JCH Forever Day to Be Held at Culture Clash Records: A Memorial Celebrating the Life + Art of Jim Coleman Howes
JCH Forever Day to Be Held at Culture Clash Records
A Memorial Celebrating the Life + Art of Jim Coleman Howes
For Immediate Release
September 8, 2025
Tim & Lizzie Friedman, Co-Owners
store: 419.536.5683 – cell: 440.242.7388 (Tim) 419.345.3575 (Lizzie)
email: [email protected], [email protected]
www.cultureclashrecords.com
- Details about JCH Forever Day on Saturday 9/13
- More about Jim, his impact, and community
Toledo, Ohio –
JCH Forever Day, a memorial celebration of the life and art of Jim Coleman Howes, will be hosted at Culture Clash Records in partnership with The Switchboard on Saturday, September 13th from 1:00 - 8:00pm. This free event will feature performances from each of the several bands of which Jim was a member and/or friend (Cobra Pit, Resignation, Hatefiles, Oscar Bait, Take Weight, Family Medicine, and more). Jim’s original artwork will be displayed in The Switchboard’s gallery space, and artwork, memorabilia, and other items associated with Jim will be raffled or sold to benefit the BGSU scholarship fund established in his name. Community organizations such as National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of Greater Toledo and Equality Toledo will be on-site to distribute literature and information. The Switchboard will offer specialty mocktails (along with their typical full bar menu) and food trucks will include Leaf & Seed, Casero Kitchen, and Gram’s Funnel Cakes & Sweet Treats, with coffee from Flying Rhino.
Jim AKA Coleman (he/they), a beloved figure of the local (and regional) music and art scene, left this life on May 7, 2025 at age 36, leaving behind a wide community of bereaved friends and family. Jim struggled publicly and openly with sobriety, mental health, and the existential pain of being alive, while at the same time serving as a consummate pillar of support and inspiration to so many people who experience a similar reality, as well as being the biggest cheerleader for the creative endeavors and life aspirations of everyone they knew and loved.
Jim was esoteric, thoughtful, hilarious, intellectual, grounded, silly, imaginative, exceedingly loving, and intensely serious all at the same time. He was an approachable enigma who was impossible not to love, and on September 13th, together we aim to throw a celebration worthy of everything he was and still is to all of us. While this event is by and for Jim’s community, it is open to all.
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Culture Clash is a small local record store with a large presence in Toledo. Since 2004, Culture Clash has been the area’s best place to buy, sell, or trade records as well as being a frequent host for live music and community events. Culture Clash has been downtown at 912 Monroe Street since 2020 and is online at cultureclashrecords.com.
Press Release Contact Name: Lizzie Friedman
Press Release Contact Email: [email protected]
Press Release Contact Phone: 419-345-3575
Organization Name: Culture Clash Records
Website or Link: cultureclashrecords.com
Organization Address / City / State: 912 Monroe St, Toledo OH 43604