Last Saturdays & Summer Trolley Shopping

This Saturday, July 28, is going to be filled with activity in downtown Fort Wayne!

Summer Trolley Shopping

Saturday, July 28, is a great time to tour downtown with free Summer Trolley Shopping, a day to explore unique gift shops and favorite museums. Downtown is Fort Wayne’s best place to find local merchandise and community memorabilia! Park near your favorite shop or cultural attraction and ride the trolley between locations. Downtown merchants will be holding Saturday hours and some are offering special deals.  Numerous gift shops will be open for Summer Trolley Shopping. Start at one of the locations listed or flag the trolley down at an intersection, 2012 DID Summer Trolley map and explore downtown. Trolley stops will be located within a block of open businesses. The trolley is free and sponsored by the Downtown Improvement District, it loops every 15 minutes. 

Last Saturdays

YLNI Barr Street Market

Barr Street Market offers fresh and unique local produce, plants, meats, baked goods and homemade crafts in a cultural setting.

9:00am – 1:00pm

Barr Street

www.ylni.org/events/barr-street-market

TekVenture 

Workshop: Hot and Cold Molding Small Objects

9:00am; $25 fee

Workshop: Metalsmithing Jewlery

9:00am; $25 fee

Located in the parking lot of the Allen County Public Library

www.tekventure.org

Stoner’s Funstore

Dick Stoner will give free magic demonstrations and show children how to do some of the magic tricks he sells in his fun store.

9:30am- 5:30pm.

FREE

www.stoners.com

Fort Wayne Dancesport

FW Special Olympics Ballroom Dance Competition

5th Annual Special Olympics dance competition

10:00am opening ceremonies

Grand Wayne Center

Tickets starting at $10

www.fwdancesport.org

Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory

Discounted admission every Last Saturday

10:00 am – 5:00 pm

1100 South Calhoun Street

$1 off admission price

www.botanicalconservatory.org

Science Central

Will offer half price admission

10am to 5pm

$4.00 children and adults, $3.50 for seniors, free 2 and under.

1950 North Clinton Street

260-424-2400

www.sciencecentral.org

Downtown Improvement District

Trolley Shopping

See 25 different unique shops and ride a free trolley between downtown venues.

11:00 am – 5:00 pm

Downtown Fort Wayne

FREE

www.downtownfortwayne.com

(260) 420-3266

The History Center

Half price admission is offered every last Sat of the month at the History Center.

Noon to 5:00 pm

302 East Berry Street

(260) 426-2882

www.fwhistorycenter.com

Allen County Public Library

Artwork Across the Branches

Celebration of artwork created during the summer program.

1:00 – 3:00 pm

Jeffrey R. Krull Gallery, Main Library

FREE

www.acpl.lib.in.us/

JK O’Donnell’s

Huntington University Digital Media Arts Showcase

Join the Huntington University digital media arts faculty and students at J.K. O’Donnell’s Irish Ale House in Fort Wayne as they showcase some of their best in short animations, live action films and documentaries.

1:00 – 4:00 pm

No Cover

www.jkodonnells.com/

FW Pride

Pridefest

15th annual two-day event features live entertainment, vendor market, beer tent, concessions, workshops, tournaments, KidSpace, and fun with family.

Times vary, all day event

Headwaters Park

www.fwpride.org/

Allen County Public Library

Rock the Plaza

Family Friendly Free Concerts featuring at least three local bands.  This Saturday’s line up includes: Kill the Rabbit, The Great Flood Catastrophe, and The Vidal Brothers

6:00 pm

900 Library Plaza

FREE

www.acpl.lib.in.us

Fort Wayne TinCaps

TinCaps vs. Great Lakes Loons

TinCaps baseball and post-game fireworks!

7:05pm

Parkview Field

Tickets start at just $5

www.tincaps.com

Arts Campus:

Fort Wayne Museum of Art

-Ida Lorentzen: Interior Light and Space

Norwegian-American painter Ida Lorentzen continues the tradition of the Dutch Masters, but with a distinctly contemporary twist: her utterly calm, spare interiors are the stage upon which light acts.

-Douglas David Paints Town and Country

Douglas David uses his signature palette of blues and violets, he uses loose, fluid brushwork to

capture the natural beauty of the things he loves: peonies, lilacs, landscapes, cityscapes and seascapes and his popular cows.

-The Quiet Light: Photographs by Dayne Bonta

Dayne Bonta, age 84, seeks to capture the moment when subject matter, light, color, and atmosphere blend into the sublime.

11:00am – 6:00pm

311 East Main Street

$5 adults, $3 students, $10 families, free for members.

www.fwmoa.org

Artlink

-The Members’ Show

Visit Artlink’s annual Members’ Show and see work from over 200 artists in our membership.  Don’t forget to participate in the People’s Choice Awards while you are here by voting for your favorite piece.

Noon – 6:00pm

$2 Suggested donation

-Adult Date Night Painting Class

Join Artlink and Amy Clark for a fun night of eating, drinking, and painting!  Come in and make your very own painting after famous artist Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans!

7:00 – 10:00pm

Cost: $40 Artlink Members, $45 General Public

300 East Main Street

www.artlinkfw.com

Auer Center

Public Art Panel

1:00pm

FREE

300 E. Main Street

www.artsunited.org

Fort Wayne Civic Theatre

Dreamgirls

Civic Theatre presents the Tony Award Winning musical Dreamgirls – live at the Arts United Center.

Weekends July 28-August 12

Fort Wayne Civic Theatre

303 E. Main Street

Tickets $22-$26

(260) 424-5220 BOX OFFICE

www.fwcivic.org