BOOKSTORE EVENTS

SATURDAY

Janie Ebinger – Chef and author of “Janie’s Simply Entrée Salads for Two”; 1 to 3 p.m.; Next Page Bookstore, 208 W. Monroe St., Decatur; 1-888-361-9473.

Focuss – CD signing; 1 to 3 p.m.; The Promise Christian Store, 1010 Werling Road, New Haven; 1-888-361-9473.

COMEDY

TODAY AND

SATURDAY

Mike Lukas and Leo Flowers – 7:30 and 9:45 p.m.; Snickerz Comedy Bar, 5535 St. Joe Road; $9; 486-0216.

SATURDAY

Spontaneous Gut-Bustin’ Comedy Improv Troupe – 8 p.m.; VIP Bar and Grill, 2701 W. Jefferson Blvd.; $5 ages 21 and older.

THURSDAY

Dennis Blair and Curt Fletcher – 7:30 p.m.; Snickerz Comedy Bar, 5535 St. Joe Road; $8; 486-0216.

DANCES

TODAY

Dance – Music by Justus III; 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.; American Legion Post 296, 130 W. Tillman Road; $4; 456-2988.

American Style Ballroom – 8 p.m. group lesson; 8:30 to 10 p.m. open dancing; 6041 N. Clinton St.; $5; 480-7070.SATURDAY

American Style Ballroom – 7 to 9 p.m. open dancing; 6041 N. Clinton St.; $6; 480-7070.

Dances of Universal Peace – 7 p.m.; Fort Wayne Dance Collective, 437 E. Berry St.; $7; 424-6574 or fwdc.org/dup.

Renaissance Ballroom Dance – 8 to 10 p.m.; 7145 Indiana 1 N., Ossian; $5 a person; free group class at 7:15 p.m.; 622-6644.

FESTIVALS

ALL WEEKEND

Oktoberfest – Music, food, dances, children’s activities; Hoagland Park, Hoagland; 639-3062.

Fall Mums and Pumpkin Festival – Straw Mountain, food, corn maze, bonfires; Lincoln Ridge Farm, 6588 Pollock Road, Convoy, Ohio; $7.50 admission, free to ages 2 and younger; 419-749-4224 or www.lincolncandleco.com. Ends Oct. 31.

TODAY AND SATURDAY

Grabill Country Fair – Food, arts and crafts, family activities, kiddie rides, music, contests; Grabill; 260-625-4057 or www.grabillcountryfair.com.

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY

Historic Swinney Homestead – Open house, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; 1424 W. Jefferson Blvd.; 486-8903.

“Tracks to the Past” – Antique power show and fall festival; Findlay, Ohio; $2 adults, $1 ages 12 and younger; 419-423-2995 or www.nworrp.org.

Stone’s Trace Pioneer Festival – Period trade, crafts, entertainment; U.S. 33, two miles south of Ligonier; 260-856-2666 or www.stonestrace.com.

Williams County Fair – Animals, harness racing, entertainment; Fairgrounds, Ohio 107, Montpelier, Ohio; 419-485-3755 or www.wcofair.com. Ends Sept. 18.

SATURDAY

Berne Heritage Festival – Living history demonstrations, cider, children’s games, pony pull, music, food; Swiss Heritage Village, Berne; $3 adults, $1 for ages 12 and younger; 260-589-8007 or www.swissheritage.org.

SUNDAY

Be a Tourist in Your Own Hometown – Visit museums, tourist sites and Courthouse; noon to 5 p.m.; various locations in Fort Wayne; free; www.visitfortwayne.com.

WEDNESDAY

“Celebracion Latina” – 5 to 7 p.m.; food, dance, presentation; Lugar Community Center, 6384A. W. Jefferson Blvd.; 432-4546.

THURSDAY

Nappanee Apple Festival – 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday; entertainment, crafts, parade, carnival rides; various locations throughout Nappanee; 574-773-7812 or www.nappaneeapplefestival.org. Ends Sept. 19.

MUSEUM EXHIBITS

ALL WEEKEND

Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum – More than 120 classic, antique, vintage and special-interest cars on display; design an automobile in design studios; Auburn; $10 adults, $6 students, free to ages 6 and younger; hours, 260-925-1444 or www.automobilemuseum.org.

Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory – “Greek Garden Exhibit,” ends Nov. 14; 1100 S. Calhoun St.; $5 adults, $3 ages 3 to 17, free to ages 2 and younger; 427-6440 or www.botanicalconservatory.org.

Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo – Featuring giraffes, black-footed penguins, swamp monkeys; open through Oct. 10; 3411 Sherman Blvd.; hours, 427-6800 or www.kidszoo.org. Miniature Train, Endangered Species Carousel, River Ride, Sky Safari, $1 each through September.

Historic Sauder Village – More than 40 historic homes and community shops; Archbold, Ohio; Sauder Village, 22611 Ohio 2, Archbold, Ohio; 1-800-590-9755 or www.saudervillage.org.

The History Center – Farnsworth items on display; 302 E. Berry St.; $5 adults, $3 seniors and students, free to members and ages 5 and younger; hours, 426-2882 or www.fwhistorycenter.com.

Hoosier Air Museum – Featuring 1946 Stinson V-77 Gullwing, Smith mini plane, 1935 Speedbird, 1979 Bell AH-1 Cobra Helicopter Gunship; 2822 County Road 62, Auburn; open through Dec. 14; 260-927-0443. Open house program with retired Air Force Lt. Col. G.L. “Scar” Scarbrough, 7 p.m. Monday.

Kruse Automotive & Carriage Museum and National Military History Center – Barnum and Bailey circus display, also vintage 1983 DMC-12 DeLorean on display at the auto museum; “A Sacrifice for Freedom” exhibit on display at the history center; 5634 County Road 11-A, Auburn; 260-927-9144 or www.militaryhistorycenter.org.

National Automotive and Truck Museum of the United States – “Cars and Trucks Like You Used to Own”; adjacent to Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automotive Museum, Auburn; admission; hours, 260-925-9100.

African/African-American Historical Society Museum – 9 a.m. today and noon Saturday and Sunday; 436 E. Douglas Ave.; 420-0765.

TODAY AND SATURDAY

Swiss Heritage Village and Museum – Restored historic buildings and museum; 1200 Swiss Way, Berne; $6 adults, $5 seniors, $3 ages 12 and younger; hours, 260-589-8007 or www.swissheritage.org. Closes Oct. 30.

TODAY

Wabash County Historical Museum – “Moving Pictures” exhibit; 36 E. Market St., Wabash; $5 adults, $3 seniors and ages 6 to 12, free to ages 5 and younger; 260-563-9070.

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY

Black Pine Animal Park – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Oct. 31; 1426 W. 300 N., Albion; admission, 260-636-7383 or www.blackpineanimalpark.com.

SUNDAY

Whitley County Historical Museum – “Miami Indian Plant Usage,” presented by Dani Tippmann; 2 p.m.; 108 W. Jefferson St., Columbia City; free admission; 260-244-6372.

SOMETHING DIFFERENT

ALL WEEKEND

Traveling Vietnam Wall and Agent Orange Quilt of Tears Exhibit – Dawn to dusk; Leo High School, 14600 Amstutz Road, Leo-Cedarville; free; 446-0180, ext. 7150.

TODAY

Dupont Downs Farmer’s Market – 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; 538 E. Dupont Road; 417-6217.

Historic West Main Street Farmers Market – 3 to 8 p.m.; 1936 W. Main St.; 515-9700. Ends Oct. 22.

Night Hike – 8 p.m.; sponsored by ACRES Land Trust; Mary Thornton Nature Preserve, Wabash County; directions, 637-2273 or www.acreslandtrust.org.

SATURDAY

South Side Farmers Market – 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.; 3300 Warsaw St.; 456-8255 or 456-1228. Ends Nov. 20.

Farmers Market – 8 a.m. to noon; downtown Columbia City on the west side of the Courthouse square; ends Oct. 30.

LaGrange Farm and Artisan Rural Market – 8 a.m. to noon; located on Michigan Street, LaGrange; 260-463-2765.

