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Catching up with Kennedy

The TMA Director’s strategic plan for the museum’s future

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40 years of Barry Bagels

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UPDATES IN LOCAL BUSINESS West Toledo's Executive Diner has entered a new phase, as Hassan and Kelly Hassan assumed ownership in October. Mr. Hassan had worked as chef and manager of the diner, formerly owned by El Camino Real. The couple has already added new menu items and an expanded liquor selection. 2516 W. Sylvania Ave. 419-472-3447.

Facebook page: Executive Diner.

Toledo's beauty scene will get a touch wilder with the debut of Untamed Salon. Hair stylists and sisters Alicia and Lauren Henderson say they shopped around for a franchise opportunity and realized they wanted to break the mold with a homegrown venture. "We wanted to keep the lower-end chain salon prices but set ourselves apart.

2712 W. Central Ave. 419-725-9404.

We'll be even more susceptible to the lure of Dunkin' Donuts when the Kenwood store reveals its drive-through in December.

The shop is under new ownership and going through an extensive renovation. 2709 W. Central Ave. 419-480-0504. www.dunkindonuts.com.

Toledo will have a new destination for fans of the Emerald Isle with the opening of Irish Eyes Heavenly Pub. Toledoans Kyle Rahal (of Port Royal Cigars) and Stan Burton are launching the Irish pub on Secor Road, next to Subway in the Home Depot plaza.

Irish Eyes will feature authentic Irish cuisine courtesy of Chef John Keane, 10 to 12 beers on tap (Irish and European!) and live music on weekends. 3324 Secor Rd. 419-531-2427. www.irisheyesheavenlypub.com.

There's one less option for cheap pizza in town, as CiCi's Pizza on Monroe Street abruptly closed its doors at the end of October. The local franchise of the national chain was forced to give it up due to the difficult economic climate.

Michigan devotees of the more high-tech forms of smoking can head to Monroe's new Revolver Vapor Lounge, which joins the company's other locations in Toledo and Sioux City, Iowa. The shop retails electronic cigarettes and smoking accessories, and lets enthusiasts enjoy the non-smelly nicotine delivery systems in the company of their compatriots. 544 Rambow Dr., Monroe, Michigan. 734-682-5417. www.revolvercig.com.

The Andersons will close their 3725 Williston Rd., Northwood location by February 2013. The grocery store chain cited the deterioration of the vacant Woodville Mall as part of the reason for their departure from the area.

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We posed the question to our Facebook fans after we saw the Scarlett Letter-like punishment a judged gave this Walmart shoplifter. Here, a sampling of the 108 comments ...

Josh Desmond Whatever happened to the good ole days when they would chop your hand off?

Kayla Marie Williams I think it's stupid. She's not a kid who needs a time out. Screw Walmart. Sorry, y'all. Jail or a fine is more dignified and adult. And stealing is often done by the poor in desperation. Honestly, this is ridiculous. What's next, we all meet in a town square and throw things at people for crimes committed? Public shaming is tacky, frankly.

David TwoShoes Picciuto If I had to stand outside for hours with a humiliating sign on me, I'd probably stop stealing tv shows off the internet.

Bryan Roth: I think it is better than ruining her life for one offense by having her go to jail, and the embarrassment will probably keep her from doing it again. Think back to when we were kids...the greatest curb on our behavior was fear of embarrassment--it works like nothing else! She should be glad she doesn’t live in Singapore, where she’d be publicly caned, or Iran, or Saudi Arabia, where she could get her hands chopped off. I have very little sympathy for thieves. (If she went to jail, she could lose her job while in jail, if she has a job...losing her job, she might not be able to pay her rent, and not being able to pay her rent, she might wind up homeless and lose ALL her belongings!)

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I’d hope we’d be a better society than that. And this is treating adults like children. Which I think is ridiculous. You’re assuming she has a job or a home. Which tells me a lot.

Bryan Roth: You’re assuming she doesn’t. Which tells me a lot.

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Standing tall

Speak up, be heard

HEELS seeks to empower women By Christina Cordova

HIV/AIDS patients and their supporters are giving voice to the real issues and concerns not addressed in your typical conversation during the show HIV Speaks. Written and performed by Northwest Ohio residents for the AIDS Resource Center Ohio World AIDS Day event, HIV Speaks allows the audience and the cast to celebrate those fighting the epidemic as well as to honor those who have lost the battle. Stop by the cash bar for a cold drink or snack or try your luck with a raffle — all proceeds go to Toledo’s AIDS Resource Center. Friday, November 30 from 7-10 pm. 1717 Adams Street (in the former International Boxing Club next to Manos Greek Restaurant). www.arcohio.org. –CC

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Brush the dust off your tuxedos, ball gowns and dancing shoes the GLBT (gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender) community's premiere social event, the Holiday with Heart Gala, is Saturday, December 1. Founded in 1977 by a group of 16 gay friends as a way for the GLBT community to get together and celebrate the holidays with dance, food and gifts, the event has grown into a fundraising effort, with proceeds going to different organizations which support the Toledo GLBT community. The event is open to all — leave your jeans and t-shirts at home and come dressed to impress. $70. Toledo Club, 235 14th St. 5:30 pm-midnight. For more information contact Rick Cornett at 419-4703937 or email holidayheartrick@aol.com. –CC

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Five years ago, Alicia Wagner found herself climbing the corporate ladder at one of the top pharmaceutical companies in the country — that is, until her boss and mentor told her that until she was married with kids, she wouldn’t be taken seriously for the next big promotion. “My superwoman cape was tattered,” she admits. “Nobody properly prepares women for what to expect once they get into the corporate world.”

Knowing other women encounter the same old-school sentiments, Alicia spent a year at Coaches Training Institute in California and founded her own empowerment organization in February called HEELS Coaching: Helping Women Stand Tall. Many women find themselves climbing the rungs of the corporate ladder, only to be stopped on the way to the top by old-school beliefs. Instead of shrinking in the face of adversity, Alicia, a Wapakoneta, Ohio native and University of Toledo broadcasting grad, seized this opportunity to help women pursue their dreams of reaching business and corporate stardom.

Through HEELS Coaching, Alicia helps and encourages women who feel lost or don’t have the time or energy to pursue their true passions. She guides these women to balance and fulfillment by teaching them to be accountable for their own lives. With her “Get Out of The

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Alicia Wagner

Box” coaching model, Alicia will have you walking tall in your heels (or flats!) in no time.

HEELS’ three month coaching program can be done through Skype, phone or in person, so no matter where you are in the world, you can get to where you want to be in your life. With the help of HEELS Coaching, a girl’s superwoman cape will soon be back on her shoulders where it belongs.

You can reach Alicia Wagner by going to www.heelscoaching.com, alicia@heelscoaching.com or by calling 419-482-8129.

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For the holiday athlete

Eco-friendly alternatives

Green Options for Autism offers hope for the future

By Alia Orra

What to do when you’re not stuffing yourself for the holidays

By Alison Wood-Osmun Laura Dick at

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Skate scene — the ‘ice’ at Fallen Timbers

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Patrick Sabin, above, was the inspiration behind Green Options for Autism of Lucas County When Barb Sabin's son Patrick became an adult, she had more concerns than the average mother about his success. Patrick's autism presented an obstacle to finding a vocational or training program that would work for him. Rather than lament the limited opportunities, Sabin got inspired and started Green Options for Autism of Lucas County, a school for students ages 5 through 22, and an adult services program.

"They need a program designed around them — they don't need to be fit into a program," Sabin says. "The theme was green options because I wanted it to be environmentally focused. " Students perform jobs centered around the green mantra- reduce, reuse and recycle - in a greenhouse and other earth-conscious locations.

"I think it gives them purpose, it gives them something to look forward to," Sabin says. "It's not about the paycheck — they just want to be thought of as an equal member of society, as they are." For more information on enrollment or opportunities to get involved, contact Sabin at 419-250-0401 or email goindependence@yahoo.com.

Green Options for Autism of Lucas County is located at 1660 Amesbury.

Visit facebook.com/bsabin58 or www.goautismlucas.com.

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There is laughter in the cold, crisp air and the swish of blades upon the smooth, sun glittered surface as everyone happily skates around the rink at The Shops at Fallen Timbers (free skating and skate use). Surrounded by a white picket fence and adorned with greenery and red bows, the rink blends in with the splendor of the decorated store fronts — all providing a very modern Currier and Ives holiday vibe. Located on the shopping center's main promenade, it is constructed of interlocking plastic sheets and coated with a solution to create an icy surface. Staff members Alexia Bailey and Laura Dick say the rink draws both adults and children and is a great surface to learn on since the plastic provides some friction — “a smooth glide but not quite as slick as real ice.” After your spin on skates, warm up at the Coffee Beanery with hot chocolate, tea or their popular café caramel. The rink is open weekends only through Sunday, December 2; and then from Monday, December 10 through Tuesday, January 8, rink access times will be Mon.-Sat. noon-8pm and Sun. noon-6pm. The Shops at Fallen Timbers, Maumee. theshopsatfallentimbers.com.

Cool golfing

Golf season may be seemingly over but if you are up for a hardy game of winter golf then Maumee Bay State Park’s 18 hole “Scottish links-style” championship course remains open and waiting for you. It is a challenging, intriguing venue comprised of an open, rolling landscape, exposed to the wind, while offering fantastic views of the park and Lake Erie. Superintendent Bruce Dodenhoff invites you to come and find out why holes 12, 14 and 15 are his favorites all year round. Please call 419-836-3422 to ensure the course is playable. Find pull carts and deposit $10 in the off-season fee box on the porch of the Pro Shop. You can also enjoy a walk, bike and cross-country ski (rental is available at the lodge), a sledding hill and nature center. Maumee Bay State Park, 1400 State Park Rd., Oregon. Open daily dawn until dusk. www.dnr.state.oh.us/parks/maumeebay/tabid/764/default.aspx.

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Digging up money

Author on Toledo’s gangster past

By Ian Hubbard Terry Shaffer’s new book, Illegal Gambling Clubs of Toledo: The Chips, The Dice, The Places and Faces, thoroughly details the city’s forgotten battle with an acclaimed string of gamblers and gangsters equivalent to Capone. The book is available for purchase at www.amazon.com.

The information you gathered for this book was derived from 15 years of research?

Yes. I was originally a casino chip collector, which led me to memorabilia like match books and dice from numerous illegal clubs going back to the turn of the century. Once I dove in, it became an obsession.

The characters are what stick out.

People are always attracted to the anti-hero. After researching these men, did you find they were only filling the ‘bad guy’ niche?

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Digging through the past: Terry Shaffer studies Toledo’s gambling history There were two sides: businessmen and the mob. The former consisted of, for example, the Aronoff Family or the Fretti Brothers. They were after money and influence. The latter was Yonnie Licavoli and the ruthless Purple Gang (originally the River Gang). They ran Toledo, Detroit and Cleveland in the early 30s. Bootlegging. Extortion. Murder. 18 murders were attributed to them in one year.

After all of your research, do you find yourself a proponent of gambling?

