Dupont Valley Times - Feb. 2014

February 28, 2014

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Select Sound, Minstrel Magic take Carroll stage

Timeless themes will dance across the stage when Carroll High School’s show choirs perform Saturday, March 15, at the Carroll Classic Invitational.

The host school’s girls’ choir and mixed choir will perform in exhibition while judges tally scores for visiting schools.

For Carroll, it’s the last local show of a long season. The Indiana State School Music Association will compare scores from throughout the season, throughout the state, to decide which 18 schools compete the following Saturday at the state finals.

Carroll show choirs director Jill Jeran shoul-ders the additional responsibility of being host to 11 other high schools. Carroll also hosts middle school choirs on Friday, March 14.

“It is a larger respon-sibility to make sure everything is in line and

the schools have the opportunity that they need,” Jeran said. “It just takes loads of volunteers. We have chair people of all of our committees though the parent/booster group. We try to make it

a fun, educational expe-rience, stress-free, and make it a great day for everybody.”

Jeran directs the Select Sound girls’ show choir and the Minstrel Magic mixed show choir. “We

start our competition season in January and go through almost the end of March and compete nearly every weekend,” she said.

Blair Zemaitis, the assistant director, explained the stories behind this year’s shows. “Our women’s group is doing a history-theme

show about women’s suffrage,” she said. “We span the ages of women’s suffrage from Susan B. Anthony all the way up through modern-day women, so we have costumes that go from authentic 1800s to women in pantsuits, which is fun for the girls to have such variety in their costumes,

and variety in songs. Their dance moves reflect that as well.”

“The mixed group is doing an original story that our creative team has made up, about forgive-ness and finding your own path, and misguided love,” she explained. “It is between a father and

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Carroll senior Conner Mullett, from left, junior Mason Ashment and senior Alexa Heyneman are at center stage for the closing of the Minstrel Magic mixed show choir’s program.

PHOTO BY GARTH SNOW

Carroll High School’s Select Sound girls’ show choir enacts a chapter from the women’s suffrage movement. Costumes evolve from authentic 1800s dresses to modern pantsuits.

PHOTO BY GARTH SNOW

Schools add class hoursto make up for lost days

Public and private schools have begun rescheduling a record number of snow days, even as winter reserves the option of forcing more changes to school calen-dars. For the first time, schools have the option of lengthening the school day to make up state-re-quired student days.

School officials insist that student safety will continue to drive their decisions on whether to delay or cancel classes. Some local districts had canceled school for 13 or more days. Other school bells were delayed by two hours due to fog, cold or hazardous travel.

Fort Wayne Community Schools Public Affairs Director Melanie Hall said the school calendar has been extended at least

through June 11.She said the district

tracked snow days going back through the 1999-2000 school year. “The previous high was six closures in 2011, all in February,” Hall said.

But even more snow dates will not force a change in Fort Wayne’s graduation schedule. Those ceremonies are scheduled for June 21.

School districts must meet a minimum 180 student attendance days. Schools first canceled classes on Jan. 6 and 7, immediately following the winter break. The Indiana State Board of Educa-tion has granted schools a waiver for those first two days. Some districts extended the first semester

because of the storms. The state also postponed the window for the important ISTEP tests. Schools now may finish the tests as late as March 21, instead of March 12. Test results are used to measure school success and to assess teacher performance.

Schools made up classes on Presidents Day, or held classes on days that had been set aside for teacher conferences. Most districts extended the school year.

The state also granted permission to extend the school day to make up hours.

Northwest Allen County Schools lengthened dozens of school days effective Feb. 25. Super-

By Garth [email protected] “… the safety of our students is our first consider-

ation.”— Melanie Hall, public affairs director, Fort Wayne Community Schools

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intendent Chris Himsel said families have made travel and summer plans, and the district would not postpone graduation, cancel spring break, or hold classes on Saturdays.

“It does not accom-modate all of the diverse needs of our families,” Himsel said of the make-up plan. “It does balance as many of those factors as possible.”

For Himself’s full state-ment, visit nacs.k12.in.us.

East Allen County Schools added 30 minutes to each school day, begin-ning in March. For a statement by Superinten-dent Ken Folks and a list by school, visit eacs.k12.in.us.

Administrators wake up early and compare notes when the weather threatens.

At Blackhawk Chris-tian School, 800 children from preschool through

high school attend two campuses on either side of State Street. Lead Administrator Linda Pearson said she talks with other administrators as she weighs the twin imperatives of quality of education and student safety.

Hall, of the Fort Wayne Community Schools, also said many officials gather information on road and weather conditions. “When the weather is looking bad, we have our officials out driving at 4 a.m. to experience it first-hand, and they try to drive different areas because we have 150 square miles of basically urban, suburban and rural neighborhoods. So it’s not always going to be the same in different places,” Hall said. “They

call the highway depart-ment, the state police, the weather service — so there’s a lot of thought and consideration that goes into it.”

“But the safety of our students is our first consideration,” Hall said.

On its Facebook page, Fort Wayne Commu-nity Schools promised a detailed school make-up plan by Feb. 24.

Bishop Dwenger High School has extended the school year into June. Graduation, however, will proceed as planned on May 23.

Southwest Allen County Schools continued to weigh its options, including e-learning at home, to make up for a record number of snow days.

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Volunteers prepare fish for a Feb. 8 fundraiser at Suburban Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 6318 W. California Road. The 55th annual fish fry helps support the school, founded in 1885. Another fundraiser Saturday, March 15, will fund the second phase of the playground renovation project and support the tuition assis-tance fund. The silent auction begins when doors open at 6 p.m. at Sweetwater Sound, 5501 U.S. 30 West. The live auction begins at 7 p.m. There is no admis-sion fee. Everyone is welcome. The popcorn and dessert bar are free. The nacho bar and drinks are available for purchase. Live entertainment will be provided by Redeemed. Merchants donate goods and gift certificates for the auction, which last year raised almost $30,000.

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Northrop choirs preparefor possible trip to state

Northrop High School’s two show choirs will close their regular season March 15 at the Carroll Classic Invita-tional.

Choral director Tom Maupin said the choirs have posted impressive scores this year, and both hope to advance to the state finals.

Northrop is represented by the mixed choir, Charisma, and the girls’ group, Allure.

“It has gone really well, a good year so far and good groups,” Maupin said. “We’ve got a couple more qualifying events,” he said Feb. 21, “but so far both of my groups have scored really well.”

“The girls show is titled ‘Power of Women,’ with the opener ‘Man, I Feel Like a Woman,’ and then we go to ‘I’m

a Woman,’ and ‘Don’t Forget Me’ is the ballad, and then ‘Stronger’ and we close with Wings.’”

“Charisma is going to start in the dark and find the light. We open with a song called ‘Higher’ and then we do a song known as ‘Light ‘Em Up’ by Fallout Boy, and then our ballad is ‘Go Light Your World,’ and then we do a mash-up of ‘Move’ and a song called ‘Dance Again.’ And then we close with Bruno Mars’ ‘Runaway Baby.’”

Regardless of state rankings, Northrop’s choirs will present their show for the home audience one final time at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 28. Admission is $3 for students and $5 for adults. “We call it ‘Evenings,’ because it’s an evening with the show choir,” Maupin said.

Northrop was host to its own invita-tional, Classique, on Feb. 1.


Northrop’s girls’ show choir, Allure, presents a show titled “Power of Women.”COURTESY PHOTO

Northrop’s mixed show choir, Charisma, presents a show about finding the light.COURTESY PHOTO

Bishop Luers to host 19 show choirsBishop Luers High

School will hold its 40th annual show choir invitational as part of a two-day celebration March 7 and 8.

At 6 p.m. Friday, March 7, six local middle school show choirs will compete at Luers, 333 E. Paulding Road. Tickets are $5.

On Saturday, March 8, Luers will be host to the longest running swing choir competition in the nation. The day competition begins at 8 a.m. and runs until 7 p.m. The evening competition begins at 8 p.m. Tickets are sold at the door. Tickets are $10 for the day show or the evening

show, or $15 for all day. Luers will welcome show choirs from 19 high schools.

“Some of the most talented high school singers and dancers in the region will provide spectacular entertainment throughout the day and night,” Luers said in a news release.

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Sophomore Nikki Ramirez and freshman Caroline Erby show the range of costumes for Select Sound’s journey through the women’s suffrage movement.

PHOTO BY GARTH SNOW

Cast and crew wait beside the stage as Select Sound begins a rehearsal at Carroll High School.

