First Trust Kid's Club Event

TheBeachCoast.com's advertiser, First Trust Credit Union and the Tree House Kid's Club, would like to invite the community to make a holiday ornament at all First Trust Branch locations.

The ornament making event will be held on Saturday, December 4th from 9 a.m to 12 p.m. This event is free and open to everyone.

First Trust is encouraging participants to bring a non-perishable food item and they will then donate the collection to a local food pantry.

For more information, please call 800.276.6161 or visit any of the First Trust branch locations in Michigan City, La Porte, Valparaiso, Wheatfield or Rensselaer.


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Town & Country Special Ornament Sale Ends this Friday

One of TheBeachCoast.com's wonderful advertisers would like our readership to know about an upcoming special deal at Town & Country Florist in LaPorte, Ind.




From now until December 4th, when you purchase three ornaments the fourth one is free! Come on in and get your complimentary ornament. Visit Town & Country today at 1223 West State Road 2.



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Happy Beach Coast Thanksgiving!

 From all of us here at TheBeachCoast.com, we'd like to wish you and yours a lovely Thanksgiving celebration tomorrow. Enjoy the stuffing, sweet potatoes, green beans, mashed p'taters, pumpkin pies and most of all the TURKEY!



We all have our elastic-waisted pants ready for the big day tomorrow, do you?

6th Annual Groovin’ Christmas Show, Nov 27 - Valpo

Bryan Lubeck was recently a featured guitarist at the American Smooth Jazz Awards – but on November 27th he brings his popular holiday show to the Valparaiso Memorial Opera House to focus on those less fortunate.
 
He is an electrifying Latin guitarist heard on radio stations around the world including the popular Chicago station WNUA, 87.7 FM. His critically acclaimed holiday CD “We Three Strings” was top 10 on radio stations in the US and sold tens of thousands of copies world wide.  Most recently he was chosen to be featured at the American Smooth Jazz Awards in 2010. 

Guitarist, Bryan Lubeck

 
His annual musical extravaganza helps provide over 1000 coats for kids and families in Northwest Indiana each year. Bryan’s instrumental music is herald worldwide and although he lives locally his music resonates internationally with over 40,000 albums sold globally.
 
The Novemeber 27 concert benefits “Coats For Kids and Families” a local charity started by members of the Merrillville Methodist Church in Valparaiso, IN and will be at the Memorial Opera House. The charity gave away over 1,100 coats this year to needy area residents thanks in part to the artist and his yearly upbeat concert series “Bryan Lubeck’s Groovin’ Christmas Show”.

"Music is in its way a gift to the soul, but I wanted to do something more tangible to help people – especially kids – in these tough economic times,” says Bryan when asked about his motivation. He’ll bring his touring band and some of the top musicians in the country to the exquisitely quaint setting of the Opera House for a world class show of traditional holiday music set to the Latin and contemporary urban grooves he is known for...

"A Christmas Story" Exhibit On the Beach Coast in Hammond, IN

While you read TheBeachCoast.com article about the "A Christmas Story" exhibit in Hammond, Ind., read these quotes that will get you laughing and reminiscing in no time before you take a trip to experience the movie in real-life. Since the story and movie take place in our Beach Coast backyard, have some fun being an expert this season and impress your friends with these quotes!

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Ralphie and his Red Ryder BB Gun.

Ralphie: I want an official Red Ryder, carbine action, two-hundred shot range model air rifle!
Mrs. Parker : No, you'll shoot your eye out. 

Ralphie: Oooh fuuudge!
Ralphie: [narrating] Only I didn't say "Fudge." I said THE word, the big one, the queen-mother of dirty words, the "F-dash-dash-dash" word!
Mr. Parker: [stunned] What did you say?
Ralphie: Uh, um...
Mr. Parker: That's... what I thought you said. Get in the car. Go on!
Ralphie: [narrating] It was all over - I was dead. What would it be? The guillotine? Hanging? The chair? The rack? The Chinese water torture? Hmmph. Mere child's play compared to what surely awaited me. 

