Forgotten History
September 12, 2018To mark the 50th anniversary of the Fair Housing Act, The Fair Housing Center and the Ohio Diversity Council will conduct an educational summit about the history, present struggles, and future of fair housing in Ohio.
Northwest Ohio Craft Breweries
September 12, 2018Love craft beer? The Glass City offers a great selection as Northwest Ohio boasts over a dozen craft breweries. Find a speciality brew to fill your glass at one of these local businesses.
Through the Looking Glass: Reminders of “The Glass City”
August 28, 2018Consider glass skyscrapers, mass-manufactured glass bottles, and space suits. These things have something in common: they are all innovations made possible by Toledo glass companies.
No-Kill Shelters—Know Your Options Before You Adopt, or Surrender, a Pet
August 14, 2018The term “no-kill” is defined differently, depending on who you talk to. Because pet-owners, or those hoping to adopt a pet, might not realize the difference, Toledo City Paper examined the policies of local shelters. While approaches may vary, all shelters agree: it is much better to find a pet at a shelter than to support the often inhumane and shockingly unregulated puppy mill industry.
A Closer Look—’Close, Closer, Closest’—Interactive Public Art
August 14, 2018Several years ago ACGT analyzed the distribution of public art by city council districts, and District 5 did not have any public works, according to Art in Public Spaces Coordinator Nathan Mattimoe. “On a basic level, public art is for everyone in the city,” he said. “We’re interested in expanding not only into neighborhoods surrounding downtown that have problems economically, but also into other neighborhoods in the city that don’t have a lot of public space available.”
The Bearded Lady Project
August 1, 2018The field of paleontology has a long track-record of being a boys’ club that, like many professions, did not allow much of a place for women. Most pictures likely to be found in science textbooks are of a bearded “white man with a pick ax,” according to Lexi Jamieson Marsh, director of The Bearded Lady Project: Challenging the Face of Science.