Press Releases - Arts and Entertainment


May 27

UT to Host Second Women’s Leadership Forum

Health challenges faced by women as they strive to succeed in their personal and professional lives will be the focus of The University of Toledo’s second Women’s Leadership Forum. Dr. Holly Atkinson, chief medical officer and senior ...

Posted By: Meghan Cunningham | Category: Arts and Entertainment



May 26

Mud Hens Team Up with ISOH/IMPACT

(Toledo, OH) – With the recent tornadoes affecting the U.S., The Toledo Mud Hens are teaming up with ISOH/IMPACT to be part of the Bucket Brigade! ISOH/IMPACT and the Bucket Brigade are putting together an emergency relief shipment to rush ...

Posted By: Jason Griffin | Category: Arts and Entertainment



May 26

10 Days and Counting for Library’s 2011 SUMMER READING CLUB!

(Released May 26, 2011) - Do you and your children or grandchildren want to expand your world through the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library’s summer reading focus on One World, Many Stories? Then take off on a world tour of reading and ...

Posted By: Rhonda Sewell | Category: Arts and Entertainment



May 26

UT Center for Excellence in Autism Gets New Space, Clients

The University of Toledo Center for Excellence in Autism has moved into its new location in the Kobacker Center and is accepting clients. The center, which will celebrate with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday, June 10, is located in a ...

Posted By: Meghan Cunningham | Category: Arts and Entertainment



May 24

Taste of Chicago - Adventure! One-day Luxury Bus Trip

Looking for a way to celebrate the coming of the Summer Season? Join the PAAC for a fun day in Chicago! On June 25, we will be traveling to Taste of Chicago, the world's largest food festival, along the lakeshore at beautiful Grant Park. This year's ...

Posted By: Perrysburg Area Arts Council | Category: Arts and Entertainment



May 24

2011 Brown Bag Summer Concert Series @ Your Library

(Released May 23, 2011) - Walk away from the water cooler and grab your blanket or lawn chair, favorite co-workers, and a brown bag full of munchies for the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library’s favorite lunchtime outdoor music series. The 2011 ...

Posted By: Rhonda Sewell | Category: Arts and Entertainment



May 24

Live Stream: TPS Board Meeting | 5/24/2011

May 24 at 5:30 p.m., Toledo Public Schools Board will hold it’s regularly scheduled board meeting. WGTE Public Media will stream the public meeting live on the Knowledge Stream Website (http://www.knowledgestream.org.) Citizens may attend the ...

Posted By: Knowledge Stream | Category: Arts and Entertainment



May 23

Gourd Artist Partcipates in MTV Movie Award Celeb Swag Bags

Los Angeles, CA June 3-4, 2011 - Tracy Swartz, a Walbridge, Ohio artist, has joined the IndiExhibit to contribute her unique brand of artwork to the MTV Movie Awards celebrity swag bags. She will also have on display her whimsical piece titled, ...

Posted By: Tracy Swartz | Category: Arts and Entertainment



May 23

Art for home or office of Toledo, Ohio area nature areas

Toledo, Ohio photographer Mitch Labuda, making art for the local nature preserves suitable for home or office. Fill up those empty walls with scenes like the one shown, from the Irwin Prairie State Nature Preserve.Press Release Contact Name: Mitch ...

Posted By: Mitch Labuda | Category: Arts and Entertainment



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 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 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

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

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 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 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

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 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

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



May 12

Hot Diggity Dog! Cedar Point Opens for the Summer on May 14!

SANDUSKY, Ohio – Premium made-to-order gourmet hot dogs and chili dogs will add to the fun and excitement of a Cedar Point summer when the Sandusky, Ohio, amusement park/resort opens for the season on Saturday, May 14. Beginning Saturday, May ...

Posted By: Robin Innes | Category: Arts and Entertainment



May 12

UT to Host Summer Camp for Gifted and Talented Students

The gifted, talented and creative elementary students in the greater Toledo area will have the opportunity to challenge their knowledge and abilities at a summer camp designed for them at The University of Toledo. The camp, which will be held the ...

Posted By: Meghan Cunningham | Category: Arts and Entertainment



May 12

UT Student’s Movie to Screen at Westfield Franklin Park Mall

“And the big question is, you know, how is she going to save herself from being the mother of the Antichrist?” As University of Toledo sophomore film major Conrad Faraj explained the premise of his first feature film, he noticed the ...

Posted By: Meghan Cunningham | Category: Arts and Entertainment



May 12

Detroit Mayor Whistle-Blower to Visit Library

(Released May 11, 2011) – New author Walter L. Harris, Jr., a former Detroit Police officer and bodyguard of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, is scheduled to appear in Toledo to discuss his debut book Badge of Honor Blowing the Whistle: ...

Posted By: Rhonda Sewell | Category: Arts and Entertainment



May 12

Toledo Repertoire Theatre 2011-12 Season Announcement

The Toledo Repertoire Theatre, the area’s longest-running showcase of local talent, proudly announces its 2011-2012 season of “Mischief, Mayhem, and Mystery.” Season subscriptions are available by calling the box office at (419) ...

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



May 11

10th Annual Claire’s Day 2011 @ Maumee Branch Library

(Released May 9, 2011) – Claire’s Day returns this year celebrating its 10th Anniversary on Saturday, May 21 at Maumee Branch Library, 501 River Rd, Maumee, OH. Claire’s Day is a free family book festival held annually to honor the ...

Posted By: Rhonda Sewell | Category: Arts and Entertainment



May 11

Owens Welcomes Internationally-Acclaimed Celtic Harpist

PERRYSBURG TOWNSHIP, OH – Internationally-acclaimed Celtic harpist Sharlene Wallace will bring her unique musical blend of traditional Celtic and contemporary sound to Northwest Ohio as Owens Community College presents a free concert on ...

Posted By: Brad Meyer | Category: Arts and Entertainment



May 10

National Salvation Army Week

The Salvation Army of Northwest Ohio is celebrating National Salvation Army from May 9-16. We would like to invite you to the following events: Old Time Salvation Army Night, May 11, 6:30 pm for refreshments and tours & 7 pm for an evening ...

Posted By: Tracy Knappins | Category: Arts and Entertainment