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JAN. 25-31,2018 ------Feature • Fort Wayne Dance Collective------Constructive Movements By Michele DeVinney “Diavolo allows their dancers to cho- the cusp of its 40th anniversary celebration reograph and collaborate which is a great speaks to how Dance Collective wants local Gearing up to celebrate their 40th anni- opportunity,” she says. “Working with the audiences and artists to perceive both their versary next season, Fort Wayne Dance Col- props and using architecture to express our- past and their future. Kolkman felt Diavolo’s lective is warming up local audiences with selves puts restraints and obstacles in our unique approach to dance and performance their 39th guest artists, Diavolo, who take the path which challenges you to do something perfectly reflected what she wants to say stage at Arts United on February 3. The visit different. If you have a blank canvas in front about their plans for the future. of Diavolo from their home in Los Angeles of you, it’s easier to fall into the same hab- “We were thinking, ‘Who is exciting is part of a two-day stop enough to showcase which includes a series where we’re going and Saturday, Jan. 27 • 8pm • $15-$30 of workshops on Friday, where we’ve been?’ We February 2 and culmi- were looking at Diavolo nates in a unique perfor- and their unique style DAVY KNOWLES mance the following eve- and choreography. Every ning. Those who caught move demonstrates ele- Friday, Feb. 2 • 8pm • $15-$30 Diavolo on America’s ments of danger, excite- Got Talent already have ment and risk. We have some idea what to expect. always taken risks and IU’S ANOTHER ROUND But even the folks at Fort are cutting edge because Wayne Dance Collective we want to inspire others Saturday, Feb. 3 • 8pm • $15-$30 didn’t realize the national to take risks with their exposure their upcoming art.” guest artist was gaining. In addition to the per- TINSLEY ELLIS “It was a big surprise formance, there will be to us at the Dance Col- three workshops for those Thursday, Feb. 8 • 8pm • $15-$30 lective when that episode who want to learn more of America’s Got Tal- about and from Diavolo. ent aired,” says Mandie The master class, for KALIMBA - Kolkman, artistic direc- those with some dance THE SPIRIT OF EARTH, WIND AND FIRE tor at FWDC. “We had experience, features the already seen what they company’s dedication were doing and had made to “architecture in mo- plans to bring them in as tion,” demonstrating the our guest artist. But one DIAVOLO process of weight shar- night I was at home and FORT WAYNE DANCE COLLECTIVE ing and inversions into got a call: ‘I think you were looking at Dia- choreography and dance. The company volo and thinking about booking them?’ 7:30 p.m. Saturday, February 3 suggests participants wear kneepads for the “I said ‘I already have, why do you ask?’ Arts United Center class. and she said ‘They’re on America’s Got Tal- 303 E . Main St. , Fort Wayne There will also be an artist workshop ent right now!’ It was a great surprise for us which tackles the larger issues of art and and nice that the audience will already have $20-$30 thru box office, spectators, exploring the use of props and that knowledge of them.” 260-422-4226 or fwdc.org environment in creating an arts experience. Diavolo’s unique approach to dance Finally, there will be a free workshop for – “Architecture in Motion” – will provide its and do the things that you naturally fall veterans, something Diavolo has been doing something new and dynamic for Fort Wayne into. in its home of Los Angeles. The workshop audiences. The company will be stopping in “Our director Jacques [Heim] doesn’t let provides techniques for veterans, particularly Saturday, Feb. 10 • 8pm • $15-$30 Fort Wayne on its way to other performances you fall into those weaknesses,” she contin- those suffering with PTSD, to use dance and in places like Red Bank, New Jersey and the ues. “He will point out what your weakness- movement as a means of dealing with those Kennedy Center in New York. That trip will es are and wants you to be the best dancer, issues. The workshop provides techniques SWEETWATER ALL-STARS be something of a homecoming for dancer creator, performer that you can be. It can be that can be used at home after the workshop and choreographer Jessie Ryan who has a little jarring when you first work with him is over. For information about those work- Saturday, Feb. 17 • 8pm • $15-$30 been with Diavolo for five years but is a na- because he has a very strong personality.” shops and to register, call Fort Wayne Dance tive of Denville, New Jersey. Her home, just The physical labor is as intense as the Collective. 45 minutes from New York City, allowed her mental aspects are. Ryan admits that work- All of this should whet the appetite of PINK DROYD to study ballet from an early age. ing with wooden structures and metal Dance Collective enthusiasts who are sure to Friday, Feb. 23 • 8pm • $15-$30 “When I was a teenager, I was taking the benches take a toll and is hard on the body, revel in the plans already taking shape for bus back and forth to New York,” says Ryan. leaving bruises as a natural part of the work. next season’s anniversary celebration. One “I was a Broadway baby like all New Jer- Their days are long, and when they prepared event to especially anticipate is the annual sey people and wanted to do that. But when for their appearance on America’s Got Tal- fundraiser Art Moves which will provide a ANTHONY GOMES I started studying at Adelphi University – ent, they were stretched to their limits many chance to look both back and ahead. GO TO OUR WEBSITE which is in Long Island, so still close to New days. “Even more than a fundraiser this year, York – I started to study modern dance and “We have many days that we’re working Art Moves will be a celebration of the his- FOR TICKET INFO & MORE would take the train into New York to pursue 12 hours a day, seven days a week. When tory of our organization,” says Kolkman. ALL SHOWS ALL AGES that.” we were doing America’s Got Talent, we had “We’ll look back at the dances created by Her studies eventually took her to Cali- 28 straight days of working 10-hour days be- our founding members and our newer mem- fornia, and it was there that she heard of au- cause we had deadlines to hit. It’s hard, and bers. We want to showcase all aspects of our ditions with Diavolo. The company offers a your body breaks down, but we also learned organization and provide a time line that unique opportunity for dancers to express how strong we were. And we got a month off shows where we’ve been and where we’re themselves creatively and also challenge for the holidays, which was very nice.” going and how we are serving over 46,000 themselves physically. Choosing Diavolo as guest artist on people every year in our community.” 2------www.whatzup.com------January 25, 2018 whatzup Volume 22, Number 23 s Nick Braun points out in his Out & About column this week, 2018 is looking to be a big, big year in and around The Fort, and this week’s issue of your favorite arts & entertainment weekly is proof positive that Mr. Braun is onto something.A After all, it’s not often that two-thirds of the Three Amigos stop by to put on a show, but that’s exactly what’s happening May 18 at the Embassy (see page 5). And we’re expecting Foellinger Theatre’s Summer Concert Series show announce- ments any week now (as well as an on sale date for the series’ premiere show, Kiss’ Gene Simmons). We should also be getting some Clyde Theatre news soon, so we’re anticipating a very busy spring and summer. Should be exciting. Those who don’t want to miss any of it will stay tuned to whatzup. We’ll not only keep you up to date on, ahem, whatzup, but we’ve got some pretty exciting news of our own. Yep, the free whatzup app for both Apple and Android is now available; just search for “whatzup fw” at your preferred app store and download. Once you do, be sure to sign in and choose what venues or performers you want to follow. And if you happen to be one of those venues or performers, be sure to encourage your customers and fans to do the same. And to those of you who don’t want to deal with this digital stuff, not to worry: the print version isn’t going anywhere. We’ll still be delivering print copies to over 350 distribu- tion points in northeast Indiana this time next year and beyond. Whether you’re online or holding a printed copy in your hand, there’s plenty to see and do inside this issue, and we encourage you to start checking it out and making your plans. Whatever you choose to do, have fun, and please remember to tell ’em that whatzup sent you. inside the issue • features ROAD NOTEZ...... 13 ON BOOKS...... 16 FORT WAYNE DANCE COLLECTIVE...... 2 Bunk Constructive Movements SCREENTIME...... 16 TINSLEY ELLIS...... 4 The Rock on Top As The Post Flops Dealing a ‘Winning Hand’ CURTAIN CALL...... 18 Musicians: Create your own web pages on whatzup. CHRISTOPHER J. MURPHY...... 6 A Life in the Theatre Finding Contentment in Multiple Roles com with a description of your act, band photo, videos, FORT WAYNE YOUTHEATRE...... 7 booking contact info, list of band members, links to Examination of Courage • calendars web and social media sites, music samples, a calendar LIVE MUSIC & COMEDY...... 9 of your upcoming gigs and links to any whatzup feature • columns & reviews MUSIC/ON THE ROAD...... 13 stories on you or your band. ROAD TRIPZ...... 15 SPINS...... 8 Eminem, Clientele ART & ARTIFACTS...... 17 STAGE & DANCE...... 18 But that’s just the start: BACKTRACKS...... 8 Michael Schenker Group, Built to Destroy (1983) THINGS TO DO...... 19 OUT AND ABOUT...... 9 Cover by Brandon Jordan • Make unlimited posts to whatzup.com – including The Hottest Tickets Are Right Here Tinsley Ellis photos by Regan Kelly & Flournoy Holmes photos, videos and music samples – both in real time and scheduled in advance. • Easily submit changes to your page as often as you like and upload photos and videos in real time. • Live links in whatzup.com’s calendars take users directly to your musiConnect page. • Your shows included in whatzup2nite, whatzup’s email blast sent to over 2,000 subscribers daily.

January 25, 2018------www.whatzup.com------3 BROUGHT TO YOU BY: ------Feature • Tinsley Ellis------103.3 The Fort...... 17 Arena Dinner Theatre/A Life in the Theatre...... 18 C2G Live...... 12 C2G Music Hall...... 2 Calhoun Street Soups, Salads, Spirits...... 11 Dealing a ‘Winning Hand’ Columbia Street West...... 11 Warning which garnered Ellis’ his closest ing humor. Take his label, Heartfixer. While Cute by Nature Jewelry...... 10 By Mark Hunter brush with stardom. convenient and flexible when it comes to re- The CW...... 16 Guitarist Tinsley Ellis and his band once Ellis released his next three records on cording and putting out his own records, the played a show for a group of naked people. Telarc and Capricorn before returning to Al- thought of seeking other talent to represent Dupont Bar & Grill...... 9 Ellis didn’t know the type of audience he ligator for three more rounds. But even after leaves him less than enthused. 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I tried to not who, when you knock on the Fort Wayne Dance Collective/Diavolo...... 6 sit down after the show.” door, he disappears.” Fort Wayne Musicians Association...... 17 If recent weather pat- Having his own label terns hold, Ellis may need gave him freedom, but it also Fort Wayne Youtheatre/Young Harriet Tubman...... 18 those extra clothes when he found him spending time do- Hamilton House Bar & Grill...... 11 comes back to Fort Wayne ing things other than writing on February 3 to play at and playing music. Honeywell Center / Ron White...... 11 C2G. “There were an awful IPFW Community Arts Academy...... 17 And after listening to lot of trips to the post office, his latest release, Winning and an awful lot of waiting Latch String Bar & Grill...... 9 Hand, Ellis may once again around to get paid,” he said. Mitchell’s Sports & Neighborhood Grill...... 9 find himself facing a crowd “Just all kinds of things. 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And Ellis is doing every- “I’ve always had a great thing he can to make sure relationship with them,” as many people as possible Ellis said. “This is an al- get to see him and his band bum that I really wanted to play. The tour supporting whatzup give the best chance to and Winning Hand includes 63 Published weekly and distributed on Wednesdays and they’ve done great with it.” shows spread across the Thursdays by AD Media, Incorporated. Ellis’ reconnecting with U.S. and into Canada. He 2305 E. Esterline Rd., Columbia City, IN 46725 Alligator follows a seven- and his band ( Erik “Jazzy Phone: (260) 691-3188 • Fax: (260) 691-3191 TINSLEY ELLIS E-Mail: [email protected] year experiment with running his own Skins” Kaszynski and new touring bass- Website: http://www.whatzup.com label, called Heartfixer after his first 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3 ist Kevan McCann) will zigzag from his Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/whatzupFortWayne band in the early 1980s. 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Send payment with date and quantity of issues desired, While Ellis found lots to like about Stores & www.c2gmusichall.com to Texas. name and mailing address to AD Media, Incorporated to the running his own record company, it did “They (Alligator) know they’re go- above address. have its challenges. He said with Alligator, songs,” he said. “I put them in to folders, dif- ing to get a road dog,” he said. “Nobody in Subscriptions he doesn’t have to worry or even think about ferent ones for different music. This particu- roots music ever had any success by staying In-Home postal delivery available at the rate of $25 per things like marketing, setting up interviews, lar one came from a folder called ‘Bruce’s home. I haven’t done a tour like this in 20 13-week period ($100/year). Send payment with name and mailing address to AD Media, Incorporated to the above getting airplay and choosing artwork. List.’” years. But I do remember them.” address. “They’re coming up on 50 years in the Ellis said he started the list about 10 Success with Winning Hand should be a DEADLINES business and when it comes to roots music years ago with help from Iglauer with the sure bet. Calendar Information: Must be received by noon Monday they are the best,” he said. “I found that out intention of compiling a follow-up to 2009’s “It’s definitely a guitar record and that’s the week of publication for inclusion in that week’s issue and, space permitting, will run until the week of the event. the hard way on other labels. I made this al- Alligator release Speak No Evil. what my fans come to hear me do,” he said. Calendar information is published as far in advance as space bum, and I really think it’s got a chance and “It was a list he and I had come up with,” “This album is nearly a return to the sound permits and should be submitted as early as possible. I wanted to give it the best chance possible. he said “It was supposed to be a follow-up to that I had during my most popular era which Advertising: Space reservations and ads requiring proofs When they gave the offer to put it out, I just that album. Then I lost my marbles and de- happened to be during my time with the Al- due by no later than 5 p.m. the Thursday prior to publication. Camera-ready or digital ad copy required by 9 a.m. Monday jumped at it.” cided to do an all-instrumental album, Get It. ligator label 25 years ago. I’ve gotten a lot the week of publication. Classified line ads may be submitted Ellis first joined Alligator in 1988 after That has turned into a fan favorite.” older, but I feel in terms of chops I’m do- up to noon on Monday the week of publication. leaving The Heartfixers. He released six Ellis, in addition to being an astounding ing my best work. It’s time to get back to ADVERTISING critically-acclaimed records during the sub- guitar player, is funny. He assesses his career business trying to spike through to get some E-mail [email protected] or call 260-691-3188. sequent nine years, including 1994’s Storm twists and turns with wry and self-deprecat- level of commercial success.” 