Arts

Join us for our newest art opening on June 6th at 7pm.  blackbird cafe will be welcoming Hashem Rifai. A combination of portraits and landscapes will be featured.  Hashem's viewpoint allows the viewer to create their own stories about the scene. ...

The Purdue University North Central 2009-10 Odyssey Arts and Cultural Events Series will present the exhibit, "It's Personal" by artist Rob Prellwitz. "It's Personal" will be shown through July 31 in the PNC Library-Student-Faculty Building student...

Purdue University North Central Office of Continuing Education is offering a three-session, non-credit introductory class on digital photography. "Discovering Digital Photography" will meet on Thursdays, June 10 to 24, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. The...

Taltree Arboretum and Gardens will once again host Art in the Garden, an art fair that enticed more than 1,000 visitors last year. This year’s fair will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (CDT) Sunday, June 6, 2010 at the arboretum, 450 West 100 North,...

The South Haven Library is ready to jump into summer with “Make a Splash – READ”, the annual summer reading program. Youth ages 2-17 can participate in the independent reading program and attend special programs all summer. Registration is...

The VPR Poem of the Week is Lisa Lewis’s “A Threat in May,” which appears in the current issue (Spring/Summer 2010: Volume XI, Number 2) of Valparaiso Poetry Review. Lisa Lewis is the author of The Unbeliever (University of Wisconsin Press,...

The VPR Poem of the Week is Jeannine Dobbs’s “I Confess, I Wanted To Be June,” which appeared in the Spring/Summer 2006 issue (Volume VII, Number 2) of Valparaiso Poetry Review. Jeannine Dobbs has had poetry in a number of journals, such as...

Tuesday night at Valparaiso High School, the halls were filled with the enticing aroma of soup. The first Empty Bowls Fundraiser was held in the cafeteria. This fundraiser was designed to raise money for Hilltop Neighborhood House. All proceeds from...

The Purdue University North Central 268-acre campus is open to the public. Visitors are welcome to take a self-guided walking or driving tour of the Purdue North Central Sculpture Garden and enjoy the indoor exhibits and galleries. Thirty sculptures...

The VPR Poem of the Week is Valerie Wohlfeld’s “Heart: Specimen,” which appeared in the Spring/Summer 2007 issue (Volume VIII, Number 2) of Valparaiso Poetry Review. Valerie Wohlfeld’s book of poetry, Thinking the World Visible (1994), was...