Goals
Expand my musical horizons & experience more styles
Listen to folk
Attend the 2nd annual Ohio Theatre Folk Festival on Saturday 11/19. The diverse line-up includes Birds of Chicago, The Crane Wives, Jo Serrapere and the Willie Dunns, and Ben Stalets.
Hear something different
Check out the 2016 Bowling Green New Music Festival on October 19-22. Since 1980, this festival has pushed the limits and celebrated contemporary arts through concerts, panels, art exhibitions, seminars, master classes and papers.
Listen to something classical
Step up the sophistication and attend a Toledo Symphony Orchestra performance. Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 will be played together on 11/18 and 11/19 at The Peristyle. For their full schedule and season guide, visit toledosymphony.com
Get into jazz
Sip a swanky cocktail and relax during the Toledo Jazz Orchestra’s Black and White Transportation Bistro Series at Registry Bistro. On October 20, go “To Brazil and back with guitarist Chris Buzzelli” and on November 17, “Cruise Ship songs and stories featuring vocalist Kelly Broadway.”
Get weird
Listen to fuzzy, experimental music during Psychedelicide 3 at The FARM on Saturday, 10/8. For more info, see the Facebook event.
Literary minded
Glass City Author Event
See over 125 well known authors from US and abroad at Tjze Seagate Center on Saturday 10/8.
David Sedaris
will visit the the Stranahan Theater on Monday 10/10.
Tucker Carlson & James Carville
For Authors! Authors!, these political analysts will speak together at the Stranahan Theater on 10/26.
Bonkers for the Bard?
The Toledo Symphony Orchestra presents Shakespeare Under Glass at The Toledo Museum of Art Glas Salon on 9/18.
Later, the TSO will play works from Romeo and Juliet on 9/30 and 10/1 and The Peristyle.
37 plays, including sonnets, are paraphrased to fit the Bard into a cool 97 minutes. See The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) at Toledo Rep Theatre on 9/30-10/9.
Shakespeare’s classic Romeo and Juliet runs at Owens CFPA the weekend of 10/27-29.
The Improvised Shakespeare Co. turns audience prompts into Billy S. masterpieces. They’ll hit the TMA on Saturday, 10/8 from 6-9pm.
See works of art depicting his most infamous characters at Toledo Museum of Art’s special collection’s exhibit, Shakespeare’s Characters: Playing the Part, on view through 1/8.
Catch renditions of his famous and lesser-known scenes and monologues, plus music and other Shakespeare-inspired creative works at 2pm every Wednesday through January at the TMA. Presenters include students, faculty and actors from the Toledo School for the Arts, Actors Collaborative Toledo, The University of Toledo and more. See the Museum’s online calendar for more details.
Stand up!
the ROFL (comedy)
Holey Toledo Laugh Fest runs from September 30 to October 30 with community wide events. See stand up comedians, funny author’s, theater and more.
Chad Daniels at Hensville on Friday 9/30
Al Jackson at Hensville on Saturday 10/1
Free comedy every Tuesday at the Ottawa Tavern at 8pm
Jackie Kashian at Hensville on Friday 10/7
Jerry Seinfeld at the Stranahan Theater on Friday 10/7
Bobcat Goldthwait at Hensville on Saturday 10/8
Mark Russell at the Valentine Theatre on Saturday 10/8
‘A Night of Improv’ at the Toledo Rep the weekend of 10/14-10/15
Art Loop: The Art of Comedy & Magic from 5:30-9pm on Thursday 10/20 in downtown Toledo
Outta this world
Composer Carl Topilow returns to join the Toledo Symphony Orchestra for A Space Spectacular. NASA videos of outer space will=be accompanied by intergalactic music selections on Monday, September 24 at the Stranahan Theater. $26-$66.
Kehinde Wiley: The New Republic
Fans of the New York-based portrait artist should gear up for his travelling solo exhibit’s stop at the TMA, from February 10-May 14. Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic will span the black artist’s 14-year career of subverting Old Masters paintings by replacing the traditionally white aristocratic subjects with images of some black men and women of today. Wiley’s critically lauded paintings, which are technically and conceptually stunning, make important and timely statements about racial representation in art history.
Hot Glass heats up even more
Since the early 1990’s, The Arts Commission has celebrated Toledo’s legacy as the Glass City with a biennial event, Hot Glass, a gala auction that exhibits impressive works of glass art from international artists. This year, Hot Glass is heating up a little more as the Toledo Symphony joins The Arts Commission for Hot Glass | Cool Music, a citywide series of art and music events throughout September and October.