4------www.whatzup.com------January 25, 2018 January 25, 2018------www.whatzup.com------5 ------Feature • Christopher J. Murphy------Finding Contentment in Multiple Roles By Michele DeVinney one performance proved life-altering. “That experience, with a character actor in the lead rath- Christopher Murphy’s road to the theater is a perfect er than a dashing leading man, that’s when I literally said, combination of nature and nurture. He was a young boy ‘That’s what I want to do.’ I had already done shows, but I when his parents divorced, but when that required his mother never entertained the idea in my head as something I wanted to return to the workforce, his maternal grandmother insist- to do. It never entered my head as something that I could ed he stay with her and his grandfather rather than go to a do.” babysitter. That provided the imaginative only child with not Up to that time, Murphy was engaged in a multitude of only the opportunity to perform but the audience. artistic endeavors including visual arts and music, playing “I fell in love with performing and acting for the same the cello for a time. But he became focused now on theater reason a lot of people do,” said Murphy. “It was a way to exclusively, taking every opportunity at his school, Black- escape and amuse myself. And I would start putting on little hawk, to learn whatever he could. By high school his inter- plays for my parents and grandparents. I would also run a ests began to take a slightly different turn. little restaurant out of my grandmother’s kitchen, passing out “I found by the end of high school that as much as I handmade menus.” loved acting, directing was my primary passion. Maybe it’s Murphy admits that in his family, his future in the theater because I’m a total control freak and don’t like being a hired makes him an anomaly; that doesn’t mean he didn’t inherit hand and putting my fate in other people’s hands.” some of his tendencies from his relatives. Years later the grandmother he so treasured, who died “My maternal grandfather was a great storyteller, a great November of last year, seemed to confirm his preference living room entertainer. He was funny and charming, and I providing him with a lovely review of his work. idolized him. That was really my first exposure to a great “She told me, ‘When I see a show where you are acting, I character, which is why I was always attracted to those char- see you play one part. But when I see a show that you direct, acter parts. I got to grow up watching those classic sitcoms I see you playing all the parts.” of that era like Barney Miller which featured great character Beyond the early support of his parents, Murphy also actors. I was totally enamored with those TV characters.” found encouragement from his Blackhawk teacher Elaine Murphy had already started dabbling in school produc- Nickell, and years later he repaid that debt by working for tions when in seventh grade, his parents unwittingly sealed her as the drama director, which allowed him to direct young his future by taking him to a touring production of My Fair actors. Lady at the Embassy Theatre. The production starred Noel Harrison in the role his father Rex had made famous, and that Continued on page 12

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6------www.whatzup.com------January 25, 2018 ------Feature • Fort Wayne Youtheatre------Examination of Courage By Michele DeVinney voke her through the stories of friends and time in history, as does Ruby Bridges,” he other children.” says. “But with Anne Frank you have to look For the last five years, Fort Wayne Performed in February, Young Harriet at the entire scope of the Holocaust, and with Youtheatre has done more than just find Tubman is perfectly timed to address anoth- Harriet Tubman, the entire scope of slavery great plays to highlight the young talent er question that Stieber says kids often ask: and civil rights. But this is not a history les- in the area, more than find shows that will why do we celebrate Black History Month? son so you have to draw the audience into 90 Ye a r s charm and delight young audiences as well “Kids are still asking these questions, this moment in history. There are the white as older ones. and the answers are different for white kids people and the abolitionist movement and With the Linda Ruffolo Young Heroes of and black kids in terms of the storytelling. In those who were part of the slave trade. What o f Fi l m Conscience Series, Youtheatre has featured Indiana, Martin Luther King Day and Black are our shared stories? What is the story of inspirational stories brought to life by writer History Month are part of our schools’ teach- those brought here as slaves who become A nostalgic film series and director Gregory Stieber. In its first four ing since the mid to late 1980s. Asking those our fellow Americans?” celebrating the Embassy’s efforts, the plays spotlighted pivotal young questions was part of my research for this Representing Tubman through various people who have made a difference in our play and then pulling information from that ages, Stieber brings to life one of the most historic past world. By telling the stories of Laura Ingalls time of history. You have to look at Africa important women in American history and Friday, Feb. 10 | 7:30pm Wilder, Ryan White, Ruby shows what compelled her to Bridges and Anne Frank, not just save her own life but Ca s a b l a n c a Youtheatre has brought pow- that of others. A headstrong, Bogart * Bergman erful performances and mes- petulant youth, she often sages to life. was mistreated for being In naming the series so strong, suffering a head Audience participation musical after Linda Ruffolo, who injury during a beating that performance on the theater’s passed away a couple years would lead to epilepsy from ago after many years as de- that time on. Her parents historic Grande Page pipe organ velopment director at IPFW knew Tubman wanted to run, precedes each show! and even more years raising but they were also aware of money in the community, how risky that would be. Frozen (2013)...... May 13 Youtheatre found a way to “We show through a Wings (1927)...... June 17 meaningfully honor some- series of monologues Harriet Independence Day (1996)...... July 13 one who had been important talking to God, to the Father” Pirates of the Caribbean (2003)...... Aug. 24 to their mission. says Stieber. “Her actual fa- The Sound of Music (1965)...... Sept. 21 “Linda Ruffolo served ther never encouraged her Youtheatre for decades as to run, but he made it clear February 14 | 5:30pm a volunteer, patron, board in a very passive aggressive member and officer,” said way that he was preparing Leslie Hormann, executive her to run without actually Valentine’s Day and artistic director for Fort telling her to. Her mother Wayne Youtheatre. “She was discouraged her from run- a key component in our re- ning because she knew what Dinner structuring in 2009 and tire- would happen if she were Dinner catered by lessly promoted our mission. caught. The fact that she As a former teacher and a did run but then went back Club Soda prior to Fort Wayne Community and began extracting others production of School Study Connection is incredibly brave. And as ‘Chicago’ volunteer, Linda worked YOUNG HARRIET TUBMAN I’m working with the kids on with children for more than FORT WAYNE YOUTHEATRE this show, I ask them, ‘What ON SALE NOW 50 years and connected thousands of stu- 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2 would you do?’” dents with the area’s many arts programs. The cast for the show is large, with more When Linda passed, the Youtheatre board 2 p.m. & 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3 young actors than Stieber had originally Dancing with the Stars: Live!...... Feb. 7 unanimously approved naming our Young 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 4 intended. That largely reflects the talent of Chicago The Musical...... Feb. 13 & 14 Heroes of Conscience Series the Linda Ruf- PPG ArtsLab, those who auditioned last month. Cirque D’Or...... Feb. 18 folo Young Heroes of Conscience Series, Auer Center for Arts & Culture “I wrote the script for 30, and 90 showed In the Mood...... March 11 reflective of her lifelong commitment to up for the audition. So I went back and re- Rockin’ Road to Dublin...... March 20 Youtheatre and the area arts.” 300 E. Main St, Fort Wayne wrote it for 48. The audition had a great turn- This year’s production will spotlight the $12-$18, 260-422-4226, out with a lot of new faces.” Earth, Wind & Fire...... March 21 life and achievements of Harriet Tubman www.fortwayneyoutheatre.org Among them are Jordaje Sankara who Forever Young...... March 31 who not only escaped a life of slavery but, will portray Tubman at the age of seven, BSU Showcase/Canadian Brass.....Apr. 8 through the Underground Railroad, found and the slaves coming over from their home- Jasmine Barnes (who played Ruby Bridges Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story...Apr. 11 a way to help others do the same. Having land in the 1800s and the abolitionist move- two years ago) playing 11-year-old Harriet, 90th Anniversary Celebration.... May 19 tackled the iconic Anne Frank for last year’s ment that started. As you talk to them about Ameerah Woods playing Tubman as a teen- production, Stieber found an equal challenge when this country was deeply into slave ager and Tina Gasnarez portraying Tubman Celtic Woman...... June 10 in telling the story of Tubman. trading, you have to look at history and why as an adult. Stieber hopes that Young Harriet “In many ways Anne Frank was a fig- it’s important that we never forget.” Tubman will demonstrate not only why Tub- urehead for such a massive part of history,” Both Anne Frank and Harriet Tubman man is so long-remembered but why study- Embassy Theatre says Stieber. “Harriet Tubman also repre- represent large chunks of our history and ing our history remains vital to our future. sents the entire era of slavery and the civil world history, making it a challenge to cap- “I think it’s important, looking at Har- 125 W. Jefferson Blvd. rights movement. It’s just a massive story, ture in a relatively short play. In that way it riet Tubman as a beautiful, shining example Fort Wayne, Indiana but like with Anne Frank, I tried to capture differs somewhat to earlier plays Stieber has of people in our history and why examining her spirit, and like I used Anne as a figure- written for the series. her through Black History Month is impor- ticketmaster.com head, I’m doing the same here, trying to in- “Ryan White represents a very specific tant.” January 25, 2018------www.whatzup.com------7 Wooden Nickel ------Spins------CD of the Week Eminem Revival BACKTRACKS Weeks before Election Day Michael Schenker Group 2016, Eminem released his own Built to Destroy (1983) “Campaign Speech,” an eight-minute freestyle boasting of his love for im- Michael Schenker has been provised rhyming and violent stac- around since the mid 70s as an origi- cato vocal tics, an angst for injustices nal member of Scorpions line-up and, and a defiant immaturity befitting of until 1978, UFO. The solo work from his character. Those eight minutes Schenker and his Gibson Flying V has are more taxing than what they seem; Eminem yet again puts the stood the test of time, and this was “rap” in “rapid” as he attempts every rhyming trick he can think of, one of my favorites from the early 80s all the while trying to shoehorn in social issues over a practically when metal was re-creating itself. nonexistent beat. The track’s accompanying note, “Don’t worry, I’m “I’m Gonna Make You Mine” $11.99 working on an album! Here’s something meanwhile,” pointed fans in opens the record with Derek St. Holmes (who sang “Strangle- a vaguely political direction in terms of where the 45-year-old rapper hold” for Nugent in 1975) on lead vocals. It’s not as hard as you would take his career next. would expect, as there are some keyboards sprinkled in, but it BORNS If “Campaign Speech” was a snapshot for a bigger image to was the 80s and normal for the time. “Systems Failing” has Gary BLUE MADONNA come, Revival is that same snapshot enlarged to billboard size, mak- Barden on the mic, and you actually get a good taste of some Garrett Borns is still early in his career, but ing every imperfection readily apparent. As a continuation of Re- of Schenker’s guitar; but again, those damn keyboards dominate this follow-up to 2015’s Dopamine suggests lapse and Recovery, Revival suggests a breath of new life for Em’s most of the record. that he’s bent on fulfilling his potential. Blue creativity, but instead acts more like an under-cooked attempt to re- Side one closes with “Rock Will Never Die” which has all of Madonna moves beyond the synth pop that capitalize on Recovery’s commercially successful sensibilities. The the characteristics of a Scorpions super ballad (the misdirection is has played so well at Coachella and Bonnaroo end result is Em’s least characteristic album peppered with pop guest brief, as it picks up a heavier tempo before jumping back into a in favor of something a bit more layered features, melodramatic ballads, and lazy sampling, all proving just ballad with a great solo halfway through it). and sophisticated. However, the album is still how little Revival will ultimately contribute to Em’s legacy as one of “Red Sky,” which starts side two, is what you’d expect from tailor-made for the pop festival crowd. Get Blue rap’s most lurid and celebrated storytellers. MSG: heavy percussion and guitars in a five-minute jam that Madonna for $11.99 this week at all Wooden Lead single “Walk on Water” features a graciously delivered reminds you of Judas Priest or even Dio from the same period. Nickel Music stores. chorus from Beyoncé, but Eminem’s stubborn perfectionism weighs “Rock My Nights Away” is a combination of hard rock and pop down an already underwritten song with bitterness. Indifferently re- but still brings a little thunder to the release, despite those damn ceived upon release, it sounds most like Revival’s defining track, as keyboards. “Captain Nemo” is solid instrumental jam where TOP SELLERS @ the next 18 songs attempt to mimic recent hip-hop trends (includ- Schenker lets it all hang out. “Dogs of War” and “Still Love That ing a trap imitation on “Believe”) and push political platitudes (the Little Devil” close out a decent record from a great band. Wooden Nickel unbearably preachy “Like Home” with Alicia Keys). The album Schenker still tours and is considered one of the bigger influ- (Week ending 1/21/18) also deems it necessary to enlist wholly incompatible guests like ences on heavy metal guitarist since the late 70s. (Dennis Dona- Ed Sheeran and Kehlani, whose respective songs, “River” and “No- hue) TW LW ARTIST/Album where Fast,” sound like Eminem creatively drowning on dry land. 1 1 GRETA VAN FLEET Revival’s bright spots, however, can put one in a forgiving mood, decessors in how they all fail to address the question of what kind of From the Fires depending on which version of Eminem one favors most. The token artist Eminem needs to be in this day and age. (Colin McCallister) Slim Shady tracks, “Framed” and “Offended,” are welcome reprieves 2 – FALL OUT BOY from Em’s moody, introspective moments, but are still saddled with Clientele Mania the same dumb jokes and puns that infect most of the album. At his Music for the Age of Miracles 3 – WHITESNAKE most revealing and vulnerable, Marshall Mathers (the man, the hus- Purple Tour band and father) shows up on the album’s final two songs, “Castle” Prior to listening to Music for the and “Arose,” where he apologizes to his daughter Hailie for airing Age of Miracles I wasn’t all that fa- 4 2 CHRIS STAPLETON out their family’s dirty laundry on some of his most infamous songs. miliar with the London’s Clientele. I From a Room: Volume 2 In “Arose,” he reenacts his drug overdose from 2007 and passion- imagined some dark, brooding group ately raps from his deathbed with an emotional urgency that puts into with pale skin and weathered suits 5 5 EMINEM perspective the overall lack of urgency to be found in the album’s 78 playing music that was somewhere Revival exhausting minutes. between Bauhaus and This Mortal Since we know a budget shouldn’t a problem for one of the best Coil. Maybe there were goblets of 6 4 KID ROCK selling artists of all time, Revival’s underwhelming production qual- blood and incantations involved, too. Sweet Southern Sugar ity only compounds the mediocrity apparent in other aspects of the Turns out I was so off the mark it’s not even funny (well, maybe a little.) 