PHOTO BY GARTH SNOW

Carroll Classic InvitationalCarroll High School, 3701 Carroll Road, Fort Wayne.Middle school competition, 7 p.m. Friday, March 14. Tickets are $5 at the door.High schools, Saturday, March 15. Preliminary competition 8 a.m., finals 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 for either session or $15 for both. Carroll’s girls’ choir will perform in exhibition at 11 a.m., and the mixed choir will perform in exhibition at 11 p.m., just before the final awards.Northrop’s women’s choir will compete at 8 a.m., and the mixed choir at 4:20 p.m. Homestead’s girls’ choir will perform at 10 a.m., and the mixed choir at 5:15 p.m. For the full performance schedule, visit nacs.k12.in.us/Page/3278.

On to stateHigh school show choirs compete for judges’ ratings at qualifying events on Saturdays, from Jan. 18 through March 15. On Sunday, March 16, the Indiana State School Music Association will examine qualify-ing scores and draw for performance order for nine finalists in two enrollment groups. The Large School Division will compete March 22 at North Central High School in Indianapolis. The Small Schools Division will compete that same day at Plainfield High School.For schedules and results, visit issma.net.

a son, and the father has certain ideas about where he wants his son to go in life, and how he should live his life, and the son chooses his own path, and they reconcile in the end.”

Norman Perrine joins other show choir parents two or more nights a week for several months, handling sound for Thursday evening rehearsals and assisting with the sound cart during performances. He is finishing his third year as a volunteer. His daughter Olivia, a junior, is in the show choir.

“There are a lot of volunteers. I don’t know how many dozens there are,” he said. “The kids get pretty excited. They love this. It might be a

career for some of them.”Caprice Ramirez is a

show choir mom. Her daughter Nikki, a soph-omore, performs with Select Sound.

“They have a week of 8-hour days right before school starts in the summer, and usually two or three times a week, three hours a night. And they have choreographers who come in and work with the kids,” Ramirez said. “They eat, drink and sleep show choir.”

“When you watch them you can tell they put their whole heart into it,” Ramirez said. “It’s really amazing to watch, not just Carroll, but all of them. You go to the competitions, and you see that kids actually love it.”

Sarah Ceckowski,

a junior, knows the program from several perspectives. “I’m in the Select Sound show choir,” she said, “and with Minstrel Magic I’m on stage crew.”

The dual duty makes for long evenings. “Usually, I don’t go home until 9,” she said. “We’ve been working on it since summer, so it’s basically all year round.”

“It’s worth it. It’s really worth it,” she said. “The best memories are made here. The best friends are made here.”

The Carroll choirs will complete a year’s work with the traditional “Reflections” concerts, at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 2 and 3, at Carroll High School. The public is invited.

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(ALLEN COUNTY) The nationwide credit crisis may have turned “the American dream” into an extended nightmare for many Indiana home buyers and sellers. Banks and mortgage lenders (who are not going out of business) have tightened up their lending requirements to the point where many home buyers today can no longer qualify for a mortgage.Record foreclosures, rising unemployment, losses in the financial markets and the current credit crunch have not only reduced the number of buyers who can buy but have also increased the number of houses that sellers need to sell.Prices are under pressure as home sellers lower their asking price to attract a buyer, and as lenders resell their foreclosed homes below market value. And it’s turning into a vicious cycle -- as many buyers need to sell their current home first -- and many sellers (unless they plan to rent) need new financing to get into their next home. As a result, a sea of real estate agents, mortgage brokers and home build-ers are going out of business. These profes-sionals are in the business of serving buyers and sellers. But that’s hard to do with the credit crisis when the entire real estate industry traditionally relies on mortgage lending to finance buyers and get houses sold. What can homeowners do to sell their homes? How can buyers get financing if they can’t meet the tougher lending criteria on credit scores, income verification, down payment amounts and debt ratios?

There’s one local real estate profes-sional who has found a way to make things work even with the present bank-ing crisis. Mike MacDonald is the president of Summit City Investments, Inc. Since 1999, his private investment company has been buying houses throughout the Allen County, IN region without ever relying on banks. MacDonald’s company takes over existing mortgages or brings in private lenders allowing him to pay homeowners all cash for the properties. He then offers his properties for rent or “for sale by owner” using a variety of unique seller financing programs. By taking a long term approach and never relying on banks, business has never been better for MacDonald and his company.

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they must be desperate before calling him to buy their house. “It’s a very common misconception. But until I look at a house and do some research, I won’t know my game plan for the property or what I can offer. But after a single visit to the property and meeting with the homeowners I can let them know exactly what I can do. My offer is good for 7 days and it’s only at that point, with my offer on the table, that a seller can decide if I’m going to become their buyer.” In fact, price is not an issue for MacDonald. As an investor, what’s impor-tant to him is the determination of what income the property can produce. “It’s easy to determine. I also do an appraisal and look at the recent comparable sales. Then I do whatever I can to offer a seller up to full price today -- or about what they might net sometime in the future pursuing a more conventional route. What I can pay depends on the condition, location and financing options available for that type of property. It only takes about 10 minutes to prescreen a property over the phone and to set an appointment. We typically buy 1 out of every 4 properties we see. In fact, for about half of those I have purchased, the seller pursued their other options and then came to realize that my offer was the best all along.” MacDonald believes the three biggest reasons a house doesn’t sell are: 1) it is overpriced, 2) it is poorly marketed, or 3) it is not fixed up to show well. “I can pay a fair price on a home that needs work. I might even plan to increase the value or market-ability by adding a bedroom or bath, finish-

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However, this can backfire if the seller wants (or needs) a quick sale, or when the “days on the market” stacks up causing buyers to wonder what’s wrong with the property. Another misconception about how Mike MacDonald buys houses is the idea that he’s probably looking for sellers in financial distress. “Look, when a seller is out of time or out of options, then I’m usually their best solution -- if their property is not over-financed. But most people headed for foreclosure are either overleveraged or actually looking to save their house. If I buy the house the seller must move. They really need to get into a more affordable home... but sometimes I can help by swapping properties.” MacDonald warns about companies and real estate investors who target distressed homeowners. “Recent laws have been passed in Indiana that apply to any business and investor who targets people in foreclosure. Be cautious, do your research and perhaps seek legal advice when anyone wants to charge you an upfront fee for helping to get your loan modified, or... if they’re promising to lease the home back to you. That rarely works out like the borrower expects and can lead to accusations of fraud. Perhaps rightly so.” What does a real estate investor like Mike MacDonald do with the houses he

buys each month? What about the hundreds of houses his company has bought throughout Allen County, Indiana over the last 14 years? Simple. He rents them out or resells them. “We’re usually managing 80 to 100 properties at any given time -- making us one of the largest owners of single family homes in the area. Each month we may have 10 to 15 houses for sale. Some we’ve owned for years and others we have recently bought.” With a reasonable down payment, MacDonald says he can sell you one of his properties using his popular owner financ-ing programs -- even if you have damaged credit or a short job history. His most popular owner financing

program includes the opportunity to build “sweat equity.” Before repairing or remodeling a newly acquired house, MacDonald offers it in “as-is” condition to his buyer’s list. This allows his client to do the work (to suit their own preferences) in exchange for all or part of a down payment. “I have a lot of buyers who check my website each week looking for these ‘fixer upper’ deals. But if the home is not under contract within 10 days or so then I’ll hire my contrac-tors to fix it up completely.” His next most popular program is a down payment assistance plan. Many buyers turn to MacDonald’s company because they don’t have the down payment required by today’s cautious lenders. Mike helps buyers build up equity or a down payment over time with his rent-to-own (or lease with the option to buy) program. In this program you can rent the property you’ve decided to buy, but have the option to close anytime over the next 1, 2... or even 5 years. A portion of the rent each month is credited toward buying. Additional amounts can be paid monthly for more rapid equity build up plus other promised amounts can be made later... like proceeds from the sale of another property or a pend-ing tax refund. Once the buyer has enough “skin” in the deal, MacDonald can close with owner financing at the predetermined, mutually agreed upon price and terms. Or the buyer can close with a new bank loan. According to MacDonald, “There are so many reasons my buyers like some time before qualifying for a mortgage. They may need to sell their house, work on their credit, establish more time on a job or establish two years of provable income on tax returns when self-employed. All our buyers are put in touch with a sharp mortgage broker who creates a plan for them. We can recommend an affordable credit repair company that can do unbelievable things given even a short 6 to 12 months to work on a file. This also helps

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Red Cedar was honored for “extraor-dinary contribu-tions to the advance-ment of the camp movement,” during the Feb. 5-8 national confer-ence of the American Camp Association in Orlando, Fla.

“Over the past years, the camp and its director, Carrie Perry, have made strides to work with local and national orga-nizations to better the services offered,” stated the award nomination letter. Today, the camp serves nearly 800 chil-dren and adults with and without disabilities each summer through its day camps, including

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The 57-acre Camp Red Cedar facility offers year-round therapeutic and able-bodied horse-back riding lessons, trail rides, summer day camps and residential retreats and facility rentals.

