MAY 5-11, 2016 FACEBOOK.COM/WHATZUPFORTWAYNE | WWW.WHATZUP.COM ------Feature • Alec Johnson------Artist in the Digital Age By Heather Miller architecture comes into play in many different ways. The work has mostly been a byproduct of me being No paintbrush or chisel will be found in Alec super curious.” Johnson’s studio. He works with pixels microproces- Johnson isn’t afraid to just jump into a project. sors and flat screens. That attitude has been a guiding force that navigates During a recent show that brought life back into him through life. the space Artlink used to inhabit, now the Cinema “I never set out to become a super successful art- Center Spectator Lounge, patrons enjoyed watching ist. It’s always just been thinking how do I satisfy this the displays that brought ordinary flat screens to life. curiosity.” Along with artist Carey Shafer, John- son, guided by Jennifer Ford Art, filled the space with sculpture caught in perpetual change. Shafer, a world class stone carver and sculptor, col- laborated with Johnson, and together they created a room filled with cut- ting edge pieces displayed on screens married with heavy steel chain and DURING THE MONTH OF MAY limestone. The pairing of these two artists Trek the Trails Ride of Silence happened as a result of a slowly de- Bikefusion Bike to Work Day veloped friendship and working re- lationship that began when Johnson, Fairy Tale Fest Fort4Fitness Spring Cycle also a city landscape architect, started Kickstart4Kids And More! to render a plan for a sculpture park in Fort Wayne. When Shafer pitched his sculpture ideas to the parks de- To find out more, visit kickstartfortwayne.com partment, Johnson quickly shut him down, stating that there would soon be a call for artists and that Shafer should wait to move through the es- tablished process. Johnson looked the artist up online and discovered Shafer is According to Johnson, he a classically trained stone carver with a cur- always needs a creative outlet riculum vitae that includes restoration work just to stay sane. at the White House. “Landscape architecture Johnson and Shafer started working is in some ways very technical together on other public art pieces across but also very artistic because the country. A lot of the projects involved you have to sketch, draw and landscape architecture, as thought had to be convey designs in a way to given how to place certain sculptural pieces convince people it is a worthy within the landscape. thing to build,” he says. “His work started to become more ab- The digital art form that stract by adding steel,” says Johnson of Shafer’s work. Johnson has made the current focus of his creative “We started to work together, even if it wasn’t for a outlet is in its infancy. competition project. We just started working on proj- “Ever since there have been computers, there have ects together and that sort of ‘metamorphed’ into the been people who have tried to use computers to pro- work for the Bytes and Pieces show.” duce art, but because the technology hasn’t always Johnson’s digital artwork sprung from his interest been so successful, it didn’t always work out,” he in computers, but that’s only part of it. An explosion says. of ideas came to him after attending the opening of the Today the technology allows for the artistic free- black box theater on Main Street. dom that so many have been waiting for. Johnson is “The first time I was in there I was looking around one of those artists and he is excited about what the at these 30-foot walls and imagining what kind of future holds. performances you could do in there.” He started to “Technology is going to make it possible for new think about doing surround animation that could wrap forms of art that we can’t even imagine,” says John- around the audience. son. “I walked out of there thinking that would be re- He is quick to note that just because the computer ally cool but how do I do that?” is the platform for creating digital art, it is still a skill For most people that is where an idea ends – but that must be learned and mastered. Just as a painter not for Johnson. His curiosity drives him to act. must master the use of paint and brushes, a digital art- “I just started researching digital technology and ist must learn the material to execute an idea properly. wondered how do you do that. How do you create the By learning the material, an artist also learns its inher- technology to do that?” he said. ent boundaries. Rules and parameters are important to Johnson learned about different ways to create Johnson. Without limiting himself, the options offered digital animation and that led him to the new art form by digital creation can be overwhelming. of generative digital art where the computer is used as “I still have to create a framework for my work. I a tool like a digital paintbrush. still have to make rules for my work. I have to limit the “I found that all of these things feed into each oth- possibilities some way otherwise the options are just er. I learned a technique for projection mapping and found that the software I was using for landscaping Continued on page 15 2------www.whatzup.com------May 5, 2016 whatzup Volume 20, Number 38 IPFW/Shruti Indian Performance Series e couldn’t be happier to see Tuesday of this week in the rear view. We went to press before the votes were counted, so we have no idea about the outcome, but we’re glad we won’t have to see or hear any more Wpolitical ads for awhile. If you’re happy with Tuesday’s results, well, good on you. If not, well you might be interested in the “We’re Screwed – 2016” bum- per stickers we’re thinking of printing up. But we don’t do politics here; whatzup is about what there is to do, not what’s gone wrong. So we encourage you to read this issue from cover to cover and find the fun stuff. We’re pretty sure you’ll be encouraged. For one thing, the summer season at the Foellinger Theatre gets underway in just a few short days. The first show, Heart, has been sold out since the tickets first went on sale a couple of months back, but Ann and Nancy Wilson are obv- siouly so well liked in and around The Fort, that we invited Michele DeVinney to do up a feature article anyway. You’ll find it on page 5. fans – especially those who might have missed last year’s benefit for The League – should be thrilled with this week’s cover story on the Cash Box Kings. Their show last year went over so well that they were invited back. Deborah Kennedy’s cover story is on page 4. There’s also unique art (digital artist Alec Johnson) on page 2, Fairy Tale Fest and Kickstart Festival on page 6 and much, much more. So read on, have some fun and remember to tell ’em whatzup sent you! inside the issue • features FLIX...... 16 A Bad Movie & a Shining Star ALEC JOHNSON...... 2 SCREENTIME...... 16 Artist in the Digital Age Jonny Fav Rocks Box; Marvel Up Next CASH BOX KINGS...... 4 CURTAIN CALL...... 18 Back By Popular Demand Avenue Q. HEART...... 5 CURTAIN CALL...... 18 First Ladies of Rock n’ Roll Jane Eyre KICKSTART FESTIVAL...... 6 CURTAIN CALL...... 19 A Month of Fun, Fitness Always a Bridesmaid FAIRY TALE FEST...... 6 Once Upon a Time ... • calendars

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Baker St., Fort Wayne “We feel it’s our responsibility to give WBOI 89.1/Wine Pairing Dinner...... 18 “The League does such great work,” back,” Nosek said. “We figure the more we WXKE 96.3...... 16 Nosek said. “We’re happy to be a part of Tix: $20 -$70 thru Neat Neat share this musical tradition with others, the such a fun night and a great cause.” Neat Record Store, Wooden better chance it has to carry on.” The League is a unique organization. The blues is in very good hands with the It does not simply pay lip service to aiding Nickel Music Stores Cash Kings, according to Nelson, who lis- those with disabilities. Instead, it very much & www.c2gmusichall.com tens to dozens of blues recordings each year whatzup puts its money where its mouth is. in the hopes of bringing in the best possible Published weekly and distributed on Wednesdays and “We treat people with disabilities with us creative.” act for the Blues Bash. 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But don’t just take ours and Nelson’s name and mailing address to AD Media, Incorporated to the “We do it differently,” said Nelson. “We The success the Cash Box Kings have word for it. above address. do it right.” experienced over the last several years is Here’s what blues brother Dan Ayk- Subscriptions The same could be said of the Cash Box like a dream come true for Nosek, who spent royd had to say about the Cash Box Kings: In-Home postal delivery available at the rate of $25 per Kings: they do blues a little differently, and, much of his teen years sneaking into clubs “[They] rule the roost! This band has taken 13-week period ($100/year). 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As Chicago bluesmen, the Cash Box James Cotton and Otis Rush, and later, when school sound and go somewhere new with Calendar information is published as far in advance as space Kings obviously pay homage to the magi- he met Oscar Wilson, he found exactly what it.” permits and should be submitted as early as possible. cal era of , and he needed in a bandmate. One ticket to the Blues Bash, spon- Advertising: Space reservations and ads requiring proofs John Lee Hooker, but they aren’t afraid to Wilson grew up in Chicago, the son of a sored this year by Chuck and Lisa Surack of 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 experiment a little, bringing in the twang of blues, jazz and gospel performer. He taught Sweetwater Sound, includes a full dinner of the week of publication. 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As a teenager, all of my disposable income (and at that age it’s all disposable) went toward the acquisition of records – UPCOMING EVENTS those shiny, black disks in 12x12 wrappers. I would run out each week to buy at least May 6 | 7:30pm one, caress it almost eerily in the car, then Br o a d w a y a t t h e Em b a s s y rip the shrinkwrap off to put the platter on my turntable. As the music played, I would sit completely absorbed in the lyrics, memo- u l l e t s v e r rizing each word within a day. Never have I B O listened so attentively to music as I did dur- ing those years, and it’s paid off because I Br o a d w a y still know all the lyrics to all of those songs – while today I struggle to learn lyrics to even a few new albums a year. Despite my fervor, even I couldn’t keep up with the onslaught of great music com- ing out in the late 70s. Because I had art- ists whom I followed religiously and had to purchase the day of a new release, I had a list of albums I hoped to purchase – some- day. One of those “wish list” albums was Dreamboat Annie by Heart, an album which featured some incredible songs, namely May 7 | 7 pm “Magic Man” and “Crazy on You.” I loved the sound and especially loved ’s voice, but the wish list was long, and by the hook.” Ro d n e y Ca r r i n g t o n time their second album, Little Queen, came HEART She also addressed how in many ways out in 1977, I was two albums behind with the need for video promotion, to sell them- May 20 | 8:30pm Heart, with no immediate opening in sight. 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 13 selves visually more than musically, also That’s when my subconscious decided Foellinger Theatre stripped them of their identity during this to alter history. Yes, my subconscious. Be- 3411 Sherman Blvd., Fort Wayne heady time. Pa t McAf e e “In the next few years, we made nearly cause it was one night as I lay sleeping that Tix: $49-$99 (sold out) I dreamt that I purchased Little Queen and a dozen videos, each one more ridiculous Wednesdays, Starting May 25 became a rabid Heart fan. Huh? I had not than the next, and every one a small step expected this, but who am I to doubt a good much more important than radio airplay, away from what Nancy and I wanted to be. 5-9pm | $5 dream? Suddenly, Heart moved up the wait- meant some unwelcome changes for the As the hairdressers and costume design- ing list, and Little Queen became a necessary band. A focus on their looks, glamor over ers came in, the image we projected to the acquisition. (Oddly, Dreamboat Annie still substance, was only one of those changes. world was less and less our own. Apart from Su m m e r Ni g h t s o n had some time to languish before making its More problematic for the band was the be- an obsession with cleavage in the videos, we way into my hot little hands.) And you know lief of the record company that, though their sported stiletto heels and hairstyles that had what? It was true. I did love Heart, and those early success came with self-penned mate- to be carefully coiffed … One joke about the t h e Ro o f t o p Pa t i o feelings were to grow only stronger in the rial, it would be best for the band to now videos was that the name of the band was years ahead. perform other ’ material. The now ‘Heart, Featuring Breasts.’” May 31 It may well have been Dog & Butterfly resulting album, Heart, was a huge success, Despite the difficulties, Heart did man- 8pm that really sealed the deal, meaning my dream which surprised the band and left them with age to ride a new wave of popularity, and may have anticipated that if I fell further be- conflict which Ann Wilson addresses in the now, 30 years later, they continue to in- hind, I might never recover. But having al- sisters’ autobiography, Kicking & Dream- clude three of those monster hits – “These Ja s o n ready established them with Little Queen, I ing: The Story of Heart, Soul, and Rock & Dreams,” “What About Love” and, perhaps ran to get Dog & Butterfly immediately and Roll. most notably, “Alone” – into their setlist, was completely blown away. The power of “The runaway success of Heart sur- having long since made these non-originals Is b e l l songs like “High Times” and “” prised our family, the , and even Heart classics. They have also made their mixed with the deft poetry and lovely acous- us,” Ann wrote. “Few bands had ever man- mark to the point where they were finally Buddy Nolan Tribute Concert...... June 6 tic accompaniment of the title track demon- aged to have a second act in a different de- inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Steamboat Bill Jr...... June 13 strated Ann and Nancy Wilson had found a cade, but we did. I was 35 years old when Fame in 2013 and represented themselves place in my, well, heart for the long run. Heart came out, and Nancy was 31. We were and their idols, , with an iconic Sunrise...... June 20 Their rock n’ roll inspirations, Led Zep- hardly teenyboppers in a business that was and memorable performance of “Stairway The Ten Commandments...... June 27 pelin, were apparent in Heart’s remarkable dominated by youth. to Heaven” at the Kennedy Center Honors, Johnny Mathis...... Oct. 16 ability to be both powerful while invoking “Still, the renewed success came at a a performance which moved even Robert Joe Bonamassa...... Dec. 2 beautiful folk balladry. Throughout the late cost,” she continued. “We had made a deal Plant to tears. 