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Highlights of area happenings:

Miscellaneous

Hispanic Heritage Month Celebrated – “PochoLandia: Border Tales of a Nuevo-Indigeno-Xicano-Gitano,” lecture by Nicolas Ramiro Valdez, cultural activist; noon; Rhinehart Recital Hall, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, 2101 Coliseum Blvd. E.; 481-6847.

Farmers Market – 4 to 7 p.m.; ends today; Salomon Farm, 817 W. Dupont Road; 427-6005.

Gilbert Holmes – Interim executive director of ACLU of Indiana; 7 p.m.; Allen County Public Library, Meeting Room B, 900 Library Plaza.

James Galbraith – Omnibus Lecture Series; “The Great Financial Crisis at Two Years”; 7:30 p.m.; John and Ruth Rhinehart Music Center, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, 2101 Coliseum Blvd. E.; free; 481-6555.

Music

Acoustic

Open Mic with Amanda Dreher – 5:30 p.m.; Firefly Coffee House, 3523 N. Anthony Blvd.; no cover; 373-0505.

Open Mic with Gene Donnelly – 6 p.m.; Jimmy’s Covington Bar and Grill, Covington Plaza, 6330 W. Jefferson Blvd.; no cover; 432-6660.

Mark Garr – 7 p.m.; Paula’s On Main, 1732 W. Main St.; no cover, 424-2300.

Blues

Leon Redbone – 7:30 p.m.; Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum, Auburn; tickets, www.inticketing.com.

Nic Moss – 8 p.m.;

Skip’s Party Place, 110 W. Maumee St., Angola; $5 cover after 7 p.m.; 260-665-3922.

Classical

Wednesdays On Wayne Street – Ethiopian Children’s Choir from Heritage Mission School; 12:15 p.m.; First Wayne Street United Methodist Church, 300 E. Wayne St.; free; lunch follows concert, $5; 422-4681.

Patriotic

U.S. Air Force Band of Flight – 7:30 p.m.; National Military History Center, Auburn; free, but ticket is required; 260-927-9144.

Variety

Jason Paul and Nate Holley – Duty’s Uptown Bar and Grill, 415 E. Dupont Road; no cover; time, 637-0198.

Sports

Harlem Ambassadors basketball – 7 p.m.; Huntington North High School, Huntington; $3 advance, $4 at the door; 260-359-4171.

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