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Andrew McNair

Andrew McNair

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The PFW Department of Theatre will present "The 24-Hours Plays" on Saturday, Dec. 7.

PFW has 24 hours to finish stage production

Creativity can be an elusive thing, and even the most skilled of us require inspiration to create art. Whether it’s a mythic Greek Muse, formative chapters of life, or a […]
Kenny G will be at Honeywell Center in Wabash on Friday, Nov. 15.

Honeywell gets jump on holidays with Kenny G

What a strange thing it must be to be the standard bearer for an entire genre of music. To be the lone holdout representing the style you love, after the […]

Two-Headed rock show coming to Sweetwater

Remember the rock n’ roll tradition of a battle of the bands? Chronicled in classic movies like Up in Smoke, The Commitments, and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, a little […]
Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience will be at Baker Street Centre on Saturday, Aug. 24.

Experience zydeco with Terrance Simien

If you are a music fan of a certain age, of which I also am, your first exposure to zydeco music likely came in 1986 with the release of Paul […]
Calhoun Street will be closed to vehicular traffic from The Landing to Pontiac Street on Sunday, Aug. 18, as Open Streets welcomes foot traffic to the corridor.

Calhoun opening to foot traffic

Ever take a moment to look around at your surroundings in downtown Fort Wayne and wonder what it was like in the distant past?  Two hundred years ago, Calhoun Street […]
Living Colour will be at Sweetwater Performance Pavilion on Thursday, Aug. 15.

Living Colour have left impact on industry

In 1988, the rock scene was dominated by the likes of late-stage Van Halen, early Guns N’ Roses, and the prime of Bon Jovi’s catalog.  Then out of nowhere, but […]
Orleans will be among the acts performing at Embassy Theatre on Friday, July 26, when the Sail On: The Original Yacht Rock Tour pulls into town with Walter Egan and Peter Beckett.

Sail On over to Embassy for yacht rock

There was a time about a million years ago when every junior high dance would feature the song “Dance With Me” by Orleans.  It’s a sweet, gentle tune that encourages […]
Iconic punk rockers Black Flag will be at Piere's on July 26.

There’s no surrender in Black Flag

Punk rock in the 1970s sprang up in the underground scenes of London, New York, and Los Angeles. Each city’s music had its own sound, but they all had one […]
The pickle-eating contest returns to the St. Joe Pickle Festival on Saturday, July 20.

Pickle Fest is pretty big dill in St. Joe

Here we are deep in the heart of summer festival season in Fort Wayne, and maybe you’re thinking it’s time to leave the traffic and big tent behind and find […]