1970s and into the 80s, Heart maintained a with the devil in that we were singing songs Their appearance at the Foellinger Sum- strong presence on the charts by following we didn’t write, and the devil had been right: mer Concert Series is their first time in Fort their own muse, writing the songs (along they were hits. The success put us on a slip- Wayne in more than a decade and the sellout Embassy Theatre with co-writer Sue Ennis) which would help pery slope. We’d had our first No. 1 album crowd will no doubt let them know they’ve 125 W. Jefferson Blvd. maintain their popularity through their first after following the advice of others. And been missed. I know I’ll be there. I wouldn’t decade. that was a path we stayed on for some time. miss it for the world because, after all, I’ve Fort Wayne, Indiana In 1985, a move to a new label – Capi- Things got dizzier, tighter, and more surreal been a rabid Heart fan ever since Little tol Records – as well as a shift in the music until after a while our feet weren’t touch- Queen. I have to hand it to my subconscious. ticketmaster.com industry, one which made video marketing ing the ground. We were hanging on a meat It really knows its rock n’ roll. May 5, 2016------www.whatzup.com------5 A Month of Fun, Fitness ------Feature • Fairy Tale Fest------Steve Penhollow The word “kickstart” in the name Kickstart Festival refers to kickstarting the summer festival season in Fort Wayne and it refers to kickstarting a healthier you. Once Upon a Time... It also refers to bicycles, which have kickstands, not kickstart- Audiences are likely to enjoy Dodd’s take on the ers. By Michele DeVinney classic fairy tale, as she herself says that putting the Kickstanding your way to a healthier you may sound like an ap- Now in its third year, Fairy Tale Fest has become story to music made it more fun for her as well. pealing concept if you don’t think about it too hard, but it really isn’t a magical day in downtown Fort Wayne, providing “I wanted to put lots of action in my youth plays, going to get you very far. both great entertainment from arts organizations in so I came up with the zany fortune teller, Ravioli the Kickstarting is your best bet. the heart of the city and all the festival fun that Fort Magnificent, who gives J. Silas Wolfe all these silly The third annual Kickstart Festival continues through May 21 at Wayne craves. With two new productions, each adapt- ideas about catching the pigs who had eluded him for various locales in Fort Wayne. ed by local talents, Fort Wayne Youtheatre leads the so long. The zanier Ravioli was, I thought, the more The Kickstart Festival was launched in 2014 as a way of help- way in sharing their students and their unique offer- fun the children in the audience would have. The most ing IPFW introduce a public art project that involved whimsical bike ings for kids of all ages and the grownups they bring fun writing the play was writing the goofy lyrics that racks. with them. Ravioli sings. He thinks he is magnificent and sings It has evolved into a month-long celebration of cycling and the While Fairy Tale arts. Fest is Saturday, May 14 Events include weekly trail rides, Fort Wayne Youtheatre’s Fairy and involves a variety Tale Fest, a costumed bike ride for kids that culminates in Freimann of activities and perfor- Square performances, a school day ride to and from Forest Park El- mances, the Youtheatre ementary and the 5th Annual Fort4Fitness Spring Cycle event. double feature – Alice Jon Bomberger, one of the festival’s organizers, said “bicycle in Wonderland and The culture” has been on the rise in Fort Wayne. Magnificent Plan – en- “There’s been this surge, I think, in the popularity of cycling for joy multiple-perfor- recreation and for health and fitness,” he said. “It seems like every mance, two-day runs. day a new tour is organized.” Alice in Wonderland, New to the Kickstart Festival this year is Bikefusion on May 6 at with a script adapted by Continued on page 15 Youtheatre Executive and Artistic Director Leslie Hormann, opens Friday, May 13 and also KICKSTART EVENTS plays Saturday, while BIKEFUSION BIKES-BREW-MUSIC The Magnificent Plan 4-10 p.m. Friday, May 6 opens Saturday with an Plassman Athletic Center, Turnstone Center additional performance 3320 N. Clinton St., Fort Wayne on Sunday. Hormann, TREK THE TRAILS OPENING EVENT who also directs the pro- duction of Alice in Won- 6-10 p.m. Tuesday, May 10 derland, promises it will be as colorful and fanciful as things like, ‘I’m so magnificent, I worship the ground Saloman Farm Park, 817 W. Dupont Rd., Fort Wayne everyone hopes when seeing Alice in action. I walk on. I’m so magnificent, I envy the phone I talk TRISTATE TRIATHLON SUPER SPRINT DUALTHON “There’s a lot of music, a lot of creative move- on.’ Silly things like that made me smile. I think hav- 8 a.m. Saturday, May 14 ment,” she says. “There’s really no plot, so it’s a ing fun is one of the objects of children’s theatre.” Fort Wayne Outfitters, 1004 Cass St., Fort Wayne perfect example of the nonsensical genre. And I’m Closson, who gets to put Dodd’s play on the stage, FAIRY TRAILS interspersing a lot of Alice in Wonderland Through echoes that feeling of fun which Dodd strives to pro- the Looking Glass into it too, so you’ll get to see the vide. Check-in at 9 a.m., Saturday, May 14 White Queen and Tweedledee and Tweedledum. There “The cast will feature 13 kids and two adult actors Lawton Park, Fort Wayne are some really juicy parts and great scenes like, of and is very much Pig vs. Wolf since the Wolf Father FORT WAYNE YOUTHEATRE FAIRY TALE FEST course, the tea party and a croquet game that features a ate the Pig Father, so we get to see what happens when Alice in Wonderland, 10 a.m. Saturday, May 14 lot of gymnastics. And we’re bringing in a set designer the little pigs grow up and have to deal with the wolf. The Magnificent Plan, 2 p.m. Saturday, May 14 and a costumer. There will be some trippy music, and And they do so with the help of a flamboyant fortune we’re working with a lighting designer who’s going to teller, so it’s a really fun story, and there’s a lot of song Arts United Center, 303 E. Main St., Fort Wayne bring in some really cool effects.” and dance.” See Stage & Dance calendar for additional times, prices) With Fort Wayne’s Alice in Wonderland preced- Dodd is a great fan of Fort Wayne Youtheatre and KICKSTART FOR KIDS ing the new Johnny Depp film, Alice in Wonderland is looking forward to seeing how they stage her play. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, May 14 Through the Looking Glass, by two weeks, local au- “We have such an excellent children’s theater Main Street Arts Campus, Fort Wayne diences get an up-close chance to see the tale unfold here in the Youtheatre, that I look forward to seeing live. Youtheatre’s other production, The Magnificent the new things the director does with the play. The BIKE TO THE SHOW FOR LOVE OF KIDS, Plan, also presents a familiar tale, one involving three directors are excellent, and the children well coached. CARS, TRUCKS, MOTORCYCLES wee pigs. Directed by Youtheatre Outreach and Tech- I always learn something by watching what they do Starting 8 a.m. Saturday, May 14 nical Director Heather Closson, The Magnificent Plan with my plays. I warn them ahead of time that I plan Anthis Center, 1200 S. Barr St., Fort Wayne was written by Nancy Carlson Dodd, a Civic Theatre on stealing any good ideas they have, and I often do.” BIKE TO WORK DAY BREAKFAST Playwright Festival winner and mother who leaned on In addition to the Youtheatre plays, Fairy Tale Fest 6:30-8 a.m. Friday, May 20 the latter experience when adapting The Three Little is part of Kickstart Fort Wayne and Kickstart4Kids Pigs. which will feature performances by Fort Wayne Ballet Headwaters Park West, Fort Wayne “When my three little pigs – oops, I mean my and Fort Wayne Dance Collective as well as activities BIKE TO WORK DAY AFTER-PARTY three little children – were small, my son David had along Main Street. 5-8 p.m. Friday, May 20 a pop-up book of The Three Little Pigs,” says Dodd. In just its third year, Fairy Tale Fest continues to Fort Wayne Outfitters, 1004 Cass St., Fort Wayne “He loved that book, and I read it to him about 3,000 grow, thanks in no small part to the involvement of FORT4FITNESS SPRING CYCLE times. Fort Wayne Trails, Parks & Rec, Visit Fort Wayne and “At that time also, we lived in Denver, and I had Downtown Improvement District. Kickfest has made 7 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, May 21 begun acting at the excellent Bonfils Theatre there. I the day more special and has turned it into more than Main Street Arts Campus, Fort Wayne (start) took my children to the series of youth plays they pro- just a day of fairy tales, but another in a long line of Headwaters Park, Fort Wayne (finish) duced, and it struck me, why couldn’t I write a play popular weekend activities. More information at www.kickstartfortwayne.com just as good? So that really began my children’s the- “And you know how Fort Wayne loves its fests,” atre writing career.” says Hormann. 6------www.whatzup.com------May 5, 2016 ------Spins------Wooden Nickel The Wild Features CD of the Week Lonely Is a Lifetime BACKTRACKS If the Wild Feathers can’t R.E.M. grab you with something off Fables of the Reconstruction their varied and assured new (1985) album, then nothing will. Plaintive Americana? Yep. I haven’t really listened to Tom Petty swagger? Roger. Are- much of the R.E.M. catalog after na-shaking rock? Well, close. 1987’s Document. At the time, this The Wild Feathers hearken was the college band, and I was ac- back to a time when a talented, tually in college. This record, their driven band could get signed to third, was one of the most creative a major label on the strength of their songwriting and ace execution. things they ever did and was an Nashville-based and Warner Bros.-inked, this combo clearly poured homage to life in the South. every ounce of energy into the opportunity they were given to find “Feeling Gravity’s Pull” opens the release with a petite guitar an audience. But the kicker is that the music is anything but “market and the wispy vocals from frontman . The band had $11.99 driven” or calculated. It’s not hip or quirky, either. an innovative sound and were best when they blended the gui- Lonely Is a Lifetime is simply loaded with solid, heart-on-sleeve tars and drumming with pronounced lyrics. “Maps and Legends” PRINCE tunes. “Overnight” kicks right in with a power-pop punch. In a per- also has a darker sound, and features some great backing vocals Purple Rain soundtrack fect world, this tune would be wafting out of open car windows ev- and harmonies from bassist and drummer . erywhere this summer. It perfectly melds upbeat Shins and anthemic “” appears on side one and is a tale about a train line in Before he was a cultural icon, Prince was Coldplay in a catchy confection. More stately but no less catchy, Virginia (still operated by Amtrak). “Life and How to Live It” a tortured artist, tearing up the streets of “Sleepers” is sure to ignite lighters wherever The Wild Feathers continues the toe-tapping alt-country and features some fanciful Minneapolis on his bad boy bike in the purple perform. “Leave Your Light On” sounds for all the world like the bass from Mills. rain. The soundtrack to the 1984 film features Gin Blossoms after a Wilco listening binge. None of these compari- Side two opens with “Can’t Get There from Here,” their first standards “Let’s Go Crazy,” “When Doves single from Fables. It has a groovy garage-rock vibe like the rest Cry,” and, of course, “Purple Rain,” as well as sons are meant to paint the band as derivative; it’s just that The Wild lesser known gems “Darling Nikki” and “Baby Feathers are startlingly adept at pushing the right buttons in your of the record and is made even better with some impressive horns towards the end. “Kohoutek,” another gem, drapes a heavier ar- I’m a Star.” Truer words have never been fandom for other bands. spoken. Pick up your copy for $11.99 at any “Don’t Ask Me to Change” is harder to peg, with it’s sparkling rangement over Stipes’ vocals. “Auctioneer” has a post-punk Wooden Nickel Music store. sheen and driving beat building a sleek muscle car of a moody pop sense to it and an early U2 sound. “Good Advices” brings it back tune. Then there’s the title track, which serves both as centerpiece of to the soothing R.E.M. that they mastered, and “Wendell Gee” the album and as its biggest detour. Austere as a near-empty cabin, takes it way down (banjo included) to close a great record that got TOP SELLERS @ the song stuns in its simplicity. “Lonely is a lifetime / of gettin’ used a lot of us through our late-teens and early 20s. to being alone,” comes the refrain from a melancholy mini choir of R.E.M. released six albums in six years, and I was very loyal Wooden Nickel the band’s vocals. The song could be heard as a deep breath among for their first 10 years. Maybe it was their success that made me (Week ending 5/1/16) the energetic tunes around it, but it also turns an introspective mirror walk away – or the fact that “” and “Shiny on the record and reminds us that even an exhilarating rock show Happy People” were poppy, mainstream chart-toppers. Either TW LW ARTIST/Album only takes up a fraction of a day otherwise spent in real life. (D.M. way, their early stuff is brilliant. (Dennis Donahue) 1 1 PRINCE Jones) Purple Rain Soundtrack from a time capsule buried in the Haight Ashbury district in 1972. 2 – SIXX: A.M. Damien Jurado The songs sound worn down to the nub and then refurbished using Prayers for the Damned Visions of Us on the Land space dust and LSD dreams. They were aged to perfection the day they were committed to tape at Swift’s National Freedom recording 3 – THE JAYHAWKS Damien Jurado is one of studio. Paging Mr. Proust the most interesting musicians With Visions of Us on the Land, Jurado and Swift are finishing working today. He may not out the album trilogy seeped in spirits, the magic of Mother Nature 4 4 ACE FREHLEY think that, but he’s a modest and the freeing of one’s imprisoned mind through the finding of en- Origins Vol. 1 guy. lightenment. “November 20” keeps that groove-heavy sound’s heart Jurado’s not the kind of beating ever so intently. The song is ornamented in a steady rhythm, 5 5 BLUE OCTOBER artist that sits around thinking piano and mellotron like some lost Nuggets track as Jurado sings, Home about how interesting he is. But “All is gold, all is gold, all is gold.” “Mellow Blue Polka Dot” feels 6 – HAKEN take my word for it, Damien, like a trail song – men of a manly persuasion making their away Affinity you are very interesting. Ever across a deadly mountain pass, using the fading sun as their guide as since he began his musical partnership with producer Richard Swift, the song echoes through the mountain’s towering walls. “QACHI- 7 – PRINCE Jurado seems to have mined some mystical well that lay dormant NA” is all bluster and drama with Jurado’s steadfast acoustic guitar HITnRUN Phase Two inside of him for years. strum and ethereal voice. The Latin grooves and percussive flavors St. Bartlett was the “feeling each other out” record. It was like only add to the songs romantic doom. 8 3 SANTANA Jurado was getting fitted with a handmade Italian suit and Swift was As far as albums go, this is an epic endeavor for the Jurado/Swift Santana IV taking his measurements – bringing things out and pulling things team, a double LP coming in a little over 50 minutes in length with a back in until that suit was a perfect fit. Maraqopa was the debut of hefty song count of 17 tracks. With that kind of musical girth, Jurado 9 9 DEFTONES that perfectly fitted suit and of Jurado’s album concept that would can mix up the grooves with lighter, more intimate voice and guitar Gore last through his newest endeavor, Visions of Us on the Land. numbers going back to his earliest records. “Cinco deTomorrow”, 10 – ROB ZOMBIE In-between those was the brilliant Brothers and Sisters of the And Loraine” and “Queen Anne” are quieter numbers but are still The Electric Warlock ... Eternal Son. Actually, all three of these records are brilliant. The anointed by Swift’s magic studio flourishes. “A.M A.M” has the feel concept running through these three albums is a little foggy to me, of a lost one hit wonder from the late 70s. It also sounds like what but the best concept records are foggy. If everything is laid out and My Morning Jacket tried with “Sec Walkin’” without getting this explained, there’s nothing left to the listener’s imagination. close to perfection. check out our With Maraqopa, Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son and now If you’ve been on board since St. Bartlett and have loved the Visions of Us on the Land, there’s a through line that’s very spiritual, wave of groove-filled psychedelia over the last two records, Visions a story of finding some sort of inner peace that’s based somewhat on of Us on the Land is the exquisite period at the end of the wonderful 50¢ vinyl bins Jurado’s own spirituality. That’s really all I need to know, and that’s musical sentence Jurardo started back in 2012. I’m sad to see this ex- really all you need to know. Just close your eyes and go with it. tended, trippy vision end, but I’m excited to see where Jurado takes hundreds to choose from It seems with each record, Swift kicks up the atmosphere-o-me- us next. (John Hubner) 3627 N. Clinton • 484-2451 ter and the groove-o-machine. The psychedelic sway of tracks like 3422 N. Anthony • 484-3635 “Magic Numbers,” “Silver Timothy” and “Silver Donna” took this Send two copies of new CD releases to 2305 E. Esterline Rd., 6427 W. Jefferson • 432-7651 Columbia City, IN 46725. It is also helpful to send bio information, quiet and introspective singer/ and turned his tunes into We Buy, Sell & Trade Used CDs, LPs & DVDs chunky groove numbers Santana would’ve blushed at. I mean, have publicity photos and previous releases, if available. Only full-length, www.woodennickelrecords.com you listened to these songs? It’s as if these records were unearthed professionally produced CDs or EPs are accepted. May 5, 2016------www.whatzup.com------7 NIGHTLIFE wednesdays ANNRITA’S LOUNGE & GRILL 50¢ WINGS Thursday, May 5 • 7-10pm • Acoustic $1.50 MILLER LITE Music/Dancing • 6330 W. 