If the games are clean, if you have responsible players and the stigma of ‘gambling as sin’ is removed, then gambling is beneficial. Communities benefit from the taxed revenue cycling through the system. Numerous people benefit from being employed in the various areas needed to operate a casino, from servers to dealers to security.

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Keeping appointments

The coming storm in city politics By Johnny Hildo ‘Tis the season. The jolly man has arrived in ol’ Froggy Bottom. He’s gonna find out who’s naughty and nice.

That’s right, it’s another round of “replace that Council member” and former Toledo Mayor Smilin’ Jack Ford tops the list seeking the appointment to the vacancy.

Caught you off guard, didn’t we? That other Decemberish jolly man can hang on a minute or three. The real fun is about to begin over at One Guvmint Centah!

Musical chairs

Here’s the background. Toledo City Council members Phil Copeland and Georgie Sarantou are both prevented from keeping their public pay checks by term limits. Both refuse to sink softly back into the trials and travails of the private sector and so they ran against each other for the safer environs of the County Recorder’s office.

Copeland emerged from the recent election as the victor, meaning he will be sworn into an office where the basic job description includes ensuring sufficient paper to supply the copying machine. We’re confident he can handle the task. We’re also certain he’ll sleepwalk through this 19th century office relic until he maxes out his public pension. This will force him to vacate his Council seat come January. The remaining members of Council will appoint his replacement.

Eager beavers are already lining up to fill the void.

This is a common scene in the Swamp, as Democratic council members frequently seek other offices and leave vacancies. Democrats have always held a firm majority on council, at least in the memory of anyone living, so it is always assumed a D will fill the open seat. Rs on council usually place some poor slob into nomination, but their chances of winning a majority are the same as an ice cube’s chance of survival on Carty’s throbbing temples.

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That D embarrassment of riches means it’s a perfect opportunity to tear themselves apart. This has certainly been the case in recent years.

Indeed, the A vs. B team rift, always smoldering beneath the surface, often bubbles into the light of day during appointment battles.

Examples abound. After Pete Gerken was elected to his seat on the County Commission in 2004, Ds on Council appointed Phil Copeland over the B team choice, Mark Sobczak, in January 2005.

Wade Kapszukiewicz was elected in the same election to replace Ray Kest as LC Treasurer; Kest resigned in early 2005 bathed in the light of questionable use of campaign funds. Who was appointed by the then-B team dominated Dem Party Central Committee to fill the seat? Of course, not the duly elected Kapszukiewicz, who wouldn’t take office for several more months, but instead building tradesman Dennis Duffey.

By this time the split was so deep two entire slates of Ds were on the November ballot, one headed by incumbent Jack Ford and the other by Carty Finklestein. They even had two separate party headquarters. The battle continued into October of oh five over who would replace Kapszukiewicz on council. That battle got so smarmy that a place holder who didn’t want the seat permanently, John Henry Fullen, was appointed.

The 2005 November election changed the complexion of council, as B teamer Sobczak ousted A teamer Karyn McConnell Hancock, A teamer Bob Vasquez lost his bid at a seat, and Republican Joe Birmingham replaced Fullen. B teamer Bob McCloskey was elected to an at-large seat, vacating his District 3 seat, which

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was promptly filled in January of 2006 by B team choice Taylor Balderas. When McCloskey resigned later in 2006 under indictment for charges of accepting bribes, the B team got to appoint Lourdes Santiago as his replacement.

A teamers had taken enough on the chin. They backed Mike Craig to run against Balderas in the ensuing special election, and Craig won. Likewise, Santiago lost to Joe McNamara in a special election run off.

By 2009 the party had struggled to heal the rift, running a single slate and sharing a single headquarters.

When Sobczak resigned in July, the party screened candidates, and then-School Board President Steven Steel was appointed without fanfare. He won the seat that November.

Damage control

That was a short respite, it would seem. The new vacancy has renewed the struggle, and with a familiar cast of characters. Ford wants the seat, but the building trades want Shaun Enright, a member of Duffey’s old union, who ran against Craig in 2011. School Board member Bob Vasquez reportedly is interested, as is current Prez Lisa Sobecki. The current D Party Chair Ron Rothenbuhler is an old tradesman, and McNamara is now President of Council. Will either show the leadership necessary to figure out this mess, craft a compromise, and keep the D boat rowing together? Or will it be 2005 déjà vu all over again?

Hang on, kidz, we’ll find out right after the holidaze!

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Brian Kennedy A conversation with the director of The Toledo Museum of Art

It is fair to call the Toledo Museum of Art one of the most influential institutions in our region. Its reach has encompassed both art creation and the appreciation of the end product — it played a major role in the birth of the Glass Art movement in 1962; today it plays host to high-profile exhibits featuring the likes of Botero, Manet and Stella.

At the helm of this world-renowned gem is Irish-born director Brian Kennedy, who is passionately focused on visual literacy — “[teaching] people how to see better, by engaging with works of art.” The TMA’s 400,000 annual visitors can credit his vision for many of the museum’s recent coups. We talked with Kennedy about the TMA’s role in the art community, the future of the Toledo Area Artists Show, and the science of balancing major exhibitions.

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Director Brian Kennedy walks among the images of visitors, supporters, and staff of the Toledo Museum of Art featured in the Museum People: Faces of TMA exhibit

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You’ve been here for two years now.

What do you think it is about Toledo — the city, the people — that helps make a venerable museum thrive?

Well, thanks for the compliment. I hope, indeed, it’s thriving. The Toledo Museum of Art has had such a long and strong history. So, to be celebrating the centennial of free admission, to have had such a frequency of audience — we have averaged 400,000 people a year for many, many years, despite that the population of the region has declined somewhat — shows an affection and a support that directly relates to the quality of the collection and the quality of the buildings and, I think, the friendliness of the staff and the pride that everyone has of a collection of this order being here.

What do you see as the Museum’s role within the local art community? What is the connection like with the local artists?

other artists to apply and participate who hadn’t been involved. And we gave, for the very first time, one of the winning artists a show. The Leslie Adams show is currently in Gallery 18. So, we are going to work this through as to what’ is the best way that we can support the exhibition of the local artists. But, the exhibition is planned into the coming year. And, I can say to you, the short list was made this week [for this year’s show], judging hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people.

Conference, when there were pop up galleries everywhere and it felt like another city. I would go to the more general, rather than the specific: to have an Arts Commission this vibrant; to have a public sculpture program, to have initiatives, whether its on the local benches or on the buses, is terribly important. The Arts Commission of Greater Toledo is the only one in a major city that doesn’t get support from its local city and that’s rather significant.

The Toledo Museum of Art can say that, because we don’t either and we are the only major cultural institution that doesn’t get a [tax] levy.

So, with independence, I can say, the local arts scene should be best supported by the local people and is indeed represented through the local taxes, if they wish. The support largely comes from Columbus [state funding], as you know.

A lot of local artists have learned their craft through the museum’s classes. How is the TMA working to maintain that learning for the next generation of local artists?

The Toledo Museum of Art is quite a challenge for local artists to have, in Well, that’s an interesting one respect; an incredible question. And we have given it opportunity, in another. Few a lot of thought. The museum local artists would have exists as a collection of objects, such ease of access into which are the product of the such a collection of this work of artists. So, the primary order in many cities of this purpose of the Museum is to size. However, because the give access to the works of museum was structured to art and to information about acquire the very best artists, them. To that extent it’s also a local artist not only needs important to know how they Director Brian Kennedy drops in, Brady Bunch-style, on to be the best local artist, but are made. But the tendency of Jim Rohman’s Museum People: Faces of TMA exhibit. the best Ohio artist, the best museums in many American (Photo manipulation by Nick Amrhein and Kristi Polus.)

American artist and one of cities, especially Midwestern the best artists in the world. So, that’s cities, in the early decades of the In the future can we expect it back in in terms of collecting. I think where the twentieth century was to have a school the Canaday gallery? Is it a matter of museum has long had a strength is in of art as well as a museum, which was the gallery being booked? Or do you support from the communities through really to provide that access to studio art just see the TAA in the future [being community gallery exhibitions, through that wasn’t current elsewhere. the Toledo Area Artist Exhibition, which held] in the smaller galleries?

Over the many decades art education is in its, I think, 94th year. We have this tended to be certified, where many When’s the last time, before last year, involvement in showing the work of museums don’t provide certified you saw it in the Canaday?

The question local artists and that’s pretty well all the programs. I think the greater merit of where it is shown is a question for the time currently. That’s a very particular and thinking is about how to advantage museum and that, of course, not only relationship, a special one, but as I say, those colleges and universities that depends on what we are doing, but what an opportunity and a challenging one. are in the certified education sector way we want to do it. I don’t know what to provide art education and adult we’ll do in the future. We may go back education and evening hours art in the Canaday Gallery, we may not.

We While we are on the subject of the education and to capitalize on their may go somewhere else in the Museum.

Toledo Area Artists show, this year the studio art premises to do that. That’s But, for now, we are committed to the show is not going to be in the Canaday not to say that we are not going to be show and we have been for 94 years, so I Gallery, where it has been exhibited continuing classes; we have a whole think that’s pretty good. roster of classes every quarter, but I’m before. There are also some rumors more interested in thinking about how and concern that it may be canceled do we fulfill our institutional objective.

What art event outside of the TMA in the future. What is the status and If we want to teach people about how plays a pivotal role in the Toledo what does the museum expect of that to see better, by engaging with works art scene? show in the future? of art, which is our primary purpose, then it really behooves us to start to I think there’s lots of activity.

I speak I haven’t heard those rumors, because, develop courses and online education more to the role, particularly, that the for start, they’re not true. There has that teaches people how to engage with Arts Commission plays. I mean, one been a tradition over time of showing works of art. So, we’re at the product can have temporary shows and the the exhibition in larger galleries and end, the end-result end here; that’s the development of galleries, and that’s in community galleries. We took a nature of a museum. Sometimes the emerging [here]. It’s never been decision last year to show a tighter traditional and expected role— that we more obvious to people; the potential show, focusing on work that we thought are at the front end of of Toledo in this regard during the was of best standard and to encourage wonderful week we had at The Glass Cont’d. on p. 10

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Kickin’ it with Kennedy A few of his favorite things, places and people Where he grabs grub The Rose and Thistle, Beirut, Mancy’s is very good indeed, The Registry. I just love the choice that’s here.

His Toledo culture shock After living five years in New Hampshire, I was really worried that I would find it too flat. But I like flat.

Toledo pub that’s worthy of Irish cred Anywhere that serves a good pint of Guinness.

Indie gallery that impresses him Without a doubt, Riverhouse [for] the determination to be as excellent as they can be.

What artist he would chat with, living or dead I try not to deal in hypotheticals; it might smell a lot if they were dead. I have done shows with great artists, so any one of them.

His low-brow guilty pleasure I wouldn’t think it’s low brow, because I’m a high and low kind of guy. I wear a suit, but I take it off as soon as I get home. I think I’ve had a long serial addiction to Law & Order.

What jams he kicks it to My daughter, who is 22, sends me CDs to keep me current. I find I have a very broad taste in music. She’s become very enthusiastic about country & western, which has surprised me. I’m a kid of Dublin in the ‘80s, the City of A Thousand Bands.