7 – ANDERSON EAST album. Never one to shy away from classic rock samples, Em leans encore heavily on Joan Jett’s “I Love Rock & Roll” to make “Remind Me” The Clientele, at least in their current form, are regal-sounding – even sleazier; Cheech & Chong’s “Earache My Eye” is misused in pastoral pop with hints of breezy 70s cats like Al Stewart, latter-era 8 – OF MICE & MEN the racially-concerned “Untouchable”; and “In Your Head” steals John Lennon and even a hint of Gilbert O’ Sullivan in singer/guitarist Defy copiously from Cranberries’ “Zombie” in yet another production na- Alasdair MacLean’s well contoured vocals. The band – MacLean, dir. James Hornsey (bass), and Mark Keen (drums, piano, percussion) 9 – BLACK LABEL SOCIETY None of the above criticisms will dissuade certain fans (or and old MacLean friend Anthony Harmer – has churned out a beau- Grimmest Hits “Stans,” as they’re colloquially known) from buying Revival and en- tiful collection of 12 tracks that display a concise and lush spirit. joying it anyway. They will also be supporting a version of Eminem And from my point of view, no previous experience with the band is 10 – JOE SATRIANI clearly struggling under the weight of his own great expectations required. What Happens Next without realizing that his career has long since ceased being a high One of the big changes on this record is Anthony Harmer’s use stakes game. The skin color that once made him a white trash pariah of string arrangements, percussion santoor, an Iranian instrument in Detroit’s underground rap community is not a topic of great im- that resembles a dulcimer. It’s use is peppered throughout the record. portance. As far as we know, Mathers is on better terms with his ex- “Falling Asleep” benefits greatly from this instrument. The track check out our wife Kim and his mother Debbie, so their roles as villains in his life builds with the santoor, guitar, and a loping drum. There’s an Echo has become obsolete. The Eminem who told tales of grotesqueries and the Bunnymen vibe here too that gives the song a kind of classi- 50¢ vinyl bins with devilish glee and a switchblade wit no longer inspires youths cist vibe. “Everything You See Tonight Is Different from Itself” feels to become faux-Slim Shadys. Instead, they’re inclined to favor more breezy and melancholy; while low key and pleasant, it possesses a hundreds to choose from ideologically progressive Eminem acolytes like Kendrick Lamar, certain darkness that doesn’t make itself apparent on first listen. Tyler the Creator and Chance the Rapper who dominate the current Elsewhere, album opener “The Neighbor” sounds like a less pen- 3627 N. Clinton • 484-2451 musical landscape. For the past decade, Eminem has painstakingly sive The National while “Lyra in April” has an almost chamber pop 3422 N. Anthony • 484-3635 labored under the assumption that the more material he releases, feel. If the storied walls of a century-old library could bleed music, 6427 W. Jefferson • 432-7651 the more it would seem he made up for the lost years he spent in a it might sound like this track. “Constellations Echo Lanes” sounds We Buy, Sell & Trade Used CDs, LPs & DVDs drug-fueled haze. But without a clear direction, and only himself and Continued on page 12 www.woodennickelrecords.com President Trump to agonize over, Revival follows its immediate pre-

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The Sweetwater ary 26 at 10a.m. Rd. from Coliseum, past Sam’s Club to Northland Blvd. Ho u r s : 10 a.m.-11 Pavilion and the Clyde Theater join an already stellar The Glory Hub will be hosting a special night p.m. Mon.-Wed.; 10 a.m.-midnight Thurs.; 10 a.m.-1 a.m. Fri.-Sat.; noon- list of venues including the Embassy Theatre, Memo- of music on Wednesday, March 7. Taking the stage 10 p.m. Sun. Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t : MC, Visa, Disc, Amex rial Coliseum, Foellinger Theater, C2G Music Hall, that evening will be The Lovers, which features Cole DEER PARK PUB Piere’s, Brass Rail, and more, and don’t forget about Vosbury, the top five finalist from the 2013 season Eclectic • 1530 Leesburg Rd., Fort Wayne • 260-432-8966 the array of music festivals and series we have to of NBC’s The Voice. 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January 25, 2018------www.whatzup.com------9 ------Calendar • Live Music & Comedy------NIGHTLIFE Friday, January 26 Sh e l l y Di x o n & Je ff McRa e — Variety Ho u s e DJ — Variety at Early Bird’s at Nick’s Martini & Wine Bar, Fort Ultra Lounge, Fort Wayne, 9 p.m., DUPONT BAR & grill Ca d i l l a c Ra n c h — Classic rock at Draft Wayne, 8 p.m., no cover, 482-6425 cover, 483-1979 Horse Saloon, Orland, 8 p.m.-12 Si d e c a r Ga r y ’s Ka r a o k e & DJ w/ Ho u s e DJ — Variety at Flashback on Sports Bar • 10336 Leo Rd., Fort Wayne • 260-483-1311 a.m., no cover, 829-6465 Bo b (So u n d Ma n ) — Karaoke at 4 the Landing, Fort Wayne, 9 p.m., Ex p e c t : Great daily drink specials, 3 pool tables, your Nascar headquar- Ch r i s Wo r t h & Co m p a n y — Variety at Crowns, Auburn, 10 p.m.-2 a.m., no cover, 422-5292 ters, 16’x10’ Megatron, three 6’x4’ Minitrons, 15 flat screen TVs; $8.99 Arena Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne, 9 cover, 925-9805 Hu b i e As h c r a f t Ba n d — Country at daily lunch specials; 60¢ wings Wednesdays; Three Rivers Karaoke 9 p.m.-1 a.m., no cover, 557-1563 St r i n g Th e o r y — Acoustic variety Vinnie’s Bar, Decatur, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., p.m. Wednesdays. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : North of Fort Wayne at Leo Crossing Da n c e Pa r t y w/DJ Ri c h — Variety at Deer Park Irish Pub, Fort Wayne, $5, 729-2225 (Dupont & Clinton). Ho u r s : 11 a.m.-3 a.m. daily Al c o h o l : Full Service; at Columbia Street West, Fort 8 p.m.-11 p.m., no cover, 432-8966 Ja s o n Pa u l — Acoustic variety at Pat & To dd Ha r r o l d & Er i c Cl a n c y — Blues/ Larry’s, Woodburn, 9 p.m.-12 a.m., Pm t : MC, Visa, Amex Wayne, 10:30 p.m., cover, 422-5055 Ex p a n d i n g Ma n — Variety at Don Hall’s R&B at O’Sullivan’s Italian Irish Pub, no cover, 632-4017 HAMILTON HOUSE Guesthouse, Fort Wayne, 9 p.m.-12 Fort Wayne, 10 p.m., no cover, 422- Jo e Ju s t i c e — Variety at Outdoor a.m., no cover, 489-2524 5896 Sports, Lake and Cabin Show/Allen Neighborhood Bar • 3950 E. Bellefontaine, Hamilton • 260-488-3344 Fo r t Wa y n e Ka r a o k e w/Er i c — County War Memorial Coliseum, Ex p e c t : Great atmosphere with a beautiful view of lake; 20 beers on tap, Karaoke at Rack & Helen’s, New Fort Wayne, 12 p.m.-4 p.m., $10, 6 large HDTVs w/DirecTV (NFL Package during season), internet juke, Haven, 10 p.m.-2 a.m., no cover, Saturday, January 27 483-1111 o e t a b e l l i pool table, karaoke every Friday (9 p.m.), live bands every Saturday (8 749-5396 Am y Gr a n t w/Fo r t Wa y n e Ph i l h a r m o n i c J S — Jazz at Don Hall’s Gas House, Fort Wayne, 5:45 p.m.-9 p.m.) Memorial Day thru Labor Day. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : Corner of roads 1 Fo r t Wa y n e Ka r a o k e w/Ja y — Variety Or c h e s t r a — Pops Series perfor- p.m., no cover, 426-3411 and 427. Ho u r s : 10 a.m.-1 a.m. Mon.-Wed.; 10 a.m.-3 a.m. Thurs.-Sat.; 10 at Coconutz @ Crazy Pinz, Fort mance at Embassy Theatre, Fort Wayne, 9 p.m., no cover, 490-2695 Jo h n Cu r r a n & Re n e g a d e — Country a.m.-12 midnight Sun. Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t : MC, Visa Wayne, 7:30 p.m., $29-$72, 481- Go o d Ni g h t Gr a c i e — Variety at Dupont 0770 at 4D’s Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m., no cover, 490-6488 jd lounge Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne, 9:30 p.m.- Ba c k Wa t e r — Country / country rock 1:30 a.m., cover, 483-1311 at Wacky Jac’s, Angola, 6 p.m., no Mo u n t a i n De w e Bo y s — Country at Pubs & Taverns • 10366 Dupont Rd., Fort Wayne • 260-483-1311 Hu b i e As h c r a f t Ba n d — Country at cover, 665-9071 Hideaway Lounge, Bluffton, 8 p.m.- Ex p e c t : Upscale non-smoking atmosphere, craft beers and local wines, Cabin Fever Reliever/Allen County Br o t h e r — Rock at Mitchell’s Sports 12 a.m., no cover, 824-0455 NFL Ticket, acoustic music on Thursdays, carryout, lottery, drink and food War Memorial Coliseum, Fort Bar & Neighborhood Grill, Fort r e Ge n e r a t i o n X — 90s rock & pop at Beamer’s Sports Grill, Fort Wayne, specials. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : North of Fort Wayne at Leo Crossing (Dupont Wayne, 7 p.m.-12 a.m., $15, (317) Wayne, 10 p.m.-2 a.m., $3, (260) 714-6734 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m., no cover, 625- and Clinton), next to Dupont Bar & Grill. Ho u r s : Open 5 p.m. Mon.-Sat., 387-5063 Ja n e Al d r i d g e Qu a r t e t — Harp/jazz at Ca d i l l a c Ra n c h — Classic rock at 1002 12 noon Sun. Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t : MC, Visa, Disc, Amex Club Soda, Fort Wayne, 9 p.m.-12 American Legion Post 47, Fort Sh e l l y Di x o n & Je ff McRa e — Variety LATCH STRING BAR & GRILL a.m., no cover, 426-3442 Wayne, 8 p.m.-11 p.m., no cover, at Coconutz @ Crazy Pinz, Fort Ja s o n Pa u l — Acoustic variety at 209-3960 Wayne, 8 p.m.-11 p.m., no cover, Pubs & Taverns • 3221 N. Clinton St., Fort Wayne • 260-483-5526 Country Heritage Winery, LaOtto, 5 Ca l i f o r n i a Dr e a m i n ’ — 60s, 70s, 80s 490-2695 Ex p e c t : Fun, friendly, rustic atmosphere. Daily drink specials. Mondays, p.m.-8 p.m., no cover, 637-2980 and today variety at teds Beer Hall To dd Ha r r o l d & Er i c Cl a n c y — Blues/ $2.75 imports; Tuesdays, $3 margaritas & $1 tacos; Wednesdays, $2.50 Ja s o n Pa u l — Acoustic variety (and Wine Bar), Fort Wayne, 7 p.m.- R&B at American Legion Post 148, at Duesy’s Sports Bar and Grille, 10 p.m., no cover, (888) 260-0351 Fort Wayne, 7 p.m., no cover, 423- well drinks and 59¢ bone-in wings; Sundays, $2.50 bloody Marys. Live 4751 bands Friday, Sunday, & Tuesday; open mic Wednesday; karaoke Monday, Fort Wayne, 9 p.m.-12 a.m., no Cl a s s i c Ci t y Ka r a o k e w/DJ Pa r k e r — cover, 483-5681 Variety at Club Paradise, Angola, 9 Wa i l h o u n d s — Rock at Nick’s Martini e t t i n g h e r e Thursday & Saturday. No cover. G T : Where Clinton and Lima Jo e Ju s t i c e — Variety at Outdoor p.m., no cover, 833-7082 & Wine Bar, Fort Wayne, 8 p.m., $3, o u r s roads meet. H : 11 a.m.-3 a.m. Mon.-Sat., 12 noon-12:30 a.m. Sun. Sports, Lake and Cabin Show/Allen Da v y Kn o w l e s — Blues at C2G Music ladies free, 482-6425 Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t : MC, Visa County War Memorial Coliseum, Hall, Fort Wayne , 8 p.m., $15-$30, Fort Wayne, 5 p.m.-9 p.m., $10, 426-6434 Sunday, January 28 Mad Anthony Brewing cOMPANY 483-1111 Ex p a n d i n g Ma n — Variety at Don Hall’s Brew Pub/Micro Brewery • 2002 S. Broadway, Fort Wayne • 260-426-2537 Jo e St a b e l l i — Jazz at Don Hall’s Gas Guesthouse, Fort Wayne, 9 p.m.-12 Fo r t Wa y n e Ph i l h a r m o n i c — Freimann House, Fort Wayne, 5:45 p.m.-9 x p e c t a.m., no cover, 489-2524 Series chamber music featuring E : 20-plus beers freshly hand-crafted on premises with a full bar p.m., no cover, 426-3411 featuring craft cocktails and more. Expanded menu full of old favorites and Fe r n a n d o Ta r a n g o Qu a r t e t — Variety works by Bliss, Debussy, Takemitsu Ka r a o k e — Variety at Hamilton House, at Club Soda, Fort Wayne, 9 p.m.-12 and Delerue at Auer Performance exciting new entrees, “One of the best pizzas in America,” large vegetar- Hamilton, 9 p.m., no cover, 488- a.m., no cover, 426-3442 Hall, Rhinehart Music Center, Fort e t t i n g h e r e ian menu. Sunday Carry-out available. G T : Just southwest 3344 Fo g De l a y — Variety at The Venice Wayne, 2 p.m., $29, 481-0770 of downtown Fort Wayne at Taylor & Broadway. Ho u r s : 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Mo t o r f o l k e r s — Variety at American Restaurant, Fort Wayne, 7 p.m.-9 Jo e Ju s t i c e — Variety at Outdoor Mon-Thurs; 11 a.m.-12 a.m. Fri-Sat; 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Sun. Al c o h o l : Full Legion Post 215, Lagrange, 7 p.m.- p.m., no cover, 482-1618 Sports, Lake and Cabin Show/Allen Service; Pm t : MC, Visa, Disc 11 p.m., no cover, 463-4172 Fo r t Wa y n e Ka r a o k e — Karaoke County War Memorial Coliseum, Ni g h t t o Re m e mb e r — Variety at Latch String Bar & Grill, Fort Fort Wayne, 12 p.m.-4 p.m., $10, MAD ANTHONY lake city TAP HOUSE at Mitchell’s Sports Bar & Wayne, 10:30 p.m., no cover, 483- 483-1111 Neighborhood Grill, Fort Wayne, 10 Music/Rock • 113 E. Center St., Warsaw • 574-268-2537 5526 Sa m Sa v a g e & Jo n a t h a n Ma n n — p.m.-2 a.m., $3, 387-5063 Ge n e Ma r c u s Pi a n o Co m p e t i t i o n Fi n a l s Faculty vocal recital at Rhinehart Ex p e c t : The eclectic madness of the original combined with hand-crafted O’Si s t e r , Br o t h e r — Americana at — Piano competition at Rhinehart Recital Hall, Fort Wayne, 5 p.m., Mad Anthony ales and lagers. Carry-out handcrafted brews available. Live Summit City Brewerks, Fort Wayne, Recital Hall, Fort Wayne, 10 a.m.- $4-$6, 481-6714 music on Saturdays. Expanded menu, including one of the best pizzas in 9 p.m.-12 a.m., no cover, 420-0222 4:30 p.m., free, 481-6555 Th e Se r v i c e w/Sp e c i a l Gu e s t s — Rock/ America and a large vegetarian menu. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : From U.S. 30, turn Ph i l’s Fa m i l y Li z a r d — Variety at Latch Ge n e Ma r c u s Pi a n o Co m p e t i t i o n variety at Latch String Bar & Grill, String Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne, 10 southwest on E. Center St.; go 2 miles. Ho u r s : 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Mon.- Wi n n e r s Re c i t a l — Piano competi- Fort Wayne, 10 p.m., no cover, 483- p.m., no cover, 483-5526 tion at Rhinehart Recital Hall, Fort 5526 Thurs.; 11 a.m.-12 a.m. Fri.-Sat.; 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Sun. Al c o h o l : Full- Re c y c l e d Pe r c u s s i o n — Rock Wayne, 6:30 p.m., free, 481-6555 Service; Pm t : MC, Visa, Disc at Honeywell Center, Wabash, 7:30 Go o d Ni g h t Gr a c i e — Variety at Dupont p.m., $25-$35, 563-1102 Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne, 9:30 p.m.- Monday, January 29 MAD ANTHONY’S LAKEVIEW ALE HOUSE Re m e mb e r Wh e n — Oldies at The 1:30 a.m., cover, 483-1311 Fo r t Wa y n e Ka r a o k e — Karaoke Eclectic • 4080 N 300 W, Angola • 260-833-2537 Venice Restaurant, Fort Wayne, 7 Gy p s y Ba n d i t — Classic rock & blues at Latch String Bar & Grill, Fort Ex p e c t : Twelve handcrafted beers on tap; also featuring Indiana craft beers p.m.-9 p.m., no cover, 482-1618 at American Legion Post 499, Fort Wayne, 10 p.m., no cover, 483-5526 Ro n Fe i n g o l d — Comedy at @2104/ and local wines. Patio with seating for 100; seven dock slips; 150-seat Wayne, 8 p.m.-11 p.m., no cover, Sc r a t c h N Sn i ff w1/4 Kit Ku r t — banquet facility. Expanded menu, including famous gourmet pizza, unique Fort Wayne Comedy Club, Fort 459-3156 Variety at Deer Park Irish Pub, Fort Wayne, 8 p.m., $20, 426-6339 Ho r i z o n Ar c s — Rock at Rack & eats and vegetarian fare. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : Located on beautiful Lake James Wayne, 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m., no cover, Helen’s, New Haven, 10 p.m.-2 a.m., 432-8966 above Bledsoe’s Beach. Ho u r s : 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Sun.-Thurs.; 11 a.m.- 11 no cover, 749-5396 p.m. Fri.-Sat. Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t : MC, Visa, Disc MAD ANTHONY TAP ROOM COMING SOON Music/Rock • 114 N. Main St., Auburn • 260-927-0500 * * Ex p e c t : The eclectic madness of the original combined with hand-crafted Mad Anthony ales and lagers. Expanded menu, including one of the best pizzas in America and a large vegetarian menu. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : Take I-69 to State Rd. 8 (Auburn exit); downtown, just north of courthouse. Ho u r s : 11 a.m.-11 a.m. Mon.-Thurs.; 11 a.m.-12 a.m. Fri.-Sat.; 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sun. Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t : MC, Visa, Disc Mitchell’s sports & neighborhood grill Sports & Music • 6179 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne • 260-387-5063 Ex p e c t : Family-friendly atmosphere, great food, all sports packages on THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22 over 40 TVs, craft beers and more. Great food from wings and pizza to Advance tickets @ ticketweb.com gourmet sandwiches and entrees; breakfast and blood Mary bar Saturdays & Sundays, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : On the corner of Getz and Jefferson Blvd., southwest Fort Wayne. Ho u r s : 4 p.m.-close Monday- 10350 Leo Rd. Thursday; 11 a.m.-close Friday-Saturday. Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t : (Leo Crossing) MC, Visa, Disc, Amex Fort Wayne 260.755.3465 10------www.whatzup.com------January 25, 2018 Fr i d a y , Fe b . 2 • 8p m • $10 St e w a r t Hu f f january 27 (7-10p): Ti c k e t s a t b r o w n p a p e r t i c k e t s .c o m CALIF. DREAMING Sa t u r d a y , Fe b . 10 • 9p m • $10-$12 ~ Live Entertainment ~ Le t ’s Co m e d y Pr e s e n t s ! february 2 (7-10p): Saturday, March 3 ~ 9pm-1am JON DURNELL Jo sh Fa d e m february 3 (7-10p): w/ARISH SINGH DDT CHELSEA ERICKSON Ti c k e t s a t b r o w n p a p e r t i c k e t s .c o m Daily Drink Specials! Karaoke Every Friday, 9pm Corner of State Roads 1 & 427 CAMP SONGS 260.488.3344 ~ Like Us on Facebook LEARN SOME ------Calendar • Live Music & Comedy------Tuesday, January 30 Op e n Mic — Hosted by Adam Baker at Thursday, February 1 Pedal City, Fort Wayne, 9 p.m.-12 Ch i l l y ’s Ta l e n t & Ta c o s — Open mic a.m., no cover, 415-6167 An t o n i o Po m p a -Ba l d i — Piano recital at Latch String Bar & Grill, Fort Op e n Mic — Hosted by Jared Schneider at Rhinehart Recital Hall, IPFW, Fort Wayne, 9 p.m.-12 a.m., no cover, at Columbia Street West, Fort Wayne, 7:30 p.m., $4-$7, 481-6714 FORM YOUR OWN ROCK BAND! 483-5526 Wayne, 9 p.m., no cover, 422-5055 Bu c c a Ka r a o k e w/Bu c c a — Variety Fo r t Wa y n e K a r a o k e — Variety at Rack Pa u l Ne w St e w a r t & Ch a r l e s Rh e n — at Deer Park Irish Pub, Fort Wayne, WRITE RECORD PERFORM & Helen’s, New Haven, 9 p.m., no Variety at The Venice Restaurant, 9 p.m., no cover, 432-8966 cover, 749-5396 Fort Wayne, 6 p.m.-9 p.m., $1, 482- Fo r t Wa y n e K a r a o k e — Variety at Latch 5�DAY CAMP | AGES 12�18 Ke v i n Pi e k a r s k i Ja z z Tr i o — Jass 1618 String Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne, 10 at Trolley Steaks & Seafood, Fort Sh e l l y Di x o n & Je ff McRa e — Variety p.m., no cover, 483-5526 Wayne, 6 p.m.-12 p.m., no cover, at Bar 13, Pierceton, 7 p.m.-9 p.m., Fo r t Wa y n e Ka r a o k e w/TJ — Variety 490-4322 no cover, (574) 688-0889 at Rack & Helen’s, New Haven, 10 Sh u t Up a n d Si n g — Karaoke at Duesy’s p.m., no cover, 749-5396 Sports Bar and Grille, Fort Wayne, 7 Ja s o n Pa u l — Acoustic variety at The Wednesday, January 31 p.m.-11 p.m., no cover, 483-5681 Wet Spot, Decatur, 8 p.m.-11 p.m., Si d e c a r Ga r y ’s Ka r a o k e & DJ — Choose a week to Rock! Ca r o l y n Ma r t i n — Variety at Don Hall’s no cover, 728-9031 Guesthouse, Fort Wayne, 7 p.m.-10 Karaoke at Willows, Huntertown, 8 Je ff McDo n a l d — Oldies at Don Hall’s p.m., no cover, 489-2524 p.m.-12 a.m., no cover, 637-5411 Guesthouse, Fort Wayne, 7 p.m.-10 Th r e e Ri v e r s Ka r a o k e — at Dupont p.m., no cover, 489-2524 Ja s o n Pa u l — Acoustic variety at 469 Week 1: Sports & Spirits, New Haven, 7 p.m.- Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne, 9 p.m.-1 June 11–15 11 p.m., no cover, 749-7207 a.m., no cover, 483-1311 Week 2: June 25–29 Week 3: July 9–13

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January 25, 2018------www.whatzup.com------11 ------Calendar • Live Music & Comedy------NIGHTLIFE Op e n Mic — Hosted by Mike Conley IU’s An o t h e r Ro u n d — a cappella Cl a s s i c Ci t y Ka r a o k e w/DJ Pa r k e r — at Mad Anthony Brewing Co., Fort at C2G Music Hall, Fort Wayne , 8 Variety at Club Paradise, Angola, 9 NICK’S MARTINI & WINE BAR Wayne, 8 p.m.-11 p.m., no cover, p.m., $15-$30, 426-6434 p.m., no cover, 833-7082 426-2537 Jo e St a b e l l i — Jazz at Don Hall’s Gas Fi r e b a l l Ma t i n e e — Rock at Dupont Dining & Music • 1227 E. State Blvd., Fort Wayne • 260-482-6425 Op e n St a g e Ja m — Hosted by Pop ‘n’ House, Fort Wayne, 5:45 p.m.-9 Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne, 9:30 p.m.- Ex p e c t : Specialty martinis, craft beers and cocktails served up in a clas- Fresh at Office Tavern, Fort Wayne, p.m., no cover, 426-3411 1:30 a.m., cover, 483-1311 sic martini lounge with live music nightly. Serving a variety of small plate 8:30 p.m.-12:30 p.m., no cover, 478- Jo n Du r n e l l — Acoustic variety at teds Fo r t Wa y n e Ka r a o k e — Karaoke appetizers with weekly featured tapas plates and drink specials. Ge t t i n g 5827 Beer Hall (and Wine Bar), Fort at Latch String Bar & Grill, Fort Th e r e : One block east of Crescent on State Blvd., next to the Rib Room. Pa u l Ne w St e w a r t & Ch a r l e s Re n — Wayne, 7 p.m.-10 p.m., no cover, Wayne, 10:30 p.m., no cover, 483- Ho u r s : Open at 4 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t .: Standards (Sinatra) at The Venice (888) 260-0351 5526 MC, Visa, Disc, Amex Restaurant, Fort Wayne, 6 p.m.-9 Ka r a o k e — Variety at Hamilton House, Fo r t Wa y n e Ph i l h a r m o n i c — p.m., $1, (260) 482-1618 Hamilton, 9 p.m., no cover, 488- Masterworks concert featuring RUSTY SPUR SALOON R&R En t e r t a i n m e n t — Karaoke 3344 pianist William Wolfram, Rimsky- at Columbia Street West, Fort Mi c h a e l So r g Tr i o — Variety at Mad Korsakov’s ‘Schererazade’ and Nightclub/Music Venue • 10350 Leo Rd., Fort Wayne • 260-755-3465 Wayne, 9:30 p.m., no cover, 422- Anthony Brewing Co., Fort Wayne, 7 John Corgliano’s Piano Concerto Ex p e c t : Fort Wayne’s premier country nightclub and concert venue. Home 5055 p.m.-10 p.m., no cover, 426-2537 at Embassy Theatre, Fort Wayne, of quarter beer every Wednesday with live DJ. Live bands on the week- Sc o t t Wa s v i c k — Acoustic variety Si d e c a r Ga r y ’s Ka r a o k e & DJ w/ 7:30 p.m., $19-$72, 481-0770 ends. Great dance floor, pool tables, four full-service bars, big screen TVs at JD Lounge, Fort Wayne, 8 p.m., Bo b (So u n d Ma n ) — Karaoke at 4 Fo x a n d Ho u n d s — Variety at American and daily drink specials. Full-service kitchen and menu featuring American no cover, 483-1311 Crowns, Auburn, 10 p.m.-2 a.m., no Legion Post 499, Fort Wayne, 8 Tr o n i c — EDM at O’Sullivan’s Italian cover, 925-9805 p.m.-11 p.m., no cover, 459-3156 Burgers. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : In Leo Crossing at corner of Dupont and Clinton. Irish Pub, Fort Wayne, 10 p.m., no St e a df a s t — Contemporary Christian Gy p s y Ba n d i t — Rock/pop at 4D’s Bar Ho u r s : 3 p.m.-3 a.m. Tues.-Sat. Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t .: MC, Visa, cover, 422-5896 at Cupbearer Cafe, Auburn, 7 p.m.-9 & Grill, Fort Wayne, 10 p.m.-2 a.m., Disc, Amex p.m., free, 920-8734 no cover, 490-6488 St e w a r t Hu ff — Comedy at Calhoun Ho u s e DJ — Variety at Early Bird’s STATE GRILL Friday, February 2 Street Soups, Salads & Spirits, Fort Ultra Lounge, Fort Wayne, 9 p.m., cover, 483-1979 Pub/Tavern • 1210 E. State Blvd., Fort Wayne • 260-483-5618 Da n c e Pa r t y w/DJ Ri c h — Variety Wayne, 8 p.m., $10, 456-7005 Ex p e c t : 1st Tavern to pour beer after Prohibition; located in a fun and at Columbia Street West, Fort Th r e e Do g Ni g h t — Rock at Honeywell Ho u s e DJ — Variety at Flashback on friendly neighborhood; home of the XKE Cranials & most dangerous juke- Wayne, 10:30 p.m., cover, 422-5055 Center, Wabash, 7:30 p.m., $35-$75, the Landing, Fort Wayne, 9 p.m., 563-1102 cover, 422-5292 box. Daily drink specials include $2 Tall Boy PBR all day, everyday, great Fo r t Wa y n e Ka r a o k e w/Er i c — To dd Ha r r o l d & Er i c Cl a n c y — Blues/ Ja s o n Pa u l — Acoustic variety at craft beer selection. Golden Tee. Free WIFI. Fort Wayne’s Sammy Hagar Karaoke at Rack & Helen’s, New Haven, 10 p.m.-2 a.m., no cover, R&B at Deer Park Irish Pub, Fort Monument Pizza, Angola, 6 p.m.-9 bar & Beach Bar Rum, Riverbend Pizza. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : Corner of State 749-5396 Wayne, 9 p.m.-12 a.m., no cover, p.m., no cover, 319-4489 o u r s o e t a b e l l i and Crescent. H : 4 p.m.-3 a.m. Mon., 1 p.m.-3 a.m. Tues.-Fri., noon-3 Fo r t Wa y n e Ka r a o k e w/Ja y — Variety 432-8966 J S — Jazz at Don Hall’s Gas a.m. Sat., noon-1 a.m. Sun. Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t .: Cash only; ATM at Coconutz @ Crazy Pinz, Fort House, Fort Wayne, 5:45 p.m.-9 on site Wayne, 9 p.m., no cover, 490-2695 p.m., no cover, 426-3411 Saturday, February 3 u n k a r d a n d Ho t Ho u s e — Rock at Dupont Bar & J Y B — Variety at Eagles Post 3512, Fort Wayne, 7 p.m.-11 TEDS BEER HALL & WINE BAR Grill, Fort Wayne, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 Ba c k Wa t e r — Country / country rock at Pub/Tavern • 12628 Coldwater Rd., Fort Wayne • 888-260-0357 a.m., cover, 483-1311 Navy Club, Ship 245, New Haven, 7 p.m., no cover, 436-3512 Mo u n t a i n De w e Bo y s — Country at Ex p e c t : Lively atmosphere, eclectic tap list, knowledgeable bartenders and Hu b i e As h c r a f t Ba n d — Country p.m.-11 p.m., no cover, 493-4044 Hideaway Lounge, Bluffton, 8 p.m.- at Rusty Spur Saloon, Fort Wayne, Ca d i l l a c Ra n c h — Classic rock at the kind of backtalk you usually reserve for family reunions, Thanksgiving 12 a.m., no cover, 824-0455 and 90s sitcoms set in high school. Kitchen features pizzas, sandwiches, 10 p.m.-2 a.m., $5, 755-3465 Eagles Post 248, Fort Wayne, 8 p.m.-11 p.m., no cover, 478-2482 burgers, coffee, ice cream and a kids menu. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : Located at the intersection of Coldwater and Union Chapel roads. Ho u r s : 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Tues.-Sat. Al c o h o l : Beer/Wine; Pm t : MC, Visa, Disc, Amex CHRISTOPHER MURPHY - From Page 6 “It meant so much to me that I was able to give to the show.” other people the gift that she had given me.” Murphy also gets to pursue some more adult ma- Murphy continues to pass that gift along as as- terial, having been able to indulge his love of Stephen sistant director of Fort Wayne Youtheatre. Although Sondheim thanks to Arena Dinner Theatre. In recent he continues to appear on stage and direct adult casts, years that has led to directing Company, Assassins and working often with Arena Dinner Theatre and First this June, A Little Night Music. He hopes to continue Presbyterian Theater, his focus continues to be the with that series, and he wouldn’t mind another crack teaching and development of young talent. A part of at the show that started it all for him. the faculty for several years, he began working for “I’ve been in My Fair Lady two-and-a-half Youtheatre full-time a few years ago. Along the way times,” he said. “I played Higgins after high school, he has directed several of the company’s regular sea- played Pickering in a production at the Civic, and son productions. A recent one ranks high on Murphy’s through Gregory Stieber, I did a concert production of AIRING JANUARY 27 & FEBRUARY 3 list of favorite directorial experiences. it with the Virginia State Symphony where I sang the “I just had the best time doing A Charlie Brown Doolittle songs. So I’ve played all three main roles, Christmas. I was so pleased with that. It was some- but I wouldn’t mind another go or two at that.” thing that I had loved my whole life. It was great While he enjoys those outside endeavors, it is watching the kids doing the show and to see audiences clearly Fort Wayne Youtheatre that had his heart. It is seeing it in a whole new way.” there where he has really made a mark with genera- Murphy has another opportunity to bring a well- tions of creative kids who are all grateful for the same known classic to life in May when he directs Pinoc- encouragement he received as he was finding his path chio, the final show of the season and part of the an- in the theatre. nual Fairy Tale Fest. “I’m like everyone else and thought about wheth- “That’s very similar to Charlie Brown in that er I wanted to go to New York, try to get something people have a preconceived notion about what it’s go- going there. But I love Fort Wayne, love this whole ing to be. And the challenge is to give them what they artistic community because it’s so rich and vibrant. want while hopefully bringing something new to it. And even if I had gone on to become a wildly success- This will be the first Youtheatre show I’ve directed at ful actor, I would never have gotten the same satisfac- the Arts United Center in a few years, so it’s a great tion that I do from directing and teaching these young opportunity to bring size and more technical aspects to people.” Victor Wooten SPINS - From Page 8 like a thousand lonely nights thinking of someone you with an old friend gave new life to MacLean’s musi- Trio want but can never have. It’s simply gorgeous and cal outlet for the last 20 years. Good thing, as it’s an heartbreaking. Album closer “The Age of Miracles” absolutely gorgeous return. (John Hubner) brings back a little of that National sound, but sparser Send two copies of new CD releases to 2305 E. and quieter, like echoes of “Anybody here?” in a once Esterline Rd., Columbia City, IN 46725. It is also warm but now abandoned house. helpful to send bio information, publicity photos and Music for the Age of Miracles is the first Clien- previous releases, if available. Only full-length, pro- tele album in seven years. It seems a chance encounter fessionally produced CDs or EPs are accepted. 12------www.whatzup.com------January 25, 2018 ------Calendar • On the Road------The big spring and summer concert an- 1988 Feb. 17 Key Palace Theatre Redkey nouncements are coming fast this week. The Above & Beyond Feb. 15 House of Blues Cleveland first one may have been one of the worst kept Road Notez Afghan Whigs, Built to Spill, Rituals of Mine Apr. 12 Riviera Theatre Chicago secrets ever. Rumors have been circulating CHRIS HUPE Afghan Whigs, Built to Spill, Rituals of Mine Apr. 13 The Vogue Indianapolis for weeks that a Def Leppard and Journey Afghan Whigs, Built to Spill, Rituals of Mine Apr. 25 House of Blues Cleveland co-headlining tour was in the works, but, as AJR, Hundred Handed Apr. 6 Egyptian Room Indianapolis usual, there were denials from both camps until the announcement finally came this week. AJR, Hundred Handed Apr. 18 House of Blues Cleveland The two classic rock giants will indeed be playing 58 dates together this summer, includ- Alan Jackson Mar. 16 Nutter Center Dayton ing some stadiums. Shows in our region include Cleveland May 28, Cincinnati May 30, Alice Cooper, Edgar Winter Mar. 15 Morris P.A.C. South Bend Indianapolis July 3, Detroit July 13, Chicago July 14 and Columbus, Ohio August 22. The Alice in Chains May 15 Riviera Theatre Chicago bands will swap opening and closing slots depending upon the night and the city, and both Altan Mar. 22 Beachland Ballroom Cleveland will play full sets. Altan Mar. 23 Old Town School Chicago Amy Grant w/Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra Jan. 27 Embassy Theatre Fort Wayne Fall Out Boy have announced dates for their M A N I A tour with Machine Gun Kelly. Anderson East Apr. 12 20th Century Theatre Cincinnati The tour is in support of Fall Out Boy’s new album of the same name and stops in Grand Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, Zac Clark, Allen Stone, Bob Oxblood Apr. 19 House of Blues Cleveland Rapids September 6, Chicago September 8 and Columbus, Ohio September 9. The Chi- Andy Grammar Mar. 30 Deluxe Indianapolis cago show also features Rise Against and takes place at Wrigley Field. Anita Renfroe Mar. 10 Shipshewana Event Center Shipshewana Motor City Muscle is a new free event taking place in downtown Detroit August 17-19. Ann Wilson Apr. 7 Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park, OH The festival organizers promise over 100 musical artists alongside 250 muscle cars to Anne Heaton & Alice Peacock Mar. 21 The Ark Ann Arbor “capture the turbocharged feeling