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A Good Play Can Be Hard to Find a Church, a New Business and 6:30-7:30 P.M --------- Calendar • Things To Do --------- HULA HOO P IT UP — Begin with basic Tours & Trips hula hooping and progress to intermediate hula dance with tricks WES T CEN T RAL HOME AND GARDEN with Mikila Cook and Wendy Slone; TOUR — Tour of 10 historic homes, hoops available to use or purchase, A Good Play Can Be Hard To Find a church, a new business and 6:30-7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Sept. three gardens along with food How hard could it possibly be for a faith-based 12-Oct. 31, Foellinger-Freimann and live music in conjunction with Botanical Conservatory, Fort ArtsFest, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday- company to come up with one overtly sacred piece Wayne, ages 8 and up, $34-$40, Sunday, Sept. 7-8, West Central each year to open our Home Stage season? Sure, it Director’s Notes register by Sept. 5, 427-6000 Neighborhood, Fort Wayne, $13- might be challenging to find secular material which $15, 385-9378 has high entertainment value while being consistent LAUREN NICHOLS Spectator Sports DE P ARTURE : TOLEDO MUSEUM O F AR T AND GLASS PAVILION — Travel with with a Christian worldview; it could be tricky to find Fort Wayne Museum of Art for a plays that are both thought-provoking and family- RACING as a whole than it was to choose the other three. private glass-blowing demo and friendly. And if you’re also seeking pieces that have That said, I’ve been waiting for the right time to DIR T KAR T S — At Baer Field Speedway; guided tour of the Toledo Museum practice 4-5:15 p.m., racing 6 p.m., of Art, Friday, Sept. 13, departs some name recognition, but revive the historic one-man $12 (12 and under, free), 478-7223 from Lowes, Coliseum Blvd, Fort which no one else in the area show, A Mighty Fortress, Saturdays, Sept. 7, 14, 21 & 28; Wayne, $75 (includes breakfast & is producing – whew, that’s A MIGHTY FORTRESS which had its premiere Oct. 5, 12, 19 & 26 return trip snacks), 422-6467, www. tough. But surely, finding 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Sept. 6-7. in 1991. It was in fact the ST O C K CARS — At Baer Field Speedway; fwmoa.org one religious piece in the first of my own plays ever practice 4 p.m.; qualifying 5:30 NA P ERVILLE , IL RIVERWALK AR T SH OW & 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8 p.m.; racing 7:30 p.m., $5-$20 (12 FES T IVAL — Travel with Fort Wayne midst of that would be a ACPL Auditorium to be produced. Written and under, free), 478-7223 Parks and Recreation to browse piece of cake, right? in the style of The Belle of Saturdays, Sept. 14; Sunday, Sept. booths along the Riverwalk Way, Wrong, wrong, wrong. 900 Library Plaza, Fort Wayne Amherst and other dramatic 15; Saturday, Sept. 28 restaurants and shops, Friday, all for One wants to ap- Tix.: $10-$18, 260-622-4610 FOR T WA Y NE SP OR T S CAR CLU B O F Sept. 13, departing from Bob Arnold monologues based on his- AMERI C A AU T O C ROSS — A non speed Park, Fort Wayne, $62 (includes peal to the broadest possible toric people, A Mighty For- driving competition where com- continental breakfast), 427-6017 audience while maintaining its mission and vision. We tress introduces us to German church reformer Martin petitors navigate a traffic cone road 8th ANNUAL COUN T R Y LIVING FAIR IN want each piece we do to be theatrical and engaging, Luther while he is in hiding in Wartburg Castle (1521- course; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sundays, COLUM B US , OH — Travel with Fort Sept. 15 & Oct. 6, War Memorial Wayne Parks and Recreation to not divisive or pedantic. It can actually be trickier to Coliseum parking lot, Fort Wayne, see more than 200 antique dealers, find the right sacred piece to complement the season Continued on page 26 $35-$45, 445-8742 crafters and artisans for shop- ROLLER DERBY ping, seminars, demos and food, Saturday, Sept. 14, departing from ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2013 WFTDA DIVISION 1 REGIONAL Bob Arnold Park, Fort Wayne, $85 PLA Y O ff S — Tournament with teams (includes dinner), 427-6017 from the U.S. and Canada, hosted by Fort Wayne Derby Girls, times CH I C AGO AR T INS T I T U T E TRI P — Travel vary, Sept. 6-8, Expo Center, War to the Chicago Art Institute with Memorial Coliseum, Fort Wayne, University of St. Francis School of Creative Arts, Thursday, Sept. 39 Steps and 3 Very Busy Actors $17-$91, 8 and under free, 