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FEBRUARY 11-17, 2016 F A C E B O O K . C O M / W H A T Z U P F O R T W A Y N E | W W W . W H A T Z U P . C O M M O C . P U Z T A H W . W W W | E N Y A W T R O F P U Z T A H W / M O C . K O O B E C A F ------Feature • Young Frankenstein------Mel Brooks’ Monster Mash By Mark Hunter as they transform the theater’s bare boards For Gavin Drew, playing Igor is a dream into the sleepy fictional village of Transyl- come true. Drew grew up knowing he want- Lock your doors! Crate your kids! Hug vania Heights, where the townspeople are ed to act and that musical theater was his your pets! There’s a monster with neck bolts celebrating the death of local mad scientist preferred vehicle. As a young boy in Wis- UPCOMING EVENTS loose on the town! (every village has one) and monster builder consin, he played the Mayor of Munchkin- Someone get a French horn. Or a mob Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. But not so fast, land in the Wizard of Oz. He has been in a February 12 bearing torches. At the very least, go find the warns Inspector Kemp (Aaron Mann), he of couple of Civic productions since moving uptight fiancee of the grandson of a famous the wooden appendages, who reminds the with his family to , A Christmas 7:30pm mad scientist and bring her to the Civic The- giddy villagers that another Dr. Frankenstein Story being the most recent. ater in Fort Wayne. And do it quick! I feel a lives on. Last summer Drew went to New York song coming on. where he had the chance Mu si q When the tow- to perform in a private ering Civic Theater production of Annie production of the Mel Baker’s Pulitzer Prize- So u l c h i l d Brooks musical Young winning play The Flick. Frankenstein opens He also took part in February 16 & 17 | 7:30pm February 13, things are workshops teaching the going to get spooky in Meisner technique. a fun and re-animated “It’s a method of act- Cir q u e D’Or sort of way. ing where you make Re-animating to everything that you do a the stage the sparkling very natural easy thing,” life of a movie as be- Drew said. “The idea loved and timeless as is to work your own Young Frankenstein personality into your was no easy task, as character so that your Brooks found out character doesn’t come when reviews came off as a caricature but back mixed. Fresh (in as a real person. I bring musical theater terms) that to a lot of roles. But off the blazing success the role of Igor is not re- February 24 | 7:30pm of The Producers, the ally one you can do that first musical adapta- with. tion of a Brooks film, young frankenstein “Igor doesn’t have to 42n d St ree t it’s understandable that 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13 F r e d e r i c k explain anything that he does,” Drew contin- February 26 & 27 | 7pm critics had high anxiety 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 14 & Feb. 28 F r a n k e n s t e i n ued. “A lot of characters have a motivation about what to think. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, (AJ Lorenzini), and it’s very clear in the script. This is why Audiences weren’t who pronounces your character does what he does. What are so flummoxed. They Feb. 19-20 & Feb. 26-27 his last name your character’s wants, what are their needs Down the Line loved it. So when the Arts United Center Fronkensteen in and what are their motivations? Igor does t h production finally 303 E. Main St., Fort Wayne a vain attempt not necessarily have any. He’s kind of free 10 ANNIVERSARY opened to performances Tix: $17-$26 thru box office, to avoid associa- form. You don’t really know his origin. He’s at regional theaters, the 260-424-5220 tion with his in- kind of just his own person.” March 3 | 7:30pm Civic’s Phillip Colgla- famous ancestor, Another the thing about Igor, Drew said, zier jumped on it. learns that he has is that Marty Feldman, who played Igor in “It just became available, so we wanted inherited his grandfather’s castle and sets off the film, did such singular job with the char- Jay Len o to to do it right away,” Colglazier said. “It’s from his lab at New York’s Johns, Miriam acter that any attempt to forge a different ap- Mel Brooks. Who doesn’t love Mel Brooks? and Anthony Hopkins School of Medicine proach would not only fall flat, it would do a March 17 | 7:30pm It’s just great fun.” to settle the estate. At the train station, he disservice to fans of the movie. Colglazier, who has been executive di- bids farewell to his untouchable bride to be, “Audience members are coming in with rector of the Civic Theater since 2000, said Elizabeth Benning (Eileen Claypool) and that in mind,” he said. “It’s such an iconic Jenni f er Ne t t l es the musical version of Young Frankenstein is rolls away toward destiny. character. You want to do it justice. a perfect fit for Fort Wayne audiences. Arriving at the Transylvania Heights For Colglazier, meeting expectations Celtic Woman...... Mar. 18 “This town is all about musical theater,” train station, young Dr. Frankenstein is poses a bit of a challenge as well. The movie tru TV’s Impractical Jokers...... Mar. 19 he said. met by Igor (Gavin Drew), a carefree imp is so well-known and well-loved that many Peppa Pig’s Big Splash...... Mar. 24 That says a lot not only about the local with a movable hump who is to be the good people have it memorized, with favorite lines NABBA Championship...... Apr. 1-2 populace, but about the talent therein. You doctor’s gofer. Igor introduces Frederick to never far from consciousness. That’s saying Jethro Tull...... Apr. 7 can’t find success in musical theater unless the gifted lab assistant Inga (Jana Henly), something considering the movie came out Annie...... Apr. 8 you have the raw materials to begin with. and together they roll through the dark and more than 40 years ago. All Star Comedy Jam...... Apr. 9 And as recent Civic offerings such as Shrek, stormy night toward the castle, where (cue “There are some differences between Bullets Over Broadway...... May 6 Cabaret and Spamalot demonstrated, there’s the horses) Frau Blücher (Maggie Kole the movie and the stage production,” Col- Rodney Carrington...... May 7 no shortage of talent around here. Hunter) waits and plots. Her scheme entails glazier said. “The movie is very slow-paced. “It’s a strong cast,” said Colglazier, who luring Dr. Frankenstein to her late boyfriend They allow time to let the humor sink in. is directing. “What was nice about the audi- Victor’s lab in the rotten bowels of the castle The musical is more fast-paced. The scenes Embassy Theatre tion process is we had twice as many people where he will discover his grandfather’s li- are out of order to help the flow of the stage audition, so we had to turn people away. Ev- brary and carry on the grisly work of reani- production. You’ll notice a difference in that. 125 W. Jefferson Blvd. eryone we offered a part to accepted. It was mating dead tissue. Which he does. His cre- Most of it is still there. Lines will pop up in Fort Wayne, like yes!” ation, The Monster (Billy Dawson) escapes, another scene, but it’s all still there. If any- Many of the actors are veterans of the falls in love and has a brief career as a song thing, we’re trying to stay true to the movie ticketmaster.com Civic stage, some are newcomers, but all and dance man and everyone lives happily rather than the Broadway musical because of them are having a ball, Colglazier said, ever after. that’s what’s in the minds of the audience.” 2------www.whatzup.com------February 11, 2016  whatzup Volume 20, Number 26  ith a cover story on Young Frankenstein and a feature story on a   writer/actor whose fascination is a legendary giant turtle who may or may not have once called a Churubusco pond home, well, you February 25-28, 2016 Wcould say this is a monster of an issue. Too dumb? Okay, maybe. 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February 11, 2016------www.whatzup.com------3 BROUGHT TO YOU BY: ------Feature • Michael Wilhelm------20 Past 4 and More...... 10 all for One Productions...... 15 Annrita’s Lounge and Grill...... 7 Bar 145...... 8 Beamer’s Sports Grill...... 7 Teller of Tall Turtle Tales C2G Live/The TV Show...... 3 By Michele DeVinney stations to provide bits on air. With all of this water to attempting to electrocute the “Beast C2G Music Hall...... 11 material already collected, Wilhelm was ripe of Busco,” all to no avail. The story has car- Calhoun Street Soups, Salads, Spirits...... 10 For those who didn’t grow up in North- for the task when he was inspired by some- ried on, gaining fame over the years (and east Indiana – and perhaps even for those thing he read over a cup of coffee. even being dramatized on the Travel Chan- Columbia Street West...... 9 who did – it’s easy to miss some of the local “I was in a coffee shop getting ready to nel recently). In the middle of the story, Wil- Cover Grils/Afroman...... 9 legends, the stories that often come to define head to church, and I saw a tabloid article helm saw two compelling characters. a community. Although he was raised “The story is really about a man Cute by Nature Jewelry...... 10 in Fort Wayne (he moved here from obsessed, and we’ve all been there. Dupont Bar & Grill...... 9 Toledo at such a young age that he This guy was going to catch this tur- considers himself a lifelong resident) tle, and that’s what this story is about. Embassy Theatre...... 2, 13 Michael Wilhelm had little knowledge It really doesn’t matter whether the Fort Wayne Civic Theatre...... 14 or even interest in the origins of Chu- turtle was real or not; that’s not the rubusco calling itself “Turtle Town story. The story is about him and his Fort Wayne Dance Collective...... 14 U.S.A.” Once that changed, he took wife, and she’s the real hero here. She Fort Wayne Home & Garden Show...... 3 the ball and ran with it, writing a play lost a lot in all of this because they which has been staged twice, includ- ended up losing their farm, but she Fort Wayne Musicians Association...... 10 ing its upcoming showings in all4One was a rock. Even though she lost a lot, Hamilton House Bar & Grill...... 9 Production’s 2015-16 season. she would say, ‘This is my husband, IPFW/Community Arts Academy...... 14 Writing isn’t a new fancy for and he may be a little nutty, but I’m Wilhelm, though he admits that he’s sticking with him.’ It threatened their IPFW Dept. of Theatre...... 14 only recently begun realizing it may lifestyle but never threatened their Latch String Bar & Grill...... 8 be his true calling. His mother’s early lives, and they ended up moving to efforts to lure him into sports didn’t Florida and spending their final years Nick’s Martini & Wine Bar...... 8 take, but he found happiness and ex- there.” NIGHTLIFE...... 7-10 citement once he began taking classes The play found a welcoming home at Fort Wayne Youtheatre. He took it thanks to Wilhelm’s connection to all Northside Galleries...... 3 seriously throughout his school years for One. Having wondered during his O’Reilly’s Irish Bar & Restaurant...... 