Parks & Recreation in Valparaiso, IN

We focus on providing the latest and best events in Lake, Porter, and LaPorte counties. Here you will find wonderful events for parks and recreation in Valparaiso, IN. Want to stay up-to-date? Remember to bookmark our page and check out our other pages for theatre events, festivals, and more.

Upcoming Events

Date/Time	Event
03/10/2021 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm	Hatha Yoga Classes - Highland Lincoln Center, Highland IN
03/11/2021 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm	Ballroom Dancing - LaPorte Indiana
03/13/2021 8:00 am - 2:30 pm	Sledding in Northwest Indiana
03/13/2021 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm	Reptile Rendevous - Indiana Dunes Indiana Dunes Nature Center, Porter IN
03/17/2021 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm	Hatha Yoga Classes - Highland Lincoln Center, Highland IN
03/18/2021 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm	Ballroom Dancing - LaPorte Indiana
03/20/2021 8:00 am - 2:30 pm	Sledding in Northwest Indiana
03/20/2021 9:00 am - 12:00 pm	Woodland Park Community Clean Up Woodland Park, Portage IN
03/24/2021 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm	Hatha Yoga Classes - Highland Lincoln Center, Highland IN
03/25/2021 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm	Ballroom Dancing - LaPorte Indiana
03/26/2021 8:30 am - 4:30 pm	Craft In A Box - Pick Up & Take Home Munster Town Hall, Munster IN
03/27/2021 8:00 am - 2:30 pm	Sledding in Northwest Indiana
03/27/2021 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm	Easter Egg Hunt - Dyer Northgate Park, Dyer IN
03/27/2021 7:30 pm - 8:45 pm	Indiana Dunes Full Moon Hike Indiana Dunes State Park Visitor Center, Chesterton IN
03/31/2021 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm	Hatha Yoga Classes - Highland Lincoln Center, Highland IN
04/07/2021 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm	Hatha Yoga Classes - Highland Lincoln Center, Highland IN
04/08/2021 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm	Ballroom Dancing at Cummings Lodge Cummings Lodge in Soldiers Memorial Park, LaPorte IN
04/10/2021 9:00 am - 3:00 pm	Spring Craft Fair - Portage Woodland Park, Portage IN
04/14/2021 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm	Hatha Yoga Classes - Highland Lincoln Center, Highland IN
04/15/2021 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm	Ballroom Dancing at Cummings Lodge Cummings Lodge in Soldiers Memorial Park, LaPorte IN
04/20/2021 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Daffodil Hike at Brinka Cross Gardens Brinka Cross Gardens, Furnessville IN
04/21/2021 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm	Hatha Yoga Classes - Highland Lincoln Center, Highland IN
04/22/2021 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm	Ballroom Dancing at Cummings Lodge Cummings Lodge in Soldiers Memorial Park, LaPorte IN
04/23/2021 8:30 am - 4:30 pm	Craft In A Box - Pick Up & Take Home Munster Town Hall, Munster IN
04/28/2021 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm	Hatha Yoga Classes - Highland Lincoln Center, Highland IN
04/29/2021 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm	Ballroom Dancing at Cummings Lodge Cummings Lodge in Soldiers Memorial Park, LaPorte IN
04/30/2021 9:00 am - 5:00 pm	Three Little Birds Market Porter County Expo Center, Valparaiso IN
05/04/2021 11:00 pm - 2:00 am	Portage Cruise Night at Woodland park Woodland Park, Portage IN
05/05/2021 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm	Hatha Yoga Classes - Highland Lincoln Center, Highland IN
05/06/2021 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm	Ballroom Dancing at Cummings Lodge Cummings Lodge in Soldiers Memorial Park, LaPorte IN
05/08/2021 5:00 pm - 8:45 pm	Annual Mother Son Event - Portage
05/11/2021 11:00 pm - 2:00 am	Portage Cruise Night at Woodland park Woodland Park, Portage IN
05/13/2021 - 05/16/2021 All Day	Indiana Dunes Birding Festival 2021 Indiana Dunes State Park Visitor Center, Chesterton IN
05/13/2021 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm	Ballroom Dancing at Cummings Lodge Cummings Lodge in Soldiers Memorial Park, LaPorte IN
05/14/2021 3:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Market on the Square - Portage
05/15/2021 10:00 am - 2:00 pm	Spring Fling Craft Fair - Dyer Pheasane Hills Park, Dyer IN
05/18/2021 11:00 pm - 2:00 am	Portage Cruise Night at Woodland park Woodland Park, Portage IN
05/21/2021 3:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Market on the Square - Portage
05/25/2021 11:00 pm - 2:00 am	Portage Cruise Night at Woodland park Woodland Park, Portage IN
05/27/2021 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm	Wine and Canvas - Portage Portage Lakefront Riverwalk, Portage IN
05/28/2021 3:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Market on the Square - Portage
