July 7, 2010
7:00PM

Awesome Gigs: Harlan Thompson, Tattoo Artist
How does one become a tattoo artist? What is a typical day like? What kind of training do you need? Learn the answers to these questions and more at this unique presentation by Drawn to Tattoos curator, and owner of Pioneer Studios, Harlan Thompson. Join Harlan after the event for a casual Q&A at Shoreline Brewery. Admission is FREE.

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June 12, 2010
4:00 pm

Rock the Runway
4 celebrity judges and a fashion icon.
1 winning designer.

Emerging designers Rocked the Runway on Saturday, June 12 at Lubeznik Center for the Arts.  Hosted by fashion icon Nena Ivon and juried by an all-star panel including Cynthia Ashby, ANKO, Linda Heister and Shore’s own Joe Durk, this fashion showdown rocked to electronica music by Button.

June 4, 2010
5:00 pm–8:00 pm

First Fridays @ 5

Join us for a Family-Friendly First Friday @ 5 featuring a carnival atmosphere, light bites, libations & more!  

May 22, 2010
6:00 pm–Midnight

A Night in Venice

Join Lubeznik Center for the Arts members, board, friends, supporters and staff for A Night in Venice, a magical night of dinner and dancing plus live and silent auctions featuring fabulous packages, one-of-a-kind getaways and unbelievable offers. Proceeds benefit Lubeznik Center for the Arts community outreach, education, and exhibits.

May 7, 2010
5:00 pm-8:00 pm

First Fridays @ 5

ATTENTION POETS, PERFORMERS, RAPPERS AND RANTERS! Lubeznik Center for the Arts continues their First Fridays @ 5 series on May 7th with a Poetry Slam, hosted by Poetry Slam pioneer Marc Smith.

What's a Poetry Slam, you ask? Simply put, a Poetry Slam is a creative, competitive spoken word performance − emphasizing audience involvement and welcoming a wide range of voices. Lyrics, love letters, diatribes, poems and prose are all welcome!

The night of the Slam, judges will be appointed from the audience to score each performer on a scale from 0 to 10, evaluating both content and performance. The audience is encouraged to respond to both performers and judges in any way they see fit − from impassioned cheering to good-natured heckling.

The winners will take home bragging rights and prizes. Anyone is welcome to perform, but competitors must adhere to the following rules:

• All work must be original and of the performers’ own construction
• No props, costumes, or musical instruments
• You must pre-register in order to read

Do you have what it takes to slam the competition? Please contact Janet Bloch, Lubeznik Center's Education Coordinator at 219.874.4900 for more information, or to register. Deadline for early registration is at 5 p.m. on Friday, April 30th.

April 24, 2010
7:00-9:00 pm

Opening Reception

Celebrate the opening of our new exhibits featuring work by Tony Fitzpatrick, Carl Holzman, Harlan Thompson and Twila Beahm with light bites, libations and a chance to mix and mingle. This event is free and open to the public.

March 16, 2010
7:00 pm

William Conger, Geisha
(detail)

New Moderns Panel Discussion

Artist, curator and educator Doug Stapleton leads a discussion of abstraction and form in conjunction with the current exhibit, “The New Moderns: In Search of Form.” Panel members include: “New Moderns” curator and local artist Carole Stodder; Brauer Museum Director, Gregg Hertzlieb; and exhibiting artist William Conger. Admission is free for LCA members and students, $3.00 for guests.

March 5, 2010
5:00 pm-8:00 pm

First Fridays @ 5

Back by popular demand! Recipient of the Chicago Cultural Department’s “Artists International” Award, Peter Aglinskas infuses his music with elements from the contemporary worlds of jazz, funk and rock, with technique firmly rooted in the classical music tradition. Enjoy Peter’s sultry guitar stylings, along with light bites, libations and more. Admission is free. Don’t miss out!

February 27, 2010
7:00 pm

Greta Pope
Paris Noir... American Jazz in Paris!

International entertainer and vocalist Greta Pope performs songs of the legendary African American musicians who brought American jazz to Paris in the 1920’s and 30’s including Josephine Baker, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Eartha Kitt, Billie Holiday and Nat King Cole. Join us at 6 p.m. for a glass of wine or champagne, plus refreshments with a French flair. Tickets are $20, $15 for LCA members. Seating is limited. Tickets will be held at the door. Call 219.874.4900 for more information.

February 5, 2010

5:00-8:00 pm (CST)

Eleanor Himmelfarb, Fandango
Celebration (detail)

First Fridays @ Five
The New Moderns Opening Reception

A distinctly modern First Friday @ 5 will celebrate the opening of our “New Moderns” exhibit with art, refreshments and electronica music by Button. This event is free and open to the public. Phone 219.874.4900 for more information.

February 4, 2010

3:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m. (CST)

Souper Bowl of Caring 2010

Buy a bowl, feed the hungry. Enjoy an unlimited soup dinner in a one-of-a-kind handmade bowl at this Empty Bowls benefit for affiliated food pantries of the Food Bank of Northern Indiana. Tickets are $15, available at Lubeznik Center or by calling 800.879.7040.

December 10, 2009
6:30-8:00 pm

Holiday Giftwrapping

Instructor Gabrielle Mendoza will show you professional tricks and tips on everything from the basics to bows, unique and creative wrapping techniques, and creating professional-looking gift bags.

Please pre-register by calling us at 219.874.4900
$15.00 per person
Please bring a roll of your favorite gift wrap.

December 4, 2009
5:00-8:00 pm

First Fridays @ Five - Holiday Music

Join us for holiday music, food, drinks, and more. Free admission with donation of a toy or pet supplies, to benefit the Salvation Army and Michiana Humane Society.

Bring your friends, unwind after a long week, enjoy the exhibits, and get in the holiday spirit!

Entertainment will be provided by award-winning singer Sheree Wheeler-Gudeman. Wheeler-Gudeman won the Northern Indiana Excellence in Theatre Foundation's (NIETF) best lead actress in a musical awards for "Annie Get Your Gun" and "Kiss Me Kate" at the Memorial Opera House in Valparaiso, and she directed and acted in the popular "Pump Boys and Dinettes" at the Dunes Summer Theatre last year. She will be singing holiday songs for your enjoyment accompanied by Chris Stahlbaum on keyboards so bring the kids and have some fun with Sheree and Chris at the Lubeznik Center as they kick off the holiday season.

December 1, 2009
7:00 pm

Miriam Webster Speaking at Lubeznik Center

Holocaust survivor Miriam Webster will speak at the Lubeznik Center on Tuesday, December 1st at 7 pm (CST). Please join us for this unique opportunity to hear the first-hand story of one woman's struggle to survive, and the generous people that helped keep her secret.

