with Jodi Keen

Nov 11, 2024 | evansvilleliving.com | Michelle Mastro |with Jodi Keen |Jodi Keen

Editor’s note: Find more tips for savoring the season in the full feature story. As the saying goes, you are born into your family, but you get to pick your friends. So, why not spend the holidays with your best friends? This was the rationale behind a group of girlfriends’ weekly Thursday dinners, which have grown to include a grand yearly Friendsgiving, complete with color-coordinated outfits, a gift exchange, and holiday games in a reserved room at a restaurant they select together.

Nov 11, 2024 | evansvilleliving.com | Maggie Valenti |with Jodi Keen |Logen Sitzman

Holiday parades are a time-honored tradition, and Evansville’s have held a special place in the city’s history. The city’s Parks and Recreation Department attempted to lift people’s spirits during the Great Depression by staging the first Saint Nicholas Parade in the 1930s. Assistance came from the Works Progress Administration, a part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1935 New Deal.

Sep 5, 2024 | evansvilleliving.com | Maggie Valenti |with Jodi Keen

School is back in session and the mellow vibe of warm, summer days is behind the art world. Here we round up theater, live music, arts festivals, and dance performances in autumn. THEATERCommunity thespians offer a diverse array of stage productions this season. Evansville Civic Theatre continues to stage its productions primarily at Benjamin Bosse High School while a full-time home is sought. This season, the troupe takes on the Greg Kotis and Mark Hollmann musical satire “Urinetown” Sept.