On January 13th, Randy Terrell Brown-Watkins was arrested on separate charges in Decatur, IL.  He is being held at the Macon County Jail pending formal extradition to Lake County, Indiana.  

**** Highly Recommended **** For the first time, I celebrated Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend at the Auditorium Theatre seeing "Too Hot to Handel: The Jazz-Gospel Messiah", an annual event that’s been going on for 17 years!  It was absolutely amazing!  What a fantastic experience!  "Too Hot to Handel" delivered all the magnificence of Handel’s Messiah – plus jazz and gospel rhythms!  4 BIG Spotlights

The 68th season of the Purdue University Northwest (PNW) Sinai Forum offers its Feb. 6 program with tech icon Steve “The Woz” Wozniak.

3Arts expands Disability Culture Leadership Initiative to advance advocacy efforts in the arts | New video conversations with four artists from Chicago’s dance and theater communities added to online hub for disability art and culture

GEM OF THE OCEAN BY AUGUST WILSON, DIRECTED IN A MAJOR REVIVAL BY CHUCK SMITH, BEGINS THIS SATURDAY, JANUARY 22nd | ***ON-SITE POP-UP MARKET—“HIDDEN GEMS”—FEATURING ARTS AND CRAFTS BY LOCAL AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTISTS TO BE OFFERED DURING CLOSING WEEK OF THE PRODUCTION***

Chicago Fire FC today announced the hiring of former Club defender Evan Whitfield as Vice President of Equity, Alumni Relations, and Engagement.

January is National Human Trafficking Awareness Month, as decreed by presidential proclamation. It is a key time for us all as individuals to educate ourselves about human trafficking and crucially to learn to spot the signs of trafficking.

Human trafficking is people using or exploiting other people for labor, domestic servitude or commercial sexual activity by force, fraud, or coercion. It is a big business globally, second in size only to the illegal drug trade.

The Governor’s Public Health Commission will discuss how data is used to inform public health actions during its next meeting on Thursday, Jan. 20.

Gov. Eric J. Holcomb today announced that Ryan Hadley is the new executive director for the Indiana Office of Energy Development.

“Ryan Hadley is committed to finding affordable and stable energy for all Hoosiers,” Gov. Holcomb said. “He is driven to continuously improve our state’s energy economy by finding reliable and innovative solutions.”

HEALTH DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES NEW HOURS, EXTENSION FOR IMS COVID-19 VACCINATION, TESTING CLINIC