45th German-American Festival
Returns to Oak Shade Grove in Oregon
Toledo, OH … August 17, 2010 – As the Toledo’s area’s oldest, largest and greatest ethnic festival, the German-American Festival (GAF) is always one of the most anticipated “rain or shine” events of the summer. Attendees can look forward to the authentic German & Swiss food, beer, [...]

August 17 at 5:30, Toledo Public Schools Board will hold it’s regularly scheduled board meeting. WGTE Public Media will stream the public meeting live on the Knowledge Stream Website (http://www.knowledgestream.org.)
Citizens may attend the meeting virtually and provide feedback by posting comments live during the event.
What: Live, online streaming of TPS Board Meeting
When: Tuesday, [...]

The Lourdes College Chorus, Karen T. Biscay, Director, is looking for a few more good tenors—and baritones, basses, altos, and yes, more sopranos, too—to make us bigger and better than ever before!
Singers from the community are encouraged to come sing with us—
rehearsals begin on August 25, 6 pm, [...]

The University of Toledo Heart and Vascular Center will host a booth at the 2010 Ohio South of the Border Festival in Perrysburg Heights on Saturday, August 14 from 2 to 7pm. UT Cardiology staff and volunteers will offer free blood pressure screenings as well as a host of information on high cholesterol, [...]

Good Government Pre-Election Speaker Series
Friday, August 13 – 9:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m.
Featured Speaker: John Kasich, Ohio Gubernatorial Candidate
This is your opportunity to engage with Ohio gubernatorial canddiate, John Kasich (R), to learn what he thinks is most important to the business community. The Good Government Pre-Election Speaker Series will be [...]

Giant sunflowers boldly peak over a wooden picket fence as some 20 children dance with honeybees and butterflies, step over fresh green kale ready for picking, and proudly hold giant squash and scented basil to the sky.
“Be careful, those are hot, I mean really, really hot,” Lance Crandall, of Toledo GROWs and AmeriCorps, affectionately [...]

On August 22, 2010 Caper’s Restaurant and Bar in South Toledo will host a parking lot party to benefit Bittersweet Farms in Whitehouse.
Toledo, Ohio, August 5, 2010 – On August 22, 2010 Caper’s Restaurant and Bar will be hosting a day of fun and entertainment to benefit Bittersweet Farms of Whitehouse. The event will [...]

The Toledo Museum of Art is inviting artists to submit short videos to a film festival planned in conjunction with the Museum’s Winter Ball in December.
The Winter Ball Film Festival will spotlight exciting and innovative winter-inspired short films with the premier screening of the best entries at the Ball.
Art museums all over the country [...]

Please come join our walk for awareness and prevention of suicide. It will be on 09/11/10 @ Olander Park on Sylvania Ave in Sylvania, OH. Registration starts @ 900 am, walk starts @10:00 am. We will have music and donations of food and water. It is a very supportive and healing event for all who [...]

For Immediate Release:
Please play a part in bringing SMART BINZ solar-powered recycling receptacles to communities and college campuses across the country.
SMART BINZ (Toledo, OH) is in the running for a $50,000 grant in the Pepsi Refresh project during the entire month of August. Grants are awarded based on the # of votes each project receives [...]

Comedian and actor, Tracy Morgan will bring his unique comedy style to the Funny Bone Comedy Club in Levis Commons (Perrysburg) from August 12th thru August 14th. For years fans enjoyed his work on Saturday Night Live . . . real, raw and ridiculous. And now with the success of “30 Rock”, he has solidified [...]

We would like to invite the Community to join us August 9th at 12pm for our Red Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at NEW-TRITION the area’s newest nutrition club. We will serve free samples of our Protein Smoothies, Energy Tea, Herbal Aloe and Protein Pies!
New-Trition is a smoothie bar, weight management center, and health food store in [...]

Ever want to watch an artist make an original design you’ve created in glass? You can have a chance to do just that by attending GlassFest: In the Garden, the Toledo Museum of Art’s annual summer tribute to the Glass City.
This year’s fest takes place from noon to 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 15 on the [...]

The Toledo Walleye are pleased to announce that individual tickets for the 2010-2011 season will go on sale to the public on Friday, August 6 at 9:00 am. Tickets can be purchased at the Huntington Center & Fifth Third Field.
35 of the 36 home games will be made available for individual ticket sales at this [...]

Five-part webinar series to focus on key social media tools for growing small businesses
Patrick Giammarco, owner of PWG Small Business Marketing and northwest Ohio’s only Authorized Duct Tape Marketing Coach, today announced training dates for the Social Media Pro™ training program.
Thursdays, August 19-September 16
All sessions are held 11 am-12 noon EST
For more information or [...]

Carruth Studio has launched a “Beautiful Gardens 2010” contest on Facebook. The winner will receive a gift certificate for $200 of Carruth products.
07.30.2010 – Waterville, Ohio—Carruth Studio, has launched a “Beautiful Gardens 2010” contest on Facebook. The contest is designed to encourage fans and customers to post photos and videos of their beautiful gardens featuring [...]

George Carruth’s blog, “From George’s Studio”, provides a behind-the-scenes look at stone carving, sculpting, the creative process, and the business of Carruth Studio itself.
07.30.2010 – Waterville, Ohio—Renowned sculptor George Carruth has launched a blog, called “From George’s Studio”, which can be found at http://georgecarruth.com. Well known for his whimsical sculptures for home and garden art, [...]

July 29, 2010–Toledo, OH–The University of Toledo College of Business Administration has announced the creation of a new initiative called the Interactive Marketing Initiative (IMI). The Interactive Marketing Initiative will serve as a regional leader in discovering, generating and disseminating knowledge in the interactive marketing field. According to Faculty Co-Director, Iryna Pentina, Ph.D., this will [...]

The Egypt Experience: Secrets of the Tomb
Opens Oct. 29, 2010 at Toledo Museum of Art
Discover an ancient civilization’s fascinating approach to life
and the afterlife at The Egypt Experience: Secrets of the Tomb, a new
exhibition opening Oct. 29 at the Toledo Museum of Art. The installation of
more than 150 objects spanning 3,000 years of history will [...]

Tickets are still available for Rock ’n’ Roar, the summer’s hottest dance party, at The Toledo Zoo! Three bands plus one DJ add up to one great night for the party people of this region, so get ready to get your boogie on and join the fun—Friday, August 6, from 7 p.m. to midnight.
From the [...]