Miriam Webster was born in Radomsko, Poland. An adolescent during World War II, she secured a false identity card through a family associate that identified her as a Christian. She was then separated from her family, most of whom perished at the Treblinka Extermination Camp during the war. Webster now lives in Dyer, Indiana with her husband. She speaks regularly to schools and community groups throughout the region in hopes of breaking down hatred and creating understanding, acceptance, and peace in our world.

This program is being presented in conjunction with the exhibit Anne Frank: A Private Photo Album, on display now through December 10 at the Lubeznik Center. The Lubeznik Center thanks the Jewish Federation of Northwest Indiana for partnering with us in this presentation.

November 6, 2009
5:00-8:00 pm

First Fridays @ Five - Chicago Blues

Featuring the “Chicago Kingsnakes”. Music, drinks, food and more! A perfect way to unwind after a hard week. Enjoy the exhibits and entertainment, and socialize with friends in the galleries. Everyone is welcome. Admission will be free this month with the donation of a canned good for area food pantries. Admission includes entertainment and "lite" bites.

The Chicago Kingsnakes are celebrating their 26th year in the blues, and their latest sampler, Snapshots, which catches this exciting four-piece unit at the top of their game. Founded in 1983 by James “Ang” Anderson, the band features Ron Berry on bass and vocals and Gus Gotsis on drums. Nelson Keaton joined in 2001 to round out the sound on harmonica, and he opens the disc off with a spirited “Leave It Where I Put It.” Nelson smokes on the set’s closer, “Whammer Jammer,” and fans of post-war, urban harp blues will revel in the way he plays the Mississippi saxophone. For me, the most memorable cut is “Get Out of Memphis,” thanks to Ang’s vocals and guitar leads, and the way the band updates a traditional blues sound.

Over the years, the Chicago Kingsnakes have released nine CDs, and some are hard to find. Thankfully, the web site, www.chicagokingsnakes.com, offers samples from 2004’s Grass Roots and 1998’s Blues Island, plus a video from their 1994 Chicago Blues Festival performance with Byher Smith. Prior to that festival, the band toured Finland and the Netherlands with Smitty, and they also shared the stage with Buddy Guy, Albert Collins, and Sugar Blue. There are six live cuts totaling a half-hour on Snapshots, and I hope that this CD gets the band more work. The band has received local and international recognition for decades, ranging from Midwest BEAT (sadly no longer in print), to the world’s blues magazine, Blues Revue.

To read more about the Kingsnakes, click here!

October 25, 2009
4:00pm

Chronicle of Bigotry: A Panel Presentation with author Arnold Bass

This panel presentation, moderated by Leigh Morris, will address both personal and historical accounts of prejudice. Speakers include author Arnold Bass, community activist Arthur Payne, and Rabbi Stanley Halpern.

October 22, 2009
7:00pm

Flight to Freedom: A Lecture by Joan Chesterton

The Lubeznik Center for the Arts is proud to host, Flight to Freedom, a tribute to European artists who fled from the Holocaust, sought refuge in the United States, and profoundly enriched American art. The lecture will be presented by Joan Chesterton, Professor Emerita, Purdue University. The lecture is free to the public and is held in conjunction with the exhibition Anne Frank: A Private Photo Album, featured at the Lubeznik Center from October 17 to November 17. Photographs featured in this exhibition were taken by Otto Frank and illustrate his daughters’ lives before going into hiding to escape the horrors of WWII.

The presenter, Joan Chesterton, has a Master of Arts degree in Literature and Art History from the University of Illinois and extensive experience in the study of American Art. She has served in positions at the Des Moines Art Center, the Dayton Art Museum and the Milwaukee Art Museum.

Chesterton will focus on four diverse artists who fled Nazi Germany and found artistic freedom in the United States. They include the painter Hans Hofmann, architect Mies van der Rohe, composer Kurt Weill and filmmaker Billy Wilder. The four artists were not only enormously influential on their peers; their work has had a historic impact on today’s artists.

This engaging program is co-sponsored by the Lubeznik Center for the Arts and the Irving Levin Jewish Cultural Fund of Sinai Temple with assistance from Purdue University North Central.

October 17, 2009
7:00-9:00 pm

Opening Reception - "Regional Juried Art Exhibition: Works on Paper" and “Anne Frank: A Private Photo Album, Photos by Otto Frank”. “Works on Paper” on display until January 3, 2010, and “Anne Frank” on display until November 17, 2009.

October 15, 2009
6:00pm to 9:00pm

October 16, 2009
12:00pm to 3:00pm

October 17, 2009
10:00am to 1:00pm

Docent Training for Upcoming Anne Frank Exhibit

The LCA has arranged for a docent trainer to come from the Anne Frank Center USA in New York who will provide a free three-hour training session for those interested in bringing tours or student groups to see the exhibition “Anne Frank: A Private Album" which features photos taken by Otto Frank of his daughters Anne & Margo before going into hiding. The exhibit runs from October 17-November 17, 2009.

Sign up in advance - email jbloch@lubeznikcenter.org or call 219.874.4900. 

Who is Anne Frank? Born on June 12, 1929, Anne Frank was a German-Jewish teenager who was forced to go into hiding during the Holocaust. She and her family, along with four others, spent 25 months during World War II in an annex of rooms above her father’s office in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

After being betrayed to the Nazis, Anne, her family, and the others living with them were arrested and deported to Nazi concentration camps. In March of 1945, nine months after she was arrested, Anne Frank died of typhus at Bergen-Belsen. She was fifteen years old.

Her diary, saved during the war by one of the family’s helpers, Miep Gies, was first published in 1947. Today, her diary has been translated into 67 languages and is one of the most widely read books in the world.

October 10, 2009
5:00-9:00 pm

Rijsttafel

A Dutch-Indonesian Dinner

A Rijsttafel (Dutch) translates to “rice table” and is an elaborate meal consisting of many side dishes served in small portions, accompanied by white or yellow rice. A blend of superb flavors will be served in an assortment of spicy exotic dishes such as meat, fish, egg, vegetable, and fruit dishes and more with several vegetarian choices.

The rijsttafel originated in the Dutch colonial era, when the need was felt to create a festive and official type of banquet that would represent the multi-ethnic nature of the Indonesian archipelago. Dishes were assembled from many of the far flung regions of Indonesia, where many different cuisines exist. Brought back to the Netherlands by former colonials and exiled Indonesians after Indonesia gained its independence in 1945, the rijsttafel was predominantly popular with Dutch families with colonial roots. In the past two decades, however, Indonesian food has become part of a mainstream interest in South East Asian cuisine. This most special dinner will be held in the lovely LaPorte, Indiana home of Jan & Anneke Dekker. Wine and beer will be served with the meal. Proceeds benefit for the Lubeznik Center for the Arts’ outreach, education and exhibits. Limit 50 people.