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Clinton St., Fort Wayne • 260-209-2117 Wayne, 9 p.m., no cover, 209-2117 Lake Pub, Wolcottville, 7-10 p.m., no Ex p e c t : Pairing premium spirits and beer with gourmet food in an Ad a m St r a c k — Acoustic at Beamer’s Ha u n t e d Su m m e r w/Wo n k y To n k — cover, 854-3463 ambient, energetic setting offering live entertainment. Full menu. $10 Sports Grill, Fort Wayne, 7-10 p.m., Indie rock at Calhoun Street Soups, Ro b i n Tr o w e r — Blues at C2G Music lunches including sandwich, side & drink, 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; no cover, 625-1002 Salads & Spirits, Fort Wayne, 9 p.m., Hall, Fort Wayne, 7:30 p.m., $51.50, Am e r i c a n Id o l Ka r a o k e — Karaoke $8, 456-7005 426-6434 $15 bottled house wine/$5 glasses Tues.; $5 Burger & $5 Martinis at Nick’s Martini & Wine Bar, Fort J Ta y l o r s — Variety at Don Hall’s St a c i St o r k — Variety at Pedal City, Wed.; $4 Craft Bottles Thurs. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : Between Coliseum Wayne, 8-11 p.m., no cover, 482- Triangle Park, Fort Wayne, 7-9 p.m., Fort Wayne, 9 p.m., no cover, 415- and Washington Ctr. on North Clinton. Ho u r s : 11:30 a.m.-12 a.m. 6425 no cover, 482-4342 6167 Sun.-Tues., 11:30 a.m.-1 a.m. Wed.,-Thurs., 11:30 a.m.-3 a.m. Fri.-Sat. Am e r i c a n Id o l Ka r a o k e w/Da v e — Je f f McDo n a l d — Folk at Don Hall’s Tr o n i c — EDM at O’Sullivan’s Italian Guesthouse, Fort Wayne, 7-10 p.m., Irish Pub, Fort Wayne, 10 p.m., no Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t : MC, Visa, Disc, Amex Karaoke at Latch String Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne, 10:30 p.m., no cover, no cover, 489-2524 cover, 422-5896 BEAMER’S SPORTS GRILL 483-5526 Me m o r i e s o f t h e Ki n g f e a t . Br e n t An d r e w Br y a n t Ba n d w/Th e De a d A. Co o p e r — Elvis Presley tribute Sports/Music/Variety • W. County Line Rd. & Highway 30 • 260-625-1002 Re c o r d s — Indie rock at Brass Rail, at Cebolla’s Mexican Grill, Times Friday, May 6 x p e c t Corners, Fort Wayne, 5-9 p.m., no E : Big Ten, Nascar, NFL Sunday Ticket, pool tournaments, live Fort Wayne, 9 p.m., $6, 267-5303 Al i c i a Py l e Qu a r t e t — Jazz/variety at music Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays. No cover. New owners & man- Bu c c a Ka r a o k e w/Bu c c a — Karaoke at cover, 484-8423 Club Soda, Fort Wayne, 9 p.m.-12 agement. Complete menu featuring homemade pizza, burgers, steaks, Deer Park Irish Pub, Fort Wayne, 10 Op e n Mic — Hosted by Mike Conley a.m., no cover, 426-3442 p.m., no cover, 432-8966 at Mad Anthony Brewing Co., Fort sandwiches and salads. Serving fresh Didier meats. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : A Al l Fi r e d Up — Rock at Dupont Bar & Ch r i s Wo r t h — Variety at Annrita’s Wayne, 8:30-11 p.m., no cover, 426- quick 10 minutes west of Coliseum on U.S. 30. Ho u r s : Open daily at Grill, Fort Wayne, 9:30 p.m., cover, Lounge and Grill, Fort Wayne, 6:30- 2537 483-1311 11 a.m., noon on Sunday. Pm t : MC, Visa, Amex, Disc Op e n St ag e Ja m — Hosted by Pop ‘n’ 9:30 p.m., no cover, 459-7687 Big Ca d d y Da d d y — Rock/variety at Da n Sm y t h — Acoustic at Arcola Inn Fresh at Office Tavern, Fort Wayne, Martin’s Tavern, Garrett, 10 p.m.-2 BOOTLEGGERS SALOON & GALLEY & Ale, Arcola, 7-11 p.m., no cover, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m., no cover, 478- a.m., no cover, 357-4290 5827 Pub/Tavern • 2809 W. Main St., Fort Wayne • 260-387-6307 625-4444 Br o t h e r — Rock at Bar 145, Fort Pa t & Fa y e — Acoustic variety at Adams Ex p e c t : Golden Tee, jukebox, 3 TVs, free WIFI, deck patio, motor- De m o n w o l f w/Sa l v a c i o n , Bl o o d Wayne, 10:30 p.m., no cover, 209- Gr o o v e — Metal at Skeletunes, Fort Lake Pub, Wolcottville, 7-10 p.m., no 2117 cycle parking available. Daily food & drink specials: $1 coneys & Wayne, 9 p.m., $5, 580-1120 cover, 854-3463 $2.50 18 oz. domestics Sun.; 50¢ wings & $3 pitchers Mon.; $1 tacos & $1.50 domestic longnecks Tues.; $1 drafts & 1/2 price pizza Wed.; $12 buckets & $1 sliders Thurs.; $4 pitchers & smoked BBQ ribs, ------tips & chicken specials Fri.; $12 buckets Sat. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : Corner of Jefferson & West Main St., 2 minutes from downtown. Ho u r s : 11 a.m.-3 a.m. daily. Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t : MC, Visa, Disc, ATM C2G MUSIC HALL Earphorik Set May 21 Release Party Music • 323 W. Baker St., Fort Wayne • 260-426-6464 Earphorik recently wrapped up a nearly two- Ex p e c t : Great live music on one of Fort Wayne’s best stages. Diverse month spring tour that had the progressive rock/jam musical genres from local, regional and national performers, all in a outfit stomping through states as far south as Florida. Out and About comfortable, all-ages, family-friendly, intimate atmosphere. Excellent Now back home, the guys are turning their focus to an venue for shows, events, presentations, meetings and gatherings. all-ages release party for their new album, The Boon- NICK BRAUN Food catered by local vendors during some shows. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : Downtown on Baker between Ewing and Harrison, just south of dock Sessions, on Saturday, May 14 at The Phoenix. Parkview Field. Ho u r s : Most shows start at 8 p.m., doors one hour Tunes such as “Drift” and “Over the Walls” are fea- 145 will be hosting a Bike Night from 6-9 p.m. every earlier. Al c o h o l : Beer & wine during shows only; Pm t : Cash, check tured on this bad boy which I can guarantee will be Tuesday. You won’t have to wait until the weekend to well worth the purchase price. If you can’t make it out, have a good time this summer as Tuesdays will now CALHOUN STREET SOUPS, SALADS & SPIRITS Earphorik do have some other worthwhile gigs lined include motorcycle games, food and drink specials, Music/Variety • 1915 S. Calhoun St., Fort Wayne • 260-456-7005 up to support the new release: they’ll team up with cornhole tournaments, giant beer pong, giant Jenga, Ex p e c t : Great atmosphere, DJ Friday night, live shows, weekly drink Moser Woods on Saturday May 21 at CS3, and Me- DJ Double K and live bands once a month. Bike Night specials, private outdoor patio seating. Daily specials, full menu of morial Day weekend they’ll be in Chillicothe, is a family-friendly event, and you don’t even have to sandwiches, soups, salads, weekend dinner specials and appetizers. for the Summer Camp Music Festival. That weekend own a bike to take part in the fun. Just show up and be Ge t t i n g Th e r e : Corner of South Calhoun Street and Masterson; they’ll share the stage with such acts as Umphrey’s ready to have a good time. ample parking on street and lot behind building. Ho u r s : 11 a.m.-11 McGee, Fishbone, Jason Isbell, moe., Mudcrutch, The For those of you that would rather stay indoors, p.m. Mon.-Thurs.; 11 a.m.-midnight or later Fri.-Sat.; closed Sun. Roots and more. Look for a productive summer from Bar 145 is also hosting a game night every Thursday. Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t : MC, Visa, Disc, Amex these guys. Stop out and play classic and vintage arcade games on ChAMPIONS SPORTS BAR Our friends at Wooden Nickel have another in- one of their gaming consoles. For a $5 cover, you can Sports Bar • 1150 S. Harrison St., Fort Wayne • 260-467-1638 store, all-ages performance coming up on Thursday, enjoy weekly tournaments, food and drink specials Ex p e c t : High-action sports watching experience featuring 30 HD TVs, May 26 at their North Anthony location. Singer/song- and a DJ. state-of-the-art sound systems and booths with private flat screen TVs. writer James Ghareeb recently announced a Midwest If you head out to see Big Dick and the Penetra- Great drink specials. Varied menu to suit any palate. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : tour, and Fort Wayne is the only Indiana performance tors soon, you may notice a new vocalist at the helm. Corner of Jefferson Blvd. and S. Harrison St., inside Courtyard by on his schedule. The Peoria, Illinois native blends Kurt Hoffman is the new frontman, taking over from Marriott. Ho u r s : 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Sun.-Thurs., 11 a.m.-12 a.m. Fri.-Sat. acoustic soul, hip-hop and rock and is currently work- Todd Naseman. 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Gr e gg Be n d e r Ba n d — Variety at Sh a u n Jo n e s w/Za c h Ma r t i n a — no cover, 483-5526 Annrita’s Lounge and Grill, Fort Comedy at Snickerz Comedy Bar, Wayne, 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m., no Fort Wayne, 7:30 and 9:45 p.m., cover, 459-7687 $9.50, 486-0216 Saturday, May 7 o e u s t i c e J J — Variety at Country Af t e r Sc h o o l Sp e c i a l — Rock at 4D’s Heritage Winery, Laotto, 5-8 p.m., Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne, 10 p.m.-2 no cover, 637-2980 a.m., no cover, 490-6488 Songwriter Workshop Hotel California with Great Music & a salute to the Eagles Megan Slankard So Much More Entertainment Line-Up May 19 T h u r s d a y , Ma y 5 ~ 6:30-9:30p m 7–8:30PM Chris Worth

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Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t : Bike Night Jewelryby Anita MC, Visa, ATM available Mo n d a y , Ma y 9 • 8p m • $5 • Al l Ag e s Every Tuesday • 6-9pm f Pl e a s u r e s Columbia Street WesT Brother www.etsy.com/shop/CuteByNatureJewelryby Anita Rock • 135 W. Columbia St., Fort Wayne • 260-422-5055 Tu e s d a y , Ma y 10 • 9p m • $8 • Al l Ag e s Friday-Saturday, May 6-7 • 10:30pm Rustic, Bohemian Jewelry Leather Wrap Bracelets Ex p e c t : o r n e r s e t a v a r i o s t a k e s The Fort’s No. 1 rock club. Live bands every Saturday. C , M , L L Natural Gemstones DJ Night every Friday w/ladies in free. Also visit Bourbon Street Battle of the Bands Karen Hill Tribe Silver Hideaway, our New Orleans-style restaurant, in the lower level of Friday Nights, May 13-June 10 • 6-9pm Tribal Beads Custom Orders C-Street; open at 5 p.m. Thursday-Saturday (260-422-7500). Large 4910 N. Clinton Street menu featuring salads, sandwiches, pizzas, grinders, Southwestern and Fort Wayne • 209.2117 www.etsy.com/shop/cutebynaturejewelry daily specials. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : Downtown on The Landing. Ho u r s : Open 4 p.m.-3 a.m. Mon.-Sat. Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t : MC, Visa, Disc, Amex ------Calendar • Live Music & Comedy------CRAZY PINZ/Coconutz Restaurant Al l Fi r e d Up — Rock at Dupont Bar & Cl i f f We bb Tr i o — Jazz/blues at Club Mi s h k a Sh u ba l y w/St a r An n a — Indie Games/Music • 1414 Northland Blvd., Fort Wayne • 260-490-2695 Grill, Fort Wayne, 9:30 p.m., cover, Soda, Fort Wayne, 9 p.m.-12 a.m., at Brass Rail, Fort Wayne, 8 p.m., 483-1311 no cover, 426-3442 cover, 267-5303 Ex p e c t : An exciting atmosphere for families. Bowling, arcade, laser Am e r i c a n Id o l Ka r a o k e w/Sc o t t — Ev a n Gi d l e y Qu a r t e t — Variety at Mo t o r Fo l k e r s — Acoustic rock at tag, mini-golf and weekly live entertainment. Coconutz restaurant Karaoke at Latch String, Fort Wayne, Pedal City, Fort Wayne, 8-11 p.m., Summit City Brewerks, Fort Wayne, serves American cuisine daily with food and drink specials. Ge t t i n g 10:30 p.m., no cover, 483-5526 no cover, 415-6167 9 p.m.-12 a.m., no cover, 420-0222 Th e r e : North on Lima Road from Coliseum, past Sam’s Club to Au l d Mo n g r e l s — Rock at O’Sullivan’s Gu i l d o f Ro c k — Oldies/variety at Pa r t y Bo a t Ba n d — Trop rock at 4D’s Northland Blvd. Ho u r s : 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Mon.-Wed.; 10 a.m.-midnight Italian Irish Pub, Fort Wayne, 10 Crazy Pinz/Coconutz, Fort Wayne, Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne, 6 p.m., no Thurs.; 10 a.m.-1 a.m. Fri.-Sat.; noon-10 p.m. Sun. Al c o h o l : Full p.m.-1 a.m., no cover, 422-5896 8-11 p.m., no cover, 490-2695 cover, 490-6488 Service; Pm t : MC, Visa, Disc, Amex Ba c k Wa t e r — Country rock at Navy Jo e St ab e l l i — Jazz at Don Hall’s Gas Po p ’n’Fr e s h — Blues/rock at The Wet Club, Ship 245, New Haven, 7 p.m., House, Fort Wayne, 5:45-9 p.m., no Spot, Decatur, 10 p.m.-2 a.m., no DEER PARK PUB no cover, 493-4044 cover, 426-3411 cover, 728-9031 Big Ca d d y Da d d y — Rock/variety at Jo h n Cu r r a n & Re n e ga d e — Country Pr i m e Ti m e — Variety at Don Hall’s Eclectic • 1530 Leesburg Rd., Fort Wayne • 260-432-8966 Martin’s Tavern, Garrett, 10 p.m.-2 at American Legion Post 47, Fort Guesthouse, Fort Wayne, 9 p.m.- Ex p e c t : Home to Dancioke, 12 craft beer lines, 75 domestic and a.m., no cover, 357-4290 Wayne, 8-11 p.m., no cover, 209- 12:30 a.m., no cover, 489-2524 imported beers, assorted wines, St. Pat’s Parade, keg toss, Irish snug Br e n t LaCas e Qu a r t e t — Jazz/variety 3960 Ro d n e y Ca r r i n g t o n — Comedy at and USF students. Friday/Saturday live music, holiday specials. at Annrita’s Lounge and Grill, Fort Ki l l t h e Rabb i t — Rock at Checkerz Embassy Theatre, Fort Wayne, 7 Outdoor beer garden. www.deerparkpub.com. Wi-Fi hotspot. Finger Wayne, 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m., no Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne, 10 p.m.-2 p.m., $44.75-$176.75, 424-5665 cover, 459-7687 a.m., no cover, 489-0286 Sh a u n Jo n e s w/Za c h Ma r t i n a — e t t i n g h e r e food, tacos every Tuesday. G T : Corner of Leesburg and Br o t h e r — Rock at Bar 145, Fort Ma r s h a l l La w — Country rock at Comedy at Snickerz Comedy Bar, Spring, across from UFS. Ho u r s : 2 p.m.-1 a.m. Mon.-Thurs., noon-2 Wayne, 10:30 p.m., no cover, 209- Beamer’s Sports Grill, Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, 7:30 and 9:45 p.m., a.m. Fri.-Sat., 1-10 p.m. Sun. Al c o h o l : Beer & Wine; Pm t : MC, Visa, 2117 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m., no cover, 625- $9.50, 486-0216 Disc 1002 DUESY’S SPORTS BAR & GRILLE Sports Bar • 305 E. Washington Ctr. Rd., Fort Wayne • 260-484-0411 Ex p e c t : 27 huge flat screen TVs with all your favorites sports – NASCAR and more; live trivia 7-9 p.m. Tuesdays; kitchen opens at 11 a.m. w/custom burgers, specialty sandwiches, BBQ, flatbreads, salads ON THE and wraps. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : Corner of Washington Center Rd. and Coldwater, just south of I-69. Ho u r s : 11 a.m.-midnight or later daily. LANDING! Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t : MC, Visa, Disc, Amex WEDNESDAYS DUPONT BAR & grill & Thursdays Sports Bar • 10336 Leo Rd., Fort Wayne • 260-483-1311 Ex p e c t : Great daily drink specials, 3 pool tables, NFL Ticket, 16’x10’ $ 00 Megatron, three 6’x4’ Minitrons, 15 flat screen TVs, Shotgun Karaoke 1 domestic every Wednesday at 8 p.m.; live music every Friday & Saturday. $8.99 daily lunch specials; 50¢ wings Wednesdays. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : North of Fort Wayne at Leo Crossing (Dupont & Clinton). Ho u r s : 11 a.m.-3 LONGNECKS, a.m. daily Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t : MC, Visa, Amex HAMILTON HOUSE $2 Coronas Neighborhood Bar • 3950 E. Bellefontaine, Hamilton • 260-488-3344 Ex p e c t : Great atmosphere with a beautiful view of lake; 20 beers on & KARAOKE tap, 6 large HDTVs w/DirecTV (NFL Package during season), internet juke, pool table, karaoke every Saturday (9 p.m.), live bands every Saturday (8 p.m.) Memorial Day thru Labor Day. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : W/JOSH Corner of roads 1 and 427. Ho u r s : 11 a.m.-1 a.m. Mon.-Wed.; 11 a.m.-3 a.m. Thurs.-Sat.; 12 noon-12 midnight Sun. Al c o h o l : Full Friday & saturday Service; Pm t : MC, Visa MAY 6-7 • 10pm LATCH STRING BAR & GRILL Pubs & Taverns • 3221 N. Clinton St., Fort Wayne • 260-483-5526 Ex p e c t : Fun, friendly, rustic atmosphere. Daily drink specials. dance Mondays, $2.75 imports; Tuesdays, $2.50 import bottles & $1 tacos; Wednesdays, $2 wells and 59¢ bone-in wings; Sundays, $2.50 bloody party Marys. Live bands Friday, Sunday, & Tuesday; comedy improv/open mic Wednesday; karaoke Monday, Thursday & Saturday. No cover. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : Where Clinton and Lima roads meet, next to Budget w/DJ RICH Rental. Ho u r s : 11 a.m.-3 a.m. Mon.-Sat., 12 noon-12:30 a.m. Sun. Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t : MC, Visa 135 W. Columbia St. fort Wayne 260-422-5055 www.columbiastreetwest 10------www.whatzup.com------May 5, 2016 ------Calendar • Live Music & Comedy------NIGHTLIFE Violin Me e t s Sa r o d w/Ga n e s h Pe a r s w/Fl a m i n g o No s e b l e e d — Punk Be l l a ’s Ba r t o k — Folk/punk at Brass Rajag o p a l a n a n d T e j e n d r a M aj u m d a r at Brass Rail, Fort Wayne, 9 p.m., Rail, Fort Wayne, 8 p.m., cover, — IPFW/Shruti Indian Performance $8, 267-5303 267-5303 LAOTTO BREWING COMPANY Series at Auer Performance Hall, Br e n t LaCas e & Ka t Bo w s e r — Variety Rhinehart Music Center, IPFW, Fort at Annrita’s Lounge and Grill, Fort Microbrewery • 202 S. Main St., LaOtto • 260-897-3360 Wayne, 7:30 p.m., $10, 481-6555 Wednesday, May 11 Wayne, 6:30-9:30 p.m., no cover, Ex p e c t : Easygoing atmosphere in a 100-plus-year-old renovated build- Wa l k i n ’ Pa p e r s — Rock n’ roll at 459-7687 Ad a m St r a c k — Acoustic at 4D’s Bar ing. Beers made on site and served with a varied pub menu; soups, American Legion Post 499, Fort & Grill, Fort Wayne, 7-10 p.m., no Bu c c a Ka r a o k e w/Bu c c a — Karaoke at burgers, pizza and a variety of daily specials. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : 10 min- Wayne, 8-11 p.m., no cover, 483- cover, 490-6488 Deer Park Irish Pub, Fort Wayne, 10 utes north of Dupont and Lima roads on Old SR3 in LaOtto. Ho u r s : 1368 p.m., no cover, 432-8966 Ba t t l e o f t h e Ba n d s — feat. The 5-10 p.m. Thursday, 5-11 p.m. Friday, 1-11 p.m. Saturday, 1-8 p.m. DDJ o u b l e K — Variety at Bar 145, Fort Kickbacks, Three Cities, Plaxton Sunday. Al c o h o l : Beer; Pm t : MC, Visa, Disc, Amex Sunday, May 8 & the Void, Knit Cap Vigilantes at Wayne, 9 p.m., no cover, 209-2117 Calhoun Street Soups, Salads & Ev e 6 w/Bu bba Sp a r x x x , Te s t e d o n Mad Anthony Brewing cOMPANY Bl u e s Ja m Ho s t e d b y Le e Le w i s a n d Spirits, Fort Wayne, 8 p.m., $5, 456- An i m a l s , So u l 35 — 90s rock at Fr i e n d s — Open jam at Checkerz 7005 Headwaters Park, Fort Wayne, 5 Brew Pub/Micro Brewery • 2002 S. Broadway, Fort Wayne • 260-426-2537 Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne, 6-9 p.m., no Ch r i s Wo r t h — Variety at Club p.m., $5-$40, 804-1978 Ex p e c t : Ten beers freshly hand-crafted on premises and the eclectic cover, 489-0286 Paradise, Angola, 7-10 p.m., no Jas o n Pa u l — Acoustic variety at madness of Munchie Emporium. 4-1/2 star menu, ‘One of the best Beamer’s Sports Grill, Fort Wayne, Fo r t Wa y n e Ph i l h a r m o n i c — Schubert’s cover, 833-7082 pizzas in America,’ large vegetarian menu. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : Just south- Octet at Rhinehart Music Center, 7-10 p.m., no cover, 625-1002 JDJ o h n n y Bl az e — Variety at Dupont west of downtown Fort Wayne at Taylor & Broadway. Ho u r s : Usually IPFW, Fort Wayne, 2:30 p.m., $20, Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne, 8:30 p.m., Je f f McDo n a l d — Folk at Don Hall’s 481-6555 no cover, 483-1311 Guesthouse, Fort Wayne, 7-10 p.m., 11 a.m.-1 a.m. Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t : MC, Visa, Disc Ye s t e r d a y ’s He a d t r i p — Variety at Fo r t Wa y n e Co m e d y Co n n e c t i o n — no cover, 489-2524 Latch String Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne, Comedy at Latch String Bar & Grill, Jo e Ju s t i c e — Variety at Timber Ridge MAD ANTHONY lake city TAP HOUSE 9 p.m.-1 a.m., no cover, 483-5526 Fort Wayne, 9 p.m., no cover, 483- Golf Course, Bluffton, 6-9 p.m., no Music/Rock • 113 E. Center St., Warsaw • 574-268-2537 5526 cover, 824-2728 Ex p e c t : The eclectic madness of the original combined with hand- G-Mo n e y Ba n d — Open jam at Nick’s Li k e a St o r m — Rock at Piere’s crafted Mad Anthony ales and lagers. Carry-out handcrafted brews Monday, May 9 Martini & Wine Bar, Fort Wayne, Entertainment Center, Fort Wayne, 8 p.m., $10, 486-1979 available. Live music on Saturdays. The same 4-1/2 star menu, includ- Am e r i c a n Id o l Ka r a o k e — Karaoke at 7-10 p.m., no cover, 482-6425 Op e n Mic — Hosted by Mike Conley ing one of the best pizzas in America and a large vegetarian menu. Latch String, Fort Wayne, 10 p.m., La k e o f Fi r e — Indie rock at Brass at Mad Anthony Brewing Co., Fort e t t i n g h e r e no cover, 483-5526 Rail, Fort Wayne, 9 p.m., cover, G T : From U.S. 30, turn southwest on E. Center St.; go 2 267-5303 Wayne, 8:30-11 p.m., no cover, 426- miles. Ho u r s : 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.; 11 a.m.-12:30 a.m. Fri.- Op e n Mic Ni g h t — Variety at Checkerz 2537 Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne, 7-10 p.m., Mo t o r Fo l k e r s — Acoustic rock at 469 Sat.; 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Sun. Al c o h o l : Full-Service; Pm t : MC, Visa, Op e n St ag e Ja m — Hosted by Pop ‘n’ no cover, 489-0286 Sports & Spirits, New Haven, 7-11 Fresh at Office Tavern, Fort Wayne, Disc Sh e l l y Di x o n & Je f f McRa e — Open p.m., no cover, 749-7207 Op e n Mic — Variety at Pedal City, Fort 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m., no cover, 478- stage at Bar 145, Fort Wayne, 6-9 5827 MAD ANTHONY’S LAKEVIEW ALE HOUSE p.m., no cover, 209-2117 Wayne, 8 p.m., no cover, 415-6167 Th e So i l a n d t h e Su n w/Th e Ho m e l e ss Eclectic • 4080 N 300 W, Angola • 260-833-2537 Tr e s Ac q u a r o — Variety at Deer Park Pa t & Fa y e — Acoustic variety at Dupont Go s p e l Ch o i r , Ei t h e r /Or — Indie Irish Pub, Fort Wayne, 6:30-8 p.m., Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne, 6:30-8:30 Ex p e c t : Twelve handcrafted beers on tap; also featuring Indiana p.m., no cover, 483-1311 rock at Calhoun Street Soups, craft beers and local wines. Patio with seating for 100; 7 dock slips; no cover, 432-8966 Salads & Spirits, Fort Wayne, 9 Pa t a n d Fa y e — Variety at Dupont Bar p.m., $8, 456-7005 150-seat banquet facility. 4-1/2 star menu, including famous gourmet & Grill, Fort Wayne, 6:30-8:30 p.m., pizza, unique eats and vegetarian fare. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : Located on Tuesday, May 10 no cover, 483-1311 Tr o n i c — EDM at O’Sullivan’s Italian Irish Pub, Fort Wayne, 10 p.m., no beautiful Lake James above Bledsoe’s Beach. Ho u r s : 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Pa u l Ne w St e w a r t & Ki m m y De a n — Ch i l l y ’s Ta l e n t & Ta c o s — Open mic at Variety at Venice Restaurant, Fort cover, 422-5896 Sun.-Thurs.; 11 a.m.-midnight or later Fri.-Sat. Al c o h o l : Full Service; Latch String Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne, Wayne, 6:30-9:30 p.m., $1, 482- Pm t : MC, Visa, Disc 9 p.m.-12 a.m., no cover, 483-5526 1618 Friday, May 13 Co r n e r s w/Me t a v a r i , Lo s t La k e s — MAD ANTHONY TAP ROOM Progressive rock at Calhoun Street Ba t t l e o f t h e Ba n d s — Variety at Bar Music/Rock • 114 N. Main St., Auburn • 260-927-0500 Soups, Salads & Spirits, Fort Wayne, Thursday, May 12 145, Fort Wayne, 9 p.m., no cover, Ex p e c t : 8 p.m., cover, 456-7005 209-2117 The eclectic madness of the original combined with hand- Hu b i e As h c r a f t & Ad a m St r a c k — Am e r i c a n Id o l Ka r a o k e — Karaoke Big Ca d d y Da d d y — Rock/variety at crafted Mad Anthony ales and lagers. The same 4-1/2 star menu, Acoustic at Black Canyon, Fort at Nick’s Martini & Wine Bar, Fort including one of the best pizzas in America and a large vegetarian Wayne, 8-11 p.m., no cover, 482- Dupont Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne, 9:30 Wayne, 7-10 p.m., no cover, 203- p.m., cover, 483-1311 menu. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : Take I-69 to State Rd. 8 (Auburn exit); down- 5900 6425 Bl a c k Do o r — Rock at Latch String town, just north of courthouse. Ho u r s : 11 a.m.-12 a.m. Sun.-Thurs.; 11 Ja n e l l e Ta y l o r — Variety at St. Anne Am e r i c a n Id o l Ka r a o k e w/Da v e — Karaoke at Latch String Bar & Grill, Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.-2 a.m. Fri.-Sat. Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t : MC, Visa, Disc Home, Fort Wayne, 2 p.m., no cover, a.m., no cover, 483-5526 484-5555 Fort Wayne, 10:30 p.m., no cover, 483-5526 Br o t h e r — Rock at Mitchell’s Sports NICK’S MARTINI & WINE BAR Op e n Mic — Hosted by Dan Smyth at Bar, Fort Wayne, 10 p.m.-2 a.m., $5, The Green Frog Inn, Fort Wayne, An d r e w Pe t e r s o n — Christian/We Dining & Music • 1227 E. State Blvd., Fort Wayne • 260-482-6425 Carry Kevan benefit at Broadway 387-5063 8-11 p.m., no cover, 426-1088 x p e c t Christian Church, Fort Wayne, 6:30 E : Specialty martinis, craft beers and cocktails served up in a p.m., $10, 423-2347 classic martini lounge with live music nightly. Serving a variety of small plate appetizers with weekly featured tapas plates and drink spe- cials. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : One block east of Crescent on State Blvd., next to the Rib Room. Ho u r s : Open at 4 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Al c o h o l : whatzup PERFORMERS DIRECTORY Full Service; Pm t .: MC, Visa, Disc, Amex ACOUSTIC VARIETY ORIGINAL ROCK SNICKERZ COMEDY BAR Adam Strack...... 260-418-2070 FM90...... 765-606-5550 Comedy • 5535 St. Joe Rd., Fort Wayne • 260-486-0216 Jon Durnell...... 260-797-2980 PRAISE & WORSHIP Ex p e c t : One of the nation’s premiere comedy clubs with the brightest Mike Conley...... 260-750-9758 Jacobs Well...... 260-479-0423 comics in America every Friday & Saturday night. Sandwiches, chick- CLASSIC ROCK & COUNTRY ROCK en strips, fish planks, nachos, wings & more. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : In front The Joel Young Band...... 260-414-4983 Big Caddy Daddy...... 260-925-9562 of Piere’s. 2.5 miles east of Exit 112A off I-69. Ho u r s : Showtimes CLASSICAL The Rescue Plan...... 260-750-9500 are 7:30 & 9:45 p.m. Fri. and Sat. Al c o h o l : Full Service; Pm t .: MC, The Jaenicke Consort Inc...... 260-426-9096 ROCK & VARIETY Visa, Disc, Amex COUNTRY & country rock The DeeBees...... 260-579-6852 STATE GRILL BackWater...... 260-494-5364 ROCK N’ ROLL Pub/Tavern • 1210 E. State Blvd., Fort Wayne • 260-483-5618 horn band Biff and The Cruisers...... 260-417-5495 Ex p e c t : 1st Tavern to pour beer after Prohibition; located in a fun and Tim Harrington Band...... 765-479-4005 standards friendly neighborhood; home of the XKE Cranials & most dangerous INDIE ROCK Brass 6...... 260-450-2962 jukebox. Daily drink specials include $2 Tall Boy PBR all day, every- James and the Drifters...... 717-552-5240 Cap’n Bob, The Singin’ Skipper...... 800-940-2035 day, great craft beer selection. Golden Tee. Free WIFI. Friendly staff: KARAOKE/DJ Pan Man Dan...... 260-232-3588 Jonesy, Theresa and Andy. Riverbend Pizza. Ge t t i n g Th e r e : Corner Sidecar Gary’s Karaoke/DJ...... 260-343-8076 TROP ROCK & CLASSIC ROCK of State and Crescent. Ho u r s : 3 p.m.-3 a.m. Mon., 1 p.m.-3 a.m. OLDIES ROCK Party Boat Band...... 260-438-3710 Tues.-Fri., noon-3 a.m. Sat., noon-1 a.m. Sun. Al c o h o l : Full Service; The Bulldogs...... 260-357-3694 variety Pm t .: Cash only; ATM on site ORIGINAL & COVER ROCK Dueling Keyboard Boys (Paul New Stewart).260-440-9918 Kill The Rabbit...... 260-223-2381 or 419-771-9127 Elephants in Mud...... 260-413-4581 ORIGINAL ACOUSTIC Night to Remember...... 260-797-2980 Find out how a whatzup Nightlife Listing can help Dan Dickerson’s Harp Condition...... 260-704-2511 Triple Play...... 520-909-5321 your business. Go to whatzup.com for rates and The Holy Rebels...... 260-460-7009 Who Dat (Paul New Stewart)...... 260-440-9918 ORIGINAL HIP-HOP information, or email [email protected] UpShott Entertainment...... [email protected]

