Latest Artcentric Podcast Episodes
Past, present & future South Side Archers celebrate 100th Anniversary with iconic musical
WBOI Artcentric - April 29, 2022 21:57 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingFort Wayne’s South Side High School is celebrating its 100th Anniversary with a special multigenerational production of Meredith Wilson’s play, The Music Man, which opens this Friday evening. Drawing on his own memories of the school’s focus on the fine arts, theater teacher Kirby Volz (South Sid...
Photo Exhibit puts inspiring Fort Wayne women & their stories in focus
WBOI Artcentric - April 29, 2022 21:56 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingCreative Women of the World is celebrating Women’s History Month with a special photo exhibit called “Women Are…” The body of work features 39 portraits of women and their stories, showcasing their challenges, passion and achievements plus the diversity they bring to the community. WBOI’s Julia M...
Philharmonic members share message of hope through their Russian and Ukrainian roots & the universal language of music
WBOI Artcentric - April 29, 2022 21:54 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingFort Wayne Philharmonic violinist & Associate Concertmaster, Yana Bourkova-Morunov, and pianist Alexander Klepach share a special friendship and deep musical passion through their Russian and Ukrainian roots. For their reflections on the brewing situation in their motherlands and the special conc...
Local creative discovers his niche in the world of Augmented Reality
WBOI Artcentric - April 29, 2022 21:53 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingTamar Tyler has brought his superhero comic book character, HQ, to life by way of an animated series called Swaggatrons. His fascination with comics began when he was young, Tamar admits, and has grown into a multi-media passion that has taken on a life of its own. WBOI’s Julia Meek talks with Ty...
Community advocate sparks new energy from Calhoun Street location
WBOI Artcentric - April 29, 2022 21:50 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAs social advocate and activist Foundation One continues to engage with his community on the city’s south side, his base of operations has moved down the block. From his unique platform at the Unity Barber Shop, a six-chair business at 921 E. Pontiac Street, Foundation brought a barber’s pole, a ...
Community Photo Project develops city portrait one square at a time
WBOI Artcentric - April 29, 2022 21:16 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingTen years have passed since local creatives launched the Fort Wayne 1X1 Community Photo Project. The purpose, explained by two of the project’s coordinators, Cara Lee Wade and Teresa Stephens, was to document our fair city, one square at a time. And now it’s time to see how things have changed. T...
Feature-length Love: How romance movies continue to steal hearts and sweeten the season
WBOI Artcentric - February 17, 2022 22:16 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingLove is in the air world round, this Valentine’s Day weekend, and for many, it's the perfect time to brush off those special songs, dinners and romantic movies that have come to be known as “our favorite.” In the celebratory spirit of the holiday, Arts & Culture reporter Julia Meek sat down with ...
New GM’s passion generates fresh energy and community connections for WBOI
WBOI Artcentric - February 17, 2022 22:15 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWith one week on the job completed, WBOI’s new GM, Terra Brantley, is fast building momentum and strengthening community connections. Bringing along an agenda that promises more of a focus on local coverage and engagement, she has produced a series of 30-second vignettes that will air on WBOI at ...
HUB260 Day Weekend celebrates what’s spectacular about Northeast Indiana
WBOI Artcentric - February 02, 2022 23:18 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingNortheast Indiana’s HUB260 Day Weekend is happening this Saturday and Sunday, February 5th & 6th, across Northeast Indiana. Like the area code it represents, this family friendly, self-guided event encompasses many small businesses and arts organizations in Fort Wayne and Allen County, and surrou...
Allen County Together: Aggressive 10-year plan has community ready to ACT
WBOI Artcentric - January 21, 2022 21:32 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingGreater Fort Wayne Inc. has unveiled an aggressive 10-year economic development action plan for the entire community. Called “Allen County Together,” the plan challenges us to build a community that’s more high-growth, innovative and inclusive. Each of these characteristics is underpinned by thre...
2021: A Year of Artcentricity in Review
WBOI Artcentric - January 19, 2022 21:47 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingFort Wayne’s art scene flourished nicely in 2021 as it continued to reinvent and energize itself amid continuing Covid-related challenges. The community welcomed the return of live, in-person seasons and programs as well as an explosion of public art. Cultural District designations were awarded b...
Historic Photo Exhibit Portrays Last Images of Native American Spirit
WBOI Artcentric - January 10, 2022 23:23 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe Garrett Museum of Art is getting ready to host a monumental exhibit of historic work by American photographer Edward Curtis. The collection, on loan from a private collection in California, features over 70 of his original photos of the native American people in their surroundings. In 1900, C...
Voices raised to celebrate 20 years of Unity Performing Arts Foundation
WBOI Artcentric - December 31, 2021 20:30 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingFort Wayne’s Unity Performing Arts Foundation is celebrating its 20th season this coming year as it develops plans to go forward with former students now in key leadership positions. What began as a dream for its founder & CEO, Marshall White, in the early 1990’s became a platform for area youth ...
East Wayne Street Center provides hope through education
WBOI Artcentric - December 29, 2021 21:26 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe East Wayne Street Center has focused on providing self-sufficiency for underserved populations in Fort Wayne for 56 years. The Center focuses on improving the overall living conditions of impoverished households by stabilizing the home environment, addressing the environmental impediments, an...
PFW amplifies the power of music therapy
WBOI Artcentric - December 20, 2021 20:11 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingPurdue Fort Wayne is addressing the increase in music therapy needs and uses as well as populations being served with impactful community-focused projects and a new masters of music therapy program. With forty years in the profession, PFW’s clinical instructor, Eileen Garwood is quick to point ou...
