SEPT. 22-28, 2016 FACEBOOK.COM/WHATZUPFORTWAYNE • WWW.WHATZUP.COM ----------------------Feature • Columbia City Haunted Jail --------------------- It’s Harvest Time Again By Mark Hunter “Each year The Master likes to, ahem, dom body parts?” I said. revamp the place,” the man said. “Some new “As you like it, sir.” It’s harvest time at the Columbia City paint, a couple of throw pillows.” Right. I like it when I’m out of there. Haunted Jail. And the crop is blood. “Don’t you mean fresh blood and ran- The place gives me the creeps, probably Yes, it’s hard to believe because it’s lousy with creepers, but it’s been a full year since or stalkers, as the locals call them. the batty one ordered his Even in the relatively well-lighted servants to sow the seeds of gloom, I had the sense I was being death in the halls of the jail. followed, either by practiced acro- But what’s time to a vam- bats or zombie contortionists. Turns pire? The flutter of a wing? out the zombie contortionists were October 15 | 8pm Don’t bother asking Deimos on a break and out of their autopsy Nosferatu. He doesn’t wear a room cages. watch. The tour led up a narrow stair- HE R E COM E The MUMMI E S A year ago Deimos re- case to the third floor where only Sponsored by Jefferson Pointe leased his fellow bloodsuck- VIPs are allowed, for a small fee of and Fort Wayne CW ers to gain control of the zom- course. The third floor was many bies and werewolves that had degrees warmer than the first and been collecting the hapless second floors, as you might expect wanderers stumbling around on a warm late summer evening. But the halls of the jail. Now the with the dry musty heat came the crop of humans has been foul odor of rotting flesh. The stench dangling upside down from didn’t seem to bother the caretaker. the ceiling for the necessary In fact, I think he enjoyed it. curing time. The beasts are The smell of death seemed to hungry. Let the blood harvest rattle something in his brain, and as begin. he limped along he started relating When you think about it, the story of how Deimos came to oc- October 26 | 7:30pm it’s hard to feel sorry for any- cupy the jail and why it is the perfect one who willingly enters the home for a centuries-old vampire. Haunted Jail. After all, for 25 “Charles Butler,” the man began, HYPNOTIC years the jail has been a crime pausing briefly to clear a nostril, scene beyond belief. Whole “Charles Butler is the reason The BRASS ENS E M B L E families have gone missing Master came to this little slice of inside its bloodied corridors. Hell in the first place. You remem- Every year thousands of souls ber good old Charles Butler, don’t October 16 | 7pm who think themselves brave you? He was the upstanding citizen have plopped down their who shot his wife in the back and cash and tested their mettle then left her for dead as he made his JO H NNY against the creatures of Dei- Photos by Libby Huffer drunken escape. As happens with al- mos’ twisted imagination. coholics, he passed out, giving the And like sheep, sheriff and his posse the chance to MAT H IS those thousands close the gap and capture him.” have failed the As he spoke we kept on trudging October 19 | 7:30pm test. But the through the blood-slimed halls, past pitiful pull of the thrill half-dead creatures squirming in corners ALLA ghe R is strong, and and demented clowns trading gags. G hordes more will “Butler was tried and sentenced to hang turn up this sea- for his crime. The tale spread across the ON SALE NOW son to face the country and piqued the interest of one Dei- hungry vampires mos Nosferatu who was then living back Goo Goo Dolls...............................Nov. 10 and zombies of East. He thought it would be a gas to come Tedeschi Trucks Band ..................Nov. 17 the Columbia and watch the hanging, sort of lark, a break Joe Bonamassa ............................... Dec. 2 City Haunted from the monotony of everlasting life. Hal Holbrook/Mark Twain Tonight ...... Dec. 3 Jail. When he got here, he witnessed the deplor- Mannheim Steamroller ................. Dec. 6 As hap- able constabulary and their inhumane prac- Moscow Ballet: Great Russian Nutcracker Dec. 7 pens each year tices, which mostly consisted of tromping Straight No Chaser .......................Dec. 13 when I show up COLUMBIA CITY HAUNTED JAIL on the limbs of their prisoner and bashing his Cinderella ........................................Jan. 17 to get the latest head against the foot-thick limestone walls Tchaikovsky Spectacular .............Jan. 18 on Deimos and 7-11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays Sept. 30-Nov. 5 of the jail cells.” his demons, a 7-9 p.m. Sundays, Oct. 2-Nov. 6; Thursdays, “Sounds like home,” I said. “To Deimos, gimpy caretaker I mean.” appears from Sept. 29-Oct. 27; Wednesdays, Oct. 5-26; “Right-o,” the