May 5, 2016------www.whatzup.com------11 ------Calendar • On the Road------Electronic music king Moby is going on tour, The 1975 May 21 Meadow Brook Amphitheatre Rochester, MI but it’s not to promote a new album. Moby 5 Seconds of Summer July 26 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati has written a book that ”describes his expe- Road Notez Aaron Lewis May 28 Honeywell Center Wabash riences coming up through the underground Alan Jackson Aug. 19 Toledo Zoo Amphitheatre Toledo dance music scene of the late 80s and 90s, CHRIS HUPE Alice Cooper May 5 Star Plaza Theatre Merrillville his own poverty and the environment that Alice Cooper May 6 Express Live! Columbus, OH nurtured the music that would eventually make him famous,” according to a press release. Alice Cooper May 19 Foellinger Theatre Fort Wayne It sounds like standard fare, but if you’re a fan you will probably want to pick up a copy. Allen Stone w/Jared & The Mill May 14 House of Blues Chicago Book stores are becoming about as hard to find as music stores, but there’s still a few left America June 24 T. Furth Center, Trine University Angola with the ability to host a large crowd, I guess. Meet the man in person and get a copy of the Amon Amarth w/Entombed A.D., Exmortus May 5 Riviera Theatre Chicago book signed when Moby stops by The Book Cellar in Chicago on May 24. Anderson East June 10 Garfield Park Indianapolis Andrew Bryant Band w/The Dead Records May 5 Brass Rail Fort Wayne Newly single vocalist Gavin Rossdale and his band Bush are returning to the stage this Andrew Peterson May 12 Broadway Christian Church Fort Wayne summer and plan to pair up with Chevelle to present a pretty nice package tour worth see- Andy Frasco May 26 Brass Rail Fort Wayne ing. Bush are continuing to tour in support of their 2014 album Man on the Run, but it’s Anthony Gomes ($20) May 14 Key Palace Theatre Redkey likely you’ll hear very little of that album on this tour and instead hear more of the hits Asleep at the Wheel ($35) Aug. 16 The Ark Ann Arbor you know. Chevelle are still supporting their album La Gargola, released in 2014 as well. At The Drive In May 19 Riviera Theatre Chicago The tour stops in Cincinnati July 23, Detroit July 24, Indianapolis July 26 and Columbus, B.o.B. ($20) June 14 House of Blues Cleveland Ohio July 27. Barenaked Ladies w/OMD June 9 Ravinia Festival Chicago Bella’s Bartok May 12 Brass Rail Fort Wayne The members of Blink-182 are finally getting off their respective couches to give us some Bellamy Brothers July 15-16 Blue Gate Theatre Shipshewana new music and a tour. The new album, California, is their first full-length album since Ben Folds May 12 Fillmore Detroit Detroit 2011’s Neighborhoods and is due out July 1. The tour, also featuring A Day to Remem- Ben Folds w/Dotan May 13 Riviera Theatre Chicago ber, hits all of the usual summer sheds including Cleveland’s Blossom Music Center Billy Joel Aug. 26 Wrigley Field Chicago August 9, Riverbend in Cincinnati August 10, Tinley Park near Chicago September 9 and Birdy June 17 Park West Chicago Klipsch near Indianapolis September 10. All-American Rejects open the shows. Black Sabbath Aug. 31 DTE Energy Music Theatre Detroit Blue Man Group May 31 Morris Performing Arts Ctr. South Bend Fort Wayne native Jordan Witzigreuter, also known as The Ready Set, just released his Blue October June 24 House of Blues Chicago fourth full-length album, I Will Be Nothing Without Your Love. He is, of course, heading Bob Dylan w/Mavis Staples June 24 Ravinia Festival Chicago out on tour to promote the album and is bringing Emblem3 and Megan Nicole along for Bob Dylan w/Mavis Staples June 25 Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn Indianapolis the ride. The tour kicks off in early May and makes a stop in Chicago May 19, Indianapo- Bonnaroo feat. Goldlink, Cashmere Cat, The Floozies, Marian Hill, Bully, Papadosio, lis May 20 and Cleveland May 22. Lolawolf, Con Brio, LCD Soundsystem, J. Cole, Tame Impala, M83, Halsey, Chvrches, The Chainsmokers, Zeds Dead, Bryson Tiller, Flosstradamus, Pearl Jam, Ellie Goulding, The 90s music resurgence continues as the My2K Tour visits 35 cities throughout America Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Haim, Miguel, SuperJam, June 9-12 Great Stage Park Manchester, TN this summer. The tour is headlined by 98 Degrees with support from Dream, O-Town and Boston May 17 Foellinger Theatre Fort Wayne Ryan Cabrera. The tag line on the tour’s webpage says “I know what you’re doing this Boston May 18 Jacobs Pavilion Cleveland summer.” Apparently the tours organizers are privy to the fact that I won’t be seeing this Boyce Avenue May 20 Vic Theatre Chicago tour, but I’m guessing many others might find this package interesting – hence my writ- Brandi Carlile w/Old Crow Medicine Show July 12 Jacobs Pavilion Cleveland ing about it. But, I digress. There are plenty of chances to catch this package in our area Brandi Carlile w/Old Crow Medicine Show ($29.50-$59) July 16 Fox Theatre Detroit as the tour hits Cleveland July 28, Detroit July 29, Chicago July 30, Cincinnati August 2 Brian Posehn June 23 CS3 Fort Wayne and Indianapolis August 19. Bryan Ferry Aug. 6 Ravinia Festival Chicago Buddy Guy w/Jonny Lang Aug. 25 Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park, OH The Magical History Tour: A Beatles Memorabilia Exhibition has opened at the Henry Buddy Nolan Tribute June 6 Embassy Theatre Fort Wayne Ford Museum in Detroit. The exhibit includes many pieces of The Beatles history, includ- Bullet for My Valentine w/Asking Alexandria May 21 Piere’s Entertainment Center Fort Wayne ing personal letters, photographs and other items. The highlight of the visit, or perhaps Cage the Elephant w/Portugal. The Man, Twin Peaks June 4 Jacobs Pavilion Cleveland lowlight depending on how you view such a thing, is the autograph John Lennon signed Cage the Elephant w/Portugal. The Man June 7 UIC Pavilion Chicago for Mark David Chapman just a few hours before Chapman ended Lennon’s life in New Carl Palmer’s ELP Legacy ($35) June 12 Magic Bag Ferndale, MI York City. Cash Box Kings May 14 C2G Music Hall Fort Wayne [email protected] Celtic Woman June 12 DeVos Performance Hall Grand Rapids Cheap Trick May 6 Cleveland Public Hall Cleveland Chic July 9 Ravinia Festival Chicago Dead & Company June 17 Klipsch Music Center Noblesville Chicago Aug. 23 Foellinger Theatre Fort Wayne The Deadly Vipers w/Must be the Holy Ghost, Heavens Gateway Drugs, Nest Egg May 13 CS3 Fort Wayne Chicago Rhythm and Blues Kings ($15) May 21 Key Palace Theatre Redkey Def Leppard w/Reo Speedwagon, Tesla July 1 Klipsch Music Center Noblesville Chris Cornell July 3 Ravinia Festival Chicago Def Leppard w/REO Speedwagon, Tesla July 5 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Chris Cornell July 8 Taft Theatre Cincinnati Def Leppard w/REO Speedwagon, Tesla Aug. 29 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH Chris DuPont w/Frances Luke Accord ($15) June 4 The Ark Ann Arbor Delta Rae ($30) June 19 The Ark Ann Arbor Chris Smither ($26) May 6 The Ark Ann Arbor Dierks Bentley w/Randy Houser, Cam, Tucker Beathard May 20 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH Chris Stapleton w/Anderson East June 2 FirstMerit Bank Pavilion Chicago Disturbed w/Breaking Benjamin, Alter Bridge, Saint Asonia July 20 Klipsch Music Center Noblesville Cletus P. Judd w/Misty Loggins June 17 Columbia City High School Columbia City Disturbed w/Breaking Benjamin, Alter Bridge, Saint Asonia July 27 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Cletus P. Judd w/Misty Loggins June 18 Norwell High School Ossian Disturbed w/Rob Zombie, Pop Evil May 25 Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Fort Wayne Clutch w/Corrosion of Conformity June 10 Piere’s Entertainment Center Fort Wayne Dixie Chicks June 1 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Coldplay July 23-24 Soldier Field Chicago Dixie Chicks June 3 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH Coldplay w/Alessia Cara, Foxes July 28 Nationwide Arena Columbus, OH Dixie Chicks Aug. 25 Klipsch Music Center Noblesville Comodores June 23 Ravinia Festival Chicago Dogs in Ecstasy w/A Night on TV June 4 Brass Rail Fort Wayne The Copyrights w/Ray Rocket, The Lippies May 27 Brass Rail Fort Wayne Don Henley Aug. 14-15 Ravinia Festival Chicago Corn Mo w/Mesiko, Danny Kallas July 1 CS3 Fort Wayne Duran Duran July 8 Ravinia Festival Chicago Corners w/Metavari, Lost Lakes May 10 CS3 Fort Wayne Duran Duran w/Chic feat. Nile Rogers July 11 DTE Energy Music Theatre Detroit w/Rob Thomas Aug. 24 FirstMerit Bank Pavilion Chicago Electric Spring May 13 Headwaters Park Fort Wayne Creedence Clearwater Revisited ($32-$50) June 2 Sound Board Detroit Detroit Ellie Goulding May 6 Allstate Arena Rosemont, IL Cécile McLorin Salvant w/the Aaron Dihel Trio ($22-$32) June 9 MotorCity Casino Hotel Detroit Ellie Goulding May 7 Wolstein Center Cleveland Damian Jurado w/Ben Abraham May 28 Schubas Tavern Chicago Ellie Goulding May 10 LC Pavilion Columbus, OH Darius Rucker w/Dan + Shay, Michael Ray Aug. 18 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Ellie Goulding May 14 Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn Indianapolis Darius Rucker w/Dan + Shay Aug. 26 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH Ernie Haase Retreat ($19-$49) June 2-4 Blue Gate Theatre Shipshewana Dark Star Orchestra June 26 Park West Chicago Eve 6 w/Bubba Sparxxx, Tested on Animals, Soul 35 May 12 Headwaters Park Fort Wayne Daryl Hall & John Oates July 18 DTE Energy Music Theatre Detroit Flight of the Conchords June 11 State Theatre Cleveland Daryl Hall & John Oates July 20 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Flogging Molly w/Frank Turner Aug. 14 Jacobs Pavilion Cleveland Daryl Hall & John Oates July 22 Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre Chicago Florence and the Machine w/Of Monsters and Men June 4 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH Daryl Hall & John Oates July 24 Klipsch Music Center Noblesville Florence and the Machine w/Of Monsters and Men June 12 Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre Chicago Dashboard Confessional w/Taking Back Sunday, Saosin, The Early November June 10 Columbus Commons Columbus, OH Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons June 12 Ravinia Festival Chicago Dashboard Confessional w/Taking Back Sunday, Saosin, Anthony Green, The Early November June 12 Jacobs Pavilion Cleveland Gaither Vocal Band ($29-$94) June 10 Blue Gate Theatre Shipshewana Dave Matthews Band May 20 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Garbage w/Lumineers, Young the Giant, Robert DeLong, Lucius June 18 Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre Chicago Dave Matthews Band July 8 Nationwide Arena Columbus, OH Garnet Rogers ($20) May 13 The Ark Ann Arbor Dave Matthews Band July 22 Klipsch Music Center Noblesville Garrison Keillor w/Chris Thile June 11 Ravinia Festival Chicago Dave Matthews Band July 23 Klipsch Music Center Noblesville Gene Watson ($44) Sept. 2-3 Blue Gate Theatre Shipshewana Dead & Company June 16 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati George Clinton & Parliment/Funkadelic May 7 House of Blues Cleveland 12------www.whatzup.com------May 5, 2016 May 5, 2016------www.whatzup.com------13 ------Calendar • On the Road------George Thorogood and the the Destroyers Sept. 18 Foellinger Theatre Fort Wayne Luke Bryan w/Little Big Town, Dustin Lynch Aug. 13-14 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Gladys Knight ($59.50-$125) May 8 Fox Theatre Detroit Lyle Lovett and his Large Band w/Emmylou Harris July 18 Ravinia Festival Chicago Goo Goo Dolls Aug. 10 Jacobs Pavilion Cleveland Lyle Lovett and his Large Band July 27 Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park, OH Gregg Allman June 28 Lerner Theatre Elkhart M83 w/Bob Moses June 8 House of Blues Cleveland Guess Who Aug. 5 T. Furth Center, Trine University Angola Marah June 10-11 Schubas Tavern Chicago Guy & Ralna Sept. 18 Niswonger Performing Arts Center Van Wert, Ohio March On, Comrade w/Omaha, Alaska May 14 Brass Rail Fort Wayne Hank Williams Jr. w/Chris Stapleton Aug. 19 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH Martin Sexton ($40) May 21 The Ark Ann Arbor Hank Williams Jr. w/Chris Stapleton Aug. 27 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Matt Corby May 21 Vic Theatre Chicago Happy Together Tour Aug. 21 Foellinger Theatre Fort Wayne Mean Jeans w/Easy Habits May 25 Brass Rail Fort Wayne Happy Together Tour Aug. 24 Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park, OH Meatloaf May 22 Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park, OH feat. & Dave Schools May 14 Vic Theatre Chicago Melissa Etheridge ($42-$60) June 23 Sound Board Detroit Detroit Harry Connick, Jr. May 18 Chicago Theatre Chicago Mickey Gilley ($20-$50) July 29 Honeywell Center Wabash Haunted Summer w/Wonky Tonk May 5 CS3 Fort Wayne Minor Victories June 26 Lincoln Hall Chicago Hayes Carll June 17 Schubas Tavern Chicago Miracle Legion w/The Kickback July 22 Schubas Tavern Chicago Heart May 13 Foellinger Theatre Fort Wayne Miranda Lambert w/Kip Moore, Brothers Osborne May 14 Klipsch Music Center Noblesville Heart June 6 Lerner Theatre Elkhart Miranda Lambert w/Kip Moore, Brothers Osborne July 28 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH Heart w/Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Cheap Trick July 17 Klipsch Music Center Noblesville Mishka Shubaly w/Star Anna May 7 Brass Rail Fort Wayne Heart w/Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Cheap Trick July 19 FirstMerit Bank Pavilion Chicago Modern Baseball w/Joyce Manor, Thin Lips June 17 Bogart’s Cincinnati Heart w/Joan Jett & the Blackhawks, Cheap Trick July 22 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Modest Mouse w/Brand New July 2 FirstMerit Bank Pavilion Chicago Hellyeah May 20 Piere’s Entertainment Center Fort Wayne The Monkees June 5 Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park, OH Hollywood Vampires June 17 Ravinia Festival Chicago The Monkees June 7 Foellinger Theatre Fort Wayne Hotel California May 30 Foellinger Theatre Fort Wayne The Monkees June 12 Murat Indianapolis James McCartney June 23 Brass Rail Fort Wayne The Monkees June 14 Rose Music Center Huber Heights, OH James Taylor July 26 Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Fort Wayne Motion City Soundtrack June 20 House of Blues Cleveland James Taylor and His All Star Band July 27 Wright State Nutter Center Dayton, OH Needtobreathe w/Mat Kearney, John Mark McMillam, Welshly Arms Aug. 25 Columbus Commons Columbus, OH Jane’s Addiction w/Dinosaur Jr., Living Colour July 23 Jacobs Pavilion Cleveland The Neighbourhood June 11 House of Blues Cleveland Janet Jackson July 25 Schottenstein Center Columbus, OH Neko Case w/K.D. Lang, Laura Veirs, Andy Shauf Aug. 7 Chicago Theatre Chicago Jason Aldean w/Lady Antebellum, Tim McGraw June 17-19 FirstMerit Bank Pavilion Chicago Nick Moss ($20) May 26 The Ark Ann Arbor Jason Aldean w/Thomas Rhett, A Thousand Horses Sept. 23 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH The Osmond Brothers July 9 Foellinger Theatre Fort Wayne Jason Isbell w/The 400 Unit May 31 Embassy Theatre Fort Wayne Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo May 18 Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park, OH Jay Leno ($25-$150) May 7 Fox Theatre Detroit Pat McAfee May 20 Embassy Theatre Fort Wayne Jeanne Robertson ($19-$49) June 8 Blue Gate Theatre Shipshewana Paul Anka May 21 Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park, OH Jeff Foxworthy ($44-$139) June 11 Blue Gate Theatre Shipshewana Paul McCartney Aug. 17 Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland Jeff Tweedy May 13 Vic Theatre Chicago Paul Simon June 18 Ravinia Festival Chicago Jesse Thorson w/The Raging Nathans May 16 Brass Rail Fort Wayne Pears w/Flamingo Nosebleed May 10 Brass Rail Fort Wayne Jesus Culture w/Chris McClarney May 13 First Assembly of God Fort Wayne Perfume Aug. 31 Vic Theatre Chicago Jim Gaffigan Aug. 9 Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Fort Wayne Pete Davidson June 18 Capitol Theatre Columbus, OH Jimmy Buffet June 23 Klipsch Music Center Noblesville Pete Davidson June 23 Vic Theatre Chicago Jimmy Buffett June 21 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Peter Frampton July 31 Foellinger Theatre Fort Wayne Joe Walsh w/Bad Company, Steve Rodgers June 16 Klipsch Music Center Noblesville Phish June 24-25 Wrigley Field Chicago John Conlee ($44) July 8-9 Blue Gate Theatre Shipshewana Phish June 26 Klipsch Music Center Noblesville Johnny Mathis May 12 Morris Performing Arts Ctr. South Bend Plants and Animals June 8 Schubas Tavern Chicago Johnny Mathis May 14 Clowes Memorial Hall Indianapolis The Purple Experience ($18) June 18 Magic Bag Ferndale, MI Johnny Mathis Oct. 16 Embassy Theatre Fort Wayne Rakim May 26 Park West Chicago Jonny Lang May 20 House of Blues Chicago Rascal Flatts w/Kelsea Ballerini June 25 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH Josh Groban w/Sarah McLachlan Aug. 10 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH Rascal Flatts w/Kelsea Ballerini, Chris Lane June 26 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Josh Groban w/Sarah McClachlan Aug. 12 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Ray LaMontagne June 10 PNC Pavilion Cincinnati Josh Groban w/Sarah McLachlan Aug. 13 DTE Energy Music Theatre Detroit Ray LaMontagne June 11 Columbus Commons Columbus, OH Josh Ritter May 25 Royal Oak Music Theatre Royal Oak, MI Ray LaMontagne June 30 Jacobs Pavilion Cleveland Josh Ritter May 26 Beachland Ballroom Cleveland Ray Stevens ($24-$73) May 21 Blue