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the making —is to mistake the nature of our institution. So we are giving that a lot of thought and it will lead to some changes, no doubt.

Can we expect to see those changes in the near future?

George Hurrell Clark Gable and Joan Crawford for “Dancing Lady”(detail) MGM, 1933 gelatin silver print.

one of the great color expressionists of American art from the 60s and to show how he too explored color in his painting. As we move forward, we will be trying to make connections like that and I’m particularly keen that we balance our programs by addressing world art and global art, but also more recent art with older art. So, that will be a theme.

Well, if you think about what I just said, the focus would be a tendency to have more education on the teaching of visual literacy and, given that resources are finite, if that’s our primary purpose, then we would tend to focus our resources there.

You’ve also tried some events to draw the younger crowd in the last two years, such as the Kentucky Derby Party and the Trombone Shorty show at the Peristyle. How do you plan to continue to appease and draw that demographic?

Since you’ve been here, the TMA has been able to organize a string of highprofile shows — Botero, Manet, Stella, the Egyptian Exhibition. What’s the key to keeping those back-to-back, sometimes even overlapping and having that sort of variety. having that balance, like, right now, between Manet and Made in Hollywood?

Museums everywhere are putting a lot of effort into renewing their generations.

We’ve been really surprised at half the people that came to our summer exhibitions were under the age of 35 and we get older audiences at some other exhibitions. The 24-45 group is really becoming quite strong and the recent events have become well-supported.

There is a sort of mix, from the baby tours we started and the focus on your brain being a sponge [while you are] under the age of five, right through to people suffering from Alzheimer’s and all the way through the middle, [and the goal is] to try to find ways to engage audiences. The wine tastings and the concerts, the parties, but, more than anything, the programs that seek to educate around what it is to be visually literate today.

It really is a question of the way one prefers to manage organizations. I have always considered it important to have a plan; if you know where you are going, it is easier to get there. We’ve planned our exhibition program out into 2015 and it’s always important, in my view, to have at least two years of exhibitions programed, so you can really invest in them, try to connect them, try to develop themes that interest the audience and, particularly, leverage them for art education. So, at times, it’s helpful to combine shows.

One of the basic principles that we have announced is that we will add value to what we do and we put our strategic plan up on our website very early on. So, adding value, like Made in Hollywood, talking about photography, the period of 1920-1960, and Manet, growing up in the era of photography, but still striving to establish himself as a painter. So, how would painting change if photography was able to represent people better?

That’s the sort of thematic connection that helps.

Color Ignited, which we had in the summer, was about the development of color in studio art glass, which, of course, began in Toledo in 1962. To pair that with Jules Olitski was to take

Do you feel the people fully appreciate having a world-class museum?

I think that’s relative. The more one travels and sees other museums, the more one realizes this is an incredible museum. To a degree the city is incredibly proud of this museum or to have a museum like this, but, as with other things in life, not everybody feels a need to participate in it actively. That’s the responsibility that we have: to make sure it’s available, that we make it clear that it’s free ­— many people don’t know that the admission is free, even still.

And yet, we get 400,000 visitors a year, so our [attendance] percentage of the metropolitan population is significantly higher than any other museum in the country, except the Smithsonian, which is tourist driven.

Art imitating art Photographer Nick Amrhein shot our cover subject Brian Kennedy against the backdrop of the Museum People: Faces of TMA exhibit. Amrhein was joined by his assistant, Mico Cordero.

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WISH LIST The holidays don’t just require a blind shopping frenzy — you need to find the most unique, personal gifts to wrap and place under the tree, in the stocking, or at your office gift exchange. In the second installment of TCP’s Holiday Wish List, we uncover the area’s best things to give and receive.

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For the wine aficionado…

This Vineyard Reserve set of six ensures the vino lovers in your life will have a glass for every type of wine, from reds to whites. There’s even a trendy special tasting glass for occasions when they want to sip from a few different bottles.

Libbey Glass Factory Outlet 205 S. Erie St. 419-254-5000 www.libbey.com

For the best cook in the kitchen…

Every cook knows quality olive oil can make or break a dish. The six bottles in this fun gift pack offer 60 ml best sellers: traditional (aged up to 18 years) balsamic vinaigrette, Tuscan herb olive oil, blood orange olive oil, cranberry pear balsamic vinaigrette, basil olive oil, or strawberry balsamic vinaigrette.

Bumble Olive Oil Company Westfield Franklin Park Mall, 5001 Monroe St. 419-517-5552 www.bumbleoliveoilcompany.com

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WISH LIST For the sweet tooth…

A gift basket filled with the delicious treats of yore is exactly what the grown-up candy lover ordered. They’re kitschy, colorful, original — and obviously, delicious. Boyd’s Retro Candy Store

Boyd’s Retro Candy Store 954 Phillips Ave. 419-720-7387 www.boydsretrocandy.com

For the style star…

Eyeglasses have become a fabulous accessory.

There are stylish frames to fit every face — we’re hoping to find a pair of the fun, retro-chic shapes from Van Optical keeps in stock under our tree this year.

Van Optical 5307 Monroe St. 419-841-8550 vanoptical.com

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For the sandwich king or queen…

A gift card for a few delicious mediterranean or American-style lunches from the Pita Pit is exactly what we want to find in our stockings (or in our office gift exchange).

Pita Pit 2903 Dorr St., Toledo 419-725-2748 www.pitapittoledo.com 522 E. Wooster St., Bowling Green 419-354-7482 www.facebook.com/pitapitbg

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For the green thumb‌ Earth-friendly tools are exactly what the gardener in your life wants, for indoor or outdoor gardens. A gift from Organic Garden Center shows your plant prowess to the green thumb on your list.

Organic Garden Center 5215 Monroe St. 419-517-8110 www.ogctoledo.com

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For the techie (or car enthusiast)…

It’s an unexpected, but totally welcome, power gift: batteries. Juice for the laptop, cell phone, camera, car and motorcycle are the useful gift they’ll thank you for every time they plug in or rev up.

Battery Wholesale 1515 W. Alexis Rd., 419-478-5704 7723 W. Central Ave., 419-841-6350 1825 S. Reynolds Rd., 419-381-1337 2309 Woodville Rd., 419-691-6663 www.batterywholesaleonline.com

For the margarita fan…

IThe quality tequila. The squeeze of lime. The salty rim. Paired with some authentic Mexican food, who wouldn’t want to be supplied with delicious margaritas? A gift card from El Camino Real or El Camino Sky will please foodies and bar lovers alike.

El Camino Real 2500 W. Sylvania Ave., 419-472-0700 551 W. Dussel Dr., 419-887-0700 El Camino Sky 2072 Woodville Rd., 419-693-6695 www.facebook.com/elcaminoreal

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For the artsy person in your life...

The unique Watchcraft by Eduardo Milieris timepieces marry a state-of-the-art quartz movement with the rich patina of an ancient artifact. Each is carefully crafted in the artist’s New York studio using various combinations of textured and ‘weathered’ silver, brass and copper. You can be sure no one else will be wearing something like it, and it can be adjusted to fit most men and women — just let 16 Hands know the wrist size and they’ll size it before it ships.

16 Hands Gallery 410 N. 4th Ave., 2nd floor, Ann Arbor 734-761-1110 www.16handsgallery.com

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For the shopper in need of an indulgence …

After a few hours of the holiday shopping frenzy, the perfect gift needs to come way before Christmas morning. Bar 145’s new brunch from 10am to 2pm offers delicious (and much-needed) respite from the mall crowds. Fresh-squeezed juice in your mimosa? Chicken and waffles? Yes, please.

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You can buy a bottle from a big box retailer, but where would the fun be in that? Tres Belle’s staff is well-versed in the kind of special, boutique wines that a true lover of vino will be excited to unwrap come Christmas.

Très Belle Lounge Hollister Lane (in Levis Commons) 419-874-4555 www.tresbellelounge.com

For the cigar lover…

Cigar experts accept no imitations. Opening up a box of premium, high quality cigars is the kind of old-school, classic gift everyone from grandfather to brother will delight in.

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The gift that keeps on giving — see our TCP Holiday Wish List in our next issue, Wednesday, December 12.

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1,000 dozen bagels 5 stores 200 employees

Celebrating 40 years of Barry Bagels We asked carbohydrate king Barry Greenblatt, the Barry behind Barry Bagels, to reflect on the 40-year evolution of a classic Toledo restaurant.Â

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Thursday, November 29

New Holland Beer Dinner Evans Street Station

Americana masala

The drive to this Tecumseh, Michigan gem is worth it for the fantastic five-course meal offered during their New Holland Beer Dinner. Maytag bleu potato croquettes with local oyster mushrooms are just one of the appetizers offered to start the evening, with everything from back forty duck confit carnarolli risotto to chocolate cheesecake with toasted almond tuille gracing the menu. The five courses are matched with beers from local Michigan microbrewery New Holland Brewing Company. $65. 7pm. 110 S. Evans Street Station, Tecumseh, Michigan. Call for reservations, 517-424-5555. www.evansstreetstation.com.

The spice at Star of India

By Alia Orra

Indian restaurants are usually dim, fragrant and cloistered — the smell of spices enveloping you in a sort of ethnic-food mystery.

Star of India is less apt at keeping secrets, and it’s all the better for it. It’s kitschy and bright, an Americana meets Southeast Asian mix of silvery accents (thanks to the spot's former incarnation as Dudley's Diner) and wall-size posters of Indian tourist attractions like the Taj Mahal. Bollywood sirens shimmy on the flat-screen TVs, a welcome dining distraction. Co-owners Jaspreet Kaur and Surjeet Singh, California natives, have a sweet demeanor that makes it seem as if you are dining in their home, not their restaurant. And the environment is as fun as the food.

And the measure of a good Indian restaurant is their saag (or so my dining acquaintance, a generation removed from being a genuine critic, tells me). It's like the creamy spinach dip you might serve at a Super Bowl party, but on steroids. Star of India's chicken version ($12) is creamy and decadent — gluttonously, we ate it with naan instead of rice. Naan is what you present to the enemy whose Atkins diet you want to destroy: flat bread that’s a tinge buttery and super soft.

But perhaps the thing to do at Star Of India isn't to eat: it’s to plop down on a bar stool, order a mango lasso (the Indian version of a milkshake) and watch Bollywood movies and Indian soap operas on the televisions hanging overhead.

Star of India, 415 S. Reynolds Rd. 419-720-6452. www.starofindiatoledo.com.

Friday, November 30

The Meatloaf Bakery Cookbook signing with Cynthia Kallile Barnes & Noble

Cynthia Kallile is the Toledo native behind The Meatloaf Bakery, a Chicago food business that revolves around making delicious savory treats look like baked goods.

She'll be back in town to celebrate her culinary success, signing copies of The Meatloaf Bakery Cookbook.

6:30pm. 4940 Monroe St. 419-472-6164. www.barnesandnoble.com.