480- 3710 19, departing from Mimi and Ian Rolland Center for Art and Visual The 39 Steps is a play about connecting the dots. WRESTLING Communication, University of St. Richard Hannay is literally connecting the dots on a WWE LIVE — Wrestling with CM Punk, Francis, Fort Wayne, $40 (does not map, connecting clues to solve an international threat Director’s Notes Alberto Del Rio, Christian, T-Truth, include $23 admission to museum), to the country, and eventually finding what has been Cody Rhodes, Luke Harper and 399-7700 ext. 8001 RANAE BUTLER more, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. RO C K WI th DO C IN JAMAI C A — Join DJ missing in his life – real connection with another hu- 21, Expo Center, War Memorial Doc West and Rock 104 to the man being. Coliseum Fort Wayne, $17-$97, all-inclusive beachfront Riu Negril The concept we use to tell this story is that of a We decided to use the spaciousness of this theater to 480-3710 resort for land and sea activities, nightly entertainment, dining and group of hempen homespuns putting on a play, much our advantage in some scenes while bringing the audi- more; choice between four, seven like the rude mechanicals in Shakespeare’s A Midsum- ence in closer and making the action more intimate in Sports & Recreation or nine nights, Feb. 9-13, Feb. 9-16 mer’s Night Dream. The troupe is lead by the actor others. Because there are a limited number of actors in or Feb. 7-16, 2014, departing from FOR T 4FI T NESS FALL FES T IVAL — playing Hannay, and all of the other characters are the troupe, we depend on the audience to help us with Indianapolis Airport, $1,429-$2,299, Expo, 1-8 p.m.; Kids & Seniors includes airfare, accommodations, played by three extreme- certain scenes. We hope we Marathons, 6:30 p.m. Friday, T-shirt, transfers and taxes, $250 ly busy actors doing the get some fun-loving folks Sept. 27; Expo, 7:30-12 p.m.; 4 due with reservation, final payment THE 39 stePS Mile Run/Walk, 7:30 a.m.; Half very best they can to tell a sitting in the special gal- due Dec. 5, 434-6618, http://cts. 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7 Marathon, 8 a.m.; 10K Run/Walk, story involving a hundred lery seating to help us. vacation.travelleaders.com/jamaica. 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 28; Baker aspx characters. They play in- 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8 & Sept. 15 The rehearsal process Street Station & Parkview Field, Fort Wayne, $10-$70, register by animate objects, animals 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Sept. 13-14 has been both grueling Sept. 14, 760-3371 September and people, all while si- Arts United Center and a lot of fun. The Civic multaneously making set Theatre production team CRA ft CA F E — Bring a craft project to changes. So what we have 303 E. Main St. • Fort Wayne has been in top form, and Volunteering work on like scrapbooking, knitting, Tix.: $17-$26 thru box office, beading or paper arts and enjoy here is a local Fort Wayne the actors truly are “ridicu- FOR T WA Y NE REGIONAL MAKER FAIRE — coffee and conversation, 6:30-8:30 actor portraying an actor in 260-424-5220 lously talented.” In clos- Volunteers sought for fence instal- p.m. Thursdays, Sept. 12; Oct. lation, setup, bike valet support, a traveling theatre group, ing, I’d like to thank all the 10, Business Science & Technology trash crew, stage loading, teardown playing a wide variety of characters. folks who auditioned for this play. It was a spectacular Meeting Room, Main Library, Allen and more for a variety of time slots, County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Because this play has an intimate feel to it, one showing of talent and I hope to see them all at audi- Friday-Monday, Sept. 13-16, free, 421-1210 tions again someday. Enjoy the show. Lincoln Pavilion, Headwaters Park might argue that it is best suited to a smaller theater. East, Fort Wayne, www.makerfair- efortwayne.com Community Membership Makes Arts Academy The Difference art dance music theatre • Job Referrals grades pre K-12 • Experienced Negotiators • Insurance Private Music Instruction • Contract Protection Fort Wayne piano violin guitar and many others Musicians Association Call Bruce Graham for more Call Susan 260-481-6713 information ipfw.edu/caa 260-420-4446 September 5, 2013 ------------------------------------------------------------ www.whatzup.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23.
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