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2016 FACEBOOK.COM/WHATZUPFORTWAYNE WWW.WHATZUP.COM 2------www.whatzup.com------August 25, 2016 whatzup Volume 21, Number 4 very so often we come up against an issue that just doesn’t want to get done. Interviews fall through, promised art never arrives, computers act up – everything, it seems, that can go wrong does. This would be one ofE those issues. But, hey, you’re reading this, so it’s all worked out, right? After all, we’ve been doing this for better than 20 years now, and during that time we’ve learned that we can get through pretty much anything. Whatever it takes to bring you whatzup in northeast Indiana. It’s what we do. And so, here you are, checking out the area’s only arts and entertainment weekly, and within it you’re going to find more to see and do than you can possibly imag- ine. To begin with, there’s a little band by the name of Lynyrd Skynyrd playing the Foellinger at the beginning of September. Steve Penhollow profiles those Southern rock legends in our cover story on page 4. Penhollow also has an interview with another legendary southerner, Charlie Daniels, also playing the Foellinger at the beginning of September, on page 7. On page 8 you’ll find Mark Hunter’s piece on Zion Lion, the Kalamazoo reggae sextet that closes out the Botanical Roots summer concert series on September 2. Amidst all that music, you’ll also find Dodie Miller-Gould’s preview of the Auburn Fall Collector Car Weekend, an event that draws car lovers from around the world to our little corner of it. There is, as we like to say, a whole lot more, so please get reading, find the things that interest you and plan on getting to them. While you’re out there, please tell ’em whatzup sent you. inside the issue • features PICKS...... 12 Kurt Braunohler ROAD NOTEZ...... 14 LYNYRD SKYNYRD...... 4 Southern Fried Survivors FLIX...... 22 A Movie Lover’s Lament AUBURN FALL AUCTION...... 6 If You Like Cars, This Is Your Weekend SCREENTIME...... 22 Suicide Squad Continues Run CHARLIE DANIELS BAND...... 7 Still Going for Perfect ON BOOKS...... 23 The Road to Little Dribbling ZION LION...... 8 Kzoo’s Baddest Band • calendars • columns & reviews LIVE MUSIC & COMEDY...... 10 SPINS...... 9 MUSIC/ON THE ROAD...... 14 Microwave Miracles, Kool Keith, Hillary Scott & the ROAD TRIPZ...... 18 Scott Family, Dinosaur Jr., Justin Moore THINGS TO DO...... 19 BACKTRACKS...... 9 The Groundhogs, Split (1971) STAGE & DANCE...... 20 OUT AND ABOUT...... 10 ART & ARTIFACTS...... 20 Zep, Beatles Tunes on the Lawn Lynyrd Skynyrd photos by Clay Patrick McBride

August 25, 2016------www.whatzup.com------3 BROUGHT TO YOU BY: ------Feature • Lynyrd Skynyrd------Allen County Public Library/Rock the Plaza...... 7 Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival...... 8 Auctions America/Auburn Fall Auction...... 5 Beamer’s Sports Grill...... 10 Bell Tower Auctions...... 11 Southern Fried Survivors Kat Bowser...... 4 C2G Live...... 7 By Steve Penhollow the receiver,” Van Zant said. “We try to real working class of America.” make touchdowns every night. Who knows When asked by the Wilmington Star- C2G Music Hall...... 15 Almost 39 years ago, a plane transport- when this is all going to end?” News why the band had never written an- Calhoun Street Soups, Salads, Spirits...... 11 ing the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd Music is just the family business, Van other song on par with “Free Bird,” he crashed in Gillsburg, Mississippi. 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Ten years after the crash, the remain- families have doctors and lawyers; we have we’re competing with a legend that was al- ing members of Lynyrd Skynyrd reunited rock musicians.” ready there.” Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory...... 13 for a tour, with Ronnie Van Zant’s younger Van Zant called his brother “a poet for The reconstituted band has lost many Fort Wayne Civic Theatre/Rocky Horror Picture Show...20 brother, Johnny, on members to death Fort Wayne Dance Collective/Art Moves...... 21 lead vocals. and acrimony over The tour was the last three de- Fort Wayne Musicians Association...... 19 intended as a one- cades, but Van Fort Wayne Youtheatre/An Evening with Doc West.....21 off, but the band is Zant said Lynyrd still together (albe- Skynyrd is bigger Hamilton House Bar & Grill...... 10 it, much changed) than any one of its Huber Opera House...... 10 today. members. 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August 25, 2016------www.whatzup.com------5 ------Feature • Auburn Fall Auction------If You Like Cars, This Is Your Weekend By Dodie Miller-Gould

Northeastern Indiana gears up for a fall tradition as the Auburn Fall Auction gets underway. The Auburn Fall Auction takes place at the Auburn Auc- tion Park just off I-69 in Auburn and runs from Wednesday, Aug. 31 through Sunday, Sept. 4. The event is a Labor Day weekend tradition for classic and collector cars for enthusiasts and hobbyists from all over the world, and fun and refreshments for almost everyone. The location of the auction makes sense for those familiar with car history, and its relationship to northeast In- diana. “Auburn, Indiana is the home of the classic car. Auburn is rich with car history and tradition. The Auburn Fall Auc- tion has been going on for over 30 years. It’s more than an auction; it’s an event,” said Matt Traylor, car specialist with Auctions America. Last year’s Auburn Fall Auction generated $20 million in auction sales and attracted a crowd of 85,000 car collectors and hobbyists. The range of vehicles on display more than likely plays a role in the number AUBURN FALL COLLECTOR of people who are drawn to the CAR WEEKEND event. This year’s highlights will Wednesday-Sunday, Aug. 31-Sept. 4 It takes the work of teams of Auction: junk food alley, helicopter rides, swap meets, and, include a 1929 Auburn 8-90 Cab- individuals from Auctions Amer- oh yeah, one of the largest auctions in the United States,” he riolet, a 1934 Duesenberg Model Auburn Auction Park ica, and Auburn Auction Park said. J Berline, a 1963 Chevrolet Cor- 5540 County Rd. 11A, Auburn come together to work out logis- The diversity of things to do at the Auburn Fall Auc- vette Restored Coupe and a selec- $15/day or $50 full event pass tics to make sure each vehicle is tion also includes monster truck rides, freestyle sportsbike tion of Ford performance vehicles where it is supposed to be, when shows and a celebrity meet-and-greet with Bill Goldberg, and iconic 1950s General Motors 877-906-2437 it is supposed to be there, and the professional athlete, former pro-wrestler, television host and convertibles. In addition, the www.auctionsamerica.com work of those who ensure cars’ automobile aficionado. Very young car fans can complete an event will feature approximately histories help make the Auburn Auburn Fall Explorer Passport which encourages them to ex- 900 collector cars and select automobile memorabilia. Fall Auction a standard-bearer in automotive events. perience a range of sights and activities across the Auction Perhaps one reason for the event’s success is that ve- “As active enthusiasts, their shared passion and exten- Park. They can also romp a Bounce House Kid’s Zone. hicles that are presented during the auction have been care- sive industry knowledge help make Auction America events While the family-friendly events might appeal to those fully researched. Traylor is just one car specialist in a team the premier venue for both buyers and sellers,” says Amy who are less-than-enthusiastic about cars, the point of the of them with Auctions America. Traylor and the other car Christie, public relations manager for Auctions America. auction is to display, and ultimately, sell cars for collectors. specialists develop relationships with buyers and sellers of While the properly vetted vehicles are the reason for the According to Christie, the Auction America’s motto is “All classic and collector cars, evaluate vehicles for sellers and event, there are other, smaller attractions that might appeal to for the Love of Cars.” It’s an event hosted by car enthusiasts determine the best way to sell them. Another important facet some attendees. by car enthusiasts,” she siad. of the car specialist’s job is conducting research to verify a In addition to bringing fresh-to-the-market collectors’ The Auburn Fall Auction takes place at the same time vehicle’s background and history. cars to this year’s sale, Auctions America has added a num- as another car-centric event held in Auburn, and that is by Auctions America formed in 2010 and specializes in the ber of new events this year, including a craft beer and local design. sale of European sports cars, American classics, Detroit mus- wine garden, a 70s-style retro swap and a Saturday morning “It coincides with the world-famous Auburn-Cord- cle cars, hot rods and customs. It is owned by RM Sotheby’s Cars & Coffee event, and more Duesenberg Festival to make for an ultimate celebration of of Canada. The company’s team of full-time car specialists Auctions America “prides itself on continuing longstand- the collector car hobby,” Christie said. have more than 150 years combined experience in buying, ing traditions, but looks to inject new energy and activities Tickets for the event are $15 per day or $50 a full event selling, racing, and restoring collector vehicles. into each event to help keep people coming back, year after pass. The Auburn Fall Auction is free for children age 12 For car enthusiasts like Traylor, being a car specialist is year,” Christie said. and younger. Gates open daily at 8:30 a.m., and the auction a dream job. Traylor also points out the range of activity at the Au- preview begins at 8:30 a.m. each day. The auction begins at “I have always been a car specialist,” he said. “There’s burn Fall Auction. 12 noon on Wednesday and Thursday and at 10 a.m. Friday not a better position.” “There is something for everyone during our Auburn Fall and Saturday.

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6------www.whatzup.com------August 25, 2016 ------Feature • Charlie Daniels Band------Still Going for Perfect By Steve Penhollow Dylan subsequently hired him to play on Self Por- trait and New Morning as well. Charlie Daniels first went on tour around 1971 The music business has had its up and downs and he may still be on the very same tour. since then (mostly downs), but Daniels is fairly insu- That’s hyperbole, but the man has always worked lated from all that thanks to his loyal following. hard. Daniels releases new music (including a recent He’ll turn 80 years old in October, but he still collection of acoustic Dylan covers) on his own label, • AUGUST 27 takes a stage somewhere in the world about half the “Blue Hat Records.” nights of a year. “It’s a good situation,” he said. “I’ve been at this In a phone interview, Daniels said his love of mu- a long time, and I didn’t want to be under some re- grateful sic is the reason for his force of will. cord company where I can’t operate the way I want groove “I just love what I do and God has blessed me to, where I can’t pick my own songs and musicians, with the energy to do it,” he said. “If I didn’t enjoy it, where some A&R guy is trying to tell me what to it would aggravate me to death.” fierce Daniels performs at the Foellinger Theatre on September 1. invalids To people who can’t believe his stamina, Daniels jokes that he only works tone a couple of hours a day. “When you only work a couple of junkies hours a day,” he said, “you’d better make the most of them.” jafunkae Even though he was fitted with a pacemaker a few years back, Daniels said music still makes him leap out of bed in the morning. Daniels came into national promi- nence in 1979 with the hit, “The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” surely one of the greatest story songs and one of the greatest crossover songs in the history of country music. It was constructed one day during a jam session from phras- es that had been rattling CHARLIE DANIELS BAND around in Daniels’ head: sound like. I want to sound “Oh, hell’s broke loose 8 p.m. Thursday, September 1 like me.” in Georgia,” “Fire on the Foellinger Theatre Daniels said the Dy- mountains” and “rosin up 3411 Sherman Blvd., Fort Wayne lan album was inspired by the bow,” among them. some work his band did They are all from a $49-$79 thru Wooden Nickel Music, for the AMC show Hell poem by Stephen Vincent box office, 260-427-6715 on Wheels. They were re- Benet called “The Moun- www.fortwayneparks.org stricted to playing period tain Whippoorwill” about a instruments – all pre-1900 AIRING THIS WEEKEND • AUGUST 27 fiddle contest without the diabolical implications of – and the music they made sounded so good to them the resulting song. that they decided to come up with an excuse to keep He and his band have surely played it thousands playing it, or something very much like it. Thus, the of times, but Daniels said he never tires of revisiting it Dylan album. Peter Mulvey or any of his hits. Daniels lives and records far enough away from “The reason is that I always get a fresh chance to Nashville to be estranged from the Nashville “scene.” play better tonight than I did last night,” he said. “I “We’re out in the country,” he said. “Our offic- haven’t done anything perfect yet.” es are out there. Everything is in the country. I love Pamela Means Daniels said he has never understood performers Nashville, but what goes on in Nashville has very little who seem resentful and combative during concerts. to do with what we do and the way we want to do it.” “There’s really no downside to entertaining peo- Daniels said he doesn’t listen to enough contem- ple,” he said. “If they like what you’re doing, you porary country radio to weigh in with an opinion on should like what you’re doing.” it. Touring can be hard on the touring musician’s But he does observe that the system seems de- AIRING NEXT WEEKEND • SEPTEMBER 3 family, but Daniels said his wife and son have always signed to discourage rather than encourage multital- accepted the trappings of his chosen profession. ented individuals like Zac Brown from forging ahead. “My family always understood what I am trying Daniels intends to keep forging ahead. The only to do and were willing to go along with it,” he said. thing that would convince him to retire would be Commander “As soon as my son started college, I outfitted a bus physical limitations. so my wife could be with me. “I’d have to live to 150 years old to get to all the “We’ve been traveling together ever since,” Dan- ideas I have,” he said. “I am never short of ideas. I iels said. “I’d quit if my wife were not with me. I’d don’t ever want to do a bad show, however. I don’t Cody hang it up. We have an adventure every day.” move around as fast as I used to, but music still loves It was about 50 years ago that Daniels drove a me, and I can move around pretty good for a senior clunker to Nashville with a wife, baby and $20. citizen. But I have way too much respect for the music One of his first major gigs was playing electric industry to stay after the fruit is past ripe. If I ever felt bass for Bob Dylan on his controversial Nashville Sky- like I was not giving people their money’s worth, I’d line album. stop.” August 25, 2016------www.whatzup.com------7 ------Feature • Zion Lion------Kzoo’s Baddest Band By Mark Hunter Her explorations took her to Jamaica and Trini- dad, where steel pan originated. Regardless of what anyone says, summer isn’t Being from the Midwest, it’s easy to associate over until after Labor Day weekend. The kids may be steel pan with a kind of cheesy ultra-poppy tourist long back in school and store aisles may be crammed version served up by cruise line bands and Florida with ghosts and ghouls in gaudy anticipation of Hal- lounge acts. That was kind of Atkinson’s take as well. loween, but the sun still owns the sky and the party is She said, like a lot of people, she never understood the still on. depth and musical possibilities of steel pan until she TWO NIGHTS OF FREE What better way to celebrate the tenacious spirit saw and heard it played by islanders. of summer and fire up a long holiday weekend than “I think the first time I saw one was on a cruise FAMILY-FRIENDLY FUN! with a reggae dance party? There is none. back in the 1980s. I’m like okay this is pretty cool. I Thankfully, the folks at Botanical Roots Concert liked the sound of the instrument.” Series anticipated the reluctance to give in to school Then she went to Trinidad. schedulers and merchan- disers and have planned the perfect end to a perfect summer. Zion Lion, the Ka- lamazoo-based Reggae band, will tie an irie bow on the gift of fun memories summer 2016 has provided when they groove on the Botanical Roots stage on Friday, September 2. The excellent G-Money Band kicks things off with their infectious blend of blues, Motown and MUSICAL PERFORMANCES AT THE CORNER OF rock. Zion Lion are no MAIN & 8TH STREETS IN DOWNTOWN AUBURN strangers to Fort Wayne, though the last time ZION LION they played here, thanks to w/G-MONEY BAND “I got the true expe- FIREWORKS OVER THE the weather, it was in the rience from where it origi- COURTHOUSE SQUARE concrete reverb-a-tron of the 8:30 p.m. Friday, September 2 nated,” she said. “And what Civic Center parking garage. Foellinger-Freimann a treat that was to see differ- ON SATURDAY NIGHT! Dubbed as the “baddest” ent well-known bands on the band on the scene in Kala- Botanical Conservatory island, one of them called BP FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 mazoo, Zion Lion have deep 1100 S. Calhoun St., Fort Wayne Renegades. They’re one of roots in the world of Afro- Tix: $6 d.o.s., children under 12 the original steel pan bands CRUISE IN CONCERT Caribbean music. Fronted from way back on the island “Sista” Myra Atkinson on free with adult, 260-427-6440 of Trinidad. And to listen to CHRIS WORTH...... 6-8:30PM vocals and steel pan, with every genre of music played BIG CADDY DADDY...... 