Press

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Writing/Filmmaking:

Creative Aging Summit Announced by Indiana Arts Commission in Partnership with UIndy CAC, Channel 18 WJTS (March 7, 2026)

Indiana Arts Commission Supports Creative Small Businesses Through Two Programs, WKVI FM (January 26, 2026)

Gary Film Festival Celebrates 15 Years of Storytelling and Pride Capital B article picked up by Yahoo News.

Miller Beach Arts and Creative District to host senior filmmaking club (September 18, 2025 Chicago Post Tribune Article)

Escape Room: Indiana Aviation at the Westchester Public Library (August 1, 2025 Press Release)

Influential Women Awards Finalists Announced, (July 17, 2025 NWI Times Newspaper)

Finalists Announced for 2025 Influential Women Awards, ( Building Indiana Business Magazine June 25, 2025)

Escape Room: Indiana Aviation at the LaGrange County Public Library (June 17, 2025 Press Release)

Gary bike documentary to premiere Saturday (May 9, 2025 Chicago Post Tribune)

ACC Multimedia Broadcast Academy Department Interview (April 2025 Radio)

Escape Room: Indiana Aviation at the Clinton County Public (March 19, 2025 Press Calendar WTHI-TV 10)

Escape Room: Indiana Aviation at the Vermillion County Public (March 17, 2025 Press Release)

Escape Rooms! Connecting Families and Communities to Primary Source Documents Through Escape Experiences March 15, 2025

Gary filmmaker to release award-winning short film with two Emmy-winning actors online, NWI Times Front Page Story Feb. 11, 2025

Gary woman’s short film to premiere online Wednesday, Chicago Post Tribune Front Page Feb. 11, 2025

Indiana Aviation Escape Experience Kit Available for Libraries and Educators | Bilingual: English / Spanish ! Jan. 15, 2025

Indiana Arts Commission: 27 Hoosier Artists to Provide Arts Experiences for Older Adults

Introduction to Escape Experiences in a Box from the Indiana State Library's YouTube Channel

UnEarthed Film Tour Article NWI/Chicagoland Times, Sept 26, 2024.

Indiana Humanities: Hoosier filmmakers to be showcased in statewide land-focused film tour, August 15, 2024

Indiana Humanities: Unearthed Films Over the last two years, Indiana Humanities supported new short films documenting how Hoosiers understand their connections to the natural world and the land we call Indiana. July 30, 2024

Heartland Film Festival Article NWI/Chicagoland Times, July 6, 2024.

NWI Life IU Northwest’s CURE offering courses in reading, smartphones, filmmaking and more

Art on the Air Interview (NPR with Lakeshore Public Media) April 12, 2024

Silver Screen Filmmakers Club Debuts Spring Showcase Chicago Post Tribune article March 22, 2024

Silver Screen Filmmakers Club Spring Showcase to feature work of older filmmakers NWI/Chicagoland Times article March 21, 2024

35 Hoosier Artists to Provide Arts Experiences for Older Adults Indiana Arts Commission Press Release, November 8, 2023

Local filmmaker Collaborates with ACC for postproduction Chicago Post Tribune front page, July 7, 2023

Filmmaker partnering with Hammond Area Career Center NWI/Chicagoland Times article, June 28, 2023

Eye on the Arts - NPR/PBS Interview, May 23, 2022

Regionally Speaking (Lakeshore Public Media NPR) Interview on having a film premiere in New Orleans.

Cover Story from the NWI/Chicagoland Times: Gary filmmaker's movie with Emmy-winning actor hitting film festival circuit after 12 years

HAST Students Perform Radio Play in the Dunes (Chicago Post Tribune)

NPR Radio Interview

Youth Novel Writing Workshop November 9 at National Park (Chicago Crusader)

Author to host NaNoWriMo workshop for young writers in Miller (NWI Times)

Youth Novel Writing Workshop at National Park (NPS.gov)

National Writing Month (NWI.LIFE)

Youth Novel Writing Workshop at National Park (Chicago Tribune)

Jessica Renslow-Linguistic Wizard of Studiopolis, Inc. Print Interview with

(All Things Asian Press)

Community Work:

Fest in the First bringing back horse-riding, festivities NWI Times (9/18/25)

Fest in the First in Miller Beach! Southshore Arts Press Release (9/17/25)

Congratulations to our 2025 APA Indiana award recipients American Panning Association's Indiana Chapter Press Release 5/10/25

Front Page of the Chicago Post (9/25/24) Tribune Miller’s Fest in the First marks its 21st year

Fest in the First food preview: Newcomers to Lake Street promise jerk empanadas and more NWI Times (9/21/24)

Fest in the First to mark 21 years in Miller NWI Times (9/14/24)

Chicago Post Tribune *Front Page (6/5/23) Take Bike the Streets aims to make bicycling more accessible with trade-ins, used bikes for sale

NWI Times (6/2/23) Ken Parr Build a Bike workshops rolling back into Miller

Chicago Post Tribune (5/1/23) “Bittersweet” Nobel school demolition underway in Miller

Fox 32 Chicago Interview (9/16/22) 19th Annual Fest in the First returns to NWI

Chicago Post Tribune Fest in the First draws crowds to Miller’s Lake Street

Fest in the First to return to Miller (NWI Times Article)

Ken Parr Build a Bike program kicks off this weekend (NWI Times Article)

New Indiana Dunes National Park entrance fees raise concerns about accessibility (NWI Times Interview)

Incubator Connects Over 150 Women for Business Certification (Chicago crusader)

Festival of the Senses (NWI Times)

Jessica Renslow's ICAT Interview for Public Transit Day

OVER 800 PEOPLE CELEBRATE NWI’S INFLUENTIAL WOMEN WINNERS (Building Indiana Business)

More than 500 turn out for Eco Tourism Festival in Miller (NWI Times)

Gary Coworking Space Hopes To Change City’s Perception (Inside Indiana Business)

Eye on the Arts (PBS Interview)

Our Region Stories (Calumet Collaborative)

Universal Design Summit 6 Causes for Change Community News