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Perry added, “It’s always great to have your peers salute your camp as one of the best. We can’t wait for the 2014 season to start as we’ve planned another summer of creative, adaptive and fun programs where our campers can explore, play and grow. While this award thrills us, it also challenges us to continue to make our summer camps the stan-dard.”

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Special guest artist Yoko Reikano Kimura will perform on the koto, a traditional Japanese stringed musical instrument, with the Freimann Beethoven String Quartet. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, at Fort Wayne History Center, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 9, at Rhinehart Recital Hall, Rhinehart Music Center, IPFW. Adult admission tickets are $20 and are available by visiting or calling The Phil Box Office at 481-0777, or online at fwphil.org. Tickets can also be purchased at the door before the performance. For more information, visit fwphil.org.

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Phil plans ‘Song of Destiny’The First Wayne Street United Meth-

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The church is at 300 E. Wayne St.Tickets are $22 and are available by

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Drawing from the repertoires of several great composers, Philharmonic Chorus director Benjamin Rivera has created a program that spans Europe from England to Austria, covering 150 years of choral history.

“What we do have is a bit of a Euro-pean tour with Germany, Austria,

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The title piece of the program, “Song of Destiny,” was composed by Brahms after reading a poem by Friedrich Hölderlin of the same title. The composer, whose natural inclination was toward melan-choly, was enthralled by the poem’s contrast between those blessed to live in Elysium with those mortals who lived on earth in perpetual struggle against their destiny. In total it took Brahms three years to complete the work.

Other selections include works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Handel, Fauré and Durante. A complete listing of the evening’s works can be found at fwphil.org/calendar/view/1182.

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MBA open house March 11IPFW will hold an open house for prospective students of its Accelerated MBA

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AWS/Benchmark names Beebe vice presidentDoug

Beebe has joined AWS/Benchmark as vice president for residen-tial and day services for Central and Southern Indiana and the East Coast. He succeeds Steve Cook, who recently accepted a new position as AWS/Benchmark vice

president, business devel-opment.

Most recently, Beebe served as chief executive offi cer of Community Rehabilitation Hospital in Indianapolis. Previous positions include director of the Bureau of Aging and In-home Services for the State of Indiana; executive director of Hook Rehabil-itation Center-Community Hospital in East Indianap-olis; state administrator for

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Founded in 1960, AWS/Benchmark’s 3,200 employees serve 8,500 individuals with disabili-ties and/or mental illness in 10 states. Its mission is to help children and adults with disabilities live as independently as possible, be included in the community and function

at their maximum poten-tial. For more information about these services, visit awsusa.com.

“We are pleased Doug can share his diverse leadership and industry experience as a senior manager at AWS/Bench-mark, both through the programs he oversees and with his peers across the organization,” said William J. Swiss, president.

Beebe earned his bache-

lor’s degree in psychology from Wabash College, and his master’s in psychology, focusing on rehabilitation, from Purdue University – Indianapolis.

His industry leadership positions include serving on these boards: CICOA Aging and In-Home Services, Indiana’s largest area agency on aging (chair, 2011 to 2012); Leading Age Indiana/Indiana Association of

Homes and Services for the Aged (chair, 2012-2014); Indiana Hospital Association Rehabilitation Task Force (chair, 2012-current); Brain Injury Association of Indiana; Statewide Head Injury Leadership Board; and Indianapolis Mayor’s Disability Awareness Council (2007 to 2009). He is a member of numerous industry associ-ations.

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The Breast Diagnostic Center performs the screening. For women who have insurance, they will bill the insurance company. If the patient does not have insurance but has the ability to pay, the BDC offers a reduced rate if paid the day of the screening. For women without insurance, a high deductible, or resources to pay, funding is available.

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March is Red Cross MonthFor 133 years, the

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‘”We touch lives down the street, across the country and around the world,” said Sharyn Whitman, CEO for the American Red Cross Indi-ana-Ohio Blood Services

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Locally, the Red Cross blood program supports patients at more than 60 hospitals across 52 coun-ties.

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Matthew 25 CEO Susan B. Eisenhauer, from left, Development Director Ermina Mustedanagic, iAB Fun Committee members Angie Kuhn and Kristin Smith and Parkview Hospital Emergency Medical Director Dr. Tom Gutwein hold a check for $2,214. Bank employees raised the money by donating at least $3 to wear jeans to work on Fridays in 2013. The local nonprofit agency will use the money for health, vision and dental services for the uninsured and low-income residents of Allen County.

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Doctors’ Day set at Science Central“The Doctor will be in” Saturday, when

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The public may meet health profes-sionals and learn about medical and health issues at the 19th annual event.

Doctors’ Day will run from 10 a.m.-3 p.m., with free admission to Science Central offered between 10 a.m.–2 p.m. There will be a variety of hands-on exhibits, displays, and special activities,

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Activities will include the landing and display of the Lutheran Air and Parkview Samaritan helicopters, if weather permits. Visitors may explore emergency medical vehicles. Health professionals will discuss career options and training. Hands-on activities will include a teddy bear first aid station and making a removable finger cast. Face painting and balloon art will be offered.

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ArtsLab offers innovative performance spaceArts United has opened its ArtsLab at

the Auer Center for Arts & Culture.The opening of ArtsLab and other

initiatives such as Artlink’s new Fort Wayne Arts Incubator will, supporters said, help the city continue to advance its quality of life by offering an innovative performance space for local artists, along with the support and resources to help people get their arts-related endeavors off the ground.

“Arts and culture bring about the kind of community that people want to live in,” said Susan Mendenhall, the new president of Arts United. “Research and surveys of residents of this community and communities around the country find that … arts and culture, having social offerings, having beautiful aesthetics, having a high quality of life are a big decision factor in where people choose to live.

“And Fort Wayne has an exemplary arts and cultural landscape — not just for a city of our size but for a city of any size. The diversity and quality of artists and arts activities and cultural activities is really, really good.”

Arts United’s most recent addition to that landscape is ArtsLab, a $1.6-million

addition to the Auer Center for Arts & Culture in downtown Fort Wayne. Mendenhall said when Arts United

bought the former FourthWave building in 2010, it always envisioned adding the 5,000-square-foot, so-called “black-box” theater.

Through previous discussions with its partner arts organizations, Arts United knew there was a need for a space that could accommodate more avant-garde performances and smaller events that aren’t necessarily suited for venues like the 660-seat Arts United Center just across Main Street.

“ArtsLab is a space that functions unlike any other space in this commu-nity,” Mendenhall said. “It’d be hard to replicate it unless you build something new. It is designed to have multiple configurations — through the seating, through the sound, through the lighting.”

ArtsLab, which was designed by Design Collaborative Inc. and built by Strebig Construction Inc., is meant to be adaptable. It can hold audiences ranging from 50 to 175 people. Its ceiling features a sound and lighting system that’s laid out in a grid, allowing customization for each performance. Seating can be tailored to events — providing, for example, a theater-in-the-round setting — or removed entirely.

Mendenhall said Arts United worked with local arts organizations to ensure ArtsLab would meet their needs.

“So, for instance, there’s a sprung floor in the entire theater,” she said. “A sprung floor is important for dancing because it protects the dancers’ joints.”

Alerady, the Fort Wayne Youtheatre has performed in ArtsLab. The Fort Wayne Ballet and the Fort Wayne Civic Theatre will have their own events in the coming weeks and months.

But ArtsLab isn’t solely reserved for them.

“We are looking to identify more part-ners or more artists who are interested in a space that is incredibly accessible, that is incredibly visible and a place that they can adapt to what they want to see happen from an artistic standpoint,” Mendenhall said.

On Jan. 30, Artlink rolled out its new Fort Wayne Arts Incubator program designed to guide artists through the process of starting their own businesses.

By offering the Fort Wayne Arts Incubator, Artlink hopes to create more opportunities for local artists that benefit the downtown area and the city’s quality of life.

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4-H has muzzleloading programThe Allen County 4-H Shooting Sports

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Carrie Newcomer will sing at the fourth annual Art & Soul fundraiser for Matthew 25 Health and Dental Clinic.

The event is from 6-9 p.m. Thursday, March 6, at the Arts United Center, 303 E. Main St., Fort Wayne. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.

More than 300 people attended last year’s event, raising more than $107,000 to help cover yearly operating expenses for the organization.

This year’s Art & Soul event will feature hors d’oeuvres, desserts and coffee from select local restaurants, a complimentary bar, and Newcomer’s special live appearance.

“Carrie is graciously supporting Matthew 25 by performing four or five songs within our program,” said Chad

Stuckey, president and creative director of Brand Innovation Group. “Her songs will be woven into a presentation featuring the real-life stories of patients and volunteers. This should be a wonderful evening of food, art, music and stories.”

