While its still early in the year, its been a very entertaining 2015 so far with plenty of music, theater and public events for everyone in Northwest Indiana. Here are our picks for our top 5 favorite entertainment articles so far for 2015.
The Price was Every Bit of Right at the Star Plaza Theatre
The Price Is Right Live show came (on down) to the Star Plaza Theatre Friday night for an evening of nostalgia fulfilling, and new memory creating, fun. The show was hosted by longtime Nickelodeon game show host, and now Food Network star and Restaurant Impossible Executive Producer, Marc Summers.
Serving up More than Coffee in Crown Point
There is a small glass tip jar that sits on the counter of Café Fresco. Most people buy their coffee and may leave a dollar in the jar. But few pay attention to the description it bears. It reads: “Every week we choose a deserving person to donate the “tip jar” funds to, realizing that not all are given the same opportunities and may have encountered some misfortunes.
The 2015 NWI Comic-Con, a Slice of Local Nerd Culture
Like a 9th-level fireball spell, nerd culture has exploded in recent years igniting the passions of people from all walks of life. As it is with any interests, fans of comic books, video games, tabletop role playing games and cosplay need a place to call their own, and this mecca was the NWI Comic-Con held at the Halls of St. George in Schererville.
2015 Methodist Hospitals Mardi Gras Masquerade Benefits Trauma Program
Sometimes essential fundraising is done in style. On Saturday night, the Methodist Hospitals Foundation hosted their Mardi Gras Masquerade Gala at Merrillville’s Innsbrook Country Club, which was put on to benefit Methodist’s Northlake trauma program.
Help Me Mommy Continues Rocky Horror Picture Show in Northwest Indiana
In the basement of Hobart’s Art Theater, there’s a brightly painted green room filled with wigs, fishnets and plenty of sequinned corsets. With racks of costumes, makeup bags strewn beside mirrors, and plenty of six inch heels - these items are adorned for a lost couple, a manufactured man, a groupie, a couple of aliens, and for that sweet transvestite from Transsexual, Transylvania.