Infamous Leg Lamp.

Mr. Parker: Fra-gee-lay. That must be Italian.
Mrs. Parker: Uh, I think that says FRAGILE, dear.
Mr. Parker: Oh, yeah. 

A pink nightmare.

Mr. Parker: He looks like a deranged Easter Bunny.
Mother: He does not!
Mr. Parker: He does too, he looks like a pink nightmare! 

Randy: I can't put my arms down!
Mother: Well... put your arms down when you get to school. 

Ralphie: Scut Farkus!
Ralphie: [narrating] Scut Farkus! What a rotten name! We were trapped. There he stood, between us and the alley. Scut Farkus staring out at us with his yellow eyes. He had yellow eyes! So, help me, God! Yellow eyes!  

Double-baked beetloaf!

Randy: Meatloaf, smeatloaf, double-beetloaf. I hate meatloaf.
The Old Man: All right, I'll get that kid to eat. Where's my screw driver and my plumber's helper? I'll open up his mouth and I'll shove it in.  

Scut Farkus.

Ralphie: [narrating] The heavenly aroma still hung in the house. But it was gone, all gone! No turkey! No turkey sandwiches! No turkey salad! No turkey gravy! Turkey Hash! Turkey a la King! Or gallons of turkey soup! Gone, ALL GONE! 

Ralphie: My old man was one of the most feared furnace fighters in Northern Indiana.  

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Remember these quotes as you tour the Hammond exhibit exploring a world of pink nightmares, lady leg lamps and childhood swearing mishaps! For more information click through to this link and make this holiday season extra memorable. Oh, fudge!

Behind the Scenes: Catherine Doll

In this November/December issue of TheBeachCoast.com, our roving reporter, Krysten Beck, interviewed artist and designer Catherine Doll at her shop and workspace in Sawyer, Mich. While there, Krysten took some photographs to accompany her story. A few were used in the published story at TheBeachCoast.com, but she took many more that were not. Here are some others to enjoy.

Detail shot of a Doll creation.

Doll fashioning an outfit.

  

Not only does she make clothing, she also makes accessories.

In order to have as little waste as possible, Doll makes scarves out of her scraps.

Doll uses pieces from many thrift store finds to create her clothing.

Doll posing in her work room.

Doll remodeled the old Sawyer Fire Station as her store and work place.

Don't forget to check out the rest of this story as well as all the other great stories at TheBeachCoast.com!

Two Fall Orchestra Concerts at Beach Coast Universities

Notre Dame Symphony Orchestra performance.

On Friday, November 5, the Notre Dame Symphony Orchestra will be performing its fall concert. The show will feature music from Beethoven's Symphony no. 7 and Egmont Overture; Grieg's Holberg Suite.

The concert will be held in the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center in the Leighton Concert Hall starting at 8 p.m. (EST). Tickets are $6 for adults, $4 for seniors and $3 for children.

Visit the ticket purchasing website to buy online and choose where you'd like to sit with an interactive seating map.

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Also on Friday the 5th, Canadian Brass will be performing at Valparaiso University. The concert will take place at 7:30 p.m. (CST) in Valparaiso University's Chapel of the Resurrection.
Tickets are priced: $40 reserved, $25 adult, $15 senior citizens, non-Valpo students, and Valpo students, faculty and staff.

This concert is presented by Valparaiso Community Festivals and Events and Valparaiso University Department of Music.




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First Fridays at the Lubeznik Center for the Arts - Michigan City, IN

The First Friday event this month from the Lubeznik Center for the Arts is centered around the Day of Dead (or El Día de los Muertos in Spanish), a Mexican holiday in remembrance for those who have died.

At the end of this week, the Lubeznik Center will be celebrating El Día de los Muertos with refreshments, music and more this Friday, November 5. The event will take place from 5-8 p.m.

This event is free and open to the public. If you'd like more information, call 219.874.4900.




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