Newcomer was raised in the Midwest, on the Indiana side of the Chicago region.

In 2003, Nickel Creek recorded Newcomer’s “I Should’ve Known Better” on their gold-selling, Grammy-winning album “This Side.” She was listed as one of “the 50 most influential folk musicians of the past 50 years” by Chicago’s WFMT and she has been Folk Wax artist and album of the year twice.

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As guests mingle and sample culinary creations, they will enjoy a gallery showcasing original work from 25 regional painters, printmakers, designers and photographers. Each fine art piece will be available for purchase via a silent auction, with 100 percent of every sale benefiting Matthew 25. The evening also includes the energetic Fund-a-Need live auction to help the clinic meet specific funding goals.

During the Art & Soul event, Matthew 25 will announce the 2014 Fabric of the Community Award recipient. The annual award recognizes outstanding service, dedication and ongoing support of Matthew 25.

Tickets for Art & Soul are $75 each and are available through March 1. Because the event is entirely underwritten by donations, the proceeds of each ticket directly support Matthew 25. Every ticket purchased sponsors one individual patient visit to Matthew 25’s medical and dental clinics. Tickets may be ordered online at matthe-w25online.org/artandsoul.

Matthew 25 is a nonprofit, Gospel-in-spired primary healthcare clinic serving more than 6,000 uninsured and low-income area residents each year. Since 1976, the clinic has been the only full-time regional resource offering free medical, dental, vision and hearing services under one roof. For more information, visit matthew25online.com.

Singer-songwriter Carrie Newcomer will offer songs based on real-life stories of patients and volunteers at the March 6 fundraiser for Matthew 25 Health and Dental Clinic.

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Deb Stachowiecz was just running an errand when she found a hobby that she now shares with hundreds of other quilters from throughout northeast Indiana.

The Appleseed Quilters Guild has chosen “Sharing the Love Through Quilting” as the theme of the Gathering of Quilters 2014.

But even five years ago, Stachowiecz said, the organization was known for sharing.

“One of the Appleseeds’ focuses is philanthropy,” she said, “and they pick an organization and they give a quilt to raffle off or sell or something for a fundraiser for that orga-nization.” That year, she said, the quilters chose to share with the Allen County Sheriff’s Reserve, which her husband served. “And I was the person they sent to the guild to pick up this raffle quilt, and I was so impressed

that night — even without a background in sewing — that I thought, ‘This is my activity.’

Quilting guilds and vendors will converge at the Gathering of Quilters, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 15, at Wayne High School, 9100 Winchester Road, Fort Wayne. Admission is $15. Highlights will include quilt appraisals, a show-and-tell, a quilt raffle, an ugly fabric swap, a block exchange, and scissor sharpening.

Susie Hague is with the Noble Nimble Thim-bles quilt club, which was host to the 2013 Gathering of Quilters at the Kruse World War II Victory Museum in Auburn. About 700 quilt enthusiasts attended the event, which rotates among venues in northeast Indiana.

Hague will oversee the block exchange and ugly fabric contest at this year’s gathering. “Bring a half-a-yard piece and put it in a brown lunch bag,

and if you bring one you can take one,” she said. “And then you take that piece of fabric home and use it in a quilt or wall hanging or whatever, and

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Sharon Zonker wears a Civil War Era dress in keeping with the “Quilting Now and Then” theme for the 2013 Gathering of Quilters at the Kruse World War II Victory Museum in Auburn. This year’s event in Fort Wayne has the theme “Sharing the Love Through Quilting.”

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Handbell group presidentto conduct in Fort WayneAbout

60 Fort Wayne area handbell musicians are expected to partici-pate in the Fort Wayne City Handbell Festival on Saturday, March 22.

The joint concert begins at 4:30 p.m. at First Wayne Street United Methodist Church, 300 E. Wayne St. The public is invited. A free-will offering will be taken. Lee Afdahl, the president of the board of the Handbell Musicians of America, will conduct.

Co-chairs Tim Robison and Jane Snow began organizing the festival last fall. Robison is an organist and director of music at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Fort Wayne. Snow is a former local church handbell choir director and hand-bell clinician. Both worked on earlier Fort Wayne and regional hand-

bell festivals, and decided to revive the tradition.

“We started with just Fort Wayne, to create some interest,” Snow said. “There are a lot of new choirs, a lot of new direc-tors, choirs that are having a rebirth.”

“We’re trying to get local handbell ringers together. We haven’t done that for years,” Robison said.

The Trinity English Lutheran Church handbell choir will present one number, and then Afdahl will conduct the entire group playing several numbers. The choirs have rehearsed the music in advance, and will rehearse together that day at the host church, beginning at 8 a.m.

Afdahl’s commitment is a coup for the local festival, Snow said.

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Women of all churches invited to March retreat

A two-day retreat will allow women from all area churches to hear from an international speaker.

Award-winning author Jane Rubietta will be the featured speaker at the gathering March 7-8 at St. Joseph United Methodist Church.

The retreat, which is titled “Triumph in Transition,” is based on Rubietta’s book “Grace Points: Growth and Guid-ance in Times of Change.” The church’s United Methodist Women group is the host for the retreat, which is open to women of all ages throughout Fort Wayne and the surrounding communities.

“We’re excited to bring a woman of this caliber to Fort Wayne,” said Marsha Worthington, the president of the UMW at St. Joseph. “She’s just outstanding. She’s humorous. She’s spiritually deep.”

The retreat will begin with a free social evening from 7-9 p.m. Friday, March 7, at the church, 6004 Reed Road. The evening will include worship time, a short retreat introduction by Rubietta, and social time

with refreshments. This is an opportunity to meet and chat with Rubietta prior to the full-day retreat on Saturday. Women who cannot attend Saturday’s event are still invited to attend the Friday night gathering.

The full-day Saturday retreat begins at 8:30 a.m. and concludes at 2:30 p.m. The event includes three sessions with the speaker, breakout sessions and lunch. Cost for the Saturday retreat is $25.

For more information, or to register online, visit stjoemin.com. Registration forms are also available in the church narthex. For further registration infor-mation, contact Brenda Richardson at [email protected] or (260) 484-2801. Child care is available upon request with advance registration. Regis-

tration deadline is March 2.Worthington said the

group has offered longer retreats in some recent years. “We know that it’s difficult for women to get away for a whole weekend, and much more expen-sive,” she said.

In her 2002 book “How to Keep the Pastor You Love,” Rubietta asserts the need for a support system for pastors. “When church members need comfort or spiritual guidance, they go to the pastor. But where do pastors go when they have a concern?” she wrote.

To learn more about the speaker and her books, visit janerubietta.com.

After obtaining a bach-elor’s degree in business from Indiana Univer-sity, Rubietta completed postgraduate studies in Germany while also forming and directing an international drama team, taking the gospel throughout Europe. She attended seminary at Trinity Divinity School in Deerfield, Ill. She is assis-tant coordinator and faculty member of Write-To-Pub-lish Writer’s Conference. She belongs to Advanced Writers and Speakers’ Association and SpeakUp! Speaker Services.


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held that position since 1991. Afdahl has more than 40 years of experi-ence in leading choral and handbell ensembles. He is a frequent conductor and clinician for handbell conferences, choral work-shops and church music conferences in the United States and internationally.

He represented the organization as a conductor at the Inter-national Handbell Symposium in Liverpool, England, in 2012. He will again represent Handbell

Musicians of America as a conductor at the Inter-national in Jeju, South Korea, in August 2014. Afdahl is an active organ recitalist and published composer and arranger of handbell, instrumental and choral music with more than 60 compositions and arrangements in print.

He conducted the American Guild of English Handbell Ringers Area 5 Fall Festival/Conference at the Grand Wayne Center in October 2009. The AGEHR

became the Handbell Musicians of America in 2010.

Robison and Snow contacted local choirs as they planned the festival, surveying directors on the preferred time of year and types of music. Based on their fi ndings, they scheduled the festival for March.

Both local co-chairs said they look forward to more local festivals.

“We would like to see this continue and to grow,” Snow said.

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Illustrator to lecture at USFCanadian artist “Big Jim” Miller,

a director for DHX Media Inc., an independent children’s entertainment company, will speaker at the Closer Look lecture series at the University of Saint Francis North Campus auditorium, 2702 Spring St., at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 20.

He is a graduate of Vancouver Film School in the 2-D classical animation program. This lecture is made possible by Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne, the Indiana Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts. For more information, call 399-8064.

