Large-Scale Pickleball Statue Calls Toledo Home As the sport of pickleball has been growing nationwide and in Toledo with the opening of Toledo Pickle in early 2025, of course the city needed an 8-foot-diameter pickleball statue to commemora

Marks America’s 250 with Realism and Hope Our year-long commemoration of America’s 250th anniversary has been a time of celebration and of national pride, but also one of reflection. A compelling example is the latest exhibition by internati

Art gallery and class space welcomes all in Downtown Toledo In a nondescript building on Huron Street across from Fifth Third Field, you’ll find a sign with the number 39 on it. It’s a simple address marker for an art gallery many have unkno

How the Toledo Journalist Became Nationally Known An author, reporter, pilot, explorer, hard worker, mother and wife. All of these terms could be used to describe Mildred (Millie) Benson. For those who knew her, Millie was a down-to-Earth jo

Readers will have the chance to meet bestselling author Ann Aguirre when she visits the Toledo Lucas County Public Library’s Authors! series on Thursday, Sept. 3, at 7pm at the Main Library. Aguirre, whose career spans more than 50 published

House of Dow, a local vintage resale shop, has been a safe space for the transgender community, even before owner Alan Dow came out as transgender himself. Selling pieces from the 1920s to current LGBTQ+ merchandise, the small business has c

Bowling Green, is known for largely-popular events throughout the year; two of the biggest are the annual National Tractor Pull Championship at the Wood County fairgrounds and the huge yet polar-opposite event in the heart of BG’s downtown,

A One-Night-Only Photography Experience On Sept. 4, The Switchboard will host VIS-A-VIS Vol. 2: The Human Element, a one-night-only photography exhibition featuring nine photographers with every photographer displaying their work across thre

20 North Gallery has promoted Anastasia Wagner to Associate Art Director, marking an exciting new chapter for both Wagner and Toledo’s oldest independent art gallery. What began as a University of Toledo internship in 2017 has grown into an