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Phil Potempa's daily entertainment news column.

The Three Divas perform at GSU on Sunday

UNIVERSITY PARK | The Three Divas bring their spectacular vocal talents to Governors State University Center for Performing Arts at 4 p.m. Sunday, the university has announced.

The Three Divas perform at GSU on Sunday

Lyric Opera singers Pamela Williams, Joanne Jennett, and Desiree Hassler will perform Sunday at Governors State University in University Park.

Opera “diva” to perform in NW Indiana

GARY | A world-class operatic performance will occur in our own backyard this October.

'Listen to Your Mother'

From left, Carrie Steinweg, Heather Novak, Megan Summers, Katy Hoagland and Stephanie Hauser will be reading during the 'Listen to Your Mother' show May 10 at the Memorial Opera House in Valparaiso.

Merrillville man has dream job: Google's 'altered logo' illustrator

Ryan Germick works for Google on its Google Doodle Team, imagining and inventing the design for the fun Google logos that grace the website "every so often" to celebrate a holiday or pay tribute to a date.

Google this: Merrillville man has dream job as search website's 'altered logo' illustrator

Jan. 7 marked the 100th birthday of the late Charles Addams, creator of "The Addams Family" characters for The New Yorker magazine and later a television series for ABC. Ryan Germick said he felt a definite connection.

Opera singer brings her full voice to Lowell fundraiser

Will machines get smarter than people? New opera sings the question

IBM's super computer Watson made history recently when he became the first robot to defeat human contestants on the game show Jeopardy.

Now, live from St. Paul Minnesota at a theater near you

For more than 30 years, listeners have tuned in to National Public Radio to hear the news from Lake Wobegon, the imaginary town in Minnesota where Garrison Keillor grew up.

Isn't it romantic?

Star soprano Elizabeth Futral specializes in tragic heroines. Yet she fell for her fun, flirty title character in "The Merry Widow." Directed by Gary Griffin, Lyric Opera's new production of the beloved Lehar operetta curtsies Dec. 5 and runs through Jan. 16.

Move on up, next to the Obamas

Cast party: Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky shares a laugh with her surgeon, Dr. Boone Brackett, after she opened Tuesday in "Ernani" at the Civic Opera House. The acclaimed Verdi interpreter sprained her ankle when she kicked a would-be mugger Oct. 3 in San Francisco (photo courtesy of Dan Rest/…

Move on up, next to the Obamas

Here's your chance to live next door to the Obamas.

Move on up, next to the Obamas

"Hey, big guy, can I borrow your lawn mower?" Oh, the possibilities of living next to the Commander-in-Chief in Hyde Park. Bragging rights are yours for $1.85 million, the cost of the 17-room mansion at 5040 S. Greenwood Ave., Chicago. That's the Obama home to the left (photo courtesy of the…