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The Fort Wayne Museum of Art’s exhibit, “Trench Art: Productive Pastimes from the Debris of War,” opens Saturday. See Art, Page 7W, for information.
Published: January 13, 2012 3:00 a.m.

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First Presbyterian’s “Shakespeare’s Will” is a one-woman show focusing on Anne Hathaway, Shakespeare’s wife.

Fort Wayne –

BOOKSTORE EVENTS

ALL WEEKEND

Roger Myers – Author of “Fort Wayne Aviation: Baer Field and Beyond”; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and Saturday, Fort Wayne International Airport, 3801 W. Ferguson Road; noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Smith Field Airport, 426 W. Ludwig Road.

COMEDY

TODAY AND SATURDAY

Sean Morey and Owen Thomas – 7:30 and 9:45 p.m.; Snickerz Comedy Bar, 5535 St. Joe Road; $12; 486-0216.

THURSDAY

Steve Iott and Andy Beningo – 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; open to the public; $4 a person; 456-2988.

American Style Ballroom

– Group lesson, 8 p.m.; open dancing, 8:30 to 10 p.m.; 6041 N. Clinton St.; $5; 480-7070.

SATURDAY

American Style Ballroom – “A Night of the Classics”; 7 to 9 p.m., 6041 N. Clinton St.; $6; 480-7070.

USA Dance – 8 to 11 p.m.; 7145 Indiana 1 N., Ossian; 622-6644.

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

Square Dance – Music by Bill Werling and Breakaway; 8 p.m.; St. Louis Besancon Hall, 15535 Lincoln Highway E., New Haven; $10 a person; 260-750-1081.

HOLIDAY EVENT

TODAY AND

SATURDAY

“Christmas Invitational Art Show By Fort Wayne Artists Guild” – Ends Jan. 28; Lo’s Galleria on Broadway, 519 Broadway, New Haven; hours, 493-1500 or www.losgalleria.com.

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. EVENTS

TODAY

“Eyes on Economic Justice, the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.” – Presented by Christopher M. Whitt, founder of the Africana Studies program at Augustana College; 7 p.m.; Manchester College, College Union, North Manchester; 260-982-5285.

SUNDAY

Service of Repentance and Reconciliation – 7 p.m.; Plymouth Congregational Church, 501 W. Berry St.; free; 481-6847.

MONDAY

National Day of Community Service – 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Historic Hattersley House, 611 W. Wayne St.; 422-8621.

Unity Day Celebration – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Grand Wayne Center, 120 W. Jefferson Blvd.; $5 a person; 481-6847.

Interfaith Gathering – 7 p.m.; Manchester College, Petersime Chapel, North Manchester; 260-982-5285.

“A Day On” – Various service projects throughout Allen County including breakfast, gathering care packages for military service people, fun activities for children, painting, spa services, classes and crafts; University of Saint Francis, 2701 Spring St., and other locations; for information, call 399-8050 or go to www.sf.edu.

THURSDAY

“Every Child Has a Dream” – Presented by Marshall White, founder and CEO of Unity Performing Arts Foundation; 6 p.m.; Ivy Tech Community College – Northeast, Student Life Gymnasium, 4900 St. Joe Road; free.

MUSEUM EXHIBITS

ALL WEE

KEND

Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum – The stainless steel collection of the Crawford Auto and Aviation Museum in Cleveland, including a DeLorean; also more than 120 classic, antique, vintage and special interest cars on display; $10 adults, $6 students, $25 family, free to ages 5 and younger; hours, 260-925-1444 or www.automobilemuseum.org.

National Military History Center

and Kruse Automotive & Carriage Museum

– “Sugar Magnolia,” Grateful Dead original tour bus; World War II vehicles and guns; 5634 County Road 11-A, Auburn; admission for both museums, $10 adults, $6 to ages 11 to 7, free to ages 6 and younger; 260-927-9144 or www.militaryhistorycenter.org.

National Automotive and Truck Museum of the United States – “Like You Used to Own” includes post-war, prototypes, light and heavy duty, International Harvester/Navistar gallery, race and muscle cars; also gas pumps, 1948 diner, memorabilia; adjacent to Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum, Auburn; admission; hours, 260-925-9100. “The Futurliner from NATMUS,” ends March.