Tickets: $75

Purchase online or call 219.874.4900

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October 2, 2009
5:00-8:00 pm

First Fridays @ Five "Stimulus Event" – Folk Music

This month is a "stimulus event" with FREE admission - entertainment and light appetizers are included. Music, drinks, food and more! A perfect way to unwind after a hard week. This month will feature “The House Band”. Enjoy the exhibits and entertainment, and socialize with friends in the galleries. Everyone is welcome.

The House Band includes Paul & Jane Shreiner, Joe Szaday and David Farris. Paul is a guitarist, singer & composer has 2 solo instrumental CD’s, “Black Mountain Princess” and “Paul Shreiner Solo Guitar 2”; Jane is a singer and multi instrumentalist; Joe plays bass; and David is a singer and song writer. Paul & Jane once owned and operated Front Porch Music in Valparaiso. Along with Dave, they played together on the Front Porch stage between 1995 & 2003. The House Band features strong vocal harmonies and plays a selection of original songs and select favorite covers. They are recording a new CD entitled “Way Down Deep”.

Normally there is an admission of $6 for members and $8 for the non-members, which will be waived for this month only.

September 24, 2009
6:30 to 8:30pm

Cassidy and the Sculptors - A discussion with art critic Victor Cassidy & the artists

Art critic and writer, Victor Cassidy interviews sculptors, Neil Goodman and Terrence Karpowicz.

The interview will be conducted by the distinguished writer, Victor M. Cassidy, whose work has appeared in art periodicals such as Art in America, Sculpture Magazine, Art Net and on the blog Chicago Now. The panel will be in the Lubeznik Center for the Arts Hyndman Gallery.

Victor M. Cassidy is a professional writer on art and ecology. Over the past fifteen years, his work has appeared in Art in America, Sculpture Magazine, Art Net, in other periodicals, and on the blog Chicago Now. In 2007, he published Sculpture Invasion, a book with essays on 47 Chicago sculptors including Neil Goodman and Terry Karpowicz. During that same year, he published "Henry Chandler Cowles: Pioneer Ecologist", a biography of the man who did path breaking studies at the Indiana Dunes in 1898-99, created the ecology curriculum at the University of Chicago, and taught it there from 1898 to 1934. Cassidy has also edited "Hunting for Frogs on Elston" (2004), an anthology of nature writings. He is currently at work on a volume of sculptor interviews.

Admission is FREE for LCA members and students with valid ID, $4 donation for the general public.

After the opening reception, “Public & Private” exhibit catalogs will be available in the Gallery Shop for $5.

September 15, 2009
7:30pm

An Area Artists Association presentation with photographer George Kassal & painter Connie Kassal. The Area Artists Association is an organization within the Lubeznik Center for the Arts that provides exhibit opportunities and fellowship for juried-member artists to explore topics of mutual interest at regular monthly meetings. The Association opens a majority of its monthly programs, which occur on the 3rd Tuesday of each month, for the public to enjoy.

Admission: Free for LCA members, $3 donation non-members

September 4, 2009
5:00-8:00 pm

First Fridays @ Five – Tropical Sounds

Featuring percussionist Kent Arnsbarger on the steel drums. Enjoy music, drinks, food and more! A perfect way to unwind after a hard week. Enjoy the exhibits and entertainment, and socialize with friends in the galleries. Everyone is welcome. Admission: $6 members/$8 non-members, includes entertainment and “lite” bites.

Arnsbarger studied percussion at Indiana University South Bend. While on a marching band trip to Walt Disney World his vision of percussion changed forever. He states "I saw J.P. & the Silver Stars performing outside of Pirates of the Caribbean ride - a steel drum band who had been performing there since the park opened in 1972. I was amazed by the band & had to be pulled away from them. My life has never quite been the same. I’ve been very blessed to have found this instrument and to do what I do. I simply have the best job in the world." He has a new CD called "Island Blue". Check learn more about our performer and listen to some clips of music at http://www.kentarnsbarger.com/.

Kent Arnsbarger played drums for groups such as Steve Foresman and the Lost Dogs from 1995-2003 & The Hillbilly Winos from 2000-2005. The Winos where all over Chicago in 2002-04, performing at Martyr’s, the Double Door, and the Beat Kitchen to name a few.  They where also featured on WGN radio for a two hour interview. During this time he was also composing music for the percussion sections of Plymouth and LaPorte High School in Indiana.

Something special this month will be some entirely new food offerings from two area restaurants. We would like to thank Matey's and Applebee's for sponsoring food for the September event.

Author Jonita Davis will sign copies of her new book "Michigan City Marinas"

Jonita Davis is a freelance writer and Michigan City native who has researched the history of the Michigan City port extensively. Aided by images from the Michigan City News Dispatch, Davis traces the rise of Michigan City's harbor from wooded bank to a bustling world-class port.

Michigan City Marinas chronicles the agency's efforts to realize the potential of one of Lake Michigan's most magnificent ports. The people, events, and other government agencies that helped shape the future of the marinas are explored along with the Michigan City Port Authority's tenacious oversight of the resources and facilities that are still in use today.

Copies of "Michigan City Marinas" are currently featured in the LCA Gallery Shop.

August 15 & 16, 2009
Sat. 10am-6pm
Sun. 10am-5pm

Lakefront Art Festival - Michigan City's premier outdoor art event is held in beautiful Washington Park, right on the shores of Lake Michigan. Whether your looking for a special gift or the perfect art piece for your home, the festival provides the ideal venue for finding those special items. And remember, in August the holidays are just around the corner!

There will be many of your favorite artists as well as many new artists. Artwork represents a range of fine art media and fine crafts. The festival also features artist demonstrations, children's activities, food & free parking/ shuttle options.

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First Fridays @ Five – Surfin’ USA. “Hutch” will perform live beach-inspired tunes as well as DJ tunes by artists such as the Beach Boys and Jimmy Buffett. Don’t miss a chance to enjoy First Fridays on the “beach-side” lot (weather permitting). First Fridays provide the perfect way to unwind after a hard week. Enjoy the exhibits and entertainment, and socialize with friends in the galleries. Everyone is welcome. Admission: $6 members/$8 non-members, includes entertainment and “lite” bites.

Opening Reception - "Public & Private/works by Terry Karpowicz & Neil Goodman" and "David Langley Tribute". Exhibits on display August 1 - October 11, 2009.

July 19, 2009
5:00pm

"The White City: Burnham's Dream"

A preview concert reading of a musical.

"The White City: Daniel Burnham's Dream" sings the story of the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago, the Columbian Exposition, planned and constructed under the leadership of Daniel Burnham. It is a story of contrast and comedy, potential and challenge. What he learned in creating the White City inspired Burnham's vision for the City of Chicago. The musical traces his challenges and personal journey from architect for the rich to humanist, concerned with making the city of Chicago a better place for all its people.

