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--------------------- Calendar • Things to Do --------------------- Submit non-commercial events for this calen- GA RDENING TO GIVE — Local companies dar as late as Monday, the week of publication. will be donating vegetable seed- Lectures, Discussions, Events must fit under the umbrella of arts, lings as part of an effort to combat entertainment and recreation and must be hunger, at Ag Plus Turf Center, New Films Slipping Back in Time open to and of interest to the general public. Haven, 8 a.m.-12 p.m. Saturday, LE Caf É FR A NC A IS — A French con- Once submitted, the event stays in our system May 14, 447-3696 versation club, at LaSalle Bed & Though I am of Irish until it has passed, so there is no need to GO WILD , GO BIRDIING — A bird- origin and can occasion- re-submit items, although you may request Breakfast, Fort Wayne, 6-7:30 p.m. watching hike, followed by a talk by every Sunday, 417-5692 Fare Warning changes at any time. Individual listings may or ally be heard making John Schaust, chief naturalist for may not be published each week due to space IDE A S TA KE ROOT : SOCI A L A ND snide comments about Wild Birds Unlimited, at the Gene Michele DeVinney consideration. Only advertised events will SUST A IN ab LE INNOV A TION — Short the Brits, I must confess be included in whatzup2nite, whatzup’s daily Stratton-Porter State Historic Site, talks by 14 young leaders for the to having a certain fasci- e-mail blast. Submit items by mail, fax or e-mail Rome City, 2-5 p.m. Saturday, May first ever TEDxFort Wayne event, at (see page 4 for contact information). 14, 854-3790 One Summit Square, Fort Wayne, nation with significant periods of exhibitions for your cheering MUSTER ON THE MA RY — Historic reen- 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, May 14, England’s history and am drawn pleasure. If you want a small actments and demonstrations, at 627-8139 to books, films and other media sample in advance, a video link This Week the Old Fort, Fort Wayne, 11 a.m.-8 INTRODUCTION TO WORKING W ITH PEOPLE that tout their artistic contribu- is available on the faire’s website, p.m. Saturday, May 14 & 11 a.m.- W ITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS AUCTIONS AMERIC A — Spring collectible 4 p.m. Sunday, May 15, freewill — A general overview of ASD, tions. I studied Victorian literature http://enchantedlakesfaire.com. car auction, swap meet and buy donation, 437-2836 including characteristics, diagnosis obsessively in my graduate work, Other entertainment is varied and sell corral, at Auburn Auction UNIIT A RI A N UNIVERS A LIST GA RDEN PA RTY and possible treatments, at IPFW feeling torn between my love of and equally engaging. A comedy Park, Auburn, Thursday-Sunday, — A day-long event with the theme Science Building Room 168, Fort Austen and Brontë as I reveled sword fighting troupe, the Rogue May 12-15, $10, www.auction- “The Earth Laughs in Flowers,” fea- Wayne, 6-8 p.m. Monday, May turing food, vendors, garden-related 16, free (registration required), in Dickens and Eliot. My histori- Blades, and a music group that samerica.com or 877-906-2437 FRESH FOOD INITIATIVE — Refugees will breakout sessions and more, at 481-6619 cal interests go back even further, be able to sign up for garden plots Unitarian Universalist Meeting MA TT PA INTER — The Purdue University and I’ve scoured many books, both and purchase vegetable seedlings House, Fort Wayne, Saturday, May basketball coach will speak at new and used, about figures like at Catherine Kasper Place, Fort 14, $32, 432-4249 the celebrity luncheon for the 7th With all due respect to Wills Wayne, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. WHITLEY COUNTY HUM A NE SOCIETY POKER Annual Boys and Girls Club Golf Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, Bloody “ Thursday, May 12, 456-8969 RUN — A ride to benefit the humane Scramble, Fort Wayne, Monday, Mary and Elizabeth I. and Kate, we’re talking about CR af T Caf É — Participants are wel- society, all stops will have boxes for May 16, $75, 744-0998 ext. 19 Sometimes I start to think it come to bring any craft project canned (not dry) food donations, RESOURCES A ND THER A PIES F OR PEOPLE would have been thrilling to live an era when royalty actually they’re working on and join fellow toys, treats, etc., ride begins at W ITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS — crafters for coffee and conversa- Beamer’s Sports Grill, Fort Wayne, This workshop will highlight three in those times, amidst some of meant something ...” tion, at the Allen County Public 10 a.m. Saturday, May 