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New traditions light up Chicago stages

This time of year is filled with wonderful traditions, but it's also fun to experience new renditions of traditions like those hitting Chicago stages for the next few weeks. When...
The Pierogi FestAE Buscias wave at the crowd during the City of Whiting's annual Illuminated Christmas Parade, which is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. on Friday.

Illuminated events light up the season

As the nights seem to get longer, several illuminated evening events will help to brighten spirits. The City of Whiting's Illuminated Christmas Parade will step off at 7 p.m. Friday...
Storyteller Justin Sikes tells a tale at one of the NWI Storytelling Festival events.

Dunes Tellabration celebrates art of storytelling

You're invited to join in a world-wide celebration, or rather, a Tellabration. Each year, on or near the third Saturday in November, storytellers around the world are encouraged to join...
Thater's piece "Life is a Time-Based Medium" blends the static image of a Hindu temple in India with visitor's shadows and projections in the next gallery space of sacred monkeys that run wild in the temple.

Art exhibit allows visitors to interact with images

A new exhibit at Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art allows visitors to step inside art. "Diana Thater: The Sympathetic Imagination", uses projectors on the floor and walls plus monitor screens...
The Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore will kick off a three-day film festival on Saturday.

Dunes tales get cinematic treatment

Home movies are a great way to celebrate a birthday, and the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore is doing just that, but with a twist. The Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore turns...
Sandhill cranes approach Goose Pasture at the Jasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area in Medaryville.

Fall brings a bevy of wildlife encounters

They're flocking to Northwest Indiana: birds, big and small, on the wing for their fall migration, as well as people taking advantage of two wonderful opportunities for special wildlife encounters....