8:30-11:30PM founding member Preston Moore driving the rhythm just on steel pan was absolutely breathtaking. I just got on drums, John Foster on lead and rhythm guitar, St. goose-bumps. I heard them play everything from hip- Lucia native Webster John-Baptiste on bass, Senegal hop to ABBA to classical to Phantom of the Opera. ” SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 native Assane Dia on djembe and Joel Finley-Pink on Atkinson’s influences include Roberta Flack, Bob FAST & FABULOUS CONCERT keyboards and bass, Zion Lion promise to keep the Marley, Peter Tosh, Jimmy Cliff, Luciano, Susana fun rolling and get the crowd on the terrace hopping. Baaca and Mama Africa, Mariam Makeba. While URBAN LEGEND...... 6-8:30PM “We just try to entertain the audience as best these artists account for her love and knowledge of FIREWORKS...... DUSK we can,” Atkinson said in a recent phone interview. the Afro-Caribbean-world music she and Zion Lion “We’ve been there a few times. We know how to get perform, Atkinson also got a lot from Joan Armatrad- FREAK BROTHERS...... 8:30-11:30PM people moving.” ing and Carole King. The band has been around for many years, At- “I’ve always liked Carole King,” Atkinson said. FRIDAY: CRUISE IN • ICE CREAM SOCIAL kinson said, with most of the members coming from “She obviously wrote ‘Natural Woman’ and Aretha backgrounds in R&B, gospel and rock, and of course Franklin recorded it. Her kind of folksy-bluesy style SATURDAY: PARADE • FAST & FABULOUS lots of reggae. But she came to love the sounds of is- just made me go ‘wow.’” MARKET ON 6TH VINTAGE FAIR land rhythms, especially those produced via steel pan, It’s that kind of openness to music in general that after years of solo playing and singing in small clubs makes Zion Lion such a crowd favorite. Atkinson said FORT WAYNE FOOD TRUCKS BOTH DAYS and coffee houses around Kalamazoo. the band has had its busiest summer ever playing fes- “It was different for me,” she said. “I grew up in tivals around the Midwest. They’ve been so busy in Visit acdfestival.org for a complete schedule of events R&B and rock. I’ve been playing steel pan for about fact that they can’t seem to find the time to get into 10 years, and it’s been an interesting journey because the studio to record the dozen or so originals they’ve I’m self-taught. It’s hard to find teachers around here. written over the years. I try to pick up things wherever I go.” But that doesn’t dampen Aktinson’s enthusiasm. That meant buying a lot of CDs and piecing it to- “We’re hoping we can get into the studio at the gether as she goes. Part of that included veering from end of the year to record,” she said. “But we’re all so the more familiar name of the instrument, steel drum, busy in the summer and with our other jobs that makes to the traditional steel pan. it difficult. But we’re hopeful.” 8------www.whatzup.com------August 25, 2016 ------Spins------Wooden Nickel Microwave Miracles CD of the Week The World Is a Trash Can BACKTRACKS When you hear about a band The Groundhogs called Microwave Miracles what Split (1971) comes to mind? What is the first thing you think of? For me, words The Groundhogs were a band like “disposable,” “non-biode- from London that formed in the late gradable” and “wasteful” come to 60s that gained some attention dur- mind. Microwave popcorn, frozen ing a tour with the great Johnny Lee dinners, single-serving mac and Hooker in 1964. Primarily a blues cheese – these are things I think of outfit, these guys were less Led Zep- when I hear Microwave Miracles. So when I find out that Microwave pelin and more Paul Butterfield. Miracles debut album is called The World Is a Trash Can, I feel kind Side one is basically a four-part track called “Split, Parts 1-4.” of vindicated. Once you hit play on Microwave Miracles’ debut al- Along with some groovy rhythm guitars and a heavy percussion, $11.99 bum, you step into a world of kitschy keyboards, bizarre lyrics and the exquisite solos in Part one weave in and out like the stuff Step- lots and lots of references to trash. If you can’t appreciate the works penwolf was laying down at the same time. Part two has a hint at ATMOSPHERE of John Waters, Daniel Johnston, David Lynch and airport lounge the psychedelic blues with guitar effects that were seldom used at music, you may want to keep walking. More adventurous listeners the time. The vocals and guitars from Tony McPhee were clean FISHING BLUES may find something shiny in Microwave Miracles’ trash can. and structured and resembled John Mayall (an artist they backed At first glance, hip-hop and the Twin “The world is a trash can / and God is the trash man / and I am during their infancy). Part three is heavier and more progressive, Cities”might seem a weird pairing, but all just a tiny piece of trash” is the first line greeting listeners on album sort of a cross between Spirit and the Moody Blues. The suite’s it takes is one listen to the latest LP from opener “The World Is A Trash Can.” Musically the song is a tapes- finale, which closes side one, has a funkier, boogie-blues sound. Slug and Ant, the dynamic duo otherwise try of preset sounds you’d find on that dusty Casio in your grand- Side two doesn’t disappoint either, opening with a thick rock- known as Atmosphere, to understand that er in “Cherry Red.” The band then turns things down with the ma’s back room, along with some acoustic strumming and vocals mad beats can and do arise in the least three-minute number in “A Year in the Life.” There’s still some that sound as if they’re emanating from a grain silo. “Garbage Day” likely of places. Highlights off this follow-up and it’s protagonist sings “I wanna be your trash, baby / I wanna be great guitar in this one, and the tempo slows the album down a little, but not enough to make deviate from their gritty sound. to 2014’s Southsiders include “Like a Fire,” your trash / ’cause if I was your trash, you’d take me out tonight.” “Besos” and “Won’t Look Back.” Pick up Elsewhere “The Brain Is Dead” sounds like it was recorded in the “Junkman” brings it right back with some terrific measures from the guitar, bass and drums that this three piece outfit was ca- your copy for a paltry $11.99 at any Wooden bathroom while our trash man snacks on potato chips. Exciting stuff. Nickel Music store. “Don’t Leave Me At Bed, Bath, And Beyond” is an ode to not being pable of (including some peculiar improvisational Hendrix-type left at, well, Bed, Bath, and Beyond. guitars in the middle). Hidden under all the Mondo Trasho vibe and disposable soci- They wrap things up nicely with the closer “Groundhog” TOP SELLERS @ ety worldview, Microwave Miracles can sometimes come across as (based on Hooker’s “Ground Hog Blues”). sweetly twisted pop music. There’s a simplistic beauty in songs like The band released a dozen records through 1999, broke up Wooden Nickel “Trying to Fall in Love with Loneliness,” “I Am Your Moon” and several times and, through 2009, always performed with Tony (Week ending 8/21/16) “Lemon Scented Candles.” Despite all the antiquated instrumenta- McPhee, who has a great solo collection of his own. If you can tion and trash man stories, you can’t hide the genuine knack Micro- find anything these guys did up to 1974’s Solid, pick it up. (Den- TW LW ARTIST/Album wave Miracles’ Jared Andrews and Dani House have for writing a nis Donahue) 1 – FLAW catchy tune. Divided We Fall If lo fi sounds, old school keyboards, and fetishizing trash men brevity: it features eight tracks that clock in at a mere 27 minutes. are your bag, check out Microwave Miracles’ The World Is a Trash 2 3 GOV’T MULE While that may seem skimpy for a full-blown LP, it suggests a great- The Tel-Star Sessions Can. If you’re feeling feverish and clammy, give this album a listen er focus than was present in the previous Dorrsett albums, or much as well. It may make a lot more sense. (John Hubner) of his body of work for that matter. 3 2 DINOSAUR JR. Indeed, while Keith never approaches the lunacy or frequent ge- Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not Kool Keith nius characterizing his best work, The Preacher is a solid and varied Kool Keith Presents set of songs with curious lyrics and viable beats. The middle portion 4 – BAYSIDE Tashan Dorsett: The Preacher of the album is the strongest, with the brief vignette “V.I.P.,” which is Vacancy about strippers (natch) but starts off with a church organ and includes A new Kool Keith album in Keith rapping about giving them money so they can eat, and “The 5 – JOHN PAUL WHITE 2016 is a dicey prospect. Although Preacher,” a strange odyssey about several bus-riding preachers, one Beulah of whom is apparently involved in a tryst with somebody’s 44-year- his legendary status in hip-hop 6 – AMOS LEE is cemented after turning out no old sister. Spirit shortage of innovative and brilliant The album is also sprinkled throughout with a number of in- work in the past three decades or so, teresting musical flourishes, starting with the 70s film soundtrack- 7 4 CHRIS ROBINSON he’s spent much of the 21st century sounding horns on opening track “Let Me Breath” [sic]. A flute here Anyway You Love ... cranking out a lot of material, much of which was produced off the and a church bell there add a lot to the atmospherics of the album, and cuff and lacked the kind of quality control one might expect from one while it’s difficult to discern any clear themes or storylines through- 8 1 THE AMITY AFFLICTION of hip hop’s true innovators. out the album, it still comes across as having strong enough concepts This Could Be Heartbreak Even more so, Tashan Dorrsett, one of the 58-odd alter egos he’s to warrant repeat listens. And while they’re not entirely satisfying created in his own sort of self-contained imaginary universe, has not listen, it does take listeners once again on a brief sojourn through 9 – BLOOD ORANGE had an especially illustrious history. In contrast to Keith’s many more the imagination of one of hip-hop’s strangest and most unique MC’s. Freetown Sound (Ryan Smith) colorful personas, Dorrsett was touted as someone who rapped about 10 – EDDIE LEVERT everyday things. He first appeared on 2009’s Tashan Dorrsett, but Did I Make You Go Ooh the lyrical material there was sub-par, and when paired with lacklus- Hillary Scott & the Scott Family ter beats, it was panned by critics and met by a collective shrug from Love Remains the public. The first Dorrsett album received a minor redemption in 2011, Lady Antebellum’s Hillary check out our when an album of remixes entitled The Legend of Tashan Dorrsett Scott says that she was moved to appeared. By upping the beat game and trimming out some of the record an album of contemporary verbal fat, Legend was a definite improvement on the original. Christian songs after suffering a 50¢ vinyl bins Now the appearance of Kool Keith Presents Tashan Dorrsett: miscarriage in 2015, but she also The Preacher indicates that Keith either has enough interest in the finds a catalyst in the 2011 death hundreds to choose from character to give it another go, or that he’s simply recycling ideas (as of her grandfather from leukemia. 3627 N. Clinton • 484-2451 he has been known to do) or a little bit of both. No matter the circumstances that 3422 N. Anthony • 484-3635 At any rate, the first thing about the impression is the garish inspired it, Love Remains has an 6427 W. Jefferson • 432-7651 cover artwork (created by Hoosier artist Zombie Yeti no less) which unmistakable theme: not just the We Buy, Sell & Trade Used CDs, LPs & DVDs suggests a cartoonish mash-up of 1970s blaxploitation and classic www.woodennickelrecords.com horror/sci-fi films. 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Irishman & Peach Fire Bombs, $3 Milago Select “A sumptuous entertainment feast” Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t : MC, Visa, Disc, ATM Thirsty Thursday: $3 domestic 60-oz pitchers, Cap- 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10 tain, Crown, Jack & Jim Beam, $2 Jager Bombs Elements BEAMER’S SPORTS GRILL Friday & Saturday: $2 Rumpleminze and $3 Daily Drink Specials! Sports/Music/Variety • W. County Line Rd. & Highway 30 • 260-625-1002 Fireball shots Hu b e r Op e r a Ho u s e Ex p e c t : Big Ten, Nascar, NFL Sunday Ticket, pool tournaments, live Sunday: $3 Bloody Marys & Mimosas, $7 domestic Karaoke Every Friday, 9pm 157 E. High St., Hicksville, Ohio music Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays. No cover. New owners & man- buckets For tickets, call (419) 542-9553 agement. Complete menu featuring homemade pizza, burgers, steaks, 260-625-1002 | Like Us on Facebook Corner of State Roads 1 & 427 go to https://huberoperahouse.org US30 & W. County Line Rd., Ft. 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Daily food & drink specials: $1 coneys & Latch String Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne, Op e n Mic — Hosted by Mike Conley Dick Myers at Checkerz Bar & Grill, $2.50 18 oz. domestics Sun.; 50¢ wings & $3 pitchers Mon.; $1 tacos 10:30 p.m., no cover, 483-5526 at Mad Anthony Brewing Co., Fort Fort Wayne, 8-11 p.m., no cover, Bu c c a Ka r a o k e w/Bu c c a — Karaoke at Wayne, 8:30-11 p.m., no cover, 426- 489-0286 & $1.50 domestic longnecks Tues.; $1 drafts & 1/2 price pizza Wed.; Deer Park Irish Pub, Fort Wayne, 10 2537 Ap o c o s h y n e — Variety at Mitchell’s $12 buckets & $1 sliders Thurs.; $4 pitchers & smoked BBQ ribs, p.m., no cover, 432-8966 Op e n St a g e Ja m — Hosted by Pop ‘n’ Sports Bar, Fort Wayne, 10 p.m.-2 tips & chicken specials Fri.; $12 buckets Sat. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : Corner Ch r i s Wo r t h — Variety at Trolley Bar, Fresh at Office Tavern, Fort Wayne, a.m., $3, 387-5063 of Jefferson & West Main St., 2 minutes from downtown. Ho u r s : 11 Fort Wayne, 7-10 p.m., no cover, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m., no cover, 478- Da n c e Pa r t y w/DJ Ri c h — Variety at 5827 a.m.-3 a.m. daily. Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t : MC, Visa, Disc, ATM 490-4322 Columbia Street West, Fort Wayne, D DJ o u b l e K — Variety at Bar 145, Fort To d d Ha r r o l d & Ni c k Bo ba y — R&B/ 10:30 p.m., cover, 422-5055 C2G MUSIC HALL Wayne, 9 p.m., no cover, 209-2117 blues at Club Soda, Fort Wayne, Du e l i n g Ke y b o a r d Bo y s w/Ju l i e Fe r n a n d o Ta r a n g o — Variety at 6:30-9:30 p.m., no cover, 426-3442 Ha d a w a y — Variety/Roanoke Lions Music • 323 W. Baker St., Fort Wayne • 260-426-6464 Freimann Square, Fort Wayne, 11:30 Tr o n i c — EDM at O’Sullivan’s Italian Club Fundraiser at Cottage Event Ex p e c t : Great live music on one of Fort Wayne’s best stages. Diverse a.m.-1:30 p.m., free, 420-3266 Irish Pub, Fort Wayne, 10 p.m., no Center, Roanoke, 7:30 p.m., $12, musical genres from local, regional and national performers, all in a Ja r e d Pa g a n — Acoustic variety at cover, 422-5896 414-2015 comfortable, all-ages, family-friendly, intimate atmosphere. Excellent Beamer’s Sports Grill, Fort Wayne, Va n e s s a Si l b e r m a n w/Sa r e n a St e e b e r Go o d Ni g h t Gr a c i e — Variety at 7-10 p.m., no cover, 625-1002 — Punk/pop at Calhoun Street Courtyard Fountain, Jefferson venue for shows, events, presentations, meetings and gatherings. Soups, Salads & Spirits Patio, Fort Pointe, Fort Wayne, 6:30-8:30 p.m., e t t i n g h e r e Je ff McDo n a l d — Folk at Don Hall’s Food catered by local vendors during some shows. G T : Guesthouse, Fort Wayne, 7-10 p.m., Wayne, 9 p.m., cover, 456-7005 no cover, 459-1160 Downtown on Baker between Ewing and Harrison, just south of no cover, 489-2524 Parkview Field. Ho u r s : Most shows start at 8 p.m., doors one hour earlier. Al c o h o l : Beer & wine during shows only; Pm t : Cash, check ------CALHOUN STREET SOUPS, SALADS & SPIRITS Music/Variety • 1915 S. Calhoun St., Fort Wayne • 260-456-7005 Ex p e c t : Great atmosphere, DJ Friday night, live shows, weekly drink specials, private outdoor patio seating. Daily specials, full menu of sandwiches, soups, salads, weekend dinner specials and appetizers. Zep, Beatles Tunes on the Lawn Ge t t i n g Th e r e : Corner of South Calhoun Street and Masterson; ample parking on street and lot behind building. Ho u r s : 11 a.m.-11 The closest I’ve been to seeing Led Zeppelin was p.m. Mon.-Thurs.; 11 a.m.-midnight or later Fri.-Sat.; closed Sun. in 1998 when I saw Page & Plant at Market Square Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t : MC, Visa, Disc, Amex Arena in Indianapolis. Robert Plant and his golden Out and About mane jiving around the stage, Jimmy Page shredding ChAMPIONS SPORTS BAR on the Les Paul and an energetic set filled with Zep NICK BRAUN Sports Bar • 1150 S. Harrison St., Fort Wayne • 260-467-1638 classics made for a memorable show. A few years lat- Ex p e c t : High-action sports watching experience featuring 30 HD TVs, er, in 2002, I got see Robert Plant open for The Who Arrow, Randy Kimball and Jafunkae. As an added state-of-the-art sound systems and booths with private flat screen TVs. at the Verizon, and there was even a time when Jason bonus, My Apollo will be doing a tribute to David Ge t t i n g Th e r e : Great drink specials. Varied menu to suit any palate. Bonham, the son of late John Bonham, made a stop at Bowie. Like always, this event is free, with food and Corner of Jefferson Blvd. and S. Harrison St., inside Courtyard by Piere’s. beverages available for purchase. The Led Zeppelin Marriott. Ho u r s : 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Sun.-Thurs., 11 a.m.-12 a.m. Fri.-Sat. Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t : MC, Visa, Amex, Disc, ATM I guess I could always say I witnessed an inkling legacy is alive and well in Fort Wayne. Come out and of the great Zeppelin, but clearly not the original. As see for yourself. Checkerz Bar & Grill the years go by, odds appear to be stacking against any Also, don’t forget that the rescheduled Beatlefest Pub/Tavern • 1706 W. Till Rd., Fort Wayne • 260-489-0286 sort of reunion for the surviving members. As soon as is on Saturday, September 10 at 6 p.m. at the down- Ex p e c t : Free WIFI, all sports networks on 10 TVs. Live rock we hear of such talk and get our hopes up, the rumors town library. (The original date was rained out back Thursday thru Saturday. Kitchen open daily with full menu and the are quickly dismissed. That may suck, but the good in June.) Bring a lawn chair or blanket and get ready best wings in town. