Arts & Culture

The Lion King Broadway Returns

Athena Cocoves

More than 95 million people around the world have witnessed the visual artistry, heard the unforgettable music, and experienced the unique storytelling of one...

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory comes to Stranahan

Athena Cocoves

Got a craving for the sweet story of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? Willy Wonka will bring his mysterious and marvelous factory to the...

Village Players Perform “The Importance of Being Earnest”

Athena Cocoves

Oscar Wilde’s most famous and loved comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest, stays relevant more than a century later due to its biting satire,...

6 Questions for Paula Poundstone

Athena Cocoves

Talking about weed, sluts, and robots with the legendary comic

American Frame: Fundraising in frame

Athena Cocoves

What’s a work of art worth without a good frame? We’re not interested in finding out. Fortunately, American Frame is helping locals, including students...

Cutting Edge Performs “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change”

Athena Cocoves

We hate to say it, but love is not always kind, nor patient. Love often envies, and love often boasts. Love is beautiful and...

Art Walk—Live and Local Performances

Erin Holden

Come on out to downtown Sylvania’s Art Walk to see live local performances that include The Yipps, Mister Pac Man improv group, Cutting Edge...

Tree City Playhouse Presents “The Fourth Wall”

Athena Cocoves

Theatergoers are familiar with breaking the fourth wall, but what about decorating it? In American playwright A.R. Gurney’s 1992 The Fourth Wall, the lines...

Hamilton Musical Hits Detroit

Erin Holden

Don’t miss the sensational musical that made Lin Manuel Miranda a household name and had American history teachers jumping for joy that someone was...

Ohio Arts’ Big Impact

Athena Cocoves

Creative economy creates growth

New “Global Conversations” Exhibit at TMA

Athena Cocoves

How does the state of the 21st century world impact the stories artists tell? See how issues of identity, migration and the digital revolution...

Vanessa Snyder Showcases Artwork at Paula Brown Shop

Athena Cocoves

Ever since she was a child, Toledo-native Vanessa Snyder has been painting, just as her father and grandfather did. Like many locals, Snyder took...

Building “Fences”

Jeff McGinnis

Fences tells the tale of a retired Negro League baseball player named Troy Maxson whose career was sabotaged by being unable to play in the major leagues.

Floeticly Divine Hosts Poetryspeaks Poetry Slam

Athena Cocoves

Are you a fan of slam poetry? Whether you’re a writer or an enthusiastic listener, the Poetryspeaks Poetry Slam presented by Floeticly Divine will...

The Glass Menagerie

Erin Holden

Tennessee Williams’ tale of a painfully shy young woman’s search for meaning in her increasingly isolated world is the play that made him a...

Steinem Sisters Collective Talk Intersectional Feminism

Athena Cocoves

Equality is more than just about gender, and intersectional feminism argues that all of our identities— class, race, education, ability, religion and sexual orientation,...

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