Gate Theatre Shipshewana Journey & The Doobie Brothers w/Dave Mason June 29 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH REO Speedwagon May 27 Foellinger Theatre Fort Wayne Journey w/Doobie Brothers, Dave Mason July 29 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Rhea Butcher June 12 CS3 Fort Wayne Kathleen Madigan ($35) Sept. 30 Kalamazoo State Theatre Kalamazoo Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine ($24) June 17 House of Blues Cleveland Kathleen Madigan Oct. 1 Honeywell Center Wabash Ricky Nye w/The Paris Blues Band, The Moore Brothers May 15 Brass Rail Fort Wayne KC and the Sunshine Band ($49-$100) July 2 Honeywell Center Wabash Riders in The Sky May 19 Honeywell Center Wabash Keith Sweat w/Avant ($38-$100) May 27 Kalamazoo State Theatre Kalamazoo Rik Emmett w/Dave Dunlop ($25) July 30 Magic Bag Ferndale, MI Keith Sweat w/Avant May 28 Rhinehart Music Center, IPFW Fort Wayne Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band June 21 Foellinger Theatre Fort Wayne Keith Sweat ($63-$100) May 29 Morris Performing Arts Ctr. South Bend Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band June 22 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Keith Urban w/Brett Eldredge, Maren Morris June 4 Klipsch Music Center Noblesville Rita Coolidge ($35) July 14 The Ark Ann Arbor Keith Urban July 14 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Rob Zombie w/Korn Aug. 6 Klipsch Music Center Noblesville Keith Urban w/Brett Eldredge, Maren Morris July 15 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH Robin Trower May 5 C2G Music Hall Fort Wayne Kenny Chesney w/Old Dominion May 26 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH Robin Trower May 6 Kalamazoo State Theatre Kalamazoo Kevin James June 18 Murat Indianapolis Rodney Carrington May 7 Embassy Theatre Fort Wayne Kings Brass ($24) Aug. 11-12 Blue Gate Theatre Shipshewana Ryan Montbleau ($20) June 16 The Ark Ann Arbor Kiss Aug. 12 Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Fort Wayne Sandi Patty ($19-$53) June 9 Blue Gate Theatre Shipshewana Kiss Aug. 13 Van Andel Arena Grand Rapids Say Anything May 10 House of Blues Cleveland Kiss Aug. 22 Nutter Center Dayton Seal Aug. 28 Ravinia Festival Chicago Kiss Aug. 24 Huntington Center Toledo Sebastian Bach May 24 Bogart’s Cincinnati Kiss Aug. 27 Corvelli Centre Youngstown, OH Silversun Pickups w/Foals May 10 Bogart’s Cincinnati Kool & the Gang ($49-$100) Aug. 4 Honeywell Center Wabash Slipknot w/Marilyn Manson, Of Mice & Men July 12 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Korn w/Rob Zombie Aug. 7 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Slipknot w/Marilyn Manson, Of Mice & Men July 13 Klipsch Music Center Noblesville Kristin Chenoweth June 25 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Snoop Dog w/Wiz Khalifa, Kenvin Gates, Jhene Aiko, Casey Veggies, Dj Drama Aug. 14 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH Kristin Chenoweth ($55-$150) June 26 Honeywell Center Wabash The Soil and the Sun w/The Homeless Gospel Choir, Either/Or May 12 CS3 Fort Wayne Kyle Kinane May 21 CS3 Fort Wayne Sounds of Touch July 23 Foellinger Theatre Fort Wayne Lake of Fire May 11 Brass Rail Fort Wayne Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes Aug. 6 House of Blues Chicago Left Lane Cruiser w/Mutts May 13 Brass Rail Fort Wayne Stayin’ Alive Aug. 20 Foellinger Theatre Fort Wayne The Lettermen ($15-$50) Aug. 20 Honeywell Center Wabash Steely Dan June 7 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati Lewis Black May 20 Kalamazoo State Theatre Kalamazoo Steve Miller Band June 18 PNC Pavilion Cincinnati Like a Storm May 12 Piere’s Entertainment Center Fort Wayne Sting & Peter Gabriel June 21 Nationwide Arena Columbus, OH Little River Band May 21 Clowes Memorial Hall Indianapolis Sting & Peter Gabriel July 9 United Center Chicago Little River Band July 30 Foellinger Theatre Fort Wayne The Stranger Aug. 13 Foellinger Theatre Fort Wayne Lord Huron June 2 Bogart’s Cincinnati Styx June 18 Foellinger Theatre Fort Wayne Lowest Pair ($15) June 2 The Ark Ann Arbor Sugar Candy Mountain w/Five Pound Hammer, Woid Reunion May 6 Brass Rail Fort Wayne Lucy Kaplansky ($20) May 7 The Ark Ann Arbor Summer Camp Music Festival feat. moe. w/Umphrey’s McGee, Mudcrutch, STS9, Excision, Luke Bryan w/Little Big Town, Dustin Lynch Aug. 11-12 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH The Roots, Jason Isbell, Thievery Corporation, Ani DiFranco, Cherub, Emancipator, EOTO, 14------www.whatzup.com------May 5, 2016 ------Calendar • On the Road------George Clinton & P-Funk, Greensky Bluegrass, Keller WIlliams, Lotus, The Wailers, ALEC JOHNSON - From Page 2 Yonder Mountain String Band and more May 27-29 Three Sisters Park Chillicothe, IL way too vast. I have to say I’m only going though it is breathing. Undulating shapes Sundresses w/The Snarks, Boatshow May 20 Brass Rail Fort Wayne to use this color palette or I‘m going to use seem to grow organically. An interactive Surfers Blood w/Sounds of Ceres, Metavari May 17 Brass Rail Fort Wayne these shapes. You are still limiting yourself piece encourages people to swipe a touch- Swans w/Okkyung Lee ($28-$32) July 15 Lincoln Hall Chicago to a small parameter. Otherwise there are too pad that changes the colors and patterns of Sylvia McNair ($25-$45) May 20 Honeywell Center Wabash Tallest Man on Earth July 15 Vic Theatre Chicago many things to think about and it won’t be the work. There is a sense of playfulness that Tame Impala June 9 UIC Pavilion Chicago effective. I don’t think digital art replaces immediately overtakes the viewer. There is Tears for Fears June 8 Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park, OH traditional art. We just have a new tool now. actual dialogue happening between the com- Tedeschi Trucks Band ($20-$75) June 16 Morris Performing Arts Ctr. South Bend ” puter and the viewer as the shapes change Texas Hippie Coalition May 19 Piere’s Entertainment Center Fort Wayne To Johnson, it is important for all art, and take on a life of their own. Thompson Square w/Miss Kitty’s Revenge May 14 Headwaters Park Fort Wayne traditional and digital, to evoke emotion. He “Technology is changing so rapidly it Thrice June 23 House of Blues Chicago doesn’t care if the emotion is adverse or joy- is impossible to even know what the vast Thunderwüde ($15) June 9 The Ark Ann Arbor ful; he simply needs to ignite something in options are,” says Johnson who will keep Tiempo Libre ($25) July 1 The Ark Ann Arbor people with his work. bringing this cutting edge art form to our Toby Keith Aug. 5 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH Johnson’s current work has been de- area. Tori Kelly May 6 Rosemont Theatre Rosemont, IL scribed as feeling alive. With pulsating Art lovers and collectors are the ones Train Aug. 26-27 Ravinia Festival Chicago lights and shapes, he can transform a com- who will benefit from the curious spirit that Vince Gill May 6 Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park, OH mon screen into something that appears as drives him forward. Violin Meets Sarod w/Ganesh Rajagopalan and Tejendra Majumdar May 7 Rhinehart Music Center, IPFW Fort Wayne Void Reunion w/Nights May 21 Brass Rail Fort Wayne Walk the Moon w/Misterwives Aug. 19 Aragon Ballroom Chicago w/Ravinia Festival Orchestra June 26 Ravinia Festival Chicago KICKSTART - From Page 6 Weezer w/Panic! at the Disco, Andrew NcMahon in the Wilderness July 10 Holloywood Casino Amphitheatre Chicago the Plassman Athletic Center inside the new look at new bicycles,” he said. Weezer w/Panic! At the Disco, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness July 12 Klipsch Music Center Noblesville Turnstone facility. With Fort Wayne Community Schools Weird Al Yankovic June 24 Akron Civic Theatre Akron, OH Weird Al Yankovic June 25 Veteran’s Memorial Park Bay City, MI Bikefusion is a bicycle expo where peo- getting involved, the Kickstart Festival cre- Weird Al Yankovic June 26 Foellinger Theatre Fort Wayne ple can test ride new bikes, drink craft beer, ates unique connections between the arts, Weird Al Yankovic June 28 Victory Theatre Evansville test drive more new bikes and not do much young people and healthier lifestyles, said Weird Al Yankovic July 1 Toledo Zoo Amphitheatre Toledo crashing, hopefully. Dan Ross, director of community develop- Weird Al Yankovic July 3 Star Plaza Theatre Merrillville “There are 30-plus exhibitors ranging ment for Arts United. Weird Al Yankovic July 6 Palace Theatre Columbus, OH from arts organizations to bicycle-related Having the Arts Campus be a hub of Weird Al Yankovic July 7 Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn Indianapolis organizations,” Bomberger said. many of the festival’s activities draws at- May 5-7 Chicago Theatre Chicago T-shirts will be given away and a bike tention to what arts-minded folks have been Yanni July 24 Jacobs Pavilion Cleveland will be raffled off, he said. trying to build on East Main Street, he said. Yanni July 30 Sears Center Arena Chicago Bikefusion is a rare opportunity for The collaboration of so many groups Young Thug May 25 Vic Theatre Chicago people who are interested in purchasing a bi- on this event means that each component Yuna May 6 Schubas Tavern Chicago cycle to really see, and get a feel for, what’s gets more attention than it otherwise might, Zac Brown Band w/Drake White and the Big Fire May 22 Klipsch Music Center Noblesville available, Bomburger said. Bomburger said. Zac Brown Band w/Drake White & the Big Fire June 24 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH “We really want this event to become “We make one plus one equal four, we Zac Brown Band July 1 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati a regional magnet for people who want to hope,” he said. Road Tripz Big Dick and the Penetrators July 30...... Sunshower Bike Rally, Centerville, IN Bulldogs June 12...... Elwood Concert in the Park, Elwood June 17...... Bethel Pointe Health & Rehab, Muncie June 18...... Water Festival, Three Rivers, MI July 30...... Hickory Acres, Edgerton, OH Aug. 5...... Van Buren Popcorn Festival, Van Buren Aug. 6...... State Line Festival, Union City Thursday, May 5 • 7:30pm • $51.50 Aug. 17...... Elkhart Co. Fairgrounds, Goshen Aug. 20...... Defiance Co. Car Show, Hicksville, OH Hubie Ashcraft Band May 27-29...... T&J’s Smokehouse, Put-In-Bay, OH ROBIN July 1-3...... Splash, Put-In-Bay, OH AIRING THIS WEEKEND • may 7 July 28-29...... T&J’s Smokehouse, Put-In-Bay, OH July 30...... Splash, Put-In-Bay, OH TROWER Aug. 5...... Little Nashville Festival, Ottawa, OH Aug. 12-13...... T&J’s Smokehouse, Put-In-Bay, OH Saturday, May 14 • 8pm • $20 Joe Justice May 7 ...... Leisure Time Winery, Napoleon, OH BLUES BASH 2016 May 13 ....Sycamore Lake Wine Co., Col. Grove, OH Pink Droyd May 21 ...... Knotty Vines Winery, Wauseon, OH May 28 ...... Schnabeltier Winery, Rochester, IN, Kill the Rabbit CASH May 14...... Nikki’s, Sturgis, MI Miss Kitty’s Revenge May 20...... Eagles Post 206, Paulding, OH BOX AIRING NEXT WEEKEND • may 14 Aug. 20...... The Hideaway, Gas City Pat and Faye May 8 ...... Stoney Ridge Farm & Winery, Bryan, OH May 19 ...... Father John’s, Bryan, OH KINGS June 11 .....Stoney Ridge Farm & Winery, Bryan, OH GO TO OUR WEBSITE July 2 ...... Stoney Ridge Farm & Winery, Bryan, OH Todd Harrold Band FOR TICKET INFO & MORE Ambrosia May 7...... Union 50, Indianapolis ALL SHOWS ALL AGES May 14...... 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May 5, 2016------www.whatzup.com------15 A Bad Movie & a Shining Star The trailer for Keanu made me laugh so hard I had to see the movie. The movie didn’t live up to the trailer. Keegan Michael Key and Jordan Peele had a Flix wonderful cable show. Their riffs on President Obama are hilarious. This is their first feature, and it wears CATHERINE LEE thin quickly. Key plays Clarence Goobril, a nerd. Peele is Rell I remember when he started using that symbol Williams, a guy who has a broken heart after a bad instead of his name. I thought that was so strange. I breakup. Keanu is a cute little kitty who shows up on didn’t understand for years how oppressive a record Rell’s porch and helps him get over it. company could be. When I started working with re- When kitty goes missing, these two have to tough- cord companies making music videos I learned: lay- en up. Keanu has been kitty-napped by a drug lord ers and layers of “management” and tons of people named Cheddar (Method Man). who didn’t really care about the music at all. It isn’t Drugs, chase sequences, tough talk and movie surprising that the music industry has changed so dra- references is what you get – oh, and lots of shots of a matically. Even before the biggest changes in technol- very cute kitty. ogy, Prince was doing things his way. But unlike so much of Key and Peele’s humor, It is hard for me to think that he was taking mul- Keanu turns into the silliest stereotypes of gangsta bad tiple prescriptions. He seemed like such a healthy guy. guys. To perform the way he did he had to be an incredible Don’t worry about seeing it in the theaters. It will athlete. I don’t know many women who could sport play perfectly well on your phone. I had forgotten it high heels the way he did almost as soon as I walked out of the theater. Music was his entire life. He worked every Instead, I have been thinking about Prince. I saw day. His long recording sessions are infamous. And him twice in concert, both times at Madison Square so many of the people who worked with him were Garden. One time I had a great seat. The other time I women. You just don’t see that many men in music was about as far away from the stage as I could be. He play with so many female musicians. He mentored so was still amazing. many musicians. When I saw him, Wendy and Lisa Nobody sat down during the entire concert, either were part of the mix and Sheila E, was kicking her time. I am not a big fan of many of his hits, but he cymbals. never made a record that didn’t have some surprising, It is hard to believe his family is already arguing fabulous music. about the estate. I hope they can come to some agree- He had so much charisma, style and talent. He’s ment, so maybe some of the music we haven’t heard just a rock star. I get that. But he was a guy who loved will make it out of the vault. basketball and never grew tall enough to play. Prince is the reason Tipper Gore started her cru- Stories about him are coming from the strangest sade to get warning labels on records! And he made corners. When the sheriff calls him a neighbor and a the Super Bowl halftime a big deal. friend, you understand how special a guy he was. I One last quote, “Movies are real! Music is real! It love the fact that he used to go out for an ice cream affects people. The other night I went to a club and I cone at the local DQ. I love that he stayed in the Mid- watched a DJ control the entire room. Even politicians west. I love that he claimed the cold weather kept the can’t do that.” Rest in peace, Prince. weirdos away. [email protected] ------Jonny Fav Rocks Box; Marvel Up Next Tops at the Box: Once again Jon Favreau’s The Jungle Book dominated at the U.S. box office, selling another $42 million while bringing the film’s 17-day ScreenTime sales total to $252 million in the U.S. and $685 million worldwide. Didn’t see this level of success coming for GREG W. LOCKE Jonny Favs, especially after the box office drop off of his last two films. If you missed 2014’s Chef, I highly ing it out in a theater if you get a chance. recommend it. It’s not a big budget action film like New This Week: This weekend is all about one most of Fav’s films, but it’s very good. film, Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War. The name Also at the Box: The Huntsman: Winter’s War suggests that it’s another Captain America film, and