9 at Northrop High School and pursued years in California if his strong faith his passion by moving to California and sense of morality was a good fit Pacific Coast Concerts...... 5 to study at the American Academy of for the Golden State, he quickly dis- PERFORMERS DIRECTORY...... 10 Dramatic Arts. Marriage and a daugh- covered upon returning to Fort Wayne Snickerz Comedy Bar...... 7 ter followed, which was the beginning that a faith-based theater company had of his desire to return to Indiana. been established, and in all for One’s Sweetwater Sound...... 9, 16 “We realized if we wanted Josette Lauren Nichols he found an eager fan whatzup Dining Club...... 2 to be spoiled, we better bring her back for Turtle Soup. She agreed to di- here to her grandparents,” he says. Michael Wilhelm with Oscar and rect if Wilhelm played the role of Wooden Nickel Music Stores...... 6 Mov- as Gale Harris in Turtle Soup. Harris and Lisa Ellis played his WXKE 96.3...... 8, 15 ing back to wife. Staging the play and letting Fort Wayne actors dig their teeth in 2002, into his play has been his interest TURTLE SOUP a great experience for in theater all for One Productions Wilhelm, too. whatzup continued, 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, “Everyone should Published weekly and distributed on Wednesdays and but he put their play in the Thursdays by AD Media, Incorporated. started to Feb. 19-20 & Feb. 26-27 hands of actors and let 2305 E. Esterline Rd., Columbia City, IN 46725 Phone: (260) 691-3188 • Fax: (260) 691-3191 realize he 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21 & Feb. 28 them tear it to shreds E-Mail: [email protected] was spend- PPG ArtsLab before they publish it. Website: http://www.whatzup.com ing more Auer Center for Arts & Culture They’re trained to real- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/whatzupFortWayne time writ- ly flesh out their roles, Publisher ...... Doug Driscoll ing and that 300 E. Main St., Fort Wayne and their input really Office Manager ...... Mikila Cook Tix.: $11-$20, 260-745-4364 Advertising Sales ...... Mark Hunter perhaps he brings it to life. I’m needed to more relaxed about Back Issues Back issues are $3 for first copy, 75¢ per additional copy. pursue it about the anniversary of it than I was the first time it was staged. I Send payment with date and quantity of issues desired, more seri- the turtle hunt in Churu- know what works and sometimes think ‘This name and mailing address to AD Media, Incorporated to the ously. busco. And I just started is pretty good. Who wrote it?’” above address. “I had always been writing,” says Wil- laughing. It was hilarious, and I thought Wilhelm is also working on a modern Subscriptions helm. “I was like that guy with the hot rod in ‘Why hasn’t anyone told this story yet?’ I day retelling of the old film My Man God- In-Home postal delivery available at the rate of $25 per the garage, always tinkering with it. Then I frey, a vehicle for Fort Wayne’s own Carole 13-week period ($100/year). Send payment with name and started out thinking about it as a screenplay, mailing address to AD Media, Incorporated to the above saw how much I had written over the years but eventually I decided it would work as a Lombard in 1936. He sees a fresh perspec- address. and thought ‘This is what I do. Maybe it’s stage play.” tive for the characters in the contemporary DEADLINES time to hone this craft and not just tinker That story is now the basis of Turtle fascination with reality TV and sees ways to Calendar Information: Must be received by noon Monday with it.” Soup, a funny (and occasionally poignant) bring the story to life in a new way. He’s also the week of publication for inclusion in that week’s issue and, space permitting, will run until the week of the event. Among his early writing projects, be- story about the phantom turtle that became bringing back Skunk Guy through a series of Calendar information is published as far in advance as space fore he even left for California, were radio a national sensation after being reported in chapter books for young readers. More in- permits and should be submitted as early as possible. dramas for WIPU, the predecessor to WBOI 1949 by Gale Harris, a local farmer. Likened formation can be found on skunkguy.com. In Advertising: Space reservations and ads requiring proofs due by no later than 5 p.m. the Thursday prior to publication. when it was housed at the campus of IPFW. by some to the legendary Loch Ness Mon- the meantime he’s happy to bring the story Camera-ready or digital ad copy required by 9 a.m. Monday Under the title of Riverfront Radio Play- ster, Harris became determined to prove the of Gale Harris to life again, to allow the man the week of publication. Classified line ads may be submitted house, Wilhelm provided dramas to air on existence of the turtle, reportedly first seen to have his moment at last. up to noon on Monday the week of publication. the public radio station. Years earlier, his by Oscar Fulk 50 years earlier. Reporters “As soon as I read the story, I thought ADVERTISING creativity spawned a superhero spoof called and sightseers began surrounding the land, ‘This shouldn’t be lost to history. This should E-mail [email protected] or call 260-691-3188. “Skunk Guy,” and he would call into radio and Harris did everything from draining the be something we know and understand.’” 4------www.whatzup.com------February 11, 2016 ------Feature • Gregg Bender Band------The Long Road from Berne By Steve Penhollow Fudge.” rules of the game are: You’re not going to do They recorded a demo tape and took it to your best every time.” When Gregg Bender, longtime Jour- Leon Russell’s Shelter Records where they About two years after he started work- nal Gazette illustrator and frontman of his received further kudos and blocks of free ing at in 2003, he started eponymous band, was a teenager growing studio time. performing solo again in Fort Wayne and up in Berne, he and his friend John Ludy That resultant accumulation of record- with Warner. performed original music in the style of the ings was subsequently well received by He had no grander plan than that. West Coast rock revolution of the late 1960s Jackson Browne’s manager. But sometimes grander plans are thrust and early 1970s – a revolution that involved And while it did nothing to further their upon us. infusions of country and folk music. career, babysitting for former Gilligan’s Is- In 2006, Bender started attending, then “He’d write five songs a day,” Bender land star Dawn Wells — who lived down the participating in, open band nights at the said. “When I got together with him, we beach from where Bender and Ludy were North Star Bar and Grill. were like ‘Why can’t we make it? Why can’t luxuriously bivouacked — provided the men He ran into a former high school friend be one of those people?’” of his named Jim Childers, This may be an espe- and the pair repaired to cially plaintive question to Bender’s house for a jam ask in tiny Berne, which is session. known more for Swiss hom- “And I said, ‘If we’re ages than rock revolts. going to do this and make it But long odds didn’t sound pretty good, we might stop the young men from as well go out and play,’” getting into a car and driv- Bender recalled. “I dragged ing to L.A. The year was him out to open mike night 1974, and they had $200 to and it went over really their name. well.” “The first day we got The twosome began to there, we drove around the accrue additional musicians: city twice and said, ‘What Drummer Mike Andrews, are we doing?’” Bender who Bender said owes his said. lead style of playing to Jimi They checked into a Hendrix’s percussionist, fleabag motel and started Mitch Mitchell; bassist Dave offering to perform at res- West, who Bender said has taurants in exchange for meals. with a brush-with-greatness tale that still im- mastered a bewildering array of songs and Fortune soon smiled on them. A well-to- presses today. genres in his decades of performing in Fort do family in the dining room one night asked But establishing a national musical ca- Wayne; and Warner, of course. them if they’d like to provide entertainment reer requires much exigency and many fall- Before too long, the Gregg Bender Band at a party they were hosting. ing dominoes, and the men began to lose was born. “It was in Santa Monica,” Bender said. faith before too long. A mere three years after forming, the “A really nice house. He was a lawyer. She Six months after they’d arrived in Los Gregg Bender Band performs almost weekly was a writer and also a professor at UCLA. Angeles, they returned to Berne. in numerous regional venues and has been They had four kids.” “I mean, we were 19 years old,” Bender featured on Julia Meek’s public radio mu- After the party, the couple made a pro- explained. sic showcase Meet the Music at least four posal that may seem exceptionally generous The men eventually went their separate times. and credulous in these paranoid and cynical ways. The Gregg Bender Band is strictly a cov- times, but might have been fairly typical in Bender’s newspaper career took him er band, but Bender said they try to choose Southern California seven years after the to Kendallville; Jackson, Tennessee; South deep cuts that probably can’t be heard any- Summer of Love. Bend; Little Rock, Arkansas; Jackson (again) where else in town. They asked the guys if they wanted to and, finally, Fort Wayne. Bender said this unexpected later-life move in. It was during his stint at the Kendallville success is much more fun than any of the “We were Midwestern youngsters,” News-Sun in the early 1980s that he hooked triumphs of his callow youth because “these Bender said. “We were like, ‘Oh no. We with an old college buddy named Tracy War- guys are my friends and we get to share this can’t do that.’ Three days later, we were ner. experience together. knocking on the door.” Bender became a fixture at, and some- “I had never really played in a band be- One day after Bender and Ludy had time host of, the open mic nights at Munchie fore,” he said, “although I knew of others moved in, the family went on vacation and Emporium, and it was during this period that where fights developed and everyone parted left them alone in the house. he learned Warner played saxophone. ways. We’re older now and don’t have that Many great things began happening for The two formed an atypical guitar/saxo- baggage anymore. There are no aspirations them. phone duo for a time. of being big. We just want to play the best The family had connections in the mu- In all the towns where he has lived, we can and let the other stuff roll off. There sic business and hooked the men up with Bender has always tried to find places to is really no pressure except the pressure we composer Patrick Williams, who went on to play his guitar and sing. put on ourselves to play to the best of our score several dozen of the biggest films and He seems to get an almost daredevil abilities.” TV shows of the 1970s and 1980s, including thrill from entertaining. Bender said Ludy, now a retired teach- Breaking Away, Columbo, The Mary Tyler “Not everyone is geared for that sort of er living in Fremont, might come down in Moore Show and The Streets of San Fran- thing,” he said. “But, for me, stepping out March to participate in a recording session. cisco. in front of people and playing is almost like But any resulting CD would serve pos- Williams liked their music and offered putting yourself out there in a sporting event. terity, not fuel ambition. them free studio time. You practice and practice and have one shot “This is a vanity project,” he said. “We “It was $100 an hour,” Bender said. to be the best you can. If you are a perfec- have no illusions. We can hand it out at “And the Stones had been in there. Vanilla tionist, second place is not an option. But the shows.” February 11, 2016------www.whatzup.com------5 Wooden Nickel ------Spins------CD of the Week Ryan Kerr Live Well BACKTRACKS Ryan Kerr makes music that The Flaming Lips seems to constantly evolve as it’s Clouds Taste Metallic (1995) being played. It moves and slinks effortlessly like the best kind of The Flaming Lips have been narrative. around since the early 80s and have Kerr definitely falls into the taken to a whole singer/songwriter category, but new level. This record, their sev- he travels among the DIY punk enth, was their last actual alt-rock scene like an elder statesmen. compilation, and is pretty cool for a That’s to say he’s a well-respect- small garage band from Oklahoma. ed man, among both his peers and those who love his songs (and I’ve shortened some song titles for space. there are plenty who do). Kerr is a storyteller. He unspools songs Opening with the mellow, piano-driven “The Abandoned with just his voice and an acoustic guitar – songs about love, rela- Hospital Ship,” you’ll notice a lot going on in the background be- $11.99 tionships and the everyday cycle we can all relate to. For as long as fore the song finally hits you with pedal-crazy-guitars and heavy Kerr’s been playing music you’d think he would’ve put out a full- alt-rock drumming. “Psychiatric Explorations” has the cool mid- BLOC PARTY length before now, but that’s not the case. He’s finally ready 90s guitars and practically radio-friendly arrangements and vo- Live Well HYMNS to give his friends and fans a proper LP. It’s called , and it cals, but it still delves into the psychedelic-pop that they’ve done was worth the wait. so well. “This Here Giraffe” has a grunge feel, but the bright vo- Serving as one of the pillars of the British For those who’ve seen this North Manchester resident play in cals from keeps it happier than that of the Seattle scene can seem like a lot of pres- a coffeehouse, basement, living room or anywhere anyone has in- sound. sure, but foursome Bloc Party seem to have vited him to play, you’re used to seeing Kerr with nothing more than “Brainville,” a softer number, is one of the cooler tracks on it all under control. Case in point? Their fifth an acoustic guitar and his booming voice. On Live Well, which was the release, and “When You Smile” is one of the first things I studio album, Hymns, which picks up where produced by Kerr and Robert Lugo at Lugo’s DBB Records in Fort may have ever heard from them (thanks to MTV’s 120 Minutes). 2012’s Four left off and also harkens back to Wayne, his songs are filled in with plenty of instrumentation: drums, “Kim’s Watermelon Gun” jumps out at you with its scattered gui- their debut, Silent Alarm. “Virtue,” “The Good percussion, Rhodes, organ, electric guitar and bass and, of course, News,” “Exes” and “Living Lux” vie for best tars and sort of has a Smashing Pumpkins feel to it. “Punctured” acoustic guitar. is a blend of psych-pop and emo rock, but it stands out, as does track. Pick up your copy for $11.99 at any There’s still this organic vibe in his tunes, especially Wooden Nickel Music store. “Lighting Strikes the Postman.” on album opener “Sattison Family Name,” which feels like a cross “Christmas at the Zoo” gets back into the pop-sound and does between The Hold Steady, Frank Turner,and a folksier Springsteen. have a charm to it. “Evil Will Prevail” and its tiny guitars then TOP SELLERS @ “I Got a Son” pushes and shoves like an Irish wake at 2 a.m. before it take you back to the sound that The Lips mastered: beautiful lyr- slows to a hangover crawl. “Smoking Twilights and Sinkholes” has a ics in front of an above average group of musicians who have Wooden Nickel slink and groove to it that even the Red Hot Chili Peppers would be changed the way music should be created and understood. (Week ending 2/7/16) happy with (back in 1991, anyway.) “Vessel Dust” is part dust devil The Flaming Lips have produced a lot of music (15 ), stomp, part cautionary tale and wouldn’t sound out of place on an TW LW ARTIST/Album and have been sampled by many, as well seeing some of their early 80s Nick Cave record. music turn up in commercials. They covered ’s Dark 1 1 DREAM THEATER There’s still plenty of voice and guitar here, too. “Throwin’ Side of The Moon in its entirety, and their collaboration last year Astonishing Stones” is mainly voice and guitar with some great organ and bass with Miley Cyrus is dazzling. (Dennis Donahue) ornamentation. “Five Friends” closes the album with what matters 2 2 TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND most, Kerr’s voice and his acoustic guitar. Let Me Get By gritty gray zone most of the time. If I’m in the mood for that sort of One of the real musical treasures here is the excellent “Ballad thing, then he’s great. But otherwise it’s just like white noise to me. 3 – ELTON JOHN of a Lonesome Girl.” With electric bass, organ, drums and electric On the other hand, I loved Manipulator. I think that was a shin- Wonderful Crazy Night guitar, this track feels like it should be on the radio playing for all to ing moment for the California native. So when I heard Emotional hear. Backing vocals by Amara Gilraine only solidify my conviction Mugger for the first time, I have to say I was a little disappointed. 4 3 MEGADETH that this song should be coming out of car radios and earbuds every- I was hoping he’d expand his musical horizons even more this time Dystopia where. around. It seems he’s decided to keep with the distortion pedals and Live Well is a solid musical statement from Ryan Kerr. He’s wait- Frequency Analyzers, and after a few repeated listens it seems it’s 5 – LUCINDA WILLIAMS ed to release this collection of well aged and seasoned songs till the not such a bad thing. Ghosts of Highway 20 time was right. The time is as right as ever. “Squealer” gets down and dirty right off the bat. It seems Se- Head over to Bob Vila’s This Old House on February 28 for Live gall may have found some early Alice Cooper records, as this track 6 6 CHRIS STAPLETON Well’s record release show and grab a copy for yourself. (John Hub- Traveller has a fuzzed-out weirdness and queasiness to it that is reminiscent ner) of Cooper’s Easy Action, Love It to Death and Killer. “California 7 – Hills” will make fans of Segall’s Twins very happy, as this song feels Hellelujah Ty Segall like it could’ve been an outtake from that recording session. “Emo- tional Mugger/Leopard Priestess” is unsettling in it’s skronky bass 8 – THE CULT and choppy rhythm. Segall seems to be enjoying his Frequency Ana- Hidden City Surprise, a new Ty Segall al- lyzer quite a bit on this track, too. The one-two punch of “Breakfast bum. I bet you weren’t expecting Eggs” and “Diversion” are a great mid-album treat, with some great 9 4 STEPHEN WILSON that, were you? grooves and excellent guitar squalor. “Diversion” even sounds a bit 4 1/2 The fuzz rock wunderkind like old Queens of the Stone Age, which is always a plus. 10 – RIHANNA has kept a pretty steady habit of At this point the album gets a little long in the tooth with “Baby Anti putting out two or three albums Big Man(I Want A Mommy)” which sounds like the Flaming Lips a year, whether under his own on lo-fidelity mode. “Mandy Cream” isn’t bad, but it sounds kind of name or with some pals in an- same-y. “Candy Sam” sounds like leftovers, while “W.U.O.T.U.S” other band. Last year’s quite ex- seems completely unnecessary. A static-y walk through songs we’ve check out our cellent Manipulator showed that if Segall takes a little time between heard previously, but done up all “Revolution No.9”-like. This isn’t these records, he can actually add some nuance to the proceedings, the kind of thing you waste album real estate up with when you’re as opposed to bashing Big Muffs over our heads for 30 minutes or putting out a 30-minute LP. Fortunately, Segall makes up for that 50¢ vinyl bins so. Manipulator also showed in great detail that Segall is a groove misstep with the bass heavy and pulse-pounding “Magazine,” a great monster, letting his inner T. Rex shine quite nicely. song and a great way to end the Ty Segall show. hundreds to choose from Well, he seems to have gotten that whole thing out of his system, Emotional Mugger will please Segall’s die-hard fans. It’s got all 3627 N. Clinton • 484-2451 so we’re back to the usual suspects – with a hint of quirkiness thrown the usual elements that have given Segall his ravenous fan base. For 3422 N. Anthony • 484-3635 in for good measure. Emotional Mugger seems to be Segall shaking the most part, it’s another fine, fuzzy album, with some 6427 W. Jefferson • 432-7651 off all that cleaned up rhythm and groove and getting back to that noisy weirdness thrown in for good measure. I’m hoping Segall gets Manipulator We Buy, Sell & Trade Used CDs, LPs & DVDs fuzzy garage rock we know so well. ambitious again and starts up where left off. Until then, www.woodennickelrecords.com I’ve never been much of a fan of Segall. I think he’s a talented Emotional Mugger will do. Listen to it with headphones, kids. Ear guy (and a hell of a drummer), but the music seems to stay in this candy abounds. (John Hubner) 6------www.whatzup.com------February 11, 2016 NIGHTLIFE 4D’s bar & grill Great Music & So Much More Local Acoustic Every Thursday Thursday, Feb. 11 • 7pm-10pm Tavern/Sports Bar • 1820 W. Dupont Rd., Fort Wayne • 260-490-6488 Fr i d a y -Sa t u r d a y , Fe b . 12-13 • 7:30 & 9:45 • $9.50 T h u r s d a y , Fe b . 11 ~ 6:30-9:30p m Ex p e c t : Great food and drink specials and live entertainment; $2 drink Jason Paul specials daily; $1 tacos on Mon.; $1.50 domestic longnecks & $1 tacos Kat Bowser & Brent LaCase on Tues.; 39¢ wings on Wed. (3-11 p.m., dine-in only); $1 sliders & Friday, Feb. 12 • 8pm-12am Jo e F r i d a y , Fe b . 12 ~ 9p m -1a m $1.50 longnecks on Thurs.; live music Fri. & Sat.; buy one-get one Goodnight Gracie half off entrees on Sat. (5-8 p.m.); $7.50 14”, 3-topping pizza on Sun. Ma r l o t t i Jon Durnell Ge t t i n g Th e r e : NW corner of Dupont & Lima. Ho u r s : 11 a.m.-3 a.m. l c o h o l m t w/Au s t i n An d e r s o n S a t u r d a y , Fe b . 13 ~ 9p m -1a m Saturday, Feb. 13 • 9:30pm-1:30am Mon.-Fri.; noon-3 a.m. Sat.