Book by June Finfer, Music by Elizabeth Doyle, Lyrics by June Finfer and Elilzabeth Doyle. The production includes a cast of nine. Original Music, including songs such as "We are a Team" (ragtime), and "Never Marry an Architect" (Gilbert and Sullivanesque).

June Finfer is president of Lost and Found Productions, a not for profit media and event producing organization that has raised pubic awareness about art and architecture with video documentaries and plays about Mies van der Rohe, Philip Johnson, Daniel Burnham, and others. Finfer is a Chicagoan who has spent several summers enjoying the lakefront in Beverly Shores, IN. Her play, The Glass House, has been optioned for production in New York. Elizabeth Doyle is a Chicago singer/songwriter who has written music for several musicals, including Sleepy Hollow.

In the 1909 Plan of Chicago, Burnham wrote: "This same spirit which carried out the Exposition in such a manner as to make it a lasting credit to the city is still the soul of Chicago, vital and dominant.This spirit 'the spirit of Chicago' is our greatest asset. It is not merely civic pride: it is rather the constant, steady determination to bring about the very best conditions of city life for all the people."

Tickets: $10 for LCA members, $15 for non-members & reservations after June 1
Ticket Reservations before June 1, Limited seating - reservations recommended.
Purchase Online
Call 219-874-4900

This program is in conjunction with "Interurban Trains & Tourism", which is part of the Burnham Plan Centennial. The Lubeznik Center joins hundreds of other organizations as a program partner in this wide-spread event during 2009. The Burnham Plan Centennial celebrates the Bold Plans and Big Dreams that shaped metropolitan Chicago for the past century and challenges our region’s communities, leaders and institutions to build on the success of the Burnham Plan and act boldly together to shape our future.

For more information, about the Centennial, please visit www.burnhamplan100.org

July 18, 2009
1:00 - 4:00 pm

Garden Walk & High Tea

“A most peaceful and private paradise, a Shangri La” -– Long Beach Garden Club

A walk in the perennial gardens of Jan & Anneke Dekker: A masterpiece of form, color, texture & light. Tour various areas including the evergreen garden, rock garden, water features, moss garden, hosta garden, sphere garden, vegetable garden & much more! Tour guides will be available and maps will be provided. The Dekker gardens in, LaPorte Indiana, are part of the 32-acre “Willow Wind” private nature reserve which is listed with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.

After you peruse the gardens, enjoy a High Tea with sandwiches, sumptuous desserts and more. Also take a walk through the ground floor of the Dekker’s lovely home. Proceeds benefit for the Lubeznik Center for the Arts’ outreach, education and exhibits. Limit 75 people.

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Tickets: $45

Purchase online or call 219.874.4900

July 3, 2009

No First Fridays @ Five event in July due the holiday. See you on August 7!

June 20, 2009
1:00 - 4:00pm

Beauty Luscious – Join us for an afternoon of delights and the Reverie Spa Retreat. Proceeds benefit for the Lubeznik Center for the Arts’ outreach, education and exhibits.

You are invited to experience a unique afternoon of luxurious mini spa treatments including ayurvedic services, reflexology, and yoga on the lawn. Bring your friends and revel in the total relaxation of a luxury spa. Casual dress. Wine, waters and light appetizers will be offered throughout the afternoon. Also enjoy a casual fashion show featuring the stylishly casual clothes of Indian Summer Boutique. The Spa is located at 3634 N 700 W in LaPorte, IN.

Tickets: $50 per person. Call 219.874.4900. Reservations limited to 75 people.

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June 19, 2009
7:00 pm

In Your Own Sweet Voice: A Tribute to Women Composers

Acclaimed jazz pianist Monika Herzig teams up with bassist Peter Keinle for a concert showcasing music by female composers including Carole King, Carly Simon Marian McPartland and Jessica Williams.

Owl Studios Recording Artist and Indiana University Professor Monika Herzig will present a concert with guitarist/bassist Peter Kienle. Their current repertoire includes originals and arrangements of standard repertoire, such as Carole King's "You've Got a Friend", Kern/ Hammerstein's "The Song Is You", and Charlie Parker's "Yardbird Suite".

Herzig was awarded a scholarship for a one-year exchange program at the University of Alabama. With her partner and guitarist Peter Kienle, she arrived in the States from Germany on a one-way ticket, with one suitcase of belongings and one guitar in August 1988. Since then she has completed her Doctorate in Music Education and Jazz Studies at Indiana University, where she is now a faculty member.

As a touring jazz artist, she has performed at many prestigious jazz clubs and festivals, such as the Indy Jazz Fest, Cleveland's Nighttown, Louisville's Jazz Factory, the W.C.Handy Festival, Jazz in July in Bloomington and Cincinnati, Columbus' Jazz & Rib Fest, to name just a few. Groups under her leadership have toured Germany, opened for acts such as Tower of Power, Sting, the Dixie Dregs, Yes, and more. Recently she has received her third "Individual Artist Grant" from the Indiana Arts Commission in support of her newest CD project "What Have You Gone and Done?".

Wine and refreshments will be available.
Admission: Free to LCA members and $5 for non-members.

For current tour listings and sound samples/ videos visit www.monikaherzig.com

Click the play button on the audio control bar to the left to listen to "Jazz & More With Gretta Pope" - Featuring an interview with Monika Herzig.

June 18, 2009
7:00 - 8:30pm

South Shore: The Last Interurban Railroad

How did the development and presence of the South Shore in Northwest Indiana transcend Daniel Burnham’s vision and more importantly, how does its presence allow for continued bold and ambitious plans in the future? Loeb will the cover the past, present and future of the South Shore supported by dozens of rare and historical photographs from the Shore Line Interurban Historical Society’s South Shore collection.

The South Shore is a true rarity and its very existence should be celebrated and examined carefully - it remains as the last of the Interurban Railroads. It exists today, against all odds, as a true embodiment of a successful public/private partnership. By efficiently moving Northern Indiana’s people and freight, South Shore provides an irreplaceable service to the region. Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District’s passenger service provides safe, affordable, and reliable transportation for its patrons allowing the communities served to grow and prosper in ways road-only communities cannot. On the freight side, South Shore Freight’s slogan of “Connecting Industry – Delivering Value” resonates with important industrial customers through its high level of service and entrepreneurial approach that helps Northwest Indiana remain a leading industrial region in North America.

These essential services position Northwest Indiana ideally for future economic as well as residential growth and prosperity while providing an environmentally friendly solution to move people and freight while reducing road congestion and stress on local road infrastructure. While other North American cities spend billions of dollars rebuilding or constructing new rail corridors, Northern Indiana benefits from having one of the best high capacity rail systems already in service.

The South Shore was built on audacious plans in conjunction with Mr. Burnham’s. Its survival, revival, and bright future display all the traits of Burnham’s brilliant and sustainable vision.

