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Conducting student Kirk Muspratt is captured in a private moment with composer Leonard Bernstein in the Tanglewood, Massachusetts office of the iconic maestro in summer 1981 following Muspratt’s two-hour course with Bernstein. (Kirk Muspratt Collection/provided)

Of Notoriety: Maestro Kirk Muspratt celebrating 25th year with NWI Symphony Orchestra

April 30, 2025 at 2:47 p.m.

NWI Symphony Conductor Kirk Muspratt loves a great party.

Columnist Phil Potempa displays his Grandma Potempa’s half-century-old pressure cooker during the April 3, 2025, broadcast of his weekly radio show on WJOB 1230 AM, comparing the pressure cookers of yesteryear to today’s new kitchen technology. (Adrianna Alvarez/provided)

From the Farm: Pressure cooker of yesterday, only similar in concept to today’s cookery

April 25, 2025 at 4:38 p.m.

“What type of ancient medieval torture device is this?” Ross Blankenship asked. I explained it was Grandma Potempa’s pressure cooker.

Cast members Alexandra Shloss, left to right, and Mary Lu Cowley of “Listen to Your Mother 2025” joined director and producer Carrie Bedwell on host Phil Potempa’s Of Notoriety radio show on Thursday, April 24, 2025, to promote this year’s moving monologue stage series presented at 3 p.m. April 27, 2025, at The Art Theater in Hobart. (Adrianna Alvarez/photo)

Of Notoriety: Listen to Your Mother, Big Band sounds and ‘Lost in Yonkers’

April 24, 2025 at 4:05 p.m.

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Professor Robert Langdon, played by actor Jeff Parker and his cryptologist associate Sophie Neveu, played by Vaneh Assadourian in the background shadows, star in the regional premiere of the stage play “The DaVinci Code” continuing through June 1, 2025 at Drury Lane Theatre in Oak Brook. (Photo courtesy of Brett Beiner)

Of Notoriety: Drury Lane regional stage debut ‘The Da Vinci Code’ comes with little guilt

April 23, 2025 at 4:17 p.m.

I remember a couple years ago feeling rather guilty sitting in a theater seat at the Cadillac Palace Theatre in Chicago in March of 2023 and watching “The Book of...

A faint green hue accents the filling of Polish Deviled Eggs, using a key ingredient of mashed sweet green spring peas included by cook Malgorzata “Maggie” Baniak of the Westfield area as a signature menu item of her Indianapolis-based catering company “Gosia’s Rustic Kitchen and Cottage.” (Philip Potempa/provided)

From the Farm: Polish deviled eggs are delectable with a green ingredient twist

April 18, 2025 at 3:05 p.m.

Our family has held a long and lasting loving appetite for homemade deviled eggs.

A packed audience of supporters filled the Art Theater in Hobart for the 2024 presentation of “Listen to Your Mother.” (Carrie Bedwell/provided)

Of Notoriety: Cast, presenters announced for annual NWI ‘Listen to Your Mother’ on April 27

April 16, 2025 at 4:27 p.m.

"Listen to Your Mother" takes the stage at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 27, at the Hobart Art Theater, with tales of all aspects of motherhood.

A rendering of the pickleball courts for ValPlayso, with construction slated to begin Monday, April 14, 2025, and end in late July 2025.(Valparaiso Parks Department/provided)

Valparaiso Parks ready for more pickleball with $10 million upgrades, joining growing fascination with court sport

April 13, 2025 at 2:23 p.m.

When Kevin Nuppnau began planning for a $25 million “enhancement” of Valparaiso's parks, he found a surge of interest in pickleball.

John L. Sullivan, the first heavyweight boxer, held his title as the best in the ring for a decade at the turn of the century. (Britannica/provided)

From the Farm: Boxer’s name of ‘greatness’ lives on with Sullivan’s Steakhouse locations

April 11, 2025 at 11:56 a.m.

In the days before Easter, my mind turns to completion of “meatless Fridays” complied by practicing Catholics since the start of Lent.

The LaPorte County Symphony Orchestra's fourth and final concert of the 2024-25 season heralds the Golden Age of Broadway with an evening of musical theater classics titled “Some Enchanted Evening” for one performance only 7 p.m. April 12, 2025. (LaPorte Symphony/provided)

Of Notoriety: LaPorte Orchestra, ‘Blooze Brothers,’ Four Tops with Temptations are weekend ticket ideas

April 10, 2025 at 3:55 p.m.

Arts news from around the region

Katie Lombardo, dance captain for the Broadway tour of “Moulin Rouge! The Musical,” conducted a free morning dance workshop teaching the steps, kicks and iconic moves of the French cancan on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at the Alliance Francaise de Chicago building in downtown Chicago. (Phil Potempa/Post-Tribune)

Potempa: Reader can partake in French lessons, and now cancan during ‘Moulin Rouge’ Chicago run

April 9, 2025 at 4:02 p.m.

Alliance Francaise de Chicago offers language courses, both beginning and advanced options, as well as many other cultural programs like cancan dancing in partnership with the touring cast of "Moulin...

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