of driving a Mustang with Deep Purple’s ‘Highway Anthony Gomes Feb. 23 C2G Music Hall Fort Wayne Star’ as your soundtrack” according to a press release. Headliners and support acts will Anthony Jeselnik May 12 Egyptian Room Indianapolis be announced soon. Architects w/Stick to Your Guns, Counterparts Feb. 20 Agora Theatre Cleveland Art Garfunkel Jan. 27 Canton Palace Theatre Canton, OH Jason Aldean has joined the glut of country stars touring this spring and summer with Ashanti, Ja Rule, Lloyd Feb. 24 Riviera Theatre Chicago the announcement of his High Noon Neon Tour. Lauren Alaina and Luke Combs are Asking Alexandria, Black Veil Brides, Crown the Empire Feb. 14 Egyptian Room Indianapolis set to open all shows on the tour that hits Chicago May 18 and Indianapolis the following Asleep at the Wheel Apr. 13 Blue Gate Theatre Shipshewana night. Atlanta Pops Orchestra w/Chloe Agnew Mar. 16 Honeywell Center Wabash Keith Urban supports his new album, Graffiti U, with tour running June-November. The Awolnation, Nothing But Thieves Feb. 13 The Fillmore Detroit former American Idol judge has enlisted Kelsea Ballerini to open shows for him in Cleve- Awolnation, Nothing But Thieves Feb. 14 Aragon Ballroom Chicago land August 10, Chicago August 18, Cincinnati August 19, Toledo October 18 and Grand Awolnation, Nothing But Thieves Feb. 17 House of Blues Cleveland Rapids October 19. With the Urban/Ballerini pairing, this looks to be one of the more Bad Bunny Mar. 16 Allstate Arena Rosemont, IL The Bad Plus Feb. 2 Old Town School Chicago appealing country tours of the season. Badfish Feb. 11 House of Blues Cleveland And, of course, it wouldn’t be a summer if there wasn’t some incarnation of The Grate- Bahamas, The Weather Station Mar. 10 Metro Chicago ful Dead touring the United States. Dead & Company have announced a three-month Beach Boys May 10 Honeywell Center Wabash tour beginning in May that visits Cincinnati June 4, Indianapolis June 6 and Cleveland Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn Feb. 24 Old Town School Chicago June 20. The Dead & Company lineup consists of Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, John Between the Buried and Me, Dear Hunter, Leprous Apr. 6 Agora Theatre Cleveland Mayer, Bob Weir, Jeff Chimenti and Oteil Burbridge. Last year’s Dead & Company Bianca Del Rio Feb. 24 Vic Theatre Chicago tour grossed over $50 million, leaving no doubt the band is still in high demand on the Big K.R.I.T. Feb. 18 House of Blues Cleveland concert circuit. Big K.R.I.T. Apr. 28 Metro Chicago Bill Anderson Feb. 17 Honeywell Center Wabash [email protected] Bill Maher May 6 Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park, OH Billy Gardell May 25 Four Winds Casino New Buffalo, MI Clean Bandit Apr. 11 Vic Theatre Chicago Bishop Briggs May 12 Metro Chicago Cloud Castle Lake Feb. 1 Schubas Tavern Chicago Black Angels, Black Lips Mar. 30 The Vogue Indianapolis Collective Soul Feb. 15 Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park, OH Black Tiger Sex Machine, Apashe, Kai Wachi Mar. 8 Deluxe Indianapolis Collin Raye May 12 Wagon Wheel Warsaw Blackberry Smoke Mar. 9 Lerner Theatre Elkhart Courtney Marie Andrews Mar. 31 Schubas Tavern Chicago Blackberry Smoke w/Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown Mar. 10 The Fillmore Detroit Crooked Colours Mar. 2 Schubas Tavern Chicago Blue October Apr. 21 Piere’s Entertainment Center Fort Wayne Dan Auerbach w/Shannon and the Clams, Shannon Shaw, Robert Finley Mar. 31 Agora Theatre Cleveland Blues Traveler, Los Colognes Jan. 30 House of Blues Cleveland Dan Auerbach w/Shannon and the Clams, Shannon Shaw, Robert Finley Apr. 2 Riviera Theatre Chicago Blues Traveler w/Los Colognes Feb. 16 Bogart’s Cincinnati Darci Lynne Farmer Feb. 11 Rosemont Theatre Rosemont, IL Borns (sold out) Jan. 27 Riviera Theatre Chicago Darius, Cashmere Cat, MO Feb. 1 Riviera Theatre Chicago Borns Feb. 8 Agora Theatre Cleveland The Darkness Apr. 14 Agora Theatre Cleveland Bostyx Apr. 21 Niswonger P.A.C. Van Wert Daryl Hall & John Oates, Train May 18 United Center Chicago Brain Candy Mar. 24 Clowes Memorial Hall Indianapolis Daryl Hall & John Oates, Train May 20 Little Caesars Arena Detroit Brains, Avatar, Hellzapoppin Circus SideShow Revue, Old Kerry McKee Feb. 8 House of Blues Cleveland Daryl Hall & John Oates, Train May 22 Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland Brains, Avatar, Hellzapoppin Circus SideShow Revue, Old Kerry McKee Feb. 9 Deluxe Indianapolis Daryl Hall & John Oates, Train May 24 Nationwide Arena Columbus Brantley Gilbert, Aaron Lewis, Josh Phillips Apr. 26 Nutter Center Dayton Dashboard Confessional, Beach Slang Apr. 3 House of Blues Cleveland The Breeders May 8 Vic Theatre Chicago Dashboard Confessional w/Beach Slang Apr. 4 Bogart’s Cincinnati Brent Faiyaz, Diana Gordon, Amber Oliver Jan. 30 Schubas Tavern Chicago Daughtry Apr. 11 Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park, OH Brett Eldredge, Devin Dawson, Jillian Jacqueline Apr. 20 Egyptian Room Indianapolis David Byrne June 2 Auditorium Theatre Chicago Brian Regan Jan. 25 Aronoff Center Cincinnati David Luning Apr. 10 Schubas Tavern Chicago Brockhampton Feb. 13 The Intersection Grand Rapids Davy Knowles, Paperwhite Feb. 23 Schubas Tavern Chicago BruhitsZach, Jacob Sartorius, Hayden Summerall Jan. 26 The Fillmore Detroit Davy Knowles Jan. 27 C2G Music Hall Fort Wayne BruhitsZach, Jacob Sartorius, Hayden Summerall Feb. 2 House of Blues Cleveland Davy Knowles Feb. 23 Schubas Tavern Chicago Bruno Major Feb. 27 Schubas Tavern Chicago The Decemberists Apr. 24 Agora Theatre Cleveland Buckethead Mar. 25 Vic Theatre Chicago Declan McKenna Mar. 3 The Intersection Grand Rapids Buddy Guy Apr. 12 Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park, OH Demi Lovato, DJ Khaled Mar. 9 Allstate Arena Rosemont, IL Calexico Apr. 26 Woodward Theater Cincinnati Derek Gripper Feb. 7 Old Town School Chicago Carbon Leaf, Sister Hazel Feb. 24 The Vogue Indianapolis Dierks Bentley, Brothers Osborne, Lanco May 31 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Celtic Woman Apr. 18 Palace Theatre Columbus, OH Dirkschneider w/Elm Street Mar. 3 Agora Ballroom Cleveland Charlie Wilson, R. Kelly Feb. 21 Little Caesars Arena Detroit Dixie Dregs Mar. 24 Vic Theatre Chicago Charlotte Cardin Apr. 20 Schubas Tavern Chicago Dr. Dog, Son Little May 4 Majestic Theatre Detroit Chastity Brown, Andrea Gibson Jan. 30 Deluxe Indianapolis Dr. Dog, Son Little May 5 Riviera Theatre Chicago The Chieftains Mar. 4 Clowes Memorial Hall Indianapolis Dreamers, New Politics, The Wrecks Feb. 16 House of Blues Cleveland Chloe Agnew Mar. 17 Niswonger P.A.C. Van Wert Dropkick Murphys. Agnostic Front, Bim Skala Bim Feb. 28 Egyptian Room Indianapolis Chris Tomlin w/Iim Walker Smith, Matt, Maher, Christine D’Clario, Tauren Wells, Pat Barrett Apr. 13 Wolstein Center Cleveland Dweezil Zappa May 3 The Vogue Indianapolis Chris Tomlin w/Iim Walker Smith, Matt, Maher, Christine D’Clario, Tauren Wells, Pat Barrett Apr. 14 Huntington Center Toledo Earth, Wind & Fire Mar. 17 Four Winds Casino New Buffalo, MI Chris Tomlin w/Iim Walker Smith, Matt, Maher, Christine D’Clario, Tauren Wells, Pat Barrett Apr. 15 Nutter Center Dayton Earth, Wind & Fire Mar. 21 Embassy Theatre Fort Wayne Chris Tomlin w/Iim Walker Smith, Matt, Maher, Christine D’Clario, Tauren Wells, Pat Barrett May 10 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI The East Pointers Mar. 7 The Ark Ann Arbor Christopher Cross Mar. 30 Ludlow Garage Cincinnati Echosmith Apr. 14 Metro Chicago Clean Bandit Apr. 10 Deluxe Indianapolis Echosmith Apr. 17 Deluxe Indianapolis

January 25, 2018------www.whatzup.com------13 ------Calendar • On the Road------Echosmith, The Score Apr. 20 House of Blues Cleveland John Crist May 11 Wagon Wheel Theatre Warsaw Ella Vos Mar. 16 Schubas Tavern Chicago John Maus and Some Other Guys Feb. 18 Lincoln Hall Chicago Enslaved w/Wolves in the Throne Room, Myrkur, Khemmis Feb. 21 Agora Ballroom Cleveland John Oates Feb. 8 Old Town School Chicago Eric Johnson Mar. 13 House of Blues Cleveland John Prine, Aimee Mann, Mountain Heart, Birds of Chicago, Excision, Liguid Stranger, Dion Timmer, Monxx Feb. 20 House of Blues Cleveland The Cactus Blossoms, The War and Treaty, Joe Pug Jan. 27 Hill Auditorium Ann Arbor Excision, Liquid Stranger, Dion Timmer, Monxx Feb. 15 Egyptian Room Indianapolis John Prine Mar. 10 Taft Theatre Cincinnati Excision, Liquid Stranger, Dion TImmer, Monxx Feb. 16-17 The Fillmore Detroit John Prine May 12 Clowes Memorial Hall Indianapolis Excision, Liquid Stranger, Dion Timmer, Monxx Feb. 22 Aragon Ballroom Chicago Josh Fadem Feb. 10 CS3 Fort Wayne Ezra Furman Feb. 27 The Hi-Fi Indianapolis Journey, Def Leppard May 28 Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland The Fab Four Apr. 13 Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park, OH Jstjr, Kayzo, 4B, Dubloadz, DJ Gammer Mar. 27 House of Blues Cleveland Fetty Wap Jan. 26 Deluxe Indianapolis Jstjr, Kayzo, 4B, Dubloadz, DJ Gammer Apr. 3 Old National Centre Indianapolis Field Report Mar. 27 Schubas Tavern Chicago Juanes, Mon Laferte, Caloncho May 1 Rosemont Theatre Rosemont, IL First Aid Kit w/Van William Feb. 2 Riviera Theatre Chicago Judah & The Lion w/Tall Heights Mar. 5 Bogart’s Cincinnati Five for Fighting Apr. 8 Cincinnati Music Hall Cincinnati Judah & The Lion w/Tall Heights Mar. 21 House of Blues Cleveland Flint Eastwood, Pvris Feb. 23 House of Blues Cleveland Judah & The Lion w/Tall Heights Mar. 22 Egyptian Room Indianapolis Foreigner Apr. 7 Four Winds Casino New Buffalo, MI Judah & the Lion, Colony House, Tall Heights Mar. 23 Riviera Theatre Chicago Fozzy Mar. 29 The Intersection Grand Rapids Justin Flom Feb. 16 Wagon Wheel Theatre Warsaw Fozzy w/Santa Cruz, Through Fire, Dark Sky Choir Mar. 31 Oddbody’s Dayton Justin Moore, Dylan Scott Feb. 16 Memorial Coliseum Fort Wayne Fozzy, Santa Cruz, Through Fire, Dark Sky Choir Apr. 2 House of Blues Cleveland Justin Moore w/Dylan Scott May 5 Hobart Arena Troy, OH Froggy Fresh w/Jared Andrews Apr. 11 CS3 Fort Wayne Justin Timberlake Mar. 27 United Center Chicago Fruit Bats, Vetiver Apr. 13 Schubas Tavern Chicago Justin Timberlake Mar. 31 Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland Fruit Bats, Vetiver Apr. 14 The Ark Ann Arbor K Michelle Feb. 14 House of Blues Cleveland Fruit Bats, Vetiver Apr. 15 Square Cat Vinyl Indianapolis K.Flay w/Yungblud Mar. 25 20th Century Theater Cincinnati Fruition Feb. 9 Martyrs’ Chicago Kalimba Feb. 8 C2G Music Hall Fort Wayne G-Eazy, Phora, Anthony Russo Band, Trippie Redd Mar. 9 Aragon Ballroom Chicago Kansas Mar. 18 Victoria Theatre Dayton Gaelic Storm Feb. 22 House of Blues Cleveland Kansas Mar. 24 Four Winds Casino New Buffalo, MI Gaelic Storm Feb. 24 Taft Theatre Cincinnati Keiko Matsui May 4 Ludlow Garage Cincinnati Galactic Feb. 21 The Intersection Grand Rapids Kelly Lee Owens Mar. 20 Schubas Tavern Chicago Gang of Youths Mar. 30 Subterranean Chicago Kenny G Mar. 24 Niswonger P.A.C. Van Wert George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic Feb. 1 Civic Center Lima, OH Kevin Hart Jan. 27 Nutter Center Dayton George Ezra Apr. 29 Riviera Theatre Chicago Kid Rock Feb. 24 Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland Glen Hansard Mar. 18 Riviera Theatre Chicago Killswitch Engage, Anthrax Feb. 3 Egyptian Room Indianapolis Glen Phillips May 10 The Ark Ann Arbor Killswitch Engage, Hatebreed, The Word Alive May 2 Agora Theatre Cleveland Gloria Trevi, Alejandra Guzman Mar. 15 Allstate Arena Rosemont, IL Kiss Army Jan. 28 Key Palace Theatre Redkey The Glorious Sons Mar. 14 Schubas Tavern Chicago The Kooks w/Barns Courtney May 30 Vic Theatre Chicago Greensky Bluegrass Feb. 7 House of Blues Cleveland Kuinka, Wild Skies Feb. 2 Schubas Tavern Chicago Greensky Bluegrass Feb. 9-10 The Fillmore Detroit L.A. Guns, Budderside, Hero Jr. Feb. 28 The Vogue Indianapolis Greta Van Fleet May 22 The Fillmore Detroit Ladysmith Black Mambazo Feb. 17 Old Town School Chicago Haim, Lizzo May 8 The Fillmore Detroit Lauv, Jeremy Zucker Feb. 16 Lincoln Hall Chicago Haim, Lizzo May 11 Aragon Ballroom Chicago Led Zeppelin 2 Feb. 17 Deluxe Indianapolis Hammerfall, Flotsam & Jetsam June 1 Agora Ballroom Cleveland Lettuce, Galactic Feb. 23 Riviera Theatre Chicago Hatebreed, Crowbar, The Acacia Strain, Twitching Tongues Mar. 25 Old National Centre Indianapolis Lewis Black Apr. 7 The Fillmore Detroit Here Come the Mummies Feb. 16 The Intersection Grand Rapids Little Big Town w/Kacey Musgraves, Midland Feb. 16 Allstate Arena Rosemont, IL Here Come The Mummies Feb. 17 The Vogue Indianapolis Little Texas Jan. 27 Shipshewana Event Center Shipshewana Heywood Banks Apr. 28 The Ark Ann Arbor Locash Feb. 8 Honeywell Center Wabash Hotel California Mar. 17 Honeywell Center Wabash Lonely Biscuits Apr. 21 Schubas Tavern Chicago Hotel California Apr. 20 Shipshewana Event Center Shipshewana Lonestar Jan. 27 Niswonger P.A.C. Van Wert Howard Jones Mar. 10 Ludlow Garage Cincinnati Lotus Feb. 9 Vic Theatre Chicago IDK, A$ap Ferg, Denzel Curry Apr. 4 Egyptian Room Indianapolis LP Feb. 24 Metro Chicago IDK, A$ap Ferg, Denzel Curry Apr. 5 The Fillmore Detroit Lucy Rose, Charlie Cunningham Mar. 23 Schubas Tavern Chicago The Illusionists Feb. 13 Honeywell Center Wabash Luke Combs w/Ashley McBryde Feb. 8 Hobart Arena Troy, OH In This Moment, P.O.D., New Years Day, DED Feb. 7 Fillmore Detroit Luke Combs w/Ashley McBryde Feb. 9 DeltaPlex Grand Rapids In This Moment, P.O.D., New Years Day, DED Feb. 9 House of Blues Cleveland Lunasa Mar. 7 Old Town School Chicago Infamous Stringdusters, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades Feb. 8 The Vogue Indianapolis Machine Head Feb. 16 Agora Theatre Cleveland Infamous Stringdusters, Horseshoes & Handgrenades Feb. 13 Beachland Ballroom Cleveland Majid Jordan Feb. 21 Vic Theatre Chicago IU’s Another Round Feb. 2 C2G Music Hall Fort Wayne Manic Focus, SunSquabi, Clozee, SoDown, LWKY Mar. 10 Riviera Theatre Chicago J.J. Grey & Mofro w/The Commonheart Feb. 2 The Vogue Indianapolis Marilyn Manson Feb. 6 Riviera Theatre Chicago Jamie Loftus Mar. 3 CS3 Fort Wayne Marilyn Manson Feb. 7 20 Monroe Live Grand Rapids Jason Aldean, Lauren Alaina, Luke Combs May 19 Ruoff Music Center Noblesville Mark Chesnutt, Hubie Ashcraft Band Mar. 2 Shipshewana Event Center Shipshewana Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, JJ Grey & Mofro, Stephen Kellogg, Mark Lowry Feb. 24 Honeywell Center Wabash Dead Horses, Chastity Brown, Joe Pug Jan. 26 Hill Auditorium Ann Arbor Marshall Tucker Band Mar. 3 Shipshewana Event Center Shipshewana Jay Electronica Feb. 1 Park West Chicago Martin Carthy Apr. 14 Old Town School Chicago Jeanne Robertson May 4 Honeywell Center Wabash Mat Kearney, Andrew Belle Mar. 9 Riviera Theatre Chicago Jeezy Feb. 23 Egyptian Room Indianapolis Mat Kearney Mar. 29 House of Blues Cleveland Jeezy Feb. 24 The Fillmore Detroit Mat Kearney Mar. 30 Bogart’s Cincinnati Jeezy Feb. 26 House of Blues Cleveland Mat Kearney Mar. 31 Egyptian Room Indianapolis Jeezy, Tee Grizzley Feb. 23 Egyptian Room Indianapolis Matt & Kim Apr. 17 Riviera Theatre Chicago Jeezy, Tee Grizzley Feb. 24 The Fillmore Detroit Mavis Staples Feb. 3 Vic Theatre Chicago Jeezy, Tee Grizzley Feb. 26 House of Blues Cleveland Melvin Seals & JGB Mar. 15 The Vogue Indianapolis Jeff Dunham Jan. 25 Huntington Center Toledo Melvin Seals & JGB, Terrapin Flyer Mar. 16 Park West Chicago Jeff Dunham Jan. 26 Van Andel Arena Grand Rapids Michael Carbonaro Feb. 17 Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park, OH Jeff Dunham Jan. 28 Schottenstein Center Columbus, OH Michael Jr. Mar. 3 County Line Church of God Auburn Jeff Tweedy Apr. 27-28 Vic Theatre Chicago Miguel, SiR, Nonchalant Savant Mar. 5 Riviera Theatre Chicago Jerry Seinfeld Feb. 3 Aronoff Center Cincinnati Milky Chance w/Lewis Capaldi Jan. 26 Riviera Theatre Chicago Jess Williamson, Loma May 11 Schubas Tavern Chicago Ministry Apr. 12 Egyptian Room Indianapolis Jim Brickman Feb. 14 Aronoff Center Cincinnati Ministry, Chelsea Wolfe Apr. 7 Riviera Theatre Chicago Jimmy Eat World w/The Struts May 5 Bogart’s Cincinnati Miranda Lambert w/Jon Pardi, The Steel Woods Mar. 3 Wolstein Center Cleveland Jimmy Eat World, The Hotelier May 8 Riviera Theatre Chicago MJ Live Feb. 10 Niswonger P.A.C. Van Wert Jimmy Osmond May 19 Honeywell Center Wabash Mo & Cashmere Cat Feb. 1 Riviera Theatre Chicago Joe Russo’s Almost Dead Feb. 17 Riviera Theatre Chicago Mo Lowda, Quiet Hollers Mar. 26 The Ark Ann Arbor Joe Satriani, John Petrucci, Phil Collen Feb. 22 Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park, OH The Mountain Goats w/Dead Rider Apr. 12 Woodward Theater Cincinnati John 5, The Creatures Feb. 21 The Vogue Indianapolis Mountain Goats Apr. 13 Beachland Ballroom Cleveland