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : On the corner of Lima and Till thing is that the guys are still active in other endeavors to enjoy nothing but The Beatles from local acts The roads. Ho u r s : 3 p.m.-2 a.m. Mon.-Wed., 11 a.m.-3 a.m. Thurs.-Fri., 12 and making new music. Then again, if you’re a tribute Union Project, Sunny Taylor, David Todoran and the noon-3 a.m. Sat., 12 noon-2 a.m. Sun. Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t : band kind of guy, there are plenty of them carrying the Mobile Homewreckers and The Beatle Lab Band. MC, Visa, ATM available torch and paying homage to one of the greatest bands Just a few blocks south of the library you’ll find Columbia Street WesT in rock history. 2104, a new hidden gem located at 2104 S. Calhoun We’ve witnessed such acts as Zoso and Led Zep- St. that caters to the mature audience. Blues, jazz, Rock • 135 W. Columbia St., Fort Wayne • 260-422-5055 pelin ll in recent years, and we’ve even held our own soul, comedy, low lighting, exquisite atmosphere, inti- Ex p e c t : The Fort’s No. 1 rock club. Live bands every Saturday. DJ Night every Friday w/ladies in free. Also visit Bourbon Street tribute of sorts at Rock the Plaza. ZepFest was created mate seating, great drinks and food make up the 2104. Hideaway, our New Orleans-style restaurant, in the lower level of to supply the Fort with some Zep love, courtesy of The new venue is hosting An Evening of Music and C-Street; open at 5 p.m. Thursday-Saturday (260-422-7500). Large some of the areas elite acts some of which cover the Laughter on Sunday, September 4 starting at 6:30 p.m. menu featuring salads, sandwiches, pizzas, grinders, Southwestern and classics “to a T” while others add their own special with comedy from Ralphie Roberts and Soul35 laying daily specials. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : Downtown on The Landing. Ho u r s : seasoning. down some smooth jazz. Tickets are $30 in advance Open 4 p.m.-3 a.m. Mon.-Sat. Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t : MC, Visa, Come see for yourself when ZepFest returns to and $40 day of and include a buffet (rib tips, wings, Disc, Amex the lawn of the downtown branch of the Allen County mac & cheese, etc.) as well as a complimentary glass Public Library on Saturday, September 3. Round up of house wine for the ladies. They can be purchased the Zeppeteers and make your way to this one-of-a- through Eventbrite or by calling 260-312-3860. kind event with performances from Not My Kids, Red [email protected] 10------www.whatzup.com------August 25, 2016 ------Calendar • Live Music & Comedy------Ja s o n Pa u l — Acoustic variety at To o t h — Rock at BrewHa Coffee He Sa i d Sh e Sa i d — Variety at Fat Beamer’s Sports Grill, Fort Wayne, House, Columbia City, 7 p.m., no Boyz, Ligonier, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., no 8 p.m.-12 a.m., no cover, 625-1002 cover, 248-4111 cover, 574-894-4640 Jo e St ab e l l i — Jazz at Don Hall’s Gas Un l i k e l y Al i b i w/Ma t t Wi x o n , Mi c k y l e Ho o t e n Ha l l e r s w/Bo a t Sh o w — House, Fort Wayne, 5:45-9 p.m., no Ja m e s Es h — Funk/indie at Brass Folk punk/blues at Brass Rail, Fort cover, 426-3411 Rail, Fort Wayne, 9 p.m., $5, 267- Wayne, 9 p.m., cover, 267-5303 Jo h n Cu r r a n & Re n e g a d e — Country 5303 Jo e St ab e l l i — Jazz at Don Hall’s Gas at American Legion Post 241, We s t Ce n t r a l Qu a r t e t — Jazz at Club House, Fort Wayne, 5:45-9 p.m., no Waynedale, 8:30-11:30 p.m., no Soda, Fort Wayne, 9 p.m.-12 a.m., cover, 426-3411 cover, 747-7851 no cover, 426-3442 Jo h n Cu r r a n & Re n e g a d e — Country at Jo h n Pr i m e r — Blues at Botanical Th e Wo o l Gi r aff e s — Acoustic rock at Beamer’s Sports Grill, Fort Wayne, Conservatory, Fort Wayne, 8:30 Deer Park Irish Pub, Fort Wayne, 9 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m., no cover, 625- COMMUNITY EVENTS p.m., $6, 427-6440 p.m.-12 a.m., no cover, 432-8966 1002 Ju n k Ya r d Ba n d — Oldies at Ze p h a n i a h — Metal at O’Sullivan’s Ka t Bo w s e r — Variety at Don Hall’s Georgetown Square Shopping Italian Irish Pub, Fort Wayne, 10 Guesthouse, Fort Wayne, 9 p.m.- Center, Fort Wayne, 6:30-8:30 p.m., p.m.-1 a.m., no cover, 422-5896 12:30 a.m., no cover, 489-2524 free, 749-0461 Ke n n y Ta y l o r & t h e Sw i n g s e t Qu a r t e t Ka t Bo w s e r — Variety at Don Hall’s — Rockabilly/variety at Nick’s Martini Guesthouse, Fort Wayne, 9 p.m.- Saturday, August 27 & Wine Bar, Fort Wayne, 9 p.m.-12 12:30 a.m., no cover, 489-2524 a.m., no cover, 482-6425 Af t e r Sc h o o l Sp e c i a l — Rock at Wet Ky l e r Ha l l e r Ba n d — Rock/variety at Spot, Decatur, 10 p.m., no cover, Ke v i n Pi e ka r s k i & Dav e La t c h a w — Corner Pocket Pub, Fort Wayne, 9 728-9031 A cappella vocal jazz at Oakwood p.m.-1 a.m., no cover, 492-7665 Resort, Syracuse, 1:30-3:30 p.m., no Al i c i a Py l e Qu a r t e t — Jazz/variety at Mi l l e r Fa m i l y Bl u e g r a s s — Bluegrass Club Soda, Fort Wayne, 9 p.m.-12 cover, 574-457-7100 at Cupbearer CafÃ©, Auburn, 7-9 a.m., no cover, 426-3442 Ki l l t h e Rabb i t — Rock at Vinnie’s Bar, p.m., free, 920-8734 Decatur, 10 p.m., $5, 728-2225 Am e r i c a n Id o l Ka r a o k e — Karaoke at Pr i m a l Ur g e — Classic rock at Latch Latch String Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne, Le f t La n e Cr u i s e r — Blues/punk at String Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne, 10 10:30 p.m., no cover, 483-5526 O’Sullivan’s Italian Irish Pub, Fort p.m., no cover, 483-5526 Wayne, 10 p.m.-1 a.m., no cover, Cap ’n Bo b — Variety at Dixie Boat Si d e c a r Ga r y ’s Ka r a o k e & DJ — Cruise, North Webster, 9-10:30 p.m., 422-5896 Karaoke at 4 Crowns, Auburn, 10 $7, 574-834-1080 Mi s s Ki t t y ’s Re v e n g e — Country/clas- learn p.m.-2 a.m., no cover, 925-9805 sic rock at Traxside Bar & Grill, Ch r i s Wo r t h & Co m pa n y — Variety So u l 35 — Variety at Nick’s Martini & at American Legion Post 47, Fort Garrett, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m., cover, Wine Bar, Fort Wayne, 9 p.m.-12 Wayne, 8-11 p.m., no cover, 209- 357-4287 a.m., no cover, 482-6425 3960 Pa r t y Bo a t Ba n d — Island music at t e v e u pk i n a n d i c h a e l a t t e r s o n American Legion Post 499, Fort S L M P El e m e n t s — Variety at Hamilton House, — Blues/jazz at Venice Restaurant, Hamilton, 8 p.m.-12 a.m., no cover, Wayne, 8-11 p.m., no cover, 483- Fort Wayne, 7-10 p.m., no cover, 488-3344 1368 482-1618 Pa t & Fa y e — Variety at Friendly Fox, Fo r t Wa y n e Fu n k Or c h e s t r a — Funk Get the tools and knowledge to run Sw i c k & Jo n e s — Acoustic at at Club Paradise, Angola, 10 p.m., Fort Wayne, 6:30-8:30 p.m., no Chapman’s Brewery, Angola, 6 p.m., $5, 833-7082 cover, 745-3369 no cover, 319-5495 Re g g a e Lo u — Variety at Mad Anthony live sound! 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August 25, 2016------www.whatzup.com------11 NIGHTLIFE whatzup PICKS for a one-night engagement, is clearly CRAZY PINZ/Coconutz Restaurant KURT BRAUNOHLER on his way up. Having started in the Games/Music • 1414 Northland Blvd., Fort Wayne • 260-490-2695 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30 Calhoun Street Soups • Salads • comedy biz doing street sketches, Ex p e c t : An exciting atmosphere for families. Bowling, arcade, laser he can now boast appearances on tag, mini-golf and weekly live entertainment. Coconutz restaurant Spirits 1915 S. Calhoun St., Fort Wayne Comedy Central Presents, Drunk serves American cuisine daily with food and drink specials. Ge t t i n g History, The New Girl, Bob’s Burgers Th e r e : $12.50, 260-456-7005 North on Lima Road from Coliseum, past Sam’s Club to and, of course, the goofy gamut of Northland Blvd. Ho u r s : 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Mon.-Wed.; 10 a.m.-midnight late night talk shows. He’ll also be Thurs.; 10 a.m.-1 a.m. Fri.-Sat.; noon-10 p.m. Sun. Al c o h o l : Full Kurt Braunohler has been called Service; Pm t : MC, Visa, Disc, Amex many things since he launched his starring in the new Judd Apatow film comedy career in the early aughts. The Big Sick, which he also helped DEER PARK PUB “Silly” is one of those things. So write. Eclectic • 1530 Leesburg Rd., Fort Wayne • 260-432-8966 is “brilliant,” “insane,” “charismat- Braunohler frequently col- Ex p e c t : Home to Dancioke, 12 craft beer lines, 75 domestic and ic” and “a true renaissance man.” laborates with former ˆ correspondent imported beers, assorted wines, St. Pat’s Parade, keg toss, Irish snug Perhaps the most accurate description Kristen Schaal, and his debut and USF students. Friday/Saturday live music, holiday specials. of Braunohler’s brand of funny comes KURT BRAUNOHLER comedy album, How Do I Land?, Outdoor beer garden. www.deerparkpub.com. Wi-Fi hotspot. Finger from LA Weekly, whose staff charac- came out to critical acclaim in food, tacos every Tuesday. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : Corner of Leesburg and terized the Neptune, New Jersey native this way: “Not 2013. Curious to hear a smattering of his “inimitable Spring, across from UFS. Ho u r s : 2 p.m.-1 a.m. Mon.-Thurs., noon-2 only a singular talent, but an inimitable spirit.” spirit” at work? Tune into his podcast, “The K Ohle a.m. Fri.-Sat., 1-10 p.m. Sun. Al c o h o l : Beer & Wine; Pm t : MC, Visa, Regardless of how you want to label him, with Kurt Braunohler” on the Nerdist network. And Disc Braunohler, who will be at CS3 Tuesday, August 30 be prepared to bust a gut/your inner nerd. DUESY’S SPORTS BAR & GRILLE Sports Bar • 305 E. Washington Ctr. Rd., Fort Wayne • 260-484-0411 ------Calendar • Live Music & Comedy------Ex p e c t : 27 huge flat screen TVs with all your favorites sports – NASCAR and more; live trivia 7-9 p.m. Tuesdays; kitchen opens at 11 Ro c k t h e Pl aza — Feat. Grateful Ye s t e r d a y ’s He a d t r i p — Variety at Wednesday, August 31 a.m. w/custom burgers, specialty sandwiches, BBQ, flatbreads, salads Groove, Fierce Invalids, Tone Latch String Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne, Junkies, Jafunkae at Allen County 9 p.m.-1 a.m., no cover, 483-5526 Ch r i s Wo r t h — Variety at Nick’s Martini and wraps. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : Corner of Washington Center Rd. and Public Library Plaza, Fort Wayne, 6 & Wine Bar, Fort Wayne, 7:30-10:30 Coldwater, just south of I-69. Ho u r s : 11 a.m.-midnight or later daily. p.m., free, 421-1200 Monday, August 29 p.m., no cover, 482-6425 Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t : MC, Visa, Disc, Amex Sc h o o l o f Ro c k — Presents Motorhead Fo r t Wa y n e Co m e d y Co n n e c t i o n — / Funk / The Final Countdown at Am e r i c a n Id o l Ka r a o k e — Karaoke at Comedy at Latch String Bar & Grill, DUPONT BAR & grill Phoenix, Fort Wayne, 6 p.m., $10, Latch String Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, 9 p.m., no cover, 483- Sports Bar • 10336 Leo Rd., Fort Wayne • 260-483-1311 387-6571 10 p.m., no cover, 483-5526 5526 Si d e c a r Ga r y ’s Ka r a o k e & DJ — G-Mo n e y Ba n d — Open jam at Nick’s Ex p e c t : Great daily drink specials, 3 pool tables, NFL Ticket, 16’x10’ Op e n Mic Ni g h t — Variety at Checkerz Karaoke at Kville Pub, Kendallville, Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne, 7-10 p.m., Martini & Wine Bar, Fort Wayne, Megatron, three 6’x4’ Minitrons, 15 flat screen TVs; $8.99 daily lunch 9 p.m.-1 a.m., no cover, 349-1677 no cover, 489-0286 7-10 p.m., no cover, 482-6425 e t t i n g h e r e Si d e c a r Ga r y ’s Ka r a o k e & DJ w/Ke v i n specials; 50¢ wings Wednesdays. G T : North of Fort Sc r a t c h N Sn i ff Li t e — Variety at Deer Li v e DJ — Variety at Columbia Street Wayne at Leo Crossing (Dupont & Clinton). Ho u r s : 11 a.m.-3 a.m. — Karaoke at Dicky’s 21 Taps, Fort Park Irish Pub, Fort Wayne, 6:30-8 West, Fort Wayne, 9 p.m., no cover, Wayne, 8-11 p.m., no cover, 486- Al c o h o l : Pm t p.m., no cover, 432-8966 422-5055 daily Full Service; : MC, Visa, Amex 0590 Sh e l l y Di x o n & Je ff McRa e — Open Op e n Mic — Variety at Pedal City, Fort HAMILTON HOUSE Wa l k i n ’ Pap e r s — Rock / blues at stage at Bar 145, Fort Wayne, 6-9 Wayne, 8 p.m., no cover, 415-6167 Dupont Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne, 9:30 p.m., no cover, 209-2117 Pa u l Ne w St e w a r t & Ki m m y De a n — Neighborhood Bar • 3950 E. Bellefontaine, Hamilton • 260-488-3344 p.m.-1:30 a.m., cover, 483-1311 Variety at Venice Restaurant, Fort Ex p e c t : Great atmosphere with a beautiful view of lake; 20 beers on Yo Yo Pa — Folk/pop at Mad Anthony, Wayne, 6:30-9:30 p.m., $1, 482- tap, 6 large HDTVs w/DirecTV (NFL Package during season), inter- Fort Wayne, 8-11 p.m., no cover, Tuesday, August 30 1618 net juke, pool table, karaoke every Friday (9 p.m.), live bands every 426-2537 Ra n d y K i m ba l l — Blues at Mad Anthony Ch i l l y ’s Ta l e n t & Ta c o s — Open mic at Saturday (8 p.m.) Memorial Day thru Labor Day. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : Ale House, Angola, 7-10 p.m., no Latch String Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne, cover, 833-2537 Corner of roads 1 and 427. Ho u r s : 10 a.m.-1 a.m. Mon.-Wed.; 10 Sunday, August 28 9 p.m.-12 a.m., no cover, 483-5526 So u l 35 — Soul & pop at Embassy a.m.-3 a.m. Thurs.-Sat.; 10 a.m.-12 midnight Sun. Al c o h o l : Full Ku r t Br a u n o h l e r — Comedy at Bl u e s Ja m Ho s t e d b y Le e Le w i s a n d Theatre, Fort Wayne, 5-9 p.m., $5, Service; Pm t : MC, Visa Calhoun Street Soups, Salads & 424-5665 Fr i e n d s — Open jam at Checkerz Spirits, Fort Wayne, 8 p.m., $12.50, Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne, 6-9 p.m., no 456-7005 LATCH STRING BAR & GRILL cover, 489-0286 Op e n Mic — Hosted by Dan Smyth at Thursday, September 1 Pubs & Taverns • 3221 N. Clinton St., Fort Wayne • 260-483-5526 Sc h o o l o f Ro c k — Presents Motorhead The Green Frog Inn, Fort Wayne, Ex p e c t : Fun, friendly, rustic atmosphere. Daily drink specials. / Funk / The Final Countdown at 8-11 p.m., no cover, 426-1088 Ad a m St r a c k — Acoustic variety at Mondays, $2.75 imports; Tuesdays, $3 margaritas & $1 tacos; Phoenix, Fort Wayne, 2 p.m., $10, Beamer’s Sports Grill, Fort Wayne, 387-6571 Wednesdays, $2 wells and 59¢ bone-in wings; Sundays, $2.50 bloody 7-10 p.m., no cover, 625-1002 Marys. Live bands Friday, Sunday, & Tuesday; comedy improv/open mic Wednesday; karaoke Monday, Thursday & Saturday. No cover. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : Where Clinton and Lima roads meet, next to Budget Rental. Ho u r s : 11 a.m.-3 a.m. Mon.-Sat., 12 noon-12:30 a.m. Sun. Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t : MC, Visa whatzup PERFORMERS DIRECTORY LAOTTO BREWING COMPANY ACOUSTIC VARIETY COUNTRY & rock Microbrewery • 202 S. Main St., LaOtto • 260-897-3360 Adam Strack...... 260-418-2070 Sugar Shot...... 260-225-3181 Ex p e c t : Easygoing atmosphere in a 100-plus-year-old renovated build- Basketcase...... 260-431-1416 ORIGINAL ACOUSTIC ing. Beers made on site and served with a varied pub menu; soups, Jon Durnell...... 260-797-2980 Dan Dickerson’s Harp Condition...... 260-704-2511 burgers, pizza and a variety of daily specials. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : 10 min- Mike Conley...... 260-750-9758 The Holy Rebels...... 260-460-7009 utes north of Dupont and Lima roads on Old SR3 in LaOtto. 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Center St., Warsaw • 574-268-2537 p.m., no cover, 432-8966 p.m., no cover, 436-3512 Led Zeppelin tribute at Allen County Ex p e c t : The eclectic madness of the original combined with hand- Ch a r l i e Da n i e l s Ba n d — Southern rock Jo e St ab e l l i — Jazz at Don Hall’s Gas Public Library Plaza, Fort Wayne, 6 crafted Mad Anthony ales and lagers. Carry-out handcrafted brews at Foellinger Theatre, Fort Wayne, House, Fort Wayne, 5:45-9 p.m., no p.m., free, 421-1200 available. Live music on Saturdays. The same 4-1/2 star menu, includ- 7:30 p.m., $49-$79, 427-6000 cover, 426-3411 On e To n Tr i o — Blues rock at Mad ing one of the best pizzas in America and a large vegetarian menu. Anthony Ale House, Angola, 8 p.m.- Da n Sm y t h — Variety at Lake George Ly n y r d Sk y n y r d — Rock at Foellinger Ge t t i n g Th e r e : 2 miles southwest on East Center Street from U.S. 30. Retreat, Fremont, 8-11 p.m., no Theatre, Fort Wayne, 8 p.m., 12 a.m., no cover, 833-2537 o u r s cover, 833-2266 $59-$99, 427-6000 Pr i m e Su s p e c t s — Variety at American H : 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.; 11 a.m.-12:30 a.m. Fri.-Sat.; 11 D DJ o u b l e K — Variety at Bar 145, Fort Si d e c a r Ga r y ’s Ka r a o k e & DJ — Legion Post 499, Fort Wayne, 8 a.m.-10 p.m. Sun. Al c o h o l : Full-Service; Pm t : MC, Visa, Disc Wayne, 9 p.m., no cover, 209-2117 Karaoke at 4 Crowns, Auburn, 10 p.m.-12 a.m., no cover, 483-1368 Je ff McDo n a l d — Folk at Don Hall’s p.m.-2 a.m., no cover, 925-9805 Ro u s t ab o u t — Americana at Two EE’s MAD ANTHONY’S LAKEVIEW ALE HOUSE Guesthouse, Fort Wayne, 7-10 p.m., To d d Ha r r o l d Ba n d — R&B/blues at Winery, Huntington, 7 p.m., no cover, Eclectic • 4080 N 300 W, Angola • 260-833-2537 no cover, 489-2524 Downtown Eatery, Warsaw, 10 p.m.-1 672-2000 Ex p e c t : Twelve handcrafted beers on tap; also featuring Indiana Ka r a o k e — Variety at Columbia Street a.m., no cover, 574-267-6000 Si d e c a r Ga r y ’s Ka r a o k e & DJ — craft beers and local wines. Patio with seating for 100; 7 dock slips; West, Fort Wayne, 9 p.m., no cover, Wi l l Ce r t a i n — Acoustic variety at Mad Karaoke at Kville Pub, Kendallville, 422-5055 Anthony, Fort Wayne, 8-11 p.m., no 9 p.m.-1 a.m., no cover, 349-1677 150-seat banquet facility. 4-1/2 star menu, including famous gourmet Op e n Mic — Hosted by Mike Conley cover, 426-2537 Sw i c k & Jo n e s — Acoustic at Friendly pizza, unique eats and vegetarian fare. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : Located on at Mad Anthony Brewing Co., Fort Th e Wo o l Gi r aff e s — Acoustic rock Fox, Fort Wayne, 6:30 p.m., no beautiful Lake James above Bledsoe’s Beach. Ho u r s : 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Wayne, 8:30-11 p.m., no cover, 426- at Alley Sports Bar, Pro Bowl West, cover, 745-3369 Sun.