Darlene McCarty Cohn

As a Composition instructor, I always encouraged my students to avoid the word “Good.” Like “great,” “nice,” and “stuff,” I believed that “good,” just wasn’t descriptive enough. It was too vague. It didn’t carry enough...

I’d like to take a moment to thank everyone who supported the Kids’ Art Power for Pets fundraiser at Blackbird Café last week. As you may know, this event was organized by my 7-year-old daughter Rosa to benefit Lakeshore PAWS, an animal rescue...

The crowd at County Line Orchard’s annual Beatles at the Barn fundraiser might have been pleased to help raise more than $10,000 for the Food Bank of Northwest Indiana, but most of them were there for the music. XRock 103.9 DJ Tom Lounges MC’ed...

Gowns fluttering, holding their caps against the wind, members of Purdue University North Central’s 2012 graduating class joined Chancellor James B. Dworkin in front of the iconic “Running Arch” sculpture for their annual class photograph. ...

Hundreds of eager children and their parents turned out for breakfast with the Easter Bunny and an Easter egg hunt at Woodland Park, sponsored by The Portage Kiwanis Club, the Portage Parks and Recreation Department, and the Real Life Community...

Patrons packed into T. J. Maloney’s Saturday night for its St. Patrick’s Day Celebration, demonstrating that to enjoy St. Patrick’s Day one doesn’t need to be Irish, only to be ready for craic. Craic, explains Martin Hughes, Dining...