14------www.whatzup.com------January 25, 2018 ------Calendar • On the Road------Mowgli’s Feb. 24 Schubas Tavern Chicago Steven Wilson May 1-2 Vic Theatre Chicago Nada Surf Mar. 13 Metro Chicago Stewart Huff Feb. 2 CS3 Fort Wayne Nap Eyes, She Devils Apr. 6 Schubas Tavern Chicago Stone Sour, Red Sun Rising, The Dead Deads Feb. 18 Egyptian Room Indianapolis Neckdeep w/Speak Low If You Speak Love, Creeper Feb. 10 Agora Theatre Cleveland The Strypes Apr. 2 Lincoln Hall Chicago New Politics, Dreamers, The Wrecks Feb. 18 Metro Chicago Superorganism Mar. 28 Schubas Tavern Chicago Newsboys Mar. 16 Hobart Arena Troy, OH Susan Werner May 11 The Ark Ann Arbor Newsboys Mar. 17 Cleveland Public Auditorium Cleveland Tape Face Mar. 9 Bogart’s Cincinnati Newsboys, Zealand Mar. 18 Allen Co. War Memorial Coliseum Fort Wayne Temptations and Four Tops Apr. 21 Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park, OH Nightwish Mar. 24 Agora Theatre Cleveland Temptations, The Four Tops Apr. 20 Four Winds Casino New Buffalo, MI Nightwish Mar. 28 Kalamazoo State Theatre Kalamazoo Tenderloins Feb. 3 Nationwide Arena Columbus, OH Noah Gunderson Feb. 2 Beachland Ballroom Cleveland Terry Fator Apr. 20 Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park, OH Odesza May 4 Jacobs Pavilion Cleveland Theresa Flores Mar. 27 Niswonger P.A.C. Van Wert Odesza May 5 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati They Might Be Giants Feb. 7 The Vogue Indianapolis Old Dominion, Kenny Chesney May 31 Ruoff Music Center Noblesville They Might Be Giants Feb. 11 Beachland Ballroom Cleveland OMD Mar. 16 Vic Theatre Chicago They Might Be Giants Mar. 17 Vic Theatre Chicago Opiuo, Ganja White Night, Subtronics Feb. 9 Aragon Ballroom Chicago Three Dog Night Feb. 2 Honeywell Center Wabash Papa Roach, Nothing More, Escape the Fate Apr. 19 The Fillmore Detroit Tim Hawkins Mar. 24 Honeywell Center Wabash Papa Roach, Nothing More, Escape the Fate Apr. 21 Agora Theatre Cleveland Tim Northern May 18 CS3 Fort Wayne Papa Roach, Nothing More, Escape the Fate Apr. 22 Egyptian Room Indianapolis Tinsley Ellis Feb. 3 C2G Music Hall Fort Wayne Papadosio Mar. 17 The Intersection Grand Rapids Todrick Hall Apr. 19 Agora Theatre Cleveland Parsonsfield w/The Ghost of Paul Revere Feb. 18 Schubas Tavern Chicago Tokio Hotel Feb. 14 Agora Theatre Cleveland Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo Apr. 4 Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park, OH Tom Misch Apr. 26 Metro Chicago Paul Fayrewether Feb. 10 House of Blues Cleveland Tom Papa Mar. 8 Butler Arts Center Indianapolis Peter Hook & the Light May 4 Metro Chicago Tommy Emmanuel, Rodney Crowell Feb. 9 Egyptian Room Indianapolis Phillips, Craig and Dean Mar. 9 Shipshewana Event Center Shipshewana Tommy Emmanuel & Rodney Crowell Feb. 15 Taft Theatre Cincinnati The Piano Guys Apr. 27 Taft Theatre Cincinnati Trey Anastasio Band Apr. 20-21 Chicago Theatre Chicago Pink Mar. 9-10 United Center Chicago Trippin’ Billies Apr. 20 The Vogue Indianapolis Pink Mar. 17 Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis Turnover, Camp Cope Apr. 20 Deluxe Indianapolis Pink Droyd Feb. 17 C2G Music Hall Fort Wayne Two Feet Feb. 24 The Hi-Fi Indianapolis Pink w/Bleachers Mar. 28 Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland Ty Dolla $ign Mar. 11 Old National Centre Indianapolis Pop Evil, Palaye Royale, Black Map Mar. 28 House of Blues Cleveland Ty Segall Apr. 8 Riviera Theatre Chicago Pop Evil, Palaye Royale, Black Map Apr. 6 The Fillmore Detroit Tyler Hilton Jan. 25 Park West Chicago Pop Evil w/Palaye Royale, Black Map Mar. 29 Bogart’s Cincinnati Tyler, The Creator, Vince Staples, Taco Mar. 2-3 Aragon Ballroom Chicago Pop Evil Apr. 4 Piere’s Entertainment Center Fort Wayne Under the Streetlamp Mar. 23 Shipshewana Event Center Shipshewana Poppy Feb. 6 Deluxe Indianapolis Uriah Heep Mar. 4 T. Furth Ctr., Trine Univ. Angola Portugal. The Man Feb. 16 Aragon Ballroom Chicago Valerie June Feb. 23 Beachland Ballroom Cleveland Portugal. The Man Feb. 18 Agora Theatre Cleveland Velvet Caravan Mar. 22 The Ark Ann Arbor Propagandhi Mar. 3 Metro Chicago The Verve Pipe Apr. 19 Ludlow Garage Cincinnati Puddle of Mudd Mar. 3 Oddbody’s Dayton Wafia Jan. 29 Schubas Tavern Chicago Purdue Varsity Glee Club, Purduettes Apr. 13 Honeywell Center Wabash Wailers Jan. 28 The Vogue Indianapolis Purple Veins Apr. 21 The Vogue Indianapolis Walk The Moon Jan. 26-27 Aragon Ballroom Chicago PVRIS Feb. 24 The Intersection Grand Rapids Walk Off The Earth Mar. 16 Aragon Ballroom Chicago Radney Foster Mar. 15 B-Side Fort Wayne Walker Hayes Mar. 15 House of Blues Cleveland Randy Jackson w/Fort Wayne Philharmonic Apr. 13 Embassy Theatre Fort Wayne Wallows Feb. 22 Lincoln Hall Chicago Rebelution, Raging Fyah Feb. 17 Aragon Ballroom Chicago Warrant, Firehouse Feb. 3 Honeywell Center Wabash Rebulation, Raging Fyah Feb. 14 The Fillmore Detroit The Wedding Present, Terry De Castro Mar. 26 Lincoln Hall Chicago Recycled Percussion Jan. 26 Honeywell Center Wabash Weird Al Yankovic Mar. 10 20 Monroe Live Grand Rapids Rend Collective, Mack Brock Apr. 6 First Assembly of God Fort Wayne Weird Al Yankovic w/Emo Philips Mar. 25 Ohio Theatre Cleveland Rhea Butcher Apr. 7 CS3 Fort Wayne Weird Al Yankovic Apr. 6-7 Vic Theatre Chicago Richard Shindell Mar. 10 The Ark Ann Arbor Weird Al Yankovic Apr. 12 Honeywell Center Wabash Ricky Skaggs Mar. 4 Old Town School Chicago Westover, Skillet, NewSong, Building 429, Mallary Hope, Kari Jobe, KB, Dan Bremnes, Rik Emmet w/Dave Dunlop Jan. 27 Ludlow Garage Cincinnati Jordan Feliz, John Crist, Nick Hall Mar. 30 Allstate Arena Rosemont, IL Robert Cray Band Feb. 28 Kalamazoo State Theatre Kalamazoo Whiskey Myers Feb. 24 The Intersection Grand Rapids Robert Jenkins Mar. 23 CS3 Fort Wayne Why? Feb. 3 Beachland Ballroom Cleveland Robert Plant & The Sensational Space Shifters, Seth Lakeman Feb. 20 Riviera Theatre Chicago Wild Rivers Feb. 10 Martyrs’ Chicago Robin Trower Apr. 6 Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park, OH The Wood Brothers, Nick Bluhm Apr. 13-14 Vic Theatre Chicago Rod Tuffcurls and the Bench Press Feb. 10 The Vogue Indianapolis The Wood Brothers Apr. 19 The Vogue Indianapolis Rod Tuffcurls and the Bench Press Mar. 10 Vic Theatre Chicago Y&T Mar. 1 Agora Ballroom Cleveland Ron Feingold Jan. 26 @2104/FW Comedy Club Fort Wayne Yanni May 18 Jacobs Pavilion Cleveland Ron White Apr. 5 Honeywell Center Wabash Zach Williams, Carrollton, Jamie Kimmett Apr. 21 County Line Church of God Auburn Ryan Kinder Jan. 27 Schubas Tavern Chicago Sanctuary, Iced Earth, Kill Ritual Feb. 22 Deluxe Indianapolis Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox Feb. 2 The Fillmore Detroit Road Tripz Scott Bradlees’s Postmodern Jukebox Feb. 3 Riviera Theatre Chicago Addison Agen May 19...... Eagles Post 1291, Celina, OH Scotty McCreery, Russell Dickerson Mar. 22 The Fillmore Detroit Mar 11...... The Lerner Theatre, Elkhart Hubie Ashcraft Band Scotty McCreery Mar. 24 Shipshewana Event Center Shipshewana Big Caddy Daddy Feb 17...... Elks Lodge, Sturgis, MI Sebastian Maniscalco Mar. 3 Chicago Theatre Chicago Jan 27...... Nikki’s, Sturges, MI Mar 9...... The Distillery, Toledo Sebastian Maniscalco Mar. 9-10 Rosemont Theatre Rosemont, IL Bulldogs Mar 16...... Rulli’s Bella Luna Lounge, Middlebury Skillet, Kari Jobe, Building 429, John Crist, Jordan Feliz, NewSong, Jun 8...... Pork Rind Festival, Harrod, OH Mar 31...... American Legion Post 241, New Bremen, OH Jun 10...... Callaway Park, Elwood Nick Hall, Dan Bremnes, Mallary Hope, Westover Feb. 8 Allen Co. War Memorial Coliseum Fort Wayne Apr 7...... NIkki’s, Sturgis Jul 6...... Downtown Concert, Wabash Jun 2...... Ribfest, Antwerp, OH Sky Harbor, Silent Planet, The Contortionist, Strawberry Girls Apr. 6 Deluxe Indianapolis Jul 16...... Madison County Fair, Alexandria Jul 4...... Freedom Fest, Delphos, OH Smallpools, Misterwives Mar. 22 Riviera Theatre Chicago Jul 28...... Hickory Acres Campground, Edgerton, OH Aug 24...... TJ’s Smokehouse, Put-In-Bay, OH SoMo Mar. 1 Metro Chicago Jul 29...... Friends of Arts, Fort Recovery, OH Aug 25...... TJ’s Smokehouse, Put-In-Bay, OH SoMo Mar. 6 House of Blues Cleveland Aug 4...... State Line Festival, Union City Aug 26...... TJ’s Smokehouse, Put-In-Bay, OH Soulfly & Nile May 5 Oddbody’s Dayton Aug 24...... Quincy Daze, Quincy, MI Oct 20...... Rulli’s Bella Luna Lounge, Middlebury Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes Mar. 2 Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park, OH Sep 6...... Covered Bridge Festival, Roann Nov 2...... Cowboy Up, Mendon, OH Starset Feb. 10 Piere’s Entertainment Center Fort Wayne Sep 15...... Apple Fest, Nappanee Nov 3...... Cowboy Up, Mendon, OH Sep 21...... Ducktail Run, Gas City Dec 8...... The Distillery, Toledo Starset, Grabbitz, Year of the Locust Feb. 3 House of Blues Cleveland Oct 20...... Bicentennial Fundraiser, Rockford, OH Dec 14...... Rulli’s Bella Luna Lounge, Middlebury Static Fly, Wayland, The Illegals, Six Feet to Salvation, The Kickbacks Feb. 8 Piere’s Entertainment Center Fort Wayne Cadillac Ranch Dec 15...... Nikki’s, Sturgis Steep Canyon Rangers Mar. 17 Victoria Theatre Dayton Feb 24...... Eagles Post 2233, Bryan, OH Sunny Taylor Stephen Kellogg Mar. 14 Ludlow Garage Cincinnati Gypsy Bandit Mar 3...... Lumberyard Winery, Napoleon, OH Steve Martin & Martin Short feat. Steep Canyon Rangers, Jeff Babko May 18 Embassy Theatre Fort Wayne Mar 10...... Eagles Post 1291, Celina, OH

January 25, 2018------www.whatzup.com------15 Still Birthing Suckers Daily Bunk by Kevin Young, Graywolf Press, 2017 The last couple of years have been a troublesome time for truth in America. Regardless of their politi- On Books cal ideologies, the majority of Americans think that other Americans are falling prey to scammers who are EVAN GILLESPIE relentlessly pushing lies and falsehoods. Even worse, many Americans seem willing to accept the ubiqui- famously called them “suckers”) would happily pay tous hoaxes, arguing that the truth can change depend- again to be fooled the next time the circus came to ing on which version of the facts you put your faith in. town. It’s a grim state of affairs. Young builds on the foundation that Barnum laid Journalist Kevin Young argues, though, that it’s to examine a parade of hoaxes over a couple of cen- nothing new. Since the early days of America, Young turies, from spiritual charlatans to truth-defying says, Americans have been not only remarkably journalists to fabricating authors to deceitful susceptible to hoaxes, but apparently en- politicians. He starts with the early 19th- amored of them. It’s almost as if a century Sun newspaper hoax about weird willingness to be fooled is an es- creatures on the moon and plows through a sential part of the American char- dizzying array of hoaxes, major and minor, acter, and it’s led to a fascinating culminating in the rise of Trumpism and evolution of deception throughout its reliance on what he terms “alternative the nation’s history, from the start of facts.” the 19th century to the beginning of The through line here is that, of the 21st. course, the American love affair with Young identifies legendary hoaxer being fooled didn’t begin with Don- P.T. Barnum as the founding father of ald Trump, and America, even in the American deception, a man so proud 21st century, was already primed to of the success of his hoaxes that he had accept stories that didn’t have much no problem being recognized as a profes- to do with the truth. Reality televi- sional liar. Barnum argued that there was no sion had been immensely popular problem with misrepresentation and fabrica- for years by 2016, and even though the tion being part of his showmanship because majority of viewers knew that the shows were everyone expected him to sell his wares using staged, they had no problem being entertained by untruths. them anyway. In fact, Americans seemed to enjoy the dance of And it didn’t happen only in low-brow entertain- his hoaxes, he said, as it gave them the opportunity to ment, either. Young spends a large amount of time exercise their skepticism and try to spot the deception. contemplating the rash of supposedly nonfiction The important thing is that the customer ultimately books written in the early 2000s that turned out to be felt that he got his money’s worth. The lies could be forgiven in that case, and the customer (Barnum in- Continued on page 17 ------The Rock on Top As The Post Flops Tops at the Box: The new Jumanji flick, Wel- come to the Jungle, once again took the No. 1 spot at the U.S. box office, selling another $20 million while ScreenTime bringing the flick’s five-week sales total to $767 mil- lion worldwide. I can’t lie, I thought this one would GREG W. LOCKE flop. On paper, to me, it looked like a disaster. The Rock. Kevin Hart. Jumanji? But hey, it’s a big enough drastically and, perhaps for the first time in his career, seller that we can now expect both a sequel and a po- he’s not been able to keep up. litical career from The Rock. Yippie. Rounding out last weekend’s Top 5 was The Also at the Box: Ensemble war drama 12 Strong Greatest Showman, which sold another $11 million, had a solid opening weekend, selling $16.5 million bringing he film’s five-week sales total to $113 mil- over its first three days of release. Great cast, mixed lion in the U.S. and $232 million worldwide. I don’t reviews. I’m weary of most modern films that focus know anyone who saw this film. Are they perhaps on U.S. armed forces, as their motives often seem to giving away comp tickets with purchase at rural Hall- be problematic. Heist thriller Den of Thieves also had mark stores? a solid opening weekend, bringing in $15.3 million Also of Note: The Commuter continued to flop, FORT WAYNE’S NEW OLDIES STATION over its first three days of release. Looks like a great 2 and P.T. Anderson’s mediocre Phantom Thread, de- a.m. Netflix watch to me. spite getting a wide release, has still only told $6 mil- CHUCK BERRY MOTOWN TURTLES Steven Spielberg’s The Post continued to flop, lion. BTO BUDDY HOLLY ABBA CHER taking the No. 4 spot at the box, selling another $12 New This Week: This week is all about two million, upping the Oscar hopeful’s five-week total films, starting with sci-fi adventure flick Maze Run- BEACH BOYS ROLLING STONES to just $45 million. Oof. Only two of the eight films ner: The Death Cure, which looks to be very forget- Spielberg has made since War of the Worlds (arguably table. I imagine a few tweens might want to check it THE BEATLES 3 DOG NIGHT the last film in his era of box office domination) have out, but don’t foresee this one setting the box office on PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS sold more than $100 million, and one of those films fire. The notable release of the week is Scott Cooper’s was that Indiana Jones stinker. So its the end of an Hostiles, starring Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike and AND MANY MORE GREAT OLD TIME era, this The Post film, I think. It’ll be interesting to Ben Foster. A western, this one, with mixed reviews. see what Spielberg does over the next decade or so, ROCK & ROLL FROM THE 60S AND 70S as the industry he dominated for so long has changed Continued on page 17 16------www.whatzup.com------January 25, 2018 ------Calendar • Art & Artifacts------ON BOOKS - From Page 16 Current Exhibits Ja z z Er a Ph o t o g r a p h y b y He r ma n EVENTS Le o n a r d — Photographs of jazz Dr aw n To g e t h e r — All-ages, Artlink- partially or wholly fabricated. There was a current, for a while, in post- Th e Ar t o f Fo r t Wa y n e — greats Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, sponsored drawing event (supplies Collaborative works celebrating Charlie Parker and more, 10 a.m.