Press Releases


Dec 27

Jazz Great, Stanley Cowell to Join Symphony for NYC Kickoff

Toledo, OH – Help us ring in 2011 and celebrate the Toledo Symphony’s New York City debut with a concert featuring music premiered at Carnegie Hall on Friday, January 7th at 8PM in the Peristyle. Pianist, composer and local Toledo ...

Posted By: Kristen Celek | Category: Arts and Entertainment



Dec 27

Get Fit - 2011

New Years Resolution 2011 - Get Fit Tried Weight Watchers, Nutri-System, diet, exercise, zumba....? Not getting the results you want fast enough? We are here to help! Get results now, and cotinue to watch the inches melt away. Let us help ...

Posted By: SkinnyGirlNow | Category: Health



Dec 27

Fire Deprtment Receive PETA Award for Rescuing Dog

For Immediate Release: December 27, 2010 Contact: Shakira Croce 770-503-4755; [email protected] Kristin Richards 202-483-7382, ext. 2177; [email protected] TEACHERS, FIRE DEPARTMENT RECEIVE PETA AWARD FOR RESCUING DOG STUCK ON ICE Local Heroes Give ...

Posted By: Kristin Richards | Category: Arts and Entertainment



Dec 27

Alma West African Drum and Dance Performance at the TMA

This year marks ALMA's 8th appearance in ”Winter Legacies”, an annual concert series from the Toledo Museum of Art. ALMA’s performance is a one hour concert of traditional West African Drum and Dance, taking place in the ...

Posted By: Allison Kodeih | Category: Arts and Entertainment



Dec 27

Maumee Valley Country Day School Official Expansion Opening

TOLEDO, Ohio – December 15, 2010: Maumee Valley Country Day School is moving ahead of the curve. This is imperative where education is concerned and Maumee Valley is proving that it can be done – even when you’re 125 years old. The ...

Posted By: Sara Stacey | Category: Arts and Entertainment



Dec 27

Library Legacy Foundation provides more than $159k in 2010

(Released December 20, 2010) – Through gifts and donations, along with bequests, sponsorships and investment income, the Library Legacy Foundation provided more than $159,000 to the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library in 2010. More than ever, ...

Posted By: Rhonda Sewell | Category: Community Interest



Dec 27

John Glover Speaks - Interview With Schylar Meadows

John Glover Speaks is an area blog focusing on NW Ohio and the things that have an impact on the area. In an effort to celebrate Toledo I have begun a series of interviews with people who many in the area find interesting. This initial interview is ...

Posted By: John Glover | Category: Community Interest



Dec 27

Make Ice Cream Events Plans Today

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Posted By: Maria | Category: Arts and Entertainment



Dec 23

Explore The Cloud

Explore the Cloud With TOAST.net Internet Service and Trace Routes What is Cloud Computing? What are the Risks? What are the Benefits? As the popularity of cloud computing solutions continues to rise, business and IT professionals must be able to ...

Posted By: Thomas Massetti | Category: Technology



Dec 23

Pain Management Group Hires New Chief Financial Officer

Findlay, Ohio (December 23, 2010) – Pain Management Group announces the appointment of Brad Hecker as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer. An executive with more than nineteen years healthcare industry experience in financial ...

Posted By: Patrick Giammarco | Category: Business



Dec 23

Culture Clash Records Presents A Celebration Of Local Music!

Thursday, January 06, 2011 at 8:00pm Thursday, January 13, 2011 at 8:00pm Thursday, January 20, 2011 at 8:00pm Thursday, January 27, 2011 at 8:00pm Location: Mickey Finn's Pub 602 Lagrange Toledo, Ohio JUSTAJUNKIE FILMS PRESENTS: A LOCAL MUSIC AND ...

Posted By: Tim Ide | Category: Arts and Entertainment



Dec 23

“Pass It On” Via Text: “Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving!”

In an effort to get impaired drivers off the road during this holiday season, Unison Behavioral Health Group is urging NW Ohio and SE Michigan mobile phone users to text the important prevention message, “Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving” ...

Posted By: Robert Kasprzak | Category: Community Interest



Dec 23

Make a Quiz in PowerPoint

Making a quiz from PowerPoint can be interesting. A PowerPoint quiz can be used as an excuse to distribute gifts to those who give the right answers after a business presentation. Or it can be used for testing a child in elementary school. Making ...

Posted By: Linky Wu | Category: Education



Dec 21

Kumon of Perrysburg Student in Top 1% Nationally for Reading

Toledo, Ohio (December 20, 2010) – Christine Cady, owner/director of Kumon of Perrysburg announces that local sixth grader, Tinu Afolabi, has completed the Kumon reading curriculum. As of September 2010, Tinu is ranked 65 out of 7,100 students ...

Posted By: Christine Cady | Category: Community Interest



Dec 20

Southern Gospel Music by ( Souls Harbor in Concert )

A night of southern gospel music will be held at ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH 8307 Memorial Hwy. (Old US 223) Ottawa Lake Michigan on Sunday, January 23, 2011 at 4:00PM featuring the music of Souls Harbor, a talented mixed trio based out of Southeastern, ...

