What You’ll Hear During Lunch at Levis Square This Summer
May 30, 2017Levis Square— downtown Toledo’s favorite food truck spot— will kick off their 12th summer of the Lunch at Levis Square live music and food truck series. The weekly event, sponsored by the Downtown Toledo Improvement District (DTID), pairs 15 local food vendors with a variety of live bands, averaging a turnout of 1500 people each week. Lunch at Levis Square
Maxwell: “blackSUMMER’Snight” in Toledo
May 30, 2017“blackSUMMER’Snight,” the second album in a trilogy by soul artist Maxwell, has arrived a mere seven years after the first album in the series, “BLACKsummer’snight.” That’s about par for the course for Maxwell, who over his 20-year recording career has released five studio albums. Part of the reason Maxwell doesn’t crank out albums every other
Journey comes to Toledo on June 25
May 30, 2017Journey is back on the road this spring, with Steve Smith returning on drums and with Arnel Pineda singing songs that former vocalist Steve Perry made famous in the late 1970s and early ‘80s (as well as other material). Plenty of people wish Perry would return to Journey. And for his part, guitarist Neal Schon
Get Your Festival Fix: Our guide to the best summer musical festivals
May 26, 2017Take in the summer air and let the sun warm your soul—it’s time to groove. This year’s summer music festivals boast eclectic genres and some big names to check off your concert bucket list. Whether you’re more of a laid-back, groovin’ kinda music lover, or a head-banger into double-bass notes, there’s a festival to satisfy
Mud Hens and Jeff: Brother Edition
May 24, 2017So we’ll keep this edition of Mud Hens and Jeff short and sweet. My brother, Chris, was in town, so he went to the Tuesday night game with me. He’s been to a Hens game or two before, but for some reason, the nostalgia kicked in on this visit and he couldn’t get past
Toledo’s Most Eligible Needed for Single in the Glass City
May 24, 2017Unlucky in love? Have you scoured the dating sites seeking out Mr. or Mrs. Right? Are you worried that you’ll die old and alone with a bunch of cats who you pretend are your children? Don’t be that person— sign up for TCP’s Single in the Glass City! We don’t care how old or young
Join Sandra Cisneros to celebrate five decades of The Farm Labor Organizing Committee’s impact
May 18, 2017NW Ohio is a battleground in the migrant farm laborer rights movement. In 1978, 2,000 migrant workers walked off their jobs at Northwest Ohio’s Campbell Soup facility, citing workplace injustices. Those brave activists were all members of The Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC), founded in Toledo almost a decade earlier by Baldemar Velasquez in effort
Films, more films, beast bikes and our Top 5 Art Loop Stops to Make in May
May 18, 2017It’s the 3rd Thursday in May and we’re ready to get outside, feel inspired and finally enjoy some warm weather. Fortunately, this past winter— paired with bouts of bizarre midwestern weather— didn’t force Toledo creatives into hibernation. Instead, they’ve been organizing events like the Glass City Film Festival, inviting pedal-powered beasts to town, writing poetry, creating art
Who Will Be Jam-pion? Local chefs prepare to compete in 2017’s Jam City
May 15, 2017Jam City, the annual charity event benefiting Food For Thought, where area chefs are challenged to create a gourmet twist on the classic PB&J sandwich, is set to take place at the on Thursday, May 25 at the Huntington Center. As talented cooks from around the region prepare to wow attendees with their imaginative creations,
50 years on tour: Chicago’s James Pankow reveals how the band stays relevant
May 15, 2017In February this year, the members of Chicago had a celebratory dinner to mark their 50th anniversary as an active touring band. Heading to Toledo on Friday, May 19, trombonist James Pankow, one of the three remaining original band members who still tours and records, has clearly taken time to absorb how rare that kind
Remembering Cat: CatFest 2017 to honor the memory of beloved arts advocate
May 15, 2017Two years ago, the Toledo artistic circle lost one of its most visible and beloved advocates. Cat Lambert, whose website WheresTheCat.com helped spotlight events and connect artists throughout the area, was tragically slain by her husband in her Rossford home in 2015. She left behind innumerable friends who loved her, and a hole in the
Mud Hens and Jeff: Walleye Playoff Hockey Edition
May 15, 2017The Mud Hens were out of town over the weekend and so I rightly returned my attention to my first love: hockey. The Walleye are in the Conference Finals (as are my beloved Anaheim Ducks) and the wife and I jumped in after dealhunting at the Maker’s Mart. We scored seats in Row 2, directly