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JANUARY 10-16, 2013 ------------------------------ Feature • Frank Bougher ----------------------------- A Mostly Hidden Treasure Saturday, Jan. 19 • 8:00pm By Heather Miller formed and empty plaster molds that once cess. His drawing of Lakeside Park, which held molten bronze. An assortment of unat- Bougher created for a fundraising effort Loading five kids into a van and zoom- tached clay arms and wax heads fill the back- back in 2001, captures the beauty of the park JANIS JOPLIN TRIBUTE ing down the road to drop daughters off at ground of the photos I snatched of Bougher and surrounding foliage with a clever use of $12 Adv., $15 D.O.S. ballet class, then turning around to race to the as he chatted, sharing his life history, artistic negative space, pointillism and thousands of soccer field for another child is something evolution and spiritual journey. A visit to tiny hash lines, some crossed, some faint and Frank and Marcia Bougher, and most other this man’s basement reveals a talent that is others bold. If you weren’t looking for it, parents in the Midwest, are quite familiar overshadowed by the everyday responsibili- you may not notice, but the drawing contains with. Frank Bougher, a reference to one of a local hidden talent, Photo by Heather Miller Bougher’s sculptures: wakes at the crack a lion’s head fountain of dawn and divides that spews water from the rest of his day be- the mouth into a half- tween serving his five circle bowl that con- Saturday, Feb. 23 • 8:00pm children as chauffeur nects directly to the and keeping the fam- face of the wall. The ily business, Riegel’s sculpture fits into its THE BERGAMOT Tobacco, stocked and surrounding so per- full of satisfied cus- fectly, one may pass Tickets Prices TBA tomers. it without noticing His day-to-day the detail of the piece Friday, March 1 • 8:00pm life sounds rather or giving thought to common: attending all the energy it took his children’s bal- to create the piece. ACOUSTIC NOMAD TOUR let performances and How complacent we MATHIS GREY, JOHN FELLMAN & PATRICK WOODS soccer games between have become, assum- rectifying a plumbing ing beautiful things $5 Cover crisis that triggered a somehow form them- waterfall cascading selves miraculously Saturday, March 2 • 8:00pm through the kitchen. with little effort. When Bougher piles As easy as Bough- the family into the er’s skills appear, he COMMANDER CODY van, he may appear quite ties of life – earning a buck has spent over two decades developing his $20 Adv., $25 D.O.S. ordinary, but the artistic and caring for a cherished craft. Drawing during his free time at the talent contained in his mind family. seminary later led to his attending classes at is something that shouldn’t Bougher attended St. Fort Wayne’s Saint Francis University. With- Friday, March 8 be taken for granted. Meinrad seminary from in six weeks of attending his first sculpture While the life he 1984-1988 where he pre- class, Bougher’s skills caught the eye of Sufi spends above ground with pared to become a priest. Ahmed, a renowned local sculptor. Ahmed ANOTHER ROUND customers and family may While he was there, he hired Bougher as a studio assistant where the FORMERLY seem ordinary, Bougher spent empty evenings and 20-something student worked alongside his IU’S STRAIGHT NO CHASER leads another life in an un- spare hours developing an mentor, learning as much as he could from derground world. A visit amazing talent for draw- the experience. Throughout his training, $20 Adv., $25 D.O.S. to Bougher’s basement ing. Countless hours with Bougher’s work habits were unmatched by is a trip to an artist’s lair. a pencil in solitude result- other students. Thursday, April 11 • 8:00pm Like a mad scientist who ed in some crazy drawing “I had a different work ethic than most surrounds himself with skills. students,” he recalls. “I was the first to class beakers and flasks bubbling over Bunsen “My drawing style mimics etching,” and the last to leave, even while holding a burners, Bougher’s basement is a sculp- says Bougher. But the personality of line job at the same time.” TOMMY CASTRO tor’s lab, filled with old drawings of brilliant created by his hand adds a layer of humanity & THE PAINKILLERS ideas, clumps of modeling clay waiting to be that tends to be removed by the etching pro- Continued on page 7 Tickets Prices TBA Friday, April 19 • 8:00pm VICTOR WOOTEN JYlmj\YqÛÛAYfÛÛ~l` Tickets Prices TBA 9j]Ycaf_Û Go to our website for ticket information & more KjY\alagf ALL SHOWS ALL AGES 9pm to 1amÛÝÛEgÛ:gn]j =ja\YqÛEa_`lk BYjYgc] hjgZgodo]kl[ge 2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.whatzup.com ------------------------------------------------------------ January 10, 2013 WHATZUP crop ad to 4.5 x 5.125 whatzup Volume 