Festival of the Lakes carnival passes now on sale
Carnival Mega Passes are now on sale for the 17th Annual Festival of the Lakes to be held July 14-18 at Wolf Lake Memorial Park, 2938 S. Calumet Ave., Hammond. Passes are $60 each, and can be purchased from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Hammond Civic Center Business Office, 5825 S. Sohl Ave., or online at www.festivalofthelakes.com. Passes also will be available at the Modern Midways Ticket Booth at Wolf Lake Memorial Park for $70 each. Mega Passes will be on sale until 4 p.m. July 13, or while tickets last. Once purchased, there will be no refunds or exchanges. More information is at 219-853-6378.
Grief support group sessions at Franciscan Health Dyer
Franciscan Health’s Palliative Care Department offers grief support groups, which are open to the community. The 10-week summer session will be 6-7:30 p.m. each week beginning Wednesday at Franciscan Health Dyer, 24 Joliet St. The groups use the book “Understanding Your Grief” by Alan Wolfelt, Ph.D., as a guide through the journey of loss to healing. Face masks will be required. For more information or to register, call Nicholas Perkins or Chris Kalina at 219-864-2055.
Program explores the ups and downs of growing fruit trees
Munster High School and Purdue Porter County Extension will present “Fruit Tree Considerations: Selecting the right fruit trees for your yard,” a free virtual program from 5-6 p.m. June 10. Nikky Witkowski, Purdue Porter County extension educator and master gardener, will be the guest speaker. Residents can access the presentation at http://puext.in/MunsterFruit.
Portage Lakefront open after stabilization project
The Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk site at Indiana Dunes National Park is now open following a successful work project to install boulders to protect the pavilion and assure safer access to the shoreline. The project was a joint effort by the City of Portage and the National Park Service and involved the installation of more than 1,000 tons of boulders needed to protect the area from erosion. The Portage Lakefront features a beach, pavilion, upland trail and breakwater. A food vendor, The Trail Stop, is open on weekends as well as some evenings. The riverwalk portion of the site is still temporarily closed due to damage from high water. More information can be found at 219-395-1882 or www.nps.gov/indu.
Portage hosts weekly music series
The Portage Summer Music Series will host concerts from 6-7:30 p.m. each Tuesday through Aug. 31 at Woodland Park Oakwood Hall, 2100 Willowcreek Road, Portage. All concerts will be held indoors. Seating, as well as concessions and a cash bar are provided. Free and open to the public, these concerts feature music ranging from 1940s and ’50s to rock ‘n’ roll, swing, blues, contemporary and a Jimmy Buffet tribute, all featuring local talent. In addition, a car show will be featured at Woodland Park before and during all Tuesday concerts. Donations of nonperishable food, personal items or paper products for the Portage Food Pantry and Gabriel’s Horn Homeless Shelter will be welcomed at the concerts but are not required. More information is with the Portage Chamber of Commerce at 219-762-3300, Portage Parks at 219-762-1675, or Debra Silvert at 219-628-0914. A complete list of scheduled performers and more information can be found at www.portagelive.org.
— Post-Tribune staff
