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FEB. 25- MARCH 2 , 2016 FACEBOOK.COM/WHATZUPFORTWAYNE | WWW.WHATZUP.COM 2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.whatzup.com ----------------------------------------------------------- February 25, 2016 whatzup Volume 20, Number 28 nd so it begins. We know it’s beginning because this week we’ve found ourselves trying to stuff 25 pages of what there is to do into a 20-page paper. We’d elaborate, but we don’t really have the space. February 25-28, 2016 A Presented by You probably already know that Down the Line is this weekend (for more on that, find last week’s paper online at www.whatzupcom). And this, of course, is Featuring Plus the week that the Fort Wayne Dept. of Parks & Recreation announces this sum- Creative and practical ideas from gardening mer’s Foellinger Theatre lineup. No biggie. Just names like Ringo Starr, Heart, expert, Alice Cooper, The Monkees, Chicago and more. 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ROAD NOTEZ .................................. 14 The Fort Wayne Home & Garden Show is a proud supporter of Cancer Services of Northeast Indiana www.cancer-services.org JAY LENO .....................................................4 Moving on After Tonight DIRECTOR’S NOTES ....................... 18 For more information, event and program schedules, visit www.home-gardenshow.com Wit COCO MONTOYA .........................................5 Well Schooled in the Blues CURTAIN CALL ................................ 19 Road JANA HENLY ................................................6 Brains, Beauty & Yodeling CURTAIN CALL ................................ 19 Turtle Soup CATHY BLYTH ..............................................7 A Painter of Essences • calendars • columns & reviews LIVE MUSIC & COMEDY ....................9 MUSIC/ON THE ROAD .................... 14 SPINS ................................................8 The Legendary Trainhoppers, Nicklas Sorensen ROAD TRIPZ ................................... 15 BACKTRACKS ...................................8 THINGS TO DO ............................... 17 AIRING THIS WEEKEND • FEBRUARY 27 fIREHOSE, If’n (1987) STAGE & DANCE ............................ 18 OUT AND ABOUT ...............................9 ART & ARTIFACTS .......................... 19 MEET THE MUSIC FEATURING Another BotB, This One Covers Only FLIX ................................................. 13 David & Hadley Todoran, Deadpool Cover by Greg W. 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Former G.E. chairman Jack Welch used Leno said he’d always try to come up Cute by Nature Jewelry .............................................3 Unlike Kanye West, apparently, Leno to tell people that “We chose the guy who is with some interesting phrase for Letterman doesn’t need the money, so it is diffi- to wryly mull over while the men Dupont Bar & Grill....................................................11 cult for any non-famous codger who is were on the couch and behind the Embassy Theatre ........................................................5 still a long way from making his first desk, respectively. million to imagine why Leno is still “For Dave the funny part was on First Presbyterian Theater ....................................18 toiling so much and so hard. the way to the joke,” he said. “It was Fort Wayne Civic Theatre ............................... 17, 18 “I’m a great believer in low self- never the joke.” Fort Wayne Dance Collective ....................................7 esteem,” he said in a phone interview. There are no hard feelings be- “And, you know, all the people with tween the men now that they have Fort Wayne Home & Garden Show ...........................3 high self-esteem are actors and crimi- both retired from their shows, Leno Fort Wayne Museum of Art ...................................15 nals. If you think you’re the smartest said. person in room, you stop growing. “Comics have a bond,” he said. Fort Wayne Musicians Association ......................19 “I’ll tell you,” Leno said, “there “Only other comics truly understand Fort Wayne Dept. of Parks & Recreation ............15 were only 4,000 geniuses in recorded what you do for a living. Hamilton House Bar & Grill ....................................10 history, and in Hollywood there seems “And when it comes down to to be thousands of them.” talk show hosts, the group is even Honeywell Center/Aaron Lewis ..............................11 Leno will perform March 3 at the smaller. 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