-------Calendar • Art & Artifacts ------- Current Exhibits THE ROLLIN G STONES : 50TH ANNIVERS A RY EXHI B IT — Photography from AMERIC A ’S SPIRIT: EVOLUTION OF A Stephen Perfect, daily thru Dec. NA TION A L STYLE — Collection drawn 21, Artist Spotlight Gallery, Rolland Dated, But Well-Timed Comedy from FWMoA’s permanent collection Arts Center, University of St. chronicling American art from 1765- Francis, Fort Wayne, 399-7999 Neil Simon’s 1963 play Barefoot in the Park is 1900, Tuesday-Sunday thru Jan. TIM PA RSLEY : OH BLINDNESS TO THE Arena Dinner Theatre’s holiday offering, and it serves 25, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, FUTURE , KINDLY GIVEN — Paintings, up warm-hearted laughs without too much drama. Curtain Call $5-$7 (members, free), 422-6467 drawings and mixed media col- Corie and Paul Bratter are a sweet, opposites-at- ART ²— 12x12 themed original mixed lages that appropriate and piece JEN POIRY-PROUGH media pieces from local and region- together scraps of historic imagery, tract newlywed couple. Corie (played by Gloria Min- al artists, Tuesday-Sunday thru daily thru Dec. 15, Lupke Gallery, nich) is a lively free spirit who gets a “terrific kick out Dec. 19, Artworks Galleria of Fine University of St. Francis, Fort of living.” Paul (Michael Coale) is a serious, buttoned- doesn’t last long and the couple soon reconcile. It be- Art, Fort Wayne, 387-6943 Wayne, 399-7999 down lawyer trying to make a name for himself on his ing a 1963 script, it’s Corie who makes the conces- ART FOR THE HOLID A YS — Handmade ornaments and nativities, Monday- first case. Corie has rented a tiny New York walk-up sion, but that’s all right. Paul seems to understand that Saturday, thru Dec. 31, Orchard Artifacts apartment on the fifth floor without Paul’s having seen he could lighten up a little, too – even though he’s Gallery of Fine Art, Fort Wayne, CALL FOR ARTISTS it. She has fallen for the apartment’s charm, overlook- feverish when he comes to this realization. 436-0927 ROCK , PA PER , SCISSORS (JA N . 23-MA RCH ing all its faults – plumbing that works “backward,” Minnich is perfectly cast as Corie. She is viva- BFA EXHIBITION — Senior thesis pieces from IPFW Department of Visual 4) — Themed, open call, all-media a bedroom that only fits a twin bed, and a hole in the cious and enthusiastic, but never obnoxious. The script Communication and Design stu- exhibit; pieces embrace the fun skylight, to name a few. Paul calls for her to cry quite a bit at dents, Wednesday-Sunday, Dec. and whimsy of childhood games, does not approve but he tries the end of the show and she does 5-28, Wunderkammer Gallery, Fort for full criteria visit www.artlinkfw. BAREFOOT IN THE PARK Wayne, 481-6709 com, submission deadline, Friday, to overlook them for his wife’s so convincingly and without be- Dec. 19, Artlink Contemporary Art 7 p.m. dinner, 8 p.m. curtain BREND A MOORE : SOLO EXHIBITION — sake. ing annoying. Coates provides a Paintings, mixed media works Gallery, Fort Wayne, $10, members Corie’s mom, Ethel Banks Friday-Saturday, Dec. 5-6, great contrast and is very natural and drawings, daily thru Dec. free, 424-71955 12-13 & 19-20 21, Goldfish Gallery, Rolland Arts TEEN PHOTO G R A PHY CONTEST — For (Carol Howell-Wasson), is simi- onstage. You don’t see him “act- ages 12-18, submit 8x10 photos of lar to Paul; she is slightly con- ing.” Center, University of St. Francis, 1 p.m. dinner, 2 p.m. curtain Fort Wayne, 399-7999 buildings, landmarks or any point trolling and a bit closed off, not Howell-Wasson plays Mrs. of interest in Huntington County, Sunday, Dec. 14 CHRIS A ND SA Y A K A GA NZ — Sculptures quite understanding Corie’s zest Banks very broadly and has from reclaimed objects, prints and entries accepted thru Wednesday, Arena Dinner Theatre charcoals, Tuesday-Saturday thru Dec. 31, Huntington City-Township for life. Their upstairs neighbor, some wonderful moments of Public Library, 356-2900 Victor Velasco (Kim Detwiler), 719 Rockhill St., Fort Wayne physical comedy, particularly in Dec. 6, Crestwoods Frame Shop & Gallery, Roanoke, 672-2080 COMMUNITY SUPPORTED ART — Call for visual artists, musicians, perform- is what Corie would be if she Tix.: $35, 260-424-5622 the second act, following their CONTEMPOR A RY PA INTIN G — Oil, pastel were a single, late-middle-aged drunken evening out. Detwiler and acrylics courtesy of Linda ing artists and writers to enter to Warren Projects, daily thru Dec. be juried, full details available at man: quirky to the point of eccentricity for eccentric- exudes lovable eccentricity as Mr. Velasco, and de- artsincubatorfw.com/programs/csa/, ity’s