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FACEBOOK.COM/WHATZUPFTWAYNE // WWW.WHATZUP.COM ------Feature • Embassy Theatre Community Celebration------A 90th Birthday Party By Michele DeVinney forethought than the Embassy. The fact that In fact, the Embassy website is now also it survived is thanks to the many who over an archive for much of the theatre’s history, The opening of the Emboyd Theatre on the years found value in keeping it, and the some of which will be on display via a new May 14, 1928 was a pretty big deal, as one fact that it’s functional and will be part of museum on the first floor where the old Indi- can imagine when reading what the News- the 90th anniversary celebration is thanks to ana Hotel once stood. Pulling together these Sentinel had to say about it: displays was also made “Today at 1 P.M. Fort Wayne possible by the Mathiesens Proudly Receives Its Magnificent who live in Ellettsville, In- New Theater. Come to the opening diana. today of the Emboyd. You’ll thrill “We have three display to its sumptuous beauty – revel in cases,” says Hughey. “Act I its atmosphere of luxurious comfort is called ‘Under Construc- – and marvel at the giant inaugural tion’ and features things Tuesday, May 22 • 7:30pm • $35-$75 entertainment program. Follow the that were going on during GIVE HEAR ‘SOUND OF LOVE’ Eager Throngs to the Opening of 1928 when it was first being Indiana’s Wonder Theater – a Gala built. Act II is ‘Grand Open- BENEFIT CONCERT Event the Memory of Which You’ll ing’ and shows some of the Cherish Forever!” images and newspaper ad- Now, 90 years later, the theater vertising for the opening MANDY HARVEY later renamed the Embassy is cel- on May 14, 1928. Act III ebrating its rich history in style. The shares some of the other May 19 community celebration is history, like how the the- only one aspect of that celebration. atre came to be named the Sharing the origins of that history Emboyd. Clyde Quimby, – with quotes like that from the era the original owners, named – is another important piece of the the theater the Emboyd in puzzle. Those who attend this Sat- honor of his mother, Emilie urday’s festivities will have access Boyd Quimby.” to all of that and more. The Embassy, renamed “Our entertainment commit- in 1952 when the theater tee wanted to show what going to was sold after Quimby’s Wednesday, May 23 • 8pm • $20-$35 a movie at the Embassy would have death, still has many of been like in the 1920s,” says John the old posters and items Hughey, the Embassy’s marketing which today are priceless. MARCUS KING BAND director, “so we’re having the Farm- land Jazz Band playing songs from that era, and we’ll have tap danc- ers as well as Mark Herman com- ing back to town to play the Grande Page Organ. 90th ANNIVERSARY Mark is from Fort Wayne and is popular here, so COMMUNITY CELEBRATION it only seemed right to 7 p.m. Saturday, May 19 have him come back to his hometown and play Embassy Theatre for this celebration.” 125 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne In addition to that, $9 thru Ticketmaster and box office, attendees can look for- Wednesday, July 11 • 8pm • $20-$40 ward to performances 260-424-5665 by the Fort Wayne Chil- dren’s Choir and Fort Wayne Dance Collec- a couple of local volunteers. The fact that those, the Brenograph and the tive and a Buster Keaton silent film classic, “Tom and Penny Mathiesen have been enormous slide collection are still around WALTER TROUT Haunted House. Such an eclectic lineup very helpful in making some of the things and in a condition which allows for con- provides a pretty good idea what the early that have been in storage available again,” tinued enjoyment, says something for the Friday, Oct. 26 • 8pm • $30-$60 Emboyd years looked like. says Hughey. “Tom helped connect us to pack-rat mentality which have allowed them JETHRO TULL GUITARIST “This is what a night out in the 20s some people, and we now not only have the to endure for almost a century. It also dem- would be like,” says Hughey. “Going to a Brenograph but a vast collection of glass onstrates how much the Embassy volunteers movie was a major outing. It wasn’t just a slides. At the May 19 event people will get have maintained the theater’s glory. Once set MARTIN BARRE movie like it is today. There was live enter- to experience some of that technology. In- for demolition, Fort Wayne and its people tainment with vaudeville acts and the organ stead of coming attractions like you have have saved and improved the Embassy many GO TO OUR WEBSITE which would play during the film and be- today, there would be these other things times over the years, and the Embassy wants fore. We’re trying to incorporate all of those projected on the screen, like the words to to acknowledge that as much as its own his- FOR TICKET INFO & MORE aspects into the evening.” a sing-along with the organ. We wanted to tory as it marks 90 years. ALL SHOWS ALL AGES Adding one more special wrinkle is the showcase what that would look like, and be- “We really know that the Embassy be- restoration of the old Embassy Brenograph, ing able to do that has been a major accom- longs to the community,” says Hughey. “Our a remarkable machine which helped proj- plishment. These slides are so special, and greatest hope and our goal with this 90th an- ect images before newer technology came this is the largest collection that’s still intact. niversary event is to bring the generations along to make them somewhat obsolete. Many were just dumped when newer tech- together, to honor the legacy of those who The Brenograph and the glass slides used nology became available. Now we have it all came before us, and to celebrate these 90 with it were cast aside by those with less cataloged, and it’s linked on our website.” years together.” 2------www.whatzup.com------May 17, 2018 whatzup Volume 22, Number 40 s winter turns quickly into summer (hey, it’s Indiana – what do you expect?) the entertainment opportunities for our little corner of the world continue to spring up like lighters at a rock concert. And here atA World HQ, we’re making feature story assignments at about the same rate as Donald Trump issues tweets. Looking ahead, our calendar’s getting pretty full; yours is too, most likely. What this summer is going to come down to is choices, and we’re here to SEPTEMBER 21 help. whatzup readers can see everything that’s going on in and around northeast Indiana in one neat little package. So whether your tastes run from Anthrax to bluegrass, from theater to art museums, you’ll find all the options in these pages. We only leave it to you to choose from among them FOELLINGER THEATRE In the immediate future you get to choose from among the aforementioned Anthrax and bluegrass along with, well, there’s just too much to list in the space we have here. Check the contents below before you start turning pages and finding those events that best suit your tastes. TICKETS ON SALE 10AM FRIDAY, MAY 18 Till next week, make the most of what our corner of Indiana has to offer and remember to tell ’em whatzup sent you. 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They don’t Calendar Information: Must be received by noon Monday website that “it was a challenge for all of ing each other over thousands of years ago have a responsibility to anyone other than the week of publication for inclusion in that week’s issue and, space permitting, will run until the week of the event. us to play ‘Among the Living’ live. We’ve — over whose god is better than whose the people buying their records or buying Calendar information is published as far in advance as space played a number of that album’s songs in god,” Ian told Loudwire. “The fact that we tickets to their shows. There’s no respon- permits and should be submitted as early as possible. our shows over the years, but not all of them, haven’t moved past that, I think pretty much sibility to the genre. That’s something I’ve Advertising: Space reservations and ads requiring proofs and playing a song in a recording studio is speaks volumes on the human race.” never understood at all. due by no later than 5 p.m. the Thursday prior to publication. Camera-ready or digital ad copy required by 9 a.m. Monday not the same as playing it live on stage. So Political or not, the fact that people come “We’re not just going through the mo- the week of publication. Classified line ads may be submitted we put in a lot of time to get all of the tracks to an Anthrax show to have a good time is tions. I feel we are hungrier now than we’ve up to noon on Monday the week of publication. down perfectly. And I’ll tell you, after we not lost on Ian. ever been. And here’s why: I think we want ADVERTISING finished that set, as arduous as it was, we all “Look we’re here to entertain people. to fight. We feel like there’s a place that we E-mail [email protected] or call 260-691-3188. felt a sense of exhilaration, like we could go This show shows up in a town, and for three belong. There’s something to strive for.” 4------www.whatzup.com------May 17, 2018 ------Feature • Mandy Harvey------Feeling the Music By Steve Penhollow of eye contact. We have solos planned out beforehand, and we all look at the musician Contestants on TV talent shows often playing while I am counting each measure. tell extraordinary personal stories about the It’s a full team effort.” hardships they endured before they got the Harvey said she “keeps track of the chance to participate in a TV talent show. ------Feature • Marcus King------Even in that context, the story that singer-songwriter Mandy Harvey told on the America’s Got Talent stage last summer was unusual. Harvey will perform on May 22 at C2G Music Hall. Therapeutic Blues In 2006, Harvey was a vo- cal music major at Colorado By Deborah Kennedy “I feel more at home on stage than I do State University when the un- elsewhere,” he said. “I generally keep to thinkable happened. She lost Marcus King is the first to admit he’s myself, and I get really paranoid if I think her hearing to a connective an introvert. That label doesn’t bother him that maybe I’ve been rude to someone. I’m tissue disorder called Ehlers- at all. In fact, he embraces it. He’s a lot more not very social, I guess. I do love meeting Danlos syndrome, type 3. conflicted, though, about being deemed a people, but I really just like to listen in those Most people in her posi- prodigy, which is something music critics situations. The stage gives me an opportu- tion would sink into despair, have been calling him since he began play- nity to speak, and it’s cool because I get to and Harvey admits that she ing the blues alongside his father, Marvin do it with a microphone and a really good did sink for a while. Most King, as a preteen. band behind me.” people in her position would “I’ve never really identified with it,” King sees his music as a form of thera- try to find a way to accept that he told me in a recent phone interview. “I py. His songs are there to help his fans and they would never sing again. think it’s never really suited me personally. to help him as well. Some of his songs are But Mandy’s father, a min- It is what it is. I see other young people lots autobiographical. He works through his ister who had been performing younger than I am, doing incredible work, problems as he writes. The magic really hap- music with her since before but I’m careful not to call them prodigies be- pens when fans listen to those songs and see she could speak in complete cause I know how it made me feel. It made themselves and their own problems reflected sentences, encouraged her to me feel good for my age. I just wanted to in the words. King feels lucky that he’s been learn the vocals for a song be good, period. I able to comfort called “Come Home” by a wanted people to others through his pop band called OneRepublic. respect me for the MARCUS KING BAND art. As it turned out, music I created.” 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 23 “A lot of my Mandy could still That time C2G Music Hall music goes to some sing in near perfect MANDY HARVEY has obviously ar- really deep places, pitch. GIVE HEAR BENEFIT CONCERT rived. King, who 323 W. Baker St., Fort Wayne and when I get The fact that 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 22 starting note of will take the C2G $2o-$35 thru Neat Neat Neat there and I’m writ- Mandy’s talents each song.” Music Hall stage Record Store, Wooden Nickel Music ing from that spot, remained undimin- C2G Music Hall “Several Wednesday, May I know I’m doing ished in the wake 323 W. Baker St., Fort Wayne times,” she said, 23 at 8 p.m. with Stores & www.c2gmusichall.com what I’m supposed of total hearing “you will see me his four-man band to be doing. I’ve lost stunned Cyn- $35-$75 thru c2gmusichall.com look behind me at – Jack Ryan on drums and percussion, Ste- had bands come up to me after shows and thia Vaughn, one of my bassist and I phen Campbell on bass, Dean Mitchell on say that my music helped them in one way Harvey’s former vocal teachers. Vaughn put hum my note and he nods to tell me, ‘Yes,’ saxophone and Justin Johnson on trombone, or another. One person even told me a song Harvey in touch with a jazz pianist named or helps me find my place if I am off. It’s trumpet on backing vocals – now has two of mine kept them from committing suicide. Mark Sloniker, and Sloniker subsequently a lot of unseen work, but it’s a part of my much-lauded albums to his credit and just That was a really powerful moment and re- decided to make Harvey his vocalist for routine.” finished with his third, Carolina Confes- minded me of why I do what I do.” weekly gigs at Jay’s Bistro, a jazz-and-tapas Harvey’s bandmates are Alfred Shep- sions, which will hit shelves in September. King grew up in Greenville, South Car- place in Fort Collins, Colorado. pard on piano, Daniel Navarro on bass and And, even though he’s still very young olina, the only son of blues guitarist Marvin Much astonishing success ensued: al- Dave Hamar on drums. Will Scecina fulfills – he turned 21 this year – people rarely com- King. As a youngster, he idolized his dad bums, awards, an autobiography and Simon the role of “electric guy,” she said, and pro- ment on his age. They focus instead on his and soon began playing not only electric and Cowell’s coveted Gold Buzzer. vides backing vocals. talent, drive and originality. acoustic guitar, but pedal and lap steel. He Harvey ended up taking fourth place at “As part of my concerts, there is ASL Veteran slide guitarist Warren Haynes studied jazz and jazz theory for two years the end of season 12 of America’s Got Tal- interpretation for every song,” Harvey said, has said that, while King is obviously influ- and began performing in an around Green- ent. “which