it took the No. 2 spot at the U.S. box last weekend, sell- is. But it’s also, equally, an Iron Man film. This means, ing another $9.39 million, upping the film’s 10-day of course, that it’s going to be huge. HUGE. HUGE. sales total to $34 million. Newbie comedy Keanu took The film was directed by the Russo Brothers (Winter the No. 3 spot, selling $9.35 million over its first three Soldier) and stars Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., days of release. Looks funny. Mother’s Day, a pretty Marisa Tomei, Scarlett Johansson, Anthony Mackie, awful looking film in my opinion, took the No. 4 spot, Don Cheadle, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Rudd (Ant-Man!), selling $8.3 million over its first three days of release. Martin Freeman, William Hurt, ScreenTime favorites And, finally, Barbershop: The Next Cut took the No. 5 Daniel Bruhl and Chadwick Boseman, Jeremy Renner spot at last weekend’s U.S. box office, selling another and many more big name actors. Look for this one to $6.1 million and bringing the film’s 17-day total to sell big for weeks to come. That said, reviews have just under $45 million. Not a runaway hit, but prob- been less than stellar thus far. ably enough to warrant another Barbershop sequel. Several new indie films also start to play: 1920 Isk. London, a reissue of Band of Outsiders, Being Char- Also of note, Green Room finally got something lie, A Bigger Splash, Bite, Dark Horse, Pete: Birth of of a wide release, and even sold fairly well. Go indie a Legend, Rabin in His Own Words and Dheepan. cinema! This is a good one, guys. I recommend check- [email protected] 16------www.whatzup.com------May 5, 2016 ------Calendar • Things To Do------Calendar • Art & Artifacts------Featured Events Sw i n n e y Ho m e s t e a d Op e n Ho u s e a n d Wo o d b u r n Br a n c h — Smart Start Current Exhibits Ro l l , Dr o p , Bo u n c e – Th e Sc i e n c e o f Pl a n t Sa l e — Open house featuring Storytime, 10:30 a.m. Fridays, Mo t i o n — A touring exhibit involv- Fo r t Wa y n e Da n c e Co l l e c t i v e Sp r i n g / music by Hearthstone Ensemble, 421-1370 36t h Na t i o n a l Pr i n t Exhibition — Hand ing hands-on kinetic experiences, Su m m e r Wo r k s h o p s — Workshops refreshments, hand-arts display, pulled prints from new and veteran Wednesday-Sunday thru May and classes for movement, dance, bake sale and more, 10 a.m.-4 artists on exhibit, Tuesday-Sunday 29, Science Central, Fort Wayne, yoga and more offered by Fort p.m. Friday, May 6, Swinney Sports and Recreation thru May 25, Artlink Contemporary $7-$8, 424-2400 Wayne Dance Collective, dates Homestead, Fort Wayne, free, Art Gallery, Fort Wayne, 424-7195 Ru ss e l Oe t t e l a n d Be t t y Fi s h m a n 637-8622 Ur b a n Ci t y Ri d e s — Family friendly and times vary, Fort Wayne Dance bike rides with varying distances, A St u d y o n Un r e a l i t y — Digital prints, — Paintings and prints, Tuesday- Collective, Fort Wayne, fees vary, Un v e i l i n g a t t h e Mu s e u m My s t e r y Pa r t y cycling-related prizes and snacks, large mixed media and audio Saturday thru May 14, Crestwoods 424-6574 — Mystery mocktail party/fund- 6:30 p.m. first Sunday of each performances by Adam Meyer, Frame Shop & Gallery, Roanoke, IPFW Co m m u n i t y Ar t s Ac a d e m y — Art, raiser to benefit The Walk to End month thru October 30, begins at Monday-Saturday thru May 14, 672-2080 dance, music and theater classes Alzheimer’s, 7-9 p.m. Saturday, Creative Framing, corner of Anthony Jennifer Ford Art, Fort Wayne, Se n i o r BFA — Samantha Conrad for grades pre-K through 12 offered May 7, African/African-American and Crescent, Fort Wayne, free, 740-1309 paintings, Joshua Pyburn sculp- by IPFW College of Visual and Historical Museum, Fort Wayne, 482-5211 Ar t Ci s l o : Ex p r e ss i o n s o f t h e He a r t o f tures, Karla Yauchler ceramics, $10-$20, 357-9096 Performing Arts, fees vary, 481- Ai ds Wa l k — Aids awareness walk, Ma n — Woodblock and monotype daily thru May 8, Visual Arts 6977, www.ipfw.edu/caa resource booths, human trivia and prints convey his fascination with Gallery, IPFW, Fort Wayne, 481- Li v e Trivia — Trivia night with live Lectures, Discussions, children’s activities, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. the heart of man in all its mys- 6705 host, 7-9 p.m. Tuesdays, Duesy’s Saturday, May 14, Parkview Field, terious complexities and myriad Sm a l l Ar t Sh o w /Sa l e — Works on Sports Bar & Grill, Fort Wayne, free, Fort Wayne, dontation, 744-1144 expressions, Tuesday-Sunday thru exhibit, Tuesday-Sunday thru 484-0411 Authors, Readings & July 10, Fort Wayne Museum of May 25, Artlink Contemporary Art Su m m e r Ni g h t s a t t h e Em b a ss y — Live Films Art, $5-$7 (members, free), 422- Gallery, Fort Wayne, 424-7195 entertainment, cash bar, and local Spectator Sports 6467 To ss e d a n d Fo u n d — An invitational food on the Embassy rooftop, 5-9 Ba r b a r a No h i n e k — Printmaking fea- exhibit of recycled, re-purposed Le g a c y Br e a k f a s t — Mental health BASEBALL p.m. Wednesdays, May 25-Sept awareness breakfast with guest turing layers of color and texture, and re-imagined art featuring works 7, Embassy Theatre, Fort Wayne, TinCa p s — Upcoming home games at Monday-Saturday thru May 31, from Sayaka Ganz, Dianna T.M. speaker Paul Gionfriddo, 7:30-9 Parkview Field, Fort Wayne $5,424-6287 a.m. Thursday, May 12; lecture Orchard Gallery of Fine Art, Fort Auld, Branden Thornhill-Miller, Dan Mo n d a y , Ma y 9 vs. Great Lakes, 7:05 Sw e e t w a t e r Ac a d e m y o f Mu s i c — and book signing, 6-7:30 p.m. Wayne, 436-0927 Sigler, Jerry Lawson, Art Farm, p.m. Private lessons for a variety of Thursday, May 12 Hotel Fort Be a u x Ar t s & Bl u e p r i n t s : Th e Al l e n Mark Phenicie and Jennifer Hart instruments available from profes- Wayne, Fort Wayne, $15 for Tu e sd a y , Ma y 10 vs. Great Lakes, Co u n t y Co u r t h o u s e , a Tr e a s u r e Sunday-Friday thru June 5, First sional instructors, ongoing weekly breakfast; book signing free, tickets 7:05 p.m. Am o n g Us — Dozens of the original Presbyterian Art Gallery, First lessons, Sweetwater Sound, Fort required, 422-6441 We d n e sd a y , Ma y 11 vs. Great Lakes, blueprints from it’s 1902 construc- Presbyterian Church, Fort Wayne, Wayne, call for pricing, 432-8176, 11:05 a.m. tion, Tuesday-Sunday thru June 426-7421 academy.sweetwater.com Tu e sd a y , Ma y 17 vs. Lansing, 7:05 12, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Storytimes p.m. Te k Ve n t u r e Pu b l i c Wo r k s h o p s: $5-$10, 422-6467 Artifacts Interconnecting Im a g i n a t i o n , We d n e sd a y , Ma y 18 vs. Lansing, Da y b r e a k in My a n m a r — Photography St o r y t i m e s , Activities a n d Cr a f t s a t Te c h n o l o g y a n d Co m m u n i t y — 11:05 a.m. by Geoffrey Hiller, Tuesday- Al l e n Co u n t y Pu b l i c Li b r a r y : CALL FOR ENTRY Access to tools; Saturday hands-on Th u r sd a y , Ma y 19 vs. Lansing, 7:05 Sunday thru May 29, Fort Wayne workshops for making things in Ab o i t e Br a n c h — Born to Read p.m. Museum of Art, 422-6467 Pa p e r Ai r p l a n e s — Submit up to five Storytime, 10:30 a.m. Mondays, machining wood and metal, 3D Fr i d a y , Ma y 20 vs. West Michigan, Do n Os o s — Watercolors on exhibit, airplanes in any medium no larger Smart Start Storytime, 10:30 a.m. printing, electronics, robotics, CAD 7:05 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday thru May 25, than 8”x8”x8” and weighing no Tuesdays & Thursdays, Baby design and more; ages 12 thru Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery, more than 10 lbs; artwork must Steps, 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays, adult, TekVenture, Fort Wayne, fees Fort Wayne, 424-7195 be hand delivered; participation 421-1320 notice due Friday, May 13. Artlink vary, membership discounts avail- Dance El e m e n t a l At t r a c t i o n : Works in Iron Du p o n t Br a n c h — Born to Read able, 432-1095 and Steel by George Beasley and Contemporary Art Gallery, Fort Storytime, 10:15 a.m. Mondays, Da n c e Pa r t y — Open ballroom danc- Susanne Roewer — Small and Wayne, 424-7195 Baby Steps Storytime, 10:15 ing, 7:30-10 p.m. Fridays, May large scale sculptures, Tuesday- Fo r t Ar t i s a n — Call for artists and arti- a.m. and 11:15 a.m. Tuesdays, 6, May 13 and May 20, Dance This Week Sunday thru July 10, Fort Wayne sans to exhibit during Taste of the Ants in Your Pants Storytime, Tonight, Fort Wayne, $10, 437-6825 Museum of Art, $5-$7 (members, Arts; submit jpeg file of artwork and 50+ Li f e Ex p o — Guest speakers and 10:30 & 11:30 a.m. Wednesday o n t h l y a n c e M D — Open dancing, free), 422-6467 or/booth set-up, deadline to sub- entertainers, health screenings, & Thursdays, PAWS to Read, 4 8-11 p.m. Saturday, May 14, mit Wednesday, June 1, Artlink vendors, and more, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. p.m. Wednesdays, Bookworms Walb Classic Ballroom, IPFW, Fort El i z a b e t h Ba l z e r — 2015-2016 works of digitally manipulated and Contemporary Art Gallery, Fort Saturday, May 7, Conference Storytime, 11:15 a.m. Thursdays Wayne, $5-$10, www.fwdancesport. Wayne, 424-7195 Center, Allen County War Memorial Smart Start Storytime for ages 3-5, org enhanced photographs, Friday- Sunday and by appt. thru June Ve n t u r e s in Cr e a t i v i t y 2016 (July Coliseum, Fort Wayne, free, 461- 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays and 10:30 9-Aug. 12) — Artists must must be 8469 a.m. Thursdays, 421-1315 17, 3R Gallery, Fort Wayne, 493- 0913 18 years or older, unassisted origi- Be e r & Ba r r e BQ — Fort Wayne Ballet Ge o r g e t o w n Br a n c h — Born to May nal works, completed entry form performances, beer tasting, BBQ, Read Storytime, 10:15 a.m. and Gr e g g Co ff e y — Mixed media works, Ga r d e n Br o s Ci r c u s — Traveling and check must be postmarked by 6:30 p.m. Saturday, May 7, Fort 11 a.m. Mondays, Baby Steps Friday-Sunday thru May 15, circus feat. daredevils, acrobats, June 8, prospectus and entry form Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Storytime, 10:15 a.m. and 11:00 Garrett Museum of Art, Garrett, elephants, racing camels, circus at fortwayneartistsguild.org $35-$50, 422-4226 a.m. Tuesdays; Family Storytime, 704-5400 clowns and more, 4:30 and 7 p.m. SPECIAL EVENTS Bi k e Fu s i o n — Bike show and bike 10:15 & 11 a.m. Thursdays, 421- Ki m b e r l y Ro r i c k — Figurative clay, Friday, May 13, Allen County War testing, live entertainment, food and 1320 Monday-Saturday thru May 31, Cu r a t o r ’s To u r : Be a u x Ar t s a n d craft beer, 4-10 p.m. Friday, May Memorial Coliseum, Fort Wayne, Orchard Gallery of Fine Art, Fort Bl u e p r i n t s — Tour led by Chief Gr a b i l l Br a n c h — Born to Read, $8-$33, 480-3709 6, Plassman Athletic Center, Fort 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays; Smart Start Wayne, 436-0927 Curator Charles Shepard, 12:15 Ai ds Wa l k Pr e -Wa l k Pa r t y — Wayne, $5-$10, 402-6800 Storytime 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays, Ki ss e d b y Su b -At o m i c An g e l s — A p.m. Thursday, May 5, Fort Wayne Northeast Indiana Positive Resource Br e w Ba s h — Beer tasting, live 421-1325 Jerry Seabolt Retrospective, during Museum of Art, $5-$7 (members, music, Fort Wayne food trucks and Connection fundraiser with live music business hours thru May 20, The free), 422-6467 Li t t l e Tu r t l e Br a n c h — Storytime by Kat Bowser and Doug Strahm, more to benefit ACD Festival, 6-9 for toddlers & preschoolers, 10:30 Gallery at Pranayoga School, Fort 2n d Th u r sd a y in t h e Pa r a d i g m Ga l l e r y p.m. Friday, May 6, Auburn Cord 50/50 raffle and silent auction 5-9 Wayne, 423-9642 — Artist demonstrations, trunk a.m. Mondays and Tuesdays; p.m. Friday, May 13,Calhoun Street Duesenberg Automobile Museum Ma c h i n e Hi s t o r y — Photography show, cash bar and live entertain- Babies and Books, 10:30 a.m. Soups, Salads and Spirits, Fort Event Plaza, Auburn, $25-$50, Wednesdays, 421-1335 by Madeline Wilson, Monday- ment, 5 p.m. Thursday, May 12, Wayne, $10-$15, 744-1144 Saturday thru May 14, Jennifer Fort Wayne Museum of Art, free, 925-1444 Ma i n Li b r a r y — Babies and Books, Fa i r y Ta l e Fe s t — Fort Wayne Ford Art, Fort Wayne, 740-1309 422-6467 Fr e e Co m i c Bo o k Da y — Comic book 10 a.m. Fridays; Family Story Youtheatre annual event featuring Ma n o f t h e Ag e s — Selection of Ru r a l St u d i o To u r — Tours of working giveaway and blood drive, 10:30 Time, 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays; performances by multiple arts and a.m.-2:30 p.m. Saturday, May 7, Storytime for preschoolers, day- Abraham Lincoln objects on display, artists’ studios in N.E. Fort Wayne, youth organizations on four different Monday-Saturday thru May 20, Leo and Spencerville, 10 a.m.-6 BCT Comics, Fort Wayne, free, cares and other groups, 9:30 a.m. stages, arts & crafts, face paint- 493-6116 Wednesdays; Toddler Time, 10:30 History Center, Fort Wayne, 426- p.m. Saturday, May 7, The Art ing, castle bounce house, obstacle 2882 Farm and other various studios, Ho l l y w o o d Gl a m Ga l a — Black tie & 11 a.m. Fridays; 421-1220 course, fantasy dress-up station, Ma y Bo u q u e t — Exhibit featuring local Fort Wayne, Leo and Spencerville, event featuring special guest come- Ne w Ha v e n Br a n c h — Babies and Arts United Plaza and Arts United and national artists, Tuesday- 238-4755 dian Robert Powell, live music and books for kids birth to age 2, 10:30 Center. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Saturday and by appointment dancing, appetizers, dinner and a.m. Thursdays, 421-1345 May 14, performance prices vary, thru May 28 (opening reception cocktails, 7:30 p.m. (VIP reception Po n t i a c Br a n c h — Smart Start 422-6900 6 p.m.) Saturday, May 7, Philmore w/Katarzyna Kociomyk 6-9 p.m. Upcoming Exhibits Storytime for preschoolers, 10:30 Living Hi s t o r y : Mu s t e r o n t h e St. on Broadway, Fort Wayne, $35-$75, a.m. Fridays, PAWS to Read, 5 Thursday, May 19), Castle Gallery Ma r y ’s — Renenactment from early Fine Art, Fort Wayne, 426-6568 MAY 745-1000 p.m. Thursdays 421-1350 viking times thorough WWI; period Mi c h a e l Ca r r o l l Me t t l e r — Layered, Ess e n c e o f Wo m a n — Mixed media Mi a m i In d i a n He r i t a g e Da y s — Local art- Te c u m s e h Br a n c h — Smart cooking, gardening and military life sculpted and traditional two dimen- works; exhibit sponsored by the ists, performers, presenters; drum- Start Storytime, 10:30 a.m. demonstrations, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. sional nature photographs, daily Dekalb County Domestic Task ming by Medicine Woman Drum, Tuesdays, YA Day for teens 5 Saturday, May 14 and 10 a.m.-4 thru May 29, Old Crown Coffee Force, Friday-Sunday, May 1 p.m. Saturday, May 7, Chief p.m. Wednesdays, Wondertots p.m. Sunday, May 15, Historic Old Roasters, Fort Wayne, 422-5282 20-June 12, Garrett Museum of Art, Richardville House, Fort Wayne, reading for ages 1-3, 10:30 a.m. Fort, Fort Wayne, 437-2836 $5-$7, 426-2882 Ou t o f Pr i n t : Pu s h i n g t h e Bo u n d a r i e s Garrett, 704-5400 Thursdays, 421-1360 Ve t e r a n ’s Me m o r i a l Ri d e — 40 mile in t h e Ar t o f Pr i n t — Printed works JUNE Mo t h e r ’s Da y Do w n t o w n — Free trol- Sh a w n e e Br a n c h — Born to Read ride, contests, door prizes, raffles, by Bill Flick, Chuck Sperry, Crystal ley rides with stops at local shops Storytime, 10:30 a.m. Thursdays, live music by Mason Dixon Line Al e x a n d e r La w r i e : A Ma s t e r Wagner, Dennis McNett, Greg for special Mother’s Day events, live Teen Thursdays, 3:30 p.m. non-profit booths and vendors Po r t r a i t i s t in In d i a n a — Portraits Gossel, Morning Breath, Ravi Zupa entertainment and family activities Thursdays, 421-1355 to benefit Schnelker Veteran’s by Lawrie painted during his time and Troy Lovegates, Tuesday- at Parkview Field, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wa y n e d a l e Br a n c h — Smart Start Memorial Park, 11 a.m. Saturday, in Indiana between 1881-1917, Sunday thru May 29, Fort Wayne Sunday, May 8, Parkview Field Storytime, 10:30 a.m. Mondays & May 14, (breakfast buffet, 9 a.m.- Tuesday-Sunday, June 5-Aug. 21, Museum of Art, $5-$7 (members, and other downtown locations, Fort Tuesdays, Born to Read Storytime 12:30 p.m.) American Legion Post Fort Wayne Museum of Art, $5-$7 free), 422-6467 Wayne, free, 420-3266 for babies and toddlers, 10:15 a.m. 330, New Haven, $10 per bike, free (members, free), 422-6467 Tuesdays, 421-1365 to attend, 749-7799

