Arts & Culture

Film Notes May 2026

TCP Staff

Street Project Film Screening – A Safer Streets Conversation A powerful look at road safety and community advocacy takes the screen in Maumee with a...

Beware The Art: The items in the Toledo Museum of Art’s newest collection may or may not be Cursed!

Jon Ruggiero

Evil and wickedness are hard to witness, and people since the dawn of time have devised ways to explain why bad things happen. Though...

Toledo Community Invited to Celebrate and Support “100 Works of Art” Public Art Initiative at April 30 Fundraiser

Melissa Lee

A community vision for public art in Toledo A new effort to transform everyday spaces into vibrant public art is gaining momentum in Northwest Ohio....

At the Corner of Memory and Belonging-Carryout at the Heart of the City

Melissa Lee

On May 5, the University of Iowa Press will release Carryout, a debut collection of linked short stories by journalist and writer Hasan Dudar....

From Power Tools to Punchlines: Luke Capasso Comes to Toledo Funny Bone

Dan Louks

What do you get when you cross the DIY know-how of Bob Vila from This Old House with the encyclopedic knowledge of history documentarian...

Neighborhood Voices Project to Bring Visual Arts to Englewood, Uptown and Old West End Neighborhoods

Digital Media

For decades, WGTE has been dedicated to telling the stories of the people and institutions that make this region exceptional. A new initiative, Neighborhood...

The Toledo Ballet Brings Magic of Coppelia to Life at The Valentine

Jennifer Kellow-Fiorini

Coppelia infuses comedy with dazzling classical dance, eyepopping color and a fanciful story. On April 25th and 26th The Toledo Ballet closes its 2025/2026 season...

UpTown Unbound Brings Art, Murals and Community to Toledo April 25

Melissa Lee

A self-guided celebration of local creativity Art lovers and community explorers alike are invited to experience the creative spirit of Toledo at the upcoming UpTown...

Curtain Call: “Tuesdays with Morrie”

Melissa Lee

A beloved memoir about life, friendship and facing loss will come to the stage this spring as Actors Collaborative Toledo presents a staged reading...

Curtain Call: NYC’s Legendary Flamenco Vivo at The Valentine

Jennifer Kellow-Fiorini

Flamenco Vivo, a prominent and respected U.S. flamenco company, brings their latest show, Quinto Elemento (The Fifth Element) to the Valentine Theater April 28...

Book Notes April 2026

TCP Staff

Authors! with Lindy Ryan – Dollface The Toledo Lucas County Public Library welcomes horror author Lindy Ryan, as part of the Authors! series, for a...

Art Notes April 2026

TCP Staff

Lourdes University Student Art Exhibition Lourdes University showcases the creativity of its students during the Student Art Exhibition, running now–April 16 at the Lourdes Univer-...

Theater Notes April 2026

TCP Staff

Daniel Tosh: My First Farewell Tour Sharp, unapologetic, and wildly unpredictable, Daniel Tosh brings his My First Farewell Tour to Toledo for one night only....

Ode To The Zipcode Finalists 2026

TCP Staff

Five digits can say a lot about who we are, and for 10 years, Toledoans have been turning their zip codes into artwork. The...

Reel to Real: Ohio Goes to the Movies

Steven E. Sloan

When Milan, Ohio’s own Thomas Edison unveiled his “kinetograph” in the 1890s, he had no way of knowing what he’d brought into the world....

#5poets5parks

Christy Frank

A moment in the prairie On an early fall afternoon at Cannonball Prairie Metropark, poet Charles Malone started on the Leopard Frog Trail, admiring the...

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