caretaker said. “So, to Embassy Theatre the shadows to Tuesdays, Oct. 11-25; and Monday, Oct. 24 & 31 make a long story short, The Master daw- 125 W. Jefferson Blvd. take me and an dled a bit whilst touring the condemned intrepid photog- VIP Dates: 7-11 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Sept. 23-24 man’s haunted dreams and was himself cap- Fort Wayne, Indiana rapher on a tour & 7-9 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25 tured by the police as dawn broke over the and to show off 116 E. Market St., Columbia City land. Like Butler, The Master was beaten ticketmaster.com the new surprises that await. Tix.: $13-$20 thru www.columbiacityhauntedjail.com Continued on page 7 2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.whatzup.com -------------------------------------------------------- September 22, 2016 whatzup Volume 21, Number 8 he ways in which Fort Wayne has raised its profile of late, particularly when it comes to the arts, has been extraordinary. Fresh off the heels of a somewhat soggy but still pretty special Middle Waves music festival that brought prominent Tmusicians from all over the nation to Headwaters Park, small, privately owned Castle Gallery does pretty much the same thing, but for visual artists, when it hosts the Oil Painters of America’s 2016 Salon Show beginning September 30. Make no mistake about it, folks, in the art world, this is huge – not to mention the fact that it will be an opportunity to view and purchase some of the finest art currently being produced anywhere in the world. If you have any appreciation at all for fine art, you owe it to yourself to visit Castle Gallery sometime between September 30 and October 29. Mark Hunter has more on page 4. As big a deal as the OPA show is, it isn’t our cover story this week. That’s due to the fact that if northeast Indiana loves anything this time of year, it’s Halloween haunts. Accordingly, we’ve allowed Deimos Nosferatu to check in by way (again) of the afore- mentioned Hunter. Also featured this week are Such a Night, a recreation of The Band’s The Last Waltz; comedian Kathleen Madigan; CD reviews of D Ferren’s and Walkin’ Papers’ new releas- es; Michele DeVinney’s review of Freud’s Last Session; and much, much more. So, please, read on, make a point of enjoying some of the many entertainment and cultural opportunities our community has to offer and – as always – remember to tell everyone you meet and greet along the way that whatzup sent you. inside the issue • features FLIX ................................................. 19 Sully SCREENTIME ................................. 19 COLUMBIA CITY HAUNTED JAIL ..............2 A Hundred Inches of Movie Bliss It’s Harvest Time Again FARE WARNING ............................. 21 OPA 2016 SALON SHOW ........................4 Film Premieres at Cinema Center A Convergence of Artists CURTAIN CALL ................................ 21 SUCH A NIGHT ............................................5 Freud’s Last Session Playing with ‘The Band’ ON BOOKS ...................................... 23 KATHLEEN MADIGAN ................................6 Disappearance at Devil’s Rock A Lady Walks into a Bar • calendars • columns & reviews JOE BONAMASSA LIVE MUSIC & COMEDY ................. 10 SPINS ................................................8 D Ferren, Walkin’ Papers, Thee Oh Sees, Wilco MUSIC/ON THE ROAD .................... 14 BACKTRACKS ...................................8 ROAD TRIPZ ................................... 18 10CC, How Dare You! (1976) THINGS TO DO ............................... 20 OUT AND ABOUT ............................ 10 STAGE & DANCE ............................ 22 After Middle Waves, Japanese Punk ART & ARTIFACTS .......................... 23 PICKS ............................................. 12 Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts Cover by Brandon Jordan ROAD NOTEZ .................................. 14 Kathleen Madigan photos by Luzena Adams FRI, DEC 2ND September 22, 2016 ---------------------------------------------------------- www.whatzup.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 BROUGHT TO YOU BY: ------------------------ Feature • Oil Painters of America ------------------------ 816 Pint & Slice ...................................................................23 all for One Productions/Freud’s Last Session ...................22 Arena Dinner Theatre/Wait Until Dark ................................22 Beamer’s Sports Grill ..........................................................10 Bell Tower Auctions ..............................................................11 Bluffton Street Fair ................................................................5 C2G Live .................................................................................13