We are pleased to announce that Terry Fisher is joining the Purdue Fort Wayne jazz faculty this fall. Terry will be directing the Jazz Ensemble and sharing his wealth of teaching experience with our students. Welcome Aboard!
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Todd Espland
Upon his arrival in Fort Wayne last April 29, Todd Espeland, brought in to serve as the new executive and artistic director of Fort Wayne Youtheatre, spent two months learning the ropes and easing the transition with retiring director Leslie Hormann....
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Gregg Coyle
Seeing a show at The Clyde is all about having fun, but it’s something Gregg Coyle takes very seri...
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The 2019 H. Stanley Liddell Award
It was quiet at the Shriner Lake home of Anita and Doug Driscoll the afternoon I arrived to talk to ...
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The Great Eight of 2018
Megan Butler
Program & Events Director, Riverfront Fort Wayne
When Megan Butler graduated from Nort...
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Charly Butcher
For nearly a decade, Tony Richards Didier shared the microphone with Charly Butcher. Today, Didier i...
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Brian Wagner
Born and raised in Fort Wayne, Brian Wagner was introduced to theater by his teachers at Paul Hardin...
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Tom Henry
When Tom Henry won his first mayoral election in 2007, changes were already underway for downtown F...
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Christopher Murphy’s road to the theater is a perfect combination of nature and nurture. He was a...
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When Fort Wayne Taiko hosts Knock on Wood, putting a spotligh on Japanese drumming both locally and...
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Growing up in Cleveland, Mark Minnick was in the heart of what many consider to be the birthplace o...
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Bill Brown
By the time Bill Brown assumed his role as President of Downtown Improvement District (DID) in 201...
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Fort Wayne is fortunate to have several beautiful and historic homes and buildings in all corners o...
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When plans were first taking shape for Fort Wayne’s minor league baseball team to move from their...
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When Sharon Henderson retired from her position as executive director of all for One productions, s...
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Even as a small child in upstate New York, Lauren Nichols, artistic director for all for One produc...
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Although essentially landlocked at their location on Spring Street, the University of St. Francis h...
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While many schools continue to provide arts programming in the face of budget restrictions, it has ...
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When Liz Monnier retired as artistic director at Fort Wayne Dance Collective, it was the end of an ...
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Matt Kelley has made his presence known in Fort Wayne in a variety of ways. His company, One Luck...
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With an eclectic resume which includes private businessman, corporate employee and a stint as Fort...
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When I was a young child and my family would come to Fort Wayne to visit relatives, our most antici...
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Phillip Colglazier’s life in theater came from a somewhat surprising direction. A gymnast through...
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National Record Store Day has become an increasingly serious day of observance of late, growing sub...
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Many go to college with dreams of glamorous careers, but by the time Peter Kernan had left his home...
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Having grown up in a family of musicians, Jonathan Busarow’s path to music education might appear...
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When Kelly Updike assumed the role of executive director at Fort Wayne’s Historic Embassy Theatr...
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When it comes to education, people have some very definite ideas about what must be possible for th...
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Over the last many years, the Foellinger Theatre has been a busy and popular place during the summe...
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The presence of the Fort Wayne Dance Collective at the Hall Community Center is so ingrained that i...
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Now in his ninth season as executive director of the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, J.L. Nave has over...
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Before his arrival in Fort Wayne in 2003, when he assumed the executive director position at the Fo...
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The leadership of Fort Wayne’s many arts organizations is remarkably varied. Some leaders have l...
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By the late 1990s Marshall White had already amassed an impressive list of credentials. Raised in t...
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His journey to managing artistic director at First Presbyterian Theater took a lot of detours alon...
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Already a natural performer as a kid growing up, Fort Wayne Youtheatre Executive Director Leslie Ho...
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When Deb Washler became the executive director of Artlink nine years ago, she was stepping into som...
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In his years as president of Arts United, Jim Sparrow made an indelible mark on the arts culture of...
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