Arts & Culture

Alanna Baker’s Beautiful Black Spider: Inspecting the insects of Cirque du Soleil’s OVO

Athena Cocoves

Eight-year-olds rarely dream of growing up to become a spider— but then again, Alanna Baker was no typical eight-year-old. From a small village outside...

Party with The Arts Commission at Graphite Design + Build and Gathered Glassblowing Studio during The Mix Blō Out

Athena Cocoves

Artists are great makers, and that inventiveness lends well to parties. Need proof? Nobody throws a bigger bash than The Arts Commission during their...

Roadtrip: Sam Beauford Woodshop

Jeff Klima

A great time is just an axe throw away. Adrian, Mich. is the scene of the first annual Great Lakes Woodworking Festival, hosted by...

Handmade Toledo’s 10th Maker’s Mart offers new vendors and old favorites

Athena Cocoves

In April 2012, Jessica “Oh Sew Betty” Crossfield first brought more than 80 local and regional makers together for Handmade Toledo’s Maker’s Mart, the...

The 10th annual Festival of 10-Minute Plays at the Tree City Playhouse

Athena Cocoves

Could you tell a story in ten minutes? Don’t worry, you don’t have to, but the actors at Tree City Playhouse will. During their...

The Village Players Theatre introduces the musical Putting it Together

Nichole Green

What happens when a planned evening goes haywire? The Village Players Theatre introduces the musical Putting it Together. The story of a married couple’s...

The oldest theater in Michigan’s new look

Athena Cocoves

After a yearlong renovation, The Croswell Opera House in downtown Adrian is reopening its doors. Jere Righter, artistic director, said the renovations were aimed...

Glacity Theatre Collective to perform provocative play Marjorie Prime

Jeff McGinnis

It’s the future. Technology has advanced to the point where artificial intelligence and holographic technology can summon a lifelike recreation of someone who has...

Angelwood Gallery presents new “FLUX” exhibit

Athena Cocoves

Regional artists working in a variety of styles are now on display at a Grand Rapids, Ohio gallery. Angelwood Gallery’s newest exhibit “FLUX” includes...

The Ohio Theatre to show A League Of Their Own

Nichole Green

The Ohio Theatre is featuring the 1992 hit motion picture A League Of Their Own. During World War II, two sisters decide to join...

An ancient style of painting to showcase at the American Frame Showroom

Athena Cocoves

An ancient style of painting is getting a modern treatment. Encaustic painting, otherwise known as hot wax painting, is thought to been first used...

Toledo Museum of Art threaded rainbow artist to do glassblowing demonstrations

Athena Cocoves

Last October, contemporary Mexican artist Gabriel Dawe stretched threaded rainbows across the Toledo Museum of Art’s Great Gallery for Plexus no. 35. Now, the...

Bringing social justice through performance: Issue Box Theatre presents Stephen Sondheim’s “Company”

Emily Remaklus

The hardworking volunteers that dedicate their time and attention to Issue Box Theatre strive to educate, inspire, and positively change Toledo with social justice...

Toledo Ballet weaves contemporary parables with Tales of Grimm

Jeff Klima

Ballet suffers from the same image problem that a lot of classic arts do in the modern age— people think they don’t move fast...

The Waterville Playshop presents the Fiddler on the Roof

Nichole Green

Home is where the heart is, as the Waterville Playshop introduces their rendition of Fiddler on the Roof, the heartwarming tale of Tevye, a...

The Black Swamp Players present The Dixie Swim Club

Athena Cocoves

Getting old typically means gaining weight, and we’re not just talking about your body. As you age, concerns get heavier, and those adolescent weekends...

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