sake. spite the dated sexual harassment of Corie (she admits 21, John P. Weatherhead Gallery, Rolland Arts Center, University of application deadline Saturday, Jan. Corie decides her mother needs to experience life he makes her nervous but this only encourages him), St. Francis, Fort Wayne, 399-7999 5, Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery, Fort Wayne, $10, members free, now that she’s an empty-nester, and she sets up a dou- he is quite charming. When he begins to recognize the R A FTIN G A ONTINUUM ETHINKIN G C C : R 424-71955 ble date so she can meet the fun-loving Mr. Velasco. physical limits of his own quirks, you feel for him. CONTEMPOR A RY CR A FT — Arizona State University Art Museum and NA TION A L PRINT EXHIBITION (APRIL 24-MA Y Even though she’s a good sport, the evening appears The cast is rounded out by Brian H. Wagner as the Ceramics Research Center in the 27) — Original printmaking media to have been a disaster and has put a spotlight on Corie wryly kindhearted telephone repairman and by David Herberger Institute’s comprehensive that has been completed in the and Paul’s differences. Corie decides she doesn’t want Thompson, the productions’ stage manager who has a collection of craft holdings and last 3 years, has not previously been exhibited at Artlink and is to be married to a stuffed shirt, so she demands a di- bit part as a delivery man. new international requisitions in wood, ceramic and fiber, Tuesday- no larger than 54” in any direction vorce. Sunday thru Dec. 21, Fort Wayne may be submitted, for full criteria It being an early Neil Simon comedy, the fight [email protected] Museum of Art, $5-$7 (members, visit www.artlinkfw.com, submission free), 422-6467 deadline, Friday, Jan. 23, Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery, Fort ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CROSSIN G LINES : CONTEMPOR A RY Wayne, 3 entries for $25, members ART FROM CO A ST TO CO A ST — $20, 424-71955 Contemporary pieces from Austin, TX, Tuesday-Sunday thru Jan. 15, SPECIAL EVENTS Fort Wayne Museum of Art, $5-$7 DIRECTORS TOUR : AMERIC A ’S SPIRIT — (members, free), 422-6467 1st Thursday Gallery Talk Series GROUP HOLID A Y SHOW — Mixed featuring a guided tour by Executive Games Sucking Up All the Oxygen Director and Chief Curator Charles media from Gwen Gutwein, Justin Tops at the Box: The Hunger Johnson, Austin Cartwright, Diana Shepard 12:15 p.m. Thursday, Francis Lawrence’s Fair, Elizabeth Wamsley, Richard Dec. 4, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 continued to kick box of- Tuck, Marcy Neiditz, Aaron $5-$7 (members, free), 422-6467 fice booty, selling another $57 million last weekend Screen Time Dickinson and Linda Nathan Jones, SECOND THURSD A Y IN THE PA R A DI G M while upping the film’s 10-day total to $225 million Tuesday-Saturday, Dec. 10-Jan. GA LLERY — Annual jewelry show- GREG W. LOCKE 31, Crestwoods Frame Shop & case with Steven and Susan in the U.S. and $480 million worldwide. Don’t be sur- Gallery, Roanoke, 672-2080 Shaikh, 5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 11, prised if this one hits the $1 billion mark worldwide HI G H STYLES HOLID A Y EXHI B IT — Fort Wayne Museum of Art, free, before the end of the year. And of course Part 2 will gally? And if so, who taught you to do that, and is it Poinsettia filled Christmas display 422-6467 do similar, if not bigger, numbers. And that’s alright. considered to be child abuse to teach tiny people how depicting the era between World Wars I and II, Tuesday-Sunday These movies aren’t bad at all. to steal digital files? I say yes! thru Jan. 4, Foellinger-Freimann Upcoming Exhibits Also at the Box: Penguins of Madagascar, a film Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi epic Interstellar had Botanical Conservatory, Fort that straight up describes exactly what it is in its title, another strong weekend, selling another $16 million Wayne, $3-$5 (2 and under, free), DECEMBER took the No. 2 spot at the U.S. box over the weekend, on U.S. screens, upping the flick’s four-weekend total 427-6440 10TH RE G ION A L EXHIBITION — Mixed HOLID A Y POP UP GA LLERY — Mixed media pieces from local and region- selling just under $26 million over its first three days to $147 million in the U.S. and $542 million world- media pieces from 12 local and al artists, Tuesday-Sunday, Dec. of release. Ouch! The folks at Fox absolutely expected wide. Good for you, Christopher Nolan. You’re the regional artists, Wednesday- 12-Jan. 14, (opening reception their big winter animated flick to do much better num- new Stanley Kubrick, except your movies sell big and Sunday, Dec.