the first time on Tuesday, March 13. Just ask Guy Fieri who featured the diner in an episode of Diners, Drive-In’s, and Dives. The 4,500-sq. ft. eatery