Miller, a co-director on the Hub Network’s “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic,” has worked with storyboards, character and background design in the television animation industry for more than 15 years. He worked 10 years on “Ed, Edd and Eddy,” an animated television series on Cartoon Network, and also worked for DHX on “Kid vs. Kat” and “Packages from Planet X” and Capcom for the game “Dead Rising 3.” He also illustrates a bi-monthly cartoon, called “Mystery: Solved!” for Skep-tical Inquirer magazine, written by Fort Wayne local, Zack Kruse.

Riverfront study invites public commentThe public is invited to share their

vision for Fort Wayne’s downtown river-front at two public input meetings.

Both meetings will take place at the main branch of the Allen County Public Library, in the auditorium. The meetings are set for: Wednesday, March 12, 5:30-7:30 p.m., with a presentation at 5:45 p.m.; and, Thursday, March 13 , 11 a.m.-1

p.m., with a presentation at 11:15 a.m.In November 2013, the city contracted

with SWA Group to conduct the River-front Study. During the public input meetings, SWA will provide an overview of the data collected and preliminary development concepts. The consulting team will then listen to citizens’ vision for the downtown riverfront.

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Beth Ferrier of Apple-wood Farm Publications, Saginaw, Mich., will bring a trunk show of quilts and offer an hour-long program. The author of four books and creator of dozens of quilt patterns has appeared on HGTV’s “Simply Quilts” and other TV programs.

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“I was trying to think of why I quilt, why other people quilt,” Tinkel said. “I love the fabric and the process and I usually give the quilt to someone who needs love, who is sick or hospitalized or has done something in their community and I thought the common theme in all that is love.”

“Because of the time factors, a lot of the younger women are busy with careers and children and don’t have a lot of

time for quilting,” said Stachowiecz, who handles publicity for the event. But more women in their 30s and 40s are joining the local guilds, she said.

“When I was only starting five years go, I tended to go to the art quilts. You can hide a multitude of sins if you’re doing art quilts,” she said. More experienced quilters take on more complex projects. “The precision is absolutely breathtaking, that they can match all the points,” she said.

“Some of our members have been quilting for 35 years,” she said, “and these are very highly trained, very creative women who are very generous with their time and their information and their acceptance of those of us who are still learning. It’s very free-spirited, it’s a free passing of information.”

“As quilters, we want to share, we want to show off what we made before it goes out to the loved

one or the friend or the philanthropy outreach,” she said.

The guild’s Quilts of Valor will be on display at the annual gathering, as will many of the quilts made for a children’s charity.

Guild members create quilts for children at Camp Watcha-Wan-na-Do, held at YMCA Camp Potawotami in Wolcottville. Last year, the Appleseed quilters donated 140 quilts for the children surviving cancer to use and then take home. “It’s really neat to see how excited they are to see some of these quilts,” Tinkel said.

A big event needs a big venue such as Wayne High School, Stachow-iecz said. “We’re using the gymnasium, we’re using the cafeteria, and we will have displays in the halls,” she said. “And there’s lots of parking.”

Tinkel, the event chair-woman, joined the guild in 2009, when she retired

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QUILTERS from Page B1 Expo lets teens research global exchange options

The fourth annual International Youth Expo is coming to IPFW on March 15.

The event will be from 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the Walb Student Union. Admission is free. For more information, visit iyee.org.

High school students from eight counties in northeast Indiana are invited to learn about international exchange programs, college opportunities and locally-based global companies.

In addition, both parents and students will learn about the numerous community-based scholarships available to high school students to travel and study oversees.

The Expo is a collaborative initiative between Fort Wayne’s two-Rotary clubs, IPFW’s Office of International Education and the Division of Continuing Studies, the David Hefner International Fund, the Waterfield Founda-tion, Fort Wayne Metals, and Franklin Electric.

Because part of an international experience is trying new foods, a sampler of foods from China, Italy, Belgium, Mexico, France and Switzerland will be available.

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Indiana Michigan Power announced a $500 million project to upgrade its electricity transmission infrastruc-ture in Allen, DeKalb, Noble, Huntington, Wells and Adams counties and Paulding County, Ohio, beginning within the next year.

The project, which Fort Wayne-based I&M has dubbed the “Powering Up Northeast Indiana” plan, would take six to eight years to complete, utility officials said. It includes upgrading and installing new transmission lines, updating equipment, and renovating and building new electricity substa-tions.

Sarah Bodner, director of community relations and communications at I&M, said one reason the utility is moving forward with the project is because the average age of its transmission infrastruc-ture is between 40 and 60 years old.

Another reason is I&M is retiring its coal-fired Tanners Creek power generation plant in Lawrenceburg next year, while parent company American Electric Power Co. Inc. will retire other coal-fired plants in Ohio and Kentucky in 2016.

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transmission infrastruc-ture, I&M can ensure its ability to provide electricity to customers and receive power from other generating facilities, Bodner said.

“This just makes sure that over the next several decades it continues to be reliable,” she said of the transmission system.

The project also would help maintain northeast Indiana’s competitive advantage in attracting businesses, Bodner said, adding that I&M’s resi-dential customers’ rates are 25 percent below the national average, while industrial customers’ rates are 16 percent below the national average.

“So by doing these projects where we’re ensuring continued reli-ability and strategically working to keep our rates very low and competitive, we’re able to attract new industry, new business, which means new jobs,” she said.

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“The best way for us to add new customers is to have low rates because that’s that competitive advantage,” she said.

I&M has more than 510,000 residential customers within its service territory in Indiana and Michigan, and nearly 75,000 commercial and industrial customers.

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Gardeners and other area garden specialists will teach “Do-It Yourself Gardening” seminars at the 2014 Fort Wayne Home and Garden Show, which continues through Sunday at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave., Fort Wayne.

Hours are 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday, and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors 65 or older, $6 each for groups of 20 or more.

Children 15 and under are admitted free. Coliseum parking is $5.

The show attracts more than 650 exhibitors each year.

Seminars will feature speakers such as local morel mushroom hunter Alex Babich. Joey Green, “The Guru of Wacky Uses for Brand-Name Prod-ucts,” will share unique home remedies such as how to polish furniture with Spam, or how to scrub a toilet with Coca-Cola. Grilling gurus Mad Dog & Merrill will enter-tain and educate backyard

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As she translates inspi-ration into art, Penny French-Deal hopes the finished work will capture an observer’s hearts. Sometimes she find it heartbreaking to watch such a work leave her Roanoke gallery.

French-Deal recently moved her paintings across Main Street, where her work is featured exclusively at The Gallery of Joseph Decuis.

“They were wonderful. Wonderful,” French-Deal said of those first two years on Main Street. “It was a new experience. We started with the front windows, and we were renting those for three months, and then space became available and I moved forward with that.”

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tion on the corner, and an opportunity to meet many people, and good for sales,” she said. She displayed up to 50 paint-ings at any time, arranging them by theme in the gallery’s several rooms.

“It was an easy find, and I did a lot of work in promoting the gallery and Roanoke.” she said.

But that building was

sold as part of a shuffle that will move American Specialty Insurance to Fort Wayne and an undis-closed tenant — and an estimated 125 jobs — to downtown Roanoke.

The Eshelman family, whose business holdings include the Joseph Decuis gourmet restaurant, invited French-Deal to share her art from the first

floor of the pink cottage inside the white picket fence at 117 N. Main St.

French-Deal’s new gallery space will accom-modate about 25 paintings in two rooms, the back foyer, the entrance way, and the conservatory that connects the gallery to the restaurant. She has studied the transition to fewer but larger rooms. “My vision right now is that I will change the exhibit according to themes,” she said.

Her gallery hours also are a work in prog-ress. She expects the gallery’s hours to mirror the restaurant’s hours, possibly noon to 6 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. As before, the gallery will be open by appointment; call 578-2181 or email [email protected].


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French-Deal said Roanoke’s atmosphere complements her work. Before she opened the gallery two years ago, she worked with A Renais-sance in Roanoke art fair. “I enjoyed it, enjoyed the people,” she said. “I just felt that it was a good companion, a good working situation between this community and my art.”

“I would classify it as a contemporary, impressionistic style,” French-Deal said of her work. “It is larger brush strokes, more free formed. I use reference photos from my travels or I paint on location. And occasionally, I develop something completely from my mind and my heart.”

Visitors will find a mosaic of the many themes that defined the larger gallery, with horse paintings sharing walls with landscapes.

Each work has a name, and a story.

“That is one that just came to me,” she said of “Crossing Over,” just inside the doorway. “It is not any particular location. But as I grew up on a farm (in Wabash County), I loved the quiet and peacefulness of the woods and the streams that we had access to on the farm. And so this one has a lot of mood in

it, a lot of atmosphere, with the dark grays, and the deep colors, and then the sun coming through and ‘crossing over’ then is that foot bridge going across the stream to the other side.”

Any further meaning is up to the interpreters, including prospective owners.