Monday, December 3

Cooking Class Treo Restaurant and Bar

Learn how to prepare a delicious winter menu from Treo's chef. The meal includes roasted butternut squash soup; pork roulade with homemade sage stuffing; grits with applewood smoked bacon and sage; winter vegetable cobbler; and apple tart with vanilla custard and apricot preserves. Classes fill quickly so be sure to reserve a seat early. 6:30pm. $25. 5703 Main St., Sylvania. 419-882-2266. www.treosylvania.com.

Friday, December 7 to Sunday, December 9

Victorian Christmas Tea Matthew Brown House Star of India juxtaposes old-fashioned American diner decor with the flavors of Southeast Asia

Movin’ on up

Wednesday, December 11 & Thursday, December 12

Parade of Trees and Buffet Dinner The Toledo Club

First Sylvania, now the Midwest — Bar 145’s eye is on the franchise prize

By Matt Liasse Business partners Jeremy Fitzgerald and George Simon have hit the big time.

After opening Bar 145 in May of 2011, their “high-end food at bar prices” captured the hearts of many in Toledo. But Fitzgerald wants more.

Legally able to franchise in Ohio and Michigan, the two have their sights on new locations in Kent (set to open before the year ends,) Columbus, Ann Arbor and Perrysburg. Fitzgerald and Simon are also in the process of getting approved to franchise in Indiana, Kentucky, Florida and Texas.

Their entry into the world of restaurant franchising has kept them busy. “Running the Toledo store, opening a second store and then trying to do all the franchising as well, it’s a lot more work than expected,” Fitzgerald said. Even so, he has many goals with his new feat. “The sky’s the limit,” he said.

“My goal is to open a corporate store every six months. I’m just looking for good, aggressive entrepreneurs that are willing to grow with the company. We should have three [additional] stores open within twelve months.”

Fitzgerald said he planned to franchise when he opened the bar. “We definitely wanted to move as quickly as we could,” he said. “It’s moving a little quicker than we had planned.”

Fitzgerald grew up in the industry, entering the workforce with his father at age 15. Now in his 30s, he said he saw a void in Toledo's bar scene that spurred the opening of Bar 145. “[Toledo] needed a nicer bar and grill with live bands,” he said. “I just thought it would be a good fit.”

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Enjoy traditional tea time and delicious little desserts in the setting of a historic home built in 1865. 11:30am, 1:30pm & 3:30pm on Dec. 7; 11am, 1pm, & 3pm on Dec. 8; 12:30pm, 2:30pm, & 4:30pm on Dec. 9. $25.

1107 N. Superior St. Reservations required; call 419-382-3452. www.historicvistulafoundation.org.

Enjoy an elegant holiday buffet in the Toledo Club's historical main dining room, then browse the decorated rooms and take a look at 40 fantastic Christmas trees.

Space is limited, so call for reservations. 5:30pm or 7:30pm. $35. The Toledo Club, 235 14th St., 419-243-2200. toledoclub.org.

high spirits Just Wednesday Tastings The Beer and Wine Cave Wednesday, November 28

Jeremy Fitzgerald (center, with Bar 145 staffers) is aiming for regional and national franchise dominance One of the most important parts of their expansion is the cuisine. Chef Robby Lucas joined Bar 145 after stints at Johnny’s Downtown in Cleveland, an apprenticeship with the illustrious Thomas Keller Restaurant Group in California, and cooking dinner for Metalicca after their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Lucas travels between a new Kent location and the Toledo spot, and is working hard to keep the menu true to its roots with every new franchise opening, leaving some room to for local owners to highlight each individual city’s cuisine. He will write 80 percent of the menu, allowing chefs in the new locations creative freedom.

“Each chef will be responsible for bringing in certain aspects to highlight their own regional and local food,” Lucas said.

Bar 145, 5305 Monroe Street. 419-593-0073.

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Try High Flyer Wines and sample a selection of Christmas ales

Wednesday, December 5 Enjoy a variety of beers and wines.

[All tastings $10-$15. 6-8pm. The Beer and Wine Cave, 4400 Heatherdowns Blvd. 419-382-6221. www.toledomeatsandmore.com.]

Thursday Tastings Middle Grounds Market

Thursday & Friday, November 29 & 30 Try Christmas ales as well as wines priced for every budget, from $6 to $60 a bottle, on Thursday. Friday enjoy a repeat of the budget wines tasting until 10:30pm for the Arts Commission’s Holiday Loop.

[All tastings $10-$15. 5:30-7:30pm. Middle Grounds Market at The Oliver House, 27 Broadway St., inside the Petit Fours Patisserie & Cafe. 419-351-3335. Facebook page: The Middle Grounds Market at The Oliver House.]

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2012 has been the Year of the Dinner Party, according to classy foodie web destination Tasting Table. The Andersons Market is ready to celebrate with two special cooking classes. On Tuesday, December 4, learn “Easy & Elegant Entertaining,” with a five-course menu featuring seared beef tournedos Messini, tomato and cheese puff pastry tartlets and more. And on Tuesday, December 11, learn to create a “Feast of the Southern Italians,” with Italian Vongole clam chowder, baked crab and shrimp soufflé, risotto cakes with ham & cheese and chicken caprese roulade.

With two wine pours accompanying each session, the classes are “a Chef Saundra Irvine hosts cooking classes at steal,” according to chef de cuisine the Andersons Market on Sylvania Saundra Irvine. “We always make it entertaining.” $25. 6pm.

(Registration required.) 7638 Sylvania Ave. 419-517-7707. www.andersonsmarket.com.

A survivor’s secret is in the sauce

He’s keeping it hot — and he's going to do some good in the meantime. Longtime area entrepreneur Danny Ivy (aka “Nacho Danny”) is helping to reunite missing children with their loved ones, by picturing them on every bottle of his Nacho Danny's Hot Sauce. A brush with cancer inspired the former restaurateur (who once ran Taste of Texas at the Erie Street Market) to make a difference, and he conceived the child-photograph plan with the help of Penta Career Center criminal justice instructor Matthew Herring. In addition to appearing on tables all around the area, and hopefully returning some missing kids to their homes, a portion of the proceeds from the sauces will go to a scholarship fund for Penta students. “I like helping people out,” Ivy drawls. “This is my way of giving back.” Nacho Danny’s products (including holiday gift boxes!) are currently available at Walt Churchill’s stores. www.facebook.com/nachodannys.

Feeding the future

Veggie U, an educational program of Milan, Ohio's Culinary Vegetable Institute has a distinguished record of teaching primary-school students to appreciate where their food comes from, and how to grow some of their own. Now, Molly Thompson, Veggie U's Director of Development and a Maumee Valley Country Day School alumna, appears at MVCDS as part of its Global Education Program lecture series. The series, entitled "Stuffed and Starved: Understanding the Global Food System," will explore the flaws and injustices in the way we eat, and look toward ways to build a sustainable future. Tuesday, December 4. 7:30pm. Millennium Theater. 1715 S. Reynolds Rd. 419-381-1313. www.mvcds.org. —MD

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Toledo troubadours

“A lot of times people don’t understand that little bit of applause or reaction from them gives you a lot of energy back,” says veteran local folk musician Bobby May in the trailer of Playing Nightly, a documentary that follows a handful of Toledo troubadours. Shot by Jake Dodge Films and Leata Films, and due out soon, the film chronicles the constant gigging of Jeff Stewart, Kyle White, Bobby May, John Barile and Johnny Rodriguez. Look for the movie to be released soon, but check out the trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=olIdxK29mpY —SR

Cult heroes

Early Tarantino films straight up reinvented the noir genre. Between the ridiculously dark comedy, the insanely graphic, yet not cheesy violence and just overall creativity and structure, he etched his name as one of the most important directors of the 90s. Rave Motion Pictures is celebrating some classic Quentin for the 20th anniversary of Reservoir Dogs — screening on December 4 at 7pm — followed by what many consider his tour de force, Pulp Fiction, on Thursday, December 6. $12.50. 7pm. Franklin Park 16. 5001 Monroe St. www.fathomevents.com —SR

concession stand BRIEF REVIEWS OF NEW FLICKS

The Sessions ★★★★ Rated R, 98 minutes

What It’s About: True story about the late California poet/ journalist Mark O’Brien who decides at 38, by golly, it’s time to lose his virginity. The catch: A childhood bout with polio left him confined to an iron lung and an inability to move any of his extremities. But with the blessing of the coolest priest in the world (played by a wonderful William H. Macy), he hires an understanding sex surrogate (Helen Hunt) to assist him in his quest.

John Hawkes stars in “The Sessions”

What We Like: Oh, this movie is so sweet! You know how critics like to use cornball lines like “a testament to the human spirit?” This is the kind of movie they’re talking about. One thing that makes “The Sessions” such a joy is that—praise Gawwwwwwd!—it’s a movie that actually takes sexuality seriously (think about it—sex has all but disappeared from movie screens since the Bush years) and tastefully. This is a movie for thinking adults. And it’s wonderful.

Anna Karenina ★★★ Rated R, 130 min.

What It’s About: Oh, c’mon, if you took a college-level literature course, you invariably know the premise of Tolstoy’s novel— Anna is a married Russian aristocrat who has an affair with a count who really lights her fire. A big scandal erupts and, well, you get the idea.

What We Like: This needs to be said—No more adaptations of “Anna Karenina!” Seriously! Or at least give it a Baz Luhrmann-style makeover next time. OK, grumpiness aside, this is admittedly a great retelling of Tolstoy’s story. Tom Stoppard wrote the screenplay, Jude Law and Keira Knightley are excellent (although Keira, you’re now officially typecast for playing yet another woman in a bodice. Just saying.) and director Joe Wright has made this film look absolutely beautiful. But this really should be the final cinematic word on Tolstoy’s book. For real.

Opens Friday, November 30 at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor

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[Thursday, November 29]

Star Trek: The Next Generation A Celebration of Season 2

Two of the most popular Next Generation episodes, Q Who? and The Measure of a Man which will include, for the very first time, about 13 minutes of never before seen additional content. $12.50 7pm. Rave Motion Pictures, 5001 Monroe St. 419-472-2324. www.fathomevents.com

[Thursday, December 6]

Ship Ahoy

When a cruise ship entertainer is tricked into smuggling a prototype mine for a Nazi spy, this 1942 comedy-drama turns seriously funny when she has to figure out a way to inform the U.S. Government of her mistake while on a ship full of people. Free. 10am. Way Library, 101 E. Indiana Ave. www.waylibrary.info

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The Toledo Ballet welcomes guest artist Renato Penteado to their production of the Nutcracker; Penteado is a principal dancer with the Miami City Ballet

Dance into the light

From Brazil to Toledo, a life lived on stage

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He likes the sun. In a questionnaire on the Miami City Ballet’s website, Renato Penteado describes his perfect day as “a sunny day.” That description of perfection, however, is not keeping him from coming all the way north to Toledo during the early stages of another midwestern winter to dance the lead in the Toledo Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker.

He’s excited to do it, since he’s living a lifelong dream.

He’s come a lot further than that, after all. Renato grew up in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and dance was not far from his own family. “I saw a friend of my aunt’s,” he recalls, “dancing with a male dancer.

It was more modern dance, not even classical ballet.” But something about the movement of the dancers, their grace and power, and their privileged relationship with ordinary space, spoke to the young boy. He was only five years old.

