Philip Potempa

This fall harvest season for 2026 hasn't been an easy one. We miss having Dad peering out of the big window in the front room of our

Michigan City stage magician Matt Kalita has teamed with director Dean Christakis, who has a master of arts from Harvard and a doctorate from the University of Illinois-Chicago, to complete their first big-screen film project.

Whether in Michigan or Northwest Indiana orchards, peaches ranked among the many compromised fall harvests for 2026.

CHICAGO, Ill. — Broadway touring cast member Mariah Copeland admits she had to become “a quick study” of both history and the new hit musical now on the Gr

Whiting's Scot Kokandy has transformed from a daytime career as a Joliet-based banker to a full-time theatrical company founder and producer, all

The Beatniks on Conkey venue has been around since January 2008 when launched by co-founders and co-owners Rip Johnson and his wife, Bonnie.

I've spent most of my life surrounded by the collies beloved by my family throughout the decades.

When I spoke last month at the Flossmoor Book Club's 90th Anniversary Reception, the topic I was asked to speak about was the long-lasting lineage of Chicago newspaper columnists.

I've mentioned in previous columns, as well as in my original “From the Farm” cookbook published in 2004, that Popeye the Sailor and my late father Chester share the same 1929 birthday year.

As I advised in an earlier column published in August, it's been a year of changes and transitions for the La Porte County Symphony Orchestra, including pivots in planned events and future programming.