-Sun. A : Full Service; P : MC, Visa, Disc Has shared stages with Drew Carey, Larry Urban Legend the Cable Guy, Jeff Foxworthy, Kathleen John Curran Aj’s USA bar & grille Madigan, Jim Carrey and many others. & Renegade Sports Bar/Tavern • 2472 Getz Rd., Fort Wayne • 260-434-1980 Ex p e c t : Karaoke every Wednesday and Saturday night, live music, Ca l l 486-0216 f o r Mo r e In f o r m a t i o n 260-625-1002 NFL package on 10 screens, billiards, darts, good food, daily specials o r v i s i t w w w .s n ic k e r z c o m e d y c l u b .b i z 9 short min. west of Coliseum Blvd. Monday-Friday, all in a friendly atmosphere. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : Located in at US 30 & W. County Line Road NOW HIRING ALL POSITIONS Canopy Corners on Getz Road between Covington and Illinois. Ho u r s : 11 a.m.-3 a.m. Mon.-Sat., 12 noon-3 a.m. Sun. Al c o h o l : Full Service; ------Calendar • Live Music & Comedy------Pm t : MC, Visa, Disc, Amex ANNRITA’S LOUNGE & GRILL Thursday, February 11 Ka t Bo w s e r & Br e n t LaCas e — Variety Ci t i z e n s — Rock at Dupont Bar & Grill, at Annrita’s Lounge and Grill, Fort Fort Wayne, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m., Music/Dancing • 6330 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne • 260-459-7687 Ad a m St r a c k — Acoustic at Checkerz Wayne, 6:30-9:30 p.m., no cover, cover, 483-1311 Ex p e c t : Newly remodeled. Enjoy drinks, dining and dancing in a warm, Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne, 8-10 p.m., 459-7687 Da n c e Pa r t y w/DJ Ri c h — Variety at friendly atmosphere. You’ll love our fare of Korean, Italian and tapas no cover, 489-0286 Op e n Mic — Hosted by Mike Conley Columbia Street West, Fort Wayne, dishes. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : Located in Covington Plaza next to Fresh Am e r i c a n Id o l Ka r a o k e — Karaoke at Mad Anthony Brewing Co., Fort 10:30 p.m., cover, 422-5055 o u r s at Nick’s Martini & Wine Bar, Fort Wayne, 8:30-11 p.m., no cover, 426- De s e v r e n , Ch as e d b y Cap t i v e s , Si n s Market and Chappell’s Restaurant. H : Open 4 p.m. Tues.-Sun.; Wayne, 8-11 p.m., no cover, 482- 2537 b y Se v e n , Ka r k o sa — Rock/metal opening for lunch soon. Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t : MC, Visa, Disc, 6425 Op e n St a g e Ja m — Hosted by Pop ‘n’ at Calhoun Street Soups, Salads Amex, DC Am e r i c a n Id o l Ka r a o k e w/Da v e — Fresh at Office Tavern, Fort Wayne, & Spirits, Fort Wayne, 8 p.m., $5, Karaoke at Latch String, Fort Wayne, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m., no cover, 478- 456-7005 ARCOLA INN & ALE 10:30 p.m., no cover, 483-5526 5827 Ea r p h o r i k w/800 l b Go r i l l a — Pub/Tavern • 11517 Arcola Rd., Arcola • 260-625-4444 Bi l l En g v a l l — Comedy at Wagon Sh o o t i n g St a r Pr o d . w/St u — at Progressive rock at Phoenix, Fort x p e c t Wheel Theatre, Warsaw, 6 & 8:30 Double Down, Fort Wayne, 9 p.m., Wayne, 9 p.m., $8, 387-6571 E : Golden Tee, pool table, jukebox, live weekend entertainment, p.m., $55-$65, 574-267-8041 , 435-4567 Ex pa n d i n g Ma n — Variety at Don Hall’s 3 TVs, free WIFI, patio, fire pit. Drink specials: $3 domestic pitch- Bu c c a Ka r a o k e w/Bu c c a — Karaoke at Guesthouse, Fort Wayne, 9 p.m.- ers $2 Fire & Ice Sun.; $1 domestic drafts, $2 craft drafts, $3 Captain Deer Park Irish Pub, Fort Wayne, 10 Friday, February 12 12:30 a.m., no cover, 489-2524 Mon.; $2 well drinks Tues.; $2 Reds, $3 bombs Wed.; $2 domestic p.m., no cover, 432-8966 Go o d Ni g h t Gr a c i e — Variety at longnecks, $3 craft/import longnecks Thurs.; $5 domestic pitchers Fri.; Annrita’s Lounge and Grill, Fort DDJ o u b l e K — Variety at Bar 145, Fort Br a n d o n McSw a i n Ba n d w/DJ Tr e n d — $3 Beam or Canadian Mist Sat. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : Arcola Rd. & Eme, Wayne, 9 p.m., no cover, 209-2117 Wayne, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., no cover, Funk at Bar 145, Fort Wayne, 7 p.m., less than 10 minutes from Fort Wayne. Ho u r s : 11 a.m.-3 a.m. daily. Jas o n Pa u l — Acoustic variety at no cover, all ages, 209-2117 459-7687 u n s l i n g e r Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t : MC, Visa, Disc, ATM Beamer’s Sports Grill, Fort Wayne, Ca r o l Lo c k r i d g e — Variety at Deer G — Country rock at Checkerz 7-10 p.m., no cover, 625-1002 Park Irish Pub, Fort Wayne, 9 p.m.- Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne, 9:30 p.m.- Je f f McDo n a l d — Variety at Don Hall’s 12 a.m., no cover, 432-8966 1:30 a.m., no cover, 489-0286 BAR 145 a y l o r s Guesthouse, Fort Wayne, 7-10 p.m., Ch r i s Wo r t h — Variety at North Star J T — Variety at American Gastro Pub • 4910 N. Clinton St., Fort Wayne • 260-209-2117 no cover, 489-2524 Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne, 8 p.m.-12 Legion Post 381, Rome City, 7-10 x p e c t p.m., cover, 854-2477 E : Pairing premium spirits and beer with gourmet food in an a.m., no cover, 471-3798 ambient, energetic setting offering live entertainment. Full menu. $10 lunches including sandwich, side & drink, 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; $15 bottled house wine/$5 glasses Tues.; $5 Burger & $5 Martinis ------Wed.; $4 Craft Bottles Thurs. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : Between Coliseum and Washington Ctr. on North Clinton. Ho u r s : 11:30 a.m.-12 a.m. Sun.-Tues., 11:30 a.m.-1 a.m. Wed.,-Thurs., 11:30 a.m.-3 a.m. Fri.-Sat. Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t : MC, Visa, Disc, Amex Website Talks Up Fort Wayne Scene BEAMER’S SPORTS GRILL Sonicbids is an online platform that features many Sports/Music/Variety • W. County Line Rd. & Highway 30 • 260-625-1002 Ex p e c t : Big Ten, Nascar, NFL Sunday Ticket, pool tournaments, live useful tools and resources that can connect musicians music Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays. No cover. New owners & man- with promoters, venue owners and music opportuni- Out and About agement. Complete menu featuring homemade pizza, burgers, steaks, ties all over the world. If you have a minute, look them NICK BRAUN sandwiches and salads. Serving fresh Didier meats. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : A up; there might very well be some useful knowledge quick 10 minutes west of Coliseum on U.S. 30. Ho u r s : Open daily at that you or your band could use. 11 a.m., noon on Sunday. Pm t : MC, Visa, Amex, Disc Recently they published an article titled “Beyond The fine folks at Wooden Nickel have another in- Capitals: 5 Incredible Smaller Cities to Tour in the timate North Anthony in-store performance lined up BOOTLEGGERS SALOON & GALLEY Midwest You Need to Know About.” Coming in at for Tuesday, March 1. Performing will be Pocket Can- Pub/Tavern • 2809 W. Main St., Fort Wayne • 260-387-6307 No. 2 on the list was, you guessed it, Fort Wayne, Indi- dies from Ann Arbor, Michigan. These indie-rockers Ex p e c t : Golden Tee, jukebox, 3 TVs, free WIFI, deck patio, motor- ana. We are joined by Lawrence, Kansas; Sioux Falls, have only been around a couple of years, starting at as cycle parking available. Daily food & drink specials: $1 coneys & South Dakota; Fargo, North Dakota and Eau Claire, a one-event project at University of Michigan’s Nich- $2.50 18 oz. domestics Sun.; 50¢ wings & $3 pitchers Mon.; $1 tacos Wisconsin. ols Arboretum. They have since evolved into a touring & $1.50 domestic longnecks Tues.; $1 drafts & 1/2 price pizza Wed.; The article’s description of our local scene starts band, and after the Nickel performance they’ll be hit- $12 buckets & $1 sliders Thurs.; $4 pitchers & smoked BBQ ribs, out, “Local music in Fort Wayne is a cup that runneth ting a number of states, including Tennessee, Virginia, tips & chicken specials Fri.; $12 buckets Sat. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : Corner over, and sometime into unexpected places.” Pretty Maryland and Pennsylvania. A two-piece featuring of Jefferson & West Main St., 2 minutes from downtown. Ho u r s : 11 a.m.-3 a.m. daily. Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t : MC, Visa, Disc, ATM fitting, I would say. It continues with giving The B- Sam Maples and Summer Krinsky, they have elec- Side, the Tiger Room at CS3, Brass Rail, C2G and tronic, industrial and jazz influences and should be C2G MUSIC HALL even Neat Neat Neat Records a nod. It’s no secret that quite the sight to see. Like always, this in-store show Music • 323 W. Baker St., Fort Wayne • 260-426-6464 we have a scene full of talented musicians and intrigu- is free and open to all ages. Ex p e c t : Great live music on one of Fort Wayne’s best stages. Diverse ing establishments, and it’s cool to be recognized for On Sunday, March 6, Let’s Comedy is bringing musical genres from local, regional and national performers, all in a it. It sure beats making The Most Obese Cities list. comedian Emily Heller to the CS3 stage. You may comfortable, all-ages, family-friendly, intimate atmosphere. Excellent Musicians might find another Sonicbids article, “5 have seen her on Conan, Late Night with Seth Meyers venue for shows, events, presentations, meetings and gatherings. Things You Should Never Say to Your Bandmates,” or on Comedy Central’s John Oliver’s New York Stand Food catered by local vendors during some shows. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : useful as well. The list includes “You’re playing it Up Show. Heller also served as a writer for the FOX Downtown on Baker between Ewing and Harrison, just south of wrong,” “Here, let me show you,” “You’re replace- comedy Surviving Jack and was a regular on the TBS . Ho u r s : Most shows start at 8 p.m., doors one hour able,” “I can’t make it to practice because [insert lame comedy Ground Floor. This show will begin at 8 p.m. earlier. Al c o h o l : Beer & wine during shows only; Pm t : Cash, check excuse]” and “I didn’t rehearse.” Make a note, as this and will be $10 at the door. may come in handy someday. [email protected] February 11, 2016------www.whatzup.com------7 NIGHTLIFE Latch String CALHOUN STREET SOUPS, SALADS & SPIRITS Every Thursday Music/Variety • 1915 S. Calhoun St., Fort Wayne • 260-456-7005 $1.75 Domestic Longnecks Burgers • Bands • Bourbon every MON., thurs. & sat. • 10:30-2:30 Ex p e c t : Great atmosphere, DJ Friday night, live shows, weekly drink specials, private outdoor patio seating. Daily specials, full menu of Open Mic Night american idol karaoke Tuesdays - Live Music FRIDAY, february 12 • 10-2 sandwiches, soups, salads, weekend dinner specials and appetizers. Hosted by Shelly Dixon & Jeff McRae Ge t t i n g Th e r e : Corner of South Calhoun Street and Masterson; Every Monday • 6-9pm o u r s Wednesdays - Open Jam PHIL’S FAMILY LIZARD ample parking on street and lot behind building. H : 11 a.m.-11 every sunDAY • 9-1 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.; 11 a.m.-midnight or later Fri.