Stefan Loeb is a lifelong rail enthusiast and historian. He focused much of his recent research on the South Shore, co-authoring a publication on the railroad in 2007 entitled “One Hundred Years of Enduring Tradition – South Shore Line” in conjunction with the railroad’s 100th Anniversary celebration in South Bend, IN. The event was sponsored by the Indiana Historical Society.

In addition, Stefan serves as a Board Member of the Shore Line Interurban Historical Society, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to covering urban, suburban and interurban passenger rail service in the Upper Midwest. In addition to board activities, he contributes articles and photographs for the society’s quarterly magazine “First & Fastest.” Stefan is also a published author in numerous rail publications including TRAINS Magazine.

Stefan serves as Vice President and Client Manager for a large financial institution covering clients nationwide in the shortline and regional railroad space. He received his B.S. – Business (Finance) from the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University – Bloomington in 2001.

June 16, 2009
7:30pm

An Area Artists Association presentation with painters Tom Brand & Carole Stodder. The Area Artists Association is an organization within the Lubeznik Center for the Arts that provides exhibit opportunities and fellowship for juried-member artists to explore topics of mutual interest at regular monthly meetings. The Association opens a majority of its monthly programs, which occur on the 3rd Tuesday of each month, for the public to enjoy.

Program Location: At the Brand/Stodder home and studio at 1550 Illinois St. in the Pines, IN. Illinois St. is near “Pumps on 12” Restaurant just off US Hwy 12.

June 11, 2009
7:00-8:30 pm

"Duneland Escape: The South Shore Marketing Campaign of the 1920's"

The campaign in the 20's, designed to increase South Shore Line ridership, included advertising, printed materials, a newsletter, and most notably, the posters. Artist Mitch Markovitz and historian Steve McShane with the Calumet Regional Archives at Indiana University Northwest will speak about the artwork used to promote the South Shore Line in a historical context. This program is in conjunction with the "Interurban Trains & Tourism" exhibit. While adults attend this program in the gallery, children can participate in the "Dream Train" workshop in the NIPSCO Art Education Studios. Also, copies of "Moonlight in Duneland", an anthology of the advertising art of the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad, will be available for purchase in the LCA Gallery Shop.

Admission: Free to LCA members and $3 for non-members.

This program is in conjunction with "Interurban Trains & Tourism", which is part of the Burnham Plan Centennial. The Lubeznik Center joins hundreds of other organizations as a program partner in this wide-spread event during 2009. The Burnham Plan Centennial celebrates the Bold Plans and Big Dreams that shaped metropolitan Chicago for the past century and challenges our region’s communities, leaders and institutions to build on the success of the Burnham Plan and act boldly together to shape our future.

For more information, about the Centennial, please visit www.burnhamplan100.org

June 11, 2009
7:00-8:30 pm

"Dream Train"

Hop on the Dream Train! In conjunction with the "Interurban Trains & Tourism" exhibit, children are invited to design their own fantastic version of train transportation. While grown-ups attend the "Duneland Escape" presentation in the gallery, kids can participate in this fun workshop that will stimulate their imagination in the NIPSCO Art Education Studios. Children, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and friends can all join in on the fun.

Admission: Free to LCA members and $3 for non-members.

This program is in conjunction with "Interurban Trains & Tourism", which is part of the Burnham Plan Centennial. The Lubeznik Center joins hundreds of other organizations as a program partner in this wide-spread event during 2009. The Burnham Plan Centennial celebrates the Bold Plans and Big Dreams that shaped metropolitan Chicago for the past century and challenges our region’s communities, leaders and institutions to build on the success of the Burnham Plan and act boldly together to shape our future.

For more information, about the Centennial, please visit www.burnhamplan100.org

May 30, 2009
7:00 - 9:00pm

May 19, 2009
7:30pm

An Area Artists Association presentation with artist Sara Scherberg. The Area Artists Association is an organization within the Lubeznik Center for the Arts that provides exhibit opportunities and fellowship for juried-member artists to explore topics of mutual interest at regular monthly meetings. The Association opens a majority of its monthly programs, which occur on the 3rd Tuesday of each month, for the public to enjoy.

Admission: Free for LCA members, $3 donation non-members

May 16, 2009
6:00 pm - Midnight

May 13, 2009
5:00pm

Gallery Talk with curator of "Animation: Ideas that Move"

Curious about how animation comes to life? Curator and instructor Dave Knoebber talk about the production of the animated films in the Columbia College Chicago Animation Program. Each of the films are from the senior level Animation Production Studio course, where students from different backgrounds of animation join together for an entire year of production. The first semester of the course focuses on creation of story, concept, storyboards, sound-effects, character development, and art direction...all of the pre-production steps that a major Hollywood studio would go through. Then, the second semester focuses on production, where students create shots, key poses, and environments to complete an animated short in 16 weeks. 

Admission: Free for LCA members, $3 donation non-members.

May 7, 2009
7:00pm

Great Day in Havana - a documentary
The state of the arts in Cuba's capital city is examined in this documentary by American filmmakers Laurie Ann Schag and Casey Stoll. Cuban artists, filmmakers and musicians, including sculptor Pedro "Pulido" Gonzalez, performance artist Tania Bruguera, singer/songwriter Carlos Varela, and jazz musicians Ele Valdes and Carlos Alfonso, discuss their work and reveal their personal feelings toward Fidel Castro, the U.S. embargo against Cuba, and their country's political climate. Also, Cuban expatriate filmmaker Elio Ruiz looks at the large community of Cuban exiles throughout the world. Narrated by Yareli Arizmendi.

Admission: Free for LCA members, $3 donation non-members.

May 2, 2009
2:00pm

Great Day in Havana - a documentary
The state of the arts in Cuba's capital city is examined in this documentary by American filmmakers Laurie Ann Schag and Casey Stoll. Cuban artists, filmmakers and musicians, including sculptor Pedro "Pulido" Gonzalez, performance artist Tania Bruguera, singer/songwriter Carlos Varela, and jazz musicians Ele Valdes and Carlos Alfonso, discuss their work and reveal their personal feelings toward Fidel Castro, the U.S. embargo against Cuba, and their country's political climate. Also, Cuban expatriate filmmaker Elio Ruiz looks at the large community of Cuban exiles throughout the world. Narrated by Yareli Arizmendi. Encore showing on May 7 at 7:00 pm. 

Admission: Free for LCA members, $3 donation non-members.

First Fridays at Five - On Broadway - with Meg Rodgers, a harpist with the LaPorte County Symphony Orchestra. YES! Showtunes on a harp!  Meg's repertoire includes everything from Beethoven to Metallica, but this Friday, there's no business like show business at the Lubeznik Center for the Arts. Music, drinks, food and more! A perfect way to unwind after a hard week! Enjoy the exhibits and entertainment, and socialize with friends in the galleries. Everyone is welcome. Admission: $6 members/$8 non-members, includes entertainment and “lite” bites.

