------Feature • Who’s Bad------TRF SCHEDULE - From Page 2 Planetarium Skies – 3:30 & 7 p.m., Headwaters Park East & West University of St. Francis Schouweiler Festival Plaza Open – 11 a.m.-11 p.m., Planetarium, $4 adults, $3 children and Headwaters Park East, admission varies seniors, $14 family rate, $1 discount w/ Junk Food Alley – 11 a.m.-11 p.m., Barr & button Duck streets Edelweiss Singers – 4-5:30 p.m., First Two-Dollar Tuesday – 11 a.m.-11 p.m., Presbyterian Church, 300 W. Wayne Barr & Duck streets, $2 portions at most St., free vendors The Gloved Wonders Concert: Kutless, Jason Castro, Rapture Brown Bag Tunes @ Noon w/Fatima Rukus, Royal Tailor, Attaboy, City Washington – 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., By Deborah Kennedy Harmonic & After Sunday – 4:30 p.m., Headwaters Park East, free Headwaters Park East, $9 adv., $15 Art & Music: Michael Rhoades’ Voice in Imagine that your wildest d.o.s., $1 discount w/button the Forest – 12-5 p.m., Lotus Gallery, dreams have come true. You’ve fi- Cookout w/Imago Dei – 4:30 p.m., 1302 Lafayette St., Suite 205, free nally landed a spot on “Jeopardy.” Community Center, 233 W. Main St., free Luscious Legs Contest – 6 p.m., Not only that, but you’re in the Headwaters Park East, $2 (benefits Mad MONDAY, JULY 16 Mad Anthony’s Children’s Hope House) lead and it’s final Jeopardy time. Blood Drive – 7:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Parkview Concert: Brother w/Phil’s Family Lizard The category is “Tribute Bands.” Field, Lincoln Financial Event Center – 6 p.m., Headwaters Park East, $2, You’ve wagered enough to ensure University of St. Francis School of kids under 12 free w/adult admission, $1 your victory over the nice school Creative Arts: Ventures in Creativity – discount w/button 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Rolland Art Center, free teacher to your left and that annoy- Hot Air Balloon Rides – 7-9 p.m., west end DeBrand Chocolates Tours – 10 a.m.-6 ing computer on the end. The ten- Lawton Park, free p.m., DeBrand Headquarters, 10105 Northeastern Indiana Kennel Club AKC sion’s high. You’re sweating bul- Auburn Park Dr., $5 Pure Breed Dog Show – 7-9 p.m., lets. Then Alex reads the answer: Three Rivers and Indiana Northern Freimann Square, Clinton & Main streets, “The Ultimate Michael Jackson Railroad Exhibit – 10 a.m.-5 p.m., The free Tribute Band.” History Center, 302 E. Berry St. adults $5, seniors & students $3, members & WEDNESDAY, JULY 18 You scribble down your re- under 5 free Super Seniors Day – 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Imagine sponse, careful, of course, to keep Downtown Midway – 11 a.m.-11 p.m., Master Academy, 2000 N. Wells St., it in the form of a question: Who’s Bad? great! Michael would have been proud.” Headwaters Park East & West bingo, euchre, crafts, Wii bowling, free Ding, ding, ding! Bell and York share the challenging duties of por- Festival Plaza Open – 11 a.m.-11 p.m., lunch, music, free So what if the above is only a fantasy? Here’s traying the King of Pop. York, influenced by Arab mu- Headwaters Park East, admission varies CPR Training: “Don’t Miss a Beat” – 9 some consolation – Who’s Bad: The Ultimate Michael sic on his father’s side and African-American rhythms Junk Food Alley – 11 a.m.-11 p.m., Barr & a.m., 10 a.m. & 11 a.m., Community on his mother’s, grew up mimicking Jackson in talent Duck streets Center, 233 W. Main St., free Jackson Tribute Band will be back in Fort Wayne Waiter/Waitress Competition – 11:30 a.m., University of St. Francis School of Wednesday, July 18 as part of the TRF concert series. shows in his home of New York City. Bell, who has Headwaters Park East, $30 team fee, Creative Arts: Ventures in Creativity – And, really, wouldn’t you rather hear 3.5 hours of the appeared onstage with such R&B luminaries as Baby free to spectators 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Rolland Art Center, free King of Pop’s greatest hits than Alex Trebek’s con- Face and Toni Braxton, made waves as a youngster, Art & Music: Michael Rhoades’ Voice in DeBrand Chocolate Tours – 10 a.m.