I feel brings music more to life and enced by the blues, jazz, rock and soul also ville at age nine. In 2014, he put out his first In an email exchange, Harvey told me shows the meaning behind the words.” play roles in his lyrics and arrangements, all album, Soul Insight, when he was just 19. she keeps tempo on stage by feeling vibra- The Fort Wayne concert will consist of which belong to King alone. He followed that up with The Marcus King tions through the floor. She performs in bare mostly of original songs with “a peppering “You can hear the influences, but it all Band which, unlike Soul Insight, made use feet to facilitate that synergy. of some of my favorite covers,” she said. comes through him in his own unique way. of a full horn section. He said he hopes Car- When practicing, Harvey said she uses Asked about how her enjoyment of mu- He has one of those voices that instantly olina Confessions will display his develop- “visual tuners” to help govern her pitch. sic has changed since she lost her hearing, draws you in, and his guitar playing is an ment as a writer, guitar player and vocalist. When performing, she depends on her band- Harvey answered by typing “hahaha.” extension of his voice and vice-versa.” “We all try to grow as much as we can mates to an extent that most other vocalists “Music is different in almost every sense Back to the introvert idea. King is a very as human beings and artists, right? We learn probably don’t depend on theirs. of the word,” she said. “I have spent a lot of shy young man. Social gatherings are not his as much as we can everywhere go. We meet “There is a lot of communication that years learning to love music in the way I ex- favorite things, but he has found that when new people and have new experiences that is happening on a constant basis,” she said. he’s on stage he comes alive and he can fi- “Some that you see are head nods and a lot Continued on page 7 nally say exactly what it is he wants to say. Continued on page 19 May 17, 2018------www.whatzup.com------5 ------Feature • Northern Indiana Bluegrass Festival------A Finger Pickin’ Weekend By Mark Hunter They incorporate jazz and other genres too.” The mission of the Northern Indi- From the traditionalist camp come ana Bluegrass Association is simple: to the Po’ Ramblin’ Boys. Steiner de- 90th Anniversary introduce and promote bluegrass music scribed the Tennessee Smokey Moun- to as many people as possible at as low tain-based quartet as a band dedicated a cost as possible. to playing bluegrass the way the old Community Celebration That was the goal when NIBGA timers played it. And by old-timers, was formed in 1976, and that is the Steiner means Lester Flatt and Earl goal today. To that end, NIBGA hosts Scruggs (performers of the “Ballad twice-yearly festivals – on Memorial of Jed Clampett” theme song for the Day and Labor Day weekends – at the aforementioned The Beverly Hillbil- Noble County 4H Fairgrounds in Ken- lies) and The Stanley Brothers and Bill dallville. Monroe. This year’s Memorial Day festival “They do a fantastic job on that runs from Thursday, May 24 through style,” Steiner said. “They put a new Sunday, May 27 and features 12 local twist on it. They are actually a bunch and national bluegrass bands, camping, of young fellas, and they can’t help but vendors and, of course, lots of camp- impart their own personality on it. But May 19 | 7pm | $9 ground jamming. Tent and RV camp- when you hear it, the first thing you Featuring organist Mark Herman ing is available on a first-come basis. think of is Flatt & Scruggs, maybe be Emcee Brad Beauchamp Thursday night is free, and a pass for polished a little bit. They are young, Fort Wayne Children’s Choir the weekend is $35, which includes and they learned it from a different Farmland Jazz Band camping. place than Flatt & Scruggs, but it has Though the aim of NIBGA is that unadorned drive, those exact same Vaudeville stage acts straightforward enough, spreading the elements that Flatt & Scruggs had.” B&W movie screening word to people who don’t already ap- Along with the old and the new, the Fort Wayne Dance Collective preciate bluegrass music is not always festival will feature a band known for Community Celebration easy. To the uninitiated, bluegrass may playing a style that predates bluegrass. Presented by MUTUALBANK sound like little more than strident The Freight Hoppers, hailing from the 90th Anniversary Season Presented by twangs from banjos played by back- mountains of western North Carolina, CHUCK & LISA SURACK AND SWEETWATER woods savants (Deliverance) or mere NORTHERN INDIANA play old-timey music, the music that accompaniment to the comic antics of Monroe and Flatt and Scruggs sourced possum eaters (The Beverly Hillbil- BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL while they were inventing bluegrass. 90 Years of Film lies). 4:30-10:10 p.m. Thursday, May 24 Steiner said the Freight Hoppers have But according to Joe Steiner, that taken the music forward by looking to A nostalgic film series image could not be further from the 6-10:35 p.m. Friday, May 25 the past. celebrating the Embassy’s truth. Steiner, the vice-president of 11:45 a.m.-11:05 p.m. Saturday, May 26 “They are nothing but a no-holds- historic past NIBGA, is the person charged with 10:45 a.m.-9:25 p.m. Sunday, May 27 barred, hard-driving old-timey fiddle Audience participation musical performance picking the bands for the festivals. band that you would have heard in the Noble County 4-H Fairgrounds mountains in the 1920s and 30s,” he on the theater’s historic Grande Page pipe To Steiner, bluegrass has some- thing to offer music fans of all stripes. 580 Fair St., Kendallville said. “They are reminiscent of groups organ precedes each show! Modern bluegrass, Steiner said, has like Gid Tanner and the Skillet Lickers Wings (1927)...... June 17 elements not only of the English, $10-$35 thru www.bluegrassusa.net, and Clayton McMichen and the Geor- Independence Day (1996)...... July 13 Scottish and Irish music from which it 260-918-4790 gia Wildcats.” Pirates of the Caribbean (2003)...... 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May 18 tives today is helping people to understand more true today than at any other point in alike gather to show off their stuff, learn new Tedeschi Trucks Band that this music is good in a lot of different time. We have very traditional bluegrass tunes and keep the grass-roots aspect of the w/Davy Knowles...... May 31 ways.” groups that will be at our festival, and we music alive. Lyfe Jennings...... June 8 While the form bluegrass music takes also have some cutting-edge type groups “More than any other style of music, Celtic Woman...... June 10 varies from traditional to gospel to rock-in- that are just kind of doing that general thing bluegrass really represents a balance of not Rodney Carrington...... June 16 fluenced jamgrass, the linking element is the that qualifies as bluegrass but doesn’t really only entertaining an audience and putting Joe Bonamassa...... Nov. 6 instrumentation. Bluegrass is played with imitate anything that came before. on a show, but also sharing your music with Straight No Chaser...... Nov. 29 acoustic string instruments such as guitar, “Nu Blu would be one that is on the cut- other musicians, with your style and musi- mandolin, fiddle banjo and upright bass. Vo- ting edge,” he continued. “They’re certainly cal ideas,” Steiner said. “The jamming at the cally, bluegrass is famous for the high, lone- bluegrass, because of the instrumentation campground is really a lot about that. And some sound made famous by the acknowl- and certain elements of the style. There’s a somewhat from a showmanship perspective Embassy Theatre edged father of bluegrass, Bill Monroe. certain drive in their playing that makes it wanting to outdo the other musicians or im- 125 W. 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Bellefontaine, Hamilton • 260-488-3344 St e e p Ca n y o n Ra n g e r s , Je f f Ba b k o Fort Wayne, 7 p.m., $5, 422-5292 Bar & Neighborhood Grill, Fort Ex p e c t : Great atmosphere with a beautiful view of lake; 20 beers on tap, — Comedy/bluegrass at Embassy Im a g i n e — Variety at 4D’s Bar & Grill, Wayne, 9 p.m., $5, 387-5063 6 large HDTVs w/DirecTV (NFL Package during season), internet juke, Theatre, Fort Wayne, 8 p.m., Fort Wayne, 10 p.m.-2 a.m., no Th e Re s c u e Pl a n — Rock at Dupont pool table, karaoke every Friday (9 p.m.), live bands every Saturday (8 $78-$198, 424-5665 cover, 490-6488 Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne, 9:30 p.m.- p.m.) Memorial Day thru Labor Day. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : Corner of roads 1 Su s a n Ma e & Ne w Ye s t e r d a y — Variety Is l a n d Vi b e — Variety at Club Paradise, 1:30 a.m., cover, 483-1311 at Deer Park Irish Pub, Fort Wayne, and 427. Ho u r s : 10 a.m.-1 a.m. Mon.-Wed.; 10 a.m.-3 a.m. Thurs.-Sat.; 10 Angola, 6:30 p.m., no cover, 833- Sh a n n o n Pe r s i n g e r Tr i o — Jazz/vari- 8 p.m.-11 p.m., no cover, 432-8966 7082 ety at Hamilton Public House, Fort a.m.-12 midnight Sun. Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t : MC, Visa Sw e e t w a t e r Al l St a r s — Variety at Ja m e s Ba k e r Qu a r t e t — Jazz at Ruth’s Wayne, 8 p.m.-11 p.m., no cover, Don Hall’s Guesthouse, Fort Wayne, Chis Steak Hosue, Fort Wayne, 6:30 420-0084 jd lounge 9 p.m.-12 a.m., no cover, 489-2524 p.m.-9:30 p.m., no cover, 444-5898 Si d e c a r Ga r y ’s Ka r a o k e & DJ — Pubs & Taverns • 10366 Dupont Rd., Fort Wayne • 260-483-1311 Te h i l l a h — Contemporary Christian at Je f f McDo n a l d — Variety at Don Hall’s Karaoke at Fremont Bar & Grill, Ex p e c t : Upscale non-smoking atmosphere, craft beers and local wines, Cupbearer Cafe, Auburn, 7 p.m.-9 Guesthouse, Fort Wayne, 9 p.m.-12 Fremont, 10 p.m.-2 a.m., no cover, NFL Ticket, acoustic music on Thursdays, carryout, lottery, drink and food p.m., free, 920-8734 a.m., no cover, 489-2524 527-6223 specials. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : North of Fort Wayne at Leo Crossing (Dupont Tim No r t h e r n — Comedy at Calhoun Ji mm y Os m o n d — Andy Williams tribute Su n n y Ta y l o r — Variety at Two EE’s Street Soups, Salads & Spirits, Fort at Honeywell Center, Wabash, 7:30 Winery, Huntington, 7:30 p.m., no and Clinton), next to Dupont Bar & Grill. Ho u r s : Open 5 p.m. Mon.-Sat., Wayne, 8 p.m., $10, 456-7005 p.m., $25-$45, 563-1102 cover, 672-2000 12 noon Sun. Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t : MC, Visa, Disc, Amex Tr o u b l e Tr o u b a d o u r s f e a t . Co a l Jo e St a b e l l i — Jazz at Don Hall’s Gas Su n n y Ta y l o r — Variety at Haute Fi r e d Bi c y c l e , Ad a m Ba k e r & Th e House, Fort Wayne, 5:45 p.m.-9 Gathering Market, Allen County LATCH STRING BAR & GRILL He a r t a c h e , Da m o n Mi t c h e l l — p.m., no cover, 426-3411 Fairgrounds, Fort Wayne, 1 p.m.-4 Pubs & Taverns • 3221 N. Clinton St., Fort Wayne • 260-483-5526 Variety at Trubble Brewing Company, Jo h n Cu r r a n & Re n e g a d e — Country at p.m., cover, 449-4444 Ex p e c t : Fun, friendly, rustic atmosphere. Daily drink specials. Mondays, Fort Wayne, 8 p.m.-11 p.m., no VFW Post 2689, Huntington, 7 p.m.- Sw i c k & Jo n e s — Variety/crawfish and $2.75 imports; Tuesdays, $3 margaritas & $1 tacos; Wednesdays, $2.50 cover, 267-6082 11 p.m., no cover, 356-9303 shrimp boil at Mad Anthony Brewing Ma t t Re c o r d — Acoustic at teds Beer Co., Fort Wayne, 1 p.m.-4 p.m., well drinks and 59¢ bone-in wings; Sundays, $2.50 bloody Marys. Live $25-$30, 426-2537 bands Friday, Sunday, & Tuesday; open mic Wednesday; karaoke Monday, Saturday, May 19 Hall (and Wine Bar), Fort Wayne, 7 p.m.-10 p.m., no cover, (888) 260- To d d Ha r r o l d & Er i c Cl a n c y — R&B/ Thursday & Saturday. No cover. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : Where Clinton and Lima Ac t u a l Si z e — Rock at Hamilton 0351 blues at Downtown Eatery & Spirits, o u r s roads meet. H : 11 a.m.-3 a.m. Mon.-Sat., 12 noon-12:30 a.m. Sun. House, Hamilton, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., no Motorfolkers — Variety at Oakwood Warsaw, 10 p.m., no cover, (574) Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t : MC, Visa cover, 488-3344 Resort, Syracuse, 9 p.m.-12 a.m., no 267-6000 u e s d a y i g h t a mm e r s Ca d i l l a c Ra n c h — Classic rock at cover, (574) 457-7100 T N J — Rock at Mad Anthony Brewing cOMPANY American Legion Post 47, Fort Mo u n t a i n De w e Bo y s — Country at Cupbearer Cafe, Auburn, 7 p.m.-9 Brew Pub/Micro Brewery • 2002 S. Broadway, Fort Wayne • 260-426-2537 Wayne, 8 p.m.-11 p.m., no cover, Hideaway Lounge, Bluffton, 8 p.m.- p.m., free, 920-8734 209-3690 12 a.m., no cover, 824-0455 Wa l k i n ’ Pa p e r s — Rock / blues at Ex p e c t : 20-plus beers freshly hand-crafted on premises with a full bar Nick’s Martini & Wine Bar, Fort featuring craft cocktails and more. Expanded menu full of old favorites and Ca l d e r t h e Ba n d w/Tr i Pa t t e r n s , Pa u l Ne w St e w a r t & Ch a r l e s Rh e n He n d r i c k s o n — Alternative rock at — The Vegas Years at The Venice Wayne, 9 p.m., $3, 482-6425 exciting new entrees, “One of the best pizzas in America,” large vegetar- Glory Hub, Fort Wayne, 7 p.m., $10, Restaurant, Fort Wayne, 7 p.m.-10 We s t Ce n t r a l Qu a r t e t — Swing/vari- ian menu. Sunday Carry-out available. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : Just southwest 438-0721 p.m., $1, 482-1618 ety at Club Soda, Fort Wayne, 9 of downtown Fort Wayne at Taylor & Broadway. Ho u r s : 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Ch r i s Wo r t h — Variety at Byler Lane Po p n Fr e s h — Blues/rock at Mad p.m.-12 a.m., no cover, 426-3442 Mon-Thurs; 11 a.m.-12 a.m. Fri-Sat; 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Sun. Al c o h o l : Full Winery, Auburn, 5 p.m.-8 p.m., no Anthony Brewing Co., Fort Wayne, 8 Service; Pm t : MC, Visa, Disc cover, 920-4377 p.m.-11 p.m., no cover, 426-2537 Sunday, May 20 Fo r t Wa y n e Ka r a o k e — Karaoke at Po p n Fr e s h — Blues/rock, Ride For MAD ANTHONY lake city TAP HOUSE Latch String Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne, Life benefit at 469 Sports & Spirits, Fo r t Wa y n e Ph i l h a r m o n i c Yo u t h New Haven, 2 p.m.-4 p.m., no cover, Music/Rock • 113 E. Center St., Warsaw • 574-268-2537 10:30 p.m., no cover, 483-5526 Sy m p h o n y & Yo u t h Co n c e r t Gr a n g e r Sm i t h — Country at Clyde 749-7207 Or c h e s t r a — Classical at Foellinger Ex p e c t : The eclectic madness of the original combined with hand-crafted Theatre, Fort Wayne, 7:30 p.m., Po p a Ch u bb y , Ch a r l i e Bo n n e t l l l , Outdoor Theatre, Fort Wayne, 2 Mad Anthony ales and lagers. Carry-out handcrafted brews available. Live $20-$25, 747-0989 So u t h b o u n d St r u t t , Ma g p i e — p.m., free, 427-6715 music on Saturdays. Expanded menu, including one of the best pizzas in Ho l b r o o k Br o t h e r s — Blues at Club Variety at Buck Lake Ranch, Angola, He a r t l a n d Si n g s — Choral at Plymouth America and a large vegetarian menu. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : From U.S. 30, turn Paradise, Angola, 9:30 p.m., $5, 11 a.m.-9 p.m., $5, 665-6699 Congregational Church, Fort Wayne, southwest on E. Center St.; go 2 miles. Ho u r s : 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Mon.- 833-7082 2:30 p.m., $10-$25, 423-9424 Thurs.; 11 a.m.-12 a.m. Fri.-Sat.; 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Sun. Al c o h o l : Full- Service; Pm t : MC, Visa, Disc MAD ANTHONY’S LAKEVIEW ALE HOUSE whatzup PICKS Eclectic • 4080 N 300 W, Angola • 260-833-2537 SIDEWALK PROPHETS demo to a campus recording contest. Ex p e c t : Twelve handcrafted beers on tap; also featuring Indiana craft beers 7:30 p.m. Sunday, May 20 A performance slot, radio play, and record con- and local wines. Patio with seating for 100; seven dock slips; 150-seat Honeywell Center tracts followed. So did a move to Nashville, a GMA banquet facility. Expanded menu, including famous gourmet pizza, unique 275 E. Market St., Wabash Dove Award for New Artist of the Year, six studio eats and vegetarian fare. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : Located on beautiful Lake James $15-$45 thru box office, 260-563-1102 albums, and more than 10 chart-topping singles, above Bledsoe’s Beach. Ho u r s : 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Sun.-Thurs.; 11 a.m.- 11 including “The Words I Would Say,” “You Love Me p.m. Fri.-Sat. Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t : MC, Visa, Disc Contemporary Christian pop Anyway,” “Live Like That” and MAD ANTHONY TAP ROOM act the Sidewalk Prophets got “Help Me Find It.” their start in the hallowed halls The band (Frey on vocals, Music/Rock • 114 N. Main St., Auburn • 260-927-0500 of Anderson University where McDonald on rhythm guitar, Cal Ex p e c t : The eclectic madness of the original combined with hand-crafted then students Dave Frey and Mad Anthony ales and lagers. Expanded menu, including one of the best Joslin on bass, Justin Nace on pizzas in America and a large vegetarian menu. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : Take I-69 Ben McDonald met and became drums and Daniel Macal on lead to State Rd. 8 (Auburn exit); downtown, just north of courthouse. Ho u r s : friends. They discovered a mutu- guitar) be at Wabash’s Honeywell 11 a.m.-11 a.m. Mon.-Thurs.; 11 a.m.-12 a.m. Fri.-Sat.; 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. al love of music and recorded Center Sunday, May 20 as part of Sun. Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t : MC, Visa, Disc a demo together. Unbeknownst their Something Different tour. to them, another friend took the (Deborah Kennedy) 10------www.whatzup.com------May 17, 2018 ------Calendar • Live Music & Comedy------NIGHTLIFE Jo h n Cu r r a n & Re n e g a d e — Country/ Ch i l l y ’s Ta l e n t & Ta c o s — Open mic at Op e n Mic — Hosted by Adam Baker at Dare to Dream Benefit at Old Fort Latch String Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne, Pedal City, Fort Wayne, 9 p.m.-12 Motorcycle Club, Columbia City, 2 9 p.m.-12 a.m., no cover, 483-5526 a.m., no cover, 415-6167 Mitchell’s sports & neighborhood grill p.m.-5 p.m., cover, 248-4459 Fo r t Wa y n e Ka r a o k e — Variety at Pa u l Ne w St e w a r t & Ch a r l e s Rh e n Si d e c a r Ga r y ’s Ka r a o k e & DJ w/Bo b Rack & Helen’s, New Haven, 9 p.m., — The Vegas Years at The Venice Sports & Music • 6179 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne • 260-387-5063 x p e c t (Th e So u n d Ma n ) — Karaoke at no cover, 749-5396 Restaurant, Fort Wayne, 6 p.m.-9 E : Family-friendly atmosphere, great food, all sports packages on Gutbusterz Comedy & Grill, Fort Hu b i e As h c r a f t — Acoustic at Black p.m., $1, (260) 482-1618 over 40 TVs, craft beers and more. Great food from wings and pizza to Wayne, 6 p.m.-10 p.m., no cover, Canyon, Fort Wayne, 7:30 p.m.- Sh u t Up a n d Si n g — Karaoke at Duesy’s gourmet sandwiches and entrees; breakfast and blood Mary bar Saturdays 486-0216 10:30 p.m., no cover, 203-5900 Sports Bar and Grille, Fort Wayne, 7 & Sundays, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : On the corner of Getz and Si d e w a l k Pr o p h e t s — Contemporary Jo e Ju s t i c e — Variety at Smith Farms p.m.-11 p.m., no cover, 483-5681 Jefferson Blvd., southwest Fort Wayne. Ho u r s : 4 p.m.-close Monday- Christian at Honeywell Center, Manor, Auburn, 3 p.m.-4 p.m., free, Th r e e Ri v e r s Ka r a o k e — at Dupont Thursday; 11 a.m.-close Friday-Saturday. Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t : Wabash, 7:30 p.m., $15-$45, 563- 925-4800 Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne, 9 p.m.-1 MC, Visa, Disc, Amex 1102 Lo o s e Gr i p — Variety at Club Paradise, a.m., no cover, 483-1311 Th e Vi s i o n Ma c h i n e , Gr a t e f u l Gr o o v e Angola, 7:30 p.m., no cover, 833- , U.R.B., Th e Be Co l o n y — Variety 7082 NICK’S MARTINI & WINE BAR at Calhoun Street Soups, Salads & Ma n d y Ha r v e y — Jazz/pop at C2G Thursday, May 24 Dining & Music • 1227 E. State Blvd., Fort Wayne • 260-482-6425 Spirits, Fort Wayne, 2 p.m.-7 p.m., Music Hall, Fort Wayne , 7:30 p.m., Ex p e c t : Specialty martinis, craft beers and cocktails served up in a clas- $5, 456-7005 Bu c c a Ka r a o k e w/Bu c c a — Variety at $35-$75, 426-6434 Deer Park Irish Pub, Fort Wayne, 9 sic martini lounge with live music nightly. Serving a variety of small plate Tr i v i u m w/Toothgrinder — Metal at p.m., no cover, 432-8966 appetizers with weekly featured tapas plates and drink specials. Ge t t i n g Piere’s Entertainment Center, Fort Fo r t Wa y n e Ka r a o k e — Variety at Th e r e : One block east of Crescent on State Blvd., next to the Rib Room. Monday, May 21 Wayne, 7:30 p.m., $20, 486-1979 Latch String Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne, Ho u r s : Open at 4 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t .: Fo r t Wa y n e Ka r a o k e — Karaoke at 10 p.m., no cover, 483-5526 MC, Visa, Disc, Amex Latch String Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne, Wednesday, May 23 Fo r t Wa y n e Ka r a o k e w/TJ — Variety 10 p.m., no cover, 483-5526 at Rack & Helen’s, New Haven, 10 STATE GRILL Jo e Ju s t i c e — Variety at Park Place, Ca r o l y n Ma r t i n — Variety at Don Hall’s p.m., no cover, 749-5396 Fort Wayne, 2 p.m.-3 p.m., free, Guesthouse, Fort Wayne, 7 p.m.-10 Hu b i e As h c r a f t & Tr a v i s Go w Pub/Tavern • 1210 E. State Blvd., Fort Wayne • 260-483-5618 480-2500 p.m., no cover, 489-2524 — Country at The Coppertop, Ex p e c t : 1st Tavern to pour beer after Prohibition; located in a fun and Op e n Mic — Variety at Sweetwater, Fort Ch i l l y Ad d a m s a n d Da n i e l Ho g a n — Wolcottville, 6 p.m.-9 p.m., no cover, friendly neighborhood; home of the XKE Cranials & most dangerous juke- Wayne, 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m., no cover, Acoustic at Club Soda, Fort Wayne, 854-3000 box. Daily drink specials include $2 Tall Boy PBR all day, everyday, great (800) 222-4700 9 p.m.-12 a.m., no cover, 426-3442 Ja m e s Ba k e r Du o — Jazz at Ruth’s craft beer selection. Golden Tee. Free WIFI. Fort Wayne’s Sammy Hagar Op e n Mic h o s t e d b y Sh e l l y Di x o n & Chris Steakhouse, Fort Wayne, 6 Ja m e s a n d t h e Dr i f t e r s — Americana bar & Beach Bar Rum, Riverbend Pizza. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : Corner of State Je f f McRa e — Variety at Curly’s / indie rock at Embassy Theatre p.m.-9 p.m., no cover, 444-5898 and Crescent. Ho u r s : 4 p.m.-3 a.m. Mon., 1 p.m.-3 a.m. Tues.-Fri., noon-3 Village Inn, Fort Wayne, 7 p.m.-10 rooftop, Fort Wayne, 5 p.m., $5, Ja z z Ja m — Variety at Sweetwater, Fort p.m., no cover, 747-9964 424-5665 Wayne, 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m., no cover, a.m. Sat., noon-1 a.m. Sun. Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t .: Cash only; ATM To n y No r t o n — Acoustic at Deer Park Jo e Li s i n i c c h i a — Acoustic at Hamilton (800) 222-4700 on site Irish Pub, Fort Wayne, 6:30 p.m.- Public House, Fort Wayne, 6 p.m.-9 Je f f McDo n a l d — Oldies at Don Hall’s 8:30 p.m., no cover, 432-8966 p.m., no cover, 420-0084 Guesthouse, Fort Wayne, 7 p.m.-10 TEDS BEER HALL & WINE BAR Ma r c u s Ki n g Ba n d — Blues/funk at p.m., no cover, 489-2524 Pub/Tavern • 12628 Coldwater Rd., Fort Wayne • 888-260-0357 Tuesday, May 22 C2G Music Hall, Fort Wayne , 8 Ka r a o k e w/Jo s h Sh e n f e l d — Variety Ex p e c t : Lively atmosphere, eclectic tap list, knowledgeable bartenders and p.m., $20-$35, 426-6434 at Nick’s Martini & Wine Bar, Fort the kind of backtalk you usually reserve for family reunions, Thanksgiving Ac o u s t i c Ja m — Variety at Sweetwater, Op e n Ja m w/G-Mo n e y — Blues/variety Wayne, 8 p.m., no cover, 482-6425 and 90s sitcoms set in high school. Kitchen features pizzas, sandwiches, Fort Wayne, 5 p.m.-8 p.m., no cover, at Nick’s Martini & Wine Bar, Fort Ke e g a n Fe r r e l l — Variety at Club burgers, coffee, ice cream and a kids menu. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : Located at the (800) 222-4700 Wayne, 7 p.m., no cover, 482-6425 Soda, Fort Wayne, 6:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m., no cover, 426-3442 intersection of Coldwater and Union Chapel roads. Ho u r s : 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Tues.-Sat. Al c o h o l : Beer/Wine; Pm t : MC, Visa, Disc, Amex ------Bringing the East to Fort Wayne Fort Wayne is fortunate to have a diverse com- munity which in turn provides everyone the chance to experience and learn about cultures different from our Fare Warning own. From Greek Fest to the many booths at the Three Rivers Festival’s International Village, it quickly be- MICHELE DEVINNEY comes evident that the melting pot that is Fort Wayne provides us the opportunity to learn a lot about the cosplay contest. A haiku contest allows for those who world. prefer writing to drawing to indulge in some Japanese AIRING THIS WEEKEND • MAY 19 One perfect example is the Cherry Blossom Festi- arts as well. val which has taken place in Fort Wayne for 11 years. As a small child, my grandfather, a big origami Whether it’s the beauty of a kimono or a chance to fan, determined that my sister and I should learn the learn origami, the Cherry Blossom Festival provides ancient Japanese art of paper folding, providing us a few hours each year to experience Japanese culture, with books and special origami paper. These days Davy art and life. Hosted at the downtown branch of the origami paper comes in a wide variety of colors and Allen County Public Library, Sunday, May 20, Japan patterns which make the resulting projects especially comes to life from noon until 5 p.m., providing a vari- eye-catching. A craft table will be set up at the festival ety of experiences uniquely Japanese. so anyone with a yearning to try origami can give it a Knowles In recent years, Fort Wayne has been exposed to go. It looks tricky at first, but once your hands get into the beauty and passion of Taiko drumming, thanks the swing of it, it’s amazing how many things you can to the efforts of the Fort Wayne Dance Collective. create with just a piece of paper. The Cherry Blossom Festival provides a chance for Of course no festival is complete without food, AIRING NEXT WEEKEND • MAY 26 those who love Taiko to hear more or for those who and the growing popularity of Japanese food is evi- have yet to experience the power and excitement of dent even in our local grocery stores. Once consid- the drumming to hear it for the first time. There will ered a somewhat controversial item (“Me? Eat raw also be Japanese folk dancing and a performance by fish???”) has exploded into acceptance, making the Tinsley Chicago’s Doux Koto with Japanese dancer, Kazume once fringe food a ubiquitous item at most stores’ deli Mitzuki. Classical guitarist Daniel Quinn and singer areas. Teriyaki and yakisoba (a stir fry dish with pork Elaina Robbins will perform new song arrangements and veggies) will also be available. by Japan’s most well-known composer, Toru Takemit- And after a full afternoon of Japanese food, art stu. and culture, take home a souvenir from a vendor with Ellis This year’s new twist comes thanks to Heartland offerings from the small to the more elaborate, includ- Singers who will provide an a cappella rendition of ing kimonos made in Japan. It will provide the per- the music of anime and video games, while anime en- fect way to remember the day and tide you over until thusiasts can also try their own hand at drawing anime Cherry Blossom Festival 2019. and/or dressing up as their favorite character for the [email protected]