05/28/2021 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm	Hobart Bike Party Parade Festival Park, Hobart IN
06/01/2021 11:00 pm - 2:00 am	Portage Cruise Night at Woodland park Woodland Park, Portage IN
06/02/2021 3:00 pm - 8:00 pm	Schererville Market - 1st and 3rd Wednesdays Sherwood Park, Schererville IN
06/04/2021 3:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Market on the Square - Portage
06/04/2021 6:00 pm - 9:15 pm	Summer Flashback Movies - Portage Founders Square, Portage IN
06/08/2021 11:00 pm - 2:00 am	Portage Cruise Night at Woodland park Woodland Park, Portage IN
06/11/2021 3:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Market on the Square - Portage
06/11/2021 6:00 pm - 9:15 pm	Summer Flashback Movies - Portage Founders Square, Portage IN
06/15/2021 11:00 pm - 2:00 am	Portage Cruise Night at Woodland park Woodland Park, Portage IN
06/16/2021 3:00 pm - 8:00 pm	Schererville Market - 1st & 3rd Wednesdays Sherwood Park, Schererville IN
06/18/2021 3:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Market on the Square - Portage
06/18/2021 6:00 pm - 9:15 pm	Summer Flashback Movies - Portage Founders Square, Portage IN
06/22/2021 11:00 pm - 2:00 am	Portage Cruise Night at Woodland park Woodland Park, Portage IN
06/25/2021 3:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Market on the Square - Portage
06/25/2021 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm	Hobart Bike Party Parade Festival Park, Hobart IN
06/25/2021 6:00 pm - 9:15 pm	Summer Flashback Movies - Portage Founders Square, Portage IN
06/29/2021 11:00 pm - 2:00 am	Portage Cruise Night at Woodland park Woodland Park, Portage IN
07/02/2021 3:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Market on the Square - Portage
07/02/2021 6:00 pm - 9:15 pm	Summer Flashback Movies - Portage Founders Square, Portage IN
07/06/2021 11:00 pm - 2:00 am	Portage Cruise Night at Woodland park Woodland Park, Portage IN
07/07/2021 3:00 pm - 8:00 pm	Schererville Market - 1st and 3rd Wednesdays Sherwood Park, Schererville IN
07/09/2021 3:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Market on the Square - Portage
07/09/2021 6:00 pm - 9:15 pm	Summer Flashback Movies - Portage Founders Square, Portage IN
07/10/2021 10:00 am - 2:00 pm	Touch A Truck - Sunset Hill County Park Sunset Hill Farm County Park, Valparaiso IN
07/13/2021 11:00 pm - 2:00 am	Portage Cruise Night at Woodland park Woodland Park, Portage IN
07/16/2021 3:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Market on the Square - Portage
07/16/2021 6:00 pm - 9:15 pm	Summer Flashback Movies - Portage Founders Square, Portage IN
07/20/2021 11:00 pm - 2:00 am	Portage Cruise Night at Woodland park Woodland Park, Portage IN
07/21/2021 3:00 pm - 8:00 pm	Schererville Market - 1st & 3rd Wednesdays Sherwood Park, Schererville IN
07/23/2021 3:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Market on the Square - Portage
07/23/2021 6:00 pm - 9:15 pm	Summer Flashback Movies - Portage Founders Square, Portage IN
07/27/2021 11:00 pm - 2:00 am	Portage Cruise Night at Woodland park Woodland Park, Portage IN
07/30/2021 3:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Market on the Square - Portage
07/30/2021 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm	Hobart Bike Party Parade Festival Park, Hobart IN
07/30/2021 6:00 pm - 9:15 pm	Summer Flashback Movies - Portage Founders Square, Portage IN
08/03/2021 11:00 pm - 2:00 am	Portage Cruise Night at Woodland park Woodland Park, Portage IN
08/04/2021 3:00 pm - 8:00 pm	Schererville Market - 1st and 3rd Wednesdays Sherwood Park, Schererville IN
08/06/2021 3:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Market on the Square - Portage
08/10/2021 11:00 pm - 2:00 am	Portage Cruise Night at Woodland park Woodland Park, Portage IN
08/13/2021 3:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Market on the Square - Portage
08/17/2021 11:00 pm - 2:00 am	Portage Cruise Night at Woodland park Woodland Park, Portage IN
08/18/2021 3:00 pm - 8:00 pm	Schererville Market - 1st & 3rd Wednesdays Sherwood Park, Schererville IN
08/20/2021 3:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Market on the Square - Portage
08/24/2021 11:00 pm - 2:00 am	Portage Cruise Night at Woodland park Woodland Park, Portage IN
08/27/2021 3:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Market on the Square - Portage
08/27/2021 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm	Hobart Bike Party Parade Festival Park, Hobart IN
08/31/2021 11:00 pm - 2:00 am	Portage Cruise Night at Woodland park Woodland Park, Portage IN
09/01/2021 3:00 pm - 8:00 pm	Schererville Market - 1st and 3rd Wednesdays Sherwood Park, Schererville IN
09/12/2021 9:00 am - 2:00 pm	Humane Indiana's Paws in the Park Munster Community Park, Munster IN
09/15/2021 3:00 pm - 8:00 pm	Schererville Market - 1st & 3rd Wednesdays Sherwood Park, Schererville IN
09/24/2021 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm	Hobart Bike Party Parade Festival Park, Hobart IN

