Corey McMaken
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Features and Engagement Editor for The Journal Gazette in Fort Wayne, Indiana. I write about arts, events, food and history. Opinions my own; no endorsements here.
The Plant Medic columnist Ricky Kemery says evergreen foliage, pinecones, herbs and fruit are among items to decorate a holiday table. Stay clear of berries and anything else that might make a mess.
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The Plant Medic: Foliage, pinecones, fruit among natural tablescape ideas
The Plant Medic columnist Ricky Kemery says evergreen foliage, pinecones, herbs and fruit are among items to decorate a holiday table. Stay clear of berries and anything else that might
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November 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The Plant Medic columnist Ricky Kemery says evergreen foliage, pinecones, herbs and fruit are among items to decorate a holiday table. Stay clear of berries and anything else that might make a mess.
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Travel writer David Placher sandboards, hikes, tours museums and witnesses a bit of history in the making during a trip to Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
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Touring nature's beauty, Bolivian history in Santa Cruz
Travel writer David Placher sandboards, hikes, tours museums and witnesses a bit of history in the making during a trip to Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
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November 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Travel writer David Placher sandboards, hikes, tours museums and witnesses a bit of history in the making during a trip to Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
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Relationships and reflection are at the core of "Company," which Indiana Musical Theatre Foundation opens this weekend.
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Indiana Musical Theatre Foundation explores relatable relationships in 'Company'
Relationships and reflection are at the core of a classic Stephen Sondheim musical that Indiana Musical Theatre Foundation opens this weekend.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Relationships and reflection are at the core of "Company," which Indiana Musical Theatre Foundation opens this weekend.
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Today in @journalgazette.net Weekender, I have a two-page collection of stories about Civic Theatre's production of "Frozen" and how performing arts organizations are able to harness new technology in the modernized Arts United Center.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Today in @journalgazette.net Weekender, I have a two-page collection of stories about Civic Theatre's production of "Frozen" and how performing arts organizations are able to harness new technology in the modernized Arts United Center.
See the stories here: www.journalgazette.net/living/local...
See the stories here: www.journalgazette.net/living/local...
Megan Schwartz remembers watching Disney's "Frozen" from an early age. Now the Blackhawk Christian junior is stepping into the role of Anna as Fort Wayne Civic Theatre opens Disney's "Frozen."
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Fort Wayne Civic Theatre brings magic to Arts United Center with 'Frozen'
Megan Schwartz remembers watching Disney's "Frozen" from an early age. Now the Blackhawk Christian junior is stepping into the role of Anna as Fort Wayne Civic Theatre opens Disney's "Frozen."
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November 6, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Megan Schwartz remembers watching Disney's "Frozen" from an early age. Now the Blackhawk Christian junior is stepping into the role of Anna as Fort Wayne Civic Theatre opens Disney's "Frozen."
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Projectors, LED fixtures, automated rigging and more technology upgrades will help bring magical worlds to life as full-scale productions return to the renovated Arts United Center starting this weekend with "Frozen."
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Fort Wayne Civic Theatre, Ballet to take advantage of Arts United Center technology upgrades
Projectors, LED fixtures, automated rigging and more technology upgrades will help bring magical worlds to life as full-scale productions return to the renovated Arts United Center.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Projectors, LED fixtures, automated rigging and more technology upgrades will help bring magical worlds to life as full-scale productions return to the renovated Arts United Center starting this weekend with "Frozen."
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This week in Arts Update: Cinema Center offers a Q&A with "The Waiting Game" and sets a donation drive to coincide with "Wicked: For Good." Also, Gold Top Records announces the lineup for Goldstock.
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Arts Update: Fort Wayne Cinema Center hosts Q&A for basketball film, sets donation drive for nonprofits
Arts Update is a weekly roundup of opportunities and announcements in local arts.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This week in Arts Update: Cinema Center offers a Q&A with "The Waiting Game" and sets a donation drive to coincide with "Wicked: For Good." Also, Gold Top Records announces the lineup for Goldstock.
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Welcome to Christmas sock season.
November 1, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Welcome to Christmas sock season.
Today in Living👇
▶ Ron Rumbaugh and Joe Justice spread joy with music at senior facilities. Read the story by Hal Atkinson: www.journalgazette.net/living/local...
▶ Plant Medic columnist Ricky Kemery talks tulips: www.journalgazette.net/living/the-p...
▶ Ron Rumbaugh and Joe Justice spread joy with music at senior facilities. Read the story by Hal Atkinson: www.journalgazette.net/living/local...
