Recently, the doors of the popular Beggars Pizza opened at 4345 Broadway in Gary's Glen Park neighborhood.

The City of Gary has been awarded $3.1 million in federal funds that will support the recruitment and retention of firefighters in the city.

The City of Gary hosted a “Celebration of Entrepreneurs” at the Arthouse: A Social Kitchen, 411 E. 5th Avenue recently. A total of 17 graduates completed 8 weeks of “New Start-up Business” workshops through the Gary Micro-Enterprise Initiative (GMI). 

Donterrio Johnson to perform Chicago premiere of Eric Bogosian’s one-man play POUNDING NAILS IN THE FLOOR WITH MY FOREHEAD October 16 and 30 at Pride Arts Center | Johnson will play 12 angry men in 1990s New York City, trying to stop the noise in their heads. Press is invited to review the October 16 performance 

The Indiana Department of Transportation is offering civil engineering students scholarships of up to $3,125 per semester, and paid employment during summer breaks and upon graduation.

**** Recommended **** I have mixed feelings about “The Color Purple”.  On the one hand, the Drury Lane production was excellent; on the other, I’m not in love with the musical itself.  Alice Walker wrote a really powerful book, which Steven Spielburg made into a really powerful movie.  Why not a really powerful play? Maybe even a play with music – like at church, or in the juke joint or when Shug is feeling like singing.  The musical’s script is actually quite different from that of the 1985 movie which starred Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover and Margaret Avery. There were some rough spots, but overall, a good show.  3 ½ Spotlights 

Madison Correctional Facility and Warden Jan Davis are proud to announce that after three days of intense inspection and evaluation a visiting committee from the American Correctional Association (ACA) has recommended Madison Correctional Facility for re-accreditation to the Commission on Accreditation for Corrections.

Sarah Fantuzzo will be teaching a Drawing Fundamentals class at the Chesterton Art Center starting Wednesday, October 23 from 10-1.

A Musical Based on the Stories of P.L. Travers and the Walt Disney Film | Original Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman | Book by Julian Fellowes | New songs and Additional Music and Lyrics by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe | Co-Created by Cameron Mackintosh | Directed and Choreographed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge | November 15, 2019 – January 19, 2020

The Indiana State Police is currently accepting applications for the position of Program Director I for the Missing Children Clearinghouse.