Press Releases


May 23

"KANBENG" ~ World Music & Dance Concert ~ June 18

ALMA Dance Experience is pleased to announce the upcoming presentation of “Kanbeng ~ A World Drum & Dance Concert”, an independently produced and funded, world music drum and dance concert, which brings together 4 local professional ...

Posted By: allison kodeih | Category: Arts and Entertainment



May 22

Pain Management Group Announces New Hospital Joint Venture

Findlay, Ohio (May 22, 2011) – Pain Management Group, the leading provider of comprehensive, hospital-based, primary care pain management centers in the Great Lakes region, announces the addition of a new hospital joint venture partner, Knox ...

Posted By: Patrick Giammarco | Category: Health



May 22

Go Green Golf Outing - The Green Scholarship

Parker Enterprises – Family of Businesses, creators of The Urban Green and Sustainability Forum and ThoseFellas, LLC, creators of the N.E.T.T. have decided to partner to present the ‘Go Green’ Golf Outing on August 5, 2011 at the ...

Posted By: John Glover | Category: Events



May 20

Growers Rally to Support Cancer Research

PHOENIX, Ariz. — April, 2011 — A group of Ohio greenhouse growers hopes a “shock wave” of purple flowers will eventually roll across America in support of scientific research to end pancreatic cancer. Starting May 1, the ...

Posted By: Kelly Kinney | Category: Community Interest



May 20

Northwest Ohio Veterans Business/Volunteer Day

(Released May 20, 2011) – Attention veterans of the United States military and families, along with anyone interested in starting or expanding a business, please join us for the Northwest Ohio Veterans Business/Volunteer Day scheduled from ...

Posted By: Rhonda Sewell | Category: Business



May 20

TEEN Talent Show @ Heatherdowns Branch Library this Saturday

(Released May 19, 2011) - Join us at Heatherdowns Branch Library, 3265 Glanzman Rd., for our Teen Talent Show at 1 p.m. this Saturday, May 21. Calling all dancers, rappers, singers, poets, piano and instrument players, and jugglers (just to name a ...

Posted By: Rhonda Sewell | Category: Arts and Entertainment



May 20

The “Lost Chapters” of Malcolm X’s Biography to be Discussed

There’s more to the story of Malcolm X’s life that is being revealed with the lost chapters from “The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley.” Detroit attorney and author Gregory Reed, who acquired the three ...

Posted By: Meghan Cunningham | Category: General Interests



May 19

Lunch at Levis Square Concert Series

In an effort to promote more pedestrian traffic in the central business district and to create an opportunity for downtown workers and visitors to enjoy a refreshing mid-day break near the end of a busy work week, the Downtown Toledo Improvement ...

Posted By: Beth Frisinger | Category: Arts and Entertainment



May 19

6th Annual Chicks Mix to be Held at TBG

Girls and women of all ages will be enjoying a night out on the town while helping a local organization. Chicks for Charity, an informal group of more than 1,800 women who want to give back to the community, is hosting Chicks Mix ’11 on ...

Posted By: Jackie Zureich | Category: Events



May 19

Central Catholic Creativity & Technology Conference

Central Catholic High School invites educators and business leaders to participate in the Creativity and Technology Integration in Innovative Education (CATIIE) Conference on June 14 at the school, 2550 Cherry Street. The conference is scheduled to ...

Posted By: Michele Jurek | Category: Arts and Entertainment



May 19

Owens to Host Express Girls ‘Summer Slam’ Basketball Camp

PERRYSBURG TOWNSHIP, OH – Owens Community College will offer area basketball players ages 8 through 15 the opportunity to learn about the fundamentals of the sport as the women’s basketball program hosts an Express Girls “Summer ...

Posted By: Brad Meyer | Category: Sports



May 19

Owens Announces Plans For Community Garden

PERRYSBURG TOWNSHIP, OH – Carrots, lettuce, tomatoes and apples along with many other fruits and vegetables will soon be sprouting up on the Owens Community College Toledo-area Campus as the academic institution announces plans for a new ...

Posted By: Brad Meyer | Category: Community Interest



May 19

Downtown Toledo Improvement District Presents Concerts

Toledo, Ohio… In an effort to promote more pedestrian traffic in the central business district and to create an opportunity for downtown workers and visitors to enjoy a refreshing mid-day break near the end of a busy work week, the Downtown ...

Posted By: Beth Frisinger | Category: Arts and Entertainment



May 19

Quilters UNITE! Saturday May 21, 2011

Party with Patrick! is our new quilt club that offers fun, easy monthly projects that are great for beginners to advanced quilters. If you have ever wanted to learn to quilt or just hang out with a bunch of quilting ladies, this is your chance! With ...

Posted By: Matthew Boyd | Category: Community Interest



May 17

Library and Vintage Aerial to Publish Book

(Released May 17, 2011) – The Toledo-Lucas County Public Library and Vintage Aerial have teamed to publish a photo essay book titled Vintage Sylvania. The book of historical photographs, scheduled for publication in June, will present the City ...