With over a dozen events to choose from, here’s our top three:
- Dress to the NINE’s – Your Way 9/9 Hot Glass | Cool Music kicks off at Hensville with nine performance areas with different themes – all for $9!
- Hot Shots! 10/1 View the show, sip bourbon, hear the TSO—plus, it’s only $35, so it’s a great way for younger professionals who can’t afford the $85 ticket the Hot Glass Gala Auction on 10/20 to still have fun.
- “Murder Set in Glass” Murder Mystery 10/6 A murder mystery set in the Toledo Club? ‘Nuff said. Bring a team or join one at the party.
For the full schedule of events and to purchase tickets,
see toledosymphony.com.
All proceeds will benefit the programs and services of
The Arts Commission and the Toledo Symphony.
How to Stay Creative advice from Glass City visionaries
Stay inspired. Seek out work that challenges your sense of self, your expectations, and your world view and inspires curiosity and emotional reaction (good or bad). It’s healthy for your mind, and ultimately drives you to respond and create.
– Ryan Bunch, Communications & Outreach Coordinator at The Arts Commission
Step out of your comfort zone. Try new things, meet new people, go to a place you’ve never been; a park, store, city, country, state. Explore! Challenge the status quo, check out opposing views, ideas, concepts. Go see plays, concerts, lectures. Keep an open mind.
– Barbara Barkan, director/actor and co-founder of Actors Collaborative Toledo
Be open minded. Be open to all perspectives of what is beautiful. The beauty of anything creative is always a reflection of an artist’s true soul.
– Paula Blocker aka Stormi, poet and host of the weekly open mic, The Spoken Words Trunk of Truths.
Find your formula. Staying creative for me is about two main things-— getting out of town to network and get ideas, and setting deadlines. Take on so much you are overwhelmed— this will force you to buckle down and make a lot happen.
– Erin Garber-Pearson, visual artist, circus performer and founder of Bird’s Eye View Circus studio
Surround yourself with other free thinkers. They can drive your own inspiration to create— you have to try to be in the right environment. In the Museum’s studio art classes, you’re around other people who want to make things, which is usually the spark I need.”
– Sara Daniels, Education Program Coordinator, Toledo Museum of Art
Eliminate stress and stay engaged. Lately that’s meant keeping up a solid life routine, attending that event said I was “interested” in, and in general trying to make time to do the things I said I was going to do!
– Kim Sanchez, Theatre Manager of the Ohio Theatre and Event Center
Creativity isn’t a conscious decision. There’s no “on/off” switch. It’s as much a part of life as breathing— I have no choice in the matter.
– Paul Geiger, owner of Tholepin Press and Studios in downtown Toledo
Screen Time The Ohio Theatre
The Big Lebowski 10/8
Sip white Russians, dress up for the costume contest, and have fun— Dude.
Toledo International Film Festival, 2/4-2/18, 2017
For three Saturdays, global films will fill the screens in partnership with Welcome Toledo-Lucas County.
Make it work!
Toledo’s favorite DIY paradise is coming up— Handmade Toledo’s Maker’s Mart will land on 11/2.
10 Moments on the Stage we’re waiting for
1. The Book of Liz
David & Amy Sedaris, directed by John DuVall.
Actors Collaborative Toledo. 10/7-8.
Owens Community College Center for Fine and Performing Arts.
2. Monster Makers
Valentine Studio A Theatre.
9/23-25 & 9/30-10/2
3. The Barber of Seville
by Gioachino Rossini. Toledo Opera.
Friday, 10/7 & 10/9.
4. The Imaginary Invalid
by Moliere. University of Toledo. 10/14-23.
5. “The Christians”
by Lucas Hnath directed by Bill Quinlan.
Actors Collaborative Toledo. 11/19.
Trinity Episcopal Church $10.
6. Out of Sight… Out of Murder,
by Fred Carmichael. Toledo Rep Theatre. 11/11-20
7. An Empty Plate in the Cafe du Grand Boeuf
The Village Players. 11/4-13.
8. Spring Awakening
by Frank Wedekind
(Play version, not the musical).
University of Toledo. 11/18-12/4.
9. Phantom of the Opera
Stranahan Theater. 11/30- 12/11.
10. It’s Only a Play
by Terrence McNally. Toledo Rep. 1/13-22.
