JUNE 2-8, 2016 FACEBOOK.COM/WHATZUPFORTWAYNE | WWW.WHATZUP.COM | FACEBOOK.COM/WHATZUPFORTWAYNE 2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.whatzup.com ------------------------------------------------------------------June 2, 2016 whatzup Volume 20, Number 42 ort Wayne must really love Germanfest because every year, when we feature the annual festival on our cover, the issues fly off our news- racks like German hotcakes. We assume the popularlity of this particu- larF issue has everything to do with German music and dancing, contests and games and food and beer and not the buxom fraulein that graces its cover, but we could be wrong. Whatever your reason for picking up this week’s issue of GO TO OUR WEBSITE whatzup, you’ll find all things Germanfest in Deborah Kennedy’s cover story FOR TICKET INFO & MORE on page 4. And if you happen to leave your copy at home while you’re out and about during the festival, you’ll be able to access a complete daily schedule at ALL SHOWS ALL AGES UPCOMING EVENTS www.whatzup.com on your cellular device. Genießen! If your tastes run more toward classic rock n’ roll and pop, we’re guessing The Monkees might be the thing for you. The 60s TV and pop music darlings are part of this summer’s Foellinger Theatre concert lineup and are featured by Michele DeVinney on page 5 (and yes, she’s a fan). Finally, we feature one of Fort Wayne’s undiscovered treasures and yet another CuteCute ByBy NatureNature blessing bestowed upon our community by Sweetwater Sound. Expanding Man, a collective consisting of some of Sweetwater’s very best players, play every so JewelryJewelry June 6 | 7pm often at Don Hall’s Guesthouse and are some of the most talented musicians you’re ever going to see. 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Dec. 2 Wednesday, July 27 • 9pm Mannheim Steamroller ................. Dec. 6 Star Wars: Moscow Ballet: Great Russian Nutcracker Dec. 7 The Force Awakens Straight No Chaser .......................Dec. 13 Wednesday, August 3 • 9pm Free movies brought to you by: Embassy Theatre 125 W. Jefferson Blvd. Fort Wayne, Indiana ticketmaster.com June 2, 2016 -------------------------------------------------------------------- www.whatzup.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 BROUGHT TO YOU BY: ----------------------- Feature • Fort Wayne Germanfest ----------------------- 20 Past 4 and More ..........................................................11 Allen County Public Library/Rock the Plaza .....................7 Arena Dinner Theatre/South Pacific ................................15 Artlink ..................................................................................17 Beamer’s Sports Grill ..........................................................8 A Week Full of Wunderbar C2G Live/The TV Show .........................................................7 By Deborah Kennedy food, folklore and fun. Library. Before Disney got its hands on the C2G Music Hall......................................................................3 Trinity Episcopal Church will also be tale of Little Briar Rose, it was originally a Calhoun Street Soups, Salads, Spirits ............................9 Suggestions anyone? It seems that getting in on the opening day action, spon- Grimm’s fairy tale, making it a perfect fit Germans have a word for every complex soring their “Eleganze Baroque Ensemble for Germanfest. The day also includes the Columbia Street West .........................................................9 emotion known to humans. You’ve prob- Concert,” at 5 p.m. during which 18th Cen- first of several organ concerts to take place Cute By Nature Jewelry ......................................................3 ably heard of wanderlust and schadenfreude tury German music will be played on period at churches around town. Tuesday’s will be (pleasure derived from the pain of others), instruments. at First Presbyterian Church. And that eve- Decatur Sculpture Tour ....................................................17 but what about “kummerspeck” (literally Monday’s highlights include an organ ning, beginning at 6 p.m., futball enthusiasts Embassy Theatre ..................................................................3 “grief bacon,” or the weight you put will want to mark their calendars for on post-breakup) and “treppenwitz” perennial favorite Hofbrau Night at Fort Wayne Dance Collective ...........................................15 (“staircase joke,” i.e. the sensation the Fort Wayne Sport Club, which, Fort Wayne Germanfest ...................................................17 you experience when the perfect in addition to a six-on-six adult soc- comeback arrives too late)? They cer tournament, will give attendees Fort Wayne Musicians Association ................................11 even have a phrase for “complex a chance to partake of Hofbrau beer, emotions,” although it’s a lot less in- brats, sauerkraut and German potato Fort Wayne Parks Dept./Free Movies ................................3 teresting than the above. It’s simply salad. Hamilton House Bar & Grill .................................................8 “komplexe emotion.” Wednesday is when a lot of the If there isn’t already a German magic happens. At 11 a.m., the fes- Hot 107.9/Summer Jam ................................................18 word for “the wild and wonderful tival pavilion officially opens to the Indiana Center for Middle East Peace/Arab Festival .....9 roller coaster of excitement, food public with food, drink and polka lust and post-schnitzel contentment for everyone. The festivities include IPFW/Community Arts Academy ....................................17 you experience when you find your- a traditional opening ceremony and Latch String Bar & Grill .......................................................8 self at Fort Wayne’s Germanfest for the tapping of the first keg. For the the first time,” there should be. younger crowd, there will be the Nick’s Martini & Wine Bar ....................................................9 There should also be a word for Ferkel Wurst Stuffin’, or the Piglet NIGHTLIFE .......................................................................8-11 “the homey and blissed out feeling Sausage Stuffing game, which gives you get when you’re back at Ger- kids the chance to see who can fill Northside Galleries ..............................................................3 manfest with your friends and fam- their sausage skin with the most Pacific Coast Concerts ........................................................2 ily, everyone reunited over a mutual plush piglets, and, at 2 p.m. local au- love of sauerkraut, brats and polka.” thor Susan Braun will entertain audi- PERFORMERS DIRECTORY .............................................10 And one for “what it’s like to ences with