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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: KEN LESLIE, 419.349.4969 Veterans Matter houses 200th veteran, Mitch Albom donates $15k for Michigan Veterans (TOLEDO) - Veterans Matter announced today it has housed its 200th veteran nationwide. The group operates in ...

Estate planning will be discussed by a speaker from the law firm of Covrett, Graeff & Wittenberg this coming Wednesday, April 2, 2014. This will cover trusts, wills, powers of attorney, living wills and health care powers of attorney. The ...

The community is invited to join Way Library’s Science Fiction Book Club for a special screening of “Blade Runner (Final Cut)” on Tuesday, April 15 at 5:30 p.m. in the Mercy Family Activity Center on the library’s main level. ...

The Toledo Zoo has been honored as a FamilyFun Magazine Travel Awards winner, and appears in the magazine’s April issue. The Travel Awards rely on real families from across the country to recognize the nation’s best kid-friendly ...

Compost Workshop on April 22 at Way Join Vicki Gallagher, 577 Horticulturalist, and Judy Hagen, City of Perrysburg Storm Water Management Educator for an informative program on composting. Vicki and Judy will teach you how to make compost from your ...

Create a fresh spring flower basket arrangement with talented floral designer Lynn Fleure. This “make-and-take” workshop will take place on Wednesday, April 16 on Way Library’s lower level. Two identical classes are being ...

Hope United Methodist Church is hosting its 10th Annual Spring Craft Show on Saturday, April 5 from 10am to 4pm. The show features over 35 talented crafters from Ohio and Michigan offering an excellent variety of crafts for men, women, children, and ...

On Tuesday, April 15th at 7 pm, Way Library, in cooperation with the League of Women Voters of the Perrysburg Area (LWVPA), will host a talk by Ohio House Representative Teresa Fedor. Representative Fedor will discuss human trafficking. ...

Central Catholic High School will present its 85th annual spring musical, The Music Man, May 2-4 at the Valentine Theatre in downtown Toledo. Show times are Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 3:00 p.m. Ticket prices range ...

Way Public Library concludes the tenth season of its Art and Foreign Film Series with “Le Havre,” released in 2011. In this visually beautiful and surprisingly heartfelt film, a kindly old bohemian who shines shoes for a living in the ...

(Toledo, Ohio) – An experience during childbirth led Lisa Canales to make a promise to God 18-years-ago. This promise became the driving force behind A.N.G.E.L.S. Outreach, an organization that provides assistance to area families. On May 2, ...

Way Library concludes this season’s classic film series, Reel Talk, with “Arsenic and Old Lace.” This 1941 comedy stars Cary Grant and Priscilla Lane as newlyweds who stop to visit Grant’s elderly aunts and brother Teddy who ...

Toledo Rep to present ‘The Glass Menagerie’ April 10-13 The Toledo Repertoire Theatre will present Tennessee Williams’ classic drama “The Glass Menagerie,” April 10-13 on the 10th Street stage. Directed by Jeffrey J. ...

The Kitchen Salon presents Natural Hair, Natural Care a mini series of presentations on Transitioning to Natural Hair, Hair Loss and Q & A. The event will conclude with the official product launch of The Kitchen Salon natural products. This ...

Toledo Rotary Foundation Awards Grant to Toledo Repertoire Theatre The Toledo Rotary awarded the Toledo Repertoire Theatre $5,000 to upgrade and renovate facilities for its Rep Ed and Young Rep programs. The grant will provide needed classroom and ...

WEST SIDE STORY is the story of star-crossed lovers Tony and Maria as they struggle to rise above the hatred and intolerance that surround them. WEST SIDE STORY soars as the greatest love story of all time and remains as powerful and timely as ever. ...

Dancing with the Military Stars is the signature event of The Arms Forces, a nonprofit that assists veterans who have a traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress. Dancing With The MILITARY Stars has "gone country" this year! Whether you have ...

Owens Community College students will spend a night under the stars to raise homeless awareness as part of the academic institution’s ninth annual Sleep Out for the Homeless Tent City on Friday, April 4. Beginning at 5 p.m., Owens students ...

First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance presented by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April. It is a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation’s libraries and ...

City of Toledo and Lucas County Public Library to host youth employment workshops The below workshops are being held for Toledo youth to help with employment related skills such as creating a resume, employment interviews and job retention. Students ...

Two ring-tailed lemurs have been born at the Toledo Zoo. Pending the animals’ continued good health, they are on exhibit at the Zoo’s Primate Forest on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. The mothers are 7-year-old twin sisters, Fresca and ...

Opening April 1, 2014, For the Love of the Child is a new vendor opening inside of D'Vine Designs Antique Store in Downtown Perrysburg. We are a vintage inspired children's boutique specializing in painted furniture, accessories and handmade ...

Toledo's own Silent Lions will play The Village Idiot in Maumee on Friday, April 4. Conceived in Toledo, OH with a home base in sister city Detroit, Silent Lions are the sinister twosome of heavy-soul. Dean Tartaglia simultaneously plays affected ...

The Toledo Repertoire Theatre will present Tennessee Williams’ classic drama “The Glass Menagerie,” April 4-6 and 10-13 on the 10th Street stage. Directed by Jeffrey J. Albright, this memory play depicts the story of Amanda ...

Local Business Owners and Leaders won’t want to miss this event, scheduled for Wednesday, May 14th from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm at The Pinnacle, 1772 Indian Wood Circle, Maumee, Ohio. The “Buy Local Movement” is alive and well in the ...

The Black Swamp Hosta and Daylily Society will be holding their 19th Annual Plant Sale on Saturday, May 17th, at Walt Churchill’s Supermarket parking lot on 26625 N. Dixie Highway, (S. R. 25, Exit #2 at US23/I-475) in Perrysburg. The sale will ...

Don't miss auditions for Perrysburg Musical Theatre's next main-stage production of The Music Man Directed by Clark Ausloos with Musical Direction by Pam Williams-Rumer. Performances will be on July 31st and August 1st - 3rd at Perrysburg High ...

Owens Community College Toledo-area and Findlay- area campuses will host the following community events in April: Registration Rocks – Toledo-area Campus Area high school seniors are invited to learn about Owens Community College’s many ...

UT SPRING FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSIC Tuesday, APRIL 1 through Thursday, APRIL 3 The University of Toledo Department of Music Spring Festival of New Music opens Tuesday, April 1 with two compositions dedicated to the late Bernie Sanchez and concludes with ...

Toledo Artist Club Hosts 53rd Annual Auction April 5th The Toledo Artists Club will host their annual auction to raise funds for both the artists and the club’s activities. This auction is unique because the paintings are original work and are ...