Meg Rodgers, who comes from a varied and unique musical background, started piano lessons at the age of 4, flute lessons at 9, harp lessons at 13, and the trombone at 14. She went on to earn a Bachelor’s Degree in Harp Performance from DePauw University and a Master’s Degree in Harp Performance from Northwestern University. She also studied in Vienna, Austria with Adhelaide Blovsky-Miller, Principal Harpist of the Vienna State Opera as well as spending a summer at the Salzedo Harp Colony.

Meg has performed in ensembles for artists such as: Amy Grant, Dennis DeYoung, the Three Irish Tenors, and most recently, Clay Aiken. She is a member of the LaPorte Symphony and performs also with the South Bend Symphony, Holland Symphony, and Rockford, IL Symphony. Meg is active as a freelance harpist (known for playing Metallica on request) in Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois and as a private instructor in Southwest Michigan.

April 25, 2009
6:00pm

Coppelia - A ballet in partnership with the Indiana Ballet Theater and the Michigan City Area School's Safe Harbor After School Program. The production of Coppelia will take place at the Michigan City High School Auditorium. Fifty children from Safe Harbor will participate in addition to 10 dancers from the IBC. Eight performances will take place throughout the region. Tickets are $10 each and are available at the Lubeznik Center (call 219-874-4900) or the Indiana Ballet Theater (call 219-755-4444). Visit IBT website

The story of Coppélia, based on Hoffmann’s 1815 tale Der Sandmann, is a charming circuitous story that translates easily into the language of dance and mime. The ballet takes its name from a life-size doll created by the mysterious, faintly fiendish genius, Dr. Coppélius. The not-so-good doctor sits “the girl with enamel eyes,” as she’s called in some versions of the ballet, in the window of his workshop, a book in her lap. Upon seeing her, Frantz, a likable village rogue, becomes infatuated, much to the chagrin of his plucky sweetheart Swanilda. Determined to meet her rival, Swanilda sneaks into the workshop, discovers Coppélia’s true identity, then mischievously switches places with her. Frantz learns his lesson. Coppélius is distraught. And Swanilda, who must own up to causing Coppélius’s misery, grows from girl to woman. The wedding celebration envelopes the ballet’s finale.

April 21, 2009
7:30pm

An Area Artists Association presentation with woodturner Larry Jensen. The Area Artists Association is an organization within the Lubeznik Center for the Arts that provides exhibit opportunities and fellowship for juried-member artists to explore topics of mutual interest at regular monthly meetings. The Association opens a majority of its monthly programs, which occur on the 3rd Tuesday of each month, for the public to enjoy.

Admission: Free for LCA members, $3 donation non-members

April 18, 2009
1:30pm

OPEN MIKE POETRY EVENT

In celebration on National Poetry Month....This open microphone format provides the perfect opportunity to read your works to a live audience, interact with others with common interests and gather ideas for your own work. Open to poets and the public of all ages. Bring a favorite written work to recite (or perform). Sign-in required. No previous experience necessary. $3 donation, free to members.

Inaugurated by the Academy in April 1996, National Poetry Month brings together publishers, booksellers, literary organizations, libraries, schools, and poets around the country to celebrate poetry and its vital place in American culture. Thousands of businesses and non-profit organizations participate through readings, festivals, book displays, workshops, and other events.

What is National Poetry Month?

April 11, 2009
1:30pm

Animation Mania: A Flip Book Workshop for Families

Children, teens, parents, grandparents and friends are all invited to make their own animation with flip books. Learn how to make simple motion pictures utilizing this fascination process. A "flip book" is a small book with a series of pictures that vary gradually from one page to the next, so that when the pages are turned rapidly, the pictures appear to animate by simulating motion or some other change. Flip books are essentially a primitive form of animation and also played a significant role in the birth of cinema. Like motion pictures, they rely on persistence of vision to create the illusion that continuous motion is being seen rather than a series of discontinuous images being exchanged in succession. 

Admission: Free for LCA members, $3 donation non-members

First Fridays @ Five - April Fools theme featuring improv games with Peyton Daley and an Open Mic. An event where it's acceptable to make a fool of yourself! Music, drinks, food and more! A perfect way to unwind after a hard week. Enjoy the exhibits and entertainment, and socialize with friends in the galleries. Everyone is welcome. Admission: $6 members/$8 non-members, includes entertainment and “lite” bites.

April 2, 2009
7:00pm

Best Short Films & Animation of 2007

Short films are less accessible than feature length movies, so the LCA decided to have a showing the best of the best in conjunction with the "Animation: Ideas that Move" exhibition. These ten "shorts" include live action as well as animated films nominated for Academy Awards in 2007. Encore showing on April 2 at 7:00 pm

...And the Oscar goes to.... 

Spanning genres, media, and continents, this collection comprises all the short films nominated for the 80th Annual Academy Awards. The live-action selections include "At Night" ("Om Natten", Christian E. Christiansen, Denmark, 2007, 39 mins.), "The Substitute" ("Il Supplente", Andrea Jublin, Italy, 2006), "Tanghi Argentini" (Guy Thys, Belgium, 2006), "The Tonto Woman" (Daniel Barber, Great Britain, 2007, 35 mins.), and Oscar winner "The Mozart of Pickpockets" (Philippe Pollet-Villard, France, 2006, 31 mins.). The best animated works consist of "I Met the Walrus" (Josh Raskin, Canada, 2007, 5 mins.), "Madame Tutli-Putli" (Chris Lavis/Maciek Szczerbowski, Canada, 2007, 17 mins.), "Even Pigeons Go to Heaven" (Samuel Tourneux, France, 2007, 9 mins.), "My Love" (Aleksandr Petrov, Russia, 2006, 26 mins.), and the winner, "Peter & the Wolf" (Suzie Templeton, Great Britain/Poland, 2006, 29 mins.). In French, Danish, Italian, Dutch, English, and Russian with English subtitles.

Admission: Free for LCA members, $3 donation non-members

March 29, 2009
2:00pm

Best Short Films & Animation of 2007
Short films are less accessible than feature length movies, so the LCA decided to have a showing the best of the best in conjunction with the "Animation: Ideas that Move" exhibition. These ten "shorts" include live action as well as animated films nominated for Academy Awards in 2007. Encore showing on April 2 at 7:00 pm

...And the Oscar goes to.... 

