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Past Activist Watch Events

TCP Staff

Angry? We get it. Now do something about it. Activists in Toledo have been busy. Here's a list of events locals have organized to...

The Frogtown Froggy Museum Is Absolutely Ribbeting

Athena Cocoves

Standing in the middle of a small, cramped room with over 700 frog sculptures, Amy Adler sees the world a little differently than most....

Learn about the history of graffiti at The Black House Gallery

Mara Kalinoski

Spray painting walls, or “tagging,” is fun until the cops come. At The Black House Gallery in Cleveland, there are no cops. An abandoned...

Michigan Theater screens Dario Argento’s Suspiria

Mara Kalinoski

Hold on to your guts, horror aficionados. You can’t call yourself a film buff without appreciating Dario Argento’s highly stylized contributions to the medium....

Toledo Game Room hosts annual Board Game Day

Jeff Klima

When the Game Room hosts their annual Board Game Day, they’re not talking Candyland, Life or even Chutes and Ladders. Think broader, new civilization...

Adams Street Block Party is back

Mara Kalinoski

In strong contention to be the best local event of the year, the Adams Street Block Party will get you wet, wild and drunk—...

Learn The Basics Of Everything Your Parents Tried To Tell You

Athena Cocoves

When you’re a teenager, you can’t wait to move out of your parent’s house, but when that sweet, sweet freedom pushes up against reality,...

Field Guide: Awe-Inspiring Universe

Alison Wood-Osmun

This month the universe offers us a solar eclipse, a meteor shower, the swirling Milky Way and beyond. Day Sky The Moon will create quite a...

Ghost Hunting at the Toledo Yacht Club

Jeff Klima

The Toledo Yacht Club is home to an impressive and intricate-looking mansion — if there are ghosts to be found, you can believe that...

The United Way’s annual Kickoff to Caring

Jeff Klima

$15 might not seem like a lot of money to you, but for needy students in NW Ohio, it can mean the difference between...

Toledo Fair Housing Center’s annual There’s No Place like Home fundraiser

Jeff Klima

Party with the Toledo Fair Housing Center as they educate you on their programs seeking to keep housing fair and affordable. At their annual...

Primp Your Pit with the Toledo Humane Society

Jeff Klima

Have an aggressive-natured dog that is getting frisky on the reg? Keep a lid on the situation during the Toledo Humane Societies’ Primp Your...

Catch the Drift: From Toledo’s History of Sensory Deprivation Research To Our First Float Spa, TrueREST

David Maxwell Fine

The Toledo-area has gotten its own Float Spa. Timothy Scott, a doctor, entrepreneur, and Toledoan, and Jamye Whaley have opened a TrueREST float spa...

Celebrate the Kentucky Derby in Toledo

Scott Peterson

Circle 2445 brings its annual Kentucky Derby party back to the Toledo Museum of Art. This party is complete with a cash bar...

Handmade Toledo’s 10th Maker’s Mart offers new vendors and old favorites

Athena Cocoves

In April 2012, Jessica “Oh Sew Betty” Crossfield first brought more than 80 local and regional makers together for Handmade Toledo’s Maker’s Mart, the...

Michelle “Vod” Atkinson: Pedal Pusher

Athena Cocoves

Riding a bike doesn't mean ending up face-first on a mound of grass covered in sweat. Take 'er easy and learn from yarn and...

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