“I liked it very much,” he says. “At the end of the performance, I dragged my mother into the dressing room and asked the male dancer how I could become a ballet dancer.” He was disappointed to learn that he’d have to go to a special school, and that his parents thought he was still too young. It wasn’t a passing fancy, though, and by the age of 8 he was enrolled in a Sao Paolo ballet school. He kept studying through his teens. Handicapped by the lack of male instructors, Renato got a late start to what he calls the “real male stuff ” in the ballet world. His talent was undeniable; he just needed a proper stage to show it on.

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The way forward lay to the north, as it has for so many. In Penteado’s case, it was in the form of an international ballet competition in Jackson, Mississippi in 1998, when he was 18 years old. “At that time,” he recalls, “Brazil didn’t have many ballet companies, so I went more for the opportunity, not just to compete.”

It worked. His performance caught the eye of the then-director of the Miami City Ballet, and within a year, he had a job.

The Miami company was the gateway to a whole world, literally. Penteado has toured the globe with the MBC, from Venezuela to Canada to Italy and France. “We see different cultural stuff in the countries that we visit,” he says enthusiastically. “It’s actually nice to travel with a bunch of dancers, you know?

We go to parties together, and we’re pretty much a big family.”

This isn’t his first stop in the Midwest, either. In fact, he’s performed with the Toledo Ballet before, and is thrilled to be back. He loves pieces spanning the ballet canon, from Romeo & Juliet to Don Quixote to Giselle, but he admits that The Nutcracker is special, for its broad appeal and its connection with a joy-filled holiday.

He’s deeply impressed by the Toledo Ballet’s take on a yearly institution. “It’s a different version,” he says, “but it’s pretty similar to one we’ve done in Miami.” And his experience with his Toledo hosts has him spouting superlatives, whether the weather here is really to his liking or not.

“They’re good people,” he says, “and I love them to death.”

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An old tune revisited

You know the story. Miser gets visited by conveniently holiday-themed ghosts; heartwarming stuff ensues. But if you’re looking and listening, over-familiarity hasn’t dimmed the power of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, presented this month by the Toledo Repertoire Theater. The story of the redemption of heartless Ebenezer Scrooge still connects over a century later because the miser is never portrayed as a cartoon — and in fact the essence of his story is that he learns he was never heartless at all.

Dickens could be sentimental, but he was no sentimentalist, and A Christmas Carol is filled with his peerless eye for detail and his big-hearted love of humanity and our rituals. Directed by Deb Calabrese. $25 adults, $15 children. Friday, November 30-Saturday, December 1, 8pm; Sunday, December 2, 2:30pm. Valentine Theatre, 410 Adams St. 419-243-9277. www.toledorep.org.

Incoming

Feeling some pre-holiday apprehension? The Lourdes University Drama Society has an antidote, with their production of Uh Oh, Here Comes Christmas. It’s a lighthearted and heartwarming adaptation of the holiday-themed short stories of Robert Fulghum, of All I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten fame.

An ensemble cast works through the same issues we all work through — digging down through all the accumulated commercialism to find the true core of a season of giving. $8. Friday-Saturday, November 30-December 1, 7pm. Sunday, December 2, 2pm. Ebeid StuMorgan Rohan and Emily dent Center in Delp Hall. 6832 Convent Blvd., Sylvania. 800-878-3210.

Green in a scene from the www.lourdes.edu/dramasociety.aspx. —MD 2011 production

theater events [Friday, December 7Sunday, December 9]

[Saturday, December 8 Sunday, December 9]

In this hilarious Christmas tale, a couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant is faced with casting the Herdman kids— probably the most inventively awful kids in history.

Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm; Sunday at 2pm.

Maumee Indoor Theater, 601 Conant St. www. monroecommunityplayers.org

Auditions for The Rep’s production of Arthur Miller’s Pulitzer Prize winning drama Death of a Salesman, directed by F. Scott Regan. Production dates are April 19 through 28, 2013. 1pm, both days. Toledo Repertoire Theater, 16 10th St. www.toledorep.org; click on audition link.

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

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Toledo Museum of Art 2445 Monroe St. 419.255.8000 www.toledomuseum.org

it’s friday

November30 Meet in Gallery 8 for a public tour of Made in Hollywood at 7pm, Create a Glass Icicle ($15) in the Glass Pavilion’s Hot Shop at 8pm followed by a free glass blowing demonstration at 9pm. Also, listen to Richard Putney speak about Manet’s Paris at 7:30 in the Little Theater. Or get a free caricature drawing of yourself from Jim Beard by 7-9pm.

December 7 Enjoy the music of contemporary folk artist Kerry Clark in the Cloister at 6:30pm, listen to the free presentation Dead Songs: Sirens in Greek and Roman Funerary Art in the Little Theater at 7:30pm and create flameworked glass beads in the Glass Pavilion’s Hot Shop at 8pm. Also, meet in Gallery 8 to join a public tour of the exhibit ‘Made in Hollywood’ at 7pm.

ongoing exhibitions

If you haven’t seen Manet: Portraying Life, make sure you stop in for the first exhibition worldwide that solely focuses on his portraits.

A contemporary of the Impressionists, Manet (1832–1883) was the most stylish of the 19th– century French painters and a major recorder of Parisian life at that time.

Mark Tabone and Joyce Perrin at a recent Any Wednesday, which has been running since 1964

Keeping the spirit alive

Any Wednesday is closing in on 50, and may be expanding

By Scott Recker Joyce Perrin is sitting at the dining room table of her massive Old West End Victorian home on a sunny afternoon, reminiscing over a collection of Any Wednesday photographs — Perrin’s open party that brings together creatives for conversation, jamming and drinking that has been continuing since 1964.

Originally taking place every Wednesday, in the last few years it has been scaled back to just the first one of the month, but the enthusiasm for the concept is not dying down. Actually, quite the opposite — Perrin has plans to buy the house next door and turn it into a recording studio and an art gallery. We caught up with the woman who has seemingly been everywhere and done everything, yet still radiates the excited energy of someone heading to her first music festival.

Wild work in metal

Sylvania’s American Gallery showcases a unique Ohio artist, with a month-long exhibition of the work of Gary Hovey. Since 2004, Hovey has created eye-popping figurative sculpture out of some unusual materials — knives, forks and spoons. His metalworking skills are on full-display with his sizable wildlife-inspired figures, and the show will feature a selection of awardwinning pieces. He’ll have plenty of smaller-scale work on hand, too — including a selection of Christmas ornaments in metal and glass, for the eager holiday shopper. Opening reception Saturday, December 1, 3-5pm. Exhibition runs through December 31. 6600 Sylvania Ave., Sylvania.

419-882-8949.

On the square

An up-and-coming local gallery takes a night to raise some funds, as Launch Pad Cooperative presents “8x8,” a fun and affordable exhibition just in time for last-minute holiday art buyers. The artist-owned-and-run space in the Davis Building invited creatives both locally and nationwide to donate small artworks — each measuring eight inches square — all to be sold at a special one-size-fits-all price of $20. The proceeds will help cover operating costs and fund future Launch Pad events, including their Featured Lines reading series.

So stop in and pick up something small and maybe make a big difference. Saturday, December 15, 6-9pm.

Sales continue online through January 4. 911 Jefferson Ave. www.launchpadcooperative.com. —MD

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How did you start Any Wednesday?

I lived for ten years in Mexico, in my first marriage, and I learned to play guitar. I learned to play the blues. Four of my friends had been to Mexico and had bought guitars. We were sitting around here on a Wednesday night and I have eight kids, so it’s pretty hard to get babysitters to handle so many kids. So I didn’t go out a whole lot, but my friends came here, fortunately.

You’ve traveled far and wide, but you’re rooted in Toledo. What has kept you here?

What has really kept me in the Old West End is the people, the energy. I’ve lived in a lot of places and this is by far the most artistic place, and I’m including New York City, Mexico City and Athens, Greece. We have more creative people in Toledo. We are the only town, I believe, and I underline, I believe, in the United States that has an art show for just doctors. What keeps

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me here is the creativity. And, interestingly enough, I lived for a time in Coco Beach, and was friends with the chief engineer of McDonnell Douglas, and he asked me the same question you just asked and I explained how creative Toledo is, how inspiring it is, the town’s ability to get energized. And, he said, it probably has a lot to do with the negative ions coming off Lake Erie. The Japanese really utilize the ions in energizing their workers. There are ion creators, negative and positive. Positive ions suck your energy — like cell phones and televisions, those kind of things — but fresh water, like Lake Erie, [replenishes energy].

What makes the Old West End a special neighborhood?

It’s eclectic: all races, religions, colors and creeds. That’s always exciting, to find out people’s different customs, beliefs and philosophies. I think Toledo people are very supportive. For example, there is not jealousy and pettiness between artists; they support each other’s shows, support each other with ideas. There’s a reason that museum sits there and I think sometimes we take it for granted. There it is — one of the loveliest museums in the world.

How does the art and music scene today compare with other eras?

I would say, right now, there is a war between electronics and humans. There is a certain amount of the population that has gone ahead, gone gung-ho and creative, have utilized and learned all about it.

Maybe it’s the slowness verses the hyperenergy. There is a breakdown in communication. If you talk computer to my generation, it’s difficult; it creates gaps, for sure. I think other times were softer — everything now is cutting edge. But, it’s very exciting.

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events friday30 ArtsX 2012. An annual event

staged by BGSU faculty and students in the creative and performing arts disciplines. BGSU Fine Arts Center, BGSU campus. 6-10pm. www.art.bgsu. edu/ArtsX/

ACGT Holiday Loop. More than 25

“The Marriage of Heaven and Hell,” conceptual works venues in the Uptown and Warehouse

by Mathew Chambers, is on exhibit at Library House Districts will be connected by buses and showcasing artwork that is for sale listen to live music, meet the artists and more. and priced under $200 to spark up local holiday This month the gallery hop welcomes two new art shopping. Stop by the Toledo City Paper offices venues: TOAD Gallery and apARTment. Downtown at 1120 Adams St. to enjoy local art, music, light Bowling Green, Main and Wooster Streets. snacks. 6:30-10:30pm. Downtown Toledo. www.acgt.org

Encounter. A three-person display — Lindsey

Wiseman, Jennifer Keller, Kristen Llewellyn — of figurative realism imagery. Free. 7pm-1am. Bozarts Fine Art & Music Gallery, 151 S. St. Clair.

friday30saturday1 Holiday Art Trail. The holiday trail winds its way around Sylvania and provides a unique look into studios and galleries with festive food, demonstrations and special exhibits. Friday, 5-9pm; Saturday, 11am-3pm. 419-517-0118. www.sylvaniaarts.org

saturday1 Gary Hovey. Welded sculpture using flatware,

depicting nature and animals. Free. 3-5pm.

American Gallery, 6600 Sylvania Ave., Sylvania.

