All it takes is three digits—4-1-9—to get Toledo celebrating. On Saturday, April 19th, people will glorify all things local with the third annual 419 Day. What began as a small shindig in the Uptown district, this year stretches as far as Sylvania. A day for everyone with a 419 phone number (567 folks, you’re invited too!). From crafty events at the annual Maker’s Mart, to perusing art at the downtown Gallery Loop. And don’t forget Record Store Day. This is your guide for effective planning.
Downtown businesses will host a variety of activities beginning at 10am and continuing into the evening. Be sure to wear your Toledo-themed T-shirts; they may get you discounts on food and drink items. To learn more about 419 Day, check out celebrate419.com. You can follow 419 Day on Twitter and Facebook
Farmers Market
525 Market St.
9am-1pm
It may not feel like springtime quite yet, but local produce, such as root vegetables and are in season. Stroll through rows of fresh, home-grown produce and sample the best selections of locally-roasted coffee and scones at the Farmer’s Market in the historic Warehouse District. Natural soaps, candles, jewelry and other gift items are also available.
More information at toledofarmersmarket.com
Toledo Museum of Art
2445 Monroe St
10:30-11am
Capture your creative poses for an Instagram meetup outside the Monroe Street entrance with the museum as the backdrop. Follow the museum’s Instagram and tag your photo as #419Day to enter into a contest for prizes. To learn more visit toledomuseum.org/events/419-day/
Miserable City TV
Ohio Theatre
3112 Lagrange Street
4:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m.
Founded on the first 419 Day in 2011, Miserable City TV, a productions company, will host its third birthday celebration at the historic Ohio Theatre.
The place will be booming with live rock and electronic music. Between the sets, Miserable City TV will showcase their short films that feature the best of Toledo area music, art, entertainment and culture, as well as read poems. Attendees can also sample local beer from nano breweries, including Toledoan Ian Alberts called S.L.O.B.S. (State Line hOptimistic Brewing Society).
Admission, food and drink are all free, but there is a $2 suggested donation. You can check out more about the event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/244630032377586/?notif_t=plan_user_invited. To learn more about Miserable City: www.miserablecity.tv
Chow down on good, local grub with special prices you cannot beat from your favorite downtown restaurants: here are just a few of the day’s edible specials.
Manhattan’s Restaurant
1516 Adams St.
11am-12pm.
Enjoy specialty cocktails infused with local herbs and spices as well as specials on all Maumee Bay beers. Wear 419 gear and receive half-off on appetizers at the bar
and patio.
Ye Olde Cock n Bull
9 N. Huron St.
12pm-2am
Show your 419 pride with Toledo gear and get pints of Maumee Bay brew for $3 or pitchers
for $7.
Toledo Homeslice
28 South St. Clair St.
12pm-2am
Celebrate the 419 with $1.50 can and $2 slicers. Local musician Kaiden Chase will play at 9pm.
Flying Rhino
436 13th St.
12pm-2am
Flying Rhino will serve coffee and chocolate all day, and feature the crafty art of Kellie Leininger Patton (of Spare Parts Jewelry), Leigh Cattran, Chris Huntington-Sanderson, and Sarah Williams.
Fill ‘er up and cheers to the 419! Live it up at these downtown establishments and bars with drink specials and special entertainment in the evening:
Wesleys Bar and Grill
1201 Adams St.
3pm-2am
Specials all day include $1 Buckeye drafts, $3.50 Maumee Bay IPA bottles and $4 Bloody’s with Packo’s Pickles. The back patio will be open with Bocce ball and corn hole, as well as free hot dogs and snacks while supplies last with drink purchase.
The Attic on Adams
1701 Adams St.
2pm-2:30am.
Special menu featuring local produce as well as beer and cocktail specials from the Maumee Bay Brewing Company for those donning Toledo gear.
Glass City Cafe
1107 Jackson St.
8am-2pm
Specials on Glass City Burger and Glass City Breakfast Wrap for $1.49. Also, check out jewelry by Jo Ellen Cherko.
Mutz Inc.
27 Broadway St.
3:30pm-2:30am
Celebrate 419 pride with $6.50 pitchers of Glass City Pale Ale.
Toledo Warehouse District Association Open House
25 South St. Clair St.
4-5:30pm
A neighborhood pub crawl will take place in the historic South St. Clair St. district. Neighborhood residents are encouraged to join the Toledo Warehouse District Association’s Open House at SEED. Participants will receive “pub passports” to encourage patronage of local member bars and restaurants. Get your passport stamped at each participating establishment, including The Oliver House, The Pita Pit, Ye Olde Cock n Bull, The Blarney, Ye Olde Durty Bird, Pizza Papalis, Grumpy’s and Downtown Latté. Visit at least five of the establishments to win a free T-shirt.