-Thurs.; 11 a.m.-midnight or later Fri.-Sat. Al c o h o l : Full Service; 2537 Fort Wayne, 930 p.m.-12:30 a.m., no To d d Ha r r o l d & Ni c k Bo ba y — R&B/ Pm t : MC, Visa, Disc Op e n St a g e Ja m — Hosted by Pop ‘n’ cover, 483-4421 blues at Deer Park Irish Pub, Fort Fresh at Office Tavern, Fort Wayne, Zi o n Li o n w/G Mo n e y Ba n d — Blues at Wayne, 9 p.m.-12 a.m., no cover, MAD ANTHONY TAP ROOM 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m., no cover, 478- Botanical Conservatory, Fort Wayne, 432-8966 5827 8:30 p.m., $6, 427-6440 Ur ba n Le g e n d w/Fr e ak Br o t h e r s — Music/Rock • 114 N. Main St., Auburn • 260-927-0500 Tr o n i c — EDM at O’Sullivan’s Italian Funk/variety at ACD Festival, cor- Ex p e c t : The eclectic madness of the original combined with hand- Irish Pub, Fort Wayne, 10 p.m., no ner of Main & 8th Streets, Auburn, crafted Mad Anthony ales and lagers. The same 4-1/2 star menu, cover, 422-5896 Saturday, September 3 6-11:30 p.m., no cover, www.acd- including one of the best pizzas in America and a large vegetarian festival.org Am e r i c a n Id o l Ka r a o k e — Karaoke at menu. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : Take I-69 to State Rd. 8 (Auburn exit); down- Wa l k i n Pap e r s — Rock n roll at Corner Friday, September 2 Latch String Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne, town, just north of courthouse. Ho u r s : 11 a.m.-12 a.m. Sun.-Thurs.; 11 10:30 p.m., no cover, 483-5526 Pocket Pub, Fort Wayne, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., no cover, 492-7665 a.m.-2 a.m. Fri.-Sat. Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t : MC, Visa, Disc Ac o u s t i c Ja m Se s s i o n — Hosted by Bu l l d o g s — Rock n’ roll at Cold Springs Dick Myers at Checkerz Bar & Grill, Resort, Hamilton, 8 p.m.-12 a.m., $8, Th e Wo o l Gi r aff e s — Acoustic rock NICK’S MARTINI & WINE BAR Fort Wayne, 8-11 p.m., no cover, 488-2920 at Nick’s Martini & Wine Bar, Fort 489-0286 Wayne, 8-11 p.m., no cover, 482- Dining & Music • 1227 E. State Blvd., Fort Wayne • 260-482-6425 Cap ’n Bo b — Variety at Dixie Boat 6425 Th e Be Co l o n y w/Wa t e r Wi t c h e s , Cruise, North Webster, 9-10:30 p.m., Ex p e c t : Specialty martinis, craft beers and cocktails served up in a St r e e t l a m p s f o r Sp o t l i g h t s — $7, 574-834-1080 classic martini lounge with live music nightly. Serving a variety of Psychedelic rock/variety at Brass Fl a m i n g o No s e b l e e d — Punk at Brass Sunday, September 4 small plate appetizers with weekly featured tapas plates and drink spe- Rail, Fort Wayne, 10 p.m., cover, Rail, Fort Wayne, 10 p.m., cover, cials. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : One block east of Crescent on State Blvd., next 267-5303 267-5303 Bl u e s Ja m Ho s t e d b y Le e Le w i s a n d Ho u r s : Al c o h o l : Bo n af i d e — Variety at Corner Pocket Ho l b r o o k Br o t h e r s Ba n d — Rock at Fr i e n d s — Open jam at Checkerz to the Rib Room. Open at 4 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Pub, Fort Wayne, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., no Hamilton House, Hamilton, 8 p.m.- Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne, 6-9 p.m., no Full Service; Pm t .: MC, Visa, Disc, Amex cover, 492-7665 12 a.m., no cover, 488-3344 cover, 489-0286 Ch r i s Wo r t h W/Big Ca d d y Da d d y — Ja m i e Ke n t , Je ff Ca m pb e l l , Me g a n Bu l l d o g s — Rock n’ roll at Ligonier STATE GRILL Variety at ACD Festival, corner of Sl a n ka r d , Ma t t h e w Sz l a c h e t ka Marshmallow Festival, Ligonier, 8 Pub/Tavern • 1210 E. State Blvd., Fort Wayne • 260-483-5618 Main & 8th Streets, Auburn, 6-11:30 p.m., no cover, 302-2052 — Variety at Crescendo CafÃ©, Ex p e c t : 1st Tavern to pour beer after Prohibition; located in a fun and p.m., no cover, www.acdfestival.org Sweetwater Sound, Fort Wayne, 7 Fo r t Wa y n e Fu n k Or c h e s t r a — Funk Da n Sm y t h Tr i o — Variety at Pedal p.m., no cover, 432-8176 at Lake James Sand Bar, Angola, 2 friendly neighborhood; home of the XKE Cranials & most dangerous City, Fort Wayne, 9 p.m.-12 a.m., no Jo e St ab e l l i — Jazz at Don Hall’s Gas p.m., free, 705-5464 jukebox. Daily drink specials include $2 Tall Boy PBR all day, every- cover, 415-6167 House, Fort Wayne, 5:45-9 p.m., no Ra l p h i Ro b e r t s w/So u l 35 — Comedy/ day, great craft beer selection. Golden Tee. Free WIFI. Fort Wayne’s Da n c e Pa r t y w/DJ Ri c h — Variety at cover, 426-3411 soul at The 2104, Fort Wayne, 6:30 Sammy Hagar bar & Beach Bar Rum, Riverbend Pizza. Ge t t i n g Columbia Street West, Fort Wayne, Lo u d m o u t h So u p — Rock at Dupont p.m., $30-$40, includes buffet din- Th e r e : Corner of State and Crescent. Ho u r s : 3 p.m.-3 a.m. Mon., 1 10:30 p.m., cover, 422-5055 ner, 312-3860 Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne, 10 p.m., p.m.-3 a.m. Tues.-Fri., noon-3 a.m. Sat., noon-1 a.m. Sun. Al c o h o l : cover, 483-1311 Full Service; Pm t .: Cash only; ATM on site BotanicalBotanical RootsRoots Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory Summer Concert Series 1100 S. Calhoun St. Friday Evenings 8:30 pm Doors Open 7:30 pm Show Begins 8:30 pm Admission $6 AUGUST 26 SEPTEMBER 2 (12 and under free with adult) Food/Beverage Available JOHN PRIMER ZION LION Lawn Chairs Encouraged Blues Reggae johnprimerblues.com zionlionreggaeband.com www.botanicalconservatory.org Opener: Bloody Tambourine Opener: G Money 260-427-6440

August 25, 2016------www.whatzup.com------13 ------Calendar • On the Road------It’s finally cooled down into the mid 80s on 3 Doors Down w/Red Sun Rising Aug. 30 DeVos Performance Hall Grand Rapids, MI the ol’ outside thermometer, so naturally its 3 Doors Down w/Pop Evil, Red Sun Rising Sept. 28 Murat Theatre Indianapolis time to announce the annual Trans-Siberian Road Notez 3 Doors Down w/Pop Evil, Red Sun Rising Oct. 5 The Fillmore Detroit Orchestra Christmas tour. This year marks 38 Special w/Davy Knowles Aug. 27 Lerner Theatre Elkhart the 20th anniversary of the band. However, CHRIS HUPE 38th Infantry/US Army National Guard Band Sept. 17 Foellinger Theatre Fort Wayne if you live in or around Fort Wayne, you’ll AC/DC Sept. 6 Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland have to go to another city to celebrate this year. The Fort is once again on the band’s AC/DC Sept. 9 The Palace of Auburn Hills Auburn Hills, MI “naughty list” and is getting skipped. But fret not: there are plenty of opportunities to AC/DC w/Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown Sept. 4 Nationwide Arena Columbus, OH see TSO and their superb laser and light show if you are willing to travel. Regional stops Ace Frehley w/Enuff Znuff, Simo Aug. 26 House of Blues Chicago include Toledo, December 2; Dayton, December 3; Indianapolis, December 7; Cincinnati, Ace Frehley w/Simo Aug. 27 Egyptian Room Indianapolis December 21; Grand Rapids, December 22; Chicago, December 23; Columbus, Ohio, Adam Corolla Sept. 23 Bogart’s Cincinnati December 29, Detroit, December 30; and Cleveland on New Year’s Eve. Adam Corolla Sept. 24 Vic Theatre Chicago Adele Sept. 6-7 The Palace of Auburn Hills Auburn Hills, MI Speaking of anniversaries, Christian metal band Stryper are celebrating the 30th anniver- Against Me! Sept. 25 Deluxe Indianapolis sary of their landmark album To Hell with the Devil this fall by getting their trademark Ages and Ages Sept. 15 Beat Kitchen Chicago yellow and black “bumblebee” outfits out of mothballs and hitting the highway. The band Ages and Ages Sept. 16 Ignition Music Garage Goshen still has all of their original members (no small feat these days) and they look like they Ages and Ages Sept. 18 Rumba Cafe Columbus, OH are in pretty good shape for their ages, so these should be some pretty entertaining and The Album Leaf Sept. 21 Lincoln Hall Chicago energetic shows. Stryper will visit Chicago on Halloween, Grand Rapids on November 11, Alice Cooper Oct. 5 Murat Theatre Indianapolis Cleveland on November 12, Columbus, Ohio on November 13 and Detroit on November Amanda Shires Sept. 17 Shelter Detroit 16. Amos Lee Oct. 26 Murat Theatre Indianapolis Amos Lee Oct. 28 Chicago Theatre Chicago The Avett Brothers have added dates to their fall tour, extending it to the week of Thanks- Amy Schumer Oct. 5 Wings Event Center Kalamazoo giving. Still riding the waves of their critically acclaimed ninth studio album, True Sad- Amy Schumer Oct. 6 Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland ness, the band is taking their folk rock sound to Indianapolis on November 3-4, Detroit on Amy Schumer Oct. 7 Joe Louis Arena Detroit November 10-11 and Grand Rapids November 12. Amy Schumer Oct. 9 Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis Amy Schumer Nov. 25 Allstate Arena Rosemont, IL If you’ve listened to any of Mike Tramp’s solo albums, you’ll know that the singer has Amy Schumer Nov. 26 UIC Pavilion Chicago shifted gears since his days of fronting White Lion. Though he is now more of a singer/ Anderson East Nov. 15 A&R Music Bar Columbus, OH songwriter than a rocker, Tramp still possesses one of the best and most unique voices Anderson East Nov. 19 Beachland Ballroom Cleveland in rock music. The Dane has scheduled a few dates to promote his latest album, Nomad, Anderson East Nov. 20 The Stache @ The Intersection Grand Rapids, MI and one of those is at Firehouse BBQ & Blues in Richmond on September 4. Tickets are Anderson, Rabin & Wakeman Nov. 5 Chicago Theatre Chicago only $15. Andra Day Nov. 18 House of Blues Chicago Andra Day Nov. 19 The Vogue Indianapolis Metallica dropped a new song and announced they are releasing their first album in eight Andrew Bird Sept. 7 Jay Pritzker Pavilion Chicago years in November. Judging by the amount of coverage these two things received on so- Andrew Bird Sept. 14 Madison Theatre Cincinnati cial media, we are all supposed to be really excited. Why? If there was another band that Andrew Bird w/Gabriel Kahane Sept. 16 Murat Theatre Indianapolis hadn’t put out a decent album in the last 25 years, with very few exceptions, I’m not sure Andy McKee w/Owen Campbell Aug. 25 The Ark Ann Arbor anyone would care. Fans of the band keep hoping Metallica will someday return to the Andy McKee w/Owen Campbell Aug. 27 Taft Theatre Cincinnati form of Master of Puppets or even their self-titled album, but I personally lost hope many Angel Olsen Sept. 28 Thalia Hall Chicago years ago. They keep pumping out crap, and for some reason, people keep devouring it. Animal Collective w/Wife Oct. 5 Egyptian Room Indianapolis The new song sounds promising but the last two and a half decades of bilge leads me to Anthony Green w/Secret Space, Mat Kerekes Sept. 26 Shelter Detroit believe I’ll want nothing to do with this album. Like other fans of their early works I’m Appetite for Destruction w/Cowboy, Rogers Ritual, Reverend Boogie Man Sept. 10 Brandt’s Harley Davidson Marion, IN hoping they will prove me wrong, but I’m not counting on it. Aretha Franklink Oct. 9 DeVos Performance Hall Grand Rapids, MI Art Garfunkel Nov. 18 Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park, OH [email protected] Ash Sept. 28 Lincoln Hall Chicago Ash Sept. 30 Shelter Detroit Blue October Nov. 10 The Intersection Grand Rapids, MI Asking Alexandria w/Born of Osiris, I See Stars, After the Burial Nov. 1 House of Blues Chicago Bob Moses Oct. 13 Concord Music Hall Chicago Avenged Sevenfold w/Volbeat, Avatar Sept. 14 Van Andel Arena Grand Rapids, MI Bonnie Raitt w/Richard Thompson Aug. 30 Fraze Pavilion Kettering, OH Avenged Sevenfold w/Volbeat, Avatar Sept. 15 Huntington Center Toledo Bonnie Raitt w/Richard Thompson Aug. 31 Frederik Meijer Gardens Grand Rapids, MI Avenged Sevenfold w/Volbeat, Avatar, Killswitch Engage Sept. 20 Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Fort Wayne Bonnie Raitt Sept. 3 Ravinia Park Highland Park, IL Avett Brothers Sept. 9 Express Live Columbus, OH Brad Paisley w/Tyler Farr, Maddie & Tae Sept. 16 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH The Avett Brothers Nov. 10 The Fillmore Detroit Brantley Gilbert Sept. 24 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI The Avett Brothers Nov. 11 The Fillmore Detroit Bret Michaels w/Ratt, Warrant, Firehouse, L.A. Guns Sept. 9 Allegan County Fair Allegan, MI Bad Religion w/The Crosses Sept. 17 Concord Music Hall Chicago Brian Culbertson Oct. 20 Murat Theatre Indianapolis Bad Suns Oct. 29 Shelter Detroit Brian Fallon & Ryan Bingham Sept. 20 Riviera Theatre Chicago Band of Horses Nov. 4 Masonic Auditorium Cleveland Brian Regan ($35-$75) Sept. 8 Honeywell Center Wabash Band of Horses w/Wild Belle Nov. 5 Murat Theatre Indianapolis Brian Regan Sept. 9 PNC Pavilion Cincinnati Band of Horses Nov. 16 Aragon Ballroom Chicago Brian Regan Nov. 17 Murat Theatre Indianapolis Bastille, The Used, Pierce the Veil Sept. 30 Freedom Hill Amphitheatre Sterling Heights, MI Brian Setzer Orchestra Nov. 16 State Theatre Kalamazoo The Be Colony w/Water Witches, Streetlamps for Spotlights Sept. 2 Brass Rail Fort Wayne Brian Setzer Orchestra Nov. 17 Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park, OH Beach Slang Sept. 22 Brass Rail Fort Wayne Brian Wilson ($29.95-$125) Sept. 30 Fox Theatre Detroit Bear’s Den Sept. 23 Beat Kitchen Chicago Brian Wilson Oct. 1 Chicago Theatre Chicago Beartoothe Nov. 11 Express Live Columbus, OH Bridget Everett w/Pound It! Nov. 12 Vic Theatre Chicago Beck Sept. 20 Express Live Columbus, OH Brothers Osborne w/LANco Oct. 22 Saint Andrews Hall Detroit Beck Sept. 22 IU Auditorium Bloomington Brutto Oct. 1 Park West Chicago Belly Sept. 17 Vic Theatre Chicago Buddy Guy w/Jonny Lang Aug. 25 Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park, OH Ben Folds Oct. 4 Honeywell Center Wabash Buddy Guy & Jonny Lang Aug. 27 Fraze Pavilion Kettering, OH Ben Rector Oct. 22 Egyptian Room Indianapolis Buddy Guy w/Jonny Lang Aug. 30 Express Live Columbus, OH Beth Hart Sept. 21 Park West Chicago Butch Walker w/The Wind + The Wave, Suzanne Santo Sept. 7 House of Blues Cleveland Beth Hart Sept. 22 Park West Chicago Butch Walker w/Suzanne Santo Sept. 9 Saint Andrews Hall Detroit Bianca Del Rio Oct. 9 Vic Theatre Chicago Butch Walker w/Suzanne Santo Sept. 10 House of Blues Chicago Billy Bragg & Joe Henry Oct. 18 Thalia Hall Chicago Buzzcocks Sept. 22 Vic Theatre Chicago Billy Bragg & Joe Henry ($50) Oct. 19 The Ark Ann Arbor Cactus Sept. 17 Magic Bag Ferndale, MI Billy Joel Aug. 26 Wrigley Field Chicago Capitol Steps Sept. 22 Lerner Theatre Elkhart Black Rebel Motorcycle Club & Death From Above 1979 Oct. 11 House of Blues Cleveland Car Seat Headrest Sept. 23 Thalia Hall Chicago Black Sabbath Aug. 31 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI Carrie Underwood w/Easton Corbin, The Swon Brothers Oct. 4 Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis Black Sabbath w/Rival Sons Sept. 2 Klipsch Music Center Noblesville Carrie Underwood w/Easton Corbin, The Swon Brothers Nov. 11 Ford Center Evansville Blind Pilot Sept. 9 Thalia Hall Chicago Cass McCombs Oct. 24 The Hi-Fi Indianapolis Blind Pilot Sept. 27 Newport Music Hall Columbus, OH Casting Crowns w/Hannah Kerr, Matt Maher Oct. 27 Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis Blind Pilot Sept. 28 Magic Bag Ferndale, MI Cat Power Aug. 30 Thalia Hall Chicago Blind Pilot Oct. 1 Deluxe Indianapolis Catfish and the Bottlemen Oct. 12 Riviera Theatre Chicago Blink 182 w/A Day to Remember, All Time Low Aug. 30 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI Catfish and the Bottlemen Oct. 13 Saint Andrews Hall Detroit Blink 182 w/A Day to Remember, The All-American Rejects Sept. 9 Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre Tinley Park, IL Cavalera Conspiracy w/The Black Dahlia Murder, Combichrist Oct. 6 Reggie’s Music Joint Chicago Blink-182 w/A Day to Remember, All-American Rejects Sept. 10 Klipsch Music Center Noblesville Cavalera Conspiracy w/The Black Dahlia Murder, Combichrist Oct. 7 Harpo’s Detroit 14------www.whatzup.com------August 25, 2016 ------Calendar • On the Road------Cavalera Conspiracy w/The Black Dahlia Murder, Combichrist Oct. 8 Oddbody’s Dayton Cavalera Conspiracy w/Combichrist, All Hail the Yeti, Oni Oct. 16 Agora Ballroom Cleveland Cedric the Entertainer Sept. 15 Sound Board Detroit Celtic Thunder Sept. 21 Murat Theatre Indianapolis Celtic Thunder Sept. 23 Fox Theatre Detroit Celtic Thunder Sept. 24 Chicago Theatre Chicago Chance the Rapper Sept. 25 Fox Theatre Detroit Chante Moore & Tony Toni Tone Sept. 16 Sound Board Detroit Charlie Daniels Band Sept. 1 Foellinger Theatre Fort Wayne Charlie Daniels Band Oct. 20 Ford Center Evansville Cherub w/Frenship Sept. 10 Egyptian Room Indianapolis Chicago Aug. 27 Hoosier Park Casino Anderson Chris Robinson Brotherhood Sept. 25-26 Beachland Ballroom Cleveland Chris Robinson Brotherhood Oct. 4 The Intersection Grand Rapids, MI Wednesdays | 5-9pm Chris Robinson Brotherhood Oct. 6 20th Century Theater Cincinnati Chris Robinson Brotherhood Oct. 13 Deluxe Indianapolis Su m m e r Ni g h t s Chris Robinson Brotherhood Oct. 14 Thalia Hall Chicago Chris Stapleton w/Aubrie Sellers Sept. 11 Allegan County Fair Allegan, MI a t t h e Em b a ss y Chris Young w/Dan + Shay, Casadee Pope Oct. 28 Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Fort Wayne August 24...... Let’s Comedy Chvrches w/Jake Bugg, Frank Turner, Bleached, Haelos, Maybird Sept. 24 Express Live Columbus, OH August 31...... Soul35 Classixx w/Alex Frankel, Harriet Brown, Neon Indian Oct. 25 Bluebird Nightclub Bloomington, IN Classixx w/Alex Frankel, Harriet Brown, Neon Indian Oct. 27 Concord Music Hall Chicago September 7...... Fernando Tarango Monday, Sept. 19 • 8pm • $25/$40 Clint Black Aug. 25 Hollywood Casino Toledo Clutch w/Zakk Sabbath, Kyng Oct. 8 Express Live Columbus, OH AN EVENING WITH Clutch w/Zakk Sabbath, Kying Oct. 25 House of Blues Chicago Clutch, Zakk Sabbath, Kyng Oct. 28 The Fillmore Detroit Colbie Caillat w/Justin Young, High Dive Heart Oct. 18 Kalamazoo State Theatre Kalamazoo WISHBONE ASH Colbie Caillat w/Justin Young, High