Art comes in many forms. In downtown La Porte, art is coming in the form of ice sculptures to help launch WinterFest, the City of La Porte Park Department’s days of winter activities. From 4pm to 7pm on January 25th, people can come downtown and see the ice sculptures being made live by the ice artists. Businesses sponsored the sculptures to help support the event.
Sculptures can be found at Suds on State (Clay Street side), Magic Sports (General Insurance Services is the sponsor), Engstrom Jewelers, La Porte Savings Bank, Dick’s Bar and IU Health La Porte. Cookery Tried and True and Engstrom Jewelers will be open late offering refreshments to spectators.
WinterFest begins this weekend with Fitness Friday at the Civic Auditorium and the Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast on Sunday, January 20. On Saturday January 26, people can expect to enjoy the Ice Fishing Derby at Cummings Lodge, a snowball softball tournament at Lions Field, family ceramics at the Civic, and so much more. A full listing of events for the weekend can be found at the Park department’s page at www.cityoflaporte.com.
For more information on the ice sculptures, or how you can get involved in downtown events this year, contact Tiffany Bley at (219) 362-3178 or email at bley@lpchamber.com.