May 17, 2018------www.whatzup.com------11 ------Calendar • On the Road------There was huge news out of the rock and 5 Seconds of Summer Sept. 8 Aragon Ballroom Chicago metal world this week when Nine Inch A Wilhelm Scream, Smoking Popes, Descendents Aug. 26 Egyptian Room Indianapolis Nails announced the Cold and Black and Road Notez A$ap Ferg July 16 Egyptian Room Indianapolis Infinite Tour. Trent Reznor and company CHRIS HUPE Aaron Lewis Sept. 2 Hoosier Park Casino Anderson are hitting the road beginning in September Adam Ezra Group July 18 Schubas Tavern Chicago to support their newest album, Bad Witch, Air Supply June 22 Four Winds Casino New Buffalo, MI dropping June 23. There are just four shows scheduled for our neck of the woods and Al Di Meola June 20 Clyde Theatre Fort Wayne those are October 22-23 in Detroit and October 25-26 in Chicago. Those shows will sell Alabama w/Restless Heart July 27 Allen Co. War Memorial Coliseum Fort Wayne out fast. Alison Krauss Sept. 15 Clowes Memorial Hall Indianapolis Our hockey team may have just eliminated their hockey team in the playoffs, but that Amerakin Overdose July 20 Piere’s Entertainment Center Fort Wayne America July 20 Honeywell Center Wabash doesn’t mean Toledo isn’t a place you’d want to go this summer to see a show. In fact, American Aquarium June 1 The Vogue Indianapolis the Class City seems to have a pretty good lineup of shows slated for the warm weather Amorphis, Dark Tranquility, Moonspell, Omnium Gatherum Sept. 11 Piere’s Entertainment Center Fort Wayne of 2018. Steve Martin and Martin Short kick it off May 25 at the Toledo Zoo which is Anderson East Sept. 15 Clyde Theatre Fort Wayne only hosting two shows this year due to construction around the amphitheatre. The other Andre Rieu Sept. 16 Allstate Arena Rosemont, IL is Barenaked Ladies with KT Tunstall and Better Than Ezra on June 24. Indigo Girls Andrew Bird w/Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Sept. 26 Hilbert Circle Theatre Indianapolis play Stranahan Theatre with the Toledo Symphony Orchestra June 1. Faith Hill and Tim Angra, Scarlet Aura Oct. 13 Piere’s Entertainment Center Fort Wayne McGraw have a two-night stay June 8-9 at the Huntington Center which also plays host to Anthrax w/Testament May 26 Clyde Theatre Fort Wayne Lauren Caigle July 23. Centennial Terrace has lined up Alison Krauss June 14, Buddy Apocalyptica May 19 Egyptian Room Indianapolis Guy July 15, The Beach Boys July 15, Halestorm July 29, Styx August 2 and Culture Apocalyptica May 20 Agora Theatre Cleveland Club August 7. Eli Young Band plays Promenade Park in downtown Toledo July 15 with Arab Fest feat. Ali Paris, Muhammad Abbasi, Latif Bichai, Latif Bichai, George Thorogood stopping by the same stage July 29 and O.A.R. performing August Michael Ibrahim Quartet, Muhammad Abbasi June 2-3 Headwaters Park West Fort Wayne 24 with Matt Nathanson. Lastly, Morris Day is booked at the Lucas County Fairgrounds Arcade Fire w/Hamilton Leithauser July 7 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI August 16 with Michael McDonald rocking August 17 and Lee Brice crooning August Arch Enemy Oct. 20 Agora Theatre Cleveland 18. Ari Hest w/Sunny Taylor June 7 The B-Side Fort Wayne Another city with a lot of shows to offer is Grand Rapids. Just a little over two hours from Armored Saint w/Act of Defiance July 8 House of Blues Cleveland The Fort, Grand Rapids is home to Frederik Meijer Gardens, a beautiful outdoor concert Arrested Development May 26 The Vogue Indianapolis venue. There are a lot of shows taking place there this summer starting with Tedeschi Arrival From Sweden July 7 Foellinger Theatre Fort Wayne Trucks Band May 30. Some of the other highlights include Gladys Knight June 3, The Asleep At The Wheel June 14 Clyde Theatre Fort Wayne Decemberists June 4, Jackson Browne June 6, Brandi Carlile June 13, Seal June 20, Avenged Sevenfold, Three Days Grace, Prophets of Rage Aug. 4 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Avenged Sevenfold, Three Days Grace, Prophets of Rage Aug. 6 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH Blondie June 29, Joe Jackson July 20, Jason Mraz July 25 and Toto August 24. Avenged Sevenfold, Three Days Grace, Prophets of Rage Aug. 7 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI Rascal Flatts headlines the annual Bash on the Bay Country Music Festival in Put-In- Avenged Sevenfold, Three Days Grace, Prophets of Rage Aug. 11 Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre Tinley Park, IL Bay, Ohio. The music will be the attraction but getting there is half the fun as you can’t Avenged Sevenfold, Three Days Grace, Prophets of Rage Aug. 12 Ruoff Music Center Noblesville drive there. Private boat, ferry or jet boat taxi are your only options for getting to the island Average White Band Aug. 23 Sweetwater Pavilion Fort Wayne but once you’re there, you’re going to be glad you made the effort as it is a beautiful place The Avett Brothers, Gov’t Mule, The Magpie Salute Aug. 23 Ruoff Music Center Noblesville to spend a summer night. Chris Young and Cory Farley Band are scheduled to open the Avett Brothers Aug. 14 Fraze Pavilion Kettering, OH show along with several bands that have yet to be announced. The B-52’s, Culture Club, Tom Bailey Aug. 30 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI Badfish June 15 Clyde Theatre Fort Wayne [email protected] Barenaked Ladies, Better Than Ezra, KT Tunstall June 21 White River State Park Indianapolis

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12------www.whatzup.com------May 17, 2018 ------Calendar • On the Road------Barenaked Ladies, Better Than Ezra, KT Tunstall June 23 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Evanescence, Lindsey Stirling July 14 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Barenaked Ladies, Better Than Ezra, KT Tunstall June 24 Toledo Zoo Amphitheatre Toledo Everclear, Marcy Playground, Local H June 7 Piere’s Entertainment Center Fort Wayne Barenaked Ladies, Better Than Ezra, KT Tunstall July 14 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI Fitz & The Tantrums w/Mikky Ekko June 12 Clyde Theatre Fort Wayne Barenaked Ladies, Better Than Ezra, KT Tunstall July 15 Jacobs Pavilion Cleveland Five Finger Death Punch, Breaking Benjamin Aug. 27 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH Barry Manilow July 29 Allstate Arena Rosemont, IL Five Finger Death Punch, Breaking Benjamin Aug. 29 Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre Tinley Park, IL BB King’s Blues Band feat. Tito Jackson July 28 Clyde Theatre Fort Wayne Five Finger Death Punch, Breaking Benjamin Sept. 1 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI The Beach Boys July 15 Foellinger Theatre Fort Wayne Flaming Lips Aug. 16 Clyde Theatre Fort Wayne Belinda Carlisle w/ABC, Modern English, Tony Lewis, Limahl, Annabella Aug. 3 Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park, OH Flaming Lips Aug. 17 Agora Theatre Cleveland Bent Knee, Gatherers July 11 Schubas Tavern Chicago Flasher June 15 Schubas Tavern Chicago Big Boss Band, Renegade Aug. 25 Buck Lake Ranch Angola Fleet Foxes, Nilufer Yanya July 23 Agora Theatre Cleveland Big Sean, Shy Glizzy, Playboi Carti, Gashi May 25 Jacobs Pavilion Cleveland Flogging Molly, Dropkick Murphys June 1 Jacobs Pavilion Cleveland Big Sean, Shy lizzy, Playboi Carti, Gashi May 30 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Foo Fighters July 25 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH Billie Eilish June 6 House of Blues Cleveland Foo Fighters July 26 Ruoff Music Center Noblesville Billy Gardell May 25 Four Winds Casino New Buffalo, MI Foo Fighters July 29 Wrigley Field Chicago Billy Joel Sept. 7 Wrigley Field Chicago Foreigner w/Whitesnake, Jason Bonham;s Led Zeppelin Experience July 10 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH Black Dahlia Murder, Whitechapel, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Aversions Crown, Shadow of Intent June 9 Agora Theatre Cleveland Franz Ferdinand Aug. 3 The Vogue Indianapolis Black Label Society, Corrosion of Conformity, EyeHateGod July 25 Clyde Theatre Fort Wayne The Front Bottoms June 5 Clyde Theatre Fort Wayne Black Moth Super Rainbow June 16 Metro Chicago Full Moon Fever Aug. 17 Foellinger Theatre Fort Wayne Black Veil Brides w/Asking Alexandria, blessthefall May 17 Piere’s Entertainment Center Fort Wayne G-Eazy, Ty Dolla $ign, Lil Uzi Vert, P-Lo, YBN Nahmir, Murda Beatz Aug. 16 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI Boz Scaggs July 14 Four Winds Casino New Buffalo, MI G-Eazy, Ty Dolla $ign, Lil Uzi Vert, P-Lo, YBN Nahmir, Murda Beatz Aug. 17 Ruoff Music Center Noblesville Brandi Carlile June 9 Michigan Theater Ann Arbor G-Eazy, Ty Dolla $ign, Lil Uzi Vert, P-Lo, YBN Nahmir, Murda Beatz Aug. 18 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Brandy July 19 Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park, OH Galactic Aug. 25 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Breaking Benjamin, Five Finger Death Punch, Bad Wolves, Nothing More Aug. 28 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Garbage Oct. 17 Riviera Theatre Chicago Breaking Benjamin, Five Finger Death Punch, Bad Wolves, Nothing More Aug. 31 Ruoff Music Center Noblesville Gary Numan, Nightmare Air Sept. 24 House of Blues Cleveland Breaking Benjamin, Five Finger Death Punch Sept. 9 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic July 12 Clyde Theatre Fort Wayne Brockhampton May 31 House of Blues Cleveland George Thorogood and the Destroyers w/Foghat Aug. 3 Hoosier Park Casino Anderson Caitlin Canty May 17 B-Side Fort Wayne Ghost May 29 Clyde Theatre Fort Wayne Calder the Band w/Tri Patterns, Hendrickson May 19 Glory Hub Fort Wayne The Glitch Mob, Elohim June 19 Egyptian Room Indianapolis Candlebox & The Gin Blossoms w/James & The Drifters July 14 Three Rivers Festival Fort Wayne Godsmack, Shinedown, Like A Storm July 22 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI Celtic Woman June 10 Embassy Theatre Fort Wayne Godsmack, Shinedown July 27 Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre Tinley Park, IL Celtic Woman June 16 Aronoff Center Cincinnati Goo Goo Dolls Oct. 6 Old National Centre Indianapolis Celtic Woman June 17 Rosemont Theatre Rosemont, IL Gordon Lightfoot Sept. 15 Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park, OH Charlie Daniels Band Oct. 6 Sweetwater Pavilion Fort Wayne Grand Funk Railroad July 14 Foellinger Theatre Fort Wayne Charlie Puth, Hailee Steinfeld Aug. 2 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI Granger Smith May 19 Clyde Theatre Fort Wayne Charlie Puth, Hailee Steinfeld Aug. 3 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Charlie Puth, Hailee Steinfeld Aug. 5 Ruoff Music Center Noblesville Chase Rice June 16 Clyde Theatre Fort Wayne Coheed and Cambria w/Taking Back Sunday, The Story So Far July 29 Jacobs Pavilion Cleveland Counting Crows, LIVE Aug. 26 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH Counting Crows Sept. 6 Ruoff Music Center Noblesville Dailey & Vincent June 6 Shipshewana Event Center Shipshewana Darius Rucker, Lady Antebellum, Russell Dickerson Sept. 6 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Darius Rucker, Lady Antebellum, Russell Dickerson Sept. 7 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI Darius Rucker, Lady Antebellum, Russell Dickerson Sept. 14 Ruoff Music Center Noblesville Daryl Hall & John Oates, Train May 18 United Center Chicago Daryl Hall & John Oates, Train May 20 Little Caesars Arena Detroit Daryl Hall & John Oates, Train May 22 Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland Daryl Hall & John Oates, Train May 24 Nationwide Arena Columbus Daryl Hall & John Oates, Train July 15 Van Andel Arena Grand Rapids Dave Matthews Band June 6 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI Dave Matthews Band June 7 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Dave Matthews Band July 6-7 Ruoff Music Center Noblesville David Byrne June 2 Auditorium Theatre Chicago David Byrne June 9 White River State Park Indianapolis David Byrne w/Benjamin Clementine Aug. 7 Jacobs Pavilion Cleveland David Byrne Aug. 8 DeVos Performance Hall Grand Rapids David Byrne Aug. 10 Fox Theatre Detroit David Byrne Aug. 11 Rose Music Center Huber Heights, OH David Byrne w/Benjamin Clementine Aug. 12 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati David Cross July 14 Old National Centre Indianapolis David Cross July 29 Agora Theatre Cleveland Dead & Company June 4 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Dead & Company June 6 Ruoff Music Center Noblesville Dead & Company June 20 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH Dead Horses May 31 Schubas Tavern Chicago Dennis Lloyd June 4 Schubas Tavern Chicago Dierks Bentley, Brothers Osborne, Lanco May 31 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Dierks Bentley, Brothers Osborne, Lanco July 21 Ruoff Music Center Noblesville Dispatch, Nahko and Medicine for the People, Scatter Their Own Sept. 16 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Dogs of Society June 16 Foellinger Theatre Fort Wayne Dokken w/Jack Russell’s Great White Sept. 8 Honeywell Center Wabash Dr. Dog, Sandy, Alex G June 16 Egyptian Room Indianapolis Special Guest Drive-By Truckers, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Marcus King Band July 22 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati DAVY Eagles Oct. 14 Little Caesars Arena Detroit KNOWLES Eagles Oct. 15 United Center Chicago Eagles Oct. 20 Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland Eddie Money May 25 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI Eden Oct. 20 Riviera Theatre Chicago English Beat July 6 Metro Chicago Ernie Haase & Signature Sound Sept. 15 Wagon Wheel Theatre Warsaw Evanescence, Lindsey Stirling July 9 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI Evanescence, Lindsey Stirling July 12 Ruoff Music Center Noblesville

May 17, 2018------www.whatzup.com------13 ------Calendar • On the Road------Greta Van Fleet May 22-23 & 25 The Fillmore Detroit Leann Rimes Oct. 12 Honeywell Center Wabash Greta Van Fleet July 31 Agora Theatre Cleveland Leon Bridges w/Khruangbin Sept. 24 Aragon Ballroom Chicago The Guess Who Aug. 24 Foellinger Theatre Fort Wayne Let’s Hang On June 30 Foellinger Theatre Fort Wayne Guitar Army June 9 Sweetwater Pavilion Fort Wayne The Lettermen July 28 Foellinger Theatre Fort Wayne Hammerfall, Flotsam & Jetsam June 1 Agora Ballroom Cleveland Lillie Mae June 7 Old Town School Chicago Happy Together Tour feat. The Turtles, Chuck Negron, Gary Puckett, The Association, Lindsey Stirling Aug. 4 Jacobs Pavilion Cleveland Mark Lindsay, The Cowsills Aug. 9 Fraze Pavilion Kettering, OH Little River Band June 22 Foellinger Theatre Fort Wayne Happy Together Tour Aug. 18 Foellinger Theatre Fort Wayne Live and Let Die (Paul McCartney tribute) w/Duke Tumatoe, The Orange Opera July 13 Three Rivers Festival Fort Wayne He Is We July 23 Schubas Tavern Chicago Live, Counting Crows Sept. 1 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Head and the Heart, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats June 3 Jacobs Pavilion Cleveland Live, Counting Crows Sept. 2 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI Hed PE Sept. 24 Piere’s Entertainment Center Fort Wayne Logic w/NF, Kyle July 6 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH Here Come the Mummies! w/Sweetwater All-Stars, Love Hustler July 21 Three Rivers Festival Fort Wayne Logic, NF, Kyle June 28 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Herman’s Hermits Aug. 11 Foellinger Theatre Fort Wayne Logic, NF, Kyle June 30 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI Hop Along, Bat Fangs June 10 Metro Chicago Logic, NF, Kyle July 1 Ruoff Music Center Noblesville Hotel California Sept. 3 Foellinger Theatre Fort Wayne Lord Huron July 27 House of Blues Cleveland Ike Reilly Assassination May 17 Old Town School Chicago Lucero, Frank Turner, The Menzingers, Homeless Gospel Choir May 31 The Fillmore Detroit Ike Reilly Assassination May 24 Old Town School Chicago Lucero, Frank Turner, The Menzingers, Homeless Gospel Choir June 23 Aragon Ballroom Chicago Ike Reilly Assassination May 31 Old Town School Chicago Lucero, Frank Turner, The Menzingers, Homeless Gospel Choir June 24 House of Blues Chicago Imagine Dragons w/Grace VanderWaal June 21 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI Luke Bryan, Jon Pardi, Morgan Wallen Aug. 24 Ruoff Music Center Noblesville