Dive Heart Oct. 21 Thalia Hall Chicago Colin Mochrie & Brad Sherwood Nov. 12 Lerner Theatre Elkhart Colton Dixon Oct. 16 Niswonger P.A.C. Van Wert, Ohio The Commodores Sept. 30 Hoosier Park Casino Anderson Conor Oberst Nov. 26-27 Thalia Hall Chicago Criminal Nov. 4 Thalia Hall Chicago September 15 | 8pm Crystal Fighters Oct. 4 Park West Chicago Dance Gavin Dance w/The Contortionists, Hail the Sun, Good Tiger, The White Noise Oct. 1 Emerson Theatre Indianapolis Dar Williams Nov. 17 Old Town School Chicago Mi r a n d a Si n g s Darius Rucker Aug. 25 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI Darius Rucker w/Dan + Shay Aug. 26 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH Dark Star Orchestra Sept. 23 House of Blues Cleveland Dark Star Orchestra Sept. 24 Michigan Theater Ann Arbor Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin w/Chris Miller Sept. 9 Magic Bag Ferndale, MI Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Sept. 10 Old Town School Chicago Saturday, Oct. 1 • 8pm • $15-$30 David Crosby Aug. 31 Thalia Hall Chicago David Pendleton ($24) Nov. 25-26 Blue Gate Theatre Shipshewana Def Leppard w/REO Speedwagon, Tesla Aug. 29 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH SUCH A NIGHT Def Leppard w/REO Speedwagon, Tesla Oct. 8 Huntington Center Toledo Deftones Sept. 19 Egyptian Room Indianapolis RECREATING Delbert McClinton Aug. 27 Thalia Hall Chicago Demi Lovato, Nick Jones, Mike Posner Sept. 2 Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland THE LAST WALTZ The Devil Makes Three Sept. 29 Newport Music Hall Columbus, OH The Devil Makes Three Sept. 30 Bluebird Nightclub Bloomington, IN Devin Townend Project, Between the Buried and Me, Fallujah Sept. 21 Newport Music Hall Columbus, OH Devin Townsend Project & Between the Buried and Me w/Fallujah Sept. 22 Saint Andrews Hall Detroit October 15 | 8pm Devin Townsend Project w/Between the Buried & Me Sept. 23 House of Blues Chicago Diamond Rio ($19-$67) Sept. 16 Blue Gate Theatre Shipshewana Diamond Rio Oct. 29 Niswonger P.A.C. Van Wert, Ohio He r e Co m e Wednesday, Oct. 12 • 7:30pm • $29 Die Antwoord Oct. 10 Express Live Columbus, OH Die Antwoord Oct. 11 Aragon Ballroom Chicago Die Antwoord Oct. 14 Egyptian Room Indianapolis Th e Mu m m i e s GET THE LED OUT Die Antwoord Oct. 15 The Fillmore Detroit Sponsored by Jefferson Pointe THE AMERICAN LED ZEPPELIN Dierks Bentley Oct. 13 Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Fort Wayne and Fort Wayne CW Dirty Deeds Sept. 23 Kehoe Park Bluffton Dirty Rotten Imbeciles w/Deathwish, Hell Came Home, Salem’s Childe Sept. 23 4D’s Bar & Grill Fort Wayne Dixie Chicks w/Vintage Trouble, Smooth Hound Smith Aug. 25 Klipsch Music Center Noblesville ON SALE NOW Dixie Chicks w/Elle King Sept. 16 Nationwide Arena Columbus, OH Johnny Mathis...... Oct. 16 Dixie Chicks w/Augustana Sept. 23 Huntington Center Toledo DJ Pugh765 w/Imani Carroll, Emari Carroll, Deshawn Woods, Kaiesha Abdullah Sept. 9 Embassy Theatre Fort Wayne Goo Goo Dolls...... Nov. 10 Doc Severinsen & His Big Band Oct. 23 Niswonger P.A.C. Van Wert, Ohio Joe Bonamassa...... Dec. 2 Dope Oct. 4 Concord Music Hall Chicago Hal Holbrook/Mark Twain Tonight...... Dec. 3 Saturday, Nov. 12 • 8pm • $8-$23 Dream Theater Oct. 31 Old National Centre Indianapolis Mannheim Steamroller...... Dec. 6 Elle King Oct. 30 The Fillmore Detroit Moscow Ballet: Great Russian Nutcracker.Dec. 7 Elle King Nov. 3 Egyptian Room Indianapolis Straight No Chaser...... Dec. 13 PINK DROYD Elle King Nov. 4 Express Live Columbus, OH Cinderella...... Jan. 17 Elton John Sept. 28 Huntington Center Toledo Elvis Costello Oct. 29 Chicago Theatre Chicago Tchaikovsky Spectacular...... Jan. 18 GO TO OUR WEBSITE Elvis Costello Oct. 30 Michigan Theater Ann Arbor FOR TICKET INFO & MORE Eskimeaux Sept. 14 Emerson Theatre Indianapolis Explosions in the Sky Sept. 10 Aragon Ballroom Chicago ALL SHOWS ALL AGES Explosions in the Sky Sept. 12 Deluxe Indianapolis Embassy Theatre Explosions in the Sky Sept. 13 Newport Music Hall Columbus, OH 125 W. Jefferson Blvd. Felice Brothers Sept. 13 Schubas Tavern Chicago Finish Ticket Oct. 2 House of Blues Cleveland Fort Wayne, Indiana Fitz and The Tantrums Nov. 19 The Fillmore Detroit Florida Georgia LIne w/Cole Swindell, The Cadillac Three, Kane Brown Sept. 9 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH ticketmaster.com Florida Georgia Line w/Cole Swindell, The Cadillac Three, Kane Brown Sept. 17 Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre Tinley Park, IL August 25, 2016------www.whatzup.com------15 ------Calendar • On the Road------Florida Georgia Line w/Cole Swindell, The Cadillac Three, Kane Brown Oct. 14 Ford Center Evansville John Fogerty Aug. 25 Ravinia Park Pavillion Highland Park, IL Flosstradamus w/Slushii, Whethan Nov. 18 Aragon Ballroom Chicago John Mellencamp Oct. 25 Chicago Theatre Chicago Flosstradamus w/Slushii, Whethan Nov. 22 The Intersection Grand Rapids, MI John Primer Aug. 26 Botanical Conservatory Fort Wayne Flume w/Chrome Sparks, HWLS Aug. 25 Express Live Columbus, OH John Prine w/Billy Prine Nov. 4 Chicago Theatre Chicago For Today Sept. 15 Emerson Theatre Indianapolis John Prine w/Margo Price Nov. 19 Murat Theatre Indianapolis Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons Sept. 23 Firekeepers Casino Battle Creek, MI Johnny Mathis Oct. 16 Embassy Theatre Fort Wayne Fred Eaglesmith Traveling Steam Show ($20) Sept. 22 The Ark Ann Arbor Jon Bellion Oct. 20 Newport Music Hall Columbus, OH Fred Hammond & Donnie McClurkin Oct. 22 Star Plaza Theatre Merrillville Jon Bellion Oct. 23 Deluxe Indianapolis From Indian Lake w/Made Violent, Wild Wild Horses Oct. 8 Shelter Detroit Jonathan Butler & Gerald Albright Sept. 24 Niswonger P.A.C. Van Wert, Ohio Gary Allan Oct. 15 Firekeepers Casino Battle Creek, MI Joshua Radin & Goold Old War Nov. 8 Thalia Hall Chicago Gavin DeGraw & Andy Grammer Sept. 6 Fraze Pavilion Kettering, OH Juvenile w/Mystikal, Bun B, 8 Ball and MJG, Pastor Troy ($55.50-$128.50) Oct. 29 Fox Theatre Detroit Gavin DeGraw & Andy Grammer Sept. 7 Frederik Meijer Gardens Grand Rapids, MI Kaleo w/The Wind + The Wave Oct. 15 House of Blues Chicago Gavin DeGraw w/Andy Grammer Oct. 5 Express Live Columbus, OH Kansas Oct. 27 Murat Theatre Indianapolis Gene Watson ($44) Sept. 2-3 Blue Gate Theatre Shipshewana Kansas Oct. 28 Sound Board Detroit George Thorogood and the the Destroyers Sept. 18 Foellinger Theatre Fort Wayne Kansas Oct. 30 Taft Theatre Cincinnati Get the Led Out Oct. 12 C2G Music Hall Fort Wayne Kanye West Aug. 25 Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis Ghost Oct. 4 Kalamazoo State Theatre Kalamazoo Kanye West Sept. 27 Van Andel Arena Grand Rapids, MI Ghost B.C. Oct. 3 The Fillmore Detroit Kanye West Sept. 28 Joe Louis Arena Detroit Glen Hansard Sept. 17 Michigan Theater Ann Arbor Kanye West Oct. 1 Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland Glen Hansard w/Colm Mac Con Iomair Sept. 20-21 Vic Theatre Chicago Kanye West Oct. 6 The Palace of Auburn Hills Auburn Hills, MI Gojira w/Tesseract Oct. 19 The Fillmore Detroit Kanye West Oct. 8 Allstate Arena Rosemont, IL Goo Goo Dolls Nov. 10 Embassy Theatre Fort Wayne Kathleen Madigan ($35) Sept. 30 Kalamazoo State Theatre Kalamazoo Good Charlotte w/The Story So Far, Four Year Strong, Big Jesus Nov. 16 Egyptian Room Indianapolis Kathleen Madigan Oct. 1 Honeywell Center Wabash Grant-Lee Phillips Aug. 27 Schubas Tavern Chicago Keith Urban w/Brett Eldredge, Maren Morris Oct. 27 Van Andel Arena Grand Rapids, MI Grouplove w/Muna, Dilly Dally Oct. 25 Egyptian Room Indianapolis Keith Urban Oct. 28 Allstate Arena Rosemont, IL Grouplove w/Muna Oct. 27 Express Live Columbus, OH Keith Urban w/Brett Eldredge, Maren Morris Oct. 29 Huntington Center Toledo Guy & Ralna Sept. 18 Niswonger P.A.C. Van Wert, Ohio Keller Williams & More Than a Little ($25-$30) Sept. 2 Bell’s Brewery Kalamazoo Gwar w/Crowbar, Mutold Man Sept. 14 Bogart’s Cincinnati The Kills Sept. 18 Bogart’s Cincinnati Gwar w/Crowbar, Mutold Man Sept. 15 Agora Ballroom Cleveland Killswitch Engage Sept. 13 Aragon Ballroom Chicago Gwar w/Crowbar, Mutold Man Sept. 17 Harpos Concert Theatre Detroit Kings Brass ($14-$29) Dec. 1 Blue Gate Theatre Shipshewana Halestorm w/Lita Ford, Dorothy Oct. 25 Kalamazoo State Theatre Kalamazoo Kip Moore w/Jon Pardi Oct. 6 Wings Event Center Kalamazoo The Handsome Family w/Anna & Elizabeth Sept. 18 Old Town School Chicago Krewella Oct. 8 Lincoln Hall Chicago Hank Williams Jr. & Chris Stapleton Aug. 26 Klipsch Music Center Noblesville KT Tunstall Sept. 21 House of Blues Chicago Hank Williams Jr. w/Chris Stapleton Aug. 27 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Kurt Braunohler Aug. 30 CS3 Fort Wayne Hannibal Buress Sept. 18 Kalamazoo State Theatre Kalamazoo Lake Street Drive Sept. 23 Chicago Theatre Chicago Hannibal Buress Oct. 1 Murat Theatre Indianapolis Lake Street Drive Sept. 24 The Vogue Indianapolis Hannibal Buress Oct. 2 Masonic Auditorium Cleveland Lauryn Hill Sept. 1 Ravinia Festival Highland Park, IL Hatebreed w/DevilDriver, Devil You Know Oct. 12 Newport Music Hall Columbus, OH Lauryn Hill Sept. 2 The Fillmore Detroit The Head and the Heart w/Declan McKenna Oct. 14 Aragon Ballroom Chicago Lauryn Hill Sept. 22 Murat Theatre Indianapolis The Heavy Sept. 16 Park West Chicago LeAnn Rimes Oct. 1 T. Furth Center, Trine University Angola The Heavy w/The Ramona Flowers Sept. 8 Newport Music Hall Columbus, OH Leon Bridges Sept. 30 The Fillmore Detroit The Heavy w/The Ramona Flowers Sept. 9 Shelter Detroit Leon Bridges Oct. 1 Masonic Auditorium Cleveland Henry Rollins Nov. 15 Egyptian Room Indianapolis Leroy Van Dyke ($19-$73) Oct. 28 Blue Gate Theatre Shipshewana Here Come the Mummies w/28 North Sept. 10 House of Blues Cleveland Lewis Black Sept. 15 Stranahan Theater Toledo Here Come the Mummies Oct. 1 Civic Center Lima Lewis Black Sept. 16 Michigan Theater Ann Arbor Here Come the Mummies Oct. 15 Embassy Theatre Fort Wayne Lewis Black Sept. 17 Wharton Center East Lansing, MI Here Come the Mummies Oct. 22 Lerner Theatre Elkhart Lewis Black Oct. 7 Horseshoe Southern Indiana Elizabethtown, IN Highly Suspect Sept. 10 Shelter Detroit Loreena McKennitt Oct. 12 Michigan Theater Ann Arbor Hippo Campus Sept. 16-18 Douglas Park Chicago Loreena McKennitt Oct. 13 Kalamazoo State Theatre Kalamazoo Home Free Nov. 10 Lerner Theatre Elkhart Loreena McKennitt Nov. 2 Palace Theatre Columbus, OH Hooten Hallers w/Boat Show Aug. 27 Brass Rail Fort Wayne Loreena McKennitt Nov. 3 Clowes Memorial Hall Indianapolis How to Dress Well Sept. 27 Shelter Detroit Loreena McKennitt Nov. 4 Lakewood Civic Auditorium Cleveland I Love the 90s feat. Vanilla Ice, Salt-N-Pepa, Color Me Badd, Coolio, Tone Loc, Rob Base Sept. 22 Ford Center Evansville Lorrie Morgan w/Pam Tillis ($29-$84) Oct. 29 Blue Gate Theatre Shipshewana I Love the 90s feat. Vanilla Ice, Salt-N-Pepa, Kid N Play, All-4-One, Tone Loc, Rob Base Oct. 8 Van Andel Arena Grand Rapids, MI Lucero Oct. 25 Saint Andrews Hall Detroit I Love the 90s feat. Vanilla Ice, Salt-N-Pepa, Color Me Badd, Coolio, Tone Loc, Rob Base Oct. 14 Allstate Arena Rosemont, IL Lucero Oct. 27 Bluebird Nightclub Bloomington, IN I Love the 90s feat. Vanilla Ice, Salt-N-Pepa, Color Me Badd, Coolio, Tone Loc, Rob Base Nov. 19 U.S. Bank Arena Cincinnati Lucero Oct. 28 Thalia Hall Chicago I the Mighty w/Dayshell, Artifex Pereo, Picturesque Sept. 18 Shelter Detroit Lumineers w/Rayland Baxter Sept. 24 Meadow Brook Amphitheatre Rochester, MI Ice Nine Kills w/Secrets, Sylar, Cover Your Tracks, Out Came the Wolves Sept. 11 Emerson Theatre Indianapolis Lush Sept. 18 Vic Theatre Chicago Il Divo Oct. 16 Fox Theatre Detroit Lush w/Tamaryn Sept. 19 Saint Andrews Hall Detroit Il Divo Oct. 19 Murat Theatre Indianapolis Lynyrd Skynyrd Sept. 2 Foellinger Theatre Fort Wayne Ingrid Michaelson w/AJR Oct. 6 Bogart’s Cincinnati M83 w/Shura Oct. 20 Aragon Ballroom Chicago Ingrid Michaelson Oct. 8 The Fillmore Detroit Machine Gun Kelly Nov. 21-22 House of Blues Cleveland Ingrid Michaelson w/AJR Oct. 9 Express Live Columbus, OH Make America Rock Again feat. Trapt, Saliva, Alien Ant Farm, Crazy Town, Ingrid Michaelson w/AJR Oct. 11 Riviera Theatre Chicago 12 Stones, Tantric, Saving Abel Sept. 11 Wings Event Center Kalamazoo Insane Clown Posse Oct. 30 Newport Music Hall Columbus, OH Make America Rock Again Sept. 12 Ford Center Evansville Insane Clown Posse Oct. 31 Harpos Concert Theatre Detroit Mannheim Steamroller Nov. 26 Miller Auditorium Kalamazoo J.J. Grey & Mofro Nov. 16 House of Blues Cleveland Mannheim Steamroller Nov. 29 Morris Performing Arts Ctr. South Bend J.J. Grey & Mofro Nov. 18-19 Vic Theatre Chicago Mannheim Steamroller Nov. 30 Wharton Center East Lansing, MI J.J. Grey & Mofro Nov. 26 Saint Andrews Hall Detroit Margaret Glaspy Sept. 20-21 The Green Mill Chicago Jai Wolf Nov. 5 Metro Chicago Marijonas Mikutavicius Oct. 8 Park West Chicago Jake Roberts Sept. 29 CS3 Fort Wayne Marillion Oct. 29 Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park, OH Jakob’s Ferry Stragglers w/Dag & the Bulleit Boys Sept. 24 Brass Rail Fort Wayne Marillion w/John Wesley Oct. 27-28 Vic Theatre Chicago James Bay w/Joseph Oct. 4 The Fillmore Detroit Marlon Williams & the Yarra Benders Sept. 20 Martyrs’ Chicago James Vincent McMorrow Nov. 15 Newport Music Hall Columbus, OH Maroon 5 w/Tove Lo, R. City Sept. 28 Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland Jaon Isbell w/Josh Ritter Oct. 3 DeVos Performance Hall Grand Rapids, MI Maroon 5 w/Tove Lo, R. City Sept. 29 U.S. Bank Arena Cincinnati Jason Aldean w/Thomas Rhett, A Thousand Horses Sept. 23 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH Marty Stuart w/Billy Bob Thornton Sept. 2 Ravinia Park Highland Park, IL The Jayhawks w/Folk Uke Nov. 3 Saint Andrews Hall Detroit Matt Wertz Nov. 12 Lincoln Hall Chicago Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins Sept. 8 Chicago Theatre Chicago Matthew & Gunnar Nelson Sept. 24 House of Blues Chicago Jesu & Sun Kil Moon Nov. 13 Park West Chicago Matthew Sweet Sept. 11 Magic Bag Ferndale, MI Jim Gaffigan Sept. 23 Palace Theatre Columbus, OH The Mavericks Nov. 6 Royal Oak Music Theatre Royal Oak, MI Jimmy Buffett w/G. Love & Special Sauce Sept. 3 Alpine Valley Music Theatre East Troy, WI Mayday Nov. 3 Emerson Theatre Indianapolis Joe Bonamassa Nov. 28 Covelli Center Youngstown, OH Mayday Parade w/Modern Chemistry Nov. 19 Shelter Detroit Joe Bonamassa Nov. 29 Palace Theatre Columbus, OH Megadeth Sept. 30 Joe Louis Arena Detroit Joe Bonamassa Nov. 30 Aronoff Center Cincinnati Melissa Ferrick ($25) Oct. 1 The Ark Ann Arbor Joe Bonamassa Dec. 2 Embassy Theatre Fort Wayne Mersey Beatles w/Julia Baird Oct. 21 USF Robert Goldstine Center Fort Wayne 16------www.whatzup.com------August 25, 2016 ------Calendar • On the Road------Meshuggah w/High on Fire Oct. 28 House of Blues Chicago Savoy Brown feat. Kim Simmonds Nov. 17 Magic Bag Ferndale, MI Michael W. Smith & Amy Grant w/Jordan Smith Nov. 26 Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis Schoolboy Q Aug. 30 Egyptian Room Indianapolis Middle Waves Music Festival feat. Flaming Lips w/Best Coast, Doomtree, Seal Aug. 26 Frederik Meijer Gardens Grand Rapids, MI Jeff the Brotherhood, Either/Or, Metavari, Heaven’s Gateway Drugs Sept. 16-17 Headwaters Park Fort Wayne Seal Aug. 28 Ravinia Park Pavillion Highland Park, IL Miranda Sings Sept. 15 Embassy Theatre Fort Wayne Seal Aug. 31 Meadow Brook Amphitheatre Rochester, MI Miranda Sings Sept. 18 Murat Theatre Indianapolis Seu Jorge Nov. 17 Thalia Hall Chicago moe. Sept. 23-24 Concord Music Hall Chicago Shattered Sun w/Scar Symmetry, Arsis, Painted in Exile Sept. 17 Big Shots Valparaiso The Molly Ringwalds w/Moving In Stereo, Pop Fiction Oct. 7 House of Blues Cleveland Shenandoah ($19-$57) Oct. 21 Blue Gate Theatre Shipshewana The Moody Blues Nov. 1 Murat Theatre Indianapolis Shoji Tabuchi ($19-$64) Sept. 24 Blue Gate Theatre Shipshewana Moody Blues ($48.50-$125) Nov. 2 Morris Performing Arts Ctr. South Bend Shovels & Rope Sept. 30 The Vogue Indianapolis Moody Blues Nov. 3 Star Plaza Theatre Merrillville Shovels & Rope Oct. 6-7 Thalia Hall Chicago Moon Taxi Oct. 13 Bluebird Nightclub Bloomington, IN Shovels & Rope Oct. 10 Saint Andrews Hall Detroit Moon Taxi Oct. 14 Park West Chicago Sia Oct. 15 The Palace of Auburn Hills Auburn Hills, MI Needtobreathe Aug. 25 Columbus Commons Columbus, OH Sia w/Miguel, AlunaGeorge Oct. 16 United Center Chicago Needtobreathe w/Mat Kearney, John Mark McMillan, Welshly Arms Aug. 27 White River State Park Indianapolis Sick of It All Sept. 8 Agora Ballroom Cleveland Needtobreathe w/Mat Kearney, Parachute, Welshly Arms Oct. 30 Aragon Ballroom Chicago Sigur Ros Sept. 30 Chicago Theatre Chicago Needtobreathe w/Matt Kearney, John Mark McMillan, Welshly Arms Aug. 28 Meadow Brook Amphitheatre Rochester, MI Sigur Ros Oct. 1 Fox Theatre Detroit Newsboys wThe Afters, Ryan Stevenson Oct. 30 Indiana Farmers Coliseum Indianapolis Simple Plan w/Hit the Lights, Story Untold Oct. 14 Saint Andrews Hall Detroit Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Sept. 1 Hollywood Casino Toledo Simple Plan w/Hit the Lights, Story Untold Oct. 15 House of Blues Cleveland Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Sept. 2 Honeywell Center Wabash Simple Plan w/Hit the Lights, Story Untold Oct. 16 House of Blues Chicago Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Nov. 13 Sound Board Detroit Sizzla Sept. 8 House of Blues Cleveland NRBQ vs. Los Straitjackets Sept. 15 Magic Bag Ferndale, MI Skillet w/Thousand Foot Krutch, Devour the Day Sept. 29 Concord Music Hall Chicago The O’Jays Sept. 2 Firekeepers Casino Battle Creek, MI Skillet w/Thousand Foot Krutch, Devour the Day Oct. 7 Saint Andrews Hall Detroit O.A.R. Aug. 26 White River State Park Indianapolis Skillet w/Thousand Foot Krutch, Devour the Day Oct. 8 Agora Ballroom Cleveland O.A.R. Sept. 1 Frederik Meijer Gardens Grand Rapids, MI The Slackers Sept. 21 Brass Rail Fort Wayne O.A.R. Sept. 2 Fraze Pavilion Kettering, OH Slayer & Anthrax Sept. 10 Freedom Hill Amphitheatre Sterling Heights, MI O.A.R. Sept. 4 Ravinia Park Pavillion Highland Park, IL Slayer w/Anthrax, Death Angel Sept. 9 Jacobs Pavilion Cleveland Oak Ridge Boys ($19-$63) Oct. 