Newsletter Date: April 28, 2016    |    Newsletter Issue 323


Last Saturdays returns for April!
 
 
 
Spring is in the air and we have a long list of events and things to experience. Find out more at the link below and join us for another incredible Last Saturdays in Downtown Fort Wayne!
 
 

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ACPL Plaza 
 


On May 15, the 10th Fort Wayne Cherry Blossom Festival will take place at the Allen County Public Library Downtown. It's a great opportunity to experience traditional and contemporary Japanese culture in Fort Wayne, and admission is free!
Mother's Day Downtown
Bring Mom and Join Us
   
 

Free trolleys and event guides will connect you to great retail locations, restaurants, and Mother's Day themed activities!

 Click here for more info!
Summer Nights at Embassy
Roof Opens May 25
 
 
Downtown gains another destination for after-work fun from the Embassy this summer. Summer Nights at the Embassy will take place every Wednesday night beginning May 25 through Sept. 7 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. on the Parkview Health rooftop.
 
Fort Wayne Ballet
 


Fort Wayne Ballet presents Beer & BarreBQ. Beer, BBQ, dancing, Oferle and the Fort Wayne Funk Orchestra will be there. Their dancers will be there dancing the night away, too. Come hungry and enjoy the evening.

Click here for more info! 
Kickstart Festival 
Month-Long Celebration
 



The Kickstart Festival Planning Committee is pleased to present Kickstart Festival 2016 in May in Fort Wayne. The Kickstart Festival is a month-long celebration of bikes, music, art and theatre, ushering in a summer filled with activity in our community.
 
Art & You: Jonah Crismore
by Jasmine Bejar
 
 
Everyone loves a good movie. We buckle down in our seats for two to three hours at a time to escape our own reality-but Jonah Crismore would argue that delves us deeper into our understanding of our own lives. 
Cast your Vote


The Living Fort Wayne Film Series is back with four FREE film screenings this summer! Vote for the movies you want to see at the link below. Ballots are open until April 30. The winning movies will be announced in May and the films will be shown during last weekend of each month, this summer. 
Waste Reductions Awards
Make your Nomination Now 
 

The Allen County Solid Waste Management District has been putting on the Excellence in Recycling Awards for 23 years. They encourage businesses and nonprofits to reduce waste, reuse materials in creative ways, and to "close the loop" by using recycled materials.


Click here for more info!
Faces of the Fort 
Riverfront Fort Wayne
 

Modeled after a similar effort in Los Angeles, Faces of the Fort will allow community members to paint oversized beach balls that will be installed on the rivers and hung from bridges in Downtown Fort Wayne.
 
Downtown Gateway Feature

Summer STEM Camp 2016
 
 
Channel your child's inner astronaut, doctor, architect, scientist, engineer
or detective at Science Central's very popular Summer Camps!  


Click here for more info!

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