Imagine Dragons w/Grace VanderWaal June 22 Ruoff Music Center Noblesville Luke Bryan, DJ Rock, Carly Pearce, Jon Pardi, Sam Hunt, Morgan Wallen Sept. 1 Wrigley Field Chicago J Balvin Oct. 12 Allstate Arena Rosemont, IL Luke Winslow King May 19 Schubas Tavern Chicago J.J. Grey & Mofro w/Blackberry Smoke Aug. 11 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Lyfe Jennings June 8 Embassy Theatre Fort Wayne Jack Johnson, G. Love & Special Sauce, John Craigie June 15 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI Lynyrd Skynyrd July 27 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH Jack Johnson June 13 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Lynyrd Skynyrd Aug. 4 Ruoff Music Center Noblesville Jack Johnson June 14 Ruoff Music Center Noblesville Lynyrd Skynyrd w/The Charlie Daniels Band Aug. 10 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI Jack White June 6 Jacobs Pavilion Cleveland Lynyrd Skynyrd Aug. 17 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Jake “The Snake” Roberts & “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan June 20 CS3 Fort Wayne Mandy Harvey May 22 C2G Music Hall Fort Wayne Jake Owen Aug. 11 Great American Ballpark Cincinnati Mannheim Steamroller Dec. 1 Embassy Theatre Fort Wayne Jake Paul And Team 10 June 17 Jacobs Pavilion Cleveland Marcus King Band May 23 C2G Music Hall Fort Wayne Jake Paul And Team 10 June 22 Rosemont Theatre Rosemont, IL Mark Farner’s American Band July 20 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI Janet Jackson July 15 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Mark Lowry June 1 Shipshewana Event Center Shipshewana Jason Aldean w/Lauren Alaina, Luke Combs May 19 Ruoff Music Center Noblesville Marshall Tucker Band Aug. 11 Sweetwater Pavilion Fort Wayne Jason Aldean w/Lauren Alaina, Luke Combs Aug. 23 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH Martin Barre Oct. 26 C2G Music Hall Fort Wayne Jason Aldean w/Lauren Alaina, Luke Combs Sept. 13 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Martina McBride July 27 Hoosier Park Casino Anderson Jason Aldean w/Lauren Alaina, Luke Combs Sept. 14 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI Marty Stuart, Brent Cobb, Chris Stapleton Oct. 4 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Jason Isbell w/Hiss Golden Messenger July 18 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Marty Stuart, Brent Cobb, Chris Stapleton Oct. 5 Ruoff Music Center Noblesville Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit July 25 Jacobs Pavilion Cleveland Mary Chapin Carpenter July 15 The Ark Ann Arbor Jason Isbell Sept. 14 Auditorium Theatre Chicago Mastodon w/Dinosaur Jr., The Netherlands Sept. 12 Agora Theatre Cleveland Jason Isbell Sept. 15 White River State Park Indianapolis Mastodon w/Dinosaur Jr. Sept. 14 Clyde Theatre Fort Wayne Jason Mraz w/Brett Dennen July 27 Jacobs Pavilion Cleveland The Matches July 14 Metro Chicago Jay Leno Aug. 4 Foellinger Theatre Fort Wayne Matt Costa May 27 Schubas Tavern Chicago Jay Rock, Ab-Soul, Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, Sza, Lance Skiiwalker, SiR June 13 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI Matt Mays, The Gaslight Anthem, Joe Sib Aug. 11 Riviera Theatre Chicago Jeff Austin Band, Thriftniks, Dead Horses June 1 Buck Lake Ranch Angola MC50 Sept. 23 House of Blues Cleveland Jeff Dye Nov. 17 Wagon Wheel Theatre Warsaw MC50 Oct. 24 Metro Chicago Jeff Lynne’s ELO Aug. 15 Allstate Arena Rosemont, IL Meat Puppets w/Ratboys June 29 Old Town School Chicago Jerry Seinfeld June 7 Wharton Center East Lansing Melissa Etheridge July 1 Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park, OH Jill Barber Sept. 22 Schubas Tavern Chicago Melissa Etheridge July 3 Four Winds Casino New Buffalo, MI Jim Gaffigan July 28 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI Michael Stanley and the Resonators w/Marti Jones, Don Dixon Sept. 15 Canton Palace Theatre Canton Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Dave Alvin Sept. 8 Old Town School Chicago Mighty Mighty Bosstones Aug. 21 The Vogue Indianapolis Jimmy Buffet May 24 Ruoff Music Center Noblesville MIghty Mighty Bosstones Aug. 23 House of Blues Cleveland Jimmy Buffet July 10 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Mike Doughtery, Brian Randall Band July 7 Buck Lake Ranch Angola Jimmy Buffett, Boz Scaggs July 13 Wrigley Field Chicago Mike Doughtery, Whiskey Highway July 21 Buck Lake Ranch Angola Jimmy Osmond May 19 Honeywell Center Wabash Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Natalie Hemby, Tenille Townes July 13 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Joan Baez Oct. 2 Michigan Theater Ann Arbor Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Natalie Hemby, Tenille Townes July 14 Ruoff Music Center Noblesville Joe Bonamassa Nov. 6 Embassy Theatre Fort Wayne Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Turnpike Troubadours, Tenille Townes Aug. 24 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI John Butler Trio w/Mama Kin Spender July 8 House of Blues Cleveland Monsta X July 20 Rosemont Theatre Rosemont, IL Jonny Lang Aug. 11 Clyde Theatre Fort Wayne Morris Day and the Time w/The Funk Thang, Music Lovers July 20 Three Rivers Festival Fort Wayne Journey, Def Leppard May 28 Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland The Mountain Goats w/Erin Rae May 27 Old Town School Chicago Journey, Def Leppard July 3 Ruoff Music Center Noblesville The Movement, Iration, Dirty Heads, Pacific Dub June 12 Jacobs Pavilion Cleveland Journey, Def Leppard, The Pretenders July 14 Wrigley Field Chicago Murder by Death, Against Me! June 22 Agora Theatre Cleveland Judas Priest, Deep Purple Aug. 21 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati My Bloody Valentine July 27 Riviera Theatre Chicago Justin Timberlake Oct. 2 Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland Nathan Douglas & The Fine Line June 23 Buck Lake Ranch Angola Kane Brown June 28 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI Neal McCoy June 24 Fraze Pavilion Kettering, OH Kansas July 29 Honeywell Center Wabash Neck Deep w/Trophy Eyes, Stand Atlantic, WSTR Oct. 3 Clyde Theatre Fort Wayne Keith Urban, Kelsea Ballerini June 16 Ruoff Music Center Noblesville Needtobreathe, Johnnyswim, Forest Blakk Sept. 4 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Keith Urban, Kelsea Ballerini June 22 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI Needtobreathe, Johnnyswim, Forest Blakk Sept. 5 Jacobs Pavilion Cleveland Keith Urban, Kelsea Ballerini Aug. 19 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati The Neighborhood June 26 House of Blues Cleveland Keith Urban w/Kelsea Ballerini Aug. 10 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH Neil Hamburger July 23 CS3 Fort Wayne Kesha, Macklemore July 11 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Niall Horan w/Maren Morris July 25 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Kesha, Macklemore July 18 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI Niall Horan w/Maren Morris Aug. 26 Ruoff Music Center Noblesville Kesha, Macklemore July 19 Ruoff Music Center Noblesville Niall Horan w/Maren Morris Aug. 28 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI Kevin Hart Oct. 4 Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland Niall Horan w/Maren Morris Aug. 29 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH Killers, Foster the People, Sir Sly June 8 Ruoff Music Center Noblesville Nick Swardson June 21 Old National Centre Indianapolis King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard June 10 Riviera Theatre Chicago Night Ranger w/The Easthills Aug. 25 Sweetwater Pavilion Fort Wayne King Tuff, Father John Misty Sept. 22 Agora Theatre Cleveland Northern Indiana Bluegrass Festival feat. Clay Hess Band, Art Stevenson, The Kooks w/Barns Courtney May 30 Vic Theatre Chicago Billy Drose, Nu Blue, Suzuki Fiddlers, Freight Hoppers, Feller & Hill, Kuinka June 30 Schubas Tavern Chicago Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, Blue Holler, Open Highway, Appalachian Grass, Dyer Switch May 24-27 Noble Co. 4-H Fairgrounds Kendallville Lady Antebellum & Darius Rucker w/Russell Dickerson July 20 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH O.A.R. w/Matt Nathanson July 24 Fraze Pavilion Kettering, OH Lake Street Dive June 20 House of Blues Cleveland O.A.R. w/Matt Nathanson Aug. 23 Jacobs Pavilion Cleveland Lake Street Dive Oct. 29 The Vogue Indianapolis The Ohio Players, The Gap Experience Aug. 4 McMillen Park Fort Wayne Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers June 7 Shipshewana Event Center Shipshewana Old Dominion, Kenny Chesney May 31 Ruoff Music Center Noblesville Laura Story May 18 Shipshewana Event Center Shipshewana Old Dominion, Kenny Chesney July 26 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati

14------www.whatzup.com------May 17, 2018 ------Calendar • On the Road------Ozzy Osbourne w/Stone Sour Sept. 16 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH Tedeschi Trucks Band w/Davy Knowles May 31 Embassy Theatre Fort Wayne Paramore, Foster the People June 29 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI The The Sept. 22 Riviera Theatre Chicago Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo July 11 Foellinger Theatre Fort Wayne Theresa Caputo Sept. 1-2 Four Winds Casino New Buffalo, MI Paul Rodgers, Jeff Beck, Ann Wilson July 31 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI Thirty Seconds to Mars w/Walk the Moon, Misterwives, Joywave June 16 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH Paul Rodgers, Jeff Beck, Ann Wilson Aug. 8 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Thomas Rhett, w/Brett Young, Midland Oct. 5 Allen Co. War Memorial Coliseum Fort Wayne Paul Rodgers, Jeff Beck, Ann Wilson Aug. 10 Ruoff Music Center Noblesville Tim Northern May 18 CS3 Fort Wayne Paul Simon June 10 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI TJ Kelly July 1 Buck Lake Ranch Angola Pearl Jam Aug. 18 & 20 Wrigley Field Chicago Toad the Wet Sprocket Aug. 17 Royal Oak Music Theatre Royal Oak, MI Pentatonix Sept. 5 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Todd Rundgren’s Utopia May 17 The Fillmore Detroit Pentatonix Sept. 8 Ruoff Music Center Noblesville Tony Bennett June 21 Fraze Pavilion Kettering, OH Pentatonix Sept. 13 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH Tory Lanez July 19 House of Blues Cleveland Pentatonix Sept. 15 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI Toto Aug. 25 Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park, OH Pepe Aguilar Aug. 19 Allstate Arena Rosemont, IL Trace Adkins June 9 Firekeepers Battle Creek Phil Collins Oct. 18 Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland Travelin McCourys, Billy Strings, Renegade, Roosevelt Diggs, Roger Marshall June 2 Buck Lake Ranch Angola Phil Collins Oct. 19 Nationwide Arena Columbus, OH Travis Tritt July 28 Fraze Pavilion Kettering, OH Playboi Carti May 25 Jacobs Pavilion Cleveland Trivium w/Toothgrinder May 22 Piere’s Entertainment Center Fort Wayne Poison, Cheap Trick, Pop Evil June 12 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH Tweet, Ledisi, Melanie Fiona June 8 House of Blues Cleveland Post Malone w/21 Savage, SOB X RBE June 2 Jacobs Pavilion Cleveland Twin Shadow w/Borns Sept. 30 Aragon Ballroom Chicago Primus, Mastodon June 12 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Ugly God May 28 Agora Theatre Cleveland Purple Thriller June 22 Piere’s Entertainment Center Fort Wayne Ugly God May 31 Egyptian Room Indianapolis Radiohead July 22 Little Caesars Arena Detroit Uli Jon Roth July 15 Paramount Theatre Anderson Radiohead July 23 Schottenstein Center Columbus, OH Upchurch the Redneck Sept. 15 Piere’s Entertainment Center Fort Wayne Radiohead July 25 U.S. Bank Arena Cincinnati Vance Joy w/Mondo Cozmo June 5 Jacobs Pavilion Cleveland Rag’n’Bone Man June 12 Park West Chicago Vicki Lawrence Sept. 8 Wagon Wheel Theatre Warsaw Randy Bachman, Guess Who June 23 Hoosier Park Casino Anderson Walter Trout July 11 C2G Music Hall Fort Wayne Rascal Flatts, Carly Pearce, Dan + Shay Aug. 5 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Walter Washington, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Rascal Flatts, Carly Pearce, Dan + Shay Aug. 9 Ruoff Music Center Noblesville Kermit Ruffins, Galactic, Cyril Neville, New Breed Brass Band Aug. 25 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Rascal Flatts, Carly Pearce, Dan + Shay Aug. 17 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH Wanna One June 29 Allstate Arena Rosemont, IL Ray LaMontagne w/Neko Case June 30 Jacobs Pavilion Cleveland War June 8 Clyde Theatre Fort Wayne Reba McEntire Aug. 4 Fraze Pavilion Kettering, OH War on Drugs July 13 Agora Theatre Cleveland Red Wanting Blue June 30 The Vogue Indianapolis Warren G June 10 Agora Theatre Cleveland REO Speedwagon, Chicago June 24 Allstate Arena Rosemont, IL Weezer & The Pixies w/The Wombats July 6 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati REO Speedwagon, Chicago Aug. 10 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Weezer & The Pixies w/The Wombats July 8 Ruoff Music Center Noblesville REO Speedwagon, Chicago Aug. 11 Ruoff Music Center Noblesville Weezer & The Pixies w/The Wombats July 13 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI REO Speedwagon, Chicago Aug. 12 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI Weezer, The Pixies July 11 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH REO Speedwagon Sept. 26 Foellinger Theatre Fort Wayne Whitesnake, Foreigner, Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience June 26 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Rick Springfield May 19 Shipshewana Event Center Shipshewana Whitesnake, Foreigner, Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience July 10 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH Ricky Skaggs June 8 Shipshewana Event Center Shipshewana Whitesnake, Foreigner, Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience July 13 Ruoff Music Center Noblesville Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Sept. 9 Morris P.A.C. South Bend Whitesnake, Foreigner, Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience July 15 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Sept. 21 Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park, OH Willie Nelson, Old Crow Medicine Show, The Head and the Heart, Sturgill Simpson June 22 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Rise Against, Machine Gun Kelly, Fall Out Boy Sept. 8 Wrigley Field Chicago Willie Nelson, Old Crow Medicine Show, The Head and the Heart, JD