“Some paintings I will have in my mind for a year or so, and I will work those through my mind during the night,” she said. “On something like this, it’s something that this day I’m creating and this is what comes. When the colors are working in there, and the flow and the rhythm come together, then you know how to finish it from there.”

“When I work on a painting that is wet on wet — which is what I like to do most — I like to finish that painting within a couple of days, meaning that the oil is still wet,

you can fine-tune, you can get in there and it looks completely fresh,” she said. “And besides that, it’s within me, and I want to finish that and I want to expel all that energy into the painting.”

Frames can influence but not define the art, she said. “It’s all custom-framed, but after the painting I will choose the color and the style that goes with the painting,” said French-Deal. “Occa-sionally I will have a frame and I like the colors and it will influence the colors in the painting. Not necessarily create the painting, but influence.”

With success comes the sadness of parting with her paintings. That parting can be heartbreaking. “Oh, on some paintings absolutely,” she said. “That’s one benefit of having my own gallery is that I get to meet the individual who purchases each particular painting from my gallery, and I know where that painting is going to find a home. And if there are certain paintings that are from the depth of me, it’s more important where they go.”

Browsers need to act on their instincts, she said. Sometimes a visitor will leave the gallery and call back within minutes to ask her to hold paintings. Sometimes the request to hold a painting comes too late. She maintains her studio at her home, in North Manchester.

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MULTIPLE DATES“Othello.” First Presbyterian Theater, 300 W. Wayne St. Show dates March 6, 7, 8, 14, 15, 21 and 22 at 7:30 p.m., and March 16 at 2 p.m. Regular box offi ce hours are Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, noon- 5 p.m. Call 426-7421, Ext. 121, or 422-6329. Or order tickets online at fi rstpresbyteriantheater.com. Tickets are $20 in advance or $24 at the door. Patrons 65 and older pay $18 in advance or $22 at the door. For information on student ticket rates and special rates for the March 6 pre-view performance, visit fi rstpres-fw.org. Iago, Shakespeare’s portrait of evil incarnate, destroys Othello with insinuations, innuendo, equivoca-tion and lies. Although jealousy is the poison Iago uses, the play reveals how a voice one mistakenly believes to be honest can corrupt society. Cortney White is featured as Othello.“Misalliance.” First Presbyterian Theater, 300 W. Wayne St. Show dates May 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 16 and 17 at 7:30 p.m., and May 18 at 2 p.m. Regular box offi ce hours are Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, noon- 5 p.m. Call 426-7421, Ext. 121, or 422-6329. Or order tickets online at fi rstpresby-teriantheater.com. Tickets are $20 in advance or $24 at the door. Patrons 65 and older pay $18 in advance or $22 at the door. For information on student ticket rates and special rates for the May 1 preview performance, visit fi rstpres-fw.org. George Bernard Shaw’s pithy social comedy fi nds a bored heiress trapped in an unhappy engagement. To her delight a plane crashes into her country estate, bringing a handsome man, a fe-male daredevil and new ideas that shake up a quiet weekend.Born to Read Story Time. Dupont Branch Library, 536 E. Dupont Road. Every Monday, 10:15 a.m., for lap-sitters, 10:45 a.m. for walkers up to 24 months. Bring your baby in for fi ngerplays, rhymes, songs and stories just right for little ones. Baby Steps Story Time. Dupont Branch Library, 536 E. Dupont Road. Every Tuesday, 10:15 a.m. and 11 a.m. A story time featuring songs, rhymes and short Smart Start Story Time. Dupont Branch Library, 536 E. Dupont Road. Every Thursday, 10:30 a.m. Preschoolers will hear stories and rhymes.Ants in Your Pants. Dupont Branch Library, 536 E. Dupont Road. Every Wednesday, 10:30 a.m. A program for active preschoolers who don’t like to sit still. Two exhibitions continue. First Presbyterian Church, 300 W. Wayne St. First Presbyterian Gallery presents “American Woman,” photographs by Randy Jackson, and “Touching the Impossible,” mobius band sculptures by Curtis Rose, through March 6. The Art Gallery serves also as the lobby to First Presbyterian Theater. Each year six to eight new exhibi-tions are scheduled to coincide with theater productions. Gallery hours are Mondays through Fridays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sundays, 8:30 a.m-1 p.m., and during all theater performances. There is no admission charge. Easiest access to the gallery is through the west entrance to the church. Looking ahead, First Presbyterian will host watercolors by Penny French-Deal and baskets by Kay Kohler, from March 7 through April 20. The opening reception is Friday, March 7, from 5:30-7 p.m.“Red Love Letters” exhibition. Artworks, the Galleria of Fine Art. Jefferson Pointe, 4110 W. Jefferson Blvd. No. 7. From impressionism to abstract, each piece is an emotive statement from the artist. Featured artists are Beth Forst, Santa Brink, Karen Moriarty, Nazar Harran, David Buenros-tro, Chas Davis, Vicki Junk Wright and Penny French-Deal. This exhibit

is punctuated with sculpture, large and small, sensual and quirky. Also tonight, opening reception for “Paris … la troisieme fois est un charme” (third time’s a charm.) The latest works by Randall Scott Harden, who found inspiration during his recent trip to Paris. Visit artworksthegalle-ria.com or call 387-6943. Both exhibitions runs through April 6.Ltd. Ed., Printmaking Defi ned. Potters Wife Gallery, 1421 Broadway, Fort Wayne. Admission to the opening reception is free, as is admission to the continuing exhibit. Printmakers explore modern themes while executing time honored traditions. This exhibit will celebrate the art of prints made by hand and an opportunity to learn about the process. An active printing press will be on premise with demonstration by Julie Wall Toles. Hands-on linoleum cut activity is available, ultimately pro-ducing a community print. “Tools of the Trade” will also be on hand, bringing a chance to interact with artists and better understand the dis-cipline with a one-on-one explanation of tools and function. Linoleum cuts, woodblocks, reduction techniques, etching, letterpress and lithog-raphy will be presented with the possibility of a few surprise techniques on display. Participating artists are Frank Bougher, Greg Coffey, Paul Demaree, Dan Hudson, Alan Larkin, Megan Moore, Katy Strass and Julie Wall Toles. The exhibit, including the community linoleum block print, continues through April 12. Work is available for viewing and pur-chase. Hours are 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays. Email to [email protected]. Visit delaneys-1421broadway.com. Call 420-8300.“Expressions…Artists & Autism.” Artworks, the Galleria of Fine Art. Jeffer-son Pointe, 4110 W. Jefferson Blvd. No. 7. The show features the work of abstract illustrator Frank Louis Allen and potter Sean Gray. Both artists are autistic. Gray produces earthy, functional ceramics, including plates, bowls, mirrors, ikebanas and wall installations. Allen uses his special abilities to create intricate, free-fl owing drawings. Their work will be available at the gallery through March 8. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, and noon-5 p.m. Sundays. Closed Monday, or open by appointment.

SATURDAY, MARCH 1The Spinners. Niswonger Performing Arts Center of Northwest Ohio, 10700 Ohio 118 South, Van Wert, Ohio. 7:30 p.m. The legendary R&B recording artists have sold millions of records and topped both the pop and R&B charts. Tickets range from $27 to $37, and are on sale through the Niswonger box offi ce, (419) 238-6722, or NPACVW.org. The box offi ce is open noon-4 p.m., Monday through Friday.Fort Wayne Farmers’ Market. Lincoln Financial Event Center, 1301 Ewing St. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free admission. Fort Wayne Farmers’ Market. Lincoln Financial Event Center, 1301 Ew-

ing St. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free admission. “Audience Choice 2013/14.” IPFW Auer Performance Hall, 2101 E. Coli-seum Blvd. 8 p.m. Tickets start at $17. For the third year in a row, Fort Wayne Philharmonic conductor Andrew Constantine is leaving it up to The Phil’s patrons to program an evening of beautiful and exciting music. Anticipations run high throughout the Masterworks Series, lead-ing up to the concert as patrons cast their votes for a unique program. Tickets can be purchased by calling 481-0777, online at fwphil.org, or at the Embassy box offi ce. For more information, visit fwphil.org.Model Railroad Show & Swap. Coliseum Bingo, 911 W. Washington Center road. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Admission $5 for adults, $7 for the family. Children 12 and under are admitted free. The Maumee Valley Railroad Club Inc. plans dozens of tables of model railroad bargains, with at least one op-erating railroad layout. Historical and other organizations represented. Concessions available. Parking free. This is the 19th year of this event. The MCRRC comprises National Model Railroad Association members from northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio. The club’s goal is to pro-mote the hobby of model railroading.Walk to End Alzheimer’s Kick-Off Fundraiser. Captain Ron’s Corral, 4530 Bluffton Road, Fort Wayne. 5 p.m.-midnight; adults only after 9 p.m. $5 donation at the door; includes door prize tickets. The Alzheimer’s Asso-ciation of Greater Indiana-Fort Wayne begins its its 2014 Walk to End Alzheimer’s Campaign. A variety of silent auction items will be avail-able, including Disney tickets, a guitar autographed by Tim McGraw, spa packages, scrapbooking supplies, bread for a year from Panera, a Strider bike and more.MENSA qualifying test. University of Saint Francis, John Paul II Building, Room 113. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m., and the test begins at 10 a.m. Fee is $40. Photo ID required. Must be age 14 or older. No reserva-tion necessary. For more information, email [email protected].