Posted By: Norman Gregory | Category: Events



Dec 17

Toledo Library Receives Financial Reporting Award

(Released December 16, 2010) – The Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting has been awarded to the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada ...

Posted By: Rhonda Sewell | Category: Arts and Entertainment



Dec 16

Caldecott Read-In Scheduled for Main Library

(Released December 16, 2010) – Adults are invited to see the best picture books for children all in one place beginning at 9 a.m. on Saturday, January 8, 2011 in the Huntington Meeting Room at Main Library, 325 Michigan St. Help us choose the ...

Posted By: Rhonda Sewell | Category: Arts and Entertainment



Dec 15

Jazz Great Stanley Cowell to Join TSO in NYC Kickoff Concert

Jazz Great, Stanley Cowell to Join Symphony for NYC Kickoff Concert Toledo, OH – Help us ring in 2011 and celebrate the Toledo Symphony’s New York City debut with a concert featuring music premiered at Carnegie Hall on Friday, January ...

Posted By: Kristen Celek | Category: Arts and Entertainment



Dec 15

5 Top Reasons to Learn a Foreign Language. Learn Spanish Now

5 Top Reasons to Learn a Foreign Language by Violeta Padrón, PhD. www.toledolanguageinstitute.com There is one skill that can simultaneously improve your employment potential, sharpen your cognitive and live skills and prepare you for ...

Posted By: Violeta Padron, PhD | Category: Education



Dec 15

Toledo Repertoire Theatre Event Calendar, January 2011

PERFORMANCES LIGHT UP THE SKY By Moss Hart Directed by David DeChristopher at the Tenth Street Stage; 16 10th St, Toledo January 14, 15, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29 at 8 PM, and 23, 30 at 2:30 PM, 2011 The opening-night cast members of a Broadway play turn ...

Posted By: J Judson Lohman | Category: Arts and Entertainment



Dec 15

Calling All Quilters! Party With Patrick! Saturday 12/18/10

Party with Patrick! is a brand 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! ...

Posted By: Matthew Boyd | Category: Community Interest



Dec 15

Toledo Youth Orchestra To Perform at OMEA Conference

TOLEDO, OH --- The Toledo Youth Philharmonic Orchestra has been selected to perform at this year’s Ohio Music Educator’s Association Conference in Cincinnati, OH on January 27, 2011 at 4 P.M. The 90-member Philharmonic Orchestra will be ...

Posted By: Kristen Celek | Category: Arts and Entertainment



Dec 14

Countdown to Christmas at Lady C

The countdown to Christmas is underway! With less than 2 weeks left until Christmas, it's time to get shopping! Lady C is ready to assist you with all of your holiday gift giving needs. We have many wonderful gift possibilities for those special ...

Posted By: Candy Sturtz | Category: Business



Dec 14

170 Million Americans For Public Media

More than half of all Americans use public media every month. 170 million Americans connect through 368 public television stations, 934 public radio stations, hundreds of online services, and in-person events and activities. Does this describe YOU? ...

Posted By: WGTE Public Media | Category: Community Interest



Dec 13

Better Health & Wealth -2011

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Posted By: SkinnyGirlNow | Category: Health



Dec 13

Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving Campaign Underway

The Mental Health & Recovery Services Board of Lucas County recently allocated $19,000 in funding to Unison Behavioral Health Group. In an effort to get impaired drivers off the road during this holiday season, Unison is working with the Mental ...

Posted By: Robert Kasprzak | Category: Community Interest



Dec 13

Chamber Music Toledo Announces 2010-2011 Season

THEME: Tower Brass Quintet Holiday Concert DATE: Sunday, December 19, 2010 TIME: 3:00 p.m. This CMT program embraces a full spectrum of holiday music, including classical and sacred music, brass ensemble arrangements of well-known ...

Posted By: Cheryl Trace | Category: Arts and Entertainment



Dec 13

Main Library Displays Knitting from Victorian Era to WWII

(Released December 10, 2010) – Knitting images may not be as popular for collecting as books, wine or art, but do have merit. Retired Toledo Blade newspaper editor Eileen Foley, an avid knitter, thought when she started collecting knitting ...

Posted By: Rhonda Sewell | Category: Arts and Entertainment



Dec 13

Miami University Men's Glee Club

The Miami University (OH) Glee Club will be performing at Gesu Catholic Church, 2049 Parkside Blvd. on Monday, January 3rd at 730 PM. The concert is free, with freewill donations accepted. "Founded in 1907 by Raymond Burke, the composer of Miami's ...

Posted By: Jason Rotar | Category: Arts and Entertainment



Dec 13

Toledoans Speak Out on Nuclear Plant License Extension

PUBLIC HEARING On re-licensing of the Davis-Besse Atomic Reactor Saturday Dec. 18 from 12 noon to 3 pm St. Mark's Episcopal Church 2272 Collingwood Blvd Toledo, Ohio 20 MORE Years of Radioactive Russian Roulette on the Great Lakes shore?! We are ...

Posted By: Jessica Weinberg | Category: General News