-6 provided), 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. modernist literature that argued that truth was subjective, and that it was the city of Fort Wayne, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and 7, Calhoun Street Soups, Salads more important what felt true than what actually was true. p.m. Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-6 12-5 p.m. Sunday thru Jan. 28, and Spirits, Fort Wayne, free,424- This is the concept that comedian Stephen Colbert called “truthiness,” p.m. Friday-Saturday and 12-5 Fort Wayne Museum of Art, $6-$8 7195 and it became a favorite tool of politicians after the turn of the century. p.m. thru Feb. 25, Jeffrey R. Krull (members, free), 422-6467 A3rD (Ar t + Mu s i c Au gm e n t e d ) — Gallery, Main Library, Allen County Je f f e r y Wo l i n : St o n e Co u n t r y — Immersive virtual reality art/concert It was much more effective, politicians discovered, to move people by Public Library, Fort Wayne, 421- Photographs and stories related experience featuring music from leveraging what they believed to be true rather than what was true. It’s a 1210 ext. 2101 to Indiana’s limestone industry, 10 String Shift, 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. powerful tactic, Young argues, because it can tap into deeply established Th e Ar t o f Wa r n e r Br o s . Ca r t o o n s a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday 9, Punch Films, Fort Wayne, $20, notions of race, cultural identity and wish fulfillment. — Film shorts, drawings, paintings, and 12-5 p.m. Sunday thru Jan. 740-6851 The real revelation is that the pervasiveness of hoaxes crosses ideo- animation cels and other memo- 28, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Co l l ab o r at o r i u m — Collaborative rabilia tracing the development of $6-$8 (members, free), 422-6467 art-making session for artists, musi- logical boundaries so easily. If the same deceptive axe can be wielded so such cartoon characters as Bugs Maj e s t i c Ea r t h — All-media group cians, performers and writers, 6 effectively by both post-modernist authors and faux-populist politicians, Bunny, Tweety and The Road exhibition showcasing the beauty of p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 21, Artlink you’ve got a pretty widespread problem on your hands. Runner, 7 a.m.-7 p.m. daily thru the earth, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday, Contemporary Gallery, Fort Wayne, Feb. 7, Clark Gallery, Honeywell Wednesday, Friday and Saturday free, 424-7195 In Bunk, Young delivers some persuasive arguments, but unfortu- Center, Wabash, 563-1102 and 10 a.m.-7p.m. Tuesday and nately he delivers them in an undisciplined, disjointed and often exces- Bac h e l o r o f Ar t Exhibition — Works Thursday thru Jan. 30, Orchard sive style. He tells us too much, and his thought processes are often un- by senior fine arts graduates, 8 Gallery of Fine Art, Fort Wayne, Upcoming Exhibits a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Friday and 10 436-0927 clear as he ping-pongs through his source material. Bunk is a difficult a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday thru My t h o l o g y o f Hi s t o r y : Wo r k s b y Ad am FEBRUARY read, and most American readers would probably much rather watch a Feb. 9, Visual Arts Gallery, IPFW, My s o ck a n d Iv a n Fo r t u s h n i ak — Big Sk y — Acrylics, watercolors and truth-challenged reality TV show than spend the effort to figure out what Fort Wayne, 481-6705 Mixed-media works that feature pastels on both canvas and paper Young is trying to say, true as it may be. Ca s h & Ca r r y Ho l i d a y Ex h i b i t — A allegorical historical references, by David Webb, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. variety of works, all available for 9 a.m.-5p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 Monday, Wednesday, Friday [email protected] immediate purchase, 7 a.m.-7 p.m. a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 1-5 p.m. and Saturday and 10 a.m.-7p.m. daily thru Jan. 31, Clark Gallery, Sunday thru Feb. 21 (opening Tuesday and Thursday, Feb. 1-28, Honeywell Center, Wabash, 563- reception 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. Orchard Gallery of Fine Art, Fort 1102 20), John P. Weatherhead Gallery, Wayne, 436-0927 SCREENTIME - From Page 16 Da v i d Sh a p i r o : Se e r , Act o r , Kn o w e r , Rolland Arts Center, University of To m Ke e s e e Da y a n d Ni g h t in Eag l e Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, 399- Do e r — An exhibit of more than 30 Ma r s h — Works from local artist, Bale has become known for picking great scripts and collaborators, so 7700 ext. 8001 abstract works from the museum’s 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, despite looking like a ho-hum western on the surface, Hostiles is prob- largest gift in history, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Re g i o n a l Exhibition — Juried exhibition Feb. 10-March 31 (opening recep- Tuesday-Saturday and 12-5 p.m. featuring artists from Indiana, Ohio, tion 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10), ably a movie worth seeing. Oh, and there’s also a film coming out called Sunday thru Feb. 2, Fort Wayne Michigan, Illinois and Kentucky, Crestwoods Frame Shop & Gallery, Kickboxer: Retaliation, starring Mike Tyson and ... wait for it ... Jean- Museum of Art $6-$8 (members, 12-7 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and Roanoke, 672-2080 Claude Van Damme. JCVD in a Kickboxer film. Maybe it’s good. Likely 12-4 p.m. Saturday thru Feb. 9, free), 422-6467 Au d r e y Mi l l s : Te x t (u r e ) — Works it’s not. Do n Kr u s e — Works on paper from Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery, using text as a tool for conceptual- local artist, educator and member Fort Wayne, 424-7195 izing the black body, 12-7 p.m. ScreenRant: I watched the SAG Awards this years, and, wow, was of the artist group Fort Wayne Six, St o n e Co u n t r y : Th e n a n d No w — Tuesday-Saturday and 12-4 p.m. it fun. The show passed quickly. It was loose and fun. There was a lot of 9 a.m.-5p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 Jeffrey Wolin’s original photographs Saturday, Feb. 16-March 23, grandstanding, of course. Maybe even to the point that a lot of viewers a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 1-5 p.m. from Stone Country, his 1985 Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery, Sunday thru Feb. 21, Goldfish project with writer Scott Russell Fort Wayne, 424-7195 were turned off. I was fine with it, though. These are good topics to dis- Gallery, Rolland Arts Center, Sanders documenting the land- Ho r i z o n s o f Ut o p i a — Elena cuss. University of Saint Francis, Fort scape, industry and people of Smyrniotis’ immersive installation [email protected] Wayne, 399-7700 ext. 8001 southern Indiana, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. using sculpture, sound and projec- Fo r t Wa y n e Ar t i s t s Gu i l d ’s Ex h i b i t i o n s Tuesday-Saturday and 12-5 p.m. tion to create a utopian vision, 12-7 — Darlene Selzer-Miller at Active Sunday thru Jan. 28, Fort Wayne p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and 12-4 Membership Makes Day of Fort Wayne, Lynne Padget Museum of Art, $6-$8 (members, p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16-March 23, Community at Aldersgate United Methodist free), 422-6467 Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery, The Difference Su n s e t Ca n y o n Po tt e r y — Exhibition Arts Academy Church, Emily Butler at Allen County Fort Wayne, 424-7195 • Job Referrals Retinal Surgeons, Anita Trick at of functional pottery from Austin, In Lo v e /Th i s Bo d y — Mel Sealy and Citizens Square (2nd floor), Valerie Texas-based pottery studio, 10 C.A. Neal’s exhibition of comic art art dance music theatre • Experienced Negotiators a.m.-5 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, McBride at Citizens Square (3rd illustrating interviews and short grades pre K-12 • Insurance floor), Dick Hefflefinger at Heritage Friday and Saturday and 10 a.m.- stories about Fort Wayne’s LGBT+ of Fort Wayne, Jon Detweiler 7p.m. Tuesday and Thursday thru community, 12-7 p.m. Tuesday- Art and Drama • Contract Protection at Ophthalmology Consultants Jan. 30, Orchard Gallery of Fine Saturday and 12-4 p.m. Saturday, (Southwest), Toni McAlhany at Art, Fort Wayne, 436-0927 Feb. 16-March 23 (opening recep- Classes Fort Wayne Ophthalmology Consultants (North), Wa n d e r i n g s : Mu s i n g s a n d St o r i e s tion 5-8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 16), Musicians Association Alice Siefert at Rehabilitation f r o m Ou r Tr a i l s — Works from Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery, February–April Hospital of Fort Wayne, John Kelty Jeremy McFarren and Erin Fort Wayne, 424-7195 Call Bruce Graham at Town House Retirement, Karen Patton McFarren, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Fi n e Ar t s Fac u l t y Exhibition — Works for more Harvey at Visiting Nurse Hospice Monday-Friday and 9:30 a.m.-1 by current and emeritus IPFW information and Karen Bixler and Diana Fair at p.m. Sunday thru Feb. 25, First faculty members, 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Call 260-481-6059 Presbyterian Art Gallery, First Will Jewelers, thru Feb. 28, fort- Monday-Friday and 10 a.m.-5 ipfw.edu/caa 260-420-4446 wayneartistguild.org. Presbyterian Church, Fort Wayne, p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Feb. Ge o f f r e y Hi l l e r : Da y b r e ak in Ma y a n ma r 426-7421 22-March 23 (artist reception 5-7 — Selection of photos from travels Wi n t e r Re f l e ct i o n s — Winter-themed p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22, Visual to Burma (Mayanmar) dating back works from local, regional and Arts Gallery, IPFW, Fort Wayne, to 1987, including excerpts from national artists, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. 481-6705 Tuesday-Saturday thru Feb. 3, interviews conducted by the artist, 8 MARCH a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday, 7:30 Castle Gallery Fine Art, Fort Wayne, a.m.-12 p.m. Saturday and 4-6 426-6568 42n d An n u a l Hi g h Sc h o o l Exhibition p.m. Sunday thru Feb. 18, Franco — Juried exhibition featuring works D’Agostino Art Gallery, Academic by high school students from Center, Indiana Tech, Fort Wayne, Artifacts Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Illinois, 399-2826 9 a.m.-5p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 CALL FOR ENTRIES a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 1-5 Gr o u p Sh o w — Works from over 20 artists working in all mediums, 10 38t h Nat i o n a l Pr i n t Exhibition — p.m. Sunday, March 1-18 (opening a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday Contemporary, limited edition, reception and awards ceremony 6-8 thru Feb. 3, Crestwoods Frame fine arts works in all printmaking p.m. Thursday, March 1), John P. Shop & Gallery, Roanoke, 672-2080 mediums accepted for juried 2018 Weatherhead Gallery, Rolland Arts Center, University of Saint Francis, IPFW Ph o t o St u d e n t s — Exhibition exhibition, Friday, January 26 entry Fort Wayne, 399-7700 ext. 8001 featuring photos from IPFW deadline, Artlink Contemporary Photography Club, Design Club and Gallery, 424-7195, artlinkfw.com Fe at h e r s , Fi n s & Fu r — Spring-themed Department of Continuing Studies, Ar t s Pl ac e Ca l l f o r Ex h i b i t o r s — Arts invitational exhibit, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 5-8 p.m. Friday, 4 p.m.-7 p.m. Place seeking innovative propos- Monday, Wednesday, Friday Saturday, 1-4 p.m. Sunday and by als from regional artists to display and Saturday and 10 a.m.-7p.m. appointment, Jan. 26-Feb. 25 (art- two- or three-dimensional works Tuesday and Thursday, March ist reception 6-8 p.m. Friday, Jan. in Portland, Indiana art gallery, 1-31 (artist reception 10 a.m.-5 26), Garrett Museum of Art, Garrett, electronic submissions (including p.m. Saturday, March 3), Orchard VOLBEAT • LINKIN PARK 704-5400 10 images of recent work, descrip- Gallery of Fine Art, Fort Wayne, tion of proposed exhibition, current 436-0927 FOO FIGHTERS • NICKELBACK resume and artist statement) due Sunday, Feb. 4, email kanderson@ artsland.org, 866-539-9911 ALICE IN CHAINS • METALLICA THE BEASTIE BOYS & MORE January 25, 2018------www.whatzup.com------17 ------Calendar • Stage & Dance------Now Playing A Tr i b u t e t o t h e Mu s i c o f Ro d g e r s Yo u n g Ha r r i e t Tu b m a n — Fort Wayne Th e Pr i c e Is Ri g h t Li v e — Interactive & Ha m m e r s t e i n a n d An d r e w Ll o y d Youtheatre production based on stage show based on the popular A Li f e in t h e Th e a t r e — David Mamet’s We b b e r (Ap r i l 20-21) — Fort the life of the famed abolitionist TV game show, complete with priz- comedy that examines the lives Wayne Civic Theatre seeks 2-3 and U.S. Army spy, written and es for participating audience mem- of two actors at different stages of female and 2-3 male solo quality directed by Gregory Stieber as part bers, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. their careers, 7 p.m. dinner, 8 p.m. vocalists along with a chorus of 20 of FWYT’s Linda Ruffolo Young 15, Honeywell Center, Wabash, curtain, Jan. 26-27 and Feb. 2-3, to 32 singers for production with Heroes of Conscience series, 7 $29-$45, 563-1102 Arena Dinner Theatre, Fort Wayne, the Fort Wayne Philharmonic at the p.m. Friday, Feb. 2; 2 p.m. & 4 Da v i d — Sam Ward created and stars $40 (includes dinner & show), 424- Embassy Theatre, 6 p.m. Sunday, p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3; 2 p.m. in all for One productions’ world pre- 5622 Feb. 18 (arrive by 5:30 p.m.; call- Sunday, Feb. 4 (special school miere one-man musical about the Da n i e l Ti g e r ’s Ne i g h b o r h o o d : Ki n g backs, if needed, 7 p.m. Monday, shows at Wayne High School, 9:30 biblical shepherd boy who became f o r a Da y — Family entertain- Feb. 19), Arts United Center, Fort a.m. & 11:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 5; king of Israel, 7:30 p.m. Friday- ment featuring characters from the Wayne, 422-4226 ext. 226 or $7/student, one free adult for every Saturday, Feb. 16-17; 2:30 p.m. popular PBS television series, 7 [email protected] to sign up 10 students), Black Box Theatre, Sunday, Feb. 18; 7:30 p.m. Friday- p.m. Thursday, Jan. 25, Honeywell Ho n k ! Ju n i o r (Ju n e 23-24) — Children PPG ArtsLab, Fort Wayne, $12-$18, Saturday, Feb. 23-24; 2:30 p.m. Center, Wabash, $19-$29 (add $25 ages 8-18 sought for Wells 422-4226 Sunday, Feb. 25, PPG ArtsLab, for VIP meet-and-greet), 563-1102 Community Theater’s children Di a v o l o — Performance by Fort Auer Center for Arts & Culture, Fort Pr i d e a n d Pr e j u d i c e — Fire & Light production based on Hans Christian Wayne Dance Collective’s 2018 Wayne, $11-$20, 422-4226 Academy production of Jane Austen Anderson’s The Ugly Duckling, 9 guest dance company, 7:30 p.m. Ci r q u e Go e s t o t h e Ci n e m a — Fort classic, 2 p.m. & 7 p.m. Friday, a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, May 22, Saturday, Feb. 3, Arts United Wayne Philharmonic Pops Series Jan. 26 and 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. Arts, Commerce & Visitors Centre, Center, $20-$30, 424-6574 performance featuring Cirque de 27, Salvation Army Community Bluffton, 824-5222 Da n c i n g w i t h t h e St a r s : Li v e !– Li g h t la Symphonie’s acrobats, jugglers Center, $4 (online at fireandlightpro- u p t h e Ni g h t — Dancers from the and aerial gymnasts and music from ductions.com), $5 at door, 241-3378 hit TV show perform, 7:30 p.m. classic films, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Upcoming Productions Wednesday, Feb. 7, Embassy Feb. 17, Embassy Theatre, Fort Theatre, Fort Wayne, $42.50-$125 Wayne, $29-$72 thru Philharmonic Asides FEBRUARY thru Ticketmaster and Embassy box box office, 481-0770 If t h e Wh o l e Bo d y Di e s — One-act office, 424-5665 La Ca g e Au x Fo ll e s — Fort Wayne AUDITIONS play about the life and career of Lo v e No t e s — Fort Wayne Ballet pro- Civic Theatre production of the Jerry activist Raphael Lemkin, 8 p.m. Fridays & Saturdays Wh o Fr a m e d Lu c k y t h e Le p r e c h a u n ? duction of never seen before works, Herman/Harvey Fierstein musical (Ma r c h 16-18) — Ages 6 through Thursday, Feb. 1, Studio Theatre, 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Feb. 9-10, based on the 1973 French play of adult sought for quirky comedy, 3 Kettler Hall, IPFW, free, 481-6551 Arts United Center, Fort Wayne, the same name, 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19-Feb. 3, 2018 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Feb. 3-4 $20-$50, 422-4226 Feb. 17; 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 18; 8 Doors at 6:15, Dinner at 7, Show at 8 and Saturday, Feb. 10, TekVenture, Ch i c a g o — Broadway at the Embassy p.m. Friday-Saturday, Feb. 23-24 750-9013 production of hit musical by John and March 2-3; 2 p.m. Sunday, Directed by Todd Frymier Kander, Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse March 4, Arts United Center, Fort about Prohibition-era criminals in Wayne, $17-$30, 422-4226 Produced through special the Windy City, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday- arrangement with Samuel Wednesday, Feb. 13-14 Embassy French, Inc. Theatre, Fort Wayne, $35-$65 thru Ticketmaster and Embassy box Arena Dinner Theatre office, 424-5665 719 Rockhill St., Fort Wayne ------(260) 424-5622 arenadinnertheatre.org

