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Wednesday, February 25, 2015

What's Up! Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015

Alzheimer’s Caregivers Support Group to meet March 4
The Wells County Alzheimer’s Caregivers Support Group will meet at the First United Methodist Church, at 325 W. Washington Street in Bluffton at 7 p.m. The meeting is intended for caregivers and family members of a loved one with Alzheimer’s or other dementia related diseases. Those in attendance will also be given the opportunity to share their experiences of caring for their loved one and to ask questions of the other caregivers in attendance. For more information call Joyce Phillabaum at 260- 824-4244 for more information pertaining to the support group.

Baseball and Soccer Registration March 7
Sign up for summer T-Ball, Coaches Pitch, Farm League, Jr. League, Sandy Koufax, Softball, Pee Wee Soccer (spring) and get information about Wells Community Swim Team on Saturday March 7 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at City Hall at 128 E Market St. 
Forms are also available on the Parks Department website at www.blufftonindiana.net under the March 7 date. For more information call 824-6069.

Orchard Gallery open house March 7 
On Saturday, March 7, from noon to 5 p.m. The Orchard Gallery, 6312-A Covington Rd. will stage an open house for 30 artists. The theme of the show is “Sky Above-Earth Below” will be viewable through March 31. 
More information at www.theorchardgallery.com

Children’s Choir spring concerts March 24
The Fort Wayne Children’s Choir will be presenting two concerts this spring.
On Tuesday, March 24, at 7:30 p.m. the Young Artists Concert will be held at The History Center in downtown Fort Wayne.
The Spring Concert will be held on Sunday, May 3, at 4 p.m. at the IPFW Rhinehart Music Center. It will feature all of the Fort Wayne Children’s Choir ensembles.
Tickets for both concerts available through the IPFW Larson box office by calling 260-481-6555 or at www.ipfw.edu/box-office

FW ballet joins FW Philharmonic in March concerts
The Arts United Center in Fort Wayne will host the Fort Wayne Ballet and Fort Wayne Philharmonic presentation of “Don Quixote” on March 27-28.
There will be 7:30 p.m. performances on Friday, March 27 and Saturday, March 28 and a 2:30 p.m. performance on Saturday, March 28.
Andrew Constantine is musical director for the orchestra and Karen Gibbons-Brown is artistic director for the ballet.
To arrange for tickets call  the ArtsTix box office at 260-422-4226.
‘Picnic’ at USF
March 20-29
William Inge’s Pulitzer Prize winning play “Picnic” will be on stage at the University of Saint Francis Goldstine Performing Arts Center, 431 West Berry St. in Fort Wayne March 20 to 29. The curtain goes up at 8 p.m. on March 20, 21, 27, 28 and at 2 p.m. on March 22 and 29. Admission is $17 for adults, $14 for those 65 and older and children 18 and under and $11 per person in groups of 20 or more. Call 260-422-4226. Doors open 30 minutes before show time.

FW Philharmonic Beethoven March programs
On Saturday, Feb. 28, at 7:30 p.m. the Fort Wayne Philharmonic will present Beethoven’s Third Symphony in a concert at the Rhinehart Music Center at IPFW. Andrew Constantine will conduct and Jennifer Montone will be horn soloist. A free pre-concert talk will be presented at 6:30 p.m. by Assistant Conductor Chia-Hsuan Lin. Tickets start at $17. Call 260-481-0777 or at fwphil.org
March concerts by the Philharmonic will include:
POPS: Great Movies, Grand Piano with Rich Ridenour—Saturday, March 7, 7:30 p.m., Embassy Theatre
FREIMANN—Wednesday, March 11, 7:30 p.m., Fort Wayne History Center and Sunday, march 15, 2:30 p.m., Rhinehart Music Center, IPFW.
YOUTH ORCHESTRA—Spring Concert—Sunday, March 15, 6:30 p.m., Rhinehart Music Center, IPFW.

Ticket information at 260-481-0777 or at fwphil.org

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