Mayor Tom Henry will deliver his State of the City address at a more accessible time in a more accessible place Wednesday.

The address will be at 5:30 p.m. at Rhinehart Music Center on the IPFW campus. The public is invited.

Henry will no doubt review his administration’s successes over 2009, and the popularity of Parkview Field will likely be a highlight. Henry may well note his role in helping arrange financing for the adjacent Courtyard by Marriott hotel, the key development in financing Harrison Square.

The mayor will face more difficulty updating the public on the negotiations with Indiana Michigan Power over the expiring City Light lease. A mediator has asked both sides to refrain from public comment, but as one of the most important issues facing the city, Henry shouldn’t ignore it.

Henry will likely discuss ongoing – and often frustrating – efforts to reach agreement with the county on sharing space in both the City-County Building and at Renaissance Square, 200 E. Berry St.

Bluffton building

The fate of a fire-damaged, historic building in downtown Bluffton is expected to be discussed Tuesday at the city’s Board of Public Works and Safety meeting. At issue is a Fire Department order requiring the owner to board up the building at 202 W. Market St. and demolish portions of the damaged building.

The board will have to balance the owner’s desire to rehabilitate the building with the city’s need to make sure it poses no danger to residents.

Omnibus lecture

The Omnibus Lecture series at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne kicks off the spring semester with award-winning author Jamaica Kincaid. “Reading and Growing Up Under Colonial Rule” is the topic of her lecture Thursday.

Kincaid, who was born in Antigua, left her homeland for New York at age 16. Her first work was published in the New Yorker in 1978 and she wrote her first book, “At the Bottom of the River,” in 1983.

The lecture is free and open to the public.