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25th ANNIVERSARY EVENTS! OCTOBER Fort Wayne Civic Theatre Quilt – A Musical Celebration (Rated PG) October 2 – 18, 2009 Allen County Public Library – A Civic Off-Main Production 260.422.8641, Box office 260.424.5220 www.fwcivic.org Few who have seen the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt can forget the experience or the emotions evoked by the patchwork of panels celebrating the memory of friends and family who died of this disease. Written in the 1980s as the Quilt was getting started, this series of stories is threaded together by a volunteer’s experience while making a Quilt panel in memory of a friend.
Artlink Mini AIDS Quilt Exhibit October 2 – December 2, 2009 Artlink’s Push Pin Gallery (formerly the Hallway Gallery), 437 East Berry Street, Fort Wayne 260.424.7195 www.artlinkfw.com Artists created small unframed works that pertain to the subject of AIDS through artistic commentary or commemoration. For the public opening of the Mini AIDS Quilt Exhibit on October 2, Artlink and the Civic Theatre are partnering to include the cast and crew of Quilt – A Musical Celebration in the party that begins at 9:00 p.m. and lasts until 11:30p.m.
Fort Wayne Ballet Director’s Choice October 2 & 3, 8:00p.m. Arts United Center 260.484.9646 www.fortwayneballet.org At this performance, Fort Wayne Ballet recognizes the anniversary of the AIDS Task Force and includes in its playbill a listing in memory of the dance talent that has been lost to AIDS. 21st Annual Gay Lesbian Dinner Dance October 3 Grand Wayne Convention Center 260.744.1144 (AIDS Task Force office) The Dinner Dance Committee helps kick off 25th Anniversary events with a social event that includes a patron reception hosted by Mayor Henry, an elegant dinner, both live and silent auctions, and an evening of dancing. Special guest Billy Bean, the gay former major league baseball player, adds extra class to the dinner dance and anniversary kickoff.
NOVEMBER IPFW Omnibus Lecture Series – Andrew Sullivan, “Friendship: The Forgotten Relationship” November 10 Auer Performance Hall, Rhinehart Music Center (doors open at 6:30 p.m., no tickets required) 7:30 p.m. www.omnibuslectures.org Andrew Sullivan is senior editor and blogger at The Atlantic and one of the most provocative political and social commentators today. He uses his columns, online blog, and frequent television appearances to question the present course of conservatism in America. He is the author of several books, including Virtually Normal: An Argument About Homosexuality (1996).
IPFW Department of Theatre The Yellow Boat (Fort Wayne Premiere) November 13, 14, 19, 20, 21 at 8:00 p.m., November 15 & 22 at 2:00 p.m. Studio Theatre in Kettler Hall 260.481.6551, Box office 260.481.6555 The Yellow Boat is based on the true story of a child born with hemophilia who died in 1987 of AIDS-related complications. The boy’s buoyant imagination transforms his physical and emotional pain into a blaze of colors and shapes as his fanciful drawings and paintings come to life in a glorious affirmation of a child’s life, showing the strength and courage of all children.
Allen County Public Library Facing HIV/AIDS photography exhibit November 21 – January 10 (apx.) Jeffrey Krull Gallery, Downtown Public Library 260.421.1252 www.acpl.lib.in.us The Library hosts the 2005 AIDS Task Force exhibit featuring John Gevers’ remarkable photos of people living with HIV and AIDS in northeast Indiana. The exhibit includes narratives of the subjects’ own stories and new media additions to the portraits. The subjects of this exhibit continue to reduce stigma with their brave stories.
DECEMBER World AIDS Day/Red Ribbon Day Various activities throughout the day December 1 260.744.1144 Under consideration for World AIDS Day are a kickoff breakfast, events for middle and high school students, an acting troupe, an evening concert performance of various arts groups, and a red ribbon campaign. Check the AIDS Task Force web site regularly for updated information.
