Actor Hal Holbrook, 91, has assayed the role of author Mark Twain on stage for more than 60 years. He is, at present, 17 years older than Twain was when […]

Thomas “Fats” Waller was one of the most prolific songwriters during the first half of the 20th century. His works included jazz, stride and ragtime. He started out as a […]

Oil painter John Michael Carter spends a lot of time traveling the world looking for scenes that excite him. It might be street life in Paris, a sunrise over a […]

Regardless of what anyone says, summer isn’t over until after Labor Day weekend. The kids may be long back in school and store aisles may be crammed with ghosts and […]

Paul Cebar is the kind of artist who’s hard to pin down. Is his music R&B laced with blues and jazz? Or does it fall under that large and enticing […]

Popular local drummer and drumming instructor Todd Harrold said his young students care about exactly two bands that had their heydays in the 1960s and 1970s: Led Zeppelin and the […]

Already deep into its 60th anniversary celebration, Fort Wayne Ballet is preparing now to present its most popular production of its annual calendar of events and performances. With The Nutcracker […]

These days it seems everyone and his undead brother is eager to talk about the upcoming zombie apocalypse – the benefits of canned versus fresh food, where to store one’s […]

The way Kathleen Madigan’s stand-up career started sounds like a joke – “One young woman from Missouri walks into a bar …” – but for the now 50-year-old comedian, it […]

Plugged in, raw and immediate, Chicago blues carries on a musical tradition that, arguably more than any other regional blues scene, continues to stay vital and present while proudly holding […]