Arts & Culture

Create-a-city in downtown Sylvania

Athena Cocoves

Some city landmarks— like utility boxes— are as necessary as they are ugly. However, downtown Sylvania wants every surface to beautiful, so they’re inviting locals to...

Masterworks Chorale: “What a Wonderful World”

Athena Cocoves

Musical traditions, like the world, are colorful, diverse and filled with tradition. Channel the song immortalized by Louis Armstrong during Masterworks Chorale: Collage. The...

Inspiring images in the American Frame Showroom

Athena Cocoves

American Frame Showroom will offer two exhibitions in June. Catch them before their last day on Friday, June 30. First up, local artist Sue Stewart’s...

Kinky Boots: A high-heeled hit

Athena Cocoves

Family businesses are difficult, especially when they’re nearly-bankrupt. See how a creative son named Charlie kicks life back into the shoe factory he inherited...

‘At the Circus’, Then Off to the Sideshow: The Curious Transformations of Steven J. Athanas

Athena Cocoves

… oh! Lydia, the champ of them all…. for two bits she will do a Mazurka in Jazz…….with a view of Niagra that no...

After Fleming’s farewell

Athena Cocoves

On May 13, lauded opera singer Renée Fleming performed at the Metropolitan Opera for the last time, bidding farewell to her mastered craft. For...

Films, more films, beast bikes and our Top 5 Art Loop Stops to Make in May

Athena Cocoves

It’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...

Packer Creek Pottery opens second Perrysburg location

Athena Cocoves

Ceramic artist Jan Pugh’s stunning, whimsical pottery is now available in Perrysburg. The Genoa pottery studio founded by Jan Pugh, Packer Creek Pottery, has...

Party with Your Boyfriend’s Stylist

Athena Cocoves

Don’t have a boyfriend, let alone one with a stylist? No problem. Your Boyfriends Stylist (YBFS) is a fashion and art marketing group that...

See how love conquers all when The Fantasticks appears at The Valentine Theatre

TCP Staff

Young love often rings true to the story of Romeo & Juliet— even without royal families, feuding fathers, protecting a wall built to keep...

The Actor’s Collaborative Toledo presents “Lilian”

Athena Cocoves

The late Lillian Hellman is remembered for many things— her impressive dramatic talents, writing the 1939 dramatic play The Little Foxes, the far-left sympathies...

Posters Take Center Stage at The Paula Brown Gallery: Talented Toledo Graphic Designers Get Their Due

Joel Sensenig

The Paula Brown Gallery is hosting an exhibition for a sometimes forgotten artistic medium: posters. The Poster Show, an exhibition of 50-plus posters from...

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...

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