-Sat.; closed Sun. Thursdays - Karaoke Fort Wayne Funk Orchestra yesterday’s headtrip Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t : MC, Visa, Disc, Amex Saturday, Feb. 13 • 10pm every tuesday ChAMPIONS SPORTS BAR Saturday, Feb 13 $2.75 Imports • $1.00 Tacos Sports Bar • 1150 S. Harrison St., Fort Wayne • 260-467-1638 Battle of the Bands every WEDNESDAY • 9pm The Hambricks fort wayne Ex p e c t : High-action sports watching experience featuring 30 HD TVs, Begins Friday, Feb. 26 @ 9pm state-of-the-art sound systems and booths with private flat screen TVs. East State, next to Rib Room. Contact [email protected] to enter comedy connection & 59¢ wings Great drink specials. Varied menu to suit any palate. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : 4910 N. Clinton Street Corner of Jefferson Blvd. and S. Harrison St., inside Courtyard by www.nickswinebar.com Fort Wayne • 209.2117 3221 N. Clinton • Fort Wayne • 260-483-5526 Marriott. Ho u r s : 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Sun.-Thurs., 11 a.m.-12 a.m. Fri.-Sat. Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t : MC, Visa, Amex, Disc, ATM Checkerz Bar & Grill ------Calendar • Live Music & Comedy------Pub/Tavern • 1706 W. Till Rd., Fort Wayne • 260-489-0286 Nicks_Feb10-dueJa m e s a nFeb5.indd d t h e D 1r i f t e r s , O2/4/16l d S 1:26e a PMMu s i q So u l c h i l d w/Ke k e Wy a t t , Big Am e r i c a n Id o l Ka r a ok e w/Sco t t — Br i g a d e — Americana at Brass Rail, Ke s s — R&B at Embassy Theatre, Karaoke at Latch String, Fort Wayne, Ex p e c t : Free WIFI, all sports networks on 10 TVs. Live rock Fort Wayne, 9 p.m., $5, 267-5303 Fort Wayne, 8 p.m., $43-$103, 424- 10:30 p.m., no cover, 483-5526 Thursday thru Saturday. Kitchen open daily with full menu and the Jo e Ma r l o t t i w/Au s t i n An d e r s o n — 5665 Ba ck Wa t e r — Country rock at Susie’s best wings in town. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : On the corner of Lima and Till Comedy at Snickerz Comedy Bar, Ph i l’s Fa m i l y Li z a r d — Variety at Latch Sandbar, Warsaw, 9:30 p.m., no roads. Ho u r s : 3 p.m.-2 a.m. Mon.-Wed., 11 a.m.-3 a.m. Thurs.-Fri., 12 Fort Wayne, 7:30 & 9:45 p.m., $9.50, String Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne, 10 cover, 574-269-5355 noon-3 a.m. Sat., 12 noon-2 a.m. Sun. Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t : 486-0216 p.m.-2 a.m., no cover, 483-5526 Boo m s w a n g — Rock/variety at Checkerz Jo e St a b e l l i — Jazz at Don Hall’s Gas Ra y Ha r r i s — at Venice Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne, 9:30 p.m.- MC, Visa, ATM available House, Fort Wayne, 5:45-9 p.m., no Restaurant, Fort Wayne, 6:30-9:30 1:30 a.m., no cover, 489-0286 Columbia Street WesT cover, 426-3411 p.m., no cover, 482-1618 Ch r i s Wo r t h — Variety at 4D’s Bar & Jo h n Cu r r a n & Re n e g a d e — Country at To d d Ha r r o l d Ba n d — R&B/blues at Grill, Fort Wayne, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., no Rock • 135 W. Columbia St., Fort Wayne • 260-422-5055 The Venue, Angola, 10 p.m.-2 a.m., Club Soda, Fort Wayne, 9 p.m.-12 cover, 490-6488 Ex p e c t : The Fort’s No. 1 rock club. Live bands every Saturday. cover, 665-3922 a.m., no cover, 426-3442 Da v y Kn o w l e s — Blues at C2G Music DJ Night every Friday w/ladies in free. Also visit Bourbon Street Jo n Du r n e l l — Variety at Beamer’s Hall, Fort Wayne, 8 p.m., $15-$30, Hideaway, our New Orleans-style restaurant, in the lower level of Sports Grill, Fort Wayne, 8 p.m.-12 Saturday, February 13 426-6434 C-Street; open at 5 p.m. Thursday-Saturday (260-422-7500). Large a.m., no cover, 625-1002 De r e k Re e v e s & Al i c i a Py l e — Th e Ki ckb a ck s — Rock at O’Sullivan’s Classical at Castle Gallery Artist menu featuring salads, sandwiches, pizzas, grinders, Southwestern and Aco u s t i c Co m po n e n t — Variety at Italian Irish Pub, Fort Wayne, 10 American Legion Post 98, Columbia Reception, Fort Wayne, 6-10 p.m., daily specials. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : Downtown on The Landing. Ho u r s : p.m.-1 a.m., no cover, 422-5896 City, 7:30-10:30 p.m., no cover, 244- free, 426-6568 Open 4 p.m.-3 a.m. Mon.-Sat. Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t : MC, Visa, 5821 DJ Ri c h — Rock at Columbia Street Disc, Amex West, Fort Wayne, 10 p.m., $5, 422-5055 DEER PARK PUB Eclectic • 1530 Leesburg Rd., Fort Wayne • 260-432-8966 Ex p e c t : Home to Dancioke, 12 craft beer lines, 75 domestic and imported beers, assorted wines, St. Pat’s Parade, keg toss, Irish snug and USF students. Friday/Saturday live music, holiday specials. Outdoor beer garden. www.deerparkpub.com. Wi-Fi hotspot. Finger food, tacos every Tuesday. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : Corner of Leesburg and ON THE Spring, across from UFS. Ho u r s : 2 p.m.-1 a.m. Mon.-Thurs., noon-2 LANDING! a.m. Fri.-Sat., 1-10 p.m. Sun. Al c o h o l : Beer & Wine; Pm t : MC, Visa, Disc WEDNESDAYS DUPONT BAR & grill $100 domestic Sports Bar • 10336 Leo Rd., Fort Wayne • 260-483-1311 Ex p e c t : Great daily drink specials, 3 pool tables, NFL Ticket, 16’x10’ LONGNECKS Megatron, three 6’x4’ Minitrons, 12 flat screen TVs, Shut Up and Sing Karaoke w/Mike Campbell every Wednesday at 8 p.m.; live & KARAOKE W/JOSH music every Friday & Saturday. $6.99 daily lunch specials; 50¢ wings thursdaYS Wednesdays; Fishy Fridays w/$10 Fish Bowls & $6.99 Fish Tacos. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : North of Fort Wayne at Leo Crossing (Dupont & Clinton). Ho u r s : 11 a.m.-3 a.m. Mon.-Sat.; 11 a.m.-12 midnight Sun. OPEN MIC Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t : MC, Visa, Amex HAMILTON HOUSE w/JON SWAIN Neighborhood Bar • 3950 E. Bellefontaine, Hamilton • 260-488-3344 (ELEPHANTS IN MUD) $ 00 Ex p e c t : Great atmosphere with a beautiful view of lake; 20 beers 1 domestic on tap, 6 large HDTVs, NFL Package (Sunday games), internet juke, Golden Tee, pool table, karaoke every Saturday (9 p.m.); lunch and LONGNECKS dinner specials, jumbo wing special every Thursday (50¢ eat-in only). Ge t t i n g Th e r e : Corner of roads 1 and 427. Ho u r s : 11 a.m.-1 a.m. Friday & saturday Mon.-Wed.; 11 a.m.-3 a.m. Thurs.-Sat.; 12 noon-12 midnight Sun. Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t : MC, Visa FEB. 12 & 13 • 10pm LATCH STRING BAR & GRILL Pubs & Taverns • 3221 N. Clinton St., Fort Wayne • 260-483-5526 dance Ex p e c t : Fun, friendly, rustic atmosphere. Daily drink specials. Mondays, $2.75 imports; Tuesdays, $2.50 import bottles & $1 tacos; party Wednesdays, $2 wells and 59¢ bone-in wings; Sundays, $2.50 bloody Marys. 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10------www.whatzup.com------February 11, 2016 The Coen Brothers Go Inside Showbiz Of all the many, many, many movies Technicolor. spoofed and adored in Hail, Caesar!, the Song and dance in the style of classic Coen brothers latest contraption of a film, I Flix Hollywood is peppered throughout. am not sure I have a favorite. They fly fast The most ambitious sequence features and furious in this very funny movie about CATHERINE LEE Channing Tatum and some gentlemen in moviemaking. I do know that I spent almost sailor suits really going to town. Tatum is the whole movie laughing. Moran, a sharp tonged, gum-chewing Scar- wonderful. The camera pays special atten- I do know that George Clooney spends lett Johansson, with a little problem, the next tion to the gents backsides. Everybody is the whole film in big lace-up sandals and a he’s giving a pep talk to director Laurence fully clothed, but the scene has a tongue-in- cute little Roman soldier uniform that makes Laurentz, a world weary Ralph Fiennes. cheek raunchiness. him look pretty silly. Clooney plays Baird Hail, Caesar! revels in the world of the While all this is happening, Mannix is Whitlock, a movie star in the midst of shoot- dream factory. Anything is possible. A sing- being courted by Lockheed to come join ing, Hail, Caesar!, a big Ben-Hur-like epic. ing cowboy Hobie Doyle (a delightful Alden the company, work fewer hours, make more Baird is kidnapped, but that barely slows Ehrenrich) can be transformed by putting money and help our side of the Cold War. Saturday, Feb. 13 • 8pm • $15-$30 studio executive Eddie Mannix who always on a tuxedo. Hobie can barely say Laurence But his heart is in the movie industry. You has someplace important to be. Josh Brolin Laurentz’ name correctly, but he can learn to never really doubt Mannix will leave the plays Mannix with purpose and panache. try on a new accent in a toe-to-toe with Lau- world of movies for military hardware, but DAVY He’s constantly looking at his watch and rentz. Or he can stand on his head on a horse. Brolin plays with such a mix of bravado and looking sharp in nice suits. He’s a religious Or he’ll go on a date with a young starlet at sincerity that it is fun to watch him struggle fellow, going to confession so often even his the studio’s behest. “Is it hard to dance with with the decision. KNOWLES priest tells him he should cut back. Mannix all the fruit piled on your head?” he asks. Baird has been kidnapped by a group of with THE UNION PROJECT was a real person, a loyal lieutenant of Louis Frances McDormand makes a quick but Communists who call themselves “the Fu- B. Mayer. memorable appearance as a veteran film edi- ture.” They are disgruntled writers who want The studio in Hail, Caesar! is Capitol tor. Jonah Hill makes a brief cameo as a stu- $100,000 to even the playing field. They ar- Pictures, the name of the studio in the Coen dio fixer. gue philosophy, art and dialectics with Cloo- brothers’ Barton Fink. This new movie is Close on Mannix’s heels and doing ney in his cute little soldier costume. much more fun and sillier and doesn’t go up battle are twin gossip columnists, Thora and All of the talk gets Baird a little com- in flames at the end. Thessaly Thacker. Tilda Swinton plays both fused and wondering why he is making Hail, The time is the early 1950s, and the ladies, and their wardrobe is spectacular. Caesar! Mannix will have none of it and place is Hollywood. The cast of characters Every bit of production design is a de- gives him a rousing lecture on getting back is extensive, and Mannix moves from crisis light. The Coens wrote, directed and pro- on set and doing what he was born to do. to meeting wheeling and dealing. Cruising duced and also edited under their pseudonym Hail, Caesar! is the Coen brothers doing around the studio, he check in on sets and Roderick Jaynes. Frequent collaborator what they were born to do, and its is a lot of makes problems go away. So one minute cinematographer Roger Deakins gives the laughs. Saturday, March 5 • 8pm • $15-$30 he’s helping aquatic movie star DeeAnna picture super rich color in the style of 50s [email protected] ------COCO The Panda Appears to be Unstoppable MONTOYA Tops at the Box: Well yay. Kung Fu casting selections: Teresa Palmer, Alexandra Panda 3 once again took the No. 1 spot at Daddario and my guy Tom Wilkinson. the U.S. box office last weekend, selling an- ScreenTime New This Week: Three major films other $21 million, bringing the film’s 10-day aimed at three different audiences will hit U.S. total to $69 million and just under $200 GREG W. LOCKE screens everywhere this weekend, starting million worldwide. Oh boy. I guess I just with rom-com How to Be Single. The film, don’t have anything more to say