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Wheat Williams

Wheat Williams

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Grammy-winning bluesman Robert Cray is shown with a Fender Robert Cray Stratocaster guitar that he is sure to have with him when he performs at Niswonger Performing Arts Center in Van Wert on Sunday, Oct. 13.

You’re strongly persuaded to see Robert Cray

Blues and rock icon and five-time Grammy-winner, singer, and guitarist Robert Cray is celebrating 50 years on the road.  At Niswonger Performing Arts Center in Van Wert on Sunday, Oct. […]
Fort Wayne Philharmonic Musical Director Andrew Constantine is excited to kick off the orchestra’s 81st season on Saturday, Oct. 5.

Philharmonic director excited for Masterworks

The Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra launch their 81st season Saturday, Oct. 5.  Writing about the 2024-2025 season, which I’m really looking forward to, is challenging because the orchestra does so […]
Join the Fort Wayne Philharmonic on Saturday, Sept. 21, at Foellinger Theatre when they accompany a screening of the 1981 film Indiana Jones and The Raiders of The Lost Ark.

Philharmonic raid Foellinger with ‘Indiana Jones’

Indiana Jones and The Raiders of the Lost Ark, perhaps the greatest action-adventure motion picture of all time, is coming to Foellinger Theatre.  Each September, the Fort Wayne Philharmonic treats […]
Famed ukulele player Jake Shimabukuro will perform with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic on Saturday, Sept. 14, at Sweetwater Performance Pavilion.

Shimabukuro brings taste of Hawaii to town

You could be a fan of British blues rock, the brisk pace of jazz fusion, the groove of the bluegrass or jam-band scene, the lush sophistication of the orchestra, or […]
Musicians take part in a past Honeywell Arts Academy’s Wabass Live that followed a week together in Wabash.

Honeywell Academy resonates with musicians

A unique summer music school in Wabash will be giving a series of three Friday concerts in June bursting with prodigious talent. And it’s not a local school for kids.  […]
Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country will be at The Clyde Theatre on Thursday, May 30.

Daniel Donato creates genre of his own

Daniel Donato is a young guitar phenomenon you need to hear. Especially if you like country or the jam band scene, Donato is, currently, “it.”  Donato is an encyclopedia of […]
Heartland Sings will host A Night at the Opera on Wednesday, May 22, at Auer Performance Hall on the campus of Purdue University Fort Wayne.

Join Heartland Sings for Night at the Opera

Grand opera!  On Wednesday, May 22, Fort Wayne will witness a concert of vocal pyrotechnics like nothing ever heard in this town, certainly not on this scale.  Heartland Sings, our […]
Fort Wayne Museum of Art keeps things fresh.

Art Museum always has something new to see

Fort Wayne Museum of Art is one of our favorite downtown institutions. FWMoA strives to present a colorful spectrum from the refinement of fine art across to pop art with […]
Acclaimed contemporary Christian singer Amy Grant will be at Embassy Theatre on Monday, May 13.

Christian music icon Amy Grant comes to town

After a considerable absence from the touring circuit, having overcome recent years of adversity, Amy Grant is once more on the road and bringing her show to Embassy Theatre on […]