McPherson, Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson July 11 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI Sturgill Simpson June 23 Ruoff Music Center Noblesville Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson July 15 Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre Tinley Park, IL Willie Nelson, Old Crow Medicine Show, The Head and the Heart, Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson July 17 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats June 24 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson July 18 Ruoff Music Center Noblesville Willie Nelson & Family June 27 Foellinger Theatre Fort Wayne Rod Stewart, Cyndi Lauper Aug. 18 Ruoff Music Center Noblesville Xavier Rudd June 21 Metro Chicago Rodney Carrington May 20 The Fillmore Detroit Yanni May 18 Jacobs Pavilion Cleveland Rodney Carrington June 1 Lerner Theatre Elkhart Yanni June 30 Chicago Theatre Chicago Rodney Carrington June 16 Embassy Theatre Fort Wayne Young MC, Tone Loc, Rob Base, Montell Jordan, Salt-N-Pepa, Kid N Play Aug. 17 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI Roger Daltry July 2 Fraze Pavilion Kettering, OH Zac Brown Band Aug. 2 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH Sandi Patty June 9 Shipshewana Event Center Shipshewana Zeds Dead Oct. 19-20 Aragon Ballroom Chicago Saved by the 90s June 2 Clyde Theatre Fort Wayne Zoso June 23 Clyde Theatre Fort Wayne Sebastian Bach w/The Standstills July 12 Piere’s Entertainment Center Fort Wayne ZZ Top, John Fogerty June 13 Ruoff Music Center Noblesville Shania Twain June 16 Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland ZZ Top, John Fogerty June 14 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Shinedown, Godsmack, Like a Storm July 28 Ruoff Music Center Noblesville ZZ Top, John Fogerty June 27 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI Sidewalk Prophets May 20 Honeywell Center Wabash Simple Minds Oct. 14 The Fillmore Detroit Slayer w/Lamb of God, Anthrax, Behemoth, Testament June 7 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH Sleep, Dylan Carlson Aug. 1 Riviera Theatre Chicago Road Tripz Sons Of An Illustrious Father June 18 Schubas Tavern Chicago Addison Agen Jun 16...... Leipsic Social, Leipsic, OH Southern Culture on the Skids May 24 Schubas Tavern Chicago Jun 14...... Express Live, Columbus, OH Jun 17...... Moose Lodge #1473, Celina Jun 15...... Meadow Brook Amphitheatre, Rochester, MI Dan Martin “Mr. Entertainment” Spoon w/Grizzly Bear June 25 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Jun 16...... Rose Music Center, Huber Heights, OH Gypsy Bandit Stayin Alive July 21 Foellinger Theatre Fort Wayne Jun 17...... The Lawn at White River State Park, Indianapolis May 19...... Eagles Post 1291, Celina, OH Steely Dan, Doobie Brothers June 21 Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre Tinley Park, IL Bulldogs Sep 29...... Eagles Post 2233, Bryan, OH Steely Dan, Doobie Brothers June 23 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH Jun 8...... Pork Rind Festival, Harrod, OH Nov 17...... Eagles Post 2233, Bryan, OH Steely Dan, Doobie Brothers June 24 Ruoff Music Center Noblesville Jun 10...... Callaway Park, Elwood Dec 22...... Eagles Post 2233, Bryan, OH Steely Dan, Doobie Brothers June 26 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI Jun 16...... Randolph Nursing Home, Winchester Hubie Ashcraft Band Steely Dan, Doobie Brothers June 27 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Jul 6...... Downtown Concert, Wabash Jun 2...... Ribfest, Antwerp, OH Stephen Stills & Judy Collins June 9 Meadow Brook Amphitheatre Rochester, MI Jul 14...... Covered Bridge Days, Centreville, MI Jul 4...... Freedom Fest, Delphos, OH Jul 16...... Madison County Fair, Alexandria Aug 24-26...... TJ’s Smokehouse, Put-In-Bay, OH Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams, Dwight Yoakam, King Leg June 20 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Jul 28...... Hickory Acres Campground, Edgerton, OH Oct 20...... Rulli’s Bella Luna Lounge, Middlebury Steve Martin & Martin Short feat. Steep Canyon Rangers, Jeff Babko May 18 Embassy Theatre Fort Wayne Jul 29...... Friends of Arts, Fort Recovery, OH Nov 2-3...... Cowboy Up, Mendon, MI Steve Martin & Martin Short May 27 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Aug 4...... State Line Festival, Union City Nov 24...... Eagles Post 1291, Celina Stone Temple Pilots, The Cult, Bush July 20 Ruoff Music Center Noblesville Aug 14...... Mercer Co. Fair, Celina, OH Dec 8...... The Distillery, Toledo Straight No Chaser Nov. 29 Embassy Theatre Fort Wayne Aug 24...... Quincy Daze, Quincy, MI Dec 14...... Rulli’s Bella Luna Lounge, Middlebury Sylvan Esso July 23 Riviera Theatre Chicago Sep 3...... Blueberry Festival, Plymouth Dec 15...... Nikki’s, Sturgis Taking Back Sunday, The Story So Far, Coheed and Cambria July 29 Jacobs Pavilion Cleveland Sep 6...... Covered Bridge Festival, Roann Joe Justice Tash Sultana June 4 Egyptian Room Indianapolis Sep 15...... Apple Fest, Nappanee May 25...... Sycamore Lake Wine Co., Columbus Grove, OH Sep 28...... Ducktail Run, Gas City Jun 2...... Gillig Winery, Findlay, OH Tash Sultana June 4 Jacobs Pavilion Cleveland Oct 20...... Bicentennial Fundraiser, Rockford, OH Jun 8...... Sycamore Lake Wine Co., Columbus Grove, OH Tech N9ne, Krizz Kaliko, Joey Cool, Just Juice, King Iso June 3 The Fillmore Detroit Oct 27...... Eagles Post 1771, Alexandria, IN Jun 16...... Stoney Creek Winery, Millersburg, IN Tech N9ne, Krizz Kaliko, Joey Cool, Just Juice, King Iso June 13 Egyptian Room Indianapolis Cadillac Ranch Todd Harrold & Eric Clancy Ted Nugent, Mark Farner’s American Band, Blue Oyster Cult July 20 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI May 27...... Eagles Post 1291, Celina, OH May 18...... Union 50, Indianapolis Ted Nugent July 25 Foellinger Theatre Fort Wayne Jun 3...... Bayview Pub, Celina

May 17, 2018------www.whatzup.com------15 CRUISE IN to Downtown Auburn Reversal of Overboard Roles Works Fans of Overboard, the 1987 comedy daughters were conceived without him. starring Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell can Leo, as we call the poor version of Leon- relax: the remake doesn’t spoil the original. Flix ardo, isn’t hazed at home the way Goldie The remake starring Anna Farris and Eu- was. He is hazed at work, earning the nick- genio Derbez pays homage to the original CATHERINE LEE name “Lady Hands,” but working hard and while updating and reversing the gender of eventually winning the respect and affection the spoiled and the spoiler. But then Leonardo goes overboard with of the crew. And the boys supply comic re- Super fans of Overboard may be disap- a drunken bump to the head and winds up lief and touching truths. FREE FAMILY FUN pointed. Overboard is a movie I didn’t see washed up on the beach. He has amnesia, And Leo starts learning things Leonardo Enjoy Downtown Auburn first at the theater. But before I cut my cable, and the authorities are looking for someone, never dreamed of: how to cook, the perils of DOOR PRIZES • 50/50 RAFFLE • DINE & SHOP it is the kind of movie I watched more often anyone to take this guy off their hands. Leon- parenthood, the pleasure of teaching a girl Courthouse Square, Downtown Auburn than I should admit. There are some scenes ardo’s scheming sister wants to take over the how to ride a bike. Most endearingly to me, in the original that make me laugh no mat- family business and leaves Leonardo to rot, he becomes not just an American football Thursdays Evenings, 6-8 p.m ter how often I see them. A few lines in the faking a death by shark. fan, but a Seahawks fan, the favorite team May 17 original movie show up in the remake and Kate sees the news reports and decides it of his tomboy middle daughter. Sure, his June 14 helped me enjoy what was up on screen. is time for a little payback. transformation comes a little too quickly and July 26 Farris stars as Kate, the harried mother Forging a fake identity is a lot easier is truly transformational, and he is horribly August 16 of three beautiful girls. She is working a than it was in 1987, and Kate has manufac- deceived by Kate, but watching someone couple of “just getting by” jobs while she shed vanity and selfishness is an undeniable September 20 tured the evidence to prove they are married studies for her nursing exam. She’s in Elk in no time. She’s also seen his embarrassing pleasure. Hosted by DABA Cove, the setting of the original film, some- tattoo and so convinces the hospital she is Kate starts to feel awful and tries to where on the Oregon coast, struggling with his wife. come clean, but the girls like their dad. As AUBURN MAIN STREET & day to day life. Her mother (Swoozie Kurtz) Enlisting the help of her friends, espe- the boys say in the original, the girls say, DEKALB CHAMBER PARTNERSHIP is supposed to watch the kids for a month, cially Theresa (Eva Longoria), Kate gets “We like him. We’re keeping him.” (260) 925-2100 but she runs away to join the theater, leaving Leonardo a construction job. Her daughters Inevitably, Leonardo comes in contact Kate in a predicament. agree to the con, and we are off for the re- with his former life. He is happy and then Season Sponsor Things get worse for Kate when her venge Kate seeks. angry, as his family hustles him away from cleaning job sends her to the yacht of Leon- Familiarity with the original is helpful Kate and the girls and back to his old life. ardo, the spoiled rich party boy son of a for these early scenes. The lies come fast, Just as inevitably, he realizes how much Mexican construction magnate. Mexican furious and completely unbelievably. Kate more fun Kate and the girls are. Kate admits star Eugenio Derbez is perfectly bratty to convinces Leonardo that he is an alcoholic she loves him, and she and the girls chase Kate, demanding that she fetch food for him. who fell off the wagon and went missing be- him down. A “meet ugly” ends with a fairy She declines. He fires her, doesn’t pay her fore losing his memory. She feeds him a ri- tale ending. and pushes her overboard and sails away, ru- diculous back story of how they met and fell I especially enjoyed the fun of seeing the ining thousands of dollars of cleaning equip- in love. She convinces him that he is ster- Continued on page 17 ment and landing Kate with debt and fired. ile, that their three wildly blond, blue-eyed ------Avengers Likely to Wind Up No. 2 All Time Tops at the Box: In just 17 days Aveng- cia Silverstone, Mary Steenburgen, Diane ers: Infinity War has become the No. 5 gross- Keaton, Andy Garcia, Richard Dreyfuss, ing film of all-time, selling over $1.6 million ScreenTime Wallace Shawn, Candice Bergen, Craig T. while taking the No. 1 spot at the U.S. box Nelson and Don Johnson – so basically the last weekend with another $61 million in GREG W. LOCKE hottest cast possible in 1986. This is one of sales. Before it’s all said and done Infinity those movies that the studio loudly aims at War should easily surpass Titanic to become films or will get a TV pilot or two. I’ve not the 50-70 set; look for it to sell a solid $40 or the No. 2 grossing film of all-time. Will it seen Breaking In, but something tells me so million over the next few weeks. have the staying power to surpass Avatar’s it’s lousy. Comedy Overboard continued to Also out everywhere is comedy Show $2.78 billion mark? No way. The real ques- over-perform, taking the No. 4 spot at last Dogs, which I just can’t bring myself to tion is what’s next for the Marvel brand’s weekend’s box office with another $10 mil- write anything about, not when we also have biggest money-making title? I smell a reboot lion in sales, bringing the flick’s 10-day U.S. Dead Pool 2 to look forward to. It’s hard to on the horizon, and boy does it stink. sales total to just under $30 million. And, say just how well Deadpool 2 will do (it’s Also at the Box: Ben Falcone’s Life of finally, we have John Krasinski’s $17 mil- R rated, which cuts out a lot of ticket sales), the Party, starring Melissa McCarthy, took lion megahit A Quiet Place at No. 5. Big but look for it to overtake Avengers, before the No. 2 spot over its first three days of re- Tuna! A Quiet Place has already sold $270 dropping to the No. 2 spot at the U.S. box of- lease, selling a decent $18.5 million against million worldwide, which means Krasinski fice for the next two or three weeks (behind, a modest $30 million budget, most of which will get to do just about whatever he wants of course, next week’s release of Ron How- we have to assume was spent on salary. Life next. My guess is that he thinks he’s the new ard’s much anticipated Solo). The film stars is Falcone’s third directorial effort on the Spielberg, or the new Clooney, and will do Ryan Reynolds, who will likely go down as big screen, with all three films starring Mc- something with a big, fancy cast. Probably the least reliable box office bet of his genera- Cartney, his wife of 13 years. The two will set in Boston and probably starring either his tion. The guy sinks ships. next collaborate on Superintelligence, set to wife, the great Emily Blunt, or his buddy, A number of promising indie flick swill come out next year. Matt Damon. start to test in New York City and Los An- Hack director James McTeigue (The Also of note, Nothing to Lose opened geles, including Wim Wender’s Pope Fran- Raven, Ninja Assassin, V for Vendetta) has strong, averaging about $10,000 per screen cis documentary and Paul Schrader’s new a new film called Breaking In that took the while playing in select cities. Look for this thriller, First Reformed, which stars Screen- No. 3 spot at last weekend’s U.S. box office, one to make some year-end lists. Time favorites Ethan Hawke and Amanda selling a solid $16.5 million against a $6 New This Week: Bill Holderman’s new Seyfried. million budget. This means that McTeigue ensemble comedy, Book Club, opens wide will probably either get to keep making this week. The film stars Jane Fonda, Ali- [email protected] 16------www.whatzup.com------May 17, 2018 ------Calendar • Things To Do------Current St a r Wa r s Da y — Art show, market Ma i n Li b r a r y — Babies and Books, Te a m Trivia — Trivia for teams of up June place, costume contests, food 10 a.m. Fridays; Family Story to 6 players, 7 p.m. Tuesdays, 90t h A n n i v e r s a r y C o m m u n i t y C e l e b r a t i o n trucks and a showing of Stars Wars Time, 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays; Rack & Helen’s, New Haven, free, PHILh a r m o n i o u s : A Ni g h t a t t h e Mo v i e s — Vaudeville stage acts, musical Episode IV: A New Hope, 1-11:30 Storytime for preschoolers, day- 749-5396 — Fundraiser gala featuring dinner performances, black and white p.m. Saturday, May 