May Issue 2 2012

Strike a pose

Bowsher High School-grad and Bowling Green State University-alum Kate McComb graces the pages of Vanity Fair for the June issue (on newsstands now), after winning the Estee Lauder Camera Ready Style online competition.

by Alia Orra

Homerun for health

Baseball fans will be able to test their health between innings with ProMedica's new Health Screens at Fifth Third Field during the Mud Hens’ Sunday home games.

By AO

Live smoke free

This summer take the steps necessary to live a tobacco-free lifestyle by joining Mercy and The American Lung Association at their Freedom from Smoking meetings

By JG

OLPH Festival June 1-3

Kick it with your family and jump start the summer at the OLPH Festival

By SR

Joe Walsh

Life's been good to him so far. The Ohio native and legendary rocker, Joe Walsh, has done it all.

By JG

“Wrecking Ball.”

It's not important that a lot of people think Bruce Springsteen has lost his lustre and is an unimportant factor in today's music.

by SJA

Carl Weathersby

Carl Weathersby has an uncanny amount of control and rhythm, supplied by both his guitar and his voice,

by SR

Catching up with Mike Scott

It started with a phone call 25 years ago. One of Mike Scott's friends was excited about a new genre of music called smooth jazz.

by Scott Recker

Connecting the dots

If you find yourself lost on foot in Toledo this summer, don't panic, just keep your eyes peeled.

by Joseph Schafer

Hindsight is 20/20

20 North is celebrating 20 years in style.

Call for artists

The Northwestern Ohio Food Bank is looking for artists who want to showcase and sell their work during the popular NW Ohio Blues and Jazz Festival at Centennial Terrace

by SR

Street art

Watching people create something is uplighting and outdoor art festivals are some of the best summer activities.

Found Poems,

Bern Porter. If you're lookin' for iambic pentameter and an A/B/A/B rhyme scheme, this book ain't for you.

by SJA

Art at a crossroads

It’s been a while since downtown Sylvania has hosted an art festival. Decades, in fact. But this year marks the birth of what the Sylvania Community Arts Commission hopes will become a lasting tradition.

by Kevin Moore

Anything goes

Toledo Repertory Theatre’s “Edgy Rep” series usually takes a more recent, contemporary play that might not have the drawing power to sustain a two or three week run due to material that audiences may find slightly... well... ” edgy” (ie. not of the mainstream).

by Allan Sanders

Producing laughs

On Friday, May 18, the Monroe Community Players will roll out the laughs with the opening of their latest production, a staging of Mel Brooks’ beloved musical, The Producers.

by JG

Young hearts and golden oldies

Cruise back to the rockin’ 1950’s with the Children’s Theater Workshop production of Hot Rod:

Cinetopia

No need to travel too far this year to attend an international film festival. On May 31 - June 3, Cinetopia, an international festival in Ann Arbor,.....

by SR

Butterfly effect

After a bike wreck which resulted in months of severe pain, director Tom Shadyac (Ace Ventura, Bruce Almighty), sold his house, moved into a trailer park and set out to find the answer to broad questions that have confused great minds for a long time: What's wrong with this world and how can it be fixed?

Red State.

Its a befuddling situation — to define who and what Kevin Smith really is. Aside from “Dogma,” most of his films have been mildly entertaining at best, and some of his decisions make you scratch your head.

by SJA

  Arthouse Online: Let the Right One In

More of a gothic love story than a horror movie, the Swedish-made Let the Right One In, available for streaming in Netflix Watch Instant, is one of this decade's best — and most elusive — films.

by Erik McClanahan

Vineyard Adventures / Toledo Zoo

Experience the zoo after hours at the Funky Fusion wine tasting ......

high spirits

Pure Michigan/Beer and Wine Cave

Spring Wine Dinner/Zia’s

Pancetta crusted redfish with saffron risotto and white asparagus....

Hog heaven?

Taste the fine flavors of one of the world's finest wine regions — and some savory food to match — as Mancy's Italian Grill presents the Pigs and Piedmont Wine Event on Tuesday, May 22.

by MD

Let the grilling begin

Few sounds better evoke the start of summer than the hissing of a burger on the grill.

by AO

Thai-licious

During my assignment trying Toledo’s Thai restaurants, I learned a few things -— that I am completely inept with a pair of chopsticks; that chasing rice around the plate with a fork is silly (I do as the Thais do now, and use the fork to push my rice onto the spoon); and that the delicious heap of slippery and spicy noodles known as pad thai on offer in Toledo’s Thai eateries is as good (or better) than the stuff available in take-out boxes in New York City and Los Angeles (I know because I’ve tried them). Here, TCP offers a guide to the restaurants that give the noodle dish (and other Thai specialties) a good name. 

by Alia orra

Stroke of Luck

40,000 applied. 1,300 were hired. Meet some of the people cashing in on the job creation promised by the Hollywood Casino, opening May 29th.

by Alia Orra

Now And Zen

A core tenet of Buddhism is “everyone comes with us.” In other words, personal liberation cannot be attained “until every being comes with you,” said Rev. Karen Do'on Weik of the Buddhist Temple of Toledo.

by Dennis Oblander

Reconnect with Mother Earth

There is a place tenderly wrought and rooted in the love and care of the earth and all creation, where Earth Day sentiments are not confined to twenty-four hours but are part of an abiding graciousness and a gentle way of life for the Sisters of St. Francis. Since 1917 they have molded eighty nine acres in Sylvania , which includes the campus of Lourdes University, into a space of spiritual peace, welcoming all people.

by Alison Wood-Osmun

A community that grows together

The Toledo Botanical Garden and their Toledo GROWs program are happy to announce the grand opening of the Robert Anderson Urban Agriculture Center on Wednesday, May 30.

by JG

Flower Day returns

Is your green thumb itchin' to add some color to your yard?

by KN

Pampering the old-fashioned way

One of the only places in life men have drawn the short stick — the salon. While women finish a haircut with a bouncy blow-dry, men walk out with itch-inducing hairs in their collar. It's an experience local business owners Greg Ballmer and Lisa Bachmayer want to completely update.

by Alia Orr

Here comes the rain

Don’t let a valuable resource go down the drain. The City of Toledo is pairing with Rainbarrels4water.com to offer $75 rain barrels, making them an affordable option for Toledo homeowners.

by MD

There goes the sun

Since before recorded history, solar eclipses have inspired awe,reverence and fear.

by MD

Long live the (new) king

Don’t miss a long-lost Toledo tradition that’s come roaring back in recent years, as the King Wamba Carnival Parade launches this year’s Old West End Festival.

by MD

On the rebound

It’s one of the many nice things about Toledoans. We tend to forgive and forget.That trait is especially pronounced when it comes to city politics.

by Johnny Hildo