-------Calendar • Art & Artifacts ------- Current Exhibits STE P HEN PERFECT : 40 YEAR S OF PHOTOGRA P HY — Photography at the 2012 SCHOLA S TIC ART & WRITING Lupke Gallery, North Campus of AW ARD S — At the Fort Wayne the University of Saint Francis, Fort Museum of Art, Tuesday-Sunday Wayne, Monday-Friday thru Mar. Two Too Funny Studio Romps thru Apr. 8, 422-6467, www.fwmoa. 30, 399-7700 Merely based on the clever poster, I already org SUZANNE GALA S KA — Paintings at 7TH ANNUAL HUNTINGTON UNIVER S ITY Langhinrichs Gallery, Fort Wayne knew that the new production at IPFW Department HIGH SCHOOL ART EXHIBIT — Juried Unitarian Universalist Meeting of Theatre would be first-class family entertainment, Curtain Call invitational featuring works of art House, Fort Wayne, Sunday- although I was concerned that if it ran past 10:30, it from regional high school students Thursday thru Feb. 29, 744-1867 might be self-indulgent. Lighthearted fun, two frothy SUSAN BURNS at The Robert E. Wilson Gallery TATTOO DREAM S — Series by Pat and located in the Merillat Center for the Jon Hecker at the Orchard Gallery, one-acts – that’s what I expected. Never mind what Arts, Huntington, Monday-Friday Fort Wayne, Monday-Saturday Higgs would have had to say about it. Higgs wasn’t thru Mar. 8 (awards reception thru Feb. 28, 436-0927, www.theor- there and I was. THE POT BOILER & 6-7:30 p.m. Saturday, Mar. 3), chardgallery.com But wait. That’s how Moon and Birdboot, the hack THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND 426-7421, www.huntington.edu/ TREA S URE ! — Exhibit exploring the his- mca/wilson-gallery/robert-e--wilson- tory of treasures and treasure hunt- critics muddling through another night’s reportage in Thurs.-Sat., Feb. 23-25 • 8 p.m. gallery/ ing at Science Central, Fort Wayne, The Real Inspector Hound would open their reviews. Sun., Feb. 26 • 2 p.m. 9 COUNTY ART SHO W — At Clark daily thru May 30, 424-2400, ext. I’m sure of it. But I’m happy to make it three thumbs 411, www.xsnrg.com/treasure!/ Studio Theatre, IPFW Gallery, Honeywell Center, Wabash, up – their two fictional plus mine – for the comedies daily thru Feb. 29, 563-1102 index2.html 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne BETH ALBRIGHT — Paintings at the TRENCH ART : PRODUCTIVE PA S TIME S FROM in the tiny Studio Theatre on campus. Orchard Gallery, Fort Wayne, THE DEBRI S OF WAR — At the Fort There is something magnetic about watching peo- Tix.: $5-$14 thru box office, Monday-Saturday thru Feb. 29, Wayne Museum of Art, Tuesday- ple getting silly on purpose under spotlights in front 436-0927, www.theorchardgallery. Sunday thru Feb. 26, 422-6467, 260-481-6555 com www.fwmoa.org of a crowd. It makes one want to join in the fun. Both CABINET OF CURIOSITIES: WORK S FROM VALENTINE SHO W — Art at the Castle The Pot Boiler and Hound insist on kicking aside the nocent student Miss Wouldby by narrating as the cast THE COLLECTION — At the Fort Gallery, Fort Wayne, Tuesday- fourth wall and hauling us along into the silliness, of his latest work run through a dress rehearsal. Sud’s Wayne Museum of Art, Tuesday- Saturday thru Mar. 10, 426-6568, satire, parody, farce and random absurdities. First, we dramatis personae are Miss Ivory (played by Halee Sunday thru Feb. 26, 422-6467, www.castlegallery.com www.fwmoa.org learn how to write a play from a master who can’t help Bandt), Mrs. Pencil (Carly Thompson), Mr. Inkwell CARRIE LONGLEY & ERIN HOL S CHER but boil over at his genius, and then all manner of ma- (Nathan Garner), Mr. Ruler (Brian Warner), Mr. Ivo- ALMAZAN — Ceramics and prints at Artifacts nia breaks loose in Muldoon Manor. ry (Scott Maughmer) and the plucky stagehand Gus the John P. Weatherhead Gallery, Director Mark Ridgeway has dusted off these two (Chase Francs). University of St. Francis, Fort ART EVENT Wayne, daily thru Feb. 26, 399- 2ND ANNUAL VI S UAL ART AW ARD S PARTY funny little comedies of a certain age and put a nimble From Garner’s hilarious trembles to Tash’s ex- 7700 ext. 8001 — At Artlink Auer Center for Arts cast to work to bring them into the comedic light of travagant scarf flinging, the opener is short but tartly DAN SW ARTZ — Drawings and col- and Culture, Fort Wayne, 6-9 p.m. day, or actually night. And the fact that the second, silly and a perfect appetizer for the Stoppard main lage at Firefly Coffee House, Fort Thursday, Feb. 23, $5-$15, 424- and longer, one-act lures two critics into the action course. Wayne, daily thru Feb. 29 (recep- 7195 tion 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. THE OTHER — An exhibition by visual only serves to make The Real Inspector Hound an