Don’t wait until the Toledo Zoo’s annual holiday lights, enjoy the soft glow of over 500 animal and botanical-shaped Chinese lanterns during the second year of Luminous Nights.

Every month Rasa boasts a Chef’s Table dinner focusing on something new. This month, enjoy the Plight of the Pinot Chef’s Table dinner, a five-course family-style menu prepared by Executive Chef Abraham Holmes (pictured above). Seating is limited to 12 people, so reserve your spot as soon as possible. $85/person.

See the glowing, yellow-green coloration of Art Deco vaseline glass objects displayed by members of the international Vaseline Glass Collectors, Inc. during their trip to Toledo for the club’s 20th annual convention.

Normally only under scrutiny when they lose a voting card on Election Day or find a box of ballots afterward. Like weeks later. Certifying candidates and issues to the ballot is usually a rubber stamp as long as they’ve submitted petitions with sufficient signatures. Until now. So who are these animals?

In his latest book, Survival House, Mayo addresses the impact and legacy of “the collective mind of doom” through ten short stories. Meet the author and learn more about his fifth short story collection during a meet and greet at Gathering Volumes bookstore.

Actors Collaborative Toledo (ACT) presents An Act of God at the beginning of October. The hilarious staged reading entails the answers to all of mankind’s deepest questions, presented by God himself and his devoted angels. After so many millennia, humans finally gain answers, some maybe they didn’t want to hear.

On September 28 and 29, artists and teachers, will gather at the University of Toledo Center for the Visual Arts to discuss how intention impacts artmaking during a two-day symposium hosted by Contemporary Art Toledo.

Often called America’s “native spirit,” the American whiskey was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky and is now produced in 49 states (Hawaii… step up your game).

When we want to know what to eat, where to drink, and how to celebrate, we ask our readers. Who else would know the best bar in downtown Toledo, the coolest new restaurant, or the hippest place to be seen? Read on to see who TCP readers voted for during this year’s dining guide awards.

The full day event will include a series of presentations, door prizes and banned book giveaways every half hour, and a talk at noon by Charlene Gilbert, Dean of UT’s College of Arts and Letters and Dr. Linda Smith.