Julia Meek
Arts & Culture Reporter, Producer/Host for Folktales & Meet the MusicA Fort Wayne native, Julia is a radio host, graphic artist, and community volunteer, who has contributed to NIPR both on- and off-air for forty years. Besides being WBOI's arts & culture reporter, she currently co-produces and hosts Folktales and Meet the Music.
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Fort Wayne native Caroline Brewer has written and illustrated a unique, award-winning picture book titled Harriet Tubman, Force of Nature: A Biography in Poems. -
John O’Connell, Dean of Purdue Fort Wayne’s College of Visual and Performing Arts is “shaking up Shakespeare” before his retirement in June, with a clever farce opening Friday called The Taming of the Shrew: The March for the Vote. -
Fort Wayne Youtheatre is gearing up for a fresh take on a classic literary adventure with its upcoming production of Peter Pan & Wendy, which opens on Feb. 20. -
Fort Wayne’s iconic Embassy Theatre is celebrating its 20th Down the Line concert on Feb. 21 with a special show featuring five local bands, each paying tribute to a different era of music. -
To lighten winter’s sadness, Mark Meyer, a local creator and music promotor, is presenting an intimate 5-concert series showcasing veteran singer songwriters from Nashville. -
After 10 years of careful planning and execution, the major renovation of Fort Wayne’s historic Arts United Center is complete and its reputation as state-of-the-art performance space restored. -
Father and son creatives Rob Snow and Adrian Guenther have joined forces to publish a whimsical picture book with a clever Fort Wayne connection titled, The Man with Invisible Feathers. -
Local author Becky Smeltzer-Lowe continues to address the problem of bullying with Book Four in her Marigold and the Marvelous Misfits series, titled Slimy Scumbuckets. -
Fort Wayne’s Turnstone Center has been empowering people with disabilities to achieve their highest potential for more than 80 years. -
Bullying is a significant issue that requires comprehensive training and support. Alive Community Outreach offers a peace movement initiative locally that teaches students to tackle the problem through peace, instead of violence.
