10 Fun Things to do in Northwest Indiana this weekend, May 7 – 9

This weekend, celebrate Mother’s Day, catch a show production, and more. Make sure to wear your mask and social distance at any in-person events! 

Get ready for spring with a chance to win at Four Winds Casinos in New Buffalo

The winning begins at 5 p.m. and continues until 11 p.m. EST. Find more information here. 

Visit Lubeznik Center for the Arts to see their Lost and Looking exhibit

Considering how place and loss affect us all, artists included in Lost and Looking use memory as a device to confront the reality of our pasts, and imagination as a device to confront the reality of our futures. Find more details here.

Take a ballroom dance class with City of La Porte

Classes are taught by Patty Kolvek, owner of Dance Sophisticates in La Porte, and held at Cummings Lodge (350 Grangemouth Road, La Porte). Find more information here.  

Celebrate 100 years with City of Hobart

Wish City of Hobart a Happy 100th Birthday with Mayor Snedecor and Hobart Events! Find more information here.

Head to Crown Point for their Softball/Little League parade

Teams should gather in order from youngest to oldest. Cal Ripken Little League will lead the parade this year followed by the Girls Softball. Find more information here. 

Join the Munster Theatre Company and NIETF in their final show of the season: “Peter and the Starcatcher”

Find more details and purchase tickets here. 

Take mom to a floral arrangement workshop instructed by the floral department at Strack & Van Til

Find more information here. 

Try a new drink recipe with Wise Guys Liquors  

This drink will totally perk you up and have you feeling like you’re on the beach on a hot summer day. More information here. 

Give your mother the perfect flower arrangement, personally designed by YOU with Purdue Northwest

Led by Purdue Extension Educator Nikky Witkowski, this event will provide participants with flowers as well as their own arrangements to take home. Anyone and any age can participate. Find more information here.

Celebrate moms and motherhood at Listen to your Mother

Just in time for Mother’s Day, Listen to your Mother, a series of live readings by local writers about motherhood, will take the stage at the Hobart Art Theater on Saturday, May 8 at 7 p.m. Find more information here.