419-882-8949.

friday7 First Friday Gallery Hop. The public is invited to stroll to the participating venues to view art exhibits, watch as artists demonstrate their skills,

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Danny White. Renowned artist and glass sculptor Danny White comes back to Toledo for an evening of hot glass demonstrations at Gathered Art Gallery. $10 suggested donation. 8pm. Gathered Art Gallery & Studio, 23 N. Huron.

ongoing Cool Yule. More than twenty local artisans have

been busy creating wonderful handcrafted Holiday gift items just for you. Once again the gallery is full of ceramics, glass, jewelry, paintings, prints.

Hudson Gallery, 5645 N. Main St. 419-885-8381. www.hudsongallery.net

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell.

Matthew Chambers presents new conceptual works. 24164 Front St. 419-830-3080. www.libraryhousegallery.com.

Archetypes: Divining the Nagual. An exhibition of recent paintings, drawings, and sculpture by Toledo-based artist, Ivan Kende. Free. 5-8pm. River House Arts, 115 W. Front St., Perrysburg.

419-874-8900. www.river-house-arts.com/

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A holiday with history

Perrysburg is the perfect place for a December family outing. Spice up the typical holiday routine with a bit of history during the Fort Meigs Visitor Center Holiday Open House on Sunday, December 9. Observe life during the War of 1812, as actors dressed as soldiers and civilians reenact the time period’s camp life and answer questions. There will also be music to get you in the spirit of the season, refreshments and hands-on activities — you can even shop the museum store for unique, thoughtful gifts for the history fan in your life. Open house hours are from 1 to 4 p.m. Admission is $2 per person for ages six and above. Fort Meigs is located at 29100 W. River Rd., Perrysburg. 419-874-4121. www.fortmeigs.org.

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THE RULES

Alright kids, we’re gonna fight it out through 10 championship rounds.

Get ready to rumble — but play by the rules.

1. You may only vote once 2. No answer should be repeated more than three times 3. A minimum of 30 questions must be answered for your ballot to be eligible 4. Your name and address must be included. We will discard any ballots that we suspect are fradulently submitted.

No ballot stuffing • No photocopies All ballots must be received by 5pm on Wednesday, December 19.

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ROUND 1 -

Anchor duo

RING MASTERS

Weathercaster

Local style icon

Local TV station

Local body

Local power couple

Radio station

Women’s salon

Local hipster

Morning radio show

Men’s barbershop

Best new job for Joe The Plumber

Local Facebook group/page

Day spa

High school

Local blog

Nail salon

College

Local Twitter handle

Yoga/pilates studio

Suburban downtown Institution to show off ‘Hood to grow up in

ROUND 5

WHAT A KNOCKOUT

ROUND 4

SHOP ‘TIL YOU DROP

Dance studio Massage therapist Personal trainer

Politician/public servant

Locally-owned women’s boutique

Athletic club/gym

Local innovator

Locally-owned men’s boutique

Tattoo/piercing shop

Apartment community

Resale shop

Gripe you’re sick of hearing

Thrift store

Charity/non-profit

Tailor/alterations

Festival

Jewelry store

ROUND 6

PUNCH DRUNK New bar (opened in the last year)

Place for cool eyewear

ROUND 2

Sports bar

New local store (business that opened in the last year)

College bar

Doctor

Greenest business

Plastic surgeon

Trivia night

Greenhouse/nursery

Ear, nose and throat doctor

Karaoke bar

Mall/shopping area

Lawyer

Country bar

Car dealer

Dentist

Taxi service

Antique store

Orthodontist

Furniture store

Eye doctor

Paint store

Chiropractor

Place to buy a great gift

Alternative health care provider

Home boutique

Veterinarian

Head shop

Real estate agent

Hotel/motel

Bank

Wedding venue

Teacher/professor

Liquor store

Interior designer

Smoke/cigar shop

Design firm/ad agency

Photographer/Videographer

THE HEAVYWEIGHTS

ROUND 3

Gay bar

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Romantic getaway

Print journalist

Psychic/astrologer

Sportscaster

Pet supply/care

Best-dressed news anchor

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ROUND 8

Burger joint

Live music venue

Steakhouse

New act

Sushi

Band

Hot dog

Blues/jazz band

Barbecue

Hip-hop group/MC

Soup

Singer-songwriter

Wings

Club DJ

Gyro

Local album

Pizza

Recording studio

Diner

Local music guru

Bakery

Local music store

Sandwich

Local musical instrument shop

Tea shop

Music teacher (name place they teach)

EAT TO WIN

MUSIC TO MY EARS

Ballet/dance company (LOCAL PLAYERS ONLY!)

Literary artist (poetry, prose, spoken word) Local theatre group Live theatre venue Place to buy local art

ROUND 10

ATHLETICALLY INCLINED

Local athlete

Fine dining

Local high school coach Local high school team Bowling alley Martial arts studio Bike shop Skateboard/ski/snowboard shop

Seafood Independent coffehouse Italian retaurant

ROUND 9

2012 Best of Toledo is Sponsored by:

ART TITANS

Indian restaurant

Supporter of local arts

Middle Eastern restaurant

Independent gallery

Mexican restaurant

Local art event

Chinese restaurant

Art photographer

Thai restaurant

3D artist

Local grocery store

2D artist

Ethnic grocery store

Art classes

Natural food store

Street artist

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Aim and engage

Trail-blazing shredders Killswitch Engage hit the road with original singer by Joseph Schafer Ten years ago, Boston’s Killswitch Engage changed the face of extreme music in America with the record Alive or Just Breathing. The band blended European guitar melodies with the rhythm of hardcore punk and emotive lyrics, both sung and screamed by frontman Jesse Leach.

Shortly after the album dropped, Leach, suffering from personal and performance issues, departed; then the Killswitch formula went gold — their next album was nominated for a Grammy, their songs received major radio attention, and MTV came calling. Juxtaposing screamed verses and sung choruses, Killswitch’s signature play, became a staple of American heavy metal. Fast forward to the present, and the band is looking to redeem their original glory: Leach rejoined Killswitch Engage earlier this year and the band began touring the country. Coming to Headliner’s Sunday, December 9, with Shadows Fall and Arco as support, they’ll be playing Alive or Just Breathing in its entirety.

Leach never fully toured to promote the album when it was originally released, but he is committed to making up for lost time. “Now that I get to do it, even on a short US run, it’s a cool way to celebrate [both] ten years and my rejoining the band.” Killswitch even chose venues to match the album’s original context. “We’re doing smaller, intimate venues, so it’s almost showing people what may have been if I had been able to tour on that record.”

Leach spoke to us candidly about his departure ten years ago. He attributes his struggles not only to vocal cord problems, but some emotional turmoil as well.

“I was going through depression and going all out; not being able to control my voice because I couldn’t control my emotions. I would get on stage and all hell broke loose in my mind. I would scream it all out without any technique.”

Leach went to work during his absence: he took vocal lessons with famous metal voice coach Melissa Cross — and it payed off. His summer festival performances with Killswitch garnered accolades from their internet fanbase.

“If you’d told me a year ago that I’d be doing this I would have laughed. It’s one of those things that feels right and it’s been amazing since it happened.” Killswitch’s trip in the WABAC machine promises to be an intense one. Alive or Just Breathing chronicled the inner struggle that Leach — a devout Christian— wrestled with a decade ago. “I was raised a Christian, but was very much drawn to Rastafarian culture at that time — I made reference to Babylon, I against I. I’m using Rasta terminology

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because I was sitting between faiths trying to figure stuff out.”

That doesn’t mean that Killswitch Engage is abandoning the material that made them famous in Leach’s absence.

Their newer material dealt less with philosophy and more with romantic longing, but Leach said he has no problems singing newer songs. “It’s been a challenge to sing material that I did not write, but I’m growing to like it. I think Howard [Jones, Leach’s replacement when he left the band] was putting messages out there and people were not hearing the cry for help.”

Jones quit Killswitch late last year, without warning. Despite the inherent darkness in their music, Killswitch keeps shows upbeat and positive. Lead guitarist Adam D. frequently performs wearing a cape and shorts — he is notorious for cracking lewd jokes mid-show. The band has a reputation for refined taste in beer. “When you see Killswitch live, we’re all drinking. But the question is what are we drinking? Nine times out of ten I’m drinking Guiness,” said Leach, unless he can get his mitts on a local microbrew. “When we travel to a town that has a local brewery, it says on our tour rider — buy local beer. ” Killswitch Engage seeks positivity when touring. Leach, an avid bicyclist, supports local farmers’ markets, and wants to invest in a biodeisel tour bus. The bicycle, as it turns out, is integral to how Leach writes music. “When I get writer’s block I’ll get on my bike or in my car ... I got off the last tour and with my first paycheck, I got myself a really nice bike. It helps with my voice and breathing control. I take the bike out, pop the headphones in, and when an idea pops up I take out my phone and record the lyrics or hum a few bars.

Movement is good for my writing.” He can expect to be moving for a while.

After this tour, Killswitch will release their sixth album — Leach promises not only to play a song from it in Toledo, but that it will be their fastest yet. Killswitch will support that record with tours on much bigger stages than Headliner’s. The December 9 show will not only be a seminal look at the history of American heavy metal, but a rare treat.

Tickets to the December 9 show at Headliner’s, 4500 N. Detroit Ave., are $20 advance, $20 at the door.

For more information, visit www.headlinerstoledo.com. The full transcript of this interview is available at NoCleanSinging.com.

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Acoustic, Folk, & Ethnic

Rosie’s Italian Grille: Don and Rachel Coats Papa’s Tavern: Bobby May & Frankie May and Friends The Bronze Boar: Steve Kennedy Ye Olde Durty Bird: Dave Carpenter The Blarney Irish Pub: Kyle White

Jazz, Blues, & R&B

Wesley’s: What’s Next H Lounge @ Hollywood Casino: Candice Coleman & Chris Brown B.Gump’s 101 Restaurant and Lounge: Alan Smith’s All Star Blues Review Dégagé Jazz Cafe: Michael Peslikis

Country & Bluegrass Village Idiot: SDMT

Dance & Techno

The Distillery: DJ Mark EP The Rocket Bar: College Night w/ DJ Manny Clazel Theatre: Konkrete Jungle

Wheeler Brothers

Saturday, December 8 / Mickey Finns It’s no secret that, these days, as an indie band, the best way to get a wide following is to be a road warrior — luckily that’s where Austin, Texas’ Wheeler Brothers feel right at home. With a style that owes as much to garage-country giants like Uncle Tupelo as it does to modern-day rock n roll sensibilities, this five piece — who have a fair amount of family in Toledo — balance big-sounding ambience with rootsy, road-worn Americana. And the material has thickened and developed as they seem to never stop working towards the next gig. 602 Lagrange St. 419-246-3466. www.mickeyfinnspub.com —SR

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JAZZ,BLUES & R&B

Degage Jazz Café: Gene Parker

Aqua Lounge @ The Grand Plaza Hotel: Chris Buzzelli & Company Manhattan’s: Dan Grunkhe

Acoustic, Folk, & Ethnic Potbelly: Don Coats The Distillery: Dave Carpenter Ye Olde Durty Bird: Kyle White

