What's Up! Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015

Youth ballet at Indiana Tech Jan. 17

On Saturday, Jan. 17, at 11 a.m. the Fort Wayne Ballet Youth Company will present a free performance, open to the public, at the Multi-Flex Theater located in Indiana Tech’s Academic Center.

Pieces to be performed by the Company will include Les Patineurs (The Skaters), Grand Pas de Quatre, Steadfast Tin Soldier and Hansel & Gretel.

The free performance was made possible in part through a grant to the university from The Auer Foundation. Free parking is available in the parking lot adjacent to the Academic Center at 1600 East Washington Blvd., Fort Wayne. A campus map is available online at http://www.indianatech.edu/wp-content/uploads/map-color-large.png

Winter party at the Museum of Art

On Friday, Jan. 23, the Fort Wayne Museum of Art will hold a Winter Party from 6 to 9 p.m. Entertainment will be provided by the Alicia Pyle Quartet and refreshments will be by Catablu. Admission is $5 for museum members and $12 for guests.

Exhibits currently viewable at the museum include:

Dance Theatre of Harlem: 40 Years of Firsts—through March 15.

Hunt Slonem: Magnificent Menagerie—through March 8.

America’s Spirit: Evolution of a National Style—through Jan. 25.

American Quilts from the Collection—through Feb. 1.

Regular hours for the museum are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.

Regular admission is $7 for adults, $5 for students (to age 21) and senior citizens over 65 and $20 for a family. There is a $1 admission fee the last Saturday of each month and admission is free every Thursday evening from 5 to 8 p.m..