Posted By: Rhonda Sewell | Category: Arts and Entertainment



May 17

Friends of the Library Book Sale! – May 19, 20, 21

(Released May 17, 2011) - Friends of the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library announces another great book sale! Find great gently used books at the 2011 Friends of the Library Book Sale, located in the Reynolds Corners Shopping Center (Reynolds Road ...

Posted By: Rhonda Sewell | Category: Arts and Entertainment



May 17

Banding of Falcon Chicks Slated for May 19

Naturalists from the Ohio Division of Wildlife have scheduled the banding of the 2011 UT peregrine falcon chicks for 2 p.m. Thursday, May 19. The free, public event will take place in Centennial Mall near the base of University Hall Tower, where ...

Posted By: Meghan Cunningham | Category: Education



May 16

Owens Community College to Host Heroes Youth Camp

PERRYSBURG TOWNSHIP, OH – Area youth ages 8 through 17 will have the opportunity to place themselves in shoes of first responders and explore the areas of emergency medical service, law enforcement and fire service as Owens Community College ...

Posted By: Brad Meyer | Category: Education



May 16

Lourdes Announces Kids Summer Camps

Lourdes is pleased to offer three summer camps that are sure to keep school children learning and engaged throughout their summer break: Science Rocks! Adventures in Science Workshop – June 13 to 16 Lourdes’ Deptartment of Chemistry & ...

Posted By: Heather Hoffman | Category: Education



May 16

The Transmedia Artist Guide To Making Artist Submissions

Press Release May 16, 2011 For Immediate Release Toledo, Ohio native, artist and writer Marie Kazalia has released her 90 page ebook publication titled The Transmedia Artist Guide to Making Artist Submissions, to assist visual artists in their DIY ...

Posted By: Marie Kazalia | Category: Arts and Entertainment



May 16

22nd Annual - Flower Day Weekend

Saturday “Market Day” - May 28, 2011 – 8 to 4 Sunday “Flower Day” - May 29, 2011 – 8 to 4 Monday “Market Day” - May 30, 2011 – 8 to 2 Through the years, this event has grown to what has become ...

Posted By: Dan Madigan | Category: Community Interest



May 16

Library Summer Events Guide Now Available

(Released May 16, 2011) – Summer is just around the corner, school is coming to a close and that means it’s time to grab your copy of Book Your Summer, the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library’s FREE summer events publication. The ...

Posted By: Rhonda Sewell | Category: Arts and Entertainment



May 15

Toledo Pride Launches New Website

May 12, 2011 For Immediate Release Toledo Pride is proud to announce the launch of its new website, www.ToledoPride.com, in preparation for the second annual Toledo Pride event which is scheduled to take place on Saturday, August 27. Toledo Pride ...

Posted By: Kelly Heuss | Category: Community Interest



May 13

Zoo Receives $100,000 from Eaton for New Elephant Exhibit

Toledo, Ohio—The Eaton Corporation today presented a “Powering Communities Grant” of $100,000 to the Toledo Zoo’s Capital Campaign for the new elephant exhibit. The generous Capital Campaign contribution was presented today ...

Posted By: Cynthia Condit | Category: Community Interest



May 13

2011 EXCLAIM! Music Festival July 31, 2011

Last July, over 3500 families, youth and couples, from Northwest Ohio and beyond, came to celebrate “more than music” at the first of what would become the annual outdoor music festival, EXCLAIM! Participants enjoyed inflatable games, ...

Posted By: Michael Puppos | Category: Arts and Entertainment



May 13

My Music is Major Art Show

The “My Music is Major” Movement was founded by Jelise A. Roberts to help raise awareness about the importance of music and art in education. Today the arts are in danger of being eliminated from our schools, which would leave our ...

Posted By: Jelise Roberts | Category: Arts and Entertainment



May 13

1Matters to Announce Fall Schedule and Exhibit

1Matters Press Conference When: 10:00 a.m. Monday, 5/16/2011 Where: 20 North Gallery (Located at 18 N. St. Clair) For What You May Ask? 1) To announce: “1Walks – 1Rocks – 1Matters” set for 10/9/11, and Tent City set for ...

Posted By: Ken Leslie | Category: Community Interest



May 13

Toledo Gem and Rockhound Club Open House this weekend!

The Toledo Gem and Rockhound Club would like to invite you to our Spring OpenHouse at the Toledo Botanical Gardens. You may find us at the Crosby Conference Center on May 14th & 15th from 9am - 5pm. A number of our members will be available to ...

Posted By: Stephen Shimatzki | Category: Education



May 13

Flower Hospital Sponsors Community Blood Drive

Flower Hospital will host a community-wide blood drive on June1 from 10am - 4pm at the Flower Hospital Administrative Boardroom - 5200 Harroun Rd. The blood drive is sponsored by the American Red Cross. All donors will have the chance to win door ...

Posted By: Jared Meade | Category: Arts and Entertainment



May 13

Library and Toledo Museum of Art Collaborate with Program

(May 12, 2011) – As part of the Toledo Museum of Art's (TMA) Pen to Palette program, where the institution collaborates with local libraries and private book clubs to integrate books with the TMA collection, the Sanger Branch Library, 3030 W. ...

Posted By: Rhonda Sewell | Category: Arts and Entertainment