22 Blue Gate Theatre Shipshewana Slayer w/Anthrax, Death Angel Sept. 20 Egyptian Room Indianapolis Okkervil River w/Landlady Oct. 15 Magic Bag Ferndale, MI Sleeping With Sirens w/State Champs, Tonight Alive, Waterparks Nov. 3 Concord Music Hall Chicago Old Dominion Sept. 22 House of Blues Cleveland Sleeping With Sirens w/State Champs, Tonight Alive, Waterparks Nov. 4 The Intersection Grand Rapids, MI Opeth Oct. 7 The Fillmore Detroit Sleeping With Sirens w/State Champs, Tonight Alive, Waterparks Nov. 6 The Fillmore Detroit Opeth w/The Sword Oct. 9 Riviera Theatre Chicago Sleeping With Sirens w/State Champs, Tonight Alive, Waterparks Nov. 16 Masonic Auditorium Cleveland Pennywise w/Strung Out, Unwritten Law, Runaway Kids Oct. 8 House of Blues Chicago Slightly Stoopid, Soja, Fortunate Youth Aug. 28 The Fillmore Detroit Pennywise w/Strung Out, Unwritten Law, Runaway Kids Oct. 9 Saint Andrews Hall Detroit The Smithereens Sept. 23 Magic Bag Ferndale, MI Pennywise w/Strung Out, Unwritted Law, Runaway Kids Oct. 12 Deluxe Indianapolis Sonny Landreth Oct. 8 Old Town School Chicago Pennywise w/Strung Out, Unwritten Law, Runaway Kids Oct. 13 House of Blues Cleveland Southern Culture on the Skids Oct. 6 Lincoln Hall Chicago Pentatonix & Us the Duo Nov. 6 The Palace of Auburn Hills Auburn Hills, MI The Specials w/The Far East Sept. 15 Concord Music Hall Chicago Pentatonix w/Us the Duo Oct. 27 Allstate Arena Chicago Squirrel Nut Zippers Oct. 9 City Winery Chicago Perfume Aug. 31 Vic Theatre Chicago Squirrel Nut Zippers Oct. 11 Magic Bag Ferndale, MI Peter Hook Oct. 26 Saint Andrews Hall Detroit St. Lucia w/BAIO Oct. 22 Concord Music Hall Chicago Phantogram Oct. 18 Express Live Columbus, OH St. Paul and the Broken Bones Oct. 30 Egyptian Room Indianapolis The Piano Guys Sept. 14 Palace Theatre Columbus, OH St. Paul and the Broken Bones Nov. 1 Chicago Theatre Chicago The Piano Guys Sept. 17 Chicago Theatre Chicago St. Paul and the Broken Bones Nov. 2 The Fillmore Detroit Pink Droyd Nov. 12 C2G Music Hall Fort Wayne Straight No Chaser Nov. 25 DeVos Performance Hall Grand Rapids, MI Poi Dog Pondering w/Brother Starrace, DJ Baby Blu Oct. 21-22 Vic Theatre Chicago Straight No Chaser Dec. 13 Embassy Theatre Fort Wayne Post Comedy Theatre (Robert Post) Sept. 10 Huber Opera House Hicksville, OH The Strumbellas Oct. 25 Thalia Hall Chicago Post Malone w/Jazz Cartier, Larry June Oct. 18 Saint Andrews Hall Detroit Sturgill Simpson Sept. 14 Newport Music Hall Columbus, OH Post Malone w/Jazz Cartier, Larry June, FKi 1st Oct. 20 Egyptian Room Indianapolis Sturgill Simpson Oct. 14 Masonic Auditorium Cleveland Pretty Lights Sept. 23-24 FirstMerit Bank Pavilion Chicago Such a Night Oct. 1 C2G Music Hall Fort Wayne The Pretty Reckless Nov. 10 Saint Andrews Hall Detroit Suicide Silence w/Whitechapel, Carnifex, Oceano Oct. 8 Saint Andrews Hall Detroit The Pretty Reckless Nov. 11 House of Blues Chicago Suicide Silence w/Whitechapel, Carnifex, Oceano Oct. 9 House of Blues Chicago The Pretty Reckless Nov. 12 House of Blues Cleveland Sum 41 w/Senses Fail, As It Is Oct. 19 Saint Andrews Hall Detroit The Proclaimers w/Jenny O. ($30) Sept. 29 The Ark Ann Arbor Switchfoot & Relient K Sept. 28 The Fillmore Detroit The Proclaimers w/Jenny O. Sept. 30 Park West Chicago Switchfoot & Relient K Oct. 2 Egyptian Room Indianapolis Prophets of Rage Sept. 1 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI Switchfoot & Relient K Oct. 7 Bogart’s Cincinnati Prophets of Rage w/Awolnation Sept. 3 Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre Tinley Park, IL Switchfoot w/Relient K Sept. 30 House of Blues Chicago Puddles Pity Party Oct. 7 Park West Chicago Switchfoot w/Relient K Oct. 1 House of Blues Chicago Puff Daddy, Lil Kim, Mase, 112, Total, Carl Thomas, The Lox, French Montana Sept. 2 The Palace of Auburn Hills Auburn Hills, MI Switchfoot w/Relient K Oct. 6 Express Live Columbus, OH Puff Daddy w/Lil Kim, Faith Evans, Mario Winans, 112, Total, Carl Thomas, The Lox, French Montana Aug. 25 Schottenstein Center Columbus, OH Taking Back Sunday Sept. 24 Saint Andrews Hall Detroit Puff Daddy w/Lil Kim, Faith Evans, French Montana and more Aug. 26 U.S. Bank Arena Cincinnati Taking Back Sunday Sept. 27 Agora Ballroom Cleveland Puff Daddy w/Lil Kim, Faith Evans, Mase, 112, Carl Thomas and more Aug. 27 United Center Chicago Tears for Fears Sept. 27 Murat Theatre Indianapolis Purity Ring Oct. 29 Riviera Theatre Chicago Tears for Fears Sept. 29 Frederik Meijer Gardens Grand Rapids, MI R. Kelly Sept. 8 Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis Tech N9ne w/Krizz Kaliko, JL, Starrz Sept. 17 House of Blues Chicago Rachael Yamagata Oct. 4 Thalia Hall Chicago Tech N9ne Sept. 18 Lafayette Theater Lafayette, IN Railroad Earth Sept. 22 Bogart’s Cincinnati Tech N9ne w/Krizz Kaliko, JL, StarrZ Oct. 15 Auer Performance Hall, IPFW Fort Wayne Railroad Earth Sept. 24 House of Blues Cleveland Tech N9ne w/Krizz Kaliko, JL, StarrZ Oct. 16 Kalamazoo State Theatre Kalamazoo Rascal Flatts w/Kelsea Ballerini, Chris Lane Sept. 15 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI Tech N9ne w/Krizz Kaliko, JL, StarrZ Oct. 18 Headliners Toledo Rascal Flatts w/Kelsea Ballerini, Chris Lane Sept. 16 Allegan County Fair Allegan, MI Tech N9ne w/Krizz Kaliko, JL, StarrZ Oct. 19 Newport Music Hall Columbus, OH Rascal Flatts w/Kelsea Ballerini, Chris Lane Sept. 17 Klipsch Music Center Noblesville Ted Nugent Aug. 26 Freedom Hill Amphitheatre Sterling Heights, MI Rayland Baxter Sept. 26 Bluebird Nightclub Bloomington, IN Ted Nugent ($59.50-$69.50) Aug. 30 Kalamazoo State Theatre Kalamazoo Rebelution w/Hirie Nov. 12 Riviera Theatre Chicago Tedeschi Trucks Band Nov. 17 Embassy Theatre Fort Wayne Rebelution w/Hirie Nov. 13 House of Blues Cleveland Tegan and Sara w/Torres Oct. 21 Riviera Theatre Chicago The Revivalists Sept. 8 Shelter Detroit Tegan and Sara w/Torres Oct. 25 Express Live Columbus, OH The Revivalists w/The Temperence Movement Sept. 9 The Vogue Indianapolis The Temper Trap w/Coast Modern Sept. 28 Metro Chicago Richard Marx Oct. 2 Lerner Theatre Elkhart Texas Tenors ($19-$64) Sept. 17 Blue Gate Theatre Shipshewana Riders in the Sky ($24) Nov. 19 Blue Gate Theatre Shipshewana Thee Oh Sees Nov. 19 Thalia Hall Chicago Rittz w/Jarren Benton Oct. 20 Saint Andrews Hall Detroit Thirdstory Sept. 6 Shelter Detroit Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers Sept. 18 Lincoln Hall Chicago This Wild Life Oct. 11 Shelter Detroit Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers Sept. 20 Magic Bag Ferndale, MI Thompson Square w/Love and Theft, Kristian Bush Aug. 31 Fraze Pavilion Kettering, OH Roosevelt Sept. 23 Subterranean Chicago Three Dog Night Sept. 9 Honeywell Center Wabash Rusted Root Sept. 1 The Vogue Indianapolis Thrice w/La Dispute, Nothing Nowhere Sept. 28 Newport Music Hall Columbus, OH Rusted Root & Toad the Wet Sprocket Sept. 2 Rose Music Center Huber Heights, OH Tim Harrington Band Oct. 1 DeKalb County Free Fall Fair Auburn Rusted Root w/Devon Allman Band Nov. 1 House of Blues Cleveland Toad the Wet Sprocket Sept. 1 Royal Oak Music Theatre Royal Oak, MI Sammy Hagar & the Circle Sept. 2 FirstMerit Bank Pavilion Chicago Tobacco Sept. 30 Lincoln Hall Chicago Sara Watkins Sept. 21 Old Town School Chicago Tobacco w/The High Tides, Odonis Odonis Sept. 29 Shelter Detroit August 25, 2016------www.whatzup.com------17 ------Calendar • On the Road------Toby Keith Sept. 8 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Toby Keith w/Eric Paslay Sept. 9 Klipsch Music Center Noblesville Todd Snider Oct. 11 Thalia Hall Chicago Tom Jones Oct. 3 House of Blues Chicago Tom Odell w/Barns Courtney Oct. 13 Park West Chicago Tony Bennett ($59-$150) Oct. 29 Honeywell Center Wabash Train w/Andy Grammar Aug. 26 Ravinia Park Highland Park, IL Train w/Andy Grammar Aug. 27 Ravinia Park Pavillion Highland Park, IL Trapt w/Saliva, Alien Ant Farm, Saving Abel, Crazytown, 12 Stones, Tantric Sept. 12 Ford Center Evansville Troye Sivan Nov. 1 Aragon Ballroom Chicago Troye Sivan Nov. 3 Lakewood Civic Auditorium Cleveland Troye Sivan w/Dua Lipa Nov. 5 Express Live Columbus, OH Troye Sivan Nov. 7 The Fillmore Detroit Twiztid w/Mac Lethal, Zodiac Mprint, Lex the Hex Master, Menage 2 Sobriety, Godz Of Kaos Oct. 22 Agora Ballroom Cleveland Twiztid w/Mac Lethal, Zodiac Mprint, Lex the Hex Master, Menage 2 Sobriety, Godz Of Kaos Oct. 26 Alrosa Villa Columbus, OH Twiztid w/Mac Lethal, Zodiac Mprint, Lex the Hex Master, Menage 2 Sobriety, Godz Of Kaos Oct. 28 Front Row Live Kokomo F O R T WAY N E I N Twiztid w/Mac Lethal, Zodiac Mprint, Lex the Hex Master, Menage 2 Sobriety, Godz of Chaos Oct. 28 Front Row Live Kokomo Twiztid w/Mac Lethal, Zodiac Mprint, Lex the Hex Master, Menage 2 Sobriety, Godz Of Kaos Oct. 29 Portage Theatre Chicago Twiztid w/Mac Lethal, Zodiac Mprint, Lex the Hex Master, Menage 2 Sobriety, Godz Of Kaos Oct. 30 Majestic Theatre Detroit Two Door Cinema Club Nov. 23 The Fillmore Detroit Two Door Cinema Club Nov. 25 Aragon Ballroom Chicago Umphrey’s McGee Sept. 3 Concord Music Hall Chicago THE FLAMING LIPS Umphrey’s McGee Sept. 8 Express Live Columbus, OH Unlikely Alibi w/Matt Wixon, Mickyle James Esh Aug. 26 Brass Rail Fort Wayne The Used w/In Love and Death Sept. 14 House of Blues Cleveland The Used w/New Language Sept. 6-7 Bogart’s Cincinnati BEST COAST ????? The Used w/New Language Sept. 13 House of Blues Cleveland The Used w/New Language Sept. 16-17 Newport Music Hall Columbus, OH Vanessa Silberman w/Sarena Steeber Aug. 25 CS3 Fort Wayne ????? DOOMTREE SIDEWALK CHALK The Verve Pipe ($20-$24) Sept. 24 Bell’s Brewery Kalamazoo Veseria w/Shiny Shiny Black, Addison Agen Sept. 10 CS3 Fort Wayne JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD Vic Mensa Aug. 27 Vic Theatre Chicago ????? Vince Gill ($35-$100) Oct. 21 Honeywell Center Wabash METAVARI EITHER/OR Vocalosity Oct. 22 Niswonger P.A.C. Van Wert, Ohio HEAVEN’S GATEWAY DRUGS Wanda Sykes Sept. 30 Murat Theatre Indianapolis ????? Warpaint Sept. 30 Thalia Hall Chicago Warpaint Oct. 1 Saint Andrews Hall Detroit Wednesday 13 w/One-Eyed Doll, They Things The Carried Sept. 19 Emerson Theatre Indianapolis 15+ MORE ACTS TO BE ANNOUNCED Weird Al Yankovic Aug. 26 DeVos Performance Hall Grand Rapids, MI Weird Al Yankovic Aug. 27 Freedom Hill Amphitheatre Sterling Heights, MI ON THREE FESTIVAL STAGES! Weird Al Yankovic Aug. 28 Rose Music Center Huber Heights, OH Whitey Morgan & Cody Jinks Sept. 29 Thalia Hall Chicago Wishbone Ash Sept. 19 C2G Music Hall Fort Wayne FRIDAY AND SATURDAY The Wood Brothers Nov. 3 Vic Theatre Chicago X Ambassadors w/Rachel Platten, A Great Big World Sept. 13 Allegan County Fair Allegan, MI Yelawolf Oct. 26 The Fillmore Detroit Yelawolf Oct. 29 Thalia Hall Chicago Yellowcard w/Like Torches, Dryjacket Nov. 3-4 House of Blues Chicago YG w/Rj, Kamaiyah, Sad Boy Oct. 23 House of Blues Cleveland YG w/RJ, Kamaiyah, Sad Boy Oct. 26 The Intersection Grand Rapids, MI YG w/RJ, Kamiayah, Sad Boy Oct. 27 Newport Music Hall Columbus, OH YG w/RJ, Kamaiyah, Sad Boy Oct. 30 Deluxe Indianapolis Yonder Mountain String Band w/Pert Near Sandstone ($39.50) Oct. 26 The Ark Ann Arbor PRESENTED BY: Yonder Mountain String Band w/Pert Near Sandston Oct. 29 House of Blues Chicago Young the Giant w/Ra Ra Riot Sept. 6 House of Blues Cleveland Young the Giant w/Ra Ra Riot Sept. 9 Egyptian Room Indianapolis Young the Giant w/Ra Ra Riot Sept. 10 Express Live Columbus, OH Young the Giant Sept. 23 The Fillmore Detroit Young the Giant w/Ra Ra Riot Nov. 4 Aragon Ballroom Chicago Ziggy Marley Sept. 29 Sound Board Detroit Zion Lion w/G Money Band Sept. 2 Botanical Conservatory Fort Wayne Road Tripz ARTS UNITED • ONE LUCKY GUITAR • THE BRASS RAIL • WANE-TV • NIPSCO Bulldogs Dec. 9...... 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Bella Luna, Middlebury IN 46725. 18------www.whatzup.com------August 25, 2016 ------Calendar • Things To Do------Featured Events Wh e r e Ha v e Yo u Co m e Fr o m a n d Wh e r e Gr a n d Ra p i ds Ar t Pr i z e a n d Me i j e r p.m. We s t Ce n t r a l Ho m e a n d Ga r d e n To u r Ar e Yo u Go i n g ? — Labyrinth walks Ga r d e n s — ArtVenture bus trip; Fr i d a y , Ja n . 13 vs. Tulsa, 8 p.m. & Ar t s Fe s t — Historic home tours, Fo r t Wa y n e Da n c e Co l l e c t i v e Su m m e r and workshops led by Rev. Dr. Kay does not include admission fees Su n d a y , Ja n . 15 vs. Indy, 5 p.m. artisan booths, food vendors and Wo r k s h o p s — Workshops and Mutert for people of diverse reli- to Meijer Gardens, 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Fr i d a y , Ja n . 20 vs. Cincinnati, 8 p.m. musical performances, 11 a.m.-5 gious backgrounds, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 Saturday, Oct. 1, ArtPrize & Meijer p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Sept. classes for movement, dance, yoga Fr i d a y , Fe b . 3 vs. Rapid City, 8 p.m. p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, Trinity Gardens, Grand Rapids, $50, 744- 10-11 (ArtsFest 11 a.m.-10 p.m. and more offered by Fort Wayne Fr i d a y , Fe b . 10 vs. Indy, 8 p.m. Dance Collective, dates and times Episcopal Church, Fort Wayne, 1867 Saturday Sept. 10 and 11 a.m.-6 Fr i d a y , Fe b . 17 vs. Kalamazoo, 8 $60-$70 (includes meals and mate- Ro c k w i t h Do c in Ca b o — Trip with p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11), West vary, Fort Wayne Dance Collective, p.m. Fort Wayne, fees vary, 424-6574 rials), 423-1693 local legend Doc West to RIU Santa Central Neighborhood, Fort Wayne, Sa t u r d a y , Fe b . 18 vs. Brampton, Yu g e Ra t i n g s , Yu g e Pr o b l e m s : Th e Fe, Friday, Oct. 7-Tuesday, Oct. 11 $13-$15 (ArtsFest, free), 348-2871 IPFW Co m m u n i t y Ar t s Ac a d e m y — Art, 7:30 p.m. dance, music and theater classes Me d i a a n d t h e 2016 El e c t i o n s — An and Friday, Oct. 7-Friday, Oct. 14 Br e w e d IN t h e Fo r t — Craft beer We d n e sd a y , Fe b . 22 vs. Quad City, for grades pre-K through 12 offered evening with NPR media corre- , Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, $1,299- and cider samplings from over 40 7:30 p.m. by IPFW College of Visual and spondent David Folkenflik, 7 p.m. $1,599, 434-6540 Indiana brewers, local food trucks Performing Arts, fees vary, 481- Thursday, Sept. 22, Sweetwater Sa t u r d a y , Fe b . 25 vs. Wichita, 7:30 and live music, 2 p.m. Saturday, 6977, www.ipfw.edu/caa Performance Theatre, Fort Wayne, p.m. Sept. 10, Headwaters Park Weast, Sports and Recreation Su n d a y , Fe b . 26 vs. Wheeling, 5 Li v e Trivia — Trivia night with live $25, 452-1189 Fort Wayne, $10-$60, 426-2537 p.m. Be a To u r i s t in Yo u r Ow n Ho m e t o w n host, 7-9 p.m. Tuesdays, Duesy’s Ur b a n Ci t y Ri d e s — Family friendly Sports Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne, free, Sa t u r d a y , Ma r c h 4 vs. Wheeling, — Guided and self-led tours of Storytimes bike rides with varying distances, 7:30 p.m. 484-0411 cycling-related prizes and snacks, museums, galleries, churches and Su n d a y , Ma r c h 5 vs. Wheeling, 5 other downtown destinations, 12-5 Su m m e r Ni g h t s a t t h e Em b a ss y — Live St o r y t i m e s , Activities a n d Cr a f t s a t 6:30 p.m. first Sunday of each p.m. p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, passports entertainment, cash bar, and local Al l e n Co u n t y Pu b l i c Li b r a r y : month thru October 30, begins at Fr i d a y , Ma r c h 17 vs. Tulsa, 8 p.m. and guides available at Kroger and food on the Embassy rooftop, 5-9 Ab o i t e Br a n c h — Born to Read Creative Framing, corner of Anthony p.m. Wednesdays thru Sept. 7, and Crescent, Fort Wayne, free, We d n e sd a y , Ma r c h 22 vs. Norfolk, Old National Bank after Aug. 15, Storytime, 10:30 a.m. Mondays, Fort Wayne, free, 424-3700 Embassy Theatre, Fort Wayne, Smart Start Storytime, 10:30 a.m. 482-5211 7:30 p.m. No r t h An t h o n y Co r r i d o r Bl o c k Pa r t y $5,424-6287 Tuesdays & Thursdays, Baby Ri d e Gr e e n — Afternoon bicycle pub Sa t u r d a y , Ma r c h 25 vs. Cincinnati, Sw e e t w a t e r Ac a d e m y o f Mu s i c — Steps, 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays, tour that actively encourages and 7:30 p.m. — Food vendors, beer tent, bounce Private lessons for a variety of 421-1320 promotes awareness for sustain- Su n d a y , Ma r c h 26 vs. Florida, 5 house, face painting, live music and instruments available from profes- ability in northeast Indiana, 1 p.m. p.m. more, 1-6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, Du p o n t Br a n c h — Born to Read between Crescent and St. Joe River sional instructors, ongoing weekly Storytime, 10:15 a.m. Mondays, Saturday, Sept. 10, Headwaters We d n e sd a y , Ma r c h 29 vs. Alaska, lessons, Sweetwater Sound, Fort Park Fort Wayne, $30, 403-8897 7:30 p.m. Dr., Fort Wayne, free, northanthony- Baby Steps Storytime, 10:15 corridor.org Wayne, call for pricing, 432-8176, a.m. and 11:15 a.m. Tuesdays, Au t i s m Ac c e p t a n c e Wa l k /Ev e n t — We d n e sd a y , Ap r i l 5 vs. Toledo, 7:30 academy.sweetwater.com Ants in Your Pants Storytime, Family friendly event including walk, p.m. Pi t s in t h e Pa r k — Fort Wayne Pitbull Coalition fundraiser featuring ven- Te a m Trivia — Trivia for teams of up to 10:30 & 11:30 a.m. Wednesday games, refreshments, entertainment Sa t u r d a y , Ap r i l 8 vs. Quad City, 7:30 dors, live entertainment, pit bull 6 players, 7 p.m. Thursdays, Crazy & Thursdays, PAWS to Read, 4 and a resource fair (1-4 p.m.) to sup- p.m. Pinz/Coconutz, Fort Wayne, free, p.m. Wednesdays, Bookworms port Autism Ally, 12 p.m. Sunday, parade, kissing booth, adoptable 969-9336 Storytime, 11:15 a.m. Thursdays Sept 11 (walk registration at 1 p.m., pets, competitions raffles and more, Smart Start Storytime for ages 3-5, walk at 3:30 p.m.) Allen County Dance 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays and 10:30 Fairgrounds, Fort Wayne, $15, 800- Freimann Square, Fort Wayne, free, This Week a.m. Thursdays, 421-1315 609-8449 ext. 303 Da n c e Pa r t y — Open dancing, 7:30- donations encouraged, 478-4851 10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 26, Dance Hip t o Sn i p Fu r -Ba l l Ba s h — H.O.P.E. Ge o r g e t o w n Br a n c h — Born to Mu dd y Tr a i l Ru n — Family friendly Au b u r n Co r d Du e s e n b e r g Fe s t i v a l Tonight, Fort Wayne, $10, 437-6825 Read Storytime, 10:15 a.m. and walk/run featuring mud pit, hay bale for Animals fundraiser with full — Car shows, Live musical perfor- Em b o d y Da n c e— Guided dancing for 11 a.m. Mondays, Baby Steps climb, river run, sand dune climb and course dinner, music by Fort Wayne mances, cruise in, museum tours, adults of all ages and abilities to Storytime, 10:15 a.m. and 11:00 more to benefit Junior Achievement Funk Orchestra, comedian/magi- artisan market, children’s events, exercise the mind, body and spirits, a.m. Tuesdays; Family Storytime, and Boy Scouts, 8 a.m.