about this seven-week domestic sales total to just un- which stars Alison Brie, Dakota Johnson, one, guys. der $150 million. So far the film has sold Leslie Mann, Rebel Wilson, Damon Wayans, Also at the Box: The Coen Brothers’ well over $300 million worldwide. Say what Jr. and ScreenTime favorite Jason Mantzou- latest, Hail, Caesar!, took the No. 2 spot at you will about the movie, but when you con- kas, looks to be aiming for the Bridesmaids/ Saturday, April 9 • 8pm • $20-$100 the box, selling a solid enough $11.4 million sider the people involved, the huge ticket The Hangover crowd. And I think they’re over its first three days of release. I don’t ex- sales, all the press and cultural phenomena probably going to get it with this one, even pect this one to make True Grit dollars ($171 and, of course, all of the awards and Oscar if Seth Rogen doesn’t appear to be involved. IU’S ANOTHER million) or even Burn After Reading bucks nominations, it’s hard to call this one any- Next up is Zoolander 2, a sequel to Ben Still- ($60 million), but it should make back it’s thing but a new classic. As a longtime fanatic er’s much loved Zoolander, which has in re- ROUND $22 million budget pretty easily. I could see for Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s work, this cent years even become something of a cult the film doing a solid $80 million worldwide. is all good with me. I hope his movies keep film. Looks pretty funny, I guess. And finally Thursday, May 5 • 8pm • $49.50-$55 Is this movie good? I hear that if you’re a selling well and winning awards and making we have Deadpool, a flick I think is going to film nerd, yes, it’s sort of great. I’m trying people talk. be a surprise megahit in the same way Kick- not to read too much about it before I see the Taking the No. 4 spot at last weekend’s Ass was a few years ago. Directed by Tim ROBIN TROWER movie, but it seems very period piece-y, very box office was some flick called Star Wars: Miller, Deadpool stars Ryan Reynolds in the well designed, zany, star-studded,and fun. The Force Awakens which sold another $6.9 title role; supporting Reynolds is largely a GO TO OUR WEBSITE Sounds like the Coens perhaps took note of million, bringing the record-breaker’s so- cast of unknowns, though both Morena Bac- how much love The Grand Budapest Hotel far worldwide total to just over $2 billion in carin and Gina Carano get screen time. The FOR TICKET INFO & MORE saw from the Oscars? Or maybe they just felt sales and making it the third highest gross- trailer is a knockout. and the source material ALL SHOWS ALL AGES the need to go zany again, as they do every ing film of all-time. is obviously very promising. Looks like af- seven years or so. Rounding out last weekend’s Top 5 was ter about 20 years of trying incredibly hard, Taking the No. 3 spot was The Revenant, romance film The Choice, which looks to be Reynolds is finally going to become a huge the big, bloody art film that could. Still con- another in a long line of films chasing after movie star. In some weird way I think he sidered to be a contender for the Best Picture the magic that is/was The Notebook. While should be thanking Chris Pratt. award at this years Oscars, the film brought the film itself doesn’t look like anything spe- in another $7.1 million, upping the flick’s cial to me, I am impressed by some of the [email protected] February 11, 2016------www.whatzup.com------11 ------Calendar • On the Road------Phish heads can now rest assured that they 38 Special Apr. 8 T. Furth Center, Angola will have something to do again this sum- The 9th Street Stompers Feb. 17 CS3 Fort Wayne mer, as their favorite band has announced a Road Notez AC/DC Feb. 17 United Center Chicago 15-city summer tour. It seems like everyone AC/DC Mar. 26 Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland wants to play Wrigley Field in Chicago these CHRIS HUPE Albert Cummings ($20) Mar. 1 The Ark Ann Arbor days, and this band is no different, booking Albert Lee ($25) Feb. 15 The Ark Ann Arbor June 24 and June 25 at the famous Windy City ballpark. The band then takes a short bus All-Star Comedy Jam feat. Damon Williams, Nikki Carr, Redbone, Hot Sauce, ride south to Noblesville for a show June 26, their only other area appearance. Tickets go Jesnaira Baez & Gary Menke Apr. 9 Embassy Theatre Fort Wayne on sale February 25. The Amazing Kreskin Mar. 19 Wagon Wheel Theatre Warsaw Anderson East Feb. 19 Hi-Fi Indianapolis Tedeschi Trucks Band have a new album out giving them an excuse to tour, one of the B.J. Thomas Feb. 27 Niswonger Performing Arts Center Van Wert, Ohio things they seem to love the most. The album, Let Me Get By, is receiving high praise and Bag Raiders w/Plastic Plates ($15) Mar. 17 Magic Bag Ferndale, MI I’m sure you’ll hear plenty of songs from that album when they are played in Cleveland Beach House Feb. 29 House of Blues Cleveland July 29, Cincinnati July 30 and Detroit July 31. Get there early, as Los Lobos and North Beach House Mar. 1 Vic Theatre Chicago Mississippi Allstars are opening the shows. Beki Brindle Band ($12-$15) Apr. 14 Honeywell Center Wabash Bill Engvall Feb. 11 Wagon Wheel Theatre Warsaw One of these times they might get it right. The Barenaked Ladies announced this year’s Feb. 19 Palace of Auburn Hills Auburn Hills, MI version of their annual Last Summer on Earth Tour last week. The band is releasing BNL Blake Shelton w/Chris Janson Feb. 20 Palace of Auburn Hills Auburn Hills, MI Rocks Red Rocks May 20 and will likely play most of the songs from that album during blessthefall Mar. 2 Saint Andrews Hall Detroit this summer’s shows as well. The trek is scheduled to wind its way to Cleveland June 9, Bobby Rush & Joe Louis Walker w/Wayne Baker Brooks, Shawn Holt and the Teardrops Feb. 12 Kalamazoo State Theatre Kalamazoo Detroit June 10 and Chicago June 11 before swinging back around to our area with a July Bonnie “Prince” Billy Feb. 18 Vic Theatre Chicago 6 show in Cincinnati and a July 8 show at White River State Park in Indy. Howard Jones Bonnie Raitt Mar. 16 Detroit Opera House Detroit and OMD open the shows. Bonnie Raitt Mar. 22 Chicago Theatre Chicago Brandon McSwain Band w/DJ Trend Feb. 12 Bar 145 Fort Wayne While we’re thinking about bands that were popular in the 90s, we might as well mention Brian McKnight Mar. 11 Soundboard Detroit Detroit the upcoming Smashing Pumpkins acoustic-electro tour with Liz Phair in tow. Pump- Brit Floyd Mar. 18 Chicago Theatre Chicago kins frontman Billy Corgan has kept the band alive over the years with several lineup Bruce in the USA ($15) Mar. 12 Magic Bag Ferndale, MI changes behind him. This year’s version of the band features Corgan along with original Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Feb. 23 Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland member Jimmy Chamberlin on drums and Jeff Schroeder on guitar. The “acoustic-elec- Buckwheat Zydeco ($20) Feb. 18 The Ark Ann Arbor tro” tour was established to bring the Pumpkins big sound to more intimate venues like California Guitar Trio ($25) Mar. 13 The Ark Ann Arbor The Fillmore in Detroit on April 1 and the Palace Theatre in Columbus, Ohio the follow- Cannibal Corpse Feb. 21 Saint Andrews Hall Detroit ing night. Of course, no Pumpkins tour is complete without a hometown Chicago gig. That Carley Rae Jepsen Mar. 12 Metro Chicago show takes place April 14 at the Civic Opera House. Celtic Woman Mar. 18 Embassy Theatre Fort Wayne Celtic Woman ($45-$110) Mar. 19 Honeywell Center Wabash Three months after cutting ties with singer Chester Bennington and just a little over two Charlie Puth Mar. 22 Park West Chicago months after original singer Scott Weiland died, Stone Temple Pilots are looking for a Christine Lavin, Don White ($25) Feb. 12 The Ark Ann Arbor new frontman, and it could be you. The band has opened up the search to anyone who can Chuck Prophet Mar. 24 B-Side, One Lucky Guitar Fort Wayne submit an audition video via their website. In a statement that accompanied the audition Chvrches (sold out) Mar. 13 Riviera Theatre Chicago announcement, the band says, “If you think you have what it takes to front this band, Chvrches (sold out) Mar. 14 Riviera Theatre Chicago record with this band, and tour with this band, we would dig hearing from you. No one Coco Montoya Mar. 5 C2G Music Hall Fort Wayne will ever ‘replace’ Scott, that was never the intent. The intent is for Stone Temple Pilots to Coheed and Cambria w/Glassjaw Feb. 26 Aragon Ballroom Chicago continue on, to evolve, and to do what we do … make music! We look forward to seeing Colt Ford Mar. 12 Rusty Spur Saloon I Fort Wayne you.” Check it out on their website if you’re interested. Corktown Popes w/The Brunswick Brawlers, Ryan Dillaha & the Miracle Men ($10) Mar. 19 Magic Bag Ferndale, MI The Cult Mar. 25 House of Blues Chicago [email protected] Dan Navarro Feb. 13 Schubas Tavern Chicago Dark Star Orchestra Feb. 26 Taft Theatre Cincinnati Home Free Feb. 14 Kalamazoo State Theatre Kalamazoo Dark Star Orchestra Feb. 27 Egyptian Room Indianapolis Hoodie Allen w/SuperDuperKyle, Black Bear Feb. 27 Riviera Theatre Chicago Dark Star Orchestra Feb. 28 LC Pavilion Columbus, OH Hoodie Allen Mar. 16 House of Blues Cleveland Dark Star Orchestra Mar. 1 House of Blues Cleveland Howie Day ($20) Feb. 29 The Ark Ann Arbor Dark Star Orchestra Mar. 3 Vic Theatre Chicago II Volo Feb. 27 Fox Theatre Detroit Dark Star Orchestra Mar. 4 Vic Theatre Chicago Il Volo Feb. 24 State Theatre Cleveland Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin w/The Guilty Ones ($25) Mar. 9 The Ark Ann Arbor Il Volo Feb. 26 Chicago Theatre Chicago David Cook w/Tony Lucca ($20) Mar. 13 Magic Bag Ferndale, MI Impractical Jokers “Where’s Larry” Tour starring the Tenderloins Mar. 19 Embassy Theatre Fort Wayne David Cross (sold out) Mar. 16 Vic Theatre Chicago Infamous Stringdusters feat. Nicki Bluhm w/Lindsay Lou & the Flatbellys ($20) Mar. 10 Magic Bag Ferndale, MI David Cross Mar. 17 Park West Chicago Jack & Jack w/Daya Feb. 21 House of Blues Cleveland Davy Knowles Feb. 13 C2G Music Hall Fort Wayne Jason Isbell Feb. 19 Murat Theatre Indianapolis Desevren, Chased by Captives, Sins by Seven, Karkosa Feb. 12 CS3 Fort Wayne Jason Isbell w/Shovels & Rope Feb. 20 Chicago Theatre Chicago Dirty Deeds ($20) Mar. 5 Key Palace Theatre Redkey Jason Isbell w/Shovels and Rope ($27.50-$55) Mar. 1 Royal Oak Music Theatre Dirty Dozen Brass Band ($22) Feb. 11 Magic Bag Ferndale, MI Jay Leno Mar. 3 Embassy Theatre Fort Wayne Dr. Dog Mar. 11 Saint Andrews Hall Detroit Jennifer Nettles w/Lindsay Ell, Tara Thompson Mar. 17 Embassy Theatre Fort Wayne Dr. Dog Mar. 12 Riviera Theatre Chicago Jethro Tull Apr. 7 Embassy Theatre Fort Wayne Dr. Dog Mar. 13 Vogue Indianapolis Jim Norton Feb. 11 Vic Theatre Chicago Dropkick Murphys Feb. 18 House of Blues Cleveland Jim Norton Mar. 11 Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park, OH Dropkick Murphys Feb. 19 Aragon Ballroom Chicago Joe Malotti w/Austin Anderson Feb. 13 Snickerz Comedy Bar Fort Wayne Elton John Mar. 23 Van Andel Arena Detroit Joe Marlotti w/Austin Anderson