Art has a way of sweeping us up as children, letting us ride its wave as far as we are willing to go. For some, the wave never becomes more […]

Weird stuff happens in writer Deborah E. Kennedy’s fictional world. In the case of her compelling debut novel, Tornado Weather, that weird stuff includes the beer-fueled antics of a two-man […]

For Jon Durnell, music as a vocation came later than it does for some. Focusing on athletics as a kid and playing baseball in college, he knew a sports career […]

By Just one year removed from its 50th anniversary year, Three Rivers Festival has once again become the premier festival event in the Fort Wayne area. While always important to the […]

Ghost may be a Swedish doom metal band, or it may be a Tobias Forge solo project. Time, and the courts, will tell. Ghost debuted in 2008. Four of its […]

Tornado Weather by Deborah E. Kennedy, Flatiron Books, 2017 Colliersville, Indiana is desperately in need of a renaissance. The small town at the heart of Deborah Kennedy’s debut novel has […]

When he was just a young boy, Tony Butala moved from his home in Sharon, Pennsylvania to California, primarily to pursue a career in performing. Now, more than 60 years […]

Tinsley Ellis’ career as a bluesman started in a hotel lobby. A fan of British invasion acts like the Beatles, Cream, the Rolling Stones and the Yardbirds, Ellis was told […]