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10-16 , 2015SEPT. Scotty’s Brewhouse, The Phoenix • Page 2 Jazz Meets Bharatanatyam RAGAMALA DANCE COMPANY | PAGE 4 BILL MAHER | PAGE 5 FACEBOOK.COM/WHATZUPFORTWAYNE WWW.WHATZUP.COM FACEBOOK.COM/WHATZUPFORTWAYNE CHRIS WORTH | PAGE 7 ALSO INSIDE | MATT KELLEY | BEND US | ART & ENTERTAINMENT CALENDARS Scotty’s Brewhouse: Best New Club Brews, Tunes and That College Vibe Dress for Success Kenny Taylor stood with his guitar under the trees around the state. at the end of the patio at Scotty’s Brewhouse on a re- Wise is Indiana born and raised. He graduated Fort Wayne cent Thursday night and serenaded a relaxed crowd. from Ball State University; according to Hornak, Wise Taylor sang “Folsom Prison Blues” in the style of never lost the college mindset. Johnny Cash, “Solitary Man” in the style of Neil Dia- “The thing that keeps us relevant is Scott’s vi- Pop Up Shop mond and “Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl)” in the style sion,” said Dave Hornak, Scotty’s vice president of of Chris Shaffer. operations. “He’s really adept with social media. He casual attire sale Taylor is one of a string of lo- listens to people and keeps up cal musicians providing fine en- Kenny Taylor with what’s hot. Plus, he hasn’t tertainment on Scotty’s patio this lost that college vibe which is Sept. 18-20 summer. And the Thursday night what we were founded on.” Glenbrook Square acoustic music will continue until “We’re family, we’re col- the weather intervenes. lege, we’re business,” Hornak In the mall, outside of Carson's The casual sports club chain said. “We target all age levels real opened its location in the Summit well. We’re kids eat free a couple City in November of 2014. By nights a week, we’ve got aggres- early 2015, whatzup readers had sive bar specials, aggressive food awarded Scotty’s a Whammy for specials. We’ve got the all you Best New Club. can eat wings on Monday. We’ve Such speedy recognition of a good thing is im- got the best wings in the state.” Shop our selection of pressive. Then again whatzup readers have always Despite winning in the Best New Club category, casual styles at bargain prices. been pretty quick on the uptake. Or it could be that Scotty’s is not the place you’d go to catch a thrash the crew at Scotty’s Brewhouse knows what it’s do- metal band and do a bunch of Jägerbombs with your ing. Probably a bit of both. Anyway, what’s not to cornhole buddies. like? Good beer brewed at their Indianapolis brewery “We do music in all of our locations,” Hornak (Thr3e Wisemen Brewing Company in Broadripple), said. “It’s a really cool deal. It’s always on our patios. good food, lots of screens and a sweet patio with good We usually have some great drink specials when we tunes. That’s Scotty’s template. have music.” All proceeds will benefit the The designer of that template is Scott Wise. Wise Drink specials are great. Musicians like Taylor, Dress for Success Fort Wayne program. opened his first Scotty’s Brewhouse in 1996. By early Dixon & McRae, Chilly Adams and Hubie Ashcraft 2016 there will be 13 Scotty’s Brewhouse locations make them that much more special. (Mark Hunter) The Phoenix: Best Local Music Venue Melissa Long Music Is Focus of the New Phoenix Local restauranteur and impresario Matt McCoy speed, with music up to six days a week and the res- September 26 7pm is slowing down. He recently ceased daily operations taurant going full bore. McCoy estimates he hosted at The Phoenix, the restaurant and music venue he around 400 shows during those 24 months. But the Fort Wayne opened two years ago at 1226 Broadway. But Mc- business began to take on another dimension. Coy isn’t getting out of the business and The Phoenix “We’re doing a lot of rentals right now,” McCoy isn’t closing down for good. They’re merely changing said. “That’s something that helped sway my deci- Museum of Art flight paths. sion. A lot of people want to “Basically we shut the rent the place out. So I’m go- An evening of conversation with local news restaurant down,” McCoy ing to do occasional shows, said. “I always thought the occasional events. I have a celebrity, Melissa Long. Enjoy stories about her music and the restaurant col- dinner mystery theater set up 30 years in local broadcasting, growing up in lided a little bit. I want to fo- for November 13 – Friday cus more on the music. We’re the 13th, death of a rock star Fort Wayne and her star turns in community going to be an event place.” mystery theater. We’re going theatre. Enjoy a Cocktail Buffet by Catablu, That’s good news for to cater in for it.” McCoy and for the what- He’s also going to have beer, wine, and an opportunity to ask zup readers who selected Matt McCoy Christmas events with local The Phoenix as the Best jazz bands. And