Entertainment

This year’s Taste of Valparaiso, sponsored by Tri Kappa Sorority, was a huge hit for local restaurants and patrons alike. More 40 local restaurants attended the event and brought sample sized food and beverages to tempt the crowds. Only 90 minutes...

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...

Oh say can you see By the dawn's early light How are you celebrating our Independence Day this year? We are compiling a list of 4th of July celebrations going on around the area. Know of an event that we missed? Send it in to contribute@valpolife.com...

Witty and Wise Comedy The Heidi Chronicles by Wendy Wasserstein. Directed by Stephanie Naumoff and Nancy Haller. The social changes between the 1960's and 1980's are the stage for Heidi's funny and touching journey. "...not many plays manage Heidi's...

The United Tour featuring Grammy®-nominated, Dove Award-winning Sanctus Real Dove-nominated artist, MIKESCHAIR (Song and Album of the Year) and visionary speaker David Nasser come to the Porter County Expo Center, Friday, May 28. Order tickets...

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,...

Memorial Opera House announces auditions for the musical, STATE FAIR on Sunday, June 6 and Tuesday, June 8 at 7pm. It's "A Grand Night for Singing" with Rodgers and Hammerstein's STATE FAIR, a breathtaking new production of Broadway's timeless,...

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,...