FRIDAY, MARCH 7All-you-can-eat fi sh fry. Knights of Columbus Council 451, 601 Reed Road. 5-7 p.m. the fi rst Friday of each month. The public is welcome. $8 for adults, $4 for 12 and under. Meal includes fi sh, two sides and beverage.Community Photography Show. New Haven Park Center, 1125 Hartzell St., in the large room. 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. The exhibit opens today and contin-ues 8 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays through March 26. Watercolors exhibition. First Presbyterian Church, 300 W. Wayne St. Opening reception 5:30-7 p.m. No admission charge. First Presbyterian will host watercolors by Penny French-Deal and baskets by Kay Kohler. The exhibition coninues through April 20. Gallery hours are Mondays through Fridays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sundays, 8:30 a.m-1 p.m., and during all theater performances. Easiest access to the gallery is through

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SATURDAY, MARCH 8Talisman jewelry workshop. The Art Farm, 17612 N. County Line Road E., Spencerville. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. $85. Tools and most materials are provided. Maximum of 10 participants. Bring your old charms, single earrings, or other mementos of metal, wood or plastic. For more information, visit artfarmindiana.com.Fish and tenderloin supper. Zanesville United Methodist Church Tower Life Center, 11811 N. Wayne St., Zanesville, Ind. 4:30-7 p.m. An all-you-can-eat meal for $9 for adults, $5 for ages 6 to 10, and free to ages 5 and under. Carry-outs will be available. There will be homemade scalloped potatoes and desserts, applesauce or coleslaw, green beans and bread. Proceeds benefit Hope Ministries (Tri-County Ministries), Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts, and the youth mission trip.Mardi Gras Extravaganza. Indiana Tech Law School, 1600 E. Washington Blvd. 6:30-11:30 p.m. $50 per person. The Junior League of Fort Wayne will unveil its future community impact statement. The event will feature heavy hors d’oeuvres, a cash bar, live and silent auctions and live entertainment. Buy tickets at flfw.org, by calling 425-3447, or by emailing [email protected]. Funds raised will be used to further JLFW’s mission.

SUNDAY, MARCH 9The Toledo Symphony Orchestra. Niswonger Performing Arts Center of Northwest Ohio, 10700 Ohio 118 South, Van Wert, Ohio. 3 p.m. The concert features the works of Rodgers and Hammerstein. Regional guest vocalists — tenor Jake Wilder and soprano Mary Ann Falk — are fea-tured. Tickets are $20 and are on sale through the Niswonger box office, (419) 238-6722, or NPACVW.org. The box office is open noon-4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

MONDAY, MARCH 10College Fair. Homestead High School, 4310 Homestead Road. 6-7 p.m. No charge for admission. Homestead High School will be host to its annual college fair. More than 80 universities, two-year colleges and vocational schools from throughout the U.S. will be represented. Representatives from the armed forces and financial institutions are expected to be on hand. The program is open to the public. One junior or senior student will win a $200 scholarship.State of the City Address. The Orchid events center, 11508 Lincoln High-way East, New Haven. 5:30 p.m. $25 per person. Mayor Terry E. Mc-Donald delivers the annual address. Dinner reservations are required. RSVP by March 3 to New Haven Chamber of Commerce, 749-4484, or [email protected]. Tables of eight can be reserved for $175.

THURSDAY, MARCH 13Holocaust lecture. The University of St. Francis, Brookside Ballroom. 7 p.m. Free. The Department of Philosophy and Theology and the School of Arts and Sciences invite the public to hear Jeannie Opdyke Smith tell the story of her mother, Irene Gut Opdyke. A Polish Catholic during World War II, Opdyke rescued Jews during the Holocaust. Decades later, she was named by the Israeli Holocaust Commission as one of the Righteous Among the Nations. Brookside Ballroom is next to Mirror Lake on the university’s main campus, 2701 Spring St. For more infor-mation, contact John Bequette at 399-7000, ext. 8122, or [email protected].

SATURDAY, MARCH 14Fish fry. Bishop Luers High School Cafe’, 333 E. Paulding Road. 4:30-7:30 p.m. $8 for adults, $5.50 for ages 6-11, free for ages 5 and under.

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SATURDAY, MARCH 15Fort Wayne Farmers’ Market. Lincoln Financial Event Center, 1301 Ew-ing St. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free admission. “Jim Henson’s Dinosaur Train Live: Buddy’s Big Adventure.” Niswonger Per-forming Arts Center of Northwest Ohio, 10700 Ohio 118 South, Van Wert, Ohio. 3 p.m. Little Buddy is a proud Tyrannosaurus Rex, living happily in the Pteranodon family next. But what happens when he grows up? The show explores that adventure. Tickets range from $12 to $27, and are on sale through the Niswonger box office, (419) 238-6722, or NPACVW.org. The box office is open noon-4 p.m., Monday through Friday. The fun goes beyond the show. Guests will have an opportunity to meet the characters after the show and capture a memorable picture. Also, as a sweet reward, all ticketed patrons will be entered to win a Di-nosaur Train-theme cake from cakecrazy, in Van Wert.2D Mixed Media with Susan Kline. The Art Farm, 17612 N. County Line Road E., Spencerville. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. $75. Includes all materials, includ-ing the canvas. Maximum of 12 participants. Kline, an award-winning artist, brings her sense of humor and creative expertise to guided partici-pants through the process of creating their own mixed media work of art. Kline has authored a number of how-to books on the creative arts. All materials, including the canvas will be provided. For more information,

visit artfarmindiana.com.Former hurler visits. Hotel Fort Wayne, 305 E. Washington Center Road. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Admission is free. There is a charge for autographs. Former Major League pitcher Denny McClain will sign autographs in conjunction with a monthly sports card and collectibles show.Superhero training. Dupont Branch Library, 536 E. Dupont Road. 10:30 a.m. Make your own superhero cape, create your superhero identity and complete the superhero training obstacle course.

SUNDAY, MARCH 16Black-and-white film. The Embassy Theatre, 125 W. Jefferson Blvd. 8 p.m. “Robin Hood” (1922), an action adventure starring Douglas Fairbanks. Clark Wilson accompanies on the Grand Page Pipe Organ. Tickets are $8 for adults, $5 for children 12 or younger with valid student ID. Tick-ets are on sale through Ticketmaster.

THURSDAY, MARCH 20AARP educational presentation. Community Foundation, 555 E. Wayne St. 2 p.m. No charge. Allen County Chapter 187 of the AARP will hear a presentation by Curt Sylvester, the program chair of the Allen County Genealogical Society of Indiana Inc. Sylvester will discuss “Preserving Your Family’s Heritage: A New Look at Genealogical Research.” Learn simple, easy and fun ways to preserve your life story for your descen-dants and learn how to research your ancestors. All community members over 50 are invited and encouraged to participate.

SATURDAY, MARCH 22Merge Christian singles group. Taylor Chapel United Methodist Church, 10145 Maysville Road. 6-11 p.m. This nonprofit organization holds a potluck dinner, games and a disc jockey for dancing, plus ice-breakers to allow Christian singles of all denominations to get together. Events are held the last Saturday of each month. Locations vary.Casino Night/Texas Hold ‘Em Tournament. Monroeville Park Pavilion, 421 Monroe St., Monroeville. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Free admission. All proceeds benefit St. Rose School. To reserve a seat or for more informa-tion, email [email protected] Wayne City Handbell Festival. First Wayne Street United Methodist Church, 300 E. Wayne St. The final concert is at 4:30 p.m. Admission is free and the concert is open to the public. A free-will offering will be taken. More than 60 handbell musicians from throughout Fort Wayne will participate. The guest conduct is Lee J. Afdahl, the director of music and organist at First Presbyterian Church, Rochester, Minn. Afdahl has more than 40 years of experience in leading choral and handbell ensem-bles. He is a frequent conductor and clinician for handbell conferences, choral workshops and church music conferences in the United States and internationally.