Feb. 12 Snickerz Comedy Bar Fort Wayne Excision w/Bear Grillz, Figure Mar. 15 House of Blues Cleveland Johnny Pemberton w/Josh Fadem Mar. 11 Metro Chicago Experience Hendrix feat. Buddy Guy, Zakk Wylde, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Jonny Lang, Josh Ritter Feb. 29 Taft Theatre Cincinnati Dweezil Zappa, Eric Johnson & more Mar. 11 Fox Theatre Detroit Josh Wilson, Jason Gray, JJ Heller Mar. 12 County Line Church of God Auburn Experience Hendrix Mar. 12 Chicago Theatre Chicago Kacey Musgraves Feb. 25 Kalamazoo State Theatre Kalamazoo Experience Hendrix Mar. 13 Taft Theatre Cincinnati Kaleo Mar. 2 Bottom Lounge Chicago Experience Hendrix Mar. 15 Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park, OH Kathy Mattea ($35) Mar. 19 The Ark Ann Arbor The Fab Four Feb. 12 Star Plaza Theatre Merrillville Kirk Franklin Mar. 25 Detroit Fox Theatre Detroit For King & Country w/Matthew West, RED, Crowder, Trip Lee, KB and more Feb. 18 Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Fort Wayne Kirk Franklin w/Lafayette Carthon, Faith Mar. 27 House of Blues Cleveland Future Feb. 18 Aragon Ballroom Chicago Lake Street Dive Mar. 11 Vic Theatre Chicago Future w/Ty Dolla $ign Feb. 19 Fox Theatre Detroit Lake Street Dive Mar. 12 Vic Theatre Chicago G. Love & Special Sauce Feb. 25 House of Blues Chicago Lake Street Dive Mar. 14 House of Blues Cleveland Gaelic Storm Mar. 11 House of Blues Chicago Lake Street Dive ($25) Mar. 16 Royal Oak Music Theatre Royal Oak, MI Gaelic Storm Mar. 12 House of Blues Chicago Led Zeppelin 2 Feb. 19 House of Blues Cleveland Gaelic Storm Mar. 16 Saint Andrews Hall Detroit Lee DeWyze & Wakey Wakey w/Leslie DiNicola ($15) Feb. 19 Magic Bag Ferndale, MI Go!Zilla w, The Roaring 420s, The Snarks Mar. 2 CS3 Fort Wayne Leftover Salmon w/Dumpstafunk, Bonerama Feb. 26 Vic Theatre Chicago Heart May 13 Foellinger Theatre Fort Wayne Leftover Salmon w/The Travelin’ McCoureys, Love Canon Feb. 27 Vic Theatre Chicago Henry Rollins Feb. 13 Thalia Hall Chicago Leon Bridges Mar. 11 Chicago Theatre Chicago Here Come the Mummies Feb. 26 The Intersection Grand Rapids Lil’ Wayne w/Rae Sremmurd Feb. 18 Van Andel Arena Detroit Here Come the Mummies Mar. 25 Bluebird Nightclub Bloomington, IN Lil’ Wayne Feb. 26 Nutter Center Cincinnati Hippie Sabotage ($16) Mar. 15 Magic Bag Ferndale, MI Lizzo Feb. 18 Subterranean Chicago 12------www.whatzup.com------February 11, 2016 ------Calendar • On the Road------Lupe Fiasco Feb. 12 House of Blues Cleveland Mariana’s Trench Feb. 12 Fillmore Detroit Detroit Mariana’s Trench Feb. 14 Orbit Room Detroit Megadeath Mar. 13 Aragon Ballroom Chicago Melanie Martinez Mar. 17 Vic Theatre Chicago Metric Mar. 5 Egyptian Room Indianapolis Mike Milligan & Steam Shovel ($15) Mar. 19 Key Palace Theatre Redkey Mike Stud Feb. 18 House of Blues Chicago Mississippi Heat ($15) Mar. 12 Key Palace Theatre Redkey Musiq Soulchild w/Keke Wyatt, Big Kess Feb. 12 Embassy Theatre Fort Wayne Musiq Soulchild w/Keke Wyatt Feb. 13 Kalamazoo State Theatre Kalamazoo Mustard’s Retreat ($20) Feb. 26 The Ark Ann Arbor Natalie Grant Mar. 20 Niswonger Performing Arts Center Van Wert, Ohio Nathan Timmel w/Kendra Corrie Feb. 26 Snickerz Comedy Bar Fort Wayne Nathan Timmel w/Kendra Corrie Feb. 27 Snickerz Comedy Bar Fort Wayne Naughty By Nature Feb. 20 House of Blues Chicago Neck Deep w/State Champs, Knuckle Puck, Like Pacific Feb. 13 Saint Andrews Hall Detroit FRIDAY, FEB. 26 Nick Kroll and John Mulaney Mar. 18-24 Athenaeum Theatre Chicago Nick Moss ($20) Mar. 24 Ignition Music Garage Goshen Panama w/The Beggars ($15) Feb. 13 Magic Bag Ferndale, MI KENNY TAYLOR Parquet Courts Feb. 16 Thalia Hall Chicago Pat McGann ($12-$15) Feb. 18 Honeywell Center Wabash ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS Patty Larkin ($20) Mar. 24 The Ark Ann Arbor Paul Thorn Band w/The Brothers Landreth ($25) Mar. 10 The Ark Ann Arbor Pete Yorn Mar. 24 Park West Chicago STREETLAMPS FOR SPOTLIGHT The Piano Guys Mar. 12 State Theatre Cleveland The Piano Guys Mar. 14 Fox Theatre Detroit ALEX CHILTON & BIG STAR R5 w/Ryland Mar. 10 Chicago Theatre Chicago Ragbirds w/Appleseed Collective ($15) Mar. 25 Magic Bag Ferndale, MI BIG CADDY DADDY Rayland Baxter Feb. 12 Schubas Tavern Chicago Rayland Baxter Feb. 28 B-Side, One Lucky Guitar Fort Wayne Red Priest Feb. 26 Arts Place Portland, IN AC/DC Rihanna Mar. 19 U.S. Bank Arena Cincinnati Rockin’ Johnny Band ($12-$15) Mar. 3 Honeywell Center Wabash B45’S Rodney Carrington May 7 Embassy Theatre Fort Wayne Ron White Feb. 25 Honeywell Center Wabash Sea Mountains w/Vanessa Silberman, Shade Feb. 19 CS3 Fort Wayne TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS Shawn Colvin ($40-$65) Feb. 16 The Ark Ann Arbor Sid Davis w/Spencer Dobson Feb. 19 Snickerz Comedy Bar Fort Wayne LAST CALL Sid Davis w/Spencer Dobson Feb. 20 Snickerz Comedy Bar Fort Wayne Silento w/iLoveMemphis feat. iHeart, Dlow, We are Toonz, 99 Percent Mar. 19 Aragon Ballroom Chicago Sir Charles Jones, Bobby Rush, TK Soul, Theodis Ealey, Bigg Robb, Shirley Brown Mar. 19 Fox Theatre Detroit MAZE FEATURING FRANKIE BEVERLY Sixteen Candles Feb. 13 House of Blues Chicago Slayer w/Testament, Carcass Feb. 19 Riviera Theatre Chicago Smiley Tillmon Band ($12-$15) Mar. 17 Honeywell Center Wabash Southside Johnny & the Asbury 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embass_2426_DTL_Print_Ads_4.5x8.5_Bands.indd 1 1/14/16 11:40 AM ------Calendar • Stage & Dance------Calendar • Art & Artifacts------Now Playing Yo u n g Fr a n k e n s t e i n — Fort Wayne SPECIAL EVENTS Current Exhibits Va l e n t i n e ’s In v i t a t i o n a l — Works Civic Theatre’s production of the La Fi l l e Ma l Ga r d e e — Happily from local, regional and national Ci r q u e D’Or — World renowned acro- Mel Brooks musical based on the Everafter party following matinee 7t h An n u a l Po s t c a r d Ar t Sh o w /Sa l e artists, Tuesday-Saturday and by batics, contortionists, aerial artists, 1974 film, 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. performance, 2:30 p.m. Friday- Fu n d r a i s e r — Artist created post- appointment thru Feb. 27, (artist jugglers and entertainers perform 13; 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 14; 8 p.m. Saturday, March 18-19, Arts United cards in various mediums on exhibit reception, 6-10 p.m. Saturday, live on stage, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday- Friday-Saturday, Feb. 19-20; 8 Center, Fort Wayne, 422-4226 and for sale, Tuesday-Sunday thru Feb. 13) Castle Gallery Fine Art, Wednesday, Feb. 16-17, Embassy p.m. Friday-Saturday, Feb. 26-27 March 2, Artlink Contemporary Art Fort Wayne, 426-6568 Theatre, Fort Wayne, $23-$58 thru and 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28, Arts Gallery, Fort Wayne, 424-7195 Wr i g h t Br o t h e r s Ph o t o g r ap h s b y Ticketmaster and Embassy box United Center, Fort Wayne, $29, Upcoming Productions An n Jo h n s o n & Wi l l i a m St e ff e n — Wi l l i a m Pr e s t o n Ma y f i e l d — office, 424-5665 424-5220 Paintings, paper mache and wood- Collection of works from Orville and Ha r r y Po t t e r a n d t h e Ob n o x i o u s Vo i c e FEBRUARY 2016 working, Sunday-Friday thru Feb. Wilbur Wright’s personal photogra- — Boy Scout Troop #460 dinner Tu r t l e So u p — Local writer/actor 21, First Presbyterian Art Gallery, pher, Tuesday-Sunday thru Feb. theater and silent auction comedy Asides Michael Wilhelm’s comedic play First Presbyterian Church, Fort 21, , parody, 7-9:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. based on the story of “Oscar”, the Wayne, 426-7421 $5-$7 (members, free), 422-6467 AUDITIONS 13, Covenant United Methodist famous turtle of Churubusco; pre- Co n f l i c t : Ja r e d App l e g a t e , Er i c n e l e w o v e r t h e u c k o o s e s t Church, Fort Wayne, $25 single, O F C ’ N sented by all for One productions, Ca r l s o n , a n d Ju s t i n Jo h n s o n — $40 couple, $7 17 and under, sum- (Ap r i l 21-Ma y 7) — Casting for 13 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Feb. New works on conflict relating to Artifacts mer camp fundraiser, 490-9636 men and 4 women of all ages, gen- 19-20; 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. contemporary society, daily thru SPECIAL EVENTS Lo v e Da n c e — Fort Wayne Ballet VIP der blind casting possible, 7 p.m. 21; 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Apr. 3, Lupke Gallery, University seating includes champagne, roses, Sunday, Feb. 14, First Presbyterian Feb. 26-27 and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, 399- Lu r e o f Me x i c o Sy m p o s i u m — Feat. Dr. chocolates; general seating includes Theater, Fort Wayne, 422-6329 Feb. 28, PPG Arts Lab, Arts United 7999 Gilberto Cardenas and Dr. Phoebe v e n u e p r i l a y hors d’oeuvre and cash bar, 7:30 A Q (A 29-M 7) — Seeking Center, Fort Wayne, $10-$18, 745- Th e Gr e a t Wa r : Fr o m Ra t i o n Li n e s t o Wolfskill, on topic of a cultural p.m. and 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. strong singers/actors. Prepare 4364 t h e Fr o n t Li n e s — Traveling exhibit exchange between American art- 13, Arts United Center, Fort Wayne, and memorize one verse of an up- Ro a d — A look at life in a depressed explores the roots of World War I, ists and the wonders of 1920s-40s $20-$50, 422-4226 tempo song or ballad that shows small Lancashire town under the Monday-Saturday thru Feb. 29, Mexico. Lunch and a guided tour of My Co l d -He a r t e d Va l e n t i n e – Se a s o n your range, 6 p.m. Sunday, Feb. government of Margaret Thatcher, History Center, Fort Wayne, 426- the Lure of Mexico exhibition, 10:30 2 — A 21-and-over murder mystery 21, Arts United Center, Fort Wayne, presented by IPFW Department of 2882 a.m.-2:00 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 422-8641, ext. 226. 20, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, featuring professionals from the Theatre, 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Jo h n C. Ke l t y — Watercolors, Fort Wayne-Allen County Health Wa g o n Wh e e l Th e a t r e — Open call for Feb. 19-20; 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. Tuesday-Sunday thru March 2, $20-$25, 422-6467 Dept., Fort Wayne Police and auditions for 2016 summer season, 21 and 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery, ARTr a g e o u s Ga l a a n d Au c t i o n — , 7-10 p.m. for professional actors/college stu- Feb. 25-27, Studio Theatre, Kettler Fort Wayne, 424-7195 Fundraiser featuring live and silent dents only, prepare one up-tempo auctions of art, jewelry, travel and Friday, Feb. 12, Science Central, Hall, IPFW, $5-$15 thru IPFW box Ju l i e Wa l l To l e s — Printmaking Fort Wayne, $20-$30/single ticket, and one ballad, 16 bars each, 10 office 481-6555 works, Tuesday-Sunday thru Feb. luxury packages, cuisine by Catablu $35-$40/couple, 424-2400 a.m.