FSSA announces pilot program to integrate mental health, addiction peer recovery professionals in Indiana county jails

The DNR Division of Law Enforcement held graduation ceremonies today at the Indiana Government Center South in Indianapolis. Twenty-five new Indiana Conservation Officers officially joined the division during the event.

Conservation Officer Andrew Harmon, the 2021 James D. Pitzer Officer of the Year, administered the oath of office to the recruits, who will fill positions in various locations around the state.

The new officers represent the 39th recruit class of conservation officers, the oldest state law enforcement agency in Indiana.

Peter Blair, Executive Producer & Peter Marston Sullivan, Artistic Director Present Tony Award-Winning Musical Hello, Dolly!

Governors State University to produce The World Premiere of Red Summer | by Shepsu Aakhu and Andrew White | with music by Shawn Wallace | New musical connects the Chicago race riots of 1919 to present day Chicago | September 16-25, 2022

Refracted Theatre Company Announces Casting for World Premiere of ST. SEBASTIAN | By Andrew Kramer | Directed by Artistic Director Graham Miller | September 15 – October 2, 2022 at The Den Theatre

The Black Theater Alliance Awards, Inc. (BTAA) announces nominations for The 28th Annual Black Theater Alliance/Ira Aldridge Awards. Theater and Dance productions produced and presented on the Chicagoland stages between August 1, 2021 and July 31, 2022 were eligible for this season's nomination consideration.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CAST AND CREW OF RUINED, RECIPIENTS OF FIVE BLACK THEATER ALLIANCE AWARD NOMINATIONS!

PORCHLIGHT MUSIC THEATRE ANNOUNCES THE RETURN OF ITS ICONS GALA, FRIDAY, SEPT. 23, AT THE RITZ-CARLTON CHICAGO | Co-chaired by Joe Higgins and Scott Hoesman, Single Tickets and Table Reservations For this Annual Signature Celebration on Sale Now

Casting Announced! Steppenwolf Theatre Company presents the world premiere adaptation of 1919 | By Eve L. Ewing | Adapted by J. Nicole Brooks | Directed by Gabrielle Randle-Bent and Tasia A. Jones | October 4 – 29, 2022 in Steppenwolf’s new in-the-round Ensemble Theater in Honor of Helen Zell | $20 Tickets to All Public Performances | $5 Tickets for Teens and College Students

Portage LIVE!’s monthly Summer Sunday Series continues Sunday, August 14th from 3 pm to 9 pm with “Bands Big and Small!”  Six great hours of FREE musical performances by The Marco Villareal Trio, The Vintage Postcard Band, and The Midwest Big Band will be presented at the Amphitheatre at Founder’s Park, 2545 Founder’s Parkway, Portage.