Youtheatre brings “Elf Awareness” to light
WBOI Artcentric - December 08, 2021 20:12 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingFort Wayne Youth Theatre is ready to spread the holiday cheer with its premiere of the classic movie-turned-musical, Elf Junior, which opens this Friday at First Pres Theatre. The engaging production boasts a cast of forty young talents, the company’s largest musical cast to date, and as the lat...
"The Reporter" scoops a look at Fort Wayne in the '70's
WBOI Artcentric - December 02, 2021 21:39 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingFort Wayne trial attorney Mark Paul Smith has published a new autobiographical novel, this time chronicling his life as a young reporter at the Journal Gazette in the 1970's. His book, aptly called "The Reporter," provides a walk down memory lane for Boomers, and an entertaining insight into that...
Women's Fund Director focuses on youth through community centered lens
WBOI Artcentric - November 11, 2021 21:51 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingFort Wayne native Cassie Beer has been busy directing the city's newly formed Women's Fund since August. From this position, Beer has been excited to tackle the major endeavors unearthed in an eighteen month, county-wide comprehensive study. For an update on the organization's ongoing plans and p...
Holiday Theater Choices: Make Mine Macbeth
WBOI Artcentric - November 11, 2021 21:50 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIf you're in the mood for a live theatrical performance that's decidedly not holiday fare, Shakespearemachine's Macbeth opens, promising a new and creative take on one of the Bard's most popular tragedies. For a sneak peek at what's in store for theater goers, WBOI's Julia Meek talked with artist...
Monsters, ghosts, and phantoms: A Storytelling Breakdown of Halloween cinema
WBOI Artcentric - November 11, 2021 21:48 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWith Halloween on the near horizon, there's nothing like an iconic scary movie to spooktacularly enhance that holiday mood. But since cinematic offerings, even horror titles, come in all shapes and sizes and span more than a century of development, it may be frightfully difficult to separate the...
Area Songwriters Finding A Voice Through Trubble Troubadours
WBOI Artcentric - November 11, 2021 21:46 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingSummit City Songwriter Showcase, now known as Trubble Troubadours, was founded a little less than three years ago by Fort Wayne musician, Adam Baker, to provide support and a performance platform for local and regional songwriters. To learn how this adventure has taken shape, and where it's headi...
More than a haircut: A conversation with founder of WeFAM
WBOI Artcentric - November 11, 2021 21:44 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingFort Wayne native Juan Williams, a barber with purpose and a strong dedication to his community, has combined forces with seventeen other shop owners to provide hope for at risk members of the population through an organization he founded and heads up aptly called We Fam. Besides the grooming se...
New Icons Inspire Congregation At St. Nicholas Orthodox Church
WBOI Artcentric - November 11, 2021 21:43 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingFort Wayne's St. Nicholas Orthodox Church will be celebrating Christmas in an especially meaningful way this year, thanks to the completion of phase one of its new icon project. For a first-hand look at the results, WBOI's Julia Meek visited the church and talked with parish priest, Father Andrew...
"Podcast Guru" brings first-ever Podcast Boot Camp to city
WBOI Artcentric - November 11, 2021 21:41 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingEmpowerYou Podcast founder and host, Kibwe Cooper takes his title of "Podcast Guru" quite seriously, and will be presenting the city's first ever boot camp class for individuals and nonprofit organizations looking to gain introductory skills in podcasting Saturday, October 16th. Venue host for th...
What's Coloring Fort Wayne's Vibrant Skyline
WBOI Artcentric - November 11, 2021 21:39 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating2018 proved to be another arts-driven year for Fort Wayne, and according to Arts United's president, Susan Mendenhall, the city's cultural skyline has never been more vibrant. The wide range of activity comes from every corner of the arts community, and seemingly, no medium, organization or area ...
Artlink's Bash & benefit auction connect community to creativity
WBOI Artcentric - November 11, 2021 21:38 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingArtlink's inaugural Art Auction begins Thursday, October 14th with a celebratory "Bash," a ticketed event that includes a preview of the work and "buy now" options. Artlink exists to support artists through exhibition, education and community engagement and the opening Bash will kick-off a three ...
First Presbyterian Theater Rings In New Year On A Grace Note
WBOI Artcentric - November 11, 2021 21:37 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAs the First Presbyterian Theater heads toward its fiftieth anniversary celebration in April, this season’s line up is a strong one, and the group is kicking off the new year in a particularly thoughtful way with a big-little play about faith, called The Christians. Meanwhile, theater fans and fr...
Multimedia journalist finds happiness sharing Fort Wayne stories
WBOI Artcentric - November 11, 2021 21:33 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingFort Wayne journalist Sara Fiedelholtz is realizing two long-time professional goals this fall with a Happiness Exhibit at the Allen County Public Library's Jeffrey R. Krull Gallery and the launch of HUB 260, a weekly multimedia property focused on the Fort Wayne area. Known for her weekly televi...
Healing From Loss: An Interview With Grief Counselor, Lili Carroll
WBOI Artcentric - November 11, 2021 21:28 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingFort Wayne resident, Lili Carroll, is a multi-lingual counselor who draws from her own experiences to offer others support through difficult life transitions and the grief, anxiety, and depression that can follow. Lili's energy in these endeavors is tireless, and an international upbringing, as w...
Johnny Appleseed Festival Celebrates Fall With A Step Back In Time
WBOI Artcentric - October 06, 2021 22:24 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIf you're in the mood for a particularly seasonal celebration, Fort Wayne's 46th annual Johnny Appleseed Festival may be what you're looking for. After a year's delay due to COVID-19, this family friendly event will take place Saturday and Sunday, September 18th & 19th at Johnny Appleseed/Archer ...
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