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What was once a “retired” dairy farm for decades, back in 2008 owned by the Maranowicz family, has now been sold and revived in 2026 with the return of bovine residents housed in the barn, with a distinct corn silo featuring a faded beer ad along U.S. 421 in San Pierre, Indiana. (Philip Potempa/provided)

From the Farm: Grain harvest season woeful, from fuel cost to memories of Dad

October 2, 2026 at 5:21 p.m.

This fall harvest season for 2026 hasn’t been an easy one.

A drone aerial photo shows the expansive festival landscape of food vendors, merchandise booths and live music stages in 2025 for Wickedly Whiting, which this year is being hosted during the first weekend of October. (Whiting Chamber of Commerce/provided)

Of Notoriety: Wickedly Whiting, ‘Love’ play premiere and Pauly D of ‘Jersey Shore’

October 1, 2026 at 2:23 p.m.

Entertainment news from around the region.

Gretchen Greear, left to right, Nicholas Ian and David Cerda portray the late movie star Joan Crawford in various stages of her lifetime and career in “Joan Crawford Goes to Hell,” written by Cerda and produced by his Hell in a Handbag Productions as a parody, which closes Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026. (Rick Aguilar Studios/provided)

Of Notoriety: David Cerda celebrates 25 years on stage; ‘Wizard of Oz’ returns to TV

October 1, 2026 at 5:28 p.m.

David Cerda is forever hailed in the Windy City as the king of stage camp while wearing his Hammond High School status as a Hoosier badge of honor.

Author Lewis Carroll’s “The Walrus and the Oyster” was written in December 1871 to appear in his storybook tale “Alice in Wonderland/Through the Lookingglass,” with illustrations drawn by Carroll and artist John Tenniel. (1871 Public Domaine Illustration by Lewis Carroll/John Tenniel)

From the Farm: October welcomes National Seafood Month with ‘R’ emphasis

September 25, 2026 at 5:40 p.m.

If you’ve had a steady diet of reading my columns and cookbooks in the past 24 years, you know I’m a fervent fan of oysters.

Game show host Todd Newton cheers on a winning contestant on stage during “The Price is Right Live” traveling game show tour, returning to Northwest Indiana Oct. 17, 2026, at Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana. (Photo courtesy of Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana)

Of Notoriety: ‘Price is Right Live’ jumps to Hard Rock Casino Oct. 17

September 23, 2026 at 4:31 p.m.

"The Price is Right Live" is making its first visit to the stage space at 7 p.m. Oct. 17 at Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana.

Actress and historian Leslie Goodard, in her guise as Abigail Adams, lifts a teacup and saucer to toast audiences at Theatre at the Center during the Sept. 16, 2026, opening performance of the one-woman play “Abigail Adams: First Lady of Firsts.” (Philip Potempa/for the Post-Tribune)

From the Farm: Second first lady Abigail Adams pushed education and equality for all

September 18, 2026 at 5:21 p.m.

Martha Washington, at age 70, just before she died in 1802, ordered her staff at Mount Vernon plantation to burn all of her personal correspondence, notes and letters with late...

Connie Karras is the host of “A Piece of My Heart,” based on true stories of these women, Sunday at American Legion Post 80 in Whiting. Karras, shown at the Michigan City event Sept. 13 at the Michigan City American Legion Post
451, is producer for the play’s Northwest Indiana premiere. (Photo courtesy of American Legion Post 451)

Of Notoriety: Vietnam war story, concert for animals and Abigail Adams tribute

September 17, 2026 at 4:56 p.m.

Entertainment news from around the region.

Guy Sullivan, left, as author Paul Sheldon, and Tammy White, right, as nurse Annie Wilkes star in the Towle Theater’s production of “Misery,” running Sept. 25 to Oct. 11 in Hammond. (Towle Theater/provided)

Of Notoriety: Towle Theater closes 2026 season with ‘Misery’

September 16, 2026 at 2:07 p.m.

Towle Theater Executive Director Emily Nelson describes the final bow for the Hammond stage’s 24th season as “a ticket to gripping suspense.”

Paul Myers flips through a historic book about Marktown in this 2017 file photo. (Post-Tribune archives)

‘Marktown Mayor,’ preservationist Paul Myers dies at age 73

September 15, 2026 at 4:39 p.m.

Historian of East Chicago's Marktown neighborhood Paul Myers, 73, died Sept. 9 in his sleep after battling progressive dementia the last two years of his life which required him to...

Food writer and author Laura Kurella, left, joins broadcast personality Tony Panek, cradling “rozky fruit-filled pastries,” as guests on columnist Philip Potempa’s Aug. 20, 2026, OfNotoriety radio broadcast in the WJOB studios in Hammond, Indiana. (Philip Potempa/for the Post-Tribune)

From the Farm: Whiting native Laura Kurella a finalist for World Food Championship

September 11, 2026 at 12:26 p.m.

Food personality and local notable Laura Kurella is now adding “Golden Ticket” to her list of award-worthy career accomplishments.

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