Arts & Culture

Ohio Chautauqua’s big tent summer tour stops in Milan

Athena Cocoves

What happens when you mix theater and history? Sometimes, you get terrible period pieces. Other times? You get Ohio Chautauqua, a 19th-century tradition of...

The Cutting Edge Theatre Company hosts 2nd Annual Luminous Light Soireé Fundraiser

Athena Cocoves

Cutting Edge Theatre Company will celebrate the young company’s accomplishments during their 2nd Annual Luminous Light Soireé Fundraiser. Experience a special performance by company...

Toledo Botanical Gardens holds all-day furniture-building workshop

Athena Cocoves

The classic idiom gets a new meaning when artist, author and professional craftsman, Bim Willow hosts his annual, all-day furniture-building workshop at the Hands...

Toledo Museum of Art holds annual Community Block Party

Athena Cocoves

Head to the Toledo Museum of Art for their annual Community Block Party, a celebration of art, fun, food and friends on Saturday, July...

WGTE’s Electronic Currents Showcases the Spectrum of EDM

Michael Pierce

When Friday night arrives and you’re looking for something adventurous to do, here’s a suggestion: tune in to public radio. Seriously. While WGTE FM...

The official Shakespeare Festival kicks off in Michigan

Jeff Klima

Celebrate your love of all things Elizabethan-era when the Shakespeare Fest goeth offeth in Jackson, MI. The official Shakespeare Festival of Michigan, this multi-week...

Genius, Without Torture: Coping and Creativity

Athena Cocoves

In a 1963 interview with The Paris Review, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Katherine Anne Porter made a poignant proclamation: “I think I’ve only spent about...

From the TMA to Today: Looking back at the art history and development of the Toledo Federation of Art Societies

K.A. Letts

A volunteer arts organization that survives a hundred years has proven itself an active participant in cultural life. So, after a century of promoting...

A Thailand Love Story

Athena Cocoves

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic musical about a newly widowed woman and her romance with the King of Siam will hit the local stage when...

Sylvania’s Ten Mile Creek Theatre Company presents “Whose Line Is It?”

Athena Cocoves

Even if you don’t know anything about improv theater, you probably know the hit TV show “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” Taking a cue...

Harvey’s hairy situation

Athena Cocoves

American playwright Mary Chase’s 1944 Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Harvey, is a comedy of errors like no other. When social-climber Vera becomes embarrassed by her...

The Toledo Botanical Garden’s 52nd annual Crosby Festival of the Arts

Athena Cocoves

The Toledo Botanical Gardens brings the 52nd annual Crosby Festival of the Arts, with more than 200 artists from across the country during the...

The TMA’s new collection of Kara Walker prints

Athena Cocoves

Contemporary artist Kara Walker creates art in a variety of media. Exploring race, gender, sexuality and violence, Walker’s diverse portfolio, includes cut-paper, paintings, prints,...

The Ann Arbor Book Festival comes to Michigan this month

Jeff Klima

Boost your brainpower, get whisked away to a fantasyland or just be a lookie-loo when the Ann Arbor Book Festival hits Michigan. From the street...

Get in the Loop: Highlights of the June 3rd Thursday Art Loop

Athena Cocoves

Are you inspired by downtown Toledo’s galleries, artists, murals, musicians and other creatives? Then get involved in one of The Arts Commission’s Art Loops,...

Toledo Federation of Art Societies celebrates its 100th Anniversary

K.A. Letts

On Friday, June 9, the Toledo Federation of Art Societies, venerable civic sister of the Toledo Museum of Art, will begin a series of...

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