May 5, 2016------www.whatzup.com------17 ------Calendar • Stage & Dance------Now Playing On e Fl e w Ov e r t h e Cu c k oo ’s Ne s t — Upcoming Productions David Wasserman’s adaptation of Al w a y s A Br i d e s m a i d — Comedy with the classic Ken Kesey novel, 7:30 MAY four lifelong friends who promised p.m. Friday-Saturday, May 6-7, Al i c e in Wo n d e r l a n d — Charming tale Gotta Love This Street to be in each others’ weddings and First Presbyterian Theater, Fort by Lewis Carroll performed as part the hilarity of the struggles, 7 p.m. Wayne, $10-$20, 426-7421 ext. 121 of Fairy Tale Fest, 7 p.m. Friday, It’s just not fair, I dinner, 8 p.m. curtain, Friday- May 13 (preshow party in Gallery tell ya! The best pro- Saturday, May 6-7, May 13-14; Asides 6 p.m.); 10 a.m. Saturday, May duction in a season of Curtain Call 2 p.m. Sunday, May 15, Arena 14, Fort Wayne Youtheatre, Arts Dinner Theatre, Fort Wayne, $35 really good shows, and United Center, $20 Fairy Tale Fest SUSAN BURNS (includes dinner & show), 424-5622 AUDITIONS there are only two more Ain’t Mi s b e ha v i n ’ (Oc t . 27-No v . 13) — one price ticket, $12-$18 show only, Av e n u e Q — Fort Wayne Civic 422-6900 nights left already: this Theatre’s production of the R-rated Auditions for the musical tribute to Th e Ma g n i f i c e n t Pl a n — An original comedy based on Muppet-like Thomas “Fats” Waller, for 2 men Friday and Saturday! adaptation of The Three Little Pigs puppets seeking to discover (30s-40s), 1 woman (20s), 2 women performed as part of Fairy Tale Fort Wayne Civic The- their purpose in the “big city,” 8 (30s-40s). Prepare to sing 16 bars, avenue q Fest, 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, atre completely nails p.m. Friday-Saturday, May 6-7, pianist provided, 7 p.m. Monday, FORT WAYNE CIVIC THEATRE May 14-15, Fort Wayne Youtheatre, Arts United Center, Fort Wayne, May 9, First Presbyterian Theater, – nails, I tell you – Av- Arts United Center, $20 Fairy Tale enue Q. Guest Direc- 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, May 6-7 $17-$29, 424-5220 Fort Wayne, 426-7421 ext. 121 Jo s e p h a n d t h e Am a z i n g Te ch n i co l o r Fest one price ticket, $12-$18 show Bu l l e t s Ov e r Br oa d w a y — Broadway only, 422-6900 tor Becky Niccum and Arts United Center musical theater version of the 1994 Dr e a m coa t (Ju l y 23-Au g . 7) — Ba l l e t 5:8 — Chicago area performing her cast and crew are American crime-comedy film writ- Auditions for adult roles, 5:30 p.m. 303 E. Main St., Fort Wayne company presents three original ten by Woody Allen and Douglas Sunday, May 15, and for children’s sweepin’ the clouds works that journey through human Tix.: $17-$29 thru box office, McGrath, 7:30 p.m. Friday, May roles, 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 17, Fort away and everything’s emotions, mental states and the 6, Embassy Theatre, Fort Wayne, Wayne Civic Theatre, Arts United 260-424-5220 creation of the world with Out of A-okay in this produc- $28-$63 thru Ticketmaster and Center, Fort Wayne, call to sign up the Dust, Eden and And Mercy, tion of the Tony trifecta Embassy box office, 424-5665 for auditions 422-4226 7 p.m. Saturday, May 14, First winner and one of New York’s longest running hits. Hu a Mu l a n — A brave Chinese girl SPECIAL SCHOOL SHOWINGS Presbyterian Theater, Fort Wayne, Avenue Q is a sassy, sweet, sexy musical comedy starring hand pup- becomes a mighty warrior in the Al i c e in Wo n d e r l a n d — Charming tale $12-$22, 312-725-4752 place of her aging father presented by Lewis Carroll performed as part Ba l l e t 5:8 — Chicago area perform- pets with visible operators and their human friends. It’s a loving, satri- by Fort Wayne Ballet, 10 a.m. and of Fairy Tale Fest, special school ing company presents the full cal tribute to a certain pivotal children’s television show revered by Gen 11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 7, Fort showing 9:30 a.m. Friday, May 13, length story ballet, Belteshazzar: A Wayne Ballet Studio A, Arts United Y, a generation that absorbed the message that they could be anything Fort Wayne Youtheatre, Arts United Perilous Tale, 3 p.m. Sunday, May Center, Fort Wayne, $10, 422-4226 they wanted to be when they grew up. But just as they were ready to fly Center, $7 per student, 422-6900 15, First Presbyterian Theater, Fort Ja n e Ey r e — Lauren Nichols’ adapta- Th e Ma g n i f i c e n t Pl a n — An original Wayne, $12-$22, 312-725-4752 from school to jobs, BAM!, the post-9/11 world (and now the post-crash tion of the Charlotte Bronte novel for adaptation of The Three Little Pigs It’s a Wo n d e r f u l La u g h — A Bower economy) didn’t come through on that promise. all for One productions, 7:30 p.m. performed as part of Fairy Tale North production featuring routines Friday-Saturday, May 6-7 and 2:30 Avenue Q follows a group of 20-somethings (three are flesh and blood, Fest special school showing 9:30 from the Golden Age of Comedy, p.m. Sunday, May 8, Parkview the rest are felt and fur) seeking to discover their purpose in Brooklyn, a.m. Monday, May 16, Fort Wayne 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 20, Cottage Physicians Group Arts Lab, Auer Youtheatre, Arts United Center, $7 Event Center, Roanoke, $10, 483- New York. Filled with catch-you-off-guard humor and a listenable pop- Center for Arts and Culture, Fort per student, 422-6900 3508 style score, Avenue Q is a place where puppets are friends, monsters are Wayne, $10-$18, 422-4226 good, bills have to be paid and life lessons are learned. Pitch perfect performances by some of the area’s best talent do the fun Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx music and lyrics full justice. Aaron Mann as Princeton and MoMo Lamping as Kate Monster are the young lovers, and thanks to some hilarious stage magic, we are absolutely clear about ------Continued on page 19 A Satisfying Update of Jane Eyre Anybone who has a heart has to like the story of Jane Eyre, the season closer for all for One produc- Picked by the Pros tions. This is a story of a really nice girl with a lot of Curtain Call guts, a girl who gets kicked around most of her life but still she manages to win in the end. VIRGINIA RELPH Wine Pairing Dinner The Charlotte Brönte novel is newly adapted by director Lauren E. Nichols who also designed the pro- give-and-take is what makes their romance so beauti- duction and composed the original music. Audiences ful and timeless. will see this classic tale told with some twists in the Jane is supposed to be, well, not very attractive; narrative and a modern approach to the staging. Nich- there’s even a school of thought that suggests the ols has used some film elements like voice-over and term “plain Jane” may have roots in Brönte’s story. flashbacks, which may appeal to audiences new to live But sorry, Hodgin’s Jane is awfully lovely, with her theater. Theater-goers of large, expressive eyes and long standing are likely to JANE EYRE sweet smile. No wonder the feel quite at home with the gloomy Rochester falls for familiar story. all for One Productions her. But there’s a terrible Jane Eyre’s 32-mem- 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, May 6-7 secret that may keep them ber cast, all for One’s larg- 2:30 p.m. Sunday, May 8 forever apart. est to date, is led by Sarah PPG ArtsLab Ultimately, the story Hodgin and Jordan Plohr of Jane Eyre is the story of as Jane and Rochester, Auer Center for Arts & Culture family, lost and regained, around whom the Gothic 300 E. Main St, Fort Wayne which is very satisfying. tale emerges. The story is Tix.: $10-$18, 260-422-4226 Jane is a truly good person, an unfolding of moral and though one could wonder Friday, June 10, 2016 spiritual sensibility where cruelty, discrimination and why she is, given her sad, poverty-stricken upbring- death are weighed against kindness, love and redemp- ing. She works hard, rolls with the punches and shows The Bergstaff Place tion. gratitude for what she has. More than a century and a 2020 E Washington Blvd, Fort Wayne Set in Victorian England, the story illustrates the half has passed since Brönte wrote this novel, and this 6:00 PM Wine Tasting | 7:30 PM Wine Pairing Dinner strict rules for each class of society: the poor, the mid- main character remains relevant – possibly even more $125/seat or $800/table (8) dle-class and the aristocracy. That a rich man and a relevant today than in the past. governess would fall in love would be pretty scandal- This production of Jane Eyre will offer parents ous in the period. Yet Jane and Rochester are the kind and young people ideas to discuss – about the origins of couple most would envy – they like each other. of poverty and wealth, about religious hypocrisy and Of course, there’s all that romantic angst around religious sincerity, about women who refuse to be less them, but they seem to be friends first: they joke with than they were meant to be. Tickets at wboi.org each other; they give each other the business. Their [email protected] 18------www.whatzup.com------May 5, 2016 Chemistry Shines on Arena Stage Arena Dinner Theatre has cornered the Fort Wayne community theatre market on audience-pleas- ing comedies about female friendships and rivalries. Curtain Call Always a Bridesmaid is Arena’s latest play to focus on a group of longtime friends navigating relationships JEN POIRY-PROUGH with men and with each other well into middle age. The play was written by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, the show. Janet Higgins Howard, as the earthy Char- Arena Dinner Theatre Jamie Wooten, the same playwrights who penned The lie, probably gets the most laughs in the show. Charlie Dixie Swim Club which ran at Arena two seasons ago. is unfeminine and a self-professed “freak magnet.” If the show feels like an extended version of a Golden Howard delivers many of her lines with hilariously Girls episode, it might be owed to the fact that Wooten deadpan ferocity. was a producer on that sitcom. Susan Domer as Sedalia Ellicott, the sunny but Always a Bridesmaid follows a group of four tough-as-nails wedding planner who handles the mul- friends-since-high-school through a series of weddings tiple weddings that take place throughout the show. after having vowed since their Wearing a series of wigs and April 21-May 7 senior prom to be one another’s ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID silky caftans, Domer makes the bridesmaids. The women, as one most of her smaller role in the April 29-May 14, 2016 A brilliant novel, then a bril- would suspect, have distinctive 7 p.m. dinner, 8 p.m. curtain show. Morgan Spencer is ador- Fridays & Saturdays Doors at 6:15, Dinner at 7, Show at 8 liant play, then a brilliant movie, personalities which complement Friday-Saturday, ably sunny as Libby Ruth’s is coming to FPT. The plot pits one another and create the occa- May 6-7 & May 13-14 daughter Kari. She has little A comedy by Jessie Jones, McMurphy—equal parts slacker and rebel—against Nurse Ratched, sional lighthearted conflict. 2 p.m. Sunday, May 15 opportunity to interact with the Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten Monette, the self-absorbed rest of the cast, but spends most the tyrannical dictator of an Arena Dinner Theatre Directed by Suzan Moriarty institution that is a perversion of its beauty of the group, is played of her stage time in a series of intended purpose. This story is still by Gloria Minnich. 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Wagner.The opening night au- Ext. 121 Jill Bixler plays Libby Ruth, the most sensible dience laughed almost nonstop at the show which, it 719 Rockhill St., Fort Wayne www.firstpresbyteriantheater.com of the friends, the one with the longest, happiest, and should be noted, is already virtually sold out for its (260) 424-5622 300 West Wayne Street most stable marriage. That doesn’t mean she isn’t entire run. The theatre has added a Sunday, May 15, Fort Wayne, IN 46802 quirky. Bixler gets the opportunity to not only get matinee. arenadinnertheatre.org laughs, but to show off her singing voice throughout [email protected]

AVENUE Q - From Page 18 that “lovers” part. (Did we already say this show is not Bob Ahlersmeyer as Trekkie Monster, with left- for the kids? It is rated R for language and themes, and handed puppeteer Tanner Crawford, is a growly one- the puppets do shed some clothes.) We are supposed track minded monster, but the treats and trash he loves Performances to not look at the operators, and the puppets really do are much more “adult.” Leslie Hormann, as the opera- at the act, not just bob around on their operators’ hands. tor for Lucy, lights a head-tossing, hip-swinging torch James Velez as Nicky, with left-hand puppeteer- song that steals the scene with her rendition of “Spe- Auer ing by Heather Closson, is cute and warm and love- cial.” It’s hilarious. able – driving his roommate Rod, operated by Chris The puppets are rounded out with the raunchy ArtsLab Rasor, to complete hilarious exasperation. Poor Rod Bad Idea Bears Jordan Gameon and Gayle Goodrich. 300 E. Main St doesn’t get to come out of the closet; it’s more like Gayle also operates the strict old supervisor Mrs. T he’s chased out! with plenty of chagrinning. The three humans on the block are excellently The two dozen songs are catchy and fun and stick CALL played by Zane Sade as Brian, Kelly Maloney as with you. Music Director Eunice Wadewitz and the Christmas Eve and Fatima Washington as Gary. Each orchestra were flawless. 422-4226 one totally commands their characters. Washington as One last little dab of high praise: I kept forgetting for tickets Gary has a role that can easily drift, but Washington’s I was watching a local production and not a national Gary is focused and fine, ready for one day at a time, touring company. The run is short and the quality high and not above enjoying a little schadenfreude now and for those too, but this was even better. Thank you! Rated PG then. [email protected] Jane Eyre is a “small, plain” young governess Membership Makes Find your treasure or find your pleasure at The Difference whose passionate and independent spirit attracts the attention of her employer, Mr. • Job Referrals • Experienced Negotiators Rochester. But he has a dark secret which • Insurance threatens their happiness. • Contract Protection Fort Wayne ADULT, SENIOR, STUDENT & GROUP Musicians Association Present valid college student or Register For military ID to receive 10% discount TICKET DISCOUNTS UNTIL 4/28. Call Bruce Graham Classes Today! for more 3506 N. Clinton 2014 Broadway information Fort Wayne, IN Fort Wayne, IN 260.424.6574 46805 46802 www.allforOnefw.org FWDC.ORG 260-420-4446 260.482.5959 260.422.4518 May 5, 2016------www.whatzup.com------19 Incredible deals and giveaways all month long! May is Mic Month at Sweetwater! You can save BIG with over a hundred unbeatable deals and specially priced package offers on stage and studio mics. Enter your name for a chance to win our $55,000 mic locker giveaway!

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