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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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. -
Once again, the dynamic Native American portraits of famed photographer Edward Curtis will be on display at the Garrett Museum of Art, this time in an inaugural exhibit of his work.The show, Buried Treasure: Edward Curtis—Unpublished Works, opens this Friday. -
For nearly a decade, Fort Wayne UNITED has been implementing two national efforts under one umbrella, Cities United and My Brother’s Keeper, to ensure opportunities in our community that unite and help create a safer city for all. -
An offshoot of the Salvatori family's authentic Italian eateries, Salvatori's Hospitality group has taken iconic Fort Wayne restaurant Paula's on Main market and restaurant under their umbrella. -
In honor of National Historic Preservation Month, on May 17, local historian Karen Richards will present the final installment of ARCH, Inc.’s annual lecture series. -
As riverfront development continues in downtown Fort Wayne, two iconic restaurants owned by the Hall family, The Old Gas House and The Deck, stand sentinel at the project’s east end, eagerly awaiting its completion.