Spanning genres, media, and continents, this collection comprises all the short films nominated for the 80th Annual Academy Awards. The live-action selections include "At Night" ("Om Natten", Christian E. Christiansen, Denmark, 2007, 39 mins.), "The Substitute" ("Il Supplente", Andrea Jublin, Italy, 2006), "Tanghi Argentini" (Guy Thys, Belgium, 2006), "The Tonto Woman" (Daniel Barber, Great Britain, 2007, 35 mins.), and Oscar winner "The Mozart of Pickpockets" (Philippe Pollet-Villard, France, 2006, 31 mins.). The best animated works consist of "I Met the Walrus" (Josh Raskin, Canada, 2007, 5 mins.), "Madame Tutli-Putli" (Chris Lavis/Maciek Szczerbowski, Canada, 2007, 17 mins.), "Even Pigeons Go to Heaven" (Samuel Tourneux, France, 2007, 9 mins.), "My Love" (Aleksandr Petrov, Russia, 2006, 26 mins.), and the winner, "Peter & the Wolf" (Suzie Templeton, Great Britain/Poland, 2006, 29 mins.). In French, Danish, Italian, Dutch, English, and Russian with English subtitles.

Admission: Free for LCA members, $3 donation non-members

March 17, 2009
7:30pm

Beyond Photography - an Area Artists Association presentation with Rich Manalis, John Opie and Carol Block. The Area Artists Association is an organization within the Lubeznik Center for the Arts that provides exhibit opportunities and fellowship for juried-member artists to explore topics of mutual interest at regular monthly meetings. The Association opens a majority of its monthly programs, which occur on the 3rd Tuesday of each month, for the public to enjoy.

Rich Manalis enjoys presenting images of either natural beauty or of manmade beauty from unique perspectives, thereby presenting fresh and challenging views of my subjects. My photography celebrates life by illustrating its innate beauty in ways that are unique and pleasing.

Carol Block combines her interest in photography, painting, printmaking, and surrealism by altering her photographs digitally and often overprinting several times. She prefers to work from 35mm negatives, which she scans at high resolution.

No bio for John Opie at this time.

Admission: Free for LCA members, $3 donation non-members

March 14, 2009
7:00 - 9:00pm

Opening Reception - "Other Voices" featuring Ricardo Manuel Diaz & Truman Lowe" and "Animation: Ideas that Move". Exhibits on display March 14 - May 17, 2009. 

First Fridays @ Five - Spanish Guitar, featuring Peter Aglinskas. Music, drinks, food and more! A perfect way to unwind after a hard week. Enjoy the exhibits and entertainment, and socialize with friends in the galleries. Everyone is welcome. Admission: $6 members/$8 non-members, includes entertainment and “lite” bites.

About The Performer: Building on the legacy of guitarists such as Laurindo Almeida and Charlie Byrd, Peter Aglinskas infuses his music with elements from the contemporary worlds of jazz, funk and rock, with technique firmly rooted in the classical music tradition. Recipient of the Chicago Cultural Department’s “Artists International” Award, Peter Aglinskas has been delighting audiences for more than two decades with his signature guitar style.

Peter Aglinskas is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Fine and Performing Arts of Loyola University Chicago, where he teaches applied guitar, and conducts the guitar ensemble. He is also on the guitar faculty of Harper College in Palatine, Illinois. He won the Honor's Concert Award for his orchestral work Kamyzas Paneling from Northwestern University under his Master in Music.

Read more about Peter:
Album "Sepia Session"
Bio

OPEN MIKE POETRY EVENT

Open to poets and the public of all ages. This open microphone format provides the perfect opportunity to read your works to a live audience, interact with others with common interests and gather ideas for your own work. Bring a favorite written work to recite (or perform). Sign-in required. No previous experience necessary. $3 donation, free to members.

REMINDER:
THE "VAGINA MONOLOGUES"

Performance/benefit has been moved from the Lubeznik Center to the Grand Ballroom of the Best Western LaPorte Hotel and Conference Center. The shows will be at 7:30pm Friday & Saturday Feb 20 and 21. Call Annalise Kaylor 219-369-4926 for information. This is a benefit for Dunebrook and the Stepping Stone Shelter for Women.

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Celebrate the Luck of the Irish with Merge Music! Enjoy the exhibits and music, and socialize with friends in the galleries. A perfect way to unwind after a hard week. Everyone is welcome. $6 admission for LCA members and $8 non-members, includes "lite bites" and entertainment.

Merge Music is Dennis Brittain, Debra Sawyer & Mitch Gregory
Three musicians of differing and similar musical experiences and backgrounds have come together to form the musical phenomenon called “Merge”. Together their repertoire encompasses all sorts of music styles that include jazz, cabaret, rhythm and blues, classical, rock, folk, ethnic music and storytelling. The three musicians individually and collectively have played professionally around Chicago-land and the Tri-state area for all types of social events, holidays and occasions. Visit Merge Music

Please make your reservation by November 14 to 219.874.4900 or artinfo@lubeznikcenter.org
Credit card payment can be taken over the phone at time of registration (Visa/MC), or guests may pay at the door (cash, check or credit card)

How Dreams Can Wake You Up - An insightful presentation by Robert Moss
Only a dream? Only a coincidence? Only your imagination? Join us for a special evening presentation at the Lubeznik Center. Bestselling author and dream expert Robert Moss says that it’s only through dreams, coincidence, and the workings of the imagination that we can journey to the world beyond the obvious one, a world where we awaken to who we are and who we are meant to become. Cost is $30 and members receive 10% discount.

Moss is the author of "The Three 'Only' Things: Tapping the Power of Dreams, Coincidence, and Imagination" (New World Library, September 15, 2007) offers practical suggestions, tested in Moss’ workshops and consultations, for harnessing the life-altering power of the subconscious mind. In clear and lively language, Moss explains the nine powers of dreaming, including solving problems, seeing the future, tapping creativity, and understanding relationships; the nine rules of coincidence, such as “things happen together” and “setbacks offer opportunity”; and the seven uses of imagination, including seeing your destination and experiencing a spirit of play.

“In everyday circumstances, caught up in hurry and stress and other people’s schedules and expectations, we often lose touch with the deeper meaning of life,” he writes. “We become entangled in problems that cannot be solved on the level of thinking and being we are on.  Worst of all, we forget who we are. We do not know where we come from or where we are going, beyond lists and resumes. We do not remember that our lives may have a deeper purpose and be part of a larger story.”

"The Three 'Only' Things: Tapping the Power of Dreams, Coincidence, and Imagination" available in the LCA Gallery Shop for $21.95.

About the presenter: (Read an interview with Robert Moss)
Robert Moss has a fascinating story in its own right. He was a foreign correspondent and a bestselling thriller writer on the material fast track before an extraordinary series of dreams and visions guided him to dedicate his life to helping our society remember how to dream. Over the past 15 years, he has helped more than 15,000 workshop participants work with their dreams, find and follow the voice of the heart, and recognize the deeper stories of their lives. You can learn more about his work at http://www.mossdreams.com.