Youtheatre Presents Actors Shine in Mamet’s ‘Love Letter’ July 22 - August 6 A Life in the Theatre, David Mamet’s 1975 two- man comedy, has been called a love letter to the the- February 17-March 4 ater. It follows two actors at different stages in their Curtain Call February 17 - March 4 careers: John, the up-and-coming young actor, and Robert, the aging veteran at the end of his career. Told JEN POIRY-PROUGH Young Harriet The musical version as a series of vignettes, the production takes place of “The Bird Cage” both onstage and off. tration and they didn’t appear to miss a single line. Tubman When offstage in the dressing room, rehearsal hall Murphy has the bulk of the show’s dialogue. Long by Gregory Stieber Book by Harvey Fierstein or behind the curtain, Robert (played by Christopher J. monologues, broken up with Mametesque asides and Murphy) espouses his theatrical philosophies and wise interjections by Jenkins, were delivered to perfection. Part of the Music and Lyrics by Linda Ruffolo Young Heroes of technical tips to his young co-star (Quentin C. Jen- Some of the hardest roles are the ones with just a few Jerry Herman Conscience Series kins). John is eager to learn from his mentor, who he strategically placed lines, and Jenkins didn’t miss a gradually begins to realize is just as insecure and full cue. He is natural as the eager young actor who lis- Based on the play by Jean Poiret of self-doubt at the end of his tens more than he speaks, and career as John is at the begin- Murphy has perfected Robert’s Show Sponsor A LIFE IN THE THEATRE ning of his own. By the end of larger-than-life ego that hides the play, the roles have reversed 7 p.m. dinner, 8 p.m. curtain his anxiety. somewhat, and the evolution of Friday-Saturday, Both actors balanced their relationship is heartbreak- Jan. 26-27 & Feb. 2-3 the drama and the humor, par- ing. ANNIVERSARY Arena Dinner Theatre ticularly in some of the more 90th The play is full of laughs, hilarious “onstage” scenes, de- however. Under Todd Frymier’s 719 Rockhill St., Fort Wayne picting actors trying to just get February 2 @ 7 PM direction, the “onstage” scenes $40, 260-424-5622 through a scene even when ev- February 3 @ 2 PM & 4 PM are some of the funniest in the erything is going wrong. February 4 @ 2 PM show. Anyone who’s ever appeared on a stage will The costuming by Pam Good is especially notable recognize some if not all of the “actor’s nightmare” in this production. Because there are so many short Performances at: scenarios presented in these more satirical scenes. scenes that take place – backstage in street clothes and Parkview Physicians Group Whether they are missing cues (or just questioning onstage in full costume (World War I, French Revolu- ArtsLab whether they have), forgetting their lines, suffering tion, Civil War, etc.) – the costume changes are many from wardrobe or prop malfunctions or completely and often complex. The necessity of so many scene (Black Box Theatre) losing their place in the script, the real-life audience and costume changes make the scene changes some- gets a glimpse of some of the slings and arrows that what lengthy, but Frymier has chosen an excellent For tickets call (260) 422-4226 actors must face during a performance every time. soundtrack to cover them. 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Their professional- ism, however, prevented a single slip of their concen- [email protected] 18------www.whatzup.com------January 25, 2018 ------Calendar • Things To Do------Current My t h o l o g y of Hi s t o r y Ar t i s t Le c t u r e Storytimes Tours and Trips Mo n t h l y Da n c e — Fort Wayne — Adam Mysock discusses pieces Dancesport’s monthly dance, 8-11 Ca b i n Fe v e r Re l i e v e r — Indoor back- in his latest exhibition, 7:30 p.m. St o r y t i m e s , Activities a n d Cr a f t s a t Ir e l a n d , Lo n d o n a n d Pa r i s — USF p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3, Walb Classic yard party with live music, ziplining, Wednesday, Feb. 21, North Al l e n Co u n t y Pu b l i c Li b r a r y : School of Creative Arts trip to visit Ballroom, IPFW, Fort Wayne, $5-$10, live music, beer, wine and food, Campus Auditorium, University of Ab o i t e Br a n c h — Born to Read the Rock of Cashel, Dublin City fwdancesport.org 7-11:45 p.m. Friday, Jan. 26, Allen Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, free, Storytime, 10:30 a.m. Mondays, Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum, County War Memorial Coliseum, 399-7700 Smart Start Storytime, 10:30 a.m. Eiffel Tower and more; college February Fort Wayne, $25-$50, 483-1111 La y of t h e La n d Di sc u ss i o n — Jason Tuesdays & Thursdays, Baby course credit available, May 7-18, Mi z p a h Sh r i n e Ci r c u s — Three ring Kissel discusses land conservation Steps, 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays, , University of Saint Francis, Fort Fo r t Wa y n e RV a n d Ca m p i n g Sh o w circus featuring clowns, aerial acts, and ACRES Land Trust projects, 421-1320 Wayne, $4400-$4650, [email protected] — Hundreds of RV, travel trailers, acrobats and more, 6:30 p.m. 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23, Tom & Du p o n t Br a n c h — Born to Read recreational vehicles and toy haul- Thursday, Jan. 25; 7 p.m. Friday, Jane Dustin Nature Preserve, Storytime, 10:15 a.m. Mondays, ers on display and for sale, vendor Jan. 26; 10 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 7 Huntertown, free, 637-2273 Baby Steps Storytime, 10:15 Trivia booths and raffles, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27; 1 p.m. and Af r i c a n Am e r i c a n Pi o n e e r s of Fo r t a.m. and 11:15 a.m. Tuesdays, Li v e Trivia — Trivia night with live Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 1-3 and Wa y n e — ARCH lecture presented 5:45 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 28, Allen Ants in Your Pants Storytime, host, 7-9 p.m. Tuesdays, Duesy’s 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 4, Allen by Roberta Ridley of the African County War Memorial Coliseum, 10:30 & 11:30 a.m. Wednesday Sports Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne, free, County War Memorial Coliseum, Fort American Genealogical Society of Fort Wayne, $14-$22, 483-1111 & Thursdays, PAWS to Read, 4 484-0411 Wayne, $3-$10, 483-1111 Ou t d oo r Sp o r t s , La k e & Ca b i n Sh o w — Fort Wayne, 10 a.m. Saturday, p.m. Wednesdays, Bookworms Do Re Mi — Dinner and music review Feb. 24, Meeting Room A, Main Te a m Trivia — Trivia for teams of up Vacation, travel, hunting, fishing, RV, Storytime, 11:15 a.m. Thursdays to 6 players, 7 p.m. Tuesdays, hosted by Fort Wayne Children’s motorsports and cabin living expo Branch, Allen County Public Library, Smart Start Storytime for ages 3-5, choir with musical performances, Fort Wayne, free, 426-5117 Rack & Helen’s, New Haven, free, with live music, vendors, kids activi- 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays and 10:30 749-5396 awards ceremony, guest speakers ties and more, 12-9 p.m. Friday, Le ss e r Kn o w n Fi r s t La d i e s – 1865- a.m. Thursdays, 421-1315 and more, 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3, Te a m Trivia — Trivia for teams of up to Jan. 26; 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, 1892: Fr om t h e Fa r ms t o t h e Ge o r g e t o w n Br a n c h — Born to 6 players, 8 p.m. Thursdays, Crazy Walb International Ballroom, IPFW, Jan. 27 and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Fa c t o r i e s – Th e Ag e of In v e n t i o n Read Storytime, 10:15 a.m. and Pinz/Coconutz, Fort Wayne, free, Fort Wayne, $65-$500, 481-0481 Jan. 28, Allen County War Memorial a n d In d u s t r y — George R. Mather 11 a.m. Mondays, Baby Steps 969-9336 My Co l d He a r t e d Va l e n t i n e — Adult Coliseum, Fort Wayne, $5-$10, 483- lecture with Cynthis Theis, 2 p.m. Storytime, 10:15 a.m. and 11:00 only murder mystery event featuring 1111 Sunday, March 4, History Center, a.m. Tuesdays; Family Storytime, Ti n c t u r e Trivia — Trivia night for teams of 4 or 6 people, 7-9 p.m. cocktails, dinner and hands-on fun, Wi n t e r Co z y — Winter celebration Fort Wayne, free, 426-2882 10:15 & 11 a.m. Thursdays, 421- Tuesdays, Nick’s Martini & Wine 6-10 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9, Science with bonfire, heated tent, live music An Ev e n i n g w i t h Dr. Jo h n Ik e r d — 1320 Bar, Fort Wayne, free, 482-6425 Central, Fort Wayne, $20-$65, 424- from Metavari and drinks from Professor Emeritus of Agricultural Gr a b i l l Br a n c h — Born to Read, 2400 Tolon, 8-10 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27, Economics speaks on issues relat- 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays; Smart Start WMEE Ba b y Fa i r & Fa m i l y Ex p o — Headwaters park, Fort Wayne, $10, ed to sustainability with an empha- Storytime 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays, Spectator Sports Vendor and information booths 427-6000 sis on agriculture and economics, 421-1325 featuring health, safety and organi- Wi n t e r v a l Wi n t e r Ca r n i v a l — Snow and addresses the impact of large Li t t l e Tu r t l e Br a n c h — Storytime BASKETBALL zational products for families, live crafts, family activities, ice carv- scale or industrial farming on our for toddlers & preschoolers, 10:30 Ma d An t s — Upcoming home games stage performances, activity area ing demonstrations, treats, Arctic environment and watersheds, 7 a.m. Mondays and Tuesdays; at Allen County War Memorial for children and giveaways, 9 a.m.-3 Inflatables and more, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday, March 16, Rhinehart Babies and Books, 10:30 a.m. Coliseum, Fort Wayne p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, Allen p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27, various Music Center, IPFW, Fort Wayne, Wednesdays, 421-1335 Th u r s d a y , Fe b . 1 vs. Wisconsin, 11 County War Memorial Coliseum, free, tickets required, 481-6100 downtown locations, Fort Wayne, Ma i n Li b r a r y — Babies and Books, a.m. Fort Wayne, free, 447-5511 r a c e a n d r i t o w o n y free, 422-7625 G G : H I W M 10 a.m. Fridays; Family Story Sa t u r d a y , Fe b . 3 vs. Long Island, 7 Fi z z Fe s t — Craft soda festival featur- Fi g h t a t Goo d y e a r a n d Be y o n d — Time, 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays; p.m. ing over 100 vintage and craft sodas Omnibus lecture with Lilly Ledbetter Storytime for preschoolers, day- Su n d a y , Fe b . 25 vs. Iowa, 5 p.m. available for sample and purchase, Lectures, Discussions, on her fight for fair pay and the cares and other groups, 9:30 a.m. winter carnival and live entertain- Lilly Ledbetter fair pay act, 7:30 Ha r l e m Gl o b e t r o t t e r s — Exhibition Wednesdays; Toddler Time, 10:30 basketball game against the ment, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, Authors, Readings & p.m. Tuesday, March 20, Auer & 11 a.m. Fridays; 421-1220 Feb. 10, USF Robert Goldstein Auditorium, IPFW, Fort Wayne, free, Washington Generals, 1 p.m. Ne w Ha v e n Br a n c h — Babies and Performing Arts Center, Fort Wayne, Films tickets required, 481-6100 Saturday, Feb. 4, Allen County War books for kids birth to age 2, 10:30 Memorial Coliseum, Fort Wayne, $5-$20, 494-6224 Al l e n Co u n t y Historic Si t e s Su r v e y — Pr e s e r v i n g Ch u r c h e s : Historic a.m. Thursdays, 421-1345 $12-$66, 483-1111 Po l a r Pl u n g e — Special Olympics ARCH lecture presented by ARCH Le g a c i e s fo r Fu t u r e Ge n e r a t i o n s Po n t i a c Br a n c h — Smart Start fundraiser with a plunge in the lake, staff members, 10 a.m. Saturday, HOCKEY — ARCH lecture presented by Storytime for preschoolers, 10:30 live music and food, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. March 24, Meeting Room A, Main Kom e t s — Upcoming home games Cornelia Schulz and Judge Charles a.m. Fridays, PAWS to Read, 5 Saturday, Feb. 10, Metea County Branch, Allen County Public Library, at Allen County War Memorial Pratt of City of Churches Tour, 10 p.m. Thursdays 421-1350 Park, Fort Wayne, $75 in pledges, Fort Wayne, free, 426-5117 Coliseum, Fort Wayne a.m. Saturday, Jan. 27, Meeting Te c u ms e h Br a n c h — Smart r i d a y e b 449-3777 Th e y Did It Fo r Ho n o r : St o r i e s of F , F . 2 vs. Rapid City, 8 p.m. Room A, Main Branch, Allen County Start Storytime, 10:30 a.m. No r t h e r n In d i a n a Go l f Sh o w — Vendor Am e r i c a n Wo r l d Wa r II Ve t e r a n s We d n e s d a y , Fe b . 7 vs. Wichita, 7:30 Public Library, Fort Wayne, free, Tuesdays, YA Day for teens 5 p.m. booths, stage demonstrations, demo 426-5117 — George R. 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Mather Tuesdays, 421-1365 7:30 p.m. 0164 lecture with Jim Pickett, 2 p.m. Fort Wayne, free, tickets required, Woo d b u r n Br a n c h — Smart Start Sa t u r d a y , Ma r c h 10 vs. Cincinnati, Th e Pr i c e is Ri g h t Li v e — Interactive Sunday, May 6, History Center, Fort 481-6100 Storytime, 10:30 a.m. Fridays, 7:30 p.m. stage show that gives individuals Wayne, free, 426-2882 Ca s a b l a n c a — Screening of original 421-1370 Su n d a y , Ma r c h 11 vs. Kalamazoo, 5 the chance to “Come On Down” and 1942 film Humphrey Bogart and Or p h a n Tr a i n s — ARCH lecture pre- p.m. win prizes, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, sented by Karen Richards, 10 a.m. Ingrid Bergman with pre-show We d n e s d a y , Ma r c h 21 vs. Kalamazoo, Feb. 15, Honeywell Center, Wabash, Grande Page organ performance, Saturday, May 12, Meeting Room Instruction 7:30 p.m. $29-$45, 563-1102 A, Main Branch, Allen County Public 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, Sa t u r d a y , Ma r c h 24 vs. Wichita, 7:30 On c e Up o n a Ta l e — Fairy tale inspired Fo r t Wa y n e Da n c e Co l l e c t i v e Embassy Theatre, Fort Wayne, $10, Library, Fort Wayne, free, 426-5117 p.m. crafts and games, obstacle course, Fr o z e n — Screening of the Disney film Wo r k s h o p s — Workshops and 424-5665 We d n e s d a y , Ma r c h 28 vs. Kansas scavenger hunt, appearances from with pre-show Grande Page organ classes for movement, dance, yoga fairy tale princesses and more, 10 2018 Se r v u s Om n i u m — Opening bless- and more offered by Fort Wayne City, 7:30 p.m. ing from Bishop Kevin Rhoades, performance, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17, May 13, Embassy Theatre, Fort Dance Collective, dates and times Sa t u r d a y , Ap r i l 7 vs. Wheeling, 7:30 Mardi Gras style breakfast and pre- p.m. Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Wayne, $10, 424-5665 vary, Fort Wayne Dance Collective, Conservatory, Fort Wayne, $3-$5, sentation of “Faith and Business” by Fort Wayne, fees vary, 424-6574 Su n d a y , Ap r i l 8 vs. Cincinnati, 5 Dr. Andrew Abela, 7 a.m. Tuesday, Gr e a t Al l e y s of Fo r t Wa y n e : 427-6440 IPFW Comm u n i t y Ar t s Ac a d e m y— Art, p.m. Feb. 13, USF Robert Goldstine Ye s t e r d a y , To d a y a n d Tomo r r o w Pa w j e c t Ru n w a y — Allen County SPCA dance, music and theater classes Performing Arts Center, Fort Wayne, — George R. 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