Category: Entertainment

No Compromise By JPHS

It’s not too late to get your tickets for A Taste of History presented by the John Paulding Historical Society, featuring an encore performance of ‘No Compromise’, the story of the Reservoir War, mosquitoes and mayhem. The dinner theater will start promptly at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, October 5 and Saturday, October 6 at the…

Purdue Varsity Glee Club In Concert

Returning to the Fort Wayne area for the second time this year is the heralded Purdue Varsity Glee Club. The 65-member male chorus will present their entertaining brand of music and showmanship in concert at the John & Ruth Rhinehart Music Center on the Purdue Fort Wayne campus Friday, October 26. They’ll be joined by…

Antwerp Community Pays It Forward! September 10th

The Antwerp Chamber of Commerce sponsored their final Grab Your Neighbor and Explore Your Downtown for 2018 on September 10th. This last event was multi-faceted as the Chamber goal is to encourage residents to shop and explore downtown Antwerp. The vacant building adjacent to H2O had home business vendors displaying their wares. Many of the…

ACC Visits FWRR

Saturday, September 8th started out raining and cold, but that did not stop members of the Antwerp Conservation Club, Gary Mabis and Aaron Kohler,  from traveling to Harlan, Indiana to compete in the John Garand match at  Ft. Wayne Rifle & Revolver. A total of 10 competitors shot the match, with one coming from Michigan to…

Cooking, Sewing & Cats at the Paulding Library in September

The main historic Carnegie library in Paulding has planned three exciting programs for September.  On September 11th at 6:00 p.m., Ali McCauley will sponsor a sewing demonstration on hemming. No registration is required for this program. The Adult Services department is also sponsoring a Cookbook Book Club. From now until September 25th, patrons interested in…

US BANK Supports Community By Contributing To The Niswonger

The Niswonger Performing Arts Center is honored to be the recipient of a very generous contribution from the U.S. Bank’s Community Possible giving and engagement platform. U.S. Bank, with local branches in Van Wert and Convoy, works to build strong and lasting partnerships by supporting institutions like Niswonger that are focused on improving the lives…

Learning About Nature All Summer Long

By: Patrick Troyer, Paulding SWCD  The final bells for summer vacation may have rung way back in May, but for many Paulding County students, the learning has not stopped. Visitors and students at the Paulding County Fair, Ann’s Bright Beginnings preschool, Paulding County Libraries, and Paulding County Board of DD Summer Enrichment Program have enjoyed…

New Haven Class of 1973 Reunion

New Haven High School Class of 1973 will be celebrating their 45th class reunion on Saturday, September 15, 2018. It will be held at the New Haven Parks and Recreation facility, located at 7500 State Rd. 930 E., New Haven, Indiana. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. with buffet style meal starting at 7:30 p.m., catered…

THE ILLUSIONISTS – LIVE FROM BROADWAY COMES TO VAN WERT

On the heels of a highly successful multi-city tour and run on Broadway, the world’s best-selling touring magic show, THE ILLUSIONISTS – LIVE FROM BROADWAY™ (theillusionistslive.com), will play at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center on Thursday, October 11 as part of its North American tour in 2018. Tickets for THE ILLUSIONISTS are on sale now …

TUNES, BREWS & BBQ EVENT

Friday night, the Friends of the Paulding Chamber hosted a new event: Tunes, Brews & BBQ on the street near Herb Monroe Park. Jen and The Foggy Creek Band opened the evening creating an enthusiasm that rolled through the crowd. If you happened to miss them, they will be giving an encore performance at the…

New Park shelter at Defiance’s Holgate Park

The City of Defiance through their Parks Department is revamping Holgate Park right now. Oskey Construction is working hard to finish the new shelter that is being put where the previous shelter was located. New playground equipment is also being put in soon. Matt Oskey said the City Parks Director, Rob Cereghin, saved money by…