PORTER – Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore is seeking 30 volunteers to help dress up Cowels Bog from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Oct. 30. The Indiana Coastal Cooperative Weed Management Area, along with NIPSCO’s Environmental Action Team and the lakeshore are organizing the event. The goal is to restore the area […]
SOUTH BEND – The South Bend Symphony Orchestra will open the KeyBank Pops Series with James Dapogny’s Chicago Jazz Band at 8 p.m. (EST) Saturday, Oct. 23, at the Morris Performing Arts Center. The orchestra, led by Maestro Tsung Yeh, will provide an evening of “All That Jazz.” Dapogny founded the band
MUNCIE – The “2010 Small Firm: Big Business” conference hosted by Tilson HR and the Indiana CPA Society will be held Thursday, Oct. 21, at the Horizon Convention Center in Muncie. The focus of the conference is on how to drive business and retain clients with effective marketing. Speakers include Dominic Cingoranelli, CPA,
HAMMOND – Purdue University Calumet’s Healing Circles suicide survivor monthly support group meets at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21 at PUC’s Couples and Family Therapy Center, 1247 169th St. Suicide survivors and friends of survivors are welcome. Admission is free. Groups are set up for adults 18 and old, young adults from 14
INDIANAPOLIS – Screenings at the Heartland Film Festival began Oct. 15 and one of the opening films was “Soul Thunder,” about how Conrad “Prof” Johnson turned a mediocre high school jazz band into a sensational award winning phenomenon at Kashmere High School in Texas. The documentary was a tribute to a remarkable music
CROWN POINT – The expansion of the Purdue Technology Center of Northwest Indiana will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday (today) at 9000 Connecticut Drive. The keynote speaker is U.S. Rep. Pete Visclosky, D-Merrillville, who was instrumental in getting the center locate in Northwest Indiana. The $2.2 million, 12,000-square-foot expansion brings the Purdue Technology Center to
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Indianapolis, will receive the National Association of Manufacturers Award for Manufacturing Legislative Excellence for his consistent support of manufacturing in the United States. “Sen. Lugar has demonstrated a true understanding of manufacturing’s key role in our economy and has acted to maintain and create manufacturing jobs
MERRILLVILLE – As part of Breast Cancer Awareness month, the Barden-Gary Foundation will honor breast cancer survivors at a Jubilation Celebration from 6-9:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 22 at the Radisson Hotel. After a pre-networking session, attendees will break into groups and travel by limousine to one of 19 restaurants or venues. They include