17, Number 23 f you haven’t voted, drop what your’re doing and vote now. There’s a Best of 2012 Readers Poll ballot on page 19 of this issue. The ballot won’t appear in print again because we must have it in hand here at World HeadquartersI on beautiful Shriner Lake by no later than Wednesday, January 16. If you’re computer-savvy (and nearly everybody is these days) you can do this the easy way and click any of a half-dozen or so links to the poll at www. whatzup.com. Now that you’ve done that, take a look below and see what’s up (or as we like to say, whatzup). Two noteworthy shows are featured this week: a Janis Joplin Tribute at C2G Music Hall and comedian Donnell Rawlings at the VIP Lounge. We recommend you read both features and then make plans to attend ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• both shows. If you want to hang a “whatzup sent me” sign around your neck WITH SPECIAL GUESTS when you go, well, we won’t mind that a bit. BLACKBERRY SMOKE There’s plenty more in these pages: Heather Miller writes about a mostly & LEVI LOWREY unknown but very talented Fort Wayne artist on page 2, and Michele DeVinney has two stories about changes in the Fort Wayne entertainment scene on page 6. And all that, of course, is just the beginning. THIS FRIDAY! JAN. 11 • MEMORIAL COLISEUM TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE AT MEMORIAL COLISEUM BOX OFFICE So read on, make some plans and get out of the house and have a little fun. Oh, ALL TICKETMASTER OUTLETS and don’t forget your sign. CALL 800-745-3000 OR ONLINE AT TICKETMASTER.COM • features THE NAKED VINE .............................20 Tin Roof Uneven, But Not Rusty CURTAIN CALL ............................... 21 FRANK BOUGHER .....................................2 The Lion in Winter A Mostly Hidden Treasure FLIX ................................................ 22 JANIS JOPLIN TRIBUTE ...........................4 Promised Land Fit for a Queen ON BOOKS .....................................26 DONNELL RAWLINGS................................5 Gone Girl Lines Are for Crossing SCREENTIME ................................ 27 USF PERFORMING ARTS CENTER .........6 Felling the Competition The New Kid on the Block ARTS TIX ......................................................6 Ticketing Made Easy • calendars BEST OF 2012 READERS POLL .........19 LIVE MUSIC & COMEDY ................10 • columns & reviews MUSIC/ON THE ROAD ...................16 ROAD TRIPZ ..................................17 KARAOKE & DJS ...........................18 SPINS ...............................................8 Strand of Oaks, Big Boi, Ty Segall, Godspeed You! STAGE & DANCE ...........................21 Black Emperor MOVIE TIMES ................................22 BACKTRACKS ..................................8 ART & ARTIFACTS .........................24 The Who, Quadrophenia (1973) THINGS TO DO ..............................24 OUT & ABOUT ................................ 10 Roller Derby Film Coming to IPFW Cover design by Greg Locke ROAD NOTEZ ................................. 17 January 10, 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------- www.whatzup.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 BROUGHT TO YOU BY: --------- Cover Story • Janis Joplin Tribute -------- 3 Rivers Co-op Natural Grocery & Deli .................14 20 Past 4 and More .................................................27 The Alley/Pro Bowl West .............................................2 Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery.........................24 Beamer’s Sports Grill ..............................................13 C2G Live .....................................................................18 Fit for a Queen C2G Music Hall.............................................................2 By Ashley Motia Calhoun Street Soups, Salads & Spirits .............11 Cirilla’s.........................................................................28 For many, Janis Jop- lin is synonymous with CLASSIFIEDS ............................................................27 the 1960s. She was the Columbia Street West .............................................11 voice of a generation, a Dicky’s Wild Hare .......................................................13 voice that was silenced Digitracks Recording Studio .......................... 20, 27 at the all-too-early age of 27. Dupont Bar & Grill.....................................................13 The “Queen of First Presbyterian Theater/The Lion in Winter ......21 Rock and Roll” would Fort Wayne Cinema Center .....................................23 have celebrated her 70th Fort Wayne Dance Collective ..................................21 birthday this January 19. Coincidentally, C2G Fort Wayne Museum of Art .......................................2