-12 p.m. cian, casino gaming 50/50 auction contests and more, times vary, 7-8:30 p.m. first and third Sunday 10:15 & 11 a.m. Thursdays, 421- Saturday, Sept. 17, Anthony Wayne and more, 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23, Sunday, Aug. 28-Monday, Sept. 5, of each month, Fort Wayne Dance 1320 Scout Reservation, Pleasant Lake, Suite Level Lounge, Parkview Field, downtown Auburn, free, activity fees $35-$45, 484-2543 Collective, Fort Wayne, $10 sug- Fort Wayne, $75, 420-7729 may apply, www.acdfestival.org Gr a b i l l Br a n c h — Born to Read, gested donation, 244-1905 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays; Smart Start Do g g o n e Be s t Ch i l i Ch a l l e n g e — Chili Br i c k w o r l d Fo r t Wa y n e Le g o ® Si n g l e s Da n c e — Open dancing, 6-9 Storytime 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays, cook-off, silent auction, live music, Ex p o s i t i o n — Lego® creations and Spectator Sports p.m. Sunday, Sept. 4, Washington 421-1325 adoptable pets and more to ben- building, vendors, play areas, and Township Community Center, Fort efit the Allen County SPCA,, 12-3 i t t l e u r t l e r a n c h BASEBALL more, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, L T B — Storytime Wayne, $5, 409-3321 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, Lucky Aug. 27 and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. for toddlers & preschoolers, 10:30 TinCa p s — Upcoming home games at Harley-Davidson, Fort Wayne, $5, Sunday, Aug. 28, Grand Wayne a.m. Mondays and Tuesdays; Parkview Field, Fort Wayne 396-2682 Convention Center, Fort Wayne, Babies and Books, 10:30 a.m. Fr i d a y , Au g . 26 vs. West Michigan, September Al l e n Co u n t y Sa f e t y Fa i r — Event $8-$11, 426-1400 Wednesdays, 421-1335 7:05 p.m. Mi a m i In d i a n He r i t a g e Da y s — Wikiami promoting safety with hands-on Pa r a l y m p i c Se n d o ff Ce l e b r a t i o n — Ma i n Li b r a r y — Babies and Books, Sa t u r d a y , Au g . 27 vs. West Michigan, activities, fire trucks, emergency Meet and greet and photo op with 10 a.m. Fridays; Family Story 7:05 p.m. cattail matting with M.I.A.M.I., 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3, Chief vehicles, K-9 officers, Survive Alive the 2016 USA Men’s National Time, 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays; Su n d a y , Au g . 28 vs. West Michigan, Richardville House, Fort Wayne, house and more, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Goalball Team, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Storytime for preschoolers, day- 3:05 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, behind movie cares and other groups, 9:30 a.m. $5-$7, 426-2882 Monday, Aug. 29, Plassman Mo n d a y , Au g . 29 vs. West Michigan, theatre, Jefferson Pointe parking lot, 2n d Am e n d m e n t Sq u i r t Gu n G’Zo m b i e Athletic Center at Turnstone, Fort Wednesdays; Toddler Time, 10:30 7:05 p.m. Fort Wayne, free, 436-8385 Wayne, free, 483-2100 & 11 a.m. Fridays; 421-1220 Ch a l l e n g e — Family friendly game We d n e sd a y , Au g . 31 vs. Great Lakes, of dodging and squirting Govt- Em p o w e r He r Wo r l d — International Ta s t e o f t h e Ar t s — Arts and culture Ne w Ha v e n Br a n c h — Babies and 7:05 p.m. goods, jewelry and clothing market, books for kids birth to age 2, 10:30 Zombies, BBQ, Loud for Liberty festival featuring musical perfor- Th u r sd a y , Se p t . 1 vs. Great Lakes, global fashion show and interna- mances, local food and beverages, a.m. Thursdays, 421-1345 patriotic speech contest and more, 7:05 p.m. 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3, Franke tional fare and drinks, 6-9 p.m. art exhibits, artisan market, farmers Po n t i a c Br a n c h — Smart Start Fr i d a y , Se p t . 2 vs. Great Lakes, 7:05 Thursday, Sept. 29, Auer Center Storytime for preschoolers, 10:30 Park, Fort Wayne, free, 750-9013 market and more, 5:30-10 p.m. p.m. for Arts and Culture, Fort Wayne, Friday, Aug. 26 and 11 a.m.-7 p.m. a.m. Fridays, PAWS to Read, 5 Ar t Mo v e s : A Ni g h t t o Su p p o r t HOCKEY $75, 267-9048 Saturday, Aug. 27, Arts United p.m. Thursdays 421-1350 Fo r t Wa y n e Da n c e Co l l e c t i v e Fo r t Wa y n e Ko m e t s — Upcoming home F.A.M.E. Fu n d r a i s e r — Food, enter- Plaza, Fort Wayne, free, 426-0646 Te c u m s e h Br a n c h — Smart — Performances from FWDC, games at Allen County War Memorial silent auction, gallery stroll, heavy tainment, cash bar to benefit the Wa y n e d a l e Co m m u n i t y Pi c n i c — Live Start Storytime, 10:30 a.m. Coliseum, Fort Wayne appetizers and cash bar, 6 p.m. visiting artist program, bringing the music by Loudmouth Soup, Tuesdays, YA Day for teens 5 Taizhou Chinese Opera to Fort free lunch and snacks, bingo, p.m. Wednesdays, Wondertots Sa t u r d a y , Oc t . 15 vs. Quad City, Thursday, Sept. 8, Wunderkammer 7:30 p.m. Co., Fort Wayne, $25-$30, 424- Wayne, 6-9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30, kids games, inflatables, crafts, reading for ages 1-3, 10:30 a.m. Three Rivers Distilling Co., Fort games and more, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursdays, 421-1360 Sa t u r d a y , Oc t . 22 vs. Kalamazoo, 6574 o o d l d a y s c r o ss t h e e c a d e s Wayne, $25-$75, 247-7325 Saturday, Aug. 27, Waynedale Sh a w n e e Br a n c h — Born to Read 7:30 p.m. G O D - A D Park, Fort Wayne, free, 609-2897 Storytime, 10:30 a.m. Thursdays, Fr i d a y , Oc t . 28 vs. Allen, 8 p.m. — Old Fort Model A Car Club show, Teen Thursdays, 3:30 p.m. Fr i d a y , No v . 4 vs. Indy, 8 p.m. music by Janelle and Jonze, bee Thursdays, 421-1355 Fr i d a y , No v . 18 vs. Quad City, 8 keeping demonstration, magic show, apple pie baking contest and more Lectures, Discussions, Wa y n e d a l e Br a n c h — Smart Start p.m. to benefit Fort Wayne Trails, 4-6:30 Storytime, 10:30 a.m. Mondays & Th u r sd a y , No v . 24 vs. Kalamazoo, Authors, Readings & Tuesdays, Born to Read Storytime 7:30 p.m. p.m. Friday, Sept. 9, Kingston Residence, Fort Wayne, donation, Membership Makes for babies and toddlers, 10:15 a.m. Sa t u r d a y , No v . 26 vs. Quad City, 415-7741 Films Tuesdays, 421-1365 7:30 p.m. The Difference Rh i n e s t o n e Ro d e o — Cocktails, cow- Wo o d b u r n Br a n c h — Smart Start Fr i d a y , De c . 2 vs. Missouri, 8 p.m. Le a d e r s h i p Re d e f i n e d : An Ev e n i n g w i t h boy fare and music by the Hubie Je b Bu s h — Omnibus lecture with Storytime, 10:30 a.m. Fridays, Su n d a y , De c . 4 vs. Utah, 5 p.m. • Job Referrals 421-1370 Ashcraft Band to benefit Ronald Florida governor and presidential Fr i d a y , De c . 9 vs. Kalamazoo, 8 McDonald House at Parkview, 6-11 • Experienced Negotiators contender, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, p.m. p.m. Friday, Sept. 9, Parkview • Insurance Sept. 8, Rhinehart Music Center, Tours and Trips Sa t u r d a y , De c . 17 vs. Wheeling, 7:30 Mirro Center, Fort Wayne, $125, IPFW, Fort Wayne, free, tickets p.m. 266-3593 • Contract Protection required, 481-6555 Wi c k e d — Bus trip fundraiser for Su n d a y , De c . 18 vs. Orlando, 5 p.m. Fort Wayne Re v . Dr. Ka y Mu t e r t — Introduction Wells Community Theatre, 2 p.m. Fr i d a y , De c . 23 vs. Brampton, 8 of labyrinths and how they can be Saturday, Sept. 17 (departs 9:30 p.m. Musicians Association used for prayer, meditation and a.m., Creative Arts parking lot, Tu e sd a y , De c . 27 vs. Indy, 7:30 p.m. other purposes and labyrinth walk, Bluffton), Morris Performing Arts Th u r sd a y , De c . 29 vs. Cincinnati 7:30 Call Bruce Graham 7-9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16, Trinity Center, South Bend, $135, 824- p.m. for more Episcopal Church, Fort Wayne, free, 5222 Sa t u r d a y , De c . 31 vs. Toledo, 7:30 information 423-1693 p.m. 260-420-4446 Say t u r d a , Ja n . 7 vs. Quad City, 7:30 August 25, 2016------www.whatzup.com------19 ------Calendar • Stage & Dance------Now Playing It’s a Wo n d e r ful Li f e : A Li v e Ra d i o Fr e u d ’s La s t Se s s i o n — all for One 2016-17 SEASON Pl a y (De c . 1-18) — New adaptation productions drama pits atheist Li g h t ’s Up — Audience of One Youth by Thom Hofrichter, Jeanette Walsh psychiatrist Sigmund Freud against SUBSCRIPTION Theatre Troupe variety show featur- and Duke Roth; seeking 5-6 men Christian writer C.S. Lewis, 7:30 ing Fort Wayne-area teens, 7 p.m. (16 and up), 2-3 women (16 and p.m. Friday-Saturday, Sept. 16-17; Friday, Aug. 26, Salvation Army up), 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18, First 2:30 Sunday, Sept. 18; 7:30 p.m. AVAILABLE Community Center, 2901 N. Clinton Presbyterian Theater, Fort Wayne, Friday-Saturday, Sept. 23-24; St., Fort Wayne, free, 241-3378 426-7421 ext. 121 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25, PPG ArtsLab, Auer Center for Arts & 260-481-6555 Th e Full Mo n t y — British comedy/ Ro m e o a n d Jul i e t (Fe b . 17-26) — all musical about a group of unem- for One productions seeks at least Culture, Fort Wayne, $11-20, 422- ployed men who form a strip tease 14 actors for Shakespeare produc- 4226 act, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30; tion, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, Th e In c o m p l e t e Ge s t u r e — Part of 8 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday, First Missionary Church, W. Rudisill IPFW/Shruti Indian Performance Aug. 31 and Sept. 1; 8 p.m. Blvd., 426-1989 Series, a fusion of traditional Indian Friday-Saturday, Sept. 2-3; 2 p.m. CALL FOR ENTRIES and contemporary Indonesian Sunday, Sept. 4, Wagon Wheel dance performed by Natya Dance 8t h An n u a l No r t h e a s t In d i a n a Theatre, Warsaw, $34, 574-267- Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. Pl a y w r i g h t Fe s t i v a l (Ma r c h 17-26) 8041 24, Rhinehart Music Center, Auer — One acts to full length plays; Performance Hall, IPFW, $10, stu- open to current or former resident of dents w/school ID free, thru IPFW Asides Indiana or within a 90 mile radius of box office 481-6555 Fort Wayne. Entries due Thursday, Bl i t h e Spirit — IPFW Department September 1, 2016. Entry form AUDITIONS of Theatre’s production of Noel Williams Theatre Studio Theatre available on-line at www.fwcivic.org Wi z a r d o f Oz (No v . 4-13) — Auditions Coward’s comedy, 8 p.m. Friday- Sept. 30–Oct. 8, 2016 Dec. 2–10, 2016 for Munchkins for children grades Saturday, Sept. 30-Oct. 1; 2 p.m. 4-8 for University of Saint Francis Upcoming Productions Sunday, Oct. 2; 8 p.m. Friday- School of Creative Arts produc- Saturday, Oct. 7-8; sign language tion of the beloved family musical, SEPTEMBER performance 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. Munchkin auditions for children in 2, Williams Theatre, IPFW, ages It’s On l y a Pl a y — Terrence McNally grades 4-8 will be 6 p.m., Sunday, 6 and up, $5-$16 thru IPFW box comedy about opening night on office 481-6555 August 28, USF Downtown, 431 W. Broadway, 7:30 p.m. Thursday- Berry, Fort Wayne, bbeaux3@msn. Saturday, Sept. 8-10 and Friday- Wa i t Un t i l Da r k — Suspenseful com, 399-8050 Saturday, Sept. 16-17; 2 p.m. crime drama, 7 p.m. dinner, 8 p.m. Th e Wi n d in t h e Wi ll o w s (No v . 4-13) Sunday, Sept. 18; 7:30 p.m. curtain, Friday-Saturday, Sept. — all for One productions seeks Friday-Saturday, Sept. 23-24, First 30-Oct. 1; Oct. 7-8; 14-15, Arena 13 actors for adaptation of Kenneth Presbyterian Theater, Fort Wayne, Dinner Theatre, Fort Wayne, $35 Grahame’s children’s classic, 7 p.m. $12-$20, 426-7421 ext. 121 (includes dinner & show), 424-5622 Thursday, Sept. 1, First Missionary Th e Ro c k y Ho r r o r Sh o w — Fort OCTOBER Church, W. Rudisill Blvd., 745-4364 Williams Theatre Williams Theatre Wayne Civic Theatre production, 8 Th e Le g e n d o f Sl e e p y Ho ll o w — Feb. 17–25, 2017 April 20–29, 2017 He r o e s (Ja n . 12-28, 2017)— Play p.m., Friday-Saturday, Sept. 9-10; Immersive theater performance of set in 1959 telling the stories of 12 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 11; 8 p.m., Washington Irving classic, 8 p.m. old soldiers who never recovered Friday-Saturday, Sept. 16-17; 12 Friday, Oct. 7; 4 p.m., Saturday, from WWII; seeking 3 men (55-70), a.m., Sunday Sept. 18., Arts United Oct. 8; 2 p.m. and 4 p.m., Sunday, 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, First Center, Fort Wayne, $17-$29, 422- Oct. 9, Fort Wayne Youtheatre, ipfw.edu/tickets Presbyterian Theater, Fort Wayne, 4226 $12-$18, 422-6900 ipfw.edu/theatre 426-7421 ext. 121

------Calendar • Art & Artifacts------Current Exhibits Ro b e r t Ve g e l e r a n d Ba r b a r a Kr u p p — To m Ma r t i n : Ev e r y t h i n g a n d No t h i n g — RLFKDUG2·%ULHQ·V Abstract paintings and inspirational Realist paintings resembling life and Ar t l i n k Me m b e r s ’ Sh o w — Works acrylics, Friday-Sunday thru Sept. reality and focused on the effect from over 200 members, Tuesday- 13, Garrett Museum of Art, Garrett, money has on people, Tuesday- Sunday thru Aug. 30, Artlink 704-5400 Sunday thru Oct. 16, Fort Wayne The Contemporary Art Gallery, Fort Sc ul p t u r e s o n t h e Sq u a r e III: t h e Museum of Art, $5-$7 (members, Rocky Wayne, 424-7195 Ma g i c o f Me t a l — Public modern free), 422-6467 Prop Ca r n i e ’s Co u p — Contemporary pieces art installation featuring large-scale Bags by Dainel Baxter, Jason Rowland metal works created by Midwestern Artifacts on sale at and Jerrod Tobias, Monday- artists, thru Sept. 15, downtown Saturday thru Sept. 24, Jennifer Auburn, 419-769-1086 SPECIAL EVENTS Rocky show $5 Ford Art, Fort Wayne, 740-1309 Se l e c t i o n s f r o m t h e Ha a n Co ll e c t i o n n d h u r s d a y in a r a d i g m a ll e r y each De c a t u r Sc ul p t u r e To u r — 31 origi- o f In d i a n a Ar t — Works on loan 2 T P G : nal sculptures and 15 permanent from the Haan Mansion Museum An Ev e n i n g w i t h Au s t i n Ca r t w r i g h t For the exhibits on display, walking tour in Lafayette, IN, Tuesday-Sunday, — New works by artist, Artist dis- comfort maps available, thru April 1, 2017, Aug. 27-Oct. 23, Fort Wayne cussion and demonstration, trunk Decatur, free, 724-2605 Museum of Art, $5-$7 (members, show, performances, edibles, cash of our free), 422-6467 bar, 5 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 8, Horror Do n a n d Ma r y Ga g n o n — Photographs, patrons, Tuesday-Sunday thru Aug. 30, Summ e r in In d i a n a — Works by Tom Fort Wayne Museum of Art, free, please Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery, Keesee, Austin Cartwright, Alan 422-6467 do not Fort Wayne, 424-7195 Larkin, Elizabeth Walmsley, Katherine Rohrbacher, Patricia bring in My Yo u r s Ou r s — Photography from Upcoming Exhibits Palermo Galindo, daily thru Sept. Weiss, Gwen Gutwein, Rebecca your own Justice-Schaab, Marcy Neiditz 5, Franco D’Agostino Gallery, SEPTEMBER Show props and Barbara Nohinek, Tuesday- Indiana Tech, Fort Wayne, 422- Su e Da v i s a n d Re b e c c a De a r i n g — 5661 Saturday thru August 31, LIVE! Crestwoods Frame Shop & Gallery, Acrylics inspired by nature’s spirit Na t u r e Im p r e s s i o n s o f In d i a n a — rhythms and cycles of the earth Watercolor and mixed media by Roanoke, 672-2080 Summ e r o f Gl a s s — Annual showcase and moon; fiber art dolls, includ- Lynn Diamente and pottery by ing a new series of Endearing Hot FRIDAYS Kristy Jo Beber, Monday-Saturday of brilliantly executed studio glass feat. works by Albert Paley and Mamas, Monday-Saturday, Sept. thru Aug. 30, Orchard Gallery of 2-30, Orchard Gallery of Fine Art, September 9 and 16 Fine Art, Fort Wayne, 436-0927 Davide Salvatore and award win- ners from 44th Annual International Fort Wayne, 436-0927 Th e Na t u r e o f Th i n g s Tr a v e l i n g at 8:00 pm Glass Invitational, Tuesday-Sunday In d i a n a Bi c e n t e n n i a l Ex h i b i t — Artwork Exhibition — Exhibit teaches visitors SATURDAYS thru Sept. 11, Fort Wayne Museum by 200 artists in the theme “Indiana: about the natural world with hands People, Place & Things”, Tuesday- on activity stations, the lives, func- of Art, $5-$7 (members, free), 422- September 10 & 17 6467 Sunday, Sept. 9-Oct. 12 (opening tions and features of animals and reception, 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9), insects, Wednesday-Sunday thru Summ e r Sh a n d y — Works by local and at 8:00 pm and 11:59 pm national artists, Tuesday-Saturday Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery, fwcivic.org Sept. 11, Science Central, Fort Fort Wayne, 424-7195 Wayne, $6-$8 (2 and under, free), and by appointment thru Sept. 11, 424-2400 ext. 423 Castle Gallery Fine Art, Fort Wayne, 260.424.5220 426-6568 Pa r o x y s m : A Ne w Bo d y o f Wo r k b y SHOW SPONSORS Cr y s t a l Wa g n e r — Large scale Th e o p l i s Sm i t h III — Works on display, daily, Aug. 27-Oct. 21, The Gallery Wayne & multi-textured sculptures, Tuesday- Sunday thru Oct. 23, Fort Wayne at PranaYoga, Fort Wayne, 423- Linda Boyd Museum of Art, $5-$7 (members, 9642 free), 422-6467

