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WWW .MYBEAMERS .COM WWW .DIGITRACKSRECORDING .COM is that the movie is fun and funny, New This Weekend: Three CALHOUN STREET SOUPS, SALADS & SPIRITS FORT WAYNE MUSICIANS ASSOCIATION ALL FOR ONE PRODUCTIONS and crude and obvious. Obviously should-be-huge flicks open this WWW .MYSPACE .COM /CALHOUNSOUPSSALADSSPIRITS HTTP ://FWMA .US WWW .ALLFORONEFW .ORG obvious. It features a stoner teddy coming week, starting with the CHAMPIONS SPORTS BAR SWEETWater SOUND FIRST PRESBYTERIAN THEATER WWW .CHAMPIONSFORTWAYNE .COM WWW .SWEETWATER .COM WWW .FIRSTPRESBYTERIANTHEATER .COM bear, tons of hot, one-dimensional much anticipated Spider-Man re- CHECKERZ BAR & GRILL WOODEN NICKEL MUSIC STORE FORT WAYNE CIVIC theatre babes and an idiot Broseph type boot, The Amazing Spider-Man. WWW .CHECKERZBAR .COM WWW .WOODENNICKELMUSICFORTWAYNE .COM WWW .FWCIVIC.ORG who needs to make a major life Starring Andrew Garfield, Emma COLUMBIA STREET WEST FORT WAYNE YOUTHEATRE choice. Awesome. 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