EAT outside. DRINK outside. BE outside.Holy Toledo, Summer is upon us! And it can be torture to let hot summer days waste away while you're stuck at work. So when 5 o'clock hits nothing can be better than dining al fresco |
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Dressing up according to Mad MenGourmet for a good cause Foodies enjoyed the 16th annual Taste of the Nation event at Toledo Club on Sunday, April 29th, raising money for Aurora House, Toledo GROWs, Toledo Northwestern Ohio Food Bank, and Toledo Day Nursery. |
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Get freeStress can affect every facet of your life — ruining your sleep, raising your blood pressure and even leading to depression. |
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Posture made perfectBikram Yoga, the stretch-and-sweat session that’s the rage of granola-eating yogis and high performance athletes alike, arrives in Toledo. |
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Birds of ChicagoJT Nero (JT & The Clouds) and Allison Russell (Po’ Girl) are too perfect as a duo not to officially form a band. |
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Hank III |
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The TrewsThe Trews have had a pretty good streak. They have longevity — they have been together since 1997. They became almost famous |
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Sarah & the tall boysSarah Potenza-Crossman might have the best female alt-country pipes out there. |
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Live WadeLike the musical performers he loves to paint, artist Wade Harrison will give an audience a chance to watch him at work. |
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Pop-up PartyLast year, during the Art Walks, I overheard a member of a touring band that was passing through talking about how impressed he was with Toledo. |
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Creating an outletThe painted and sculpted expressions of recovery created by locals suffering from mental illness will be on display at the Juried Art Show and Sale at the University of Toledo Medical Center. |
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Glass in the heart of the CityToledo is the Glass City, named not just for the city’s history as a manufacturer of industrial glass, but also for it’s contributions to the world of art glass. |
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Mother’s Day EventsAs Spring rolls to a close, it is time again to honor the very special women in everyone’s lives. |
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Theater Events May |
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The heartbeat of TSAIt's a school talent show on steroids — budding artists, dancers, musicians and actors will show off |
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Love, death and music |
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No strings attachedCan you tell me how to get, how to get to…no, not to that popular kiddie TV destination, but to Avenue Q |
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The show about the show[title of show] (and yes, that is the actual title of the show) is one of those gems that true theatre aficionados pray for, hoping that some enterprising Toledo-area troupe will someday attempt to mount. |
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Fair GameA Mario Van Peebles film |
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“Marabou Stork Nightmares”by Irvine Welsh: The author of Trainspotting comes through with an astounding tale rife with violence, family strife, hallucinations and a bird that is carnivorous (no, it actually exists!). |
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Warm wild words |
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A place to createWant to put your thoughts on paper, but just afraid to get started? |
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Do what you loveClaire Rubini never wrote a book herself, but her love of the written word has touched many lives. |
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We Have A Pope ★★★What It’s About: After the passing of the Pope, Vatican leaders must now choose a new head for the Roman Catholic Church. |
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We Need to Talk About Kevin ★★★★What It’s About: A mother (Tilda Swinton) tries to reassemble her life after her disturbed son suddenly embarks on a Columbine-style massacre at his high school. |
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Woman of steelIt’s not a secret that Meryl Streep is generally considered by the cannon — both by the snobby kind and collective general moviegoers — to be a badass actress. |
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Listening for doomWhat would be worse: to see malicious destruction overrun your city or have to blindly listen to it unfold on the radio as you’re stuck in the middle. |
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Arthouse Online:Romance has been so overdone at the movies that the even a casual filmgoer has become aware of all the clichés and plot turns. |
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Say cheeseSome serve cheese boards as compliments to their wine, others exult the trays of gouda and cheddar goodness as perfection all on their own. |
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Saucin’ it up yourselfDo you ever get tired of using bland store-bought sauces on your pasta and wish you could create your own? |
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Old time tastesCity-dwellers can get back to basics as the 577 Foundation continues its popular series of Urban Homesteading workshops on Wednesday, May 16. |
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culinary/high Spirits |
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Through the GrapevineWine aficionados, take note. While you swirl the gleaming fluid inside the glass you grasp so elegantly, pause for a moment between the smelling and sipping and nibbling on cheese to appreciate the work it took to produce that fleeting pleasure. At least, that’s what Jon Treloar does. |
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The 2012 Toledo City Paper Food ChallengeThese local restaurants are ready to impress you! Get out there and give these showcase dishes a try, and let us know your favorite. |
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Recycled CyclesIf you’re in the market for a used bike, then Toledo Bikes has a showroom full of options for you. |
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All you need to know about cycling in the 419Itching to do more than ride up and down your neighborhood streets? There are a lot of great bicycle routes in our area to check out. Some are on dedicated bike paths, some on bike-friendly streets and many of them wind through our beautiful metroparks. |
Grand Old Patronage (Party)Have we finally turned the corner on redevelopment of the riverfront steam plant? |
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Cooking something good“I’ve never won anything in my life,” says Maxwell Austin. “I’m the guy, I get a scratch-off lottery ticket and nothing. Every time.” But the owner and operator of Glass City Pedicabs |
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Space to Celebrate Urban Birds, Art and Community GardeningIt started with great, visionary minds and skilled hands; the land was cleared and planting began. |
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Feathery FineryWhen America’s high society desires an award-winning hat atop their head for Derby Day, they call Jill Henning. (Or, as one client did, call on the way home from the Derby to place an order — from a private jet.) |
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A time to grow“There’s no job training without a job,” says Charlie Johnson. The Program Manager of the Lucas County Juvenile Justice System’s Community Integration for Training and Employment Program (CITE), |
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Bowling for vetsHonor Flight Northwest Ohio, a non-profit organization that helps veterans get to D.C. to see the war memorials erected in their honor |
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Lending a smile |
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Healing WoundsSome war wounds are invisible. With Post Traumatic Stress disorder on the rise and more troops scheduled to come home |
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