Local Business Directory

Indiana Welcome Center

Home 7770 Corinne Drive Hammond IN 46323 United StatesWork Phone: (219) 989-7979Work Phone: (800) 255-5253Work Email: info@southshorecva.comWebsite: http://www.southshorecva.com/about-south-shore/indiana-welcome-center/

Biographical Info

Stop by the Indiana Welcome Center if you are visiting the South Shore area or just passing through. While you stretch your legs, you can view the unique building structure, enjoy the different exhibits in the W.F. Wellman Exhibit Hall and browse the gift shop. You can also pick up a lot of information about all there is to see and do, not only in the South Shore area, but brochures from all over Indiana.

The building design encompasses some of the main, most memorable images of Northwest Indiana and uses them in the building language. The solution is as diverse as the community itself; its people, the natural environment, and man made developments.

The structure starts with the most dominant natural feature in our area, Lake Michigan. The large exhibition space is created with the form of stainless steel “waves” glistening in the sun. These waves crash into the undulating “sand dunes” which are juxtaposed to the industry; Steel denoted in the gray office form (second story) and the smoke stacks of the entry canopy. The natural terrain then rolls into the plains and farms, which is bordered to the south by the free flowing Kankakee river depicted in the south facade of the building.

From this, the composition has sculpted a structure that symbolically tells the story of the area, houses the necessary functions for the Welcome Center, and leaves one with an image unseen elsewhere.

Let us think of water, waves, sand dunes, industry, farming, rivers, and last of all, the people of our region. What we have is as unique and singular as the South Shore.

Visit us at the Indiana Welcome Center to find:

Free Travel Brochures & Maps
Restrooms with Baby Changing Tables
Exhibit Hall
Gift Shop
Vending Machines
Picnic Area
Pet Exercise Area
Copies of PanoramaNOW Entertainment Magazines
Location:

Off of I-80/94 on Kennedy Ave. South
7770 Corinne Dr., Hammond, Indiana

Hours:
Labor Day up to Memorial Day
Everyday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm

Summer – Memorial Day up to Labor Day
Everyday 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
(Building closes at 5:00 pm on July 4th)

Extended hours between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Call 800-ALL-LAKE or 219-989-7979 for exact times.

Days closed:
New Year’s Day, Easter Sunday, Thanksgiving and Christmas Day

Phone:
219-989-7979 or 800-ALL-LAKE

W. F. Wellman Exhibit Hall6500 sq. ft. of contemporary exhibit space fashioned after the rolling waves of Lake Michigan. Varying exhibits from Model A Fords to “A Christmas Story” window displays to a steel-framed house have all called the Exhibit Hall home. Admission is FREE. Call 219-989-7979 for a complete schedule of upcoming events.

“A Christmas Story” Comes HomeEvery November and December, the Exhibit Hall hosts “A Christmas Story” Comes Home featuring window displays from Macy’s in New York, photos with Santa (see site for Santa dates and times), and themed events like the Oh Fudge Relay Race.

South Shore Gift Shop – temporarily closed for renovationsThe gift shop includes vintage South Shore Line posters, “A Christmas Story” movie memorabilia, Region Rat T-shirts, Albanese gummies plus Indiana and Chicago postcards, mugs, and key chains.

The In-Vision Theater
The theater is available for corporate meetings and group rentals. Contact us at 219-989-7770 to reserve a space.There are also five films available in the theater for visitors to watch by request. Films include “Everglades of the North,” a 24-minute documentary on the history of the Grand Kankakee Marsh; “Indiana Dunes: Child of the Northwest Wind,” an orientation film to the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore; US Steel “Big Stuff: Earth,” a short film covering steel manufacturing; ArcelorMittal’s “Forging Ahead,” an exploration of the steelmaking process; and a unique view of The Pig Adventure at Fair Oaks Farms.

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