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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A sculpture honoring the late Jody Hemphill Smith, nationally renowned local artist and owner of the Castle Gallery will be dedicated on Oct. 16. -
Purdue Fort Wayne’s Environmental Resources Center, now open for 25 years, is presenting its annual Conservation Conversation on Sept. 25. This year’s theme, “Changing the Climate,” will be this region’s premier gathering on climate change and conservation, -
As gun violence remains a pressing city-wide problem, local activist and youth counselor, Foundation One works every day to bring an end to violence and peace to the community. -
As Pearl Arts prepares for its 2nd season of Fall classes and musical activities, its new CEO and Executive Director, Angie Fincannon, has made the most of her 1st month on the job and eagerly looks toward the future. -
The Abstract, a locally-owned cocktail lounge, is now open for business at 1126 Broadway, in the heart of the city’s “arts district”. -
Founded in 2020, Alive Community Outreach continues to expand its flagship enterprise, Peacemaker Academy, a nonviolence leadership development program for Fort Wayne Community Schools' high schools. -
The Women’s Fund of Greater Fort Wayne is celebrating its fifth anniversary with its annual Gala, Women Rock, on Aug. 21. -
Fort Wayne-native Bill Blass and his U.S. Army unit will be honored for their top-secret miliary efforts in a special installation at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art. -
After eight years as a mobile barber and five years in her first location on the city’s north side, Sasha Chaney has brought her Legendary Lounge & Company Barbershop to the heart of downtown Fort Wayne. -
Fort Wayne creatives Clydia Early and Danielle Andersen have joined forces to form a new retail enterprise along the city’s historic Calhoun Street Corridor called the Art & Awakening Center.
