Winterval and the Kick Off of “Last Saturdays”

It’s almost here!

“Last Saturdays” are a celebration downtown of art, performing art, art organizations, and artists from Fort Wayne that take place on the last Saturday of each month.  The very first of this series will be happening this Saturday, January 28th during the Fort Wayne winter carnival “Winterval”!

The Downtown Improvement District has constructed Winterval to be an all-day event no one will want to miss– and of course the Arts United Center (and Youtheatre) are getting in on the action too!

Here is a list of this year’s Winterval activities, but check with fortwayneparks.org for updates

• 9:30 am – 5 pm Historic Fort Wayne, Nouvelle Annee 1752 (Free Will Donation)
• 10 am – 5 pm Science Central (Half Price Admission)
• 11 am – 10 pm Headwaters Park Ice Rink, Ice Skating; Fort Wayne Ice Skating Club will perform short exhibitions at 1:15, 2:15, 3:15 and 4:15 PM
• Noon – 5 pm History Center (Half Price Admission)
• Noon – 6 pm Artlink (located in the Auer Center), Create Self Portrait
• 10 am – 8 pm Auer Center for Arts & Culture: Artlink and Pembroke Bakery & Café open
• 1 – 2 pm Coffee Shop Talk in the Auer Center with Fort Wayne Ballet’s Tess Heet speaking about costume design for ballet performance(Free Admission)
• 1 – 3 pm Lawton Park, Polar Bear Rugby Game (Free Admission)
• 1 – 5 pm Botanical Conservatory “Down on the Farm” ($1 Off Admission)
• 2 – 5 pm Community Center “Winter Carnival” (Free Admission)
• 5:30 – 6 pm Arts United Center Plaza, Arts United Fund Drive Kickoff Celebration, including free drawing for a Passport to the Arts ticket package, hot chocolate and cookies by Pembroke Bakery & Café and illumination of Northern Lights Sculpture Display (Free Admission)
• 8 – 10:30 pm Salsa Loca in the Ian Rolland Gallery, located in the Arts United Center

The Arts United Center Plaza will play host to the ice sculpture display as well as free hot cocoa and cookies to all who come to admire them.  Look out for the Youtheatre table inside and come say hello to me, Lindsay (the newbie Marketing Director) or Leslie (the Executive Director).  Who knows, you may even see local theatre legend Harvey Cocks keeping us company.

Get out there and enjoy this largely free event downtown.  Should be in the upper 30’s with a chance of flurries.  Perfect for spending the day exploring the events outside!

Best,

Lindsay

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Youtheatre has it’s own blog!

A big hello to you and welcome to Youtheatre’s first ever blog!

Here you’ll find more than just updates on the goings on here at the Youtheatre, but you’ll get an inside peek at some of the behind-the-scenes happenings for classes and performances!

This blog is managed by (me) Lindsay Sprunger,  PR and marketing support for Youtheatre, and Leslie Hormann, Youtheatre’s own Executive Director.  You’ll find posts from both of us, signed at the bottom of each, just in case you’re curious who was behind the keyboard at the time.

We are excited you’ve decided to check us out!  Make sure you also follow us on Twitter @FWYoutheatre and “like” us on Facebook so you know that you’re getting all the latest buzz about Youtheatre.

Talk to you all very soon!

Put the “You” in “Youtheatre!”

(Lindsay)