Learn more at: toledowarehouse.org
Meet your makers
Admission is free, though there is a $1
suggested donation. To learn more, please visit:
handmadetoledo.com/makersmart
Maker’s Mart
1717 Adams St.
10am-8pm
Maker’s Mart is not your typical craft show. In fact, this self-identified indie craft fair, features utilitarian art that includes woodwork and leather products the whole family will love.
Twice a year, Handmade Toledo puts on Maker’s Mart, rotating different vendors to showcase locally handmade crafts and artisan food vendors. This year’s alternative craft fair will be held at 1717 Adams St., where the first Maker’s Mart was held in November 2012.
“I kind of hope that they see the types of things that people can make and maybe they’re inspired to pick up a hobby or craft or start to make something themselves,” said Betty Floored, founder of Handmade Toledo.
Forty five vendors will sell their unique, handmade items, while buskers play live acoustic music. Three-fourths of the sellers are from the Toledo area along with vendors from nearby Detroit, Dearborn, Ann Arbor, Columbus and Cincinnati. It’s like Toledo’s own open-air bazaar. Vendors include:
-All Crumbs Artisan Bakery
Small breads, croissants, and a variety of European-style pastries. (more details on pg. 31)
-Oh Sew Betty
Handmade bags, clutches and purses.
-The Drunken Woodworker
Unique woodwork products like cutting boards and boxes with different wood finishes.
-Humblebee Family Farm
A variety of organic, sustainable products, such as organic soaps, lotions and cleaning products.
-Food For Thought
“Thoughtful Market” featuring the works of local designers, crafters as well as coffee roasters and glassblowers. Proceeds will support the artists and Food For Thought.
-Wright and Rede
Leather products such as wallets, card cases, notebooks and journals.
Back in the Loop
by Jan M. Thomas
Now that Spring has sprung, it’s time to take to the streets to enjoy some art with the return of the Arts Commission’s Gallery Loop, Saturday, April 19th from 3-8pm. Featuring more than 100 artists in various media, the Loop’s free bus shuttles will cover 30-plus galleries, studios and businesses throughout Uptown, Downtown and the Warehouse District. All display venues are indicated on a map available at participating event sites.
Some of the great venues include an exhibit of well-known local artist, Paul Geiger at Gallerie 333 at the Toledo School of Art on 14th St. and one-of-a-kind studio art glass and glassblowing demos at the Schmidt Messenger Studio on 340 Morris St. and at Gathered Art Gallery & Studios on 23 N. Huron. Check out the work of several artists in, A Flight of Color, in the pop-up gallery located in the South Wing Gallery in the Oliver House on 27 Broadway exhibiting fiber art by Lynne Saad, glass by Matt Paskiet, Deb Dickens’ jewelry, photographs by Bev Norman and pottery by Julie-Schnell Madden. Enjoy the artist-made West African carvings at Truth Gallery on 118 Adams. Jack Wilson’s Gallery, at 19 S. St Clair feature his recent sculptures. See the work of young artists at the BFA Thesis Exhibition at UT’s Center for Visual Arts and at Studio M Printmakers where Adrian College students will be exhibiting lino and woodcut prints.
At 18 N St. Clair, the joenstas gallery, with many activites planned, will be catered by Burger Bar. In addition to their huge collection of vintage art, a nautically themed show entitled, A Nose Above Water, will include the work of artists Paul Brand, his daughter Renee O’Brock, Dani Herrera, Ashley Cappaletti, Dwayne McKinney and Chris May. TSA bands will provide entertainment while Toledo School of the Arts students make chalk-art on the sidewalks. There will also be a vintage clothing sidewalk sale, sidewalk magic show, sidewalk chalking for passersby and painting demos. And don’t miss La Galeria at the Sofia Quintera Cultural Center, on 1224 N. Broadway featuring the Uriate Talavera Cinc de Mayo Exhibit.
For cool and clever indie crafts, jump off the bus at Maker’s Mart, a bustling Etsy-esque pop-up market at 1234 Adams St. next to Manos (see pg.11.) To see more—yep, there’s more—go to the Arts Commission website for additional info about the Loop, free parking tips, the bus schedule and the map of all participating venues.
Get on the Loop and join the festivities- there’s no shortage of fun and interesting ways to spend the day celebrating Toledo and its art!
