Adventures in Everyday Living, Shorelines Thursday, April 18, 2013

Reservations are recommended for limited seating at the 2013 Fashion on the Shore show set for Friday, April 26th;check out a lecture on Outsider Art starring avid collectors John Cain and Susann Craig on Saturday and next week Ed Asner returns.---Pat Colander, Associate Publisher and Editor…

Adventures in Everyday Living, Shorelines Thursday, March 28, 2013

Winter is Coming on HBO's Game of Thrones this Sunday, although in the real world it's supposed to be leaving.---Kathleen Dorsey, Managing Editor, Shore Magazine.

Miller Beach home offers minimalist luxury

A member of the Mies van der Rohe Society, George Rogge adhered to the architect’s philosophy when he began designing his Miller Beach home; a modernist three-story house with floor to 12-feet ceiling sheaths of glass providing panoramic views of Lake Michigan.

Adventures in Everyday Living, Shorelines Thursday, March 21, 2013

Lena Dunham's Tiny Furniture screening in Benton Harbor; Miller Beach Arts & Creative District showing a Judy Garland documentary and last call for Julius Caesar as Measure for Measure begins.---Pat Colander, Associate Publisher and Editor, Shore Magazine.

Actor Ed Asner to play FDR during Miller Beach Arts event

GARY | The Miller Beach Arts and Creative District, in conjunction with Mas Media, present Ed Asner as President Franklin D. Roosevelt on Tuesday.

House and Grounds: Miller Beach home offers minimalist luxury

A member of the Mies van der Rohe Society, George Rogge adhered to the architect’s philosophy when he began designing his Miller Beach home — a modernist three-story linear house with floor to 12-feet ceiling to floor sheaths of glass providing panoramic views of Lake Michigan and the surrou…

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD: Thinking, acting regionally benefits everyone

The importance of thinking and acting regionally is critical to the future of Northwest Indiana and integral to the management of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. The national park is spread across 32 miles of Northwest Indiana and includes portions of Porter, Lake and LaPorte counties and …

Endangered Architecture

Endangered buildings are sometimes in the eyes and beliefs of the beholders.

Miller Beach Arts to present 'Leontyne Price Sings' today

GARY | The Miller Beach Arts and Creative District will present “Leontyne Price Sings” today at the Marshall J. Gardner Center for the Arts.

Learn what happens in the garden in winter

GARY | The Miller Garden Club will host a social hour from 6 to 7 p.m. Saturday, followed by a presentation by noted garden expert Beth Botts, former editor of the Chicago Tribune's Garden Section.

New owners of Miller Bakery Cafe plan spring opening

GARY | New owners of the shuttered Miller Bakery Cafe plan a grand opening in late March or early April after they spruce up of the iconic eatery at 555 Lake St. in the Miller Beach section.

EDITORIAL: Short-term rentals qualify houses as inns

Today's topic is the ins and outs of inns. Or, to put it another way, should short-term home rentals be subject to the innkeeper's tax?

Historic preservationist tells history of area parks in new book

In the 1830s, Chicago, though still a village, had aspirations not only to become a city, but one with glorious parks as well.

Adventures in Everyday Living, Shorelines Thursday, October 4th

Blue Coast Annual Studio tour this weekend; Bayberry Cottage and merchant fest in downtown South Haven; a lavish auction at Albert's and the perfect opportunity for Sunday dinner at Angela's Pantry in Miller Beach. --- Pat Colander, Associate Publisher and Editor.

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD: Enjoy, support your local national treasure

It has been said that Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore is one of the region’s best kept secrets. Yes, the park gets 2 million visitors a year, but many people do not realize there is a national park here or that the places they love to visit are part of the national park.

Newly opened Angela's Pantry features an eclectic menu

When Angela McCrovitz was in college, she’d often walk into friend’s pantries or rummage their kitchen cabinets, looking for ingredients to create an impromptu meal.

Local authors travel the history of Miller Beach

Miller was a Sunday thing as most of us had jobs in high school which required us to work on Saturdays. My friends — Radmilla, Mira and Milana — (who had access to cars) sang in the Serbian church choir and though I didn't speak the language, I was so concerned about missing a trip to the be…

Gary tears down one eyesore; 3,000 to go

GARY | On a recent July Monday morning, Lauren Schara was awakened by a crane demolishing the house next to hers.

14 left homeless after fatal fire in Gary

A day after a fire claimed the lives of a mother and daughter in Gary, the community is trying to help those left homeless by the blaze.

Adventures in Everyday Living, Shorelines Thursday, July 26th

The coming weeks will be busy -- from Pierogi Fest in downtown Whiting to a wine tasting at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo to Water Street Glassworks' Twilight in the Garden fundraiser. --Karin Saltanovitz, managing editor, Shore magazine