19, Sweets So cares and other groups, 9:30 a.m. Te a m Trivia — Trivia for teams of up to by Catablu, live musical performanc- movie screening, red carpet arrivals, Geek, Fort Wayne, free, 312-5758 Wednesdays; Toddler Time, 10:30 6 players, 8 p.m. Thursdays, Crazy es and live and silent auctions, 6 Grande Page organist Mark Herman Tac o Tr u c k Mo v i e Ni g h t f e a t . Sm o k e y & 11 a.m. Fridays; 421-1220 Pinz/Coconutz, Fort Wayne, free, p.m. Friday, June 1, Clyde Theatre, and more, 7 p.m. Saturday, May a n d t h e Ba n d i t — Screening of Ne w Ha v e n Br a n c h — Babies and 969-9336 Fort Wayne, $200-$250, 481-0777 19, Embassy Theatre, Fort Wayne, Smokey and the Bandit and taco books for kids birth to age 2, 10:30 Ti n c t u r e Trivia — Trivia night for Ar a b Fe s t — Live music from Ali Paris $9, 424-5665 truck catering by Lina Quintana, 6-9 a.m. Thursdays, 421-1345 teams of 4 or 6 people, 7-9 p.m. and Ronnie Malley, camel rides, mar- BLOOM Lo ca l Ar t s & Na t u r e Fe s t — p.m. Thursday, May 17, Philmore Po n t i ac Br a n c h — Smart Start Tuesdays, Nick’s Martini & Wine ket with vendors, dancing, middle Local artists and vendors, children’s on Broadway, Fort Wayne, $30, Storytime for preschoolers, 10:30 Bar, Fort Wayne, free, 482-6425 eastern foods and more, 12-11 p.m. area, hands on art projects, farmer’s includes access to full taco truck a.m. Fridays, PAWS to Read, 5 Saturday, June 2 and 12-7 p.m. market, live music, food trucks and menu and one non alcoholic drink, p.m. Thursdays 421-1350 Sunday, June 3, Headwaters Park, more, 12-7 p.m. Saturday, May eventbrite.com Te c u m s e h Br a n c h — Smart Sports and Recreation Fort Wayne, free, 515-2281 19, Riverside Gardens, Leo, free, Ur b a n Tu r t l e Fe s t i v a l — Educational Start Storytime, 10:30 a.m. p r i n g e s t i v a l a n d l l e n o u n t y Mi l e s f o r Me a l s — Family friendly 3 S F A C SPCA 498-9800 booths, live turtles, interactive activi- Tuesdays, YA Day for teens 5 Fu n d r a i s e r — Live music, dunk tank, ties, demonstrations and more, 11 mile walk/run to benefit Wellspring Br o a d w a y Un i t y Pr o j e c t — Kickstarter p.m. Wednesdays, Wondertots Food Bank, 9 a.m. Saturday, corn hole and beer pong tourna- event for a collaborative mural on a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, May 19, reading for ages 1-3, 10:30 a.m. ments, games, prizes 50/50 raffle Eagle Marsh, Fort Wayne, free, May 19, Foster Park, Fort Wayne, Broadway Street feat. local artists, Thursdays, 421-1360 $25-$50, 422-6618 and more, 12-10 p.m. Saturday, live music, vendors, fashion show 478-2515 Sh a w n e e Br a n c h — Born to Read June 2, Pike’s Pub, Fort Wayne, Ur b a n Tu r t l e Fe s t i v a l 5K — Family and more, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Storytime, 10:30 a.m. Thursdays, friendly 5K walk/run on the free, activity fees apply and dona- May 20, Calhoun Street Soups, Lectures, Discussions, Teen Thursdays, 3:30 p.m. Continental Divide Trail to raise tions accepted, 478-6200 Salads & Spirits, Fort Wayne, $5, Thursdays, 421-1355 funds for Little River Wetlands Ge r m a n f e s t — German cultural celebra- 456-7005 Authors, Readings & Wa y n e d a l e Br a n c h — Smart Start Project, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, tion featuring a week long celebration Ca r s & Co ff e e — Car show open Storytime, 10:30 a.m. Mondays & May 19, Eagle Marsh, Fort Wayne, of Essen, Trinken und Gemütlichkeit to all vehicle types, coffee and Tuesdays, Born to Read Storytime $10-$20, 478-2515 (eating, drinking and having a good donuts, 9-11 a.m. Saturday, May Films for babies and toddlers, 10:15 a.m. time), wiener dog races, polka danc- Pe d a l , Pa d d l e a n d Pl a y — Bike and 19, Education and Exhibit Plaza, Th e Sh o w t h a t To o k 43 Ye a r s t o Do Tuesdays, 421-1365 boating on and along the rivers ing, german concerts, bake off and Auburn Cord Duesenberg Muesum, — Screening of Corporate Power: Wo o d b u r n Br a n c h — Smart Start with scavenger hunt and prizes, more, hours vary Sunday, June Auburn, free, 925-1444 How Much is Too Much? taped April Storytime, 10:30 a.m. Fridays, Northeast Indiana Water Trails fund- 3-Sunday, June 10, Headwaters Co m m u n i t y Ex t r a v a n g a n z a — Basketball 4, 1975 with City Councilman Win 421-1370 raiser, 12-4 p.m. Saturday, June 9, Park and other various locations, tourney for middle school students, Moses on his battle with I&M; dis- Guldin Park, Fort Wayne, $25-$45, Fort Wayne, tent admission $2 from bounce house, food, live music and cussion with Win Moses and Terry 490-8328 2-5 p.m. and $5 after 5 p.m., www. more, 12-4 p.m. Saturday, May 19, Doran to follow, 6 p.m. Thursday, Kids Stuff germanfest.org McMillen Park, Fort Wayne, free, May 17,Meeting Room A, Main Mi a m i In d i a n He r i t a g e Da y s — Fiber Arts: Ju n i o r Ac h i e v e m e n t Yo u n g 427-2420 Branch, Allen County Public Library, Cording, twining and finger weav- En t r e p r e n e u r Su m m e r Ca m p — Spectator Sports Cr u i s e In t o Do w n t o w n Au b u r n — Car Fort Wayne, free, 515-5213 ing with Greta Sirios and Claudia Entrepreneurial and leadership BASEBALL Hedeen, 1-4 p.m. Saturday, June show, door prizes, 50/50 raffle, Gr e a t Al l e y s o f Fo r t Wa y n e : skills building camp with interactive entertainment and more, 6-8 p.m. Ye s t e r d a y , To d a y a n d To m o r r o w Tin Cap s — Upcoming home games at 2, Chief Richardville House, Fort games and activities and local Parkview Field, Fort Wayne Wayne, $5-$7, 426-2882 Thursday, May 17, Courthouse — George R. Mather lecture entrepreneurs, for students going Square, downtown Auburn, free, with Connie Haas Zuber, 2 p.m. into grades 6-8, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Th u r s d a y , Ma y 17 vs. West Michigan, Si e g e o f Fo r t Wa y n e — Recreation of 925-3113 Sunday, June 3, History Center, Monday-Friday, June 18-22, JA 7:05 p.m. the historic siege of Fort Wayne dur- Di s c o v e r i n g Historic Au b u r n — Free Fort Wayne, free, 426-2882 BizTown, Fort Wayne, $150, 484- Fr i d a y , Ma y 18 vs. South Bend, 7:05 ing the war of 1812; period artisans, admission to area museums, art Ar t i s t Ta l k w i t h Mi c h e l l e An d o n i a n — 2543 p.m. demonstrations and children’s activi- displays by local artists, horse drawn Stories of the Armenian Genocide Sa t u r d a y , Ma y 19 vs. South Bend, ties, 10 a.m. Saturday, June 9 and carriage tours, vendors, food trucks survivors as well as the 1988 earth- 7:05 p.m. Sunday, June 10, Historic Old Fort, and more, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, quake, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June Instruction Su n d a y , Ma y 20 vs. South Bend, 1:05 Fort Wayne, free, 627-3000 May 20, downtown Auburn, free, 7, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort p.m. Cr u i s e In t o Do w n t o w n Au b u r n — Car Fo r t Wa y n e Da n c e Co l l e c t i v e 908-1391 Wayne, free with museum admis- Tu e s d a y , Ma y 29 vs. Bowling Green, show, door prizes, 50/50 raffle, Fa i r y Ta l e Fe s t — Fort Wayne sion, 422-6467 Wo r k s h o p s — Workshops and 7:05 p.m. entertainment and more, 6-8 p.m. classes for movement, dance, yoga Thursday, June 14, Courthouse Youtheatre’s annual festival featur- Wi n g s — Screening of the 1927 We d n e s d a y , Ma y 30 vs. Bowling and more offered by Fort Wayne ing four different productions from Academy Award winning with pre- Green, 7:05 p.m. Square, downtown Auburn, free, Fort Wayne Dance Collective, Fort show Grande Page organ perfor- Dance Collective, dates and times 925-3113 vary, Fort Wayne Dance Collective, Th u r s d a y , Ma y 31 vs. Bowling Green, Wayne Ballet and Youtheatre; story- mance, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, June 17, 7:05 p.m. book character meet-and-greet; arts Fort Wayne, fees vary, 424-6574 Embassy Theatre, Fort Wayne, $10, Fr i d a y , Ju n e 8 vs. Lansing, 7:05 and crafts; live music and more, 10 IPFW Co m m u n i t y Ar t s Aca d e m y— Art, 424-5665 p.m. a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, May 19, Arts dance, music and theater classes a t u r d a y u n e FLIX United Center, Fort Wayne, $20, for grades pre-K through 12 offered S , J 9 vs. Lansing, 7:05 422-4226 Storytimes by IPFW, Fort Wayne, fees vary, p.m. Su n d a y , Ju n e 10 vs. Lansing, 3:05 From Page 16 Ga r d e n Br o t h e r s Ci r c u s — 3 ring cir- scholarships available, 481-6059 cus featuring aerial acts, elephants, St o r y t i m e s , Activities a n d Cr af t s a t IPFW Ge n e Ma r c u s Pi a n o Ca m p a n d p.m. clowns, jugglers and more, 4:30 and Al l e n Co u n t y Pu b l i c Li b r a r y : Fe s t i v a l— Workshops, master Mo n d a y , Ju n e 11 vs. Lansing, 7:05 film with an audience that for the 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 18, Allen Ab o i t e Br a n c h — Born to Read classes, musicianship and interac- p.m. most part was clearly unacquaint- Storytime, 10:30 a.m. Mondays, County War Memorial Coliseum, tive group sessions, guest artist ed with the original. They were Fort Wayne, $12.50-$40, 483-1111 Smart Start Storytime, 10:30 a.m. recitals and more for pianists in Tuesdays & Thursdays, Baby Dance there to see Derbez and were hav- Japa n e s e Ch e r r y Bl o s s o m Fe s t i v a l grades 7-12, June 10-15 IPFW — Japanese cultural festival fea- Steps, 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays, College of Visual and Performing ing a great time, especially when 421-1320 Em b o d y Da n c e — Guided dancing turing live musical performances, Arts, fees vary, 481-6059 for adults of all ages and abilities Overboard riffs on telenovelas. Du p o n t Br a n c h — Born to Read Japanese dance, Taiko drumming, Rh ap s o d y Ar t Ga l l e r y & St u d i o — to exercise the mind, body and That’s a great twist. As is noted anime art and haiku contests, Storytime, 10:15 a.m. Mondays, Workshops in a variety of artistic spirits, 1:23 p.m. every Sunday, cosplay competition, marketplace, Baby Steps Storytime, 10:15 mediums, screen printing classes, Fort Wayne Dance Collective, Fort during the film, the plot is crazier Japanese foods, demonstrations a.m. and 11:15 a.m. Tuesdays, music classes and lessons and Wayne, $10 suggested donation, than anything on TV. If you can in bonsai, origami and more, 12-5 Ants in Your Pants Storytime, more, hours and workshop times 244-1905 10:30 & 11:30 a.m. Wednesday do it right, I am always in favor of p.m. Sunday, May 20, Allen County vary, Rhapsody Art Gallery & Su n d a y Si n g l e s Da n c e — Variety DJ Public Library Plaza, Fort Wayne, & Thursdays, PAWS to Read, 4 Studio, Fort Wayne, call for pricing, a remake of a tried and true plot. p.m. Wednesdays, Bookworms music with carry-in potluck dinner free, activity fees may apply, 432- 483-6712 and cash bar available, 6 p.m. Overboard, as silly as it is, still 7780 Storytime, 11:15 a.m. Thursdays Sw e e t w a t e r Aca d e m y o f Mu s i c — works. Smart Start Storytime for ages 3-5, Sunday, May 13, American Legion Pe d a l f o r Pa w s — H.O.P.E. for Private lessons for a variety of Post 47, Fort Wayne, $7, 704-3669 [email protected] Animals fundraiser featuring small 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays and 10:30 instruments available from profes- a.m. Thursdays, 421-1315 Co n t r a Da n c e — Old time dance with pedal car rides, corn hole, jenga, sional instructors, ongoing weekly live caller and live music from Spy 50/50 drawings and more, 5 p.m. Ge o r g e t o w n Br a n c h — Born to lessons, Sweetwater Sound, Fort Read Storytime, 10:15 a.m. and Run String Band, no partner neces- Saturday, May 19, Pedal City, Fort Wayne, call for pricing, 432-8176 sary, 8 p.m. Saturday, May 19, Wayne, $20, 420-7729 11 a.m. Mondays, Baby Steps Community Storytime, 10:15 a.m. and 11:00 Fort Wayne Dance Collective, Fort Sa l o m o n Fa r m Pa r k Fi b e r Ar t s Arts Academy a.m. Tuesdays; Family Storytime, Wayne, $6-$9, 244-1905 Ce l e b r a t i o n — Fiber arts demon- Tours and Trips strations, vendors, live sheep and 10:15 & 11 a.m. Thursdays, 421- 1320 Cu b s v s . Re d s Bu s Tr i p — St. Therese alpaca and more, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Knights of Columbus sponsored May Art, Dance, Music Friday-Saturday, May 18-19, Gr a b i l l Br a n c h — Born to Read, 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays; Smart Start trip to The Great American Ballpark Me m o r i a l Da y Pa r a d e a n d Ce r e m o n y — Salomon Farm Park, Fort Wayne, in Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m. Saturday, and Drama Camps free, 427-6008 Storytime 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays, Parade begins at corner of Parnell 421-1325 June 23, departs from St. Therese, St. and Clinton St. and ends at Allen and Classes for Sp r i n g Br i d a l Sp e c t ac u l a r — Vendors, Fort Wayne, $80, 638-4189 wedding planners, photogra- Li t t l e Tu r t l e Br a n c h — Storytime County War Memorial Coliseum; cer- grades Pre K–12 phers, djs, florists, food samples, for toddlers & preschoolers, 10:30 emony to follow, 11 a.m. Monday, giveaways and more, 12-3 p.m. a.m. Mondays and Tuesdays; Trivia May 28, Allen County War Memorial New camps each week Sunday, May 20, Ceruti’s Event Babies and Books, 10:30 a.m. Coliseum, Fort Wayne, free, 483- Center, Fort Wayne, free, 438-3395 Wednesdays, 421-1335 Li v e Trivia — Trivia night with live 1111 host, 7-9 p.m. Tuesdays, Duesy’s Sports Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne, free, ipfw.edu/caa 484-0411 Call Melinda 260-481-6059