-6 p.m. descendingly perfect pronunciation of various foreign performing at Disneyland and for the television talent the Forest – 12-5 p.m., Lotus Gallery, DeBrand Headquarters, 10105 Auburn words? show, “Star Search.” When he joined Who’s Bad, he 1302 Lafayette St., free Park Dr., $5 Who’s Bad, the brainchild of saxophonist, com- spent time studying with two of Jackson’s lead cho- Poker Extravaganza – 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., Three Rivers and Indiana Northern American Legion Post 499, 1553 Goshen Railroad Exhibit – 10 a.m.-5 p.m., The poser and arranger Vamsi Tadepalli, got their start reographers in order to make his Michael Jackson as Rd., $10 participants, 1000 extra chips w/ History Center, 302 E. Berry St. adults in January 2004 at a small nightclub in Chapel Hill, convincing as the man himself. button, free to spectators $5, seniors & students $3, members & North Carolina where the sometimes four-, sometimes That’s the trick of the tribute band: to convince IPFW Ice Cream Social featuring the Fort under 5 free eight-piece treated a gathering of friends and family to the audience that, for a few hours, they’re having the Wayne Area Community Band – 7-8:30 Downtown Midway – 11 a.m.-11 p.m., a host of hits from Jackson’s career. The crowd was so distinct pleasure of seeing and hearing and experienc- p.m., IPFW Science Building Mall, 75¢ Headwaters Park East & West mesmerized by the faithful renderings of everything ing the real thing. According to critic Adam Spencer, per scoop, $5 root beer floats Festival Plaza Open – 11 a.m.-11 p.m., that’s exactly what you get with Who’s Bad: The Ulti- Picture Your Pet – 3-8 p.m., Lakeside Park Headwaters Park East, admission varies from “ABC” to “You Rock My World” that Tadepalli Pavilion #2, 1401 Lake Ave., $15/photo to Junk Food Alley – 11 a.m.-11 p.m., Barr & decided to take the act on the road, and since that fate- mate Michael Jackson Tribute Band. benefit animal safety education Duck streets ful night Who’s Bad have played more than 700 shows “This is the closest anyone can get to seeing what Dearly Departed – 4:30-7:30 p.m., tour Marketplace – 11 a.m.-11 p.m., Headwaters around the world. Michael Jackson would have been like in concert to- through Lindenwood Cemetery, 2324 W. Park West A number of tribute acts have sprung up in the day,” he wrote in his review of a recent Raleigh show. Main St., free Brown Bag Tunes @ Noon w/The Mark wake of Jackson’s tragic and untimely demise on June “You can’t beat it.” Famous in the Fort Talent Contest – 6-9 Maxwell Experience – 11:30 a.m.-1:30 25, 2009, but, unlike those fickle trend-followers, A writer from the Tonawanda News had this to p.m., Headwaters Park East, adults $5, p.m., Headwaters Park East, free under 12 free w/adult, $1 off w/button Art & Music: Michael Rhoades’ Voice in Who’s Bad can boast that they were moonwalking and say about Who’s Bad’s show in Tonawonda, New the Forest – 12-5 p.m., Lotus Gallery, wearing one glove long before Jackson died. They’ve York: “The night was a metaphor for the universality TUESDAY, JULY 17 1302 Lafayette St., Suite 205, free also been honing their talents and mastering their in- of music and how it can cut across age, gender and Follow the Pipes – 9-11 a.m., Self-guided Ice Cream Social – 12-3 p.m., First race lines to bring people together in harmony of pur- tours of St. Vincent’s Catholic Church struments for a number of years at some of the most Presbyterian Church, 300 W. Wayne (9 a.m.), Trinity Lutheran Church (10 prestigious schools in the country. pose, in this case to honor a music legend.” St., free a.m.), Salem United Church of Christ (11 The band – Joseph “JoBel” Bell and Taalib York Fort Wayne area fans clearly agree. Who’s Bad