Anna Hanson

For the past six years, the Valpo Parks Foundation has been honoring Valparaiso “Friends & Legends” that have changed the landscape of the town for the better. This year kept on that same path for 2016’s celebration and awards reception....

Over ninety years ago prohibition, flappers, and speakeasies existed in the town of Porter. In the days of Capone, secret casinos and bootleggers parties were thrown with extravagance. Taking a note from the past, Chicago Street Theatre brought the...

In the basement of the Memorial Opera House on Saturday night, Rob Harkel of Imagine Music, LLC. noted that the show that happened on the stage just above his head was something that’d left an incredible impression on him, and everyone who was...

It’s been two years since Brooklyn-based band The Lone Bellow took the Memorial Opera House stage. Soon the three piece are poised to make their eagerly awaited return to Valparaiso’s historic venue as a part of Imagine Music Production’s 2016...

A musical duo from LA called HONEYHONEY made their presence known far away from home last night as they commanded the stage at Valparaiso’s Memorial Opera House. As Imagine Music’s second show of the 2016 season HONEYHONEY, a band whose music...

HONEYHONEY was in Texas when I picked up their three-way phone call. Ben Jaffe was talking in the comfort of a quiet space while Suzanne Santo was walking in the dirt alongside a road on her way a Starbucks. Not without a few dropped calls in attempt...

Dancing, for many, is an easy start towards a healthier life. Whether it be line dancing, Zumba, or freeform dancing, it’s easy to move to the beat - especially when doing it with friends. Franciscan Alliance had all of that mind - and then some -...

“A party with a purpose” seemed to be the resounding phrase at Methodist Hospitals Foundation’s Mardi Gras Masquerade. On Saturday night the foundation hosted their annual fundraiser, which helped raise funds for the Neonatal Intensive Care...

It was Super Hero Night at Valparaiso University on Friday. As Valpo’s beloved basketball team took on conference rivals Oakland University. Fans were dressed in superhero garb, soldiers from the Indiana National Guard were welcomed on the floor...

There was a lot on the line for the six Viking basketball seniors Friday night. A chance of claiming a victory against Crown Point (DAC rivals and the team that stole away their sectional aspirations in 2015), a chance to further their journey to...