9-11 Community Services and The Howe School Breakfast Club – 8:30 a.m. ceremony, prayer, 5-5-5 telegraph call, taps, cannon salute, flag raising to half-staff, Cadet Corps, parade and Battalion review; breakfast, 7:30 to 10:30 a.m., $7 a person, $3.50 for ages 5 and younger; The Howe School, 5755 Indiana 9 N., Howe; 260-562-2131, ext. 228.

DasMarit Farmers and Artists Market – 9 a.m. to noon; corner of U.S. 27 and Indiana 218, Berne.

Farmers Market – Sponsored by Roanoke Chamber of Commerce; 8 a.m. to noon; Roanoke; 260-494-0222.

Barr Street Farmers Market – Sponsored by Young Leaders of Northeast Indiana; 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; corner of Barr and Wayne streets; market@ylni.org. Ends Sept. 25.

Open Car and Truck Show – 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; registration, 9 to 11 a.m., $10; 2025 Olladale Drive; 459-6820.

Play It Safe Family Safety Day – 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Warsaw Central Park and Pavilion, Warsaw; special tribute to Kosciusko Sheriff Department Officer Jeff Shaw, 3:15 p.m.; 574-269-0348.

Acoustic Spoken Word Coffeehouse – Emmanuel Ortiz and Mary Quigley; 7 to 10 p.m.; TRIAAC, 501 E. Brackenridge St.; $5; 969-9442.

9/11 Remembrance Ceremony – 6 p.m.; American Legion Post 296, 130 W. Tillman Road; jazz concert by University of Saint Francis Jazz Quintet, 7 to 10 p.m., $5; parrishpost296@ymail.com.

Star Viewing – Starts one hour after sunset, Saturdays through Nov. 27; Fort Wayne Astronomical Society telescope, Fox Island County Park, 7324 Yohne Road; skies must be clear for viewing; donations accepted.

SUNDAY

Native American History, Identity and Culture: The Past as It Relates to the Present – 2 to 5 p.m.; Metea County Park, 8401 Union Chapel Road; $3; 449-8619.

TUESDAY

Breakfast at Salamonie Nature Center – 8 to 10 a.m.; 9214 W. Lost Bridge W., Andrews; gate fee required; 260-468-2127.

Farmers Market – 3 to 7 p.m.; Riverside Gardens Park, corner of Schwartz and Grabill roads, Leo-Cedarville; m.faley@mchsi.com. Ends Oct. 5.

Bike Trek the Trails – Swinney Park to Foster Park; ride is more than 8 miles; meet at Swinney Park trailhead parking lot by swimming pool; 6 p.m.; free; directions, 415-7313.

Hispanic Heritage Month Kick-Off – 8 to 10 p.m.; IPFW, Walb Student Union Ballroom, 2101 Coliseum Blvd. E.; free.

Actor and activist Sean Astin – Omnibus Lecture Series; 7:30 p.m.; John and Ruth Rhinehart Music Center, IPFW, 2101 Coliseum Blvd. E.; free; 481-6808.

WEDESDAY AND THURSDAY

BCA Construction and Design Expo – 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Allen County Fairgrounds, 2726 Carroll Road; free; 483-9596.

WEDNESDAY

Farmers Market – 4 to 7 p.m.; Salomon Farm, 817 W. Dupont Road; 427-6005. Ends Oct. 13.

THURSDAY

Farmers Market – 4 to 7 p.m.; in front of Georgetown Theater, Georgetown Square; 749-0461. Ends Oct. 15.

Lecture Series on Trees – 6 to 8 p.m.; Gene Stratton-Porter State Historic Site, Rome City; $3 a person; 260-854-3790.

THEATER

ALL WEEKEND

“Plain and Fancy” – Amish Acres, 1600 W. Market St., Nappanee; $27.95, $12.95 and $6.95 students; 1-800-800-4942 or www.amishacres.com. Ends Oct. 16.

TODAY AND SATURDAY

“The Laramie Project” – 8 p.m.; First Presbyterian Theater, 300 W. Wayne St.; $20 general admission, $18 ages 61 and older and 22 and younger; 422-6329.

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY

“Deathtrap” – Fort Wayne Civic Theatre presentation; 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday; Arts United Center, 303 E. Main St.; $22 adults, $14 ages 23 and younger, $18 Sunday senior matinees; 424-5220. Ends Sept. 19.