Arts & Culture

Land of landscapes

Athena Cocoves

Online art instructor and painter Tim Gagnon has visited from Maine to showcase his detailed, realistic and picturesque landscape paintings in a solo show...

When in Rome…

Athena Cocoves

… act like a Late Roman— extravagant, glossy and glittering with gold. Get a sense of the art history of Late Roman masterpieces during...

If you can’t DIY— just buy

Athena Cocoves

For the past few years, most of my holiday shopping has been done in a full-on, Supermarket Sweepstakes-style fugue state during Maker’s Mart. Since...

Watercolor Without Brushes at the Art Supply Depot

Athena Cocoves

Have you ever painted without a paint brush? We’re not talking about covering your fingers in acrylic paints— we’re talking watercolors. Learn how you...

Problems? Go Ask Angela.

Emily Modrowski

Peter Parker leads a secret superhero life, much like Toledo’s largely unknown group of comic book writers.

Guys and Dolls at the River Raisin Centre for the Arts

Athena Cocoves

Big Apple gangsters, gamblers and characters of the underworld will head to the River Raisin Centre for the Arts for the 1950’s musical favorite Guys and Dolls.

The Valentine Theatre Studio A presents The Woman in Black

Athena Cocoves

One of London’s West End Theatre’s longest-running plays, The Woman in Black makes its way to The Valentine Theatre’s Studio A, a black box...

Toledo playwright’s comedy explores divisive culture

Jeff McGinnis

The two couples could not be more dissimilar. One is conservative, the other liberal. They come from completely different social classes. One couple loves...

Erin Adair-Hodges on reading, writing and dying happy

Brittany Haynes

New Mexico-native Erin Adair-Hodges is now a professor at the University of Toledo. She has had her poetry published widely, featured on PBS NewsHour,...

PRIZM Creative Community holds 3rd Biennial Veteran’s Art Show of NW Ohio

Athena Cocoves

Thank veterans for their service while celebrating their creative works during PRIZM Creative Community’s 3rd Biennial Veteran’s Art Show of NW Ohio: Visions of...

The 31st annual Woodcarvers’ Show & Sale at Sauder Village

Athena Cocoves

Last spring, we introduced readers to local woodworkers with a feature story, Carving Artists (April 5, 2017). See how skilled carvers are going against...

Artists’ Brushes 101 workshop at The Art Supply Depot

Athena Cocoves

Talent can only get you so far—understanding the tools at your disposal can make or break the execution of even the best idea. Learn...

TMA holds Fall Art Book Sale

Athena Cocoves

Stock up on coffee table novelties, biographies, tutorials and Toledo Museum of Art special collection works during the annual TMA Fall Art Book Sale....

Putting vibrancy in the voice: Arts Commission awards grants

Eric Hehl

Since 1959, the Arts Commission has ensured that Toledo’s art scene has had the energy, support, and funding it’s needed.

The Toledo Rep seeks new plays by local playwrights

Jason Webber

Dig out that dusty stage play you wrote back in college or during that one summer when you were feeling especially dramatic— The Toledo...

Church 3TwentyOne presents On Golden Pond

Jason Webber

It’s unlikely Ernest Thompson knew what an asteroid-sized impact his small play about a retired New England couple would have upon the lives of...

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