THU, NOV 29 Rock, Pop & Hip-Hop Frankie’s Inner City: NRR Howard’s Club H: Luke James & The Thieves Bar 145: The Sunset Villians Ye Old Cock ‘n Bull: Captain Sweet Shoes

FRI, NOV 30 Rock, Pop & Hip-Hop

Wesley’s: Old School Fridays Headliners: The Misfits, The Convalescence, Bathhouse Betty, Cosmic Throne, Hence The Wolves, Against The Grain, The Shame Game B.Gump’s 101 Restaurant and Lounge: The Eight Fifteens H Lounge @ Hollywood Casino: Distant Cousinz Tequila Sheila’s: Measure Of Time Frankie’s Inner City: Bailee Moore Ye Olde Durty Bird: Jeff Stewart And The 25’s Mutz @ the Oliver House: Breaking Ground Sycamore Grove: Tim Ray And The Jagermeister Band The Blarney Irish Pub: Mas Fina Howard’s Club H: Planet Lovetron with El Extreme, Midwest Trainwreck, Hobo Stew, The Strong Talk, Draft Dodger, Natasha Ivery, Will Bradford, Tyler Brewer, A.j. Graber & Tom Vasey, Trey Blackwell The Bronze Boar: MojoPIn Bar 145: The Sunset Villians

ACOUSTIC, FOLK & ETHNIC Rosie’s Italian Grille: Mitch Kahl Pizza Papalis: Chris Knopp Doc Watson’s: Rick Caswell And Friends Ye Old Cock ‘n Bull: Bobby May & Jon Barile

Jazz, Blues, & R&B

Bier Stube: Bourbon Street One2 Lounge @ Treo: The Postmodern Blues Band Zinful!: Lori Lefevre Mancy’s Italian Grill: Skip Turner Dégagé Jazz Cafe: Doug Horn Table Forty 4: Suburban Soul

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Classical & Spiritual

Owens Center for the Performing Arts: Fall Choir Concert - A Tribute To Gilbert & Sullivan

Dance & Techno Mickey Finn’s: Transmission Goth Night

SAT, DEC 1 Rock, Pop & Hip-Hop

Mickey Finn’s: The Ruiners, Slug, Matt Truman Ego Trip The Blarney Irish Pub: Mas Fina Tequila Sheila’s: Lady Redd Birthday Bash Headliners: The Last Bison, The Charlies Ye Olde Durty Bird: Jeff Stewart And The 25’s Sycamore Grove: The Richter Scale Table Forty 4: Distant Cousinz

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Frankie’s Inner City: The Faceless, Revocation, The Haarp Machine, Buried But Breathing

Jazz, Blues, & R&B Village Idiot: Bob Rex Trio

Acoustic, Folk, & Ethnic Oarhouse: Bobby May & Jon Barile

Classical & Spiritual

Valentine Theatre: Masterworks Chorale Annual Christmas Concert Peristyle Theater: Handel’s Messiah

MON, DEC 3 Rock, Pop & Hip-Hop

Frankie’s Inner City: The Bunny The Bear, A Faylene Sky, Surrounded By Monsters

Acoustic, Folk, & Ethnic Village Idiot: Frankie May and Friends The Bronze Boar: Open Mic w/ Joe Woods

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The Distillery: My Sister Sarah Bar 145: The Personnel Cheers Sports Eatery: Kristi-Marie & The Dudes

Acoustic, Folk, & Ethnic Rosie’s Italian Grille: Don and Rachel Coats Swig: Pete Fetters Village Inn: Steven Wooley

Jazz, Blues, & R&B

One2 Lounge @ Treo: What’s Next, Raq the Casbah Rosie’s Italian Grille: Skip Turner Dégagé Jazz Cafe: Doug Horn

Dance & Techno

Mutz Pub (at the Oliver House): DJ Nate Mattimoe

Classical & Spiritual

Valentine Theatre: Masterworks Chorale Annual Christmas Concert Peristyle Theater: Handel’s Messiah

Crystal’s Lounge @ Ramada Inn Ballroom: UT Jazz Night

TUE, DEC 4 Acoustic, Folk, & Ethnic

Sundown Cantina: Jaime Mills Potbelly: Tom Drummonds

Jazz, Blues, & R&B

Trotter’s Tavern: Jeff McDonald’s Big Band All-Stars Manhattan’s: Blues Jam With Jeff Williams Owens Center for the Performing Arts: Owens Jazz Ensemble Basin Street Grille: Tom Turner & Slowburn Trio Jam

wed, DEC 5 JAZZ,BLUES & R&B

Degage Jazz Café: Gene Parker Aqua Lounge @ The Grand Plaza Hotel: Atla & Matt DeChamplain

Acoustic, Folk, & Ethnic Potbelly: Don Coats South End Grill: Bobby May & Jon Barile B.Gump’s 101 Restaurant and Lounge: Zak Shaffer Ye Olde Durty Bird: Ben Barefoot The Distillery: Dave Carpenter

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THU, DEC 6 Rock, Pop & Hip-Hop

Frankie’s Inner City: Like Moths To Flames, The Plot In You, Ice Nine Kills, Horizons, Assassins, Emulator

Acoustic, Folk, & Ethnic

Rosie’s Italian Grille: Don and Rachel Coats Papa’s Tavern: Bobby May & Frankie May and Friends The Bronze Boar: Steve Kennedy Ye Olde Durty Bird: Kyle White The Blarney Irish Pub: Rick Whited Swig: Acoustic Troubadours

Jazz, Blues, & R&B

Wesley’s: What’s Next Dégagé Jazz Cafe: Jason Quick

Country & Bluegrass

Huntington Center: Toby Mac, Brandon Heath, Mandisa, Chris August, Britt Nicole, Jamie Grace, And Group 1 Crew Village Idiot: SDMT

Dance & Techno

Jazz, Blues, & R&B

Rosie’s Italian Grille: Skip Turner Dégagé Jazz Cafe: Straight Up

Dance & Techno

Mutz Pub (at the Oliver House): DJ Nate Mattimoe

SUN, DEC 9 Rock, Pop & Hip-Hop

Headliners: Killswitch Engage, Shadows Fall, Acaro

Jazz, Blues, & R&B Village Idiot: Bob Rex Trio

Acoustic, Folk, & Ethnic Oarhouse: Bobby May & Jon Barile

Classical & Spiritual

Owens Center for the Performing Arts: Fall Choir Concert - A Tribute To Gilbert & Sullivan

MON, DEC 10 Acoustic, Folk, & Ethnic

The Distillery: DJ Mark EP The Rocket Bar: College Night w/ DJ Manny

Village Idiot: Frankie May and Friends The Bronze Boar: Open Mic w/ Joe Woods

Classical & Spiritual

Jazz, Blues, & R&B

Owens Center for the Performing Arts: Owens Pop Ensemble

FRI, DEC 7 Rock, Pop & Hip-Hop

Wesley’s: Old School Fridays Frankie’s Inner City: Mat Kerekes Mutz @ the Oliver House: The Eight Fifteens A.J.’s Doolittles: Nine Lives Band Bar 145: Neon Black Holiday Inn French Quarter: Bush League The Blarney Irish Pub: The Last Born Sons The Distillery: The Bridges

ACOUSTIC, FOLK & ETHNIC Rosie’s Italian Grille: Mitch Kahl Pizza Papalis: Chris Knopp Ye Old Cock ‘n Bull: Bobby May & Jon Barile Ye Olde Durty Bird: Athens Wheeler Trio Swig: Dan Stewart

Jazz, Blues, & R&B

Mancy’s Italian Grill: Skip Turner Dégagé Jazz Cafe: Straight Up Manhattan’s: Moe Jo Bose and His Noble Jones

Country & Bluegrass Table Forty 4: Kentucky Chrome

Dance & Techno

Mickey Finn’s: Transmission Goth Night

SAT, DEC 8 Rock, Pop & Hip-Hop

Frankie’s Inner City: Battlecross, Abiotic, DemonShifter Sycamore Grove: Free Beer Band Cheers Sports Eatery: Distant Cousins Table Forty 4: Jeff Stewart And The 25’s Village Inn: Dr. Z And The Survivors Bar 145: Longreef Holiday Inn French Quarter: Bush League The Blarney Irish Pub: Tru Brew The Distillery: The Bridges

Crystal’s Lounge @ Ramada Inn Ballroom: UT Jazz Night

TUE, DEC 11 Rock, Pop & Hip-Hop

Mickey Finn’s: Monogold, Chappo, Sea Of Bears

Acoustic, Folk, & Ethnic

Sundown Cantina: Jaime Mills Potbelly: Tom Drummonds

Toledo Symphony Neighborhood Christmas Concerts

Wednesday, November 28-Saturday, December 22 The Toledo Symphony Orchestra, Northwest Ohio’s self-proclaimed musical heart, is primed to launch their annual Neighborhood Christmas Concert series and spread some holiday fun through Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan. Featuring over forty stops between Thanksgiving and Christmas Day, the TSO brings its impressive work to nearly twenty community venues throughout Toledo and the surrounding area. From high schools, to churches, to community theaters, this concert series promises to be a true neighborhood experience for all ages. For more information, and ticketing information for each venue, visit the TSO website and look for a stop near you. 419-246-8000. www.toledosymphony.com—LK

Jazz, Blues, & R&B

Trotter’s Tavern: Jeff McDonald’s Big Band All-Stars Manhattan’s: Blues Jam With Jeff Williams Basin Street Grille: Tom Turner & Slowburn Trio Jam Dégagé Jazz Cafe: Gene Parker

wed, DEC 12 Rock, Pop & Hip-Hop

Rocket Bar: Veil of Maya, The Acacia Strain, Upon A Burning Body, Volumes, Twitching Tongues, Shores of Elysium

JAZZ,BLUES & R&B Degage Jazz Café: Gene Parker Aqua Lounge @ The Grand Plaza Hotel: Atla & Matt DeChamplain

Acoustic, Folk, & Ethnic Potbelly: Don Coats Ye Olde Durty Bird: Kyle White The Distillery: Dave Carpenter

Acoustic, Folk, & Ethnic

Ye Olde Durty Bird: Ronn Daniels Mickey Finn’s: The Wheeler Brothers, Bronze Radio Return, Ben Stalets Swig: Jack Schilb Manhattan’s: John Barille

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Shred for a Toy

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Saturday, December 1

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Lucas County Children Services’ ‘Give the Best Gift Ever’ drive is in its sixth year bringing Christmas to nearly 1,500 area children who are victims of abuse or neglect. Gifts are needed for children from newborn to 18 years old, especially books and toys for toddlers up to age three and gift cards for teens.

Contributions can be dropped off at collection boxes in business parking lots around the city, like Burger King stores, Car Stereo One and Family Video. Or, donate a new, unwrapped toy at Allshred Services' “Shred for a Toy” event on Saturday, December 1 at the Burger King across from Westfield Franklin Park Mall from 1-3pm. Free shredding for up to five bags or boxes of documents with your gift donation. 4870 Monroe St. Contact Julie Malkin at 419-213-3254 or Sherry Dunn at 419-213-3476 for the drop-box location nearest to you. –CC

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Holidays in the Manor House - Holidays in the Manor House is a 37-year-old Toledo tradition.

