PANORAMA

For Northwest Indiana

THURSDAY, JULY 3
   Music: Smooth Jazz Tunes by Grammy Contender Keenan Baxter on keyboards, 6-8pm, Martini’s Bar and Restaurant, 1004 Calumet Ave., Valparaiso, IN 464-0801.
   Municipal Band Concerts, Washington Park Amphitheater, 6 on the Lake, Michigan City, Every Thursday, Bring a blanket or sit in the seating provided, 8pm, free, 873-1506 or www.emichigancity.com.
    Play: Little Women, 8:00pm, $10 adults; $5 students, Res, The Festival Players Guild, MainSt, Theatre, 807 Franklin St, Michigan City, 874-4269. (www.festivalplayersguild.org)
   Play: "Little Women," last performance. Mainstreet. Theatre, 807 Franklin St., Michigan City, Civil War America, Wed.-Sat. 8pm; Matinees Wed. 2pm, Sat. 5pm. $12.50-$14.50; Senior, Student and Group discounts, 874-4269. 
     Open Mic ft. Billy Wayne, $3, 7pm, Front Porch Music, 505 E Lincolnway, Downtown Valparaiso., 464-4700.

FRIDAY, JULY 4
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(See festival pages 2-4 for July 4^th Events)
   Concert in the park: Take Five 6:30 - 9:30 pm, free, bring your own lawn chair, Hobart Parks, Riverside Park, 11 E. Old Ridge Rd, food available, 942-2987.
   Patriotic Program, Millennium Plaza, Michigan City, VFW Post honor guard fire a 21-gun salute, A presentation of Patriotic Medals to local residents who have served in the defense of the homeland since September 11, 2001 is also on the agenda, 8am,  874-3630. or www.michigancityfestivalsinc.com 
   Fourth of July Blast, 6:30pm festivities, 8:30 music, 9:15 fireworks, Thomas Jefferson Highschool, 462-5144.
   Hammond’s 4^th of July, Harrison Park located at Hohman Ave. & Waltham St.  Feel free to congregate at the park any time during the day and picnic with your family while having fun enjoying our food vendors and music beginning at 2 pm.  The library hosts a patriotic music concert in the band shell starting 5:15 pm and at 6 pm a Naturalization Ceremony., music of the Bill Porter Orchestra, fantastic fireworks display by BaDaBoom! Pyrotechnics as soon as it gets dark.  Free admission.  call 853.6378 or visit www.gohammond.com.
   Shipwreck Stories, 3pm, Nature Center, Indiana Dunes State Park, 926-1390.

 SATURDAY, JULY 5
   Play: What's On Broadway, 7:30pm, $10, Dunes Summer Theatre, 879-7509, www.dunessummertheatre.com
   Play: Little Women, 8:00pm, $10 adults; $5 students, Res, The Festival Players Guild, MainSt, Theatre, 807 Franklin St, Michigan City, 874-4269. (www.festivalplayersguild.org)
   Concert: Weird Al Yankovic, Star Plaza Theatre, 8:00 pm, $37, Merrillville, 769-6311.
       Garden Walk, - Porter County and Porter County Master Gardeners Assoc., 10 am-4 pm (rain or shine) $6 presale; $7 day of Walk, Purchase tickets at Porter County Adm. Bldg,155 Indiana St. Suite 301, Valparaiso, For more info call after 465-3555, ext. 21.  
    Fish Lake Festival & Bike Ride, 7873 E State Road 4, Fish Lake, Children's games, bake sale, food, Studebaker car show, five department extrication demonstration.9am-3:30pm. No admission fee. Charles Mountford, 918-629-3095. 
     10am Geocaching Jaunt. It’s the scavenger hunt with a high tech twist!  Meet at the Campground Gate and learn to use a GPS unit, what a geocache is, and find your own geocache!  Great family activity!  1pm Hoosier Quest Patch Program.  See Monday, June 30 for details.  Join us!  3pm Go Green!  No, not like Kermit the Frog!  Join us in the Nature Center for a look at what you can do to turn your life green.  We’ll look at what you can do in your own home to help save money and help the environment.  Join us!  8:30pm Fireworks from Mt. Tom!  Friday may have been the big night, but there are still fireworks to be seen!  Meet us at the Campground Shelter (by site 116) for a moderate hike to Mt. Tom, from where we’ll have a good vantage point for any fireworks being set off along the Lake Michigan shoreline.  We’ll make our way back through the forest looking for the fireworks of the forest… fireflies!  Join us!  No pets please.  Kids under 12, bring a parent. Indiana Dunes State Park, 926-1390.
    Showtime at the Glen, 7pm, $14, 20 West Ridge Rd., Gary, IN 614-9543.

SUNDAY, JULY 6
    Chalk Drawing Contest, The BIG Parade, Downtown Michigan City (See festival pages 2-4 for July 4^th Events)
   Play: What's On Broadway, 7:00pm, $10, Dunes Summer Theatre, 879-7509, www.dunessummertheatre.com
    The Big Show, Ames Field, Michigan City, see festival pgs 2-4
   Open Mike, The Coffee Cup,107 N. Main St. Suite C, located just North of the Courthouse, Crown Point, Every Sunday 7-9, $5.00per person includes free drink. 662-7955.
    10am Feed the Birds! Meet the naturalist at the Nature Center and help feed the birds and squirrels in the bird feeding area!  Great chance for up-close views!  10:30am Poetic Precipitation!  If the beach is the singing sands, then meet the naturalist at the Beach Pavilion for a look at the waterways of the dunes.  We’ll explore the day to day movements of Dune’s Creek, and how it’s molded by the wind and sand.  Join us before the beach opens for swimming!  1pm Hoosier Quest Patch Program.  See Monday, June 30 for details.  Join us!  3pm Naturalist Beach Break!  Watch for the naturalist on the beach this afternoon.  What special things will he or she have!, Indiana Dunes State Park, 926-1390.

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