Arts & Culture

Music Notes May 2025

TCP Staff

Glass City Record Show Explore 65 tables filled with thousands of music items. Discover new and pre-loved LPs, 45s, CDs, cassettes, memorabilia, posters and storage...

TSA’s Spinning Pig Records prepares for inaugural release

Steve Merangue

The halls of Toledo School for the Arts are filled with budding singers and songwriters, many of whom are already recording and releasing their...

3rd Annual National Arab American Heritage Month Event

Audrey Blaufuss

On April 25th the third annual National Arab American heritage month event will be held at the Al-Madinah Community Center in partnership with the...

Snow White Enchants at the Toledo Ballet April 25 & 26

Jennifer Kellow-Fiorini

Hot on the heels of a controversial Disney remake of their own animated Snow White film, Toledo Ballet welcomes audiences to an innovative spin...

Glass City Expo celebrates glass art, live music, and good vibes

Steve Merangue

Take the fiery creativity of glassblowing, add an eclectic and energetic lineup of bands, invite a bunch of other artists to come show off...

Art Notes April 2025

TCP Staff

Michael Harding Wins Alaska Railroad’s Catch the Train Photo Contest Congratulations to Michael Harding of Ottawa Hills for winning the Catch the Train photo contest...

City Side: Against All Odds:Toledo Helps Ukraine supports a nation’s resilience

Julianne Jardine

Vladmir Putin predicted, in February 2022, that the Russian invasion of Ukraine would be over in three days with Russia victorious. Alona Matchenko, JD,...

Robert Vanitvelt’s 45-Foot Whale: A Monumental Art Installation

Chelsea Welsh

In the Way Public Library, the belly of a 45 ft by 12 ft humpback whale looms on the side of the wall. When...

Listen Hear: Record Store Day 2025: Exclusive Vinyl & Events in Toledo

Steven E. Sloan

April may be mired in the holiday doldrums between St. Patrick’s Day and Memorial Day, but for vinyl fans it’s the most wonderful time...

University of Toledo reimagines Shakespeare with inclusion

Jenna Bal

The University of Toledo's Department of Theatre and Film is advocating for inclusion in the arts with its musical production of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer...

New TMA Exhibit Tells Life Story of Artist Chilly Rodriguez

Kelly Sankowski

Artist Chilly Rodriguez was born and raised in Toledo. He grew up bouncing between the homes of different family members due to his parents’...

Art To Heart: Survivor Art Exhibit Challenges Victim-Blaming Myths

Audrey Blaufuss

A Survivor Art Installation In 2013 the “What Were You Wearing?” Survivor Art Installation originated at the University of Arkansas. Inspired by a poem written...

Ode To The Zipcode 2025 Finalists

TCP Staff

Your ZIP code is part of your identity. The Toledo City Paper has made an effort to mission, the Toledo Lucas County Public Library,...

Feminism, culture collide at launch of Toledo-based magazine

Jenna Bal

People from Northwest Ohio and beyond gathered at Toledo School for the Arts to celebrate the launch of a new Toledo-based magazine Saturday evening. Aptly...

New Toledo-based magazine strives to spotlight women of color

Jenna Bal

Toledo native Taylor Shine is bringing women’s empowerment to the forefront of the city’s art scene with an expressive new magazine focused on women...

Issue Box Theatre Marks 10 Years with Ms. Cast Cabaret

Leslie Anne Shore

Issue Box Theatre is marking a decade of powerful storytelling and social change with Ms. Cast, a cabaret performance like you’ve never seen before,...

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