Follow the Pipes – 1-3 p.m., Self-guided a.m.), free tours of Zion Lutheran Church (1 p.m.), (lead vocals); Patrick Cross (electric guitar); Ray Mc- have played several local shows over the past couple University of St. Francis School of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church (2 p.m.) Call (trumpet); Aaron McCoy Jr. and Vamsi Tadepalli years, including a benefit for the Three Rivers Festival Creative Arts: Ventures in Creativity Embassy Theatre (3 p.m.), free (saxophone); Nyk Baglio (drums) and Daniel Rychlec at C2G Music Hall. They’re back by popular demand – 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Rolland Art Center, free Poker Extravaganza – 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., and Jonathan Sirois (dancing) – even earned this for TRF 2012 and, as TRF Executive Director Jack Trinity Lutheran Church (1636 St. Mary’s American Legion Post 499, 1553 Goshen Ave), Salem United Church of Christ praise from Jackson’s close friend and manager Frank Hammer says, “This MJ show is one of the best I’ve Rd., $10 participants, 1,000 extra chips (2401 Lake Avenue), free DiLeo after he caught a Nashville gig: “The show was ever seen. It’s a must-see!” w/button, free to spectators Behind the Screen, Embassy Theatre tour Greyhounds in the Park – All Star – 9:30 a.m., Embassy Theatre, 125 W. Greyhounds – 4-8 p.m., Pavilion #2, Jefferson, $5 Franke Park, 3411 Sherman Blvd., free THREE RIVERS FESTIVAL - From Page 2 Tour of Fort Wayne Parks – 9:30-11:30 Science Central 95¢ Night – 5-9 p.m., a.m., and 12:30-2:30 p.m. from Fort and relax. We’re inviting kids to bring their squirt of the town, and I think that’s terrific,” Hammer says. Science Central, 1950 N. Clinton St., 95¢ Wayne Parks and Recreation Community Bed Race – 6 p.m., Main St. between Clinton guns, and we’ll have a roped off area designated as a For Hammer, the fireworks display has become Center, 233 W. Main St., $2 and Lafayette streets, $50 per team, free ‘will get wet’ zone.” more than just a festival capstone. It’s an inspiring DeBrand Chocolate Tours – 10 a.m.-6 p.m. to spectators And with the recent lack of rain in the area prompt- symbol of history, endurance, and pride. DeBrand Headquarters, 10105 Auburn Concert: Who’s Bad: The Ultimate Michael Park Dr., $5 ing statewide burn bans, folks are wondering about “The biggest deal for me is that it’s 44 years later Jackson Tribute Band w/The Freak Family Fun Day – 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Botanical one of the most anticipated events of the Three Rivers and this festival is still happening and people are still Brothers – 6 p.m., Headwaters Park Conservatory, 1100 S. Calhoun St., adults Festival: the fireworks finale show. Hammer assures enjoying it. I was a pre-teen when the festival started. East, $10, kids under 12 free w/adult $5, children $3, $1 discount w/button admission, $1 discount w/button me that yes, the show will go on. Indiana Michigan To think of everything I was involved in, to think Three Rivers and Indiana Northern Film Festival – 7 p.m., Cinema Center, Power and Melrose Pyrotechnics are teaming up with that it’s still going on …” he trailed off in a nostalgic Railroad Exhibit – 10 a.m.-5 p.m., The 437 East Berry St., Showcase of local the festival to launch one of the biggest fireworks dis- tone. History Center, 302 E. Berry St. adults amateur talent working with film and plays in the region from 26 stories up. “The Three Rivers Festival is a celebration of who $5, seniors & students $3, members & under 5 free “We take the tallest building in town – the height we have become since we got here – our heritage. The Downtown Midway – 11 a.m.-11 p.m., Continued on page 8 where most fireworks explode anyway – and we fireworks finale is a visual symbol of that celebration launch them off. People can see them from all corners and pride in the Fort Wayne community.” 6------www.whatzup.com------July 12, ’12