-1 p.m., Sunday, March 6, 42n d St r e e t — Tony award win- 26, Foellinger-Freimann Botanical and live music, 6 p.m. Friday, Wagon Wheel Theatre, Warsaw, ning musical based on the novel Conservatory, Fort Wayne, $3-$5 (2 March 4, Fort Wayne Museum of 574-267-8041 by Bradford Ropes, 7:30 p.m. and under, free), 427-6440 Art, $175-$225, 422-6467 Al i c e in Wo n d e r l a n d /Th e Ma g n i f i c e n t Wednesday, Feb. 24, Embassy Ka r e n Bo n d a r c h u k — Sculpture, CALL FOR ENTRY Pl a n (Ma y 14-15) — Audition Theatre, Fort Wayne, $33-$63 thru drawing to video and bookmaking Wo r k s in Pr o g r e s s Ni g h t — Share a workshop for Fairy Tale Festival Ticketmaster and Embassy box works, daily thru Feb. 21, John piece of work or bring in your latest performances, 4-7 p.m. Tuesday- office, 424-5665 P. Weatherhead Gallery, Mimi project to gather support. To enter Wednesday, April 12-13, Fort Pe t e r Pa n — A magical trip to and Ian Rolland Art and Visual a piece send email to mandiekolk- Wayne Youtheatre, Fort Wayne, Neverland presented by Fort Wayne Communication Center, University [email protected] with your name, 422-6900 Ballet, 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, 399- birthdate and a description of the CALL FOR ENTRIES Saturday, Feb. 27, Fort Wayne 7999 work, 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25, Co n c o r d i a Co m e d y Fe s t i va l — Ballet Studio A, Arts United Center, Lu r e o f Me x i c o — Exhibit explores the The Philmore on Broadway, Fort Students grade 6-12 may submit Fort Wayne, $10, 422-4226 attraction many artists felt to Mexico Wayne, free, 745-1000 comedy videos with finalists shown MARCH 2016 from the 1920s-1940s, Tuesday- Sunday thru April 17, Fort Wayne at Cinema Center and winners Wit — Margaret Edson’s Pulitzer Upcoming Exhibits announced at Cinema Center, Prize=winning play about an English Museum of Art, $5-$7 (members, March 18. Open to students in free), 422-6467 professor diagnosed with terminal FEBRUARY Allen, Adams, DeKalb, Huntington, cancer, 7:30 p.m. Thursday- Ma g n i f i c e n t Map s — National all-media Noble, Wells and Whitley counties. Saturday, March 3-5; 7:30 p.m. exhibit depicting real and fictitious Tim Pa r s l e y — Paintings and 3D Submissions must be 3 minutes Friday-Saturday, March 11-12; 2 maps, Tuesday-Sunday thru constructions, Sunday-Friday, or shorter, including credits, free p.m. Sunday, March 13; 7:30 p.m. March 2, Artlink Contemporary Art Feb. 26-April 10 (opening recep- Weekends of profanity and appropriate for all Friday-Saturday, March 18-19, Gallery, Fort Wayne, 424-7195 tion, 5:30-7 p.m. Friday, March 4), audiences. Due Feb. 12, fee $5. First Presbyterian Theater, Fort Ro l l , Dr o p , Bo u n c e – Th e Sc i e n c e o f First Presbyterian Art Gallery, First February 13-28 www.concordiacomedyfestival.com Wayne, $12-$20, 422-6329 Mo t i o n — A touring exhibit involv- Presbyterian Church, Fort Wayne, or 483-1102 ing hands-on kinetic experiences, 426-7421 Wednesday-Sunday thru May MARCH 29, Science Central, Fort Wayne, It’s ALIVE We’v e g o t t h e Bl u e s — 30 local and $7-$8, 424-2400 regional artists works in multiple and on stage... Sa n d r a Ha l l — Artisan jewelry, mediums showcasing the many Monday-Saturday thru Feb. 29, hues of blue, Monday-Saturday, The New Orchard Gallery of Fine Art, Fort March 2-March 31, (opening recep- Wayne, 436-0927 tion 12-5 p.m. Saturday, March 5) Mel Brooks Musical Sa y aka Ga n z — Impressionist style in Orchard Gallery of Fine Art, Fort sculptures and prints made of recy- Wayne, 436-0927 based on his hit film! cled material, Monday-Saturday Hi g h Sc h o o l Exhibition — Juried and Sunday by appointment thru student work from high schools Music & Lyrics by Feb. 26, Jennifer Ford Art, Fort through Indiana, Michigan, MEL BROOKS Wayne, 740-1309 Ohio and Illinois, daily, March Se n i o r Fi n e Ar t s Exhibition — Artworks 3-Apil 3 (opening reception 6-8 of eight Fine Arts graduates, daily p.m. Thursday, March3), John Book by MEL BROOKS thru Feb. 14, Visual Arts Gallery, P. Weatherhead Gallery, Mimi & THOMAS MEEHAN IPFW, Fort Wayne, 481-6705 and Ian Rolland Art and Visual Sh e i l a Fi n k — Oil paintings, Monday- Communication Center, University Saturday thru Feb. 29, Orchard of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, 399- Gallery of Fine Art, Fort Wayne, 7999 436-0927 IPFW Department of Theatre February 19-27, 2016 IPFW Box Office Sign Language Interpreted Sunday, Feb. 21 260-481-6555 Studio Theatre in Kettler Hall www.ipfw.edu/tickets Scullery, a rum-soaked wild boy in this British punk Admission: version of Our Town, takes the audience on a trip $5 IPFW Students/H.S. Students/ down a hilarious Road in a small Lancashire town. Children Under 18 Register For Contains very adult language and very adult All Others $16 and Under subject matter. Directed by Bev Redman IPFW is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access University. Classes Today! 260.424.6574 FWDC.ORG 14------www.whatzup.com------February 11, 2016 ------Calendar • Things To Do------Featured Events Gr a b i l l Br a n c h — Born to Read, Tu e s d a y , Fe b . 16 vs. Grand Rapids, 7 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays, Smart Start p.m. Fo r t Wa y n e Da n c e Wi n t e r Wo r k s h o p s Storytime 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays, HOCKEY Co l l e c t i v e — Workshops and class- 421-1325 Ko m e t s — Upcoming home games at es for movement, dance, yoga and He s s e n Ca s s e l Br a n c h — Stories, Memorial Coliseum, Fort Wayne more offered by Fort Wayne Dance songs and finger- plays for the Fr i d a y , Fe b . 19 vs. Toledo, 8 p.m. Collective, dates and times vary, whole family, 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Su n d a y , Fe b . 21 vs. Colorado, 5 Performances Fort Wayne Dance Collective, Fort 421-1330 p.m. Wayne, fees vary, 424-6574 Li t t l e Tu r t l e Br a n c h — Storytime at the for preschoolers, 10:30 a.m. IPFW Co m m u n i t y Ar t s Ac a d e m y — Art, Fo r t Wa y n e De r b y Gi r l s — Upcoming dance, music and theater classes Mondays and Tuesdays, 421-1335 home games at Memorial Coliseum, Auer ArtsLab for grades pre-K through 12 offered Ma i n Li b r a r y — Babies and Books, Fort Wayne by IPFW College of Visual and 10 a.m. Fridays; Family Story Sa t u r d a y , Fe b . 20 vs. Louisville, 6 300 E. Main St Performing Arts, fees vary, 481- Time, 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays; p.m. 6977, www.ipfw.edu/caa Storytime for preschoolers, day- SLED HOCKEY Sw e e t w a t e r Ac a d e m y o f Mu s i c — cares and other groups, 9:30 a.m. Bo b Ch a s e Fr o s t b i t e Sl e d Ho c k e y Private lessons for a variety of Wednesdays; Toddler Time, 10:30 CALL Cl a s s i c & Si l v e r St i c k Sl e d Ho c k e y instruments available from profes- & 11 a.m. Fridays; 421-1220 Championship — Youth and adult sional instructors, ongoing weekly Ne w Ha v e n Br a n c h — Babies and team competition, Saturday- 422-4226 lessons, Sweetwater Sound, Fort books for kids birth to age 2, 10:30 Sunday, Feb. 13-14 (opening cer- Wayne, call for pricing, 432-8176, a.m. Thursdays, 421-1345 emonies, 2:40 p.m. Saturday, Feb. for tickets academy.sweetwater.com Po n t i a c Br a n c h — Teen cafe 4 p.m. 13; semifinals 9:50 a.m. and 10:20 Tuesdays, Smart Start Storytime for a.m. Sunday, Feb. 14; champion- This Week preschoolers, 10:30 a.m. Fridays, ship match 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 14), Rated G 421-1350 Parkview/SportONE Icehouse, Fort Ca t s ‘n’ Co c o a — Bottomless hot Te c u m s e h Br a n c h — Smart Start Wayne, free, 387-6614 cocoa while exploring the sanctuary, Storytime for kids age 3-6, 10:30 proceeds help with winter sanctu- a.m. Tuesdays, YA Day for ary costs, 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. teens 3:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Dance This hilarious, but absolutely true, story is 13, Black Pine Animal Sanctuary, Wondertots reading for ages 1-3, Da n c e Pa r t y — Open dancing, 7:30-10 Albion, $7-$10, 636-7383 10:30 a.m. Thursdays, 421-1360 about the origin of Churubusco’s famed Sh a w n e e Br a n c h — Born to Read p.m. Friday, February 12, Dance USF He a l t h Fa i r — USF PTA students Tonight, Fort Wayne, $10, 437-6825 present resources and instruction for babies and toddlers, 10:30 Fo r t Wa y n e Da n c e s p o r t ’s Mo n t h l y “Turtle Days”. A warmhearted comedy on homeopathic remedies, yoga a.m. Thursdays, Smart Start Storytime for preschoolers, 11 a.m. Da n c e — General dancing, 8-11 related therapy, sensory integration p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, Walb LNKREJCPD=PPNQPDEOOPN=JCANPD=Jł?PEKJ disorder, massage therapy and Thursdays, 421-1355 Wa y n e d a l e Br a n c h — Smart Start Classic Ballroom, IPFW, Fort more; skin cancer screenings by Wayne, $5-$10, 494-3185 Dr. William Lentz, 12:30-3:30 p.m. Storytime, 10:30 a.m. Mondays Co n t r a Da n c e — Old time dance with Monday, Feb. 15, Doermer Family and Tuesdays, Born to Read live caller and live music from Spy Center for Health Sciences Main Storytime for babies and toddlers, ADULT, SENIOR, STUDENT & GROUP Run String Band, no partner neces- Hall, University of Saint Francis, 10:15 a.m. Tuesdays, 421-1365 sary, 8-11 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, Fort Wayne, free, 399-7700 Wo o d b u r n Br a n c h — Smart Start TICKET DISCOUNTS UNTIL 2/18. Storytime, 10:30 a.m. Fridays, Fort Wayne Dance Collective, Fort Wayne, $6-$9, 244-1905 Lectures, Discussions, 421-1370 Authors, Readings & Kid Stuff February www.allforOnefw.org Co u g a r Ch i l l — Polar plunge into Films Hi g h Sc h o o l Ma t h Co m p e t i t i o n — American Mathematics for students Mirror Lake in honor of burn sur- vivors, 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, Th e Sy r i a n Re f u g e e Crisis- Fa c t v s . in grades 8-12, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Mirror Lake, University of Saint Fiction — Discussions about the Feb. 17, Doermer Family Center Francis, Fort Wayne, free, 399-8050 current crisis and its historical con- for Health and Science, University text amid the flood of information of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, free, A Ni g h t o f Ma g i c — Magic show by and misinformation in the Media; 399-8050 the Fort Wayne Magic club includ- special discussion from Ed & Paula Sa t u r d a y Te c h Ca m p — Stop Motion ing card tricks, illusions, balloon Kassig, parents of an aid worker Animation and WeDo Jr Robotics animals and refreshments, 7 p.m. taken hostage and slain by ISIS, camps for ages 8 and up, 9 Thursday, Feb. 18, Byron Health 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, North a.m.-12 p.m. (animation) and 1-4 Center, Fort Wayne, free, 637-3166 Campus Auditorium, University of p.m. (robotics) Saturdays, Feb. ext. 271 Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, free, 20-March 19, Salvation Army, N. We a t h e r t h e Fo r t — Winter festival 399-8050 Clinton St., Fort Wayne, $120, featuring heated tents with live music, interactive art, fire per- Revitalizing Ou r Co m m u n i t y f o r t h e 376-0252 formances, ice sculptors, coffee Ne x t Ge n e r a t i o n — Cherise M. 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