Press Releases


Apr 30

Friends of Annaka - Fight With Friends Spaghetti Dinner

Fight with us! The Friends of Annaka invite you to join us in supporting Annaka Gilmore in her fight against Autoimmune Small Fiber Autonomic Neuropathy. Annaka Gilmore was diagnosed with Autoimmune Small Fiber Automic Neuropathy in July 2012. This ...

Posted By: Lori Kesling | Category: Community Interest



Apr 30

Kickstarter-funded Feature Film to Shoot in Toledo

Toledo-based production company Low Fidelity Productions (http://www.lowfidelityproductions.com) has launched a Kickstarter campaign (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lowfidelity/market-correction-a-feature-film) to fund their independent feature ...

Posted By: Brady Kesling | Category: Arts and Entertainment



Apr 29

12th Annual Claire's Day

The 12th Annual Claire’s Day is a free family book festival – the largest in Northwest Ohio – scheduled from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 18 at the Maumee Branch Library, 501 River Rd., Maumee, OH. The featured band is Wilson ...

Posted By: Rhonda Sewell | Category: Community Interest



Apr 29

Lourdes’ Luminations gala brings in $264,000 for student scholarships

Last Saturday, Lourdes’ Franciscan Theatre & Conference Center was glowing with the more than 530 guests who came out to celebrate higher education and raise funds for student scholarships. Honorary Chairs Susan and Allan Block, and Lourdes ...

Posted By: Heather M. Hoffman | Category: Community Interest



Apr 29

Toledo Rep Announces Upcoming Events

AUDITIONS ANNOUNCED FOR YOUNG REP’S FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Auditions for Toledo Rep’s Young Rep production of Fiddler on the Roof will be held Saturday, May 4 at 1:00 at the Rep, located at 16 Tenth Street. Directed by Rosie Best, the ...

Posted By: Steve Burnette | Category: Arts and Entertainment



Apr 29

BECOMING A WOMAN OF INFLUENCE

Northwest Ohio community members and Bowling Green State University students will have the opportunity to learn from strong females in leadership roles throughout Ohio at “Women in Leadership: Becoming a Women of Influence.” The sold-out ...

Posted By: Angie Amburgey | Category: Community Interest



Apr 29

BGSU team wins design award for Toledo project

Bowling Green State University faculty and alumni have helped put Toledo “on the map” as it were, and the public can read about their International Design Award-winning efforts in the March issue of HOW magazine.The “You Are ...

Posted By: Bonnie Blankinship | Category: Community Interest



Apr 29

BGSU offers Summer Music Institute for youth

Bowling Green State University’s College of Musical Arts will offer its annual Summer Music Institute program for junior high and high school students from June 16 through July 3.The Summer Music Institute at BGSU, “Where Music Takes ...

Posted By: Bonnie Blankinship | Category: Community Interest



Apr 29

June 2013 Toledo Museum of Art Program Highlights

Witness to HungerJune 28–Aug. 9, Community GalleryThis photographic exhibition illuminates the often unseen stories of those who experience hunger on a daily basis. Community members were led through a series of workshops on how fine art and ...

Posted By: Kelly Fritz Garrow | Category: Community Interest



Apr 29

Project Graduation Food Collection Drive, May 3

The Owens Community College Alpha Omega Pi Student Chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society is encouraging area residents to help in the fight against hunger by donating a canned good as part of an initiative titled “Project ...

Posted By: Bradley Meyer | Category: Other



Apr 29

Nautical Archaeology Training Workshop

The Great Lakes Historical Society’s Peachman Lake Erie Shipwreck Research Center (GLHS’s PLESRC) and the Maritime Archaeological Survey Team (MAST) will present the 2013 GLHS/MAST Nautical Archaeology Workshop and Training will take ...

Posted By: Anna M. Kolin | Category: Community Interest



Apr 29

Dance! Dance! Dance! @ Your Library

The Toledo-Lucas County Public Library is inviting you to put on your dancing shoes and clothes for a fun family program titled Dance! Dance! Dance! scheduled from 11 a.m. to noon on Saturday, May 4 in the Wintergarden of Main Library, 325 Michigan ...

Posted By: Rhonda Sewell | Category: Community Interest



Apr 29

Show Mom a Wildly Fun Time with Mother’s Day at the Zoo

Toledo, Ohio— Despite how very hard moms work, they like to have fun, too. This year, on Sunday, May 12, celebrate your marvelous mom with a day at your Toledo Zoo.All moms receive free Zoo admission when accompanied by one or more children ...

Posted By: Andi Norman | Category: Community Interest



Apr 29

Teen Theatre Auditions Announced in Fremont

Auditions for Fremont Community Teen Theatre’s production of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" will be held on Sunday, May 5th and Monday, May 6th from 6:30pm to 8:30pm. Applicants must be ages 13 to 19. They are required to prepare 16 bars of a ...

Posted By: Cynthia Hineline | Category: Arts and Entertainment



Apr 29

ANNIE the Musical returns to Fremont

Leapin’ Lizards! ANNIE is back! ANNIE is about to return to Fremont Community Theatre! The popular musical was first performed at FCT during the 1984-1985 season, again in 2001, and now, under the direction of Mitchell Antesky and musical ...