SUNDAY, MARCH 23“The Church Basement Ladies: A Mighty Fortress is Our Basement.” Niswonger Performing Arts Center, 10700 Ohio 118 S., Van Wert, Ohio. 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Take a trip to 1960 for the fourth installment of the Church Basement Ladies. Tickets are on sale, ranging from $25 to $40. For more information and to order tickets online, visit npacww.org. Box of-fice hours are noon-4 p.m. Monday-Friday; call (419) 238-6722.“The Beautiful Freak Show.” Calhoun Street Soups, Salads & Spirits, 1915 S. Calhoun St. 6-9 p.m. Tickets are $15 at the door, or $10 in advance ordered by March 20. Kids 12 and under are admitted for $5. To order “will call” tickets to pick up at the door, visit fifthfreedom.org and click the “Donate” button. Fifth Freedom is a grass-roots, cross-disability organization dedicated to removing the physical and social barriers that often hold people with disabilities hostage to poverty, isolation and

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Garments representing a half-century wait for “Dancing Through the Decades” at the Bishop Dwenger High School gymnasium, 1300 E. Washington Center Road. The Saints Alive! preview night will be 7-9:30 p.m. Thursday, March 6. Admission is $10 per person. Tickets are avail-able at the door. Guests will see the gymnasium decorated for the March 8 fundraiser. The main event begins at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 8. Tickets are $325 per couple. This year’s theme coincides with the school’s 50th anniversary. To register, follow the links at bishopdwenger.com.

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underachievement. The Beautiful Freak show is an evening of provoc-ative performance including singing, dancing and fancy footwork with fire. The event also stars comedy magician Doug Schmidt and local musicians. In addition, a silent auction will feature a Colts team-signed football, gift certificates, specialty items from local businessses, theater tickets and more. For more information on the event and the organiza-tion, visit fifthfreedom.org.

TUESDAY, MARCH 25Fort Wayne Women’s Midday Connection. Orchard Ridge Country Club, 4531 Lower Huntington Road, Fort Wayne. 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. $15.50. This month’s program is by Vanessa Lauritsen of Consider it Done, who will help with any chore you have. Reservations due by March 18 to Merid-ith at (260) 672-3414. Free childcare available. Sponsored by Stonecroft Ministries.

THURSDAY, MARCH 27History Tour. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Settlers Inc. will host a history tour of the Allen County Courthouse and the Thomas and Lucy Swinney House. $25 per person; transportation is not included. The event begins with a tour of the Swinney House located at 1424 W. Jefferson Blvd. Parking is free at the Swinney House and the first floor is handicap accessible. Luncheon will be served by Settler members. Guests will depart from the Swinney House after lunch and meet at the Allen County Court-house, 715 S. Calhoun St. Member and educator Linda Huge will be the tour guide. Reservations are first-come, first-served. Reservation and payment must be received by March 18. Call (260) 492-8584 for registration information. Proceeds from this event support the Historic Swinney Homestead. For more information, visit settlersinc.org. Settlers Inc. reserves the right to alter or cancel this event at any time.

FRIDAY, MARCH 28Fish fry. Fort Wayne Sport Club, 3102 Ardmore Ave. 4:30-7 p.m. $8 for adults; $4 for children 6 to 10; free to ages 6 and under. All-you-can-eat fish, baked potato or scalloped potatoes, coleslaw, applesauce, roll and butter, and dessert. Full-service bar available.

SATURDAY, MARCH 29“HMS Pinafore.” Niswonger Performing Arts Center, 10700 Ohio 118 S., Van Wert, Ohio. 7:30 p.m. This comedic opera is crewed by the New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players. Tickets are on sale ranging from $22 to $37. For more information and to order tickets online, visit npacww.org. Box office hours are noon-4 p.m. Monday-Friday; call (419) 238-6722.Bizet’s “Carmen.” Embassy Theater, 125 W. Jefferson Blvd. 8 p.m. Tickets start at $17. Georges Bizet’s music for his opera “Carmen” is full of con-trast between intense passions and more light-hearted writing inflected with alluring melodies in the Spanish idiom. The Fort Wayne Philhar-monic will perform this Masterworks series program under the direction of Andrew Constantine. Tickets can be purchased by calling 481-0777, online at fwphil.org, or at the Embassy box office. For more information about the program, the artists and the series, visit fwphil.org.Mosaic workshop. The Art Farm, 17612 N. County Line Road E., Spencer-ville. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. $110 for both days, Saturday and Sunday, March 29 and 30. Includes all materials. Maximum of 10 participants. On Saturday, learn the technique of adhering found materials, including pottery shards, dinnerware, game chips, stones, buttons, etc., onto a wooden frame base. Big through your stash of odds and ends to incorpo-rate Grandma’s chipped china, and draw from the Art Farm’s supply of shards. On Sunday, learn how to grout and finish the frames. For more information, visit artfarmindiana.com.

SUNDAY, MARCH 30Mosaic workshop. The Art Farm, 17612 N. County Line Road E., Spencerville. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. $110 for both days, Saturday and Sunday, March 29 and 30. Includes all materials. Maximum of 10 participants. On Saturday, learn the technique of adhering found materials, including pottery shards, dinnerware, game chips, stones, buttons, etc., onto a wooden frame base. Big through your stash of odds and ends to incorpo-rate Grandma’s chipped china, and draw from the Art Farm’s supply of shards. On Sunday, learn how to grout and finish the frames. For more information, visit artfarmindiana.com.

FRIDAY, APRIL 11Singer Matt Walch. Cottage Event Center, 966 Locust Drive, Roanoke. Doors open 6:30 p.m., and the show starts at 7:30 p.m. Hear the three-time winner of the Top Gigmasters Big Band Singer Award. His per-formances have taken him to New York, Chicago, Scottsdale, Ariz., Palm Springs, Calif., and Boston. Tickets are $10. Buy tickets online at cottageeventcenter.com. Or, call 483-3508. His music includes the Big Band standards of Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Nat King Cole, Elvis, Bobby Darin and other legends. For more information, visit singermatt-walch.com. Proceeds benefit the Huntington County Free Health Clinic.

FRIDAY, APRIL 18Fish fry. Fort Wayne Sport Club, 3102 Ardmore Ave. 4:30-7 p.m. $8 for adults; $4 for children 6 to 10; free to ages 6 and under. All-you-can-eat fish, baked potato or scalloped potatoes, coleslaw, applesauce, roll and butter, and dessert. Full-service bar available.

SATURDAY, APRIL 12“Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony.” IPFW Auer Performance Hall, 2101 E. Col-iseum Blvd. 8 p.m. Tickets start at $17. Possibly the most recognizable musical phrase throughout the entire world opens the beginning of Lud-wig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5. The Fort Wayne Philharmonic will perform this Masterworks series program under the direction of An-drew Constantine. Tickets can be purchased by calling 481-0777, online at fwphil.org, or at the Embassy box office. For more information about the program, the artists and the series, visit fwphil.org.

TUESDAY, APRIL 15Get Checking workshop. Allen County Extension Office, 4001 Crescent Ave., on the IPFW Campus. 5-9 p.m. The series of workshops is part of the Bank On Fort Wayne initiative. The workshop is for clients and families who have never had checking or savings accounts at a bank or credit union, or have mismanaged accounts at banks and credits unions so those accounts are now closed without committing fraud, or have accounts, but continue to still use predatory lenders. All workshops are free and open to the public. Advance registration is required. At the completion of the workshop, the participants will receive a certificate that will allow them to open an account at a participating bank or credit union. A $50 incentive is available for opening an account, if qualified. For further information, to register or to receive a registration form, con-tact Vickie Hadley at the Allen County Extension Service, at 481-6826 or [email protected], or visit the home & money page on the website at extension.purdue.edu/allen or visit the office at 4001 Crescent Ave., on the IPFW campus.SUNDAY, MAY 4The Bach Collegium-Fort Wayne Season Grand Finale. St. Peter’s Catholic Church, 518 E. DeWald St., Fort Wayne. 7 p.m. Featuring Bach Colle-gium singers and early instruments, including baroque natural trumpets and cornetto, and the music of J.S. Bach. Adult tickets are $20, student tickets $5. To buy tickets or for more information about The Bach Colle-gium, visit bachcollegium.org. Daniel G. Reuning is the artist director of the Bach Collegium. Reuning received his doctoral of music arts degree from the University of Illinois-Champaign-Urbana. He is the kantor of Redeemer Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne.

SATURDAY, MAY 10Closing Night: “Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.” Embassy Theater, 125 W. Jeffer-son Blvd. 6 p.m. Tickets start at $17. This Ludwig van Beethoven work evolves from a serene opening phrase to the “Ode to Joy” conclusion. The Fort Wayne Philharmonic will perform this Masterworks series program under the direction of Andrew Constantine. Tickets can be purchased by calling 481-0777, online at fwphil.org, or at the Embassy box office. For more information about the program, the artists and the series, visit fwphil.org.

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