Saturday, 4/19, 3-8pm. The Arts Commission. 419-254-2787. theartscommission.org
Galleries on the loop
3-8pm
Gallerie 333
333 14th St., Toledo, OH 43604
419.246.8732
Schmidt Messenger Studio
340 Morris St., Toledo, Ohio 43602
419 .242.8049
Gathered Art Gallery & Studios
23 N. Huron., Toledo, Ohio 43604
419.262.5501
South Wing Gallery
27 Broadway at Morris, in Toledo
419.243.1302
Truth Gallery
1811 Adams St., Toledo, OH 43604
419.460.1343
Jack Wilson’s Gallery
19 S. St.Clair St., Toledo, OH 43604
419.466.4202
UT’s Center for Visual Arts
620 Grove Place., Toledo, Ohio 43620
419.530.8300
Studio M Printmakers
320 N. Michigan St., 3rd Floor, Toledo, OH 43604 419.343.5084
joenstas gallery
18 N St Clair, Toledo, Ohio 43604
419.265.7150
La Galeria at the Sofia
Quintera Cultural Center
1224 Broadway, TOledo, OH 43609
419.241.1655
Maker’s Mart
1717 Adams St.
Launch Pad Cooperative
911 Jefferson Ave.
launchpadcooperative.com
Vinyl countdown
Pat O’connor brings Toledo its first exclusive LP
by Joseph Schafer
This year, Record Store Day, the annual industry holiday recognizing local, independent record stores, coincides with 419 day, as well as with the 40th anniversary of local music aficionado Pat O’Connor’s foray into the record business. His store, Culture Clash Records (a reincarnation of previous Toledo institution, Boogie Records), is celebrating by releasing Pat’s own limited-edition record, entitled “Breaking Glass: Garage Rock from Toledo Ohio.” Record Store Day always brings a slew of exclusive and limited-edition album releases, but this will be the first Toledo-exclusive release.
A pressing effort
Producing LPs in the digital age is a costly and time-consuming process—there aren’t many record pressing facilities left. Creating the release required years of planning by O’Connor, as well as a little help from his friends. “I’ve been thinking about it for a while,” he said. “The people who helped develop the concept of Record Store Day and I are in touch, and they guided me. […] The Mods helped me get through the licensing process, but I’m good friends with some of the bands and with Steve Athanas (a former City Paper Arts and Entertainment Editor and now regular columnist) who wrote some of the songs on the record.”
Breaking Glass is a compilation of three seminal releases by local rock bands: a 1966 single by The Mods, a 1977 single by The Human Darts and a 1980 single by The Best. The original editions of these records are now collector’s items—the original release by The Mods goes for over $500 on the collector’s market. O’Connor, however, is selling Breaking Glass for $9.99. The record’s packaging celebrates Toledo as well: the back cover features a photo of the Anthony Wayne (High Level) Bridge, and the first 200 copies of the record will be printed on Coke bottle green vinyl, “To represent our fair city” says O’Connor. The record is 100% Ohio product, produced from local copies of the original singles, remastered by Grammy Nominated Ohioan Dave Davis, and pressed at Cleveland’s Gotta Groove Records.
For O’Connor, “Broken Glass” isn’t about making a quick buck—he hopes to break even on his investment with any additional proceeds paid to the featured bands. Rather, it’s all part of the celebratory nature of Record Store Day. O’Connor says the industry holiday “highlights the contributions that your local record store makes to the arts and cultures of Toledo. When I’m hanging out alone and no one else is there to chat, I wonder what’s the difference between us and an art gallery. We carry the most successful art product America has ever made.”
RECORD STORE DAY FESTIVITIES
Culture Clash Records
4020 Secor Rd.
419-536-5683
Facebook search: Culture Clash Toledo
Culture Clash will feature free performances by The Athanas Brothers and Mark McGuire of the band Emeralds.
Ramalama Records
3151 W. Central Ave.
419-531-7625
facebook.com/ramalamarecords
Ramalama will feature free cupcakes, 10% off new vinyl, 20% off used vinyl, swag bags, free record giveaways and musical performances TBA.
EXCLUSIVE PICKS
Every year, record stores receive several exclusive singles, EPs and LPs only available on Record Store Day. Here are some picks for the must-have releases of the year.
Pat O’Connor
Owner, Culture Clash Records
– Ghostbusters Theme Song 10” on Glow-In-the Dark vinyl
– Bored Games – Who Killed Colonel Mustard? 12”
Rob Kimple
Owner, Ramalama Records
– King Kong (original 1933 Motion Picture Score) 7”
– Cake Vinyl Box Set
Joseph Schafer
Toledo City Paper Arts & Entertainment Coordinator
– At The Gates / Decapitated Split 7”
– Soundgarden – Superunknown: The Singles
Steven J Athanas
Local Musician & Artist
– Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Songs from Common Ground 12”
– The Pogues Live With Joe Strummer
Joel Roberts
Singer/songwriter, goLab
– Devo Live At Max’s Kansas City—November 15, 1977 12”
– Of Montreal Satanic Panic in the Attic 10th Anniversary Re-issue
Chris Kohlenberg
Singer, Buried But Breathing
– Mastodon Live at Brixton 12”
– Pharoahe Monch Get Down 7”