On Stage

On Stage

Breaks along the way

Time off helped seal commitment to music

By Michele DeVinney

Hope Arthur has lived with music and without, and she’s found what works and is pursuing her dream of creating the Hope Arthur Orchestra.

On Stage

Sounding it out

U.R.B. has built a steady fan base

By Michele DeVinney

U.R.B. has built a great catalog of songs over its members’ years playing together, and they’ve recorded it for us to enjoy any time.

On Stage

Less is more

Friendship keeps Fawn Liebowitz together

By Michele DeVinney

Friendship is as important as music to Fawn Liebowitz’s long and successful musical career.

On Stage

Telling the story

Dancer finds new medium in choreography

By Michele DeVinney

Dancer Tracy Tritz can’t remember ever not wanting to be a dancer, but her discovery of choreography has been a nice surprise.

On Stage

Late bloomer

but Robert Haluska is thespian to the core

By Michele DeVinney

It took a nudge from his actress wife, but Robert Haluska went onstage here without any classroom training and has learned the craft from his directors.

On Stage

Doing and teaching

Dancer returns to lead North Side’s program

By Michele DeVinney

She danced in the streets of New York City, and now Kara Wilson is back home at North Side High School leading the program that gave her a career to cherish.

On Stage

Time on their side

End Times Spasm Band looking forward to a less frantic pace

By Michele DeVinney

The future’s sounding great for the End Times Spasm Band.

On Stage

Getting the part

Actress finds depth in characters she plays

By Michele DeVinney

Susan Domer has plenty else to do, but she just can’t imagine life without the joy and learning of theater.

On Stage

Instrumental success

Exterminate All Rational Thought has a growing fan base

By Bonnie Blackburn

Freestyling with EART and its growing fan base

On Stage

A tool for change

Emmanuel Ortiz brings poetry and politics together

By Michele DeVinney

Emmanuel Ortiz works for change with poetry as a tool.

On Stage

Jimmy Mitchell on stage

'It's crazy how much that changed things'

By Michele DeVinney

Jimmy Mitchell thanks the teacher who
got him on stage — because he found a home there.

On Stage

Here’s the Beef

Life smooth as jazz for four who saw the time was right

The time is very obviously right for a group like the Beef Manhattans to share their great love for jazz with the rest of us.

On Stage

The trumpet call

Dan Ross finds balance in the arts

By Michele DeVinney

Dan Ross saw the handwriting on the wall 30 years ago and turned his considerable talents to playing the trumpet. He has other talents, too, which he also generously shares with Fort Wayne.