Porchlight Music Theatre, Chicago’s music theatre leader, celebrates 15 years of musical theatre excellence with its 8th Annual Gala Benefit, titled Time and Music; Looking Back, Moving Forward. This exciting and fun filled evening is one night only and will be held on Saturday, March 13th, 2010 at 6:30pm in the Boulevard Room at the Hilton Chicago, 720 S Michigan Avenue.

The Gary Chamber of Commerce is hosting "A Taste of Spring" WINE TASTING on
Monday, March 22, 2010 from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. at the Miller Bakery Cafe', 555 Lake Street, Gary.

Mark your calendars for the 29th Annual Emporium on April 23, 2010. Tickets for this event will go on sale beginning in March. This year's theme incorporates our new school slogan: Preparing Students Mind, Body & Soul - as we continuously work towards moving BNI as the premiere college prep school in Northwest Indiana .

Royal George, 1641 N. Halsted, opens its doors at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, April 19th, 2010 in honor of Michael Cullen, owner of the Mercury Theater and Cullen’s, and a thirty five-year veteran producer and pioneer in the development of Chicagoland theater as it is known today. Recently suffering from a stroke, Mr. Cullen requires extensive therapy treatments. The entertainment line-up is still to be announced for this event.

National Label releases third album for Calumet Region’s own “Harbor Lights.” with a show at the Memorial Opera House on Saturday, March 27 at 7:30 pm. Harbor Lights Tickets are $20 for Adult and $17 for Senior/Students, group rates are also available.

A group led by attorneys, labor leaders and social justice advocates that has gathered annually for more than 50 years to honor the memory of attorney Clarence Darrow will meet at the Darrow Bridge in Jackson Park Saturday, March 13 at 10 a.m. for its traditional wreath-tossing into the Jackson Park Lagoon. Darrow's ashes were strewn in the Lagoon after his death on March 13, 1938 in Chicago

The Lake County Fairgrounds located in Crown Point, IN prepare to host the 3rd Annual Lake County Pet Expo on Saturday, May 15, 2010 from 9 AM to 4 PM with the net proceeds used to benefit area animal shelters.

The Gary SouthShore RailCats will host a gala Meet the Team Luncheon, Monday May 10 at the Radisson Hotel in Merrillville featuring Hall of Fame Cubs right-hander Ferguson Jenkins as the keynote speaker, and tickets for the event are on sale now.