An update on art and entertainment options across the Region A night of Russian music Superstar cellist Richard Hirschl from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra performs three pieces with the Northwest Indiana Symphony on Oct. 26, on the stage of the Auditorium at Living Hope Church, Merrillville. The cello takes the place of the human voice […]
Jam sessions at the playhouse Owners Stephen and Mary Merriman don’t worry about the rhythm section at the Tuesday night open jam session at their venue, Merrimans’ Playhouse, 1211 Mishawaka Ave., South Bend. Stephen plays the drums and Mary plays the bass, so they can fill in as needed, and they often do. Other nights,
An update on art and entertainment options across the Region Warhol: Icon and Influence Michigan City’s Lubeznik Center for the Arts presents original works by Andy Warhol on loan from the Drew and Wendy Levenfeld collection, as well as the Brauer Museum of Art at Valparaiso University, through Oct. 13. More than 50 works spanning
Ringo Starr returns to the Morris It’s pretty amazing that we can still go to see a Beatle in 2018. Ringo Starr brings his All-Starr Band to the Morris Performing Arts Center in South Bend on Sept. 9. The always-charming drummer has a ton of fun with his celebrity bandmates in a revue of Beatle
Acorn Concert Series at Gabis Arboretum The former Taltree Arboretum presents its summer-long concert series beginning June 2 with Echoes of Pompeii, a ten-piece band that will give fans the sound of Pink Floyd. Also on the concert: Obsessive Compulsive Distortion. June 30 brings Chicago-born blues singer Wayne Baker Brooks to the stage. A Chicago
Running from June 8-17 at South Bend Civic Theatre, is British playwright David Hare’s Skylight, which examines the complicated dynamics between ex-lovers attempting to reconcile. SBCT’s musical offering for the summer is Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s My Fair Lady, from July 13-29. George Bernard Shaw created the unforgettable characters Henry Higgins and Eliza
An update on art and entertainment options across the region Before they were a team, Rodgers and Hammerstein had their own successful writing partnerships. Rodgers and Lorenz Hart collaborated on over 30 productions filled with classic songs like “My Funny Valentine,” “Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered,” “ Mimi,” “This Can’t Be Love” and “Little Boy Blue,” performed
The Morris Performing Arts Center in South Bend has traditionally offered a wide variety of entertainment options, but this Spring is uncommonly diverse, even by Morris standards. On April 17, prominent figures from ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” reconvene and recreate their fancy footwork for “Maks, Val & Peta Live on Tour.” April 19 brings
An update on art and entertainment options across the region Lost in the fog, a stranger seeks refuge in a nearby house only to find a man shot dead and his wife standing over him with a smoking gun in Agatha Christie’s “The Unexpected Guest.” The woman’s dazed confession is anything but convincing and the
An update on art and entertainment options across the region It’s a particularly busy stretch at the Morris Performing Arts Center in South Bend. On February 8, NPR’s long-running quiz show, “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me,” will record an episode with a live audience at the Morris. “A Chorus Line” runs for four shows February