Enroll in "Calling All Poets", the Lubeznik Center's 6-session poetry
workshop designed to expand writing skills  beginning on Wednesday, October
31 at 2pm. For details and/or to register click here.

• Hunt's life and work in the defining years as a student at the Art Institute of Chicago
• Key influences on his early work: Picasso, Gonzalez and David Smith
• His use of modern, industrial materials and methods

Sponsored By

Opening Benefit of the Richard Hunt Retrospective Exhibition. Join us for a fundraising event to celebrate the work of internationally recognized sculptor Richard Hunt at the Lubeznik Center. Proceeds support the Lubeznik Center for the Arts educational programming and United Negro College Fund scholarships in Northwest Indiana. Admission and reservations required. Tickets $100 per person (LCA members $75) Order tickets online. Call 219-874-4900 for more information.

A partnership benefiting:

Basic Millefiore Canes in Polymer Clay

Learn how to make tiny pictures in clay that you can slice and bake into beads, buttons, magnets and all kinds of other fun projects.   You will learn basic techniques that go together to make more detailed Millefiore Canes like butterflies, leaves, flowers and stars.  This technique is almost like magic!  You won't believe what you can create.  All clay will be pre-mixed into a multitude of color variations so we can dive right into building our millefiore canes and not spend too much time conditioning and mixing colors. Fee $45. Instructor, Layl Mc Dill, will also be exhibiting (booth 110) at the Lakefront Art Festival in Washington Park on August 18 & 19. McDill has been working with polymer clay for fourteen years and has been published in national magazines for her innovations in polymer clay.  More about festival 

Learn several new polymer clay techniques that you can apply to bead and button making.  Learn how to poke the perfect hole including drilling through baked beads.  Experiment with millefiore technique, foils, glitter and pearl-ex.  Also learn some interesting shapes you never thought possible.  (no previous experience necessary).  Fee $45. Instructor, Layl Mc Dill, will also be exhibiting (booth 110) at the Lakefront Art Festival in Washington Park on August 18 & 19. McDill has been working with polymer clay for fourteen years and has been published in national magazines for her innovations in polymer clay.  More about festival 

60’s Folk Rock

In conjunction with “Summer of Love” exhibit running July 21- Sept. 2. Collector and author, Ron Cohen, will discuss the connection between folk and popular rock music in the 1960’s known as “folk-rock”. He taught history at IUN for 34 years, and is the author of numerous books dealing with the history of folk music and of NW Indiana. $3 admission donation, LCA members free. Cohen's beautiful book "Moonlight in Duneland: The Illustrated Story of the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad", featuring South Shore posters, is available for purchase in our Gallery Shop.

The World Drum Circle (on the lawn of the Lubeznik Center)

In conjunction with "The Nature of Art" exhibit running July 21 - Sept. 2. The drumming circle is part of the World Drum Project, now traveling to 16 countries. These drumming ceremonies address environmental concerns for the Earth, and bind people together across borders of, distance, race and religion. The World Drum is being brought to Michigan City & LaPorte County by Rev. Marilee A. Snyder-Nieciak of Sage Spirit Terra. Bring your drums & rattles, as well as water, chair or blanket. Admission donation $3, LCA members free. Sponsored by The Lubeznik Center for the Arts in Michigan City, IN  and Patty's Picks in Union Pier, MI.  

Assisting in coordinating, leading the songs drumming on the additional Ceremonial Drums will be Drum Mother Karla Etcheson, plus Anne Thomas, Charlotte Vellines and Vera Schweiger from Valparaiso as well as Cheri Lundstrom (drum leader on the second ceremonial drum) and Laurel Izard, Juanita Miller & Kelly Wilhelm. Debra Sawyer is the official photographer for WDP in Michigan City. Sponsored by The Lubeznik Center for the Arts and Patty's Picks in Union Pier, MI. For more information on other drumming gatherings, call 219-879-3906.

American Visions - presented by Joan Chesterton at the Lubeznik Center

Artists’ unique visions of the world, featuring:

• Thomas Eakins, believed to be among the greatest of American Painters – nude studies and oils reflect his lifelong determination to present the human body

• American Artists flocked to see the Armory Show in 1913. Fascinated by the Europeans – Matisse, Picasso, Cezanne et al – young painters learned, absorbed, then created a modernism uniquely American

• Donald Judd reveals his vision in polished steel, pure geometric forms and radical simplicity

• Julie Mehretu, born in Ethiopia and raised in Michigan - whose work is frequently described as an explosion of color and line

Jointly sponsored by: Purdue University North Central & the Lubeznik Center for the arts

Our American Journey - presented by Joan Chesterton at the Lubeznik Center

Places never seen, long remembered or just around the corner, featuring:

• The iconic cowboys of  Frederick Remington’s wild west

• Winslow Homer’s clear-eyed view of the Civil War, the women and children of the countryside, and the sea, the subject that was to dominate his mature work
• Mythic Los Angeles as seen by adopted son, David Hockney - the light and colors of rarefied lifestyles in the Hollywood hills
• The Maine landscape, painted by Neil Welliver - nature as seen by an artist influence and enriched by Abstract Expressionists

Portrait of an American - presented by Joan Chesterton at the Lubeznik Center

Our faces and forms in all their variety, from Colonial portraits to:

• The elegant beauty of John Singer Sargent’s society paintings

• Mary Cassatt’s Parisian mothers & children - intimate, moving, never sentimental
• Kara Walker’s contemporary, stunning, black & white cutouts of the African American experience

Award-winning Irish singer David James of South Bend, Indiana who describes himself as a "crazed Irish music lunatic" will perform beginning at 5:30. Learn more about David

For the past twenty years, Donna Blue Lachman has been writing and performing her one woman plays on Chicago stages as well as in theaters around the country and around the world. For almost as long, she has been writing and cultivating those plays in her garden in Three Oaks Michigan. For even longer (since childhood) she has had a preoccupation with death that she has explored both on stage and in her garden. She now brings all of these together in her new theatrical piece called “ON DEATH AND GARDENING / A NEW (TRANSFORMATIONAL KIND-OF) COMEDY.”

Part comedy, part meditation, it explores the transient nature of the world we live (and die) in. Asking what things we nurture and what things we kill or try to exile in order to create a garden we feel fits our definition of what should be, Lachman finds the incongruities in our management of both garden and life.

She binds up memories of people and plants, living and dead in a story of intricate, difficult and comedic proportions, creating a spiritual travelogue that takes us from her childhood in Skokie, Illinois to a hysterical account of a month-long meditation retreat in California, to a Chicago theater where she died 296 times on stage to trekking the Himalayas and through insomniac nights back to the garden.

Her garden, where the great questions of life and death become questions of “Annual or Perennial.” Where she says she deals with these deep matters “like a tit-mouse hopping on the back of rhinoceros.”