Fort Wayne Museum of Art Keith Haring banner December 1 – January 12 On the Museum’s outside wall 260.422.6467 www.fwmoa.org Since the Museum of Art is under construction during much of the 25th Anniversary period, it will display a banner (apx. 14’ x 21’) for six weeks, beginning with an unveiling on World AIDS Day. The banner will feature Keith Haring artwork that will draw attention and awareness to the mission of AIDS Task Force and the losses suffered in the visual arts community due to AIDS.
Fort Wayne Dance Collective Nuts and Crackers Performance December 11 & 12 at 7:00 p.m., December 13 at 2:00 p.m. Elliot Studio Theatre, 437 East Berry Street, Fort Wayne 260.424.6574 www.fwdc.org As part of the performance, Dance Collective restages The Green Isle in the Sea, a theatre/dance piece based on the James Thurber tale of the same name. The piece was created for Dance Collective in 1985 by Jim Tyler, a dancer, choreographer, and performer from San Francisco who died of AIDS-related complications in 1989.
JANUARY 2010 First Presbyterian Theater The Way We Live Now: 25 years later (Rated R) January 8, 9, 15, 16, 17, 22 & 23, Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.m., Sunday at 2:00 p.m. FPT, located in First Presbyterian Church at the corner of Wayne and Ewing 260.422.6329 www.firstpresbyteriantheater.com Compiled in the late 1980s, these three short works from Lanford Wilson, Terrance McNally, and Susan Sontag were their way to cope with an epidemic that was destroying their community. First Presbyterian Theater presents this collection to honor the ones who have been lost and to examine just how far society has actually come.
MARCH Arena Dinner Theatre The Normal Heart (Rated R), a staged reading March 27, 8:00 p.m. Arena Dinner Theatre, 719 Rockhill Street Box office, 260.424.5622 www.arenadinnertheatre.org A searing drama about public and private indifference to the AIDS plague and one man’s lonely fight to awaken the world to the crisis. The play follows Ned Weeks, a gay activist enraged at the indifference of public officials and the gay community. While trying to save the world from itself, he confronts the personal toll of AIDS when his lover dies of the disease.
APRIL Fort Wayne Philharmonic Classical Companions Series April 13, 7:30 p.m. Rhinehart Recital Hall, IPFW 260.481.0770, Box office 260.481.0777 www.fwphil.org This event combines a lecture and a recital to explore the impact of AIDS on classical music.
Fort Wayne Philharmonic Masterworks Concert April 17, 8:00 p.m. Embassy Theatre 260.481.0770, Box office 260.481.0777 During this Masterworks Concert, the Fort Wayne Philharmonic helps raise community awareness about HIV and AIDS through the use of red ribbons and the inclusion of information in programs. Fort Wayne Museum of Art AIDS Then and Now: A Conversation of the Last 25 Years April 22, 6:00 p.m. Fort Wayne Museum of Art Auditorium 260.422.6467 www.fwmoa.org Times have changed, but the past lingers. Join the discussion as members of our community reflect on the impact of AIDS in Fort Wayne over the last 25 years—and recall a time before the disease was in our lives.
MAY Vive le Rouge! - 14th Annual AIDS Walk & Ride May 1 Headwaters Park 260.744.1144 A newly convened steering committee builds on the successes of past AIDS Walks to reinvent this culmination of the 25th Anniversary activities. The committee renamed the walk Vive le Rouge! to capture the spirit of the original Red Ribbon campaigns of the 1980s and to express our hope for long lives for those with AIDS. Artists, actors, musicians, participants, and audiences from events throughout the 25th Anniversary are invited to come to Headwaters Park on May 1 to close the public commemoration of the Anniversary. These multiple anniversary teams also raise critical financial support for the continuing work of the Task Force. Among likely additions to the new AIDS Walk are a bike ride, a move from morning to afternoon, delicious food from area restaurants, and some wonderful bands entertaining into the evening. Check the AIDS Task Force web site regularly for updated information.
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