May 17, 2018------www.whatzup.com------17 ------Calendar • Stage & Dance------Now Playing Upcoming Productions My Fa i r La d y — Tony-winning Lerner & Loewe musical based on George Pi n o c c h i o — Fort Wayne Youtheatre MAY Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, 8 p.m. production of classic children’s story Wednesday, June 27; 7 p.m. Se u s s i c a l — Musical featuring Horton in conjunction with Youtheatre’s Thursday, June 28; 8 p.m. Friday, the Elephant and other characters 5th annual Fairy Tale Festival, 7 June 29; 2 p.m. Sunday, July 1; from the Dr. Seuss children’s books, p.m. Friday, May 18 & 10 a.m. 7 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday, July 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 30; 7 Saturday, May 19, Arts United 3-4; 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. Thursday, p.m. Thursday, May 31; 8 p.m. Center, $12-$18, 422-4226 July 5; 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Friday-Saturday, June 1-2; 2 p.m. July 6-7, Wagon Wheel Theatre, Sunday, June 3; 7 p.m. Tuesday- Warsaw, $17-$38, 574-267-8041 Asides Wednesday, June 5-6; 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. Thursday, June 7; 8 p.m. JULY AUDITIONS Friday-Saturday, June 8-9, Wagon Al l Sh o o k Up — A rock n’ roll musical Wheel Theatre, Warsaw, $17-$38, about a guitar-playing rebel in the Ho n k ! Ju n i o r (Ju n e 23-24) — Children 574-267-8041 1950s Midwest, 8 p.m. Wednesday, ages 8-18 sought for Wells JUNE July 11; 7 p.m. Thursday, July Community Theater’s children 12; 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, July production based on Hans Christian A Li t t l e Ni g h t Mu s i c — Stephen 13-14; 2 p.m. Sunday, July 15; 7 Anderson’s The Ugly Duckling, 9 Sondheim’s musical based on p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday, July a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, May 22, Ingmar Bergman’s comedy of man- 17-18; 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. Thursday, Arts, Commerce & Visitors Centre, ners, Smiles of a Summer Night, 7 July 19; 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Bluffton, 824-5222 p.m. dinner, 8 p.m. curtain, June July 20-21, Wagon Wheel Theatre, A Ch r i s t m a s Ca r o l (No v . 9-18) — 12 8-9, June 15-16 and June 22-23, Warsaw, $17-$38, 574-267-8041 actors (six men, five women, one Arena Dinner Theatre, Fort Wayne, On e Ma n Tw o Gu v n o r s — Richard young boy) who can act and sing $40 (includes dinner & show), 424- Bean’s adaptation of the 1743 sought for all for One’s production 5622 Commedia dell-arte style comedy of play-within-a-play adaptation of Sa t u r d a y Ni g h t Fe v e r — Musical play by the Italian playwright Carlo the Dickens classic (prepare to sing based on the hit movie from Goldoni, 8 p.m. Wednesday, July a Christmas carol a capella), 7 p.m. the disco music era, 8 p.m. 25; 7 p.m. Thursday, July 26; Tuesday, May 22, First Missionary Wednesday, June 13; 7 p.m. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, July Church, Fort Wayne, allforonefw. Thursday, June 14; 8 p.m. Friday- 27-28; 2 p.m. Sunday, July 29; org/current-auditions/ Saturday, June 15-16; 2 p.m. 7 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday, SPECIAL EVENTS Sunday, June 17; 7 p.m. Tuesday- July 31-Aug. 1; 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 19-20; 2 p.m. 2017-18 An t h o n y Aw a r d s — Fort Thursday, Aug. 2; 8 p.m. Friday- & 8 p.m. Thursday, June 21; 8 Saturday, Aug. 3-4, Wagon Wheel Wayne Civic Theatre’s annual the- p.m. Friday-Saturday, June 22-23, atrical awards, 5-7:30 p.m. Sunday, Theatre, Warsaw, $17-$38, 574- Wagon Wheel Theatre, Warsaw, 267-8041 May 20, Arts United Center, Fort $17-$38, 574-267-8041 Wayne, RSVP by May 14 to era- Di s n e y ’s Ne w s i e s — Fort Wayne Civic [email protected] or 422-4226 Ho n k ! Ju n i o r — Wells Community Theatre production of Disney Theater’s children production based musical about newsboys in turn of on Hans Christian Anderson’s The the century New York City, 8 p.m. Ugly Duckling, 7:30 p.m. Saturday Saturday, July 28; 2 p.m. Sunday, June 23 and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, July 29; 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, June 24, Bluffton High School, Aug. 3-4; 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. Bluffton, $10-$15, 824-5222 or 5; 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Aug. brownpapertickets.com 10-11; 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 12, Arts United Center, Fort Wayne, $17-$30, 422-4226

------A Family Classic for These Times Fort Wayne Youtheatre prides itself on presenting shows that educate, enrich and entertain not just the children in our audience, but the whole family. Our Director’s Notes production of Pinocchio promises everything from exciting adventures and hilarious jokes to toe-tapping CHRISTOPHER J. MURPHY musical numbers. At it’s heart, though, is something much more human: the usually loving, sometimes in every medium. The story, of course, received its disappointing and always complicated relationship biggest and most continued recognition from the 1940 between parent and child. What’s more relatable than Walt Disney film. Generations have grown up singing that? “When you wish upon a star ...” and knowing that ly- GRETA VAN FLEET • LINKIN PARK When childless toymaker Geppetto wishes for ing makes your nose grow longer. his newest marionette to be given life, he has no idea Youtheatre is excited to bring this classic tale to FOO FIGHTERS • NICKELBACK what’s in store – for either of life as part of our fifth annual ALICE IN CHAINS • METALLICA them As any parent can attest, PINOCCHIO Fairy Tale Fest. The Arts Unit- the Blue Fairy’s instructions FORT WAYNE YOUTHEATRE ed stage will be brimming with THE BEASTIE BOYS • VOLBEAT for the little wooden boy to be storybook sets, vivid costumes “brave, truthful and unselfish” 5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 17 and a cast of thousands (okay, prove as difficult for father 7 p.m. Friday, May 18 36), including community the- as son. When Pinocchio runs 10 a.m. Saturday, May 19 ater stalwarts Ben Wedler, Reu- away, both start journeys that Arts United Center ben Albaugh and Jim Matusik BUSTING don’t just lead them back to- as the adults in Pinocchio’s gether, but to an understanding 303 E. Main St. • Fort Wayne life. DEADBEAT that family is about loving and $12-$18, 260-422-4226, Since Pinocchio’s debut DADS accepting one another in spite www.fortwayneyoutheatre.org over a hundred years ago, the of your faults (and sometimes world and our definition of because of them). family has changed considerably; and yet the story of Italian writer Carlo Collodi’s stories about a a single parent trying to raise a child against all odds WEEKDAY wooden puppet and his toymaker dad were first se- could not seem more timely. It’s my hope that you’ll rialized in 1881 by a newspaper in Rome, where they see it with your own family and leave looking at one MORNINGS were an instant hit. The first English-language edi- another with renewed understanding and apprecia- 6-10AM tion was just as successful upon publication 11 years tion. In these tumultuous times we need that, and each later. Since then, it has been adapted countless ways other, more than ever! 18------www.whatzup.com------May 17, 2018 ------Calendar • Art & Artifacts------Current Exhibits IPFW St u d e n t Ju r i e d Exhibition — Sp r i n g Sp l e n d o r — Works from region- Works from IPFW students (curated al and national artists including Fred Am a n d a Li ll e s t o n — Works by Colby by Seth Green, IPFW assistant Doloresco, Andrea Bojrab, Forrest College (Maine) printmaking instruc- professor of ceramics), 9 a.m.-5 Formsma and more, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. tor, 12-7 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday p.m. Monday-Friday and 9:30 Tuesday-Saturday thru June 2, and 12-4 p.m. Sunday, May a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday thru June 3, Castle Gallery Fine Art, Fort Wayne, 18-June 22 (opening reception First Presbyterian Art Gallery, First 426-6568 5-8 p.m. Friday, May 18), Artlink Presbyterian Church, Fort Wayne, Th i s Ma r v e l o u s a n d Tu r b u l e n t Wo r l d Contemporary Art Gallery, Fort 426-7421 — New work and installation by Wayne, 424-7195 Je r r y Se ab o l t — Works by local art- California artist Andrew Schoultz, Br e n d a Ra m s e i e r : Be a u t y in t h e ist, 7 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday Or d i n a r y — Works from Silver and 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday thru and 12-5 p.m. Sunday thru May Lake-based artist, daily, 7 a.m.-7 May 31, Conjure Coffee Roastery & 27, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, p.m. thru June 17 (artist reception Cafe, Fort Wayne, 422-7770 $6-$8 (members, free), 422-6467 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 6), Th e Na t i o n al : Be s t Co n t e m p o r a r y A Ye a r o f Ma k i n g Me a n i n g — An exhi- Clark Gallery, Honeywell Center, Ph o t o g r a p h y 2018 — Juried exhibi- bition of new 2017 additions to the Wabash, 563-1102 tion of photographic works from museum’s permanent collection, Ce l e b r a t i n g Sp r i n g — Works by Karen across the country, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday Moriarty, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday- Tuesday-Saturday and 12-5 p.m. and 12-5 p.m. Sunday thru June Saturday thru June 2, Crestwoods Sunday thru July 15, Fort Wayne 3, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Frame Shop & Gallery, Roanoke, Museum of Art, $6-$8 (members, $6-$8 (members, free), 422-6467 672-2080 free), 422-6467 Da v i d Sh a p i r o : Ma n t r a s — “Linguistic Ou t law s o f Pr i n t : Th e Hi s t o r y a n d instruments of the mind” on can- Ar t i s t s o f t h e Un d e r g r o u n d Artifacts Co llCAMPe c t i v e — Historical ephemera vas and paper, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. CALL FOR ENTRIES Tuesday-Saturday and 12-5 p.m. and new works from renowned Sunday thru May 27, Fort Wayne group of New York City printmakers, Ve n t u r e s in Cr e a t i v i t y Exhibition (Ju l y Museum of Art, $6-$8 (members, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday 9-Au g . 18) — Submit works for 41st free), 422-6467 and 12-5 p.m. Sunday thru July 8, annual exhibition at the University Fo r t Wa y n e Ar t i s t s Gu i l d ’s Ex h i b i t i o n s Fort Wayne Museum of Art, $6-$8 of Saint Francis by no later than — Susan Wenger at Active Day (members, free), 422-6467 Friday, June 8 (artwork delivery dates Saturday, June 23 and Sweeten Your Beat. of Fort Wayne, Doni Adam at Pa u la Cr i ll & Jo n De t w e i l e r — Aldersgate United Methodist Mosaic crosses (Crill) and nature- Monday, June 25, fortwayneartist- Church, Robb Owen at Allen themed works (Detweiler), 10 sguild.org/call-for-entry for prospec- Develop your skills in this County Retinal Surgeons, Mary a.m.-5 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, tus and entry form Lou Hutter at Citizens Square (2nd Friday and Saturday and EVENTS 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday and floor), Jerry Hertenstein at Citizens Se c o n d Ch a n c e Ar t Ex h i b i t — 3-day workshop. Square (3rd floor), Karen Bixler Thursday thru May 31 (closed Exhibition and sale to benefit Blue and Celeste Lengerich at Heritage Memorial Day), Orchard Gallery of Jacket Inc., including works by Pointe of Fort Wayne, Alice Siefert Fine Art, Fort Wayne, 436-0927 local artists, live music and hors at Ophthalmology Consultants Pla n e s , Tr a i n s a n d Au t o m o b i l e s — d’oeuvres, 6-8 p.m. Saturday, May • How to set up your drums correctly (Southwest), Darlene Selzer-Miller Exhibition dedicated to changes in 19, Rolland Art Center, University of at Ophthalmology Consultants transportation in the 20th Century St. Francis, Fort Wayne, $10, blue- • Proper posture (North), Judi Renkenberger at and featuring pieces from the jacketinc.org or Eventbrite. Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum Rehabilitation Hospital of Fort Re b e cca St o c k e r t Ill u s t r a t i o n Wayne, Anita Trick at Towne House and memorabilia from the Railroad Re s i d e n c y — Fort Wayne artist cre- • Hand/leg coordination Retirement, Eunice Scully at Visiting Museum, 5-8 p.m. Friday, 4 p.m.-7 ates a series of magical realism Nurse Hospice and Janak Narayan p.m. Saturday, 1-4 p.m. Sunday illustrations inspired by Stratton- and Jessie Strock at Will Jewelers and by appointment, May 11-June Porter’s poems, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. • Multi-genre techniques (Rock, thru June 30, fortwayneartistguild. 10, Garrett Museum of Art, Garrett, Tuesday-Saturday, May 29-June org. 704-5400 9, Gene Stratton-Porter Historic Blues, Jazz, Latin) He a t h e r Pa r r i s h — Mixed media works Re m a k e — Recreated workings of Site, Rome City, $4-$7, 750-8652. by Visiting Professor of Printmaking movie posters for David Lynch- Ar t Th i s Wa y Ar t Cr awl — Gallery • How to improve your precision at the University of Notre Dame, directed films as part of Cinema shows, live music, artist demonstra- 12-7 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and Center fundraiser, 12-7 p.m. tions, free appetizers and cash bar 12-4 p.m. Sunday, May 18-June 22 Tuesday-Saturday and 12-4 p.m. at five downtown locations (to be • Tempo control (opening reception 5-8 p.m. Friday, Sunday, May 18-June 22 (opening announced) to raise funds for public May 18), Artlink Contemporary Art reception 5-8 p.m. Friday, May 18), art in downtown alleyways, 5-9 p.m. Gallery, Fort Wayne, 424-7195 Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery, Friday, Sept. 21, downtown Fort • Drum rudiments Fort Wayne, 424-7195 Wayne, $20-$25, artthiswayfw.com (on sale August 2018) • How to translate what you hear into what you play (mimic songs) MARCUS KING - From Page 5 help us grow as writers. I think Carolina Confessions the best. He’s my best friend, actually. I talk to him all 2 sessions is proof that I’m working all the time to be better.” the time. He’s my first call. That’s a pretty cool thing available King spends much of his time on the road these to be able to say.” June 6–8 days. When I caught up with him, he was touring It also doesn’t hurt that King and his band get 9:30AM–12:30PM OR 1:30PM–4:30PM with Chris Robinson as part of the month-long Black along – and fight and make up – like brothers. Crows retrospective, As the Crow Flies. King said he “It’s an incredible thing to spend so much time actually likes road life. It gives him the time and inspi- with somebody that you basically adapt to their be- $ Ages 10+ | Beginner to ration he needs to write, and he gets to be alone a lot havior so much that you almost speak second language Intermediate Skill Level with his thoughts. Good fodder for the blues and the with them,” he said. “Music is our second language, 149 soul alike. of course, but we understand and communicate with “For the past few years, a lot of my writing has each other on multiple levels. Our minds and spirits gotten its start on the road. Bits and pieces of songs just sort of mingle. Also, we have a great time. We all Register today! Call (260) 407-3833 or will come to me, and then, when I get home, I put have this odd sense of humor, so we get along really email them together. Experiences, you know? Losses and all well.” [email protected] that stuff. It’s ongoing.” “It’s like siblings,” he added. “Everybody fights It doesn’t hurt that King always has his guitarist with their brothers, right? I never had any brothers dad to turn to for advice. growing up, and now I feel like I finally do. It’s really “We’re really close still,” King said. “My dad’s an honor to see the world with these guys.”

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