▶ Plant Medic columnist Ricky Kemery talks tulips: www.journalgazette.net/living/the-p...
November 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Today in Living👇
▶ Ron Rumbaugh and Joe Justice spread joy with music at senior facilities. Read the story by Hal Atkinson: www.journalgazette.net/living/local...
▶ Plant Medic columnist Ricky Kemery talks tulips: www.journalgazette.net/living/the-p...
▶ Ron Rumbaugh and Joe Justice spread joy with music at senior facilities. Read the story by Hal Atkinson: www.journalgazette.net/living/local...
▶ Plant Medic columnist Ricky Kemery talks tulips: www.journalgazette.net/living/the-p...
Three Rivers Music Theatre presents a presidential comedy with its production of “POTUS.” The show has an all-female cast, women as stage manager and director. Story by Dezaray Clawson.
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Women keep 'POTUS' alive at Three Rivers Music Theatre
Three Rivers Music Theatre presents a presidential comedy with its production of “POTUS.” The show has an all-female cast, women as stage manager and director.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Three Rivers Music Theatre presents a presidential comedy with its production of “POTUS.” The show has an all-female cast, women as stage manager and director. Story by Dezaray Clawson.
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The young actors at Fire and Light Productions are tasked with making calculated chaos look effortless with their upcoming performance of “The One Act Play That Goes Wrong.”
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Calculated chaos as Fire and Light prepares 'Play That Goes Wrong' for Fort Wayne
The young actors at Fire and Light Productions are tasked with making calculated chaos look effortless with their upcoming performance of “The One Act Play That Goes Wrong.”
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October 31, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The young actors at Fire and Light Productions are tasked with making calculated chaos look effortless with their upcoming performance of “The One Act Play That Goes Wrong.”
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Producer and “Surviving Animation” host Eric Calderon is profiled in the latest installment of Aha Media’s “Frames Per Second” animated anthology. The local animation studio released the short film Tuesday on its YouTube channel.
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Arts Update: Fort Wayne animation studio releases short film
Arts Update is a weekly roundup of opportunities and announcements in local arts.
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October 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Producer and “Surviving Animation” host Eric Calderon is profiled in the latest installment of Aha Media’s “Frames Per Second” animated anthology. The local animation studio released the short film Tuesday on its YouTube channel.
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Today in Weekender👇
It's time for terrifying TV in the week before Halloween. See when your frightening favorites are set to air: www.journalgazette.net/living/enter...
Trick-or-treating begins across northeast Indiana. See official times for your area: www.journalgazette.net/living/2025-...
It's time for terrifying TV in the week before Halloween. See when your frightening favorites are set to air: www.journalgazette.net/living/enter...
Trick-or-treating begins across northeast Indiana. See official times for your area: www.journalgazette.net/living/2025-...
October 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Today in Weekender👇
It's time for terrifying TV in the week before Halloween. See when your frightening favorites are set to air: www.journalgazette.net/living/enter...
Trick-or-treating begins across northeast Indiana. See official times for your area: www.journalgazette.net/living/2025-...
It's time for terrifying TV in the week before Halloween. See when your frightening favorites are set to air: www.journalgazette.net/living/enter...
Trick-or-treating begins across northeast Indiana. See official times for your area: www.journalgazette.net/living/2025-...
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Utopian Coffee won top honors at the Global Coffee Awards U.S. & Canada competition. Also in The Dish: American Kolache is set to open this week, an opening date has been set for Sonic Drive-In and more area food news.
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Fort Wayne roaster Utopian Coffee wins North American award
Utopian Coffee won top honors at the Global Coffee Awards U.S. & Canada competition. Also in The Dish: American Kolache is set to open this week, an opening date has
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October 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Utopian Coffee won top honors at the Global Coffee Awards U.S. & Canada competition. Also in The Dish: American Kolache is set to open this week, an opening date has been set for Sonic Drive-In and more area food news.
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Fort Wayne Museum of Art's quickly growing collection of studio glass has received another boost through the gift of 96 pieces with an estimated value of nearly $1 million.
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Fort Wayne Museum of Art receives collection of glass estimated at nearly $1 million
Fort Wayne Museum of Art has received a gift of contemporary work with an estimated value of close to $1 million.
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October 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Fort Wayne Museum of Art's quickly growing collection of studio glass has received another boost through the gift of 96 pieces with an estimated value of nearly $1 million.
