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| Fort Wayne Reader Feature |
The Light Lease Trust Fund
The City of Fort Wayne is on the verge of getting its hands on a cool $33 million windfall… if it can get through negotiations with I&M first
Back in 1974, during the Ivan Lebamoff administration, city leaders did something pretty remarkable. It was felt that the city’s electric power grid — situated in what’s basically the Science Central site these days and serviced, back then, by City Light — was not adequate anymore, and the City was looking to get out of the utilities business anyway… Read More... |
| Around Town |
Looking back, looking forward
2009 proved to be an eventful year for Fort Wayne's art scene, even in the face of what seemed like a number of large hurtles. As "The Great Recession" continued to push on, which most think of as squeezing art dollars from both a production and consumption standpoint, we saw a real emergence of using restaurants/bars/coffee shops for legitimate art venues. Read More... |
Sleepy Furnaces and Upside-Down Guitars: An Interview with Mark Hutchins
Many of you who are familiar with the local music scene probably know Mark Hutchins through his bands Vandolah and New Pale Swimmers. However, on January 30th, Mark will be releasing his first solo album, entitled Sleepy Furnace, and will mark the day with performances at the N. Anthony Wooden Nickel and One Lucky Guitar. Read More... |
The play’s the thing
FW Civic unveils winners of the first annual NE Indiana Playwright Contest
The Ladies In Cabin 10, a story about five middle-aged friends on an annual summer vacation, is the winner of Fort Wayne Civic Theater’s first annual Northeast Indiana Playwright Contest. Winning playwright Nancy Carlson will have her play performed at the first annual Northeast Indiana Playwright Festival at the Allen County Public Library June 4 – 6. Carlson was one of five playwrights honored. Read More... |
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