SEPT. 14-20, 2017 FACEBOOK.COM/WHATZUPFTWAYNE • WWW.WHATZUP.COM GET THE GEAR YOU WANT TODAY! 48MONTHS 0% INTEREST*** ON 140+ TOP BRANDS | SOME RESTRICTIONS APPLY 36MONTHS 0% INTEREST** ON 100+ TOP BRANDS | SOME RESTRICTIONS APPLY WHEN YOU USE THE SWEETWATER CARD. 36/48 EQUAL MONTHLY PAYMENTS REQUIRED. SEE STORE FOR DETAILS. NOW THROUGH OCTOBER 2 5501 US Hwy 30 W • Fort Wayne, IN Music Store Hours: Mon–Thurs 9–9 • Fri 9–8 Sat 9–7 • Sun 11–5 2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.whatzup.com -------------------------------------------------------- September 14, 2017 whatzup FRIDAY & SATURDAY Volume 22, Number 7 September 15 & 16, 2017 ou’d think, with the change in the weather, that things would be slow- MAIN STAGE: ing down a bit. The fact that we could barely fit everything we needed • A Dancer’s Legacy – SEP 22 & 23 HEADWATERS PARK to squeeze into 24 pages, however, is ample evidence that things don’t • The Nutcracker – DEC 1 thru 10 Fort Wayne, Indiana Yreally slow down around these parts just because there’s an occasional chill in • Coppélia – MAR 23-25 the air. It seems we Indiana folk are hardier than that, and we’re going to keep kicking it all the way to Christmas. • Academy Showcase – MAY 24 That being the case, this week’s issue features a couple of shows – the Steve FAMILY SERIES: Miller Band at the Foellinger Theatre and Davy Knowles at Bluffton’s Kehoe • Frank E. Stein – OCT 21 Park – that should cap off the summer of 2017 in a spectacular way. There • Beauty & the Beast – FEB 24 have been some pretty great shows over the past three or four months, and • Rapunzel – APR 21 these two should be right up there with the best of them. See Steve Penhollow’s cover story on page 4 and Deb Kennedy’s feature on page 5 for more. ARTS in LAB: • Love Notes – FEB 9 & 10 If your tastes run more to the sublime, Michele DeVinney previews the Fort Wayne Ballet’s season on page 6. And towards the back of this issue, the- • Progressions – MAY18 & 19 ater lovers can read up on three ongoing community theater productions. In TICKETS @ ARTSTIX.org between, well, there’s a whole lotta stuff. or call 260.422.4226 So please, read on, find some fun stuff to do and tell ’em we sent you. fortwayneballet.org 260.484.9646 FEATURING: inside the issue CLASS REGISTRATION is OPEN! • features ROAD NOTEZ .................................. 14 Now enrolling ages 3 thru Adult: MGMT FLIX ................................................. 20 • Ballet (all levels) Home Again • Jazz • Tap STEVE MILLER BAND .................................4 The Summer’s Big Finish SCREENTIME ................................. 20 • Modern KYLE It Remake Dominates Weak Box DAVY KNOWLES .........................................5 • Character Bluffton Does the Blues CURTAIN CALL ................................ 21 • Boys/Men Jekyll & Hyde FORT WAYNE BALLET ................................6 REGISTER THAO Honoring Two Masters DIRECTOR’S NOTES ....................... 22 fortwayneballet.org & THE GET DOWN STAY DOWN A Mighty Fortress MARK MINNICK ...........................................7 or call 260.484.9646 Church and State of the Art CURTAIN CALL ................................ 23 Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery GREGG COFFEY ..........................................8 THE Combining Science with Art LEMON • calendars TWIGS • columns & reviews LIVE MUSIC & COMEDY ................. 10 AND 20+ MORE ACTS! MUSIC/ON THE ROAD .................... 14 SPINS ................................................9 George Thorogood, Oneohtrix Point Never, Brett ROAD TRIPZ ................................... 18 Eldredge THINGS TO DO ............................... 21 BACKTRACKS ...................................9 STAGE & DANCE ............................ 22 The Undisputed Truth, The Undisputed Truth (1971) TWO DAYS � ALL�AGES � 20+ NATIONAL ART & ARTIFACTS .......................... 23 OUT AND ABOUT ............................ 10 Cover by Brandon Jordan & REGIONAL ACTS � TWO FREE COMMUNITY Oferle Single, Video Available Online Steve Miller cover photo by Jay Blakesburg STAGES � ONE NATIONAL PAID STAGE � PICKS ............................................. 12 Davy Knowles photo on page 5 by Timothy Schmidt Whose Live Anyway? 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MARYS MAIN STAGE: MIDDLEWAVES.COM September 14, 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------- www.whatzup.