Posted By: Cynthia Hineline | Category: Arts and Entertainment



Apr 26

5th Annual Motorcycle Ride For Kids' Sake Event

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwestern Ohio is hosting it's 5th Annual Motorcycle Ride For Kids' Sake event on Saturday, July 20, 2013! Join us at UAW Local 1435 Hall, 29781 Oregon Rd., Perrysburg OH to register at 10:00 a.m., enjoy a lite ...

Posted By: Montina Gordon | Category: Events



Apr 26

Vistage Peer Advisory Group Coming to Northwest Ohio

Vistage, the world's leading peer advisory membership organization is coming to Toledo and Northwest Ohio. If you are a chief executive, business owner or president you owe it to yourself to find out more. - Does your company generate $5 million+ ...

Posted By: Matt Lauth | Category: Business



Apr 26

Benefit Toledo Streets with an Awesome Party

Toledo Streets is a paper with a purpose. This Toledo, OH, street paper was founded in 2009 with the intent to benefit those that are (or formerly were) struggling with issues of poverty, and that are working to make a change in their lives. Vendors ...

Posted By: Debbie Allen | Category: Arts and Entertainment



Apr 26

Project Graduation Food Collection Drive

PERRYSBURG TOWNSHIP, Ohio – The Owens Community College Alpha Omega Pi Student Chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society is encouraging area residents to help in the fight against hunger by donating a canned good as part of an ...

Posted By: Bradley Meyer | Category: Community Interest



Apr 25

June 8th 2013 TAHS MetroBarks & Humane Hustle 5K Run/Walk

It’s a day for the dogs as the Toledo Area Metroparks, TAHS and several other local animal rescues and animal-related vendors come together fort he 10th Anniversary of the Metrobarks Festival. Stop by the TAHS booth and meet some of our ...

Posted By: Cyndi Condit | Category: Events



Apr 25

How to Write an Obituary

The Funeral Consumers' Alliance of NW Ohio is proud to sponsor a program on "How to Write an Obituary," presented by Linda Koss at the Sanger Branch Library on Saturday, April 27 at 10:20 am. Admission is free and open to the public. Worksheets, ...

Posted By: Rebecca Locke-Gagnon | Category: Events



Apr 23

Monroe Street Dishcrawl

Explore four restaurants in one night! It’s like a pub crawl, but with food. This Dishcrawl will be a guided, walkable tour down Monroe Street. It's the best that this busy area has to offer, featuring only locally-owned and -operated ...

Posted By: Brenda Woods | Category: Arts and Entertainment



Apr 22

Windows on the Past: Identifying and Dating 19th Century Photographs

(Released April 22, 2013) – Do you have 19th Century family photos that are hard to date? Are you interested in photography? Love old photographs? The Toledo-Lucas County Public Library’s Local History and Genealogy department invites ...

Posted By: Rhonda B. Sewell | Category: Community Interest



Apr 22

West African DANCE CLASS with IDY CISS in Toledo

ALMA Dance Experience is pleased to announce that internationally acclaimed Senegalese dancer IDY CISS, currently of Muntu Dance Theatre of Chicago, and former dancer with Les Ballets Africans, is coming to Toledo April 27th, 2013 to provide a West ...

Posted By: Allison Kodeih | Category: Other



Apr 22

Library presents Poetry Speaks

(Released April 19, 2013) – The Toledo-Lucas County Public Library presents Poetry Speaks scheduled from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, April 25 in the Huntington Meeting Room at Main Library, 325 Michigan St. This event is in observance of National ...

Posted By: Rhonda B. Sewell | Category: Other



Apr 22

THE MY MUSIC IS MAJOR EXPERIENCE GIVES YOUNG CREATIVES A PLATFORM

Toledo, OH - The M3 Experience will be giving young artists a platform to display their creative voices to ensure they are still being heard Saturday, April 27th from 4 to 6:30pm. It will be held at 136 Water Street in the Fort Industry Square ...

Posted By: Jelise Roberts | Category: Other



Apr 22

Tai Chi at Your Library branches!

(Released April 22, 2013) – With today’s hectic lifestyles that make it difficult to take time out for exercise, Tai Chi is finding fans in all age groups, walks of life, and levels of athletic abilities. Tai Chi experts state that the ...

Posted By: Rhonda B. Sewell | Category: Other



Apr 22

Princeton Review names BGSU among top green colleges

BOWLING GREEN, O.—Bowling Green State University has special reason to celebrate Earth Day this year. The University is included in The Princeton Review’s “Guide to 322 Green Colleges,” released on April 16.“Bowling ...

Posted By: Jennifer Sobolewski | Category: Other



Apr 22

Toledo Rep announces upcoming performances

REP’S DEATH OF A SALESMAN PLAYS FINAL WEEKENDToledo Rep’s production of Death of a Salesman continues its run for one final weekend, Thursday through Saturday night, April 25 to 27 at 8:00 pm and Sunday, April 28 at 2:30. The Pulitzer ...

Posted By: Toledo Repertoire Theatre | Category: Other



Apr 22

Sylvania Area Chamber to Host Downtown Sylvania Car Show

The Sylvania Area Chamber of Commerce will be hosting the annual Sylvania Car Show on May 18, 2013, on Main Street in downtown Sylvania. Car registration begins at 8AM and Main Street will be closed from Main Street to Erie Street beginning at 7AM. ...

Posted By: Pat Nowak | Category: Other