he intends questions with award winning, Elmhurst High Local Music Venue. to keep having local and na- School alum, Melissa Long! “Yeah, it’s awesome,” McCoy said. tional acts appear on The Phoenix stage. He said the McCoy said the change is more of a natural pro- space will be available for bands wanting to host CD gression than a loss of vision. When he bought the release parties. Food will continue to be available, but building four years ago, his plan was to combine his at a level more akin to a venue than a full-service res- Box Office: love of music with his passion for the food business. taurant. And of course they will have dinners for the “I loved the restaurant, but the restaurant is a ton planned dinner theater events. 422-4226 of work,” he said. “I did this because I love music. I’m “I’m just not going to do so much,” he said. “Go- Tickets.Artstix.Org a musician. I did sound around town all the time, but I ing to do it on my own time, on my own schedule. I got tired of lugging my equipment around. I wanted a don’t need the place to be operating every day. I want FortWayneYoutheatre.org place where I could have a great PA system and make to keep the place alive. I love the area. I think Fort it easy to have shows.” Wayne loves this place. This place has so much his- He got it. For two years, The Phoenix flew at top tory. I’m really excited about it.” (Mark Hunter) 2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.whatzup.com -------------------------------------------------------- September 10, 2015 whatzup Volume 20, Number 6 here are times when we’re looking through page proofs to decide what to write in this space when we find ourselves amazed by just how far the Fort Wayne area has come in the past two decades. There is so much Tmore to see and do than there was when we published our first issue 19 years and one month ago, and the art and entertainment opportunities are more var- ied and expansive than ever before. Take this week’s cover story, for example; you won’t find any late 90s whatzup covers featuring Bharatanatyam dance. Today, though, it’s just another entertainment choice available in a town that grows more cosmopolitan city-like each and every year. (Deb Kennedy’s fea- UPCOMING EVENTS ture story is on 4.) Sept. 19 | 8pm Besides telling you what there is to do each week, part of our mission here at whatzup is to document the cultural growth of our community and preserve that documentation in the archives section of our website, www.whatzup.com. Toward BILL that end, on a more or less monthly basis we try to feature artists, performers, writers and others who are impacting Fort Wayne’s culture in a meaningful MAHER way. This week, for instance, Michele DeVinney features Matt Kelley and Chris Cute By Nature Worth, neither of whom need much of an introduction to longtime whatzup read- Cute By Nature Live Stand-Up Tour ers. The stories are on pages 6 and 7 this week, and newer or infrequent readers can check out lots more similar write-ups at whatzup.com. JewelryJewelry There’s a whole lot more in this issue, of course, so read on, enjoy your week and please remember to tell ’em whatzup sent you. Artisan Jewelry Artisan jewelry inside the issue Artisanby Anita jewelry • readers poll winners OUT & ABOUT ...................................9 byby Anita Anita Brandanza, Bobcat on the Docket f October 11 | 4:30 & 7:30pm www.etsy.com/shop/CuteByNatureJewelry SCOTTY’S BREWHOUSE ............................ 2 ROAD NOTEZ ................................. 14 f Best New Club FLIX ................................................ 16 www.etsy.com/shop/CuteByNatureJewelry THE ILLUSIONIS T S THE PHOENIX .................................................. 2 A Walk in the Woods www.etsy.com/shop/CuteByNatureJewelry Direct from Broadway Best Local Music Venue SCREEN TIME ...............................16 The Stuff Daydreams Are Made Of • features DIRECTOR’S NOTES ......................18 Bend Us RAGAMALA DANCE COMPANY ..............4 Jazz Meets Bharatanatyam THE GREEN ROOM ........................18 BILL MAHER ...............................................5 • calendars Keeping the Pot Stirred MATT KELLEY .............................................6 LIVE MUSIC & COMEDY ...................9 Fort, Music Booster MUSIC/ON THE ROAD ...................14 October 15 | 7:30pm CHRIS WORTH ............................................7 Saturday, Nov. 14 • 8pm • $20-$40 Any Stage, Anywhere ROAD TRIPZ ..................................15 THINGS TO DO ..............................17 BLACK VIOLIN • columns & reviews ART & ARTIFACTS .........................18 JOSHUA October 17 | FRIGHT NIGHT! STAGE & DANCE ...........................19 SPINS ...............................................8 Scooby Doo Meets Batman ....3:30pm Dr.