ir- The second part of the evening is devoted to Tom 29), free, 373-0505, www.fireflycof- communication and design fac- resistible Milk Bone for any commentators destined to Stoppard’s 1968 one-act The Real Inspector Hound, feehousefw.com ulty artists Mikhael Antone, Alma sit and stay in the cheap seats. which has mellowed over time and may even have Hoffmann and James Williams, con- THE DOOR OF NO RETURN : ELMINA , The Pot Boiler by Alice Gerstenberg has been gained some timely appreciation of his spoof of the IMAGE S OF A GHANAIAN SLAVE CA S TLE tains adult images and language, at — An exhibit of photopraphs by the IPFW Visual Art Gallery, Room around since 1916 when vaudeville ruled the boards. form from fans of Downton Abbey’s Country House Leah H. Reeder at 3R Gallery, 204, IPFW, Fort Wayne, 6 p.m. Nick Tash takes charge as Mr. Sud, the playwright. Continued on page 27 Fort Wayne, Friday-Sunday, Feb. Thursday, Feb. 23, 481-6709 He is all too ready to demonstrate his genius to the in- 24-Mar. 25 (opening reception 5-9 EX P RE ss IVE ART GALLERY AND MU S IC p.m. Friday, Feb. 24), 493-0913, — Kick off to National Eating www.3rgallery.com Disorder Awareness Week with an ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DO W N ON THE FI S HER -PRICE FARM — expressive art gallery in Walb Union An exhibit reminiscent of the Ballroom, IPFW, Fort Wayne, 6:30 old Fisher-Price farm set at the p.m. Thursday, Mar. 1, 481-6647 Botanical Conservatory, Fort CALLS FOR ENTRIES Wayne, Tuesday-Sunday thru Apr. PO S TCARD ART SHO W — Artlink is ask- 8, $5, 427-6440, http://www.botani- ing artists to submit postcard art FPT Stages a Heartwarming Tale calconservatory.org/ with the theme “Secrets” to enter There are certain plays that will never lose their WOODEN BOXE S BY GREG THOMA S MOORE , for display in a unique exhibition DAVID RO ss AND PAT HECKER — At and fundraiser. Postcards must be popularity with the American public, and You Can’t the Orchard Gallery, Fort Wayne, received by Wednesday, Feb. 29, Take It With You is definitely one of them. Written by Director’s Notes Monday-Saturday thru Feb. 29, 424-7195, www.artlinkfw.com 436-0927, www.theorchardgallery. Kaufman and Hart during the height of the Great De- FIGURE DRA W ING SE ss ION S — Artlink pression (1936), it found a way to take people away THOM HOFRICHTER com will supply chairs, drawing boards, LIFE THROUGH PORTHOLE : CAITLIN easels and a model, artist must from the drudgery of their lives for a couple of hours. CRO W LEY RETRO sp ECTIVE — Oil bring their choice of art supplies You can understand the mood of the country in that Painting and mixed media at Lotus to the figure drawing studio at the year by the simple fact that this play won the Pulitzer YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU Yoga, Wellness & Gallery, Fort Artlink Gallery, Auer Center for Thursday, March 1 • 7:30 p.m. ($10) Wayne, Friday-Saturday thru Feb. Arts and Culture, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Prize for drama. It is one of the few comedies ever to 29, free, 420-9642, www.lotusfw. Mondays and Thursdays, $3, 424- do so. Friday-Saturday, March 2-3, 9-10 & com 7195, www.artlinkfw.com This heartwarming tale of the family Martin Van- 16-17 • 7:30 p.m. OBJET TROUVÉ — Found object art FIGURE DRA W ING SE ss ION S — Artlink derhof presides over reminds us that our earthly time at the Potter’s Wife Gallery, Fort will supply chairs, drawing boards, Sunday, March 11 • 2 p.m. Wayne, Tuesday-Saturday, thru easels and a model, artist must flashes by us like a bolt of lightning, and the mate- Mar. 24, 420-8300, www.delaney- bring their choice of art supplies rial things in it are far less important than the simple First Presbyterian Theater s1421broadway.com to the figure drawing studio at the moment-to-moment joys that can be rung out of a life 300 W. Wayne St. • Fort Wayne ROCK S LIDE S — Installation art by Deb Artlink Gallery, Auer Center for well lived. Each member of the Vanderhof family has Karpman and Kimberly Hennessy Arts and Culture, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Tix.: $18-$24, 260-422-6329 at the Hugh N. Ronald Gallery, Mondays and Thursdays, $3, 424- a particular avocation, more passion than hobby. And Portland, Monday-Friday thru Feb. 7195, www.artlinkfw.com while they may seem silly and frivolous to outsiders, Kelly Bielak, John Boerger, Ethan Burk, Bill Collins, 29, 726-4809 these passions are exactly what make their lives so Tom Corron, Rebecca Faudree, Travis, Heffelfinger, SACRED VE ss EL S — Mixed media drawings of Justin Johnson with Coming Exhibits enviable to all who come in contact with them.