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Smooth Tuesdays Every Tuesday, 6-9 p.m., enjoy the best in soft rock and classic hits with rotating artists. Clyde Theater, 1806 Bluffton Road, Fort Wayne, (574) 344-0566, Clydetheatre.com. Nashville Thursdays Weekly country, bluegrass and other free live music 7-10 p.m. in the Clyde Theater Club Room. Food and drink specials. 1806 Bluffton Road, Fort Wayne. clydeclubroom.com. Emergence: Live Butterfly Exhibit Now thru June 26, daily. Live butterflies return to the Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory. 1100 S. Calhoun St., Fort Wayne. botanicalconservatory.org. Color X Color: Chuck Sperry Archive Now thru July 24, Tues.-Sun. Fort Wayne Museum of Art presents 150 selections from Sperry’s illustrious rock poster career. 311 E. Main St., Fort Wayne. fwmoa.org Arabfest June 4 & 5, Sat. noon to 7 p.m. and Sat. noon to 5 p.m. Enjoy music, dancing, camel rides, a children’s area, henna, vendors and food. Family friendly and free admission.
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Rothschild Pavillion, Headwaters Park, 333 S. Clinton St., Fort Wayne. arabfestfw.com Germanfest June 8-12. A week-long celebration of German heritage and “essen, trinken, und gemülichkeit” (eating, drinking, and having a really good time). germanfest.org. 25th Annual BBQ RibFest June 16-19. Tasty BBQ and live blues music served up rain or shine at one of the best ribfests in the nation. Headwaters Park, Fort Wayne. bbqribfest.com Middle Waves Music Festival June 17 & 18. Presented by Sweetwater Sound, Middle Waves is a destination music festival with three stages, one of which is free. Food & drink, interactive art installations, fun and games for people of all ages, backgrounds and music preferences. Foellinger Theatre Campus, 3411 Sherman Blvd., Fort Wayne. Check out the lineup at middlewaves.com. Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo June 19, 7 p.m. Since 1979, this fearless duo has blazed a distinctive trail with a thunder-
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The Fort Wayne Museum of Art will exhibit 150 Chuck Sperry rock band posters until July 24.
ing soundscape that kicked off MTV and took over radios, TVs and jukeboxes around the world. Sweetwater Performance Pavilion, sweetwaterpavilion.com. Jackson Browne June 21, 7:30 p.m. Browne has written and performed some of the most literate songs in popular music. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2004 and the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame in 2007. Foellinger Outdoor Theatre, fortwayneparks.org. ❚