Volunteers decorate more than 35 areas of the Manor House, and it is then open to the public for free tours over an eight-day period. December 2-8, 10am-8pm. Free. Wildwood Preserve Metropark, 5100 W. Central Ave. 419-407-9726. www.metroparkstoledo.com

be Dec. 8 & 15 from 8:30am-10:30am (admission $8) and will include a strolling Santa, a continental breakfast for the kids, a train ride, and elf workstations. December 1-8, 11am-7pm. Sylvania Tam-O-Shanter, 7060 Sylvania Ave. 419-885-1167. www.childrenswonderland.org

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The Lights Before Christmas - Featuring over one millions lights, including nearly two-hundred images of animals, and an eighty-five foot spruce with more than 32,000 lights, Ice Carving Demos, model trains, and visits with Santa, the Zoo’s holiday transformation returns in full force for 2012.

Go online for special holiday hours. November 16-December 31. Toledo Zoo, 2700 Broadway.

419-385-4040. www.toledozoo.org

6th annual TBAA Holiday Trunk Show - The Toledo Bar Association Auxiliary (TBAA) is holding its 6th annual trunk show at the Toledo Club and will feature more than 25 local vendors. Items include paintings, garden art, blown glass, jewelry, knitted items, purses and much more! You can also enjoy the Toledo Club’s display of holiday trees.

11:30am-2pm. The Toledo Club, 235 14th St., Toledo. 419-242-2000. www.toledobar.org

Classics Gift Shop - The Classics Gift Shop has a wide array of gently-used books, gifts and cards.

Classics is operated by the Friends of the Library (FOL). All proceeds from the volunteer operated gift shop benefit the Library. Featuring candles, garden stakes, jewelry, scarves, men’s ties, gourmet chocolates, seasonal gifts and hundreds of used books.

There’ll be $5 fill-a-bag of books from select carts!

Wednesday & Thursday, 10am-5pm. Main Library, 325 Michigan St., Toledo. www.toledolibrary.org

Holiday Lantern Tours - Come experience a turnof-the-century Christmas at Sauder Village! The flicker of a candle-lit lantern will light the way as costumed guides take small groups on a journey to meet historical characters in the 1910 Homestead, 35th Annual Colonial Christmas Craft Show the District 16 Schoolhouse, St. Mark’s Church and The Historical Society of Bedford will celebrate its the Elmira Depot. Guests will be invited to experi35th Annual Colonial Christmas Craft Show, which ence the holiday customs and celebrations of the benefits the preservation of Bedford’s Banner 1900s and hear stories about Christmas’ past and Oak School. Artisans will be selling handcrafted the history of Northwest Ohio. At the church, all Americana such as natural evergreen will join in a hymn sing and receive a decorations, garden deco, candles, special gift appropriate to the late ornaments, Santa’s and snow1800s. Fridays & Saturdays, men. This year the group will 4-8:30pm. $12 adults / $7 Contact us also sponsor the “Primitive students (ages 3-16). Saufor a FREE Pineapple Shoppe” offering der Village, 22611 Ohio 2, antiques for sale. Lunch printer Archbold. 419-446-2541. available for purchase. www.saudervillage.com check-up 9am-3pm. $1 donation AND erie ink requested. St. Luke’s North Pole Express Lutheran Church, Corner quality imaging The ever popular North supplies & service of Jackman and Sterns your first 909 Pole Express returns for its Jefferson Ave. Toledo Rd., Temperance. ninth year! The quarterorder.

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Gene Kranz Lecture - Central Catholic High School welcomes Mr. Gene Kranz, author of Failure is Not an Option, as the featured speaker in the CCHS Reads program. Mr. Kranz, a 1951 Central Catholic graduate, is a former NASA Mission Control flight director for the Gemini and Apollo missions. He will speak to students and staff at an assembly that is open to the general public.

Contact the CCHS for tickets and more information.

2pm. $50. Central Catholic High School Sullivan Center, 2550 Cherry St. 419-255-2280. www.centralcatholic.org

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3rd Annual Stash Bash - At the end of November, after days and weeks of growing facial hair for “Movember” or committing to “No-Shave November” come on out to Black Kite Coffee and help feed Toledo! This will be a great evening of fun, music, good food and raising money for nonprofit Food for Thought. Buy tickets online. BYOB! 7-10pm. $25 / $35 w/ tshirt. Black Kite: Coffee & Pies, 2499 Collingwood. www.feedtoledo.org/stash

thursday 29 [ miscellaneous ] Whitehouse Christmas Tree Farm - Walk around acres of trees to select the perfect one for your family Christmas — if you’re feeling ambitious, you may choose to saw the tree down yourself. Wagon rides through the farmland are also available. Trees range from 2 to 45 feet and can be loaded onto your vehicle. Open through Sunday, December 16, Thursdays & Fridays 3pm until dark, Saturdays & Sundays 10am until dark. Whitehouse Christmas Tree Farm, Obee Rd., Whitehouse. 419-877-2733. www.whitehousetreefarm.com

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Enlightenment - In honor of World AIDS Day this event was created to increase awareness and demystify the negative stigma surrounding HIV/ AIDS through spoken word, musical and artistic expression and personal experiences with the disease. The Keynote Speaker is former University of Toledo football player and graduate Mr. Justin Wooley. Light Appetizers will be provided. 7-9pm.

PNC Bank Auditorium, 405 Madison Ave. www.greaterthan.org

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www.erieink.com passengers through a magical 419.346.0600 Old Frenchtown Christmas wonderland of sparkling lights River Raisin National Battlefield and holiday decorations. Inside the Park will be hosting an “Old Frenchtown museum building are more Christmas decoraChristmas” to celebrate the holidays the Old French tions and toy trains running, as well as a railroad Way! Learn about French Christmas traditions such gift shop stocked with lots of items for big and little as the yule log, crèche, wooden shoes, cooking railroad enthusiasts. Coaches are open-sided so and more. There will also be children’s Christmas passengers should dress warmly. Hot chocolate, crafts, storytelling and refreshments. 11am-3pm. popcorn, and other treats will be available for River Raisin National Battlefield Park, 1403 E. Elm purchase. The train ride runs continuously during Ave., Monroe, MI. 734-243-7136. the evening hours. Through December 30. Fridays, www.riverraisinbattlefield.org 6-9pm; Saturdays, 5-9pm; Sundays, 5-8pm.

Museum admission $2 adult / $1 children, includes [ education ] train ride. Northwest Ohio Railroad Preservation, The Mystery of the Christmas Star - Journey Inc., 11600 County Rd. 99, Findlay. 419-423-2995. back 2000 years to Bethlehem and discover a www.nworrp.org scientific explanation for the star the wise men followed to find the baby Jesus. The Appold saturday 1 Planetarium’s newest holiday show The Mystery of [ miscellaneous ] the Christmas Star investigates possible dates for Children’s Wonderland - Children’s Wonderland the birth of Christ and looks at recorded sightis a classic Toledo tradition with a plethora of lights, ings of significant astronomical events during this life-size decorations, a ride-on train and other ways timeframe. Saturdays, December 1-8. 7:30pm. $5 to celebrate the holidays. Buy some toys, satisfy adults / $4 children. Appold Planetarium Lourdes your sweet tooth, or take some silly pictures to University, 6832 Convent Blvd., Sylvania. make this trip memorable. Santa’s Workshop will 419-517-8897. www.lourdes.edu/planetarium

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Blue Man Group - This blue-clad trio will thrill Toledo with its high-octane theatrical experience.

Escape the ordinary and surround yourself in an explosion of comedy, music, and technology. This unique experience is a form of entertainment like nothing else; guaranteed to be an outing you will never forget! Tuesday-Friday, 8pm; Saturday, 2pm & 8pm; Sunday, 2pm & 7pm. $33-$68. Stranahan Theater, 4645 Heatherdowns. 419-381-8851. www.stranahantheater.org

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Meet Author Jan Wahl - Local author and film scholar Jan Wahl will talk about his new book, Carl Theodor Dreyer and Ordet: My Summer with the Danish Filmmaker, set in 1954 during the filming of The Word (Ordet). Mr. Wahl, also the author of dozens of children’s books, will be signing and selling the Dreyer book as well as some of his earlier holiday children’s selections. Refreshments will be available. 2pm. The Way Library, 101 East Indiana Ave., Perrysburg. 419-874-3135.

wednesday 5 [ benefit ]

Toledo Christian Benefit Banquet - Toledo Christian is excited to announce Terry Bradshaw as the Keynote Speaker at this year’s annual benefit banquet. Terry is the only NFL player with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Bradshaw continues to defy an easy pigeonhole. Not only is he a Fourtime Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl champion quarterback, two-time Super Bowl MVP, Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee, and multi-Emmy award-winning broadcaster for Fox NFL Sunday.

6:15pm. $50. Seagate Convention Centre, 401 Jefferson. 419-389-8700

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Heralding the Holidays - Start your holiday shopping with a unique selection of arts and crafts: pottery, glass, fine art, photography and jewelry, all handmade by local artists. Besides shopping, families may participate in kids’ activities, meet with Santa, and listen to live entertainment. On Friday night only, there will be horse-drawn wagon rides.

Friday, 5-9pm; Saturday, 10-5pm; Sunday, 12pm5pm. Free. Toledo Botanical Garden, 5403 Elmer Dr. 419-536-5566. www.toledogarden.org

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PurgatoryFS 10 - Quality fights return to the Glass City with Toledo’s first all pro-Mixed Martial Arts card. In the main event, Bellator Fight Championship veteran Hector “El Toro” Urbina (15-7-1) squares off against renowned local star Tyler “The Shoot” Beckley (5-1) in what is sure to be an instant classic! Also on the fight card are explosive bouts between Defiance native, Corey “KoKo” Simmons (3-2) versus Findlay fighter, Steve “Super Fly” Smith (4-2). Ray Hernandez (3-2) versus Kelli Gottardo (2-2), Jordan “El Tunechi” Gonzales (0-1) versus David Blattman (0-0) and Matt “Mean Bean” Montalvo versus Donte Adams (1-3). 7:30pm. $10$25 arena / $35-$44 floor. Huntington Center, 500 Jefferson Ave., Toledo. 419-255-3300. www.huntingtoncentertoledo.com

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Ride with Mark Twain - Enjoy an evening train departure from Clinton to Tecumseh for the Holiday Parade. Mark Twain will be riding with the passengers as he recreates his 1868 visit to Tecumseh!

The train will return afterwards. Dress for the outside weather! 5:30pm. $15 adult & seniors / $9 children. Southern Michigan Railroad Society, Inc., 320 S. Division St., Clinton, MI. 517-456-7677. www.southernmichiganrailroad.com

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‘Tis the Season: Old Home Holiday Tour - Tour the Wood County Historical Museum decorated in Holiday splendor. Special events on select days include Living Christmas Cards where exhibits come to life with interactive interpreters, kids’ crafts, live music, Santa, and a working railroad display. See website for dates, times, and events. December 8-21. $5. Wood County Historical Museum, 13660 County Home Rd., Bowling Green. 419-352-0967. www.woodