Category Archives: Whiting

Wonderful World of Whiting – Interview with Mayor Steve Spebar
by Becky Mateja Lombardini For a smaller population than most places in Northwest, the City of Whiting has lots to do. Home of the infamous Pierogi Fest, Whiting Indiana has an enhanced the quality of life that should be envied by everyone. Whiting has an Easter parade, a July 4th parade, a Pierogi…

Pierogi Festival 2022
For 28 years, Pierogi Fest has delighted attendees with old favorite s and lots of new changes, and this year’s festival will once again exceed attendee expectations. Once again, the festival will serve up massive amounts of food, with more than 80 food booths…one of the largest food festivals in the Midwest! The dates…

Free Summer with the Symphony Concerts – Whiting
It’s time to enjoy what many people near and far consider some of the most entertaining evenings that Whiting has to offer each year, the Summer with the Symphony concerts at the Whiting Pavilion. The Whiting Park Festival Orchestra (WPFO) is conducted by Maestro Robert Vodnoy and the idea of what has become…

Oilmen Baseball Host Military Night Friday, July 1st
Please make your plans to join the Northwest Indiana Oilmen this week as they are set to begin a 4 game home series Tuesday that includes Military Appreciation Night on Friday July 1st, 2022 to kick off the 4th of July weekend. There are some great deals this week as well with 2 for 1 Tuesday,…

“Southern Fried Funeral” Live Theatre in Whiting Indiana
“Southern Fried Funeral” on Marian Theatre Guild’s April Menu Dewey Frye is dead and the rest of his family is left to pick up the pieces – that is, if they don’t kill each other first. Funerals bring out the worst, the best, and the funniest in people as you’ll see with Marian Theatre…

The Nutcracker Returns with 8 Show Dates in 2021
IBT presents “The Nutcracker” Everyone’s favorite holiday tradition is just around the corner — The Nutcracker. Indiana Ballet Theatre (IBT) will be performing its 21st annual performance throughout Northwest Indiana this year. Composed in 1892 by treasured composer Peter IIyich Tchikovsky’s, The Nutcracker, is one of the most memorable ballet classics.…

Wickedly Whiting Returns With More Fun!
Ladies and gentlemen, children of all ages, the greatest festival on earth is about to begin! Step right up folks! Don’t be shy! Be prepared to witness the whimsical, the outlandish, the macabre, and the beautiful! Be amazed! Be awed! Be scared! Sideshows around every corner….have you ever laid eyes on a human…

Tribute Baseball Game Honoring Coach Albert Lodl – Whiting Indiana
The alumni of the St. Francis de Sales baseball program will be holding a tribute game in honor of longtime baseball coach Albert P. Lodl who passed away in March of 2020. The festivities will be held on August 21, 2021 beginning with a pre-game social at 11:00 am held at St. Francis de Sales…

Pierogi Fest Announces Entertainment Schedule
For 27 years, Pierogi Fest has delighted attendees with old favorites and lots of new changes, and this year’s festival will once again exceed attendee expectations. Once again, the festival will serve up massive amounts of food, with more than 80 food booths…one of the largest food festivals in the Midwest…

Indiana Ballet Theatre Performs Kaliedoscope
Indiana Ballet Theatre’s (IBT) annual modern-contemporary dance concert KALIEDOSCOPE returns to the stage Saturday, June 19th at the Hoosier Theatre in Whiting, IN. Kaliedoscope Director/IBT Associate Artistic Director said since the concert’s inception in 1999. “Contemporary dance is a diverse and dynamic form of expressive dance. Audiences return year after year…