Category Archives: Tourism
Birding in Northwest Indiana
If you are a Birding Enthusiast, Northwest Indiana is the place to be! Where else do you find a Four Day Birding Festival dedicated to just Birding? From the Indiana Dunes, to the Hammond Indiana Bird Sanctuary to the Kankakee Wildlife Preserve there’s plenty to see and do. There’s also the Weekly Birding Walks…
LaPorte County Spring Barn Shop Hop
The 4th Annual LaPorte County Spring Barn/Shop Hop will be held on Friday, May 3, 2019 thru Sunday, May 5, 2019 from 10:00AM – 4:00PM. Tour 6 unique area LaPorte County shops offering antiques, folk art, handcrafts, salvage, re-purposed, vintage, primitives, furniture, yard art and more. Map available. Visit all 6 shops and enter drawing…
Opening Season Friendship Botanic Gardens
Help kick off a momentous 2019 season by joining Friendship Botanic Gardens for the official spring opening on Saturday, May 11th, 2019 from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm! The Gardens are open from May through the end of October on Tuesdays through Sundays from 9am-5pm CST. Admission is $6. Children under 12 are…
Washington Park Zoo Opens with New Born Otters
On January 31st, 2017 a pair of otter pups were born at Washington Park Zoo, Michigan City Indiana. This is the fourth time in seven years that the Washington Park Zoo has welcomed the birth of River Otters. Although we are giving the mom plenty of privacy to raise her pups, our keeper staff are…
FREE Weekly Entertainment Newsletter for Northwest Indiana
PanoramaNOW Entertainment News Has a FREE Weekly Newsletter! Our Weekly Newsletter Includes the MAJOR Events & Festivals going on in Northwest Indiana for that Weekend AND Our Recent Articles or Blogs. Folks LOVE our newsletter and it has become very Popular! We only list MAJOR events and not the local church bible study…
Party Like a Pirate Festival
The Chamber is swabbing the decks and battening down the hatches to set sail on April 10 2021, for the annual Party like a Pirate Day downtown Whiting, Indiana! Shiver me timbers, they’re throwing a ruckus at many ports of call! Tankards of grog, debauchery, and plenty of pirate booty will…
Shipshewana on the Road Returns to Valparaiso
Looking for something fun to do on the weekend? How about a day of shopping for the most unique trinkets and treasures under the sun? For the past two decades Shipshewana On The Road Gift, Food and Craft Show has brought the most interesting, most innovative, most creative and just plain awesome products…
Northwest Indiana Earth Day Celebration
Invest In our Planet, on Earth Day, 9am – 1pm, on Saturday, April 22nd at the Porter County Expo Center, Valparaiso Indiana. Perhaps you can use bedding, keys, art supplies, towels, coats, tools etc. Porter County Recycling will advertiser your wish list to the community and encourage donations at the Earth…
Indiana Dunes Birding Festival
Celebrate the migration of birdlife through the Indiana Dunes region this May 12-15, 2022 at the 8th Annual Indiana Dunes Birding Festival. The festival is a partnership with the region’s major environmental groups highlighting the dunes area’s rich biodiversity and bird watching opportunities to create a positive impact on the economic, conservation, and environmental education…
Horizon Bank Gives $20,000 to Friendship Botanic Gardens
Horizon Bank has demonstrated its commitment to the Northwest Indiana community by donating $20,000 to Friendship Botanic Gardens (FBG). On November 29th, Steve Kring, the Laporte County Market President for Horizon Bank, officially presented a check to the FBG board of directors. Horizon’s gift will fund the creation of a new garden dedicated to cancer…




