20------www.whatzup.com------August 25, 2016 SPINS - From Page 9 simple power of faith, but the way in which faith be- has been worthwhile on a whole, and on Glimpse they comes a refuge and relief from grief and sadness in continue making legit new music. Their opener, then, times of trouble. is an invitation. Along with the come hither lyrics, the On Love Remains Scott draws upon the tradition band sounds revitalized, and the riffs are the heaviest of gospel-singing families by bringing her sister, fa- Mascis has come up with in years. ther and mother (singer Linda Davis) on board to help Since re-forming, the albums they’ve released her with vocals, and she’s also aided by Ricky Skaggs have had the lo-fi vibe of their early records, presum- who produced the album and provides vocals. ably due to Barlow’s influence along with their return Despite Skaggs’ background in bluegrass, though, to indie labels. ART Love Remains doesn’t go anywhere near roots country For better or worse, that trend continues with or gospel. This is undeniably a contemporary coun- Glimpse, with Mascis’ guitar relatively fuzzed out as try/Christian album, and when it flirts with traditional opposed to the cleaner approach during his major la- tunes and hymns, as on the standard “The River (Come bel tenure. The vocals are also subdued, but not to the MOVES on Down),” its take on them is glossy and modern. point of being mushy, contributing to that lo-fi ambi- A Night to Support The album’s original songs – as exemplified by “Thy ence. Fort Wayne Dance Collective Will” or “Still” – are uniformly polished and prettied For the most part, after “Going Down” ends, the Dance Installations, Heavy Hors up for a contemporary audience. majority of the album is spent in mid- to down-tempo d’Oeuvres by Club Soda, Cash Bar The presentation, of course, doesn’t matter as tunes. Unlike the urgency and revolutionary nature of much as the message, and the message here couldn’t their early SST albums, Glimpse comes across as the WUNDERKAMMER COMPANY be more clear. Time and again, from the of-the-mo- work of mellowed craftsmen. Cases in point: tracks )DLU´HOG$YH ment embrace of imperfection in “Beautiful Messes” like “Be a Part” and “I Walk for Miles” are guileful to the straightforward praise of “Sheltered in the Arms and delivered with aplomb, but they lack the fireworks Thursday, September 8, 2016 of God,” Scott insists that, when the going gets rough, of some of their best work. 6PM to 9PM the best course of action is to give up and let God take Every once in awhile, though, Mascis cuts loose Advance Tickets: $25 the wheel. (Evan Gillespie) with scorching guitar solos on tracks like “I Told Ev- Tickets at the Door: $30 eryone” and especially “Good to Know.” Such has Purchase tickets at fwdc.org Dinosaur Jr. been the case for much of Mascis’s work; he’s often or by calling 260-424-6574 subdued and uses bursts of striking fretwork selec- Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not tively. That tendency has become more prominent as “Are you with time goes on. As a result, Glimpse is another solid en- me?” asks J Mascis try into the band’s catalog, even though one may wish in the opening track, that Mascis would pull out the big guns a little more “Going Down,” often. (Ryan Smith) on Dinosaur Jr’s 11th album, Give a Justin Moore Glimpse of What Yer Kinda Don’t Care Not. “Are you with me? / Come along.” On his first new It’s an apt question to album in three years, ask for a band that’s Justin Moore con- been around for over jures up a lot of the 30 years. imagery you’d expect As trendsetting upstarts in the early 80s, largely from any contempo- credited for bringing guitar heroics back to post punk/ rary country album. indie rock, the band underwent an upheaval in 1989 He’s got a woman when bassist Lou Barlow, a strong songwriting talent running away from a in his own right, was kicked before going on to form relationship, her high heels stomping hard on the ac- another respected band, Sebadoh. Dinosaur Jr. con- celerator in “Hell on the Highway.” He’s got the sad- tinued unabated, jumping to a major label for 1991’s sack ode to drinking his problems away in “You Look Green Mind, and when the popularity of alternative Like I Need a Drink.” He sings the praises of getting rock surged in the early 90s, Dinosaur Jr. were pegged physical with his woman in “Got It Good.” by many as the next big thing. But sometimes the imagery turns flat-out weird. The band never managed to capitalize on any In “Put Me in a Box,” he equates falling in love with mainstream potential, however, in spite of the com- dying, “like a bullet to the heart, a shot in the dark, mercial push behind 1993’s Where You Been and the and you’re the smoking gun.” Perhaps his intended minor hit single “Feel The Pain” in 1995. By that point, audience gets the connection between firearms and Dinosaur Jr. had become a solo vehicle for J Mascis in sweet, sweet love, but there’s something essentially all but name (the only other original member, drum- creepy about evoking funereal imagery – “talking new mer Murph, had long since resigned), and the band shoes, black suit, roses on top” – to describe a new went on hiatus after 1997s Hand It Over, with Mascis romance. producing new music under his own name. Much of the album, though, is devoted to a de- It came as something of a shock, then, when the fiant, belligerent call to arms against his adversaries, original lineup of Mascis, Barlow, and Murph reunited real and imagined. “More Middle Fingers,” a duet in 2005 for an album an a tour. Many predicted that with Brantley Gilbert, ticks off the list of the thorns in the reunion wouldn’t last, citing the band’s history of Moore’s side, which includes the IRS, the boss, Wall interpersonal acrimony, but they’ve stuck together for Street, BMW drivers, hippies and people who don’t 11 years now )longer than they were originally togeth- like Charlie Daniels. The anti-social rants continue er in the 80s), and Glimpse is their fourth studio album on “Rebel Kids,” “Robbin’ Trains” and the grimacing they’ve produced since reuniting. self-destruction of the album’s title track. Now perhaps best described as elder statesmen in Kinda Don’t Care is a country album for our the indie rock canon, they’re still putting out quality cranky, divisive cultural moment. It’s got all the trusty work. But the music scene has changed drastically ingredients (pickup trucks, beer, dogs, etc.) but it’s over the course of three decades. Younger indie rock packaged with line-drawing anger that proudly stakes fans may not even be aware of Dinosaur Jr.’s exis- out us-vs-them territory. In “More Middle Fingers,” tence, let alone their importance, and asking whether Moore and Gilbert lay it out crystal clear: if you hate they still have anything of a fan base outside of music this song (and presumably the rest of the album), well, critics and a small dedicated cult is legitimate. then they’ve got a finger they’d like you to take a look To their credit, the band’s output since reuniting at. (Evan Gillespie) August 25, 2016------www.whatzup.com------21 A Movie Lover’s Lament Over the past several weeks I thought I would have the opportunity, and hopefully some pleasure, in seeing Woody Allen’s new movie, Café Society. The Flix reviews have been mostly positive, especially complimentary of the cinematography and production de- CATHERINE LEE sign. More importantly, box office revenue continues to be respectable. love letter to Manhattan and a kind of sequel to An- That usually means somebody in town will put it nie Hall. Also, a killer last line. Allen doesn’t come on a screen, even if only for a week. This is one movie to the Oscars even (or perhaps especially) when he is lover’s lament that, so far, to see Café Society in a the- nominated, but when his true darling, Manhattan, was ater, where all movies should be seen, I would have to attacked on 9/11, he came to the Oscars to defend her drive to Indianapolis. resilience. I love him for that. Chris Nashawaty of Entertainment Weekly recent- 3. Crimes and Misdemeanors is the best mix of ly (July 22/29 issue) ranked all Woody Allen films. I silly and serious of any Allen film. Also, his best mur- haven’t seen all of them. I am a fan, not a fanatic. der. Maybe Café Society will show up sometime. 4. Hannah and her Sisters – Woody creates be- Maybe when it is available for second run theaters like lievable, lovable, imperfect women. This film features the Apollo Coventry. (Note to the Journal-Gazette: If three of them. The story is one of his most hopeful. Café Society does come to the Apollo, it deserves a re- The screenplay is one of three Hannah Oscars. view, not just a slip into the listings.) In the meantime, 5. Broadway Danny Rose is the best performance here is one fan’s Woody Allen “Top 10,” just for fun. Mia Farrow has ever given in any movie. The movie’s (My “Top 10” shifts occasionally. This is how I see it frame – old guys sitting around telling stories – works lately.) perfectly. They are sitting in the Carnegie Deli, a NYC 1. Annie Hall – Charming, funny and a step be- landmark I never thought would close, but it did. It yond his earlier Marx Brothers-inspired comedies, lives in this film. Thanks, Woody. Annie Hall deserves the four Oscars for Best Picture, 6. Bullets Over Broadway – Ah, the frustrations Best Director, Best Screenplay (both to Woody Allen) of being an artist. John Cusack is the best Woody Al- and Best Actress (Diane Keaton). Also, a killer ending len stand-in. His artistically confused playwright’s with a silly joke turned into a truth about the human distress that thug Chazz Palminteri understands sto- condition. rytelling better is a delight, but the film is owned by 2. Manhattan – I know this probably isn’t his next best, but it is such a gorgeous black and white Continued on page 23 ------Suicide Squad Continues Run Tops at the Box: Suicide Squad once again took the No. 1 spot at the U.S. box office, selling another $20.7 million despite being an awful film. So far, the ScreenTime movie has grossed $262 million in the U.S. and $572 million worldwide in just 17 days. Whoa. That’s big GREG W. LOCKE money for the DC Comics folks. I can’t say I look forward to a Suicide Squad sequel, but I know it’s Rounding out last weekend’s Top 5 was Para- probably already very much in the works. Mostly I mount’s pathetic remake of Ben-Hur which, despite just think it’s nice to see Will Smith doing something being a film with a huge budget, sold just $11 million a little different. Hancock, his other superhero film, over its first three days of release. Yikes. The movies however, is very much a superior film. If you’ve not aren’t so great right now. seen it, I’d recommend doing so, as it’s a blast. New This Week: Three new major films open this Also at the Box: The Seth Rogen- and Evan weekend, starting with horror thriller Don’t Breathe Goldberg-penned Sausage Party had a solid second from writer/director Fede Alvarez. Looks incredibly weekend, selling another $15 million and upping the promising, but you never know with these small-bud- film’s 10-day sales total to $65 million in the U.S. Not get horror films that the studios love to release. I can’t bad for a film with a food orgy in it. Rogen has been wait to see the film. I have a fascination with good finding surprising ways to keep his career interesting horror movies because, as a writer, I fear the task of and creative. writing a great horror film more than any other genre. Taking the No. 3 spot at the U.S. box office last It’s a tall task. weekend was newbie War Dogs, directed by Todd Also out is R-rated boxing drama Hands of Stone, Phillips and starring Jonah Hill and Miles Teller. The starring Usher, Robert De Niro, John Turturro, Edgar R-rated comedy sold $14.3 million in the U.S. over its Ramirez and Ellen Barkin. Can’t wait to see this one. first three days of release. Looks funny. Maybe stupid. Okay, maybe it’ll be disappointing, but I love De Niro I can’t tell. I look forward to seeing it at some point. and Turturro and have always had a huge soft spot for Probably long after it’s left theaters. boxing films. Me of the Rocky Youth. Taking the No. 4 spot at last weekend’s U.S. box And finally we have Dennis Gansel’s new action office was Kubo and the Two Strings which had a dis- crime thriller, Mechanic: Resurrection, starring Jason appointing opening despite a lot of buzz and solid re- Statham, Jessica Alba, Michelle Yeoh and Tommy Lee views. The movie, voiced by an Oscars-friendly cast Jones. The first Mechanic film was pretty good, but (Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, Rooney this one looks like it might actually be sort of great. Mara, Ralph Fiennes, etc.), sold a sad $12 million in Can’t wait to check it out. the U.S. this past weekend. Oof. [email protected]

22------www.whatzup.com------August 25, 2016 Grouching Towards Scotland The Road to Little Dribbling by Bill Bryson, Doubleday, 2015 On Books When I heard that Robert Redford was going to play writer Bill Bryson in the film adaptation of EVAN GILLESPIE Bryson’s best-selling A Walk in the Woods, I was more than a little confused. I’d read the book nearly pound upon how much England has changed since 20 years earlier, and I had in my head an image of the 1970s. He’s so mired in familiar territory, in Bryson as an affable middle-aged man, an image fact, that nearly a third of the way through the book that didn’t reconcile with Redford’s dignified near- he still hasn’t ventured farther north than Windsor, ly-octogenarian-ness. It’s true that Redford is 15 which is barely outside London in the southeast. years older than Bryson, but Bryson’s latest book Fans of Bryson’s travel writing will no doubt has altered my image of the writer; in The Road to like this latest travel book very much. Like Little Dribbling, Bryson comes off as very always, Bryson wraps his genuine affection much the old man, albeit one who’s for many of the places he visits with his much more grumpy than breezy, self-deprecating humor, making his Robert Redford could ever history lessons easy to digest. His love of be. nature is as evident as always – he is an The Road to Little Drib- extremely enthusiastic advocate for the bling is a sequel of sorts to preservation of the natural landscape of Bryson’s humorous 1995 Britain – and he makes walking around travel book Notes from a Small the country (he so does love to walk) BURGERS, Island. That book was written seem like it would be a lot of fun. when Bryson, an American who The book is also filled with had been settled in England for loads of surliness, though. Bryson, more than 20 years, decided to more so in this book than ever be- PIZZAS, SALADS write about one final trip around fore, is a curmudgeon, a crabby Britain before going back to Amer- old guy who goes on and on ica for a while. The book was a huge about how things – and people hit in the UK, and on the occasion of – used to be so much better AND MORE its 20th anniversary, Bryson’s publish- than they are now. It’s tiresome er asked him to follow it up with a new to read, and sometimes it’s downright book about another trip around Britain – angering. He rarely runs into other human be- in the hope, Bryson admits, that it would ings without mocking them or coming into conflict make lots of money. with them in some way, and sometimes the conflicts In constructing a premise for the trip, Bryson are ridiculously petty. When his large and boister- drew a line from the village of Bognor Regis in ous party causes the cashier confusion while he’s the southeast of England to Cape Wrath in the far placing his order at McDonald’s, he finds the res- northern reaches of Scotland, thinking that the line taurant and its staff, rather than his own bumbling represented the farthest it is possible to travel in behavior, at fault. On another occasion, he calls a Britain in a straight line without crossing salt water. store clerk an idiot during an argument, then when Bryson would travel along the line from one end to he realizes that he himself is in error in the matter, the other, from south to north, while trying to avoid he sulks off after telling the clerk, “Well, you’re still places he’d visited in the Notes from a Small Island an idiot.” trip. The unlikable character that Bryson casts for That premise almost immediately goes out the himself throws a cloud over the rest of the book, window. Bryson doesn’t stick very closely to the which is really a very genial tale about a casual line, and he doesn’t completely stay away from pre- stroll through Britain. If you can handle going viously visited places. Many of the places he visits along with a grouch or if you’re as grouchy as Bry- this time around are places he’s lived during his son yourself, you might enjoy the trip. time in England, and much of the ground he covers is colored with nostalgia, encouraging him to ex- [email protected]

FLIX - From Page 22 the ladies. “Don’t speak! Don’t speak!” Diane Wiest’s 10. Sleeper – This is my nod to all pre-Annie Hall delivery of this line helped win her one of two Oscars movies by Woody. Bananas, Take the Money and Run with Woody. Jennifer Tilly’s Oscar-nominated per- and Love and Death are all fun too. All of these are formance is a delight and Mary-Louise Parker is also Woody finding his way. Not bad for a young filmmak- charming. er. 7. Midnight in Paris – This is the most recent Yes, my favorites are mostly New York stories Woody Allen film to crack my top 10. It is now play- or stories about movies. These are personal choices, ing on Hulu. If you haven’t seen it, take a look. Watch- not a critical analysis of Woody Allen’s body of work. ing it again, its charm is just as potent. Café Society fits my list. It is set in Hollywood during 8. The Purple Rose of Cairo – Woody has made the Golden Age of movies. The cast is appealing. I several films that involve magic or fantasy.Zelig is of- would like to see Steve Carell, Kristen Stewart, Parker ten the top pick of this group, but I prefer Purple Rose Posey and Jesse Eisenberg. because the conceit of an actor walking off the screen Next week, I’ll be back to what is in theaters. is comically rich with opportunity to contrast real life Both Kubo and the Two Strings and War Dogs are on and the fantasy life of the movies. my list. Both pique my interest more than the coming 9. A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy is just a Friday’s wide releases, but who knows? Maybe Café frothy bit of silliness, but it is a period piece set in the Society will slip in to town. country. And there is a flying machine. [email protected] August 25, 2016------www.whatzup.com------23 FREE!

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