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June Issue 2 2012

Style Sense

Style Sense

Jordan's super short hair and sky high heels appealed to us

Carlos Santana

Carlos Santana

It’s one of the most infamous stories in guitar god history: At Woodstock in 1969, Carlos Santana....

Changing the game

Changing the game

When Rob Courtney was studying audio engineering at Butler University, he didn’t have a starry-eyed gaze fixed on the massive coastal studios. Instead he saw an emerging scene...

Faux glow

Faux glow

Bad Veins

Bad Veins

Bad Veins can make some noise for two people.

Ann Arbor Summer Festival

Ann Arbor Summer Festival

If you missed the first couple weeks of the Ann Arbor Summer Festival, don’t sweat — there’s still plenty of world-class music and entertainment left

On the road

On the road

Dean Tartaglia wasn’t even in middle school when The Sights formed. But 14 years later, he’s earned a spot in the soulful Detroit power-pop veteran’s line-up.

Art in the summer

Art in the summer

Casual masterpieces

Casual masterpieces

Sure, you've doodled on your share of napkins — but those doodles weren’t deemed worthy of hanging on the wall of a museum - until now

Art for awareness

Art for awareness

A snake, a tree and a disco ball all were highlights of last year’s Art of Prevention, Planned Parenthood’s unique annual exhibition

Under the dome

Under the dome

Perrysburg's 577 Foundation is a welcome retreat from the world

Counterweight to apathy

Counterweight to apathy

Dennis Sawan is an energetic law student and a clerk to a judge in Toledo Municipal Court, but Sawan spends his free time scouring satellite photos for the perfect vantage point.

Shelving a naughty hit

Shelving a naughty hit

Literature has always had a tendency to run afoul of moral guardians — the folks who, whether in governments, schools or themselves, want to protect “society” from dangerous words

Kick off your Sunday shoes

Kick off your Sunday shoes

Sara Speelman directs the Young Rep Production of the musical version of the 1980’s Kevin Bacon film classic Footloose

To Rome With Love

To Rome With Love

Woody Allen continues his cinematic European travelogue series

Safety Not Guaranteed

Safety Not Guaranteed

Be seen at the Silver Screen

Be seen at the Silver Screen

The Valentine Theatre will continue the beloved and popular Silver Screen Classics series

Why so serious?

Why so serious?

I love a good indie movie as much as the next film junkie; searching for an alternative to the Michael Bay-like blockbuster explosion fest.

It’s All Good

It’s All Good

The All Good Music Festival and Campout is back for its 16th year July 19-22 and it’s closer to home than ever before.

Appetite for  acoustic

Appetite for acoustic

Find the perfect musical accompaniment for your lunch break at Dragonfly Artisan Tea Cottage

Sweet calling card

Sweet calling card

A drizzle of robust flavor

A drizzle of robust flavor

Rant Guide

Rant Guide

You Know the saying- if you haven't got anything nice to say, don't say anything at all? it's bullshit

Hobson’s choice

Hobson’s choice

10 questions with Cady

10 questions with Cady

Some city council members have cried foul over Mayor Bell’s hiring of Steve Cady — the Ph.D.-ed organizational behavior wiz brought in to help the City’s revitalization efforts.

Game of glide

Game of glide

The brightly colored discs spin, arc and glide above low grassy terrain, over hills, and swerve around large mature tree trunks before landing 300 feet away in the targeted basket.

Earth-friendly eats

Earth-friendly eats

Jackie Ansara wants you to pause before you dip your french fry into some carefully-squirted ketchup and ask yourself: Where did this spud come from? (The likely answer: an environmentally un-friendly — to put it mildly — factory farm.)

Salad days

Salad days

You’ve had SOUP, now try SALAD. Toledo SALAD is a new micro-grant initiative...

Girl fight

Girl fight

Boxing as a means of improving the lives of youth may seem unexpected, but it’s precisely what the International Boxing Club does.

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