Arts & Culture

      Swiss Heritage Village- Berne, Adams County

      Cathedral Museum- Fort Wayne, Allen County

      Fort Wayne Firefighters Museum- Fort Wayne, Allen County

      Science Central- Fort Wayne, Allen County

      Fort Wayne Museum of Art- Fort Wayne, Allen County

      History Center- Fort Wayne, Allen County

      Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum- Auburn, DeKalb

      County

      Hoosier Air Museum- Auburn, DeKalb County

      Kruse Automotive & Carriage Museum- Auburn, DeKalb County

      National Automotive and Truck Museum - Auburn, DeKalb County

      National Military History Center- Auburn, DeKalb County

      Dan Quayle Center- Huntington, Huntington County

      Hostetler's Hudson Auto Museum- Shipshewana, LaGrange County

      Mid-America Windmill Museum- Kendallville, Noble County

      Wabash County Historical Museum- Wabash, Wabash County

      Cinema Center- Fort Wayne, Allen County

      John P. Weatherhead Art Gallery/University of Saint Francis - Fort

      Wayne, Allen County

      Goldfish Student Art Gallery/University of Saint Francis - Fort Wayne,

      Allen County

      IPFW Visual Arts Gallery/Indiana University-Purdue University Fort

      Wayne, Allen County

      Artlink- Fort Wayne, Allen County

      ARCH Walking Tours & Programs- Fort Wayne, Allen County

      Clark Gallery at the Honeywell Center- Wabash, Wabash County

      

      Fort Wayne Civic Theater - Fort Wayne, Allen County

      Fort Wayne Philharmonic - Fort Wayne, Allen County

      Embassy Theater - Fort Wayne, Allen County

      Fort Wayne Ballet - Fort Wayne, Allen County

      IPFW Department of Theater - Fort Wayne, Allen County

      World Fusion Dance Studio - Fort Wayne, Allen County

      Fort Wayne Dance Collective - Fort Wayne, Allen County

      Mousetrap Puppet Theatre- Fort Wayne, Allen County

      Pulse Opera House - Warren, Huntington County

      Honeywell Center - Wabash, Wabash County

      

      Swiss Days Festival- Berne, Adams County

      Weihnachtsfest [christmas Festival]- Berne, Adams County

      Three Rivers Festival- Fort Wayne, Allen County

      New Haven Canal Days- New Haven, Allen County

      Johnny Appleseed Festival- Fort Wayne, Allen County

      German Fest- Fort Wayne, Allen County

      BBQ Fest- Fort Wayne, Allen County

      Greek Fest- Fort Wayne, Allen County

      Hilger's Fall Pumpkin Festival-Fort Wayne, Allen County

      Indiana Black- Fort Wayne, Allen County

      Auburn Cord Dusenberg Festival- Auburn, DeKalb County

      Garrett Heritage Days Festival- Garrett, DeKalb County

      Forks of the Wabash Pioneer Festival- Huntington, Huntington

      County

      Marshmallow Festival- Ligonier, LaGrange County

      Stone's Trace Pioneer Festival- Ligonier, LaGrange County

      Chautauqua Days- Rome City, Noble County

      Bluegrass Festival- Hamilton, Steuben County

      Covered Bridge Festival- Roann, Wabash County

      Wheels of Yesteryear Antique Show and Pioneer Festival- Bluffton,

      Wells County

      Mihsihkinaahkwa Pow wow- Columbia City, Whitley County

Ethnic & International Diversity

 

 

 

Hispanic is not a race, but an ethnicity in Census terminology. Those declaring themselves to be Hispanic were given an opportunity to indicate race and are included in the chart above. Out of the 679,777 people living in Northeast Indiana in 2009 34,638, or 5.1%, reported that they were Hispanic.

 

Fort Wayne is also home to what is estimated to be the nation's largest Burmese refugee population with approximately 6,000 living in the city.

 

Japanese Saturday SchoolIPFW has a Japanese Saturday Schools that provides a high-quality education to Japanese children and an educational support system for Japanese families. The program also offers English as a second language and American Culture to Japanese adults.
 

Spanish ImmersionSpanish immersion is also available at Lindley Elementary in Fort Wayne. At Lindley, students learn to comprehend, speak, write, and read in both English and Spanish. The school is a member of the International Spanish Academies Program, that partners with the Ministry of Education and Science in Spain.