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Anthony Gadson

Anthony Gadson

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Pete Dio and The Old & Dirty, from left, Mitch Fraizer, Felix Moxter, Pete Dio, Carter Thomas, Diamond Wyrembelski, Steve Rief, and John Warner, perform at last summer’s Three Rivers Festival.

Pete Dio and The Old & Dirty back with new album

Pete Dio and The Old & Dirty are a free-flowing band. With Dio as the constant, the band has a core with Felix “The Monster” Moxter on viola, John “Banjovi” […]
Anthony Giraldi will play his first solo live show Saturday, April 8, at The Brass Rail with opening acts Chocq. T and The Be Colony.

Anthony Giraldi drifting into Brass Rail for 1st show

Anthony Giraldi is ready to go live. Having already put some of his solo material online, the former bassist for James & The Drifters will perform his first show Saturday, […]
Fort Wayne Youtheatre’s Aesop’s Fables features neurodivergent and neurotypical actors. The cast includes, front from left, Aly Celaya, Sofia Brown, Bayani Spradling, Amya Howell, and Sam Chrzan; and back from left, Jaiden Littlejohn, Unique Keairnes, Lydia Moran, Chloe Zuehsow, and Shae English. Not pictured: Olivia More and Max Casazza.

Youtheatre has a show for everyone

Nowadays, theater companies often feature a sensory-friendly performance. Fort Wayne Youtheatre is taking the idea even further. Instead of just one sensory-friendly show, each of their four performances of Aesop’s […]
Taste of the Arts 2023 will be Aug. 26 in downtown Fort Wayne.

Taste of the Arts returns Aug. 26

Art enthusiasts can mark their calendars for Aug. 26 as Taste of the Arts returns downtown. An Arts United press release on Wednesday confirmed the festival will be from 11 […]
Kyle Neff has shown he’s a fighter, and he’s the latest entry in the ALT Homegrown Spotlight.

ALT Spotlight artist Kyle Neff gets off canvas

Local rapper Kyle Neff keeps getting knocked down but won’t be knocked out. Neff lost his mother to cancer in 2017, has battled drug addiction, and encountered numerous obstacles while […]
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band will bring their Trouble Is ... 25th Anniversary Tour to Honeywell Center in Wabash on Wednesday, March 22.

Shepherd revisiting ‘Trouble Is …’ in Wabash

The blues might have originated in the South, but it definitely has fans in northern Indiana. An online search of modern blues guitarists reveals names you might have recently seen […]
Humans Among Us, from left, Josh Kattner, Ashe Davidson, Aaron Steele, Carin Steele, and Jason Villarreal, recently released their first single off their upcoming album and are featured in the latest ALT Homegrown Spotlight.

Humans Among Us launch project with single

When you talk about Humans Among Us, I guess you could say they are a little out there. Formed during the height of the pandemic, the quintet of Carin Steele, […]
Summit City Music Theatre is using a live band, from left, Tyler Crisp, Carl Bleke, music director Rolin Mains, and Trevor Perkins, for The Wedding Singer, which continues this weekend.

Get off the tracks: ‘Wedding Singer’ uses live band

Summit City Music Theatre has opened their 2023 season by going back to the 1980s. Opting for fun over drama, the theater company is putting on the musical adaptation of […]
Blue October will be stopping by The Clyde Theatre on Thursday, March 9, with opening act Beatnik Bandits.

Blue October show at Clyde could be therapeutic

Blue October lead singer Justin Furstenfeld is not as morose as the title of his band might indicate. Catching up with him during a phone interview as he enjoyed some […]