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October 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Nonprofit agencies in the Fort Wayne metro area have an opportunity to share their 2025 wish lists for publication in The Journal Gazette.
The deadline for submissions is 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 3.
Learn more and submit a list here: www.journalgazette.net/site/forms/o...
The deadline for submissions is 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 3.
Learn more and submit a list here: www.journalgazette.net/site/forms/o...
October 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Nonprofit agencies in the Fort Wayne metro area have an opportunity to share their 2025 wish lists for publication in The Journal Gazette.
The deadline for submissions is 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 3.
Learn more and submit a list here: www.journalgazette.net/site/forms/o...
The deadline for submissions is 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 3.
Learn more and submit a list here: www.journalgazette.net/site/forms/o...
Halloween activities are creeping up across the area. Take a look at some of what is happening, including Fright Night in downtown Fort Wayne.
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Halloween fun, frights creeping up across northeast Indiana
Halloween activities are creeping up across the area. Take a look at some of what is happening, including Fright Night in downtown Fort Wayne.
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October 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Halloween activities are creeping up across the area. Take a look at some of what is happening, including Fright Night in downtown Fort Wayne.
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Arena Dinner Theatre is preparing to keep audience members on the edge of their seats with its rendition of the Agatha Christie whodunit tale “The Mousetrap," which opens Oct. 17. Read the story by Dezaray Clawson.
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Arena Dinner Theatre tells twisty tale with Christie's 'Mousetrap'
Arena Dinner Theatre is preparing to keep audiences on the edge of their seats with its rendition of the Agatha Christie whodunit tale “The Mousetrap," which opens Oct. 17.
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October 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Arena Dinner Theatre is preparing to keep audience members on the edge of their seats with its rendition of the Agatha Christie whodunit tale “The Mousetrap," which opens Oct. 17. Read the story by Dezaray Clawson.
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Plant Medic columnist Ricky Kemery says the key to removing bagworms is the timing of spring insecticide options and the removal of any bags in fall.
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The Plant Medic: Remove bagworm cones in fall, spray in spring
Plant Medic columnist Ricky Kemery says the key to removing bagworms is the timing of spring insecticide options and the removal of any bags in fall.
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October 4, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Plant Medic columnist Ricky Kemery says the key to removing bagworms is the timing of spring insecticide options and the removal of any bags in fall.
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Travel writer David Placher visits Tombstone, Bisbee and Douglas – Arizona towns with ties to the Wild West.
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Making a quiet visit to Wild West towns
Travel writer David Placher visits Tombstone, Bisbee and Douglas – Arizona towns with ties to the Wild West.
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October 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Travel writer David Placher visits Tombstone, Bisbee and Douglas – Arizona towns with ties to the Wild West.
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Southwest Allen County Schools is considering a strategy to maintain or increase enrollment. The Journal Gazette's Ashley Sloboda takes a look at a plan that would allow more non-residents to attend the district starting next academic year.
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October 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Southwest Allen County Schools is considering a strategy to maintain or increase enrollment. The Journal Gazette's Ashley Sloboda takes a look at a plan that would allow more non-residents to attend the district starting next academic year.
Read the story: www.journalgazette.net/local/school...
Read the story: www.journalgazette.net/local/school...
Phillip H. Colglazier will exit Civic Theatre in June. I talked with him this afternoon about why he felt now was the right time, what he hopes his successor brings to the role and more.
With Fort Wayne Civic Theatre on firm financial footing and a move back to the renovated Arts United Center just months away, Executive/Artistic Director Phillip H. Colglazier is preparing to leave the role he has held for a quarter of a century.
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Fort Wayne Civic Theatre boss set to retire in June
With Fort Wayne Civic Theatre on firm financial footing and a move back to the renovated Arts United Center just months away, Executive/Artistic Director Phillip H. Colglazier is preparing to
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October 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Phillip H. Colglazier will exit Civic Theatre in June. I talked with him this afternoon about why he felt now was the right time, what he hopes his successor brings to the role and more.
First Presbyterian Theater opens "The Timekeepers" tonight. Set in the Holocaust, the play explores shared humanity and unlikely friendships.
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'Timekeepers' tells Holocaust story of division, connection on First Pres stage in Fort Wayne
First Presbyterian Theater opens "The Timekeepers" on Friday. Set in the Holocaust, the play explores shared humanity and unlikely friendships.
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October 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
First Presbyterian Theater opens "The Timekeepers" tonight. Set in the Holocaust, the play explores shared humanity and unlikely friendships.
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