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 BROUGHT TO YOU BY: --------------------------- Feature • Steve Miller Band --------------------------- @2014 / Fort Wayne Comedy Club ...............................11 all for One Productions/A Mighty Fortress .....................22 Bluffton Street Fair/Bluffton Idol.....................................6 C2G Live ..............................................................................11 C2G Music Hall......................................................................7 The Summer’s Big Finish Calhoun Street Soups, Salads, Spirits .........................13 By Steve Penhollow Miller showed up and offered to buy all was going to be totally upside down and dis- Columbia Street West ......................................................11 eight songs the trio had written. The songs rupted. The CW .................................................................................20 On August 23, one of the most momen- make up the bulk of Miller’s hit 1982 album, “We did get the tacos by the way,” he tous rock music events of the 21st century Abracadabra. said. DeKalb Chamber Partnership/Auburn Cruise In ............17 occurred. Lewis joined Miller’s touring band for a Next year Miller will mark the 50th anni- Dupont Bar & Grill..............................................................11 Steve Miller posted a personal video few years and departed after Miller decided versary of the birth of the band that bears his Embassy Theatre ..................................................................8 message on Facebook. to play jazz for a while. name and Lewis said Miller is commemorat- If that doesn’t seem all that momentous “He basically wanted to go in a different ing it by releasing a collection of laboriously Fort Wayne Ballet .................................................................3 to you, perhaps you don’t know Steve Mill- direction,” he said. “He used Ben Sidran as a remastered songs called Ultimate Hits. Fort Wayne Dance Collective ..............................................5 er. producer. Ben had a band and Steve decided It drops September 15. Miller is one of rock music’s more reclu- to go with that.” Miller has been sufficiently disheart- Fort Wayne Civic Theatre/Jekyll & Hyde..........................22 sive geniuses. He declines most interviews Miller eventually asked Lewis to return ened up to now by the digital revolution not Fort Wayne Musicians Association ...................................5 and is, by many accounts, a bit of a curmud- to the fold to write and perform the 1993 re- to have much interest in recording new ma- Fort Wayne Youtheatre/The Canterville Ghost ..............22 geon. lease Wide River. terial, Lewis said. So this personal But Lewis Hamilton House Bar & Grill ..............................................13 message, telling thinks that is about The Haunted Jail ................................................................17 fans to look out for to change, given a new retrospective Janice Ginsberg IPFW Community Arts Academy .......................................5 recording, came Miller’s calming Latch String Bar & Grill ....................................................13 as something of a and encouraging in- Middle Waves .........................................................................3 shock. fluence on her hus- The Steve Mill- band. Mitchell’s Sports & Neighborhood Grill .........................11 er Band comes to Meanwhile, musiConnect .......................................................................19 the Foellinger The- Lewis has many atre on September irons in the fire. NIGHTLIFE ....................................................................10-13 20 to close out the He recently Northside Galleries ..............................................................3 venue’s Summer self-published a Pacific Coast Concerts ........................................................5 Concert Series. horror/sci-fi novel Reached by called Skeleton Rusty Spur Saloon ............................................................17 phone, Kenny Lee Children which is Sweetwater Sound ................................................2, 11, 24 Lewis – Miller’s getting rave reviews bassist and one of on Amazon. Teds Market ........................................................................13 the band’s songwrit- It’s about a WBOI 89.1 FM ...................................................................13 ers – said he under- pair of twins who stands fans’ aston- seem to invent their WLYV 104.3 .......................................................................20 ishment. own language, a Wooden Nickel Music Stores ..............................................9 Lewis explained that Miller’s fourth wife Janice appears STEVE MILLER BAND to be having a mel- 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 20 lowing effect on him. Lewis said he isn’t the only one Foellinger