14, $20 per common therapies for people with those fascinating figures, but then Library-Main Branch, Fort Wayne, bike, $10 per rider, 244-6664 ASD, participants will receive infor- it dawns on me: women like me 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, May 12, LUN af EST — Short films that highlight mational packets on each therapy used to have their heads chopped combines the best of Celtic, blue- 421-1210 women’s issues while raising money form, at IPFW Science Building 22ND ANNU A L WORLD WINE TA STING — A for the Breast Cancer and Cathryn Room 168, Fort Wayne, 6-8 p.m. off. Oh. Never mind. grass and medieval tunes, Silent chance to sample more than 200 Adamsky Women-in-Need funds, at Tuesday, May 17, free (registration But here’s the good news. Lion, are among the performers wines at an event to benefit WFWA Cinema Center, Fort Wayne, 6 & 8 required), 481-6619 Next month Angola, Indiana will already booked for the weekend. PBS 39, at Marriott Downtown, Fort p.m. Wednesday, May 18, $5-$25 LIVING THE Sabba TH — A lecture by suggested donation, fwfeminists@ provide us with a way to dabble Wayne, 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 13, Dr. Norman Wirzba of the Duke Bocca Musica is described as “a $50, 484-8839 gmail.com University Divinity School at in those times without putting our bawdy, crazy, musical-comedy GRE A T GRO W N -UP SPELLING BEE — Plymouth Congregational Church, pretty little necks on the line. For act that mixes traditional drink- Teams of three will compete in a Fort Wayne, 7 p.m. Friday, May 20, the weekend of June 17-19, Buck ing songs, bawdy songs, spoofs of city-wide spelling bee to benefit Fort Authors, Readings, free, 423-9424 Lake Ranch will play host to the musical theatre and modern songs Wayne Community School’s Study NEGOTI A TION : THE ART O F WORTH , Connection, at Fort Wayne Museum Poetry CRE A TING A ND CL A IMING VA LUE — A Enchanted Lakes Renaissance with tight harmonies, spicy jokes of Art, 7 p.m. Friday, May 13, $20 LIM B ERLOST BOOK SIGNING EVENT — Four professional development confer- Faire & Marketplace, a little bit and toasts,” while storytellers and admission, 467-8810 writers who have written about the ence sponsored by the Society of the old days tucked quietly into Vikings of the Great Lakes, touted CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIV A L — A celebra- legacy of Gene Stratton-Porter will of Women Engineers Northeast the 101 Lakes region, only here as Michigan’s largest Viking reen- tion of Japanese culture, art, food read from and sign their books, Indiana Section, at IPFW, Fort and more, including music and at the Limberlost Historic Site, Wayne, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, can you happily anticipate instruc- actment group, are also set to make dance demonstrations and screen- Geneva, 1-4 p.m. Saturday, May May 21, $40 members, $50 non- tions from the King and Queen, appearances. ings of anime films, at Allen County 21, 368-7428 members, $20 college students ($5 off fee if register by Sunday, May not to mention social events with Public Library-Main Branch, Fort BA RNES & NO B LE WRITING GROUP A ND Vendors will be plentiful and 15), 303-931-5408 them. (The King’s Smoker and will be dishing out a wide variety Wayne, 6-9 p.m. Saturday, May 14 BOOKLOVERS BOOK GROUP — Weekly and 12-6 p.m. Sunday, May 15, writing group with New York Times the Queen’s Tea are but two small of goodies, but Angola’s downtown most events are free, 424-5070 bestselling author Shirley Jump samples of the social events that area has much to offer as well, and DA NCE O F UNIVERS A L PE A CE — A dance every third Tuesday at 7 p.m., and Storytimes weekend.) With all due respect to the Faire’s website provides infor- combining meditation, joy and book discussion club, every third BA RNES & NO B LE STORY TIMES — the newly married Wills and Kate, mation about other pleasures to be community, at Fort Wayne Dance Thursday at 7 p.m. at Barnes & Storytime and crafts Mondays and Collective, 7-10 p.m. Saturdays, Noble-Jefferson Pointe, Fort Wayne, Thursdays at 10 a.m., Barnes & we’re talking about an era when had if you wish to venture outside May 14, June 11 and July 9, $7, 432-3343 Noble-Jefferson Pointe, Fort Wayne, royalty actually meant something, the Renaissance era for a portion 424-6574 NO FENCES ALOUD — An open mic 432-3343 when power and prestige were part of your visit. FORT WA YNE DER B Y GIRLS SPRING ROLL night for writers, particularly in the BA RNES & NO B LE STORY TIMES — — Bout and fundraiser at Allen genres of short stories and poetry, and parcel of the royal experience.