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Building the wallFriends of the Waterville Branch Library have chosen local artist Alison Quinn's illustration as the basis for a mosaic project to be placed on permanent display at the library behind the circulation desk. |
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Ted NugentAmerica’s craziest liberal-bashing, president-threatening, coyote-shooting guitar thrasher is taking a trip to a place he knows all too well these days: the stage at a fairgrounds. |
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MC ChrisI can’t quite put my finger on it, but there’s something about MC Chris’ half-serious, goofy-ass rap style that just works. |
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Festival of India 2012The Festival of India has been one of Toledo’s most enlightening cultural events for the past 25 years. |
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Lindsay KozakLindsay Kozak may work in the family business at Manchester Roofing, but her style is completely individual — and pretty sexy, we have to admit. |
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Juggling actThe modern woman must be a master juggler of work and family life — but she sometimes drops the ball when it comes to her health. |
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Shelter from the stormShe wasn’t at all what I expected. |
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Capturing a centuryWalter Chapman is a master of capturing the things he sees. |
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Off the wallCruise down Adams Street in Toledo’s Uptown District and it’s hard to miss the waves of color adorning the side of a building adjacent to Wesley’s Bar, between 12th and 13th. |
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Pop-up art villageA small commercial village turns into Northwest Ohio’s largest art gallery during the 8th annual Levis Commons Art Fair. |
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All things must passPeople hold on to bittersweet memories of the past in many different ways, but capturing that fragile nostalgia through art has always been a vivid way to close the gap. |
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Breaking Bad Seasons I - IVConfession: I don’t get into many TV shows, but this one is extremely well written and acted. |
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Locally raisedA compilation of four different plays, Home Grown is the A2CT Studio Series season opener. |
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Won't back downShe was in a coma for five weeks. |
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Signs and wondersIf two words can create exactly opposite impressions, “billboard” and “beauty” are a pair that qualify. |
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Night movesThe game of golf will get a little cooler (literally and figuratively) during Harbor’s Night Golf charity event on Friday, August 24 at Bedford Hills Golf Course. |
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Remembering heroism, honoring heroesThe names of even the greatest men and women can fade with time. |
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Dooley’s Irish PubSylvania feels a little luckier with the opening of Dooley’s Irish Pub. |
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PUB 315Our favorite national pastimes — baseball and craft beer |
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Your garbage, his treasureVic Miller says he’s earned a reputation around his West End neighborhood as the guy who collects stuff nobody wants. |
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Night sky natureLaughter and lively banter mingle with the sound of paddles pulling through shimmering water as the Northwest Ohio River Runners’ embark on another of their popular moonlight cruises |
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Among the starsThe beautiful night sky is like a constantly shifting kaleidoscope with its glowing celestial bodies and the Moon |
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Wood you?Go against the grain and learn the real details about a material that’s all around you, with What’s That Wood? |
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An old-school alternativeThe norm in today’s consumer environment is to frequently acquire products in their polished — and most expensive — form. |
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Things fall apartFrankly, we've been a bit worried lately. Loyal readers of this humble op-ed know our stock in trade is the foibles and faux pas of local politicos and their ilk. |
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Napkin novelsWriters are resilient. That’s why we knew they would have no problem if we switched our annual Poetry and Fiction Competition up a bit this year. We only asked for short stories, with the length being determined by what can fit on the two sides of a cocktail napkin. |
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Spot onIf anyone can call himself the Philly cheesesteak king of Ohio, it’s Jim Gavarone. |
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Taste the world (in a few pages)or a Midwestern town, Toledo boasts an embarrassment of riches when it comes to international cuisine. |
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Donut dreamIt’s the culmination of a sweet dream for Shawna Easton, and a satisfying stop for Sylvania folks, as Syd’s Bakery in Mayberry Square cruises along under new ownership. |
Dough throw downWe hate to sound conceited, but we gotta say, our spinach and artichoke pizza won the Pizza Palooza media challenge by a landslide. |
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