Northeastern Indiana Racing Museum – History of local racers and race tracks of northern Indiana, artifacts and race cars; located inside the National Military History Center and Kruse Automotive Museum, Auburn; open daily; admission for three museums, $10.

TODAY AND SATURDAY

Foellinger-Freimann

Botanical Conservatory – “Down on the Fisher-Price Farm” exhibit, Sunday through April 8; 1100 S. Calhoun St.; $5 adults, $3 ages 3 to 17, free to ages 2 and younger; “Science Fun for Everyone: Toys and Games,” 6 p.m. Thursday; call for hours, 427-6440 or www.botanicalconservatory.org.

Science Central – “Treasure,” Saturday through May 30; 1950 N. Clinton St.; $8 adults, seniors and ages 3 to 12; “Reefs through Time,” lunch with Benjamin F. Datillo, assistant professor of geology at IPFW, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, $16 non-members, $10 members; call for hours, 424-2400 or www.sciencecentral.org.

TUESDAY

John Paulding Historical Society – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; 600 Fairground Drive, Paulding, Ohio; free; 419-399-8218 or www.johnpauldinghistoricalsociety.org.

SOMETHING DIFFERENT

ALL WEEKEND

Headwaters Ice Skating Rink – Noon to 10 p.m. today, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, noon to 8 p.m. Sunday, 1 to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 333 S. Clinton St.; $5 adults, $3 ages 13 and younger, $2 skate rental; free to ages 13 and younger every Wednesday, $2 skate rental; 422-7625.

Toboggan Run – 5 to 10 p.m. today, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday; Pokagon State Park, Angola; $10 per toboggan per hour; park entrance fees applied; 260-833-2012 or www.in.gov/dnr. Ends Feb. 26.

TODAY

“History, Economics and Friday the 13th” – 8 a.m. sponsored by It Is Well With My Soul; Link’s Wonderland, 1711 E. Creighton Ave.; 420-0765.

SATURDAY

Acoustic Spoken Word Café – Featuring Fatima Washington and AfroDisiacs; 7 to 10 p.m., TRIAAC, 501 E. Brackenridge St., call for price information, 969-9442.

TUESDAY

Little River Ramblers Nature Hike – Sponsored by Little River Wetlands Project; 9 a.m.; meet at Boy Scouts office parking lot, end of Old Canal Place Drive; free; 478-2515 or info@lrwp.org.

SPECTATOR SPORTS

TODAY

Komets hockey – vs. Bloomington; 8 p.m.; Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave.; reserved, $23 to $10 adults, $18 to $8 seniors and students, $13 to $6 ages 11 and younger; 1-800-745-3000.

SATURDAY

IPFW basketball doubleheader – vs. Oakland Golden Grizzlies; women, 4:30 p.m.; men, 7 p.m.; Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave.; reserved $12.50 or $8.50; 1-800-745-3000.

SUNDAY

Mad Ants basketball – vs. Dakota; 5 p.m.; Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave.; reserved, $20.50 to $5.50; 1-800-745-3000.

TUESDAY

Mad Ants basketball – vs. Dakota; 7 p.m.; Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave.; reserved, $20.50 to $5.50; 1-800-745-3000.

THURSDAY

Harlem Globetrotters – 7 p.m.; Memorial Coliseum Exposition Center, 4000 Parnell Ave.; $78 to $20; 1-800-745-3000.

THEATER

TODAY AND SATURDAY

“The Year of Magical Thinking” – 7:30 p.m.; First Presbyterian Theater, 300 W. Wayne St.; general admission, $20 advance, $24 at the door, ages 60 and older, $18 advance, $22 at the door, full-time students, $10 at the door; 422-6329. Ends Jan. 28.

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY

“Shakespeare’s Will” – 5 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday; First Presbyterian Theater, 300 W. Wayne St.; general admission, $20 advance, $24 at the door, ages 60 and older, $18 advance, $22 at the door, full-time students, $10 at the door; 422-6329. Ends Jan. 29.

TUESDAY

“Shrek the Musical” – 7 p.m.; Ford Theater, Honeywell Center, 275 W. Market St., Wabash; $54, $38, $24; 260-563-1102 or www.honeywellcenter.org.

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