Arts & Culture

Bored? Think Outside Of The (Art) Box

Erin Holden

Fill the Art-Loop-shaped hole in your life with the recently launched program of The Arts Commission. Connecting local artists and the community, Art Boxes,...

Marks and Madness— playful colors and shapes at Hudson Gallery

Jeff McGinnis

A fascinating pair of Michigan-based artists are the focus of a new exhibit at the Hudson Gallery. Marks and Madness will be displayed at the...

Buy a virtual ticket, the Toledo Rep is back— online

Jeff McGinnis

The Toledo Repertoire Theatre is hosting its first show in months for a virtual audience. The theatre’s Young Rep program will present live performances of...

SQACC moves popular fundraiser online

Jeff McGinnis

For the past 12 years, the Sofia Quintero Art and Cultural Center (SQACC) has held an Entre Amigos fundraiser, featuring celebrity waitstaff and a...

Recreating famous Toledo landmarks in Lego (and more)

Jeff McGinnis

The Arts Commission and Imagination Station team up to present the Build With Us challenge, inviting participants to create replicas of famous Toledo landmarks...

TMA brings visionary stained glass art to Toledo

Jeff McGinnis

The remarkable, beautiful and occasionally disturbing work of a remarkable artist will be the focus of the the Toledo Museum of Art's new exhibit...

Hudson Gallery opens its doors

Athena Cocoves

Downtown Sylvania’s Hudson Gallery is again open to visitors and exhibiting a new solo show from Carmen Chaparro, a Chicago-based painter. Chaparro’s I Love...

Take to the Black Kite stage again

Jeff McGinnis

After a long layoff, forced by the quarantine orders, Black Kite Coffee on Collingwood recently restarted an Open Mic Night. Held on a bi-weekly...

Write On: Three authors shed light on what it takes to get published

Erin Holden

If you’ve ever felt absolutely certain that the first draft of that novel you stowed away in a filing cabinet might just be the...

Gathered Says Hello Neighbor in a Gallery Window Exhibit

Erin Holden

With gallery displays of local artists’ work painfully absent during the COVID-19 crisis, Gathered Glassblowing Studio decided to embrace the challenge of bringing the...

The Best Toledo-Made Podcasts To Listen To While Social Distancing

Jeff McGinnis

There are tons of podcasts to be found by area creators on an amazing variety of topics, from religion to comic books, from movies to dieting and more.

The Mix: Bringing Brightness and Dancing into Your Home

Joni Johnson

Video games, puzzles, and maybe even your Zoom karaoke sessions, might now be feeling lackluster, whether it’s your fourth, fifth, or sixth quarantined Friday...

2020 Ode to the ZIP Code

TCP Staff

Your ZIP code is more than just your address— it’s part of your identity. The Toledo City Paper has made an effort to express that point...

Arts Commission plans to add murals to downtown tunnels

Jeff McGinnis

As part of its Art in Public Places Program, the Arts Commission is currently accepting proposals from artists to paint murals in selected locations.

The Arts Commission just announced a $10,000 emergency grant program for artists

Athena Cocoves

Artists thrive on events. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, hundreds of local performances, exhibitions, festivals, and other revenue-generating opportunities for artists have been canceled. For most...

Virtual Experience: Intense Adornment online with 20 North

Jeff McGinnis

See the 20 North Gallery’s current exhibit, Intense Adornment: The Jewelry of Sue Szabo, without leaving your home. The downtown gallery has posted an ongoing...

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