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Johnny Appleseed Festival

Johnny Appleseed Festival, The Chi-Lites, Eric Gales, Citizens, all for One production’s Sherlock Holmes and the 1st Baker Street Irregular, Micah Tyler, Allman Betts, Gatlin Brothers, Gordon Lightfoot, Science Central, First Presbyterian Theater’s The Importance of Being Earnest, Fort Wayne Civic Theatre’s Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

September 12, 2019

Vol. 24 No. 7

Johnny Appleseed Festival

Johnny Appleseed Festival, The Chi-Lites, Eric Gales, Citizens, all for One production’s Sherlock Holmes and the 1st Baker Street Irregular, Micah Tyler, Allman Betts, Gatlin Brothers, Gordon Lightfoot, Science Central, First Presbyterian Theater’s The Importance of Being Earnest, Fort Wayne Civic Theatre’s Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

September 12, 2019

Vol. 24 No. 7

Articles


Classic Wilde play comes to life at FPT

The 2019-20 season at First Presybyterian Theater season kicks off this month with Oscar Wilde’s timeless classic The Importance of Being Earnest. This amusing story features various perspectives on the […]

Musical about obsession makes the cut at Civic

The opening words, “Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd…,” began a love affair I have had with Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street since I first became aware […]

Bluffton Street Fair

It’s almost time for the Bluffton Street Fair once again. The festival, held on the streets of downtown Bluffton, takes place Sept. 17-21. This year’s theme is “Building Dreams, Making […]

R&B vocalist Thompson keeps the Chi-Lites on

Like many of the vocal groups popular in the 1960s or ’70s, the Chi-Lites have had a rocky road to the 21st century. With only one of its original members […]

Making new fans one show at a time

Eric Gales grew up in a Memphis household full of left-handed guitarists who’d taught themselves to play right-handed guitars. So he did the only thing an impressionable young right-hander could […]

Allman Betts reschedules for February

If you recall, The Allman Betts Band were scheduled to perform last month at the Sweetwater Performance Pavilion until the show was suddenly postponed along with 30 other North American […]

The Gatlin Brothers

When the history of country music is finally written, at least a couple of paragraphs needs to be devoted to The Gatlin Brothers, the country/gospel group that have been dazzling […]

Castle Black

It’s always fun to catch a band on the way up because when they get huge, you’ll always have that story of “I saw them before they were big.” Castle […]

Gordon Lightfoot

One of Canada’s greatest treasures and member of the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame, Gordon Lightfoot will travel to the T. Furth Center for Performing Arts at Trine University in Angola […]

Science Central launches visitors to the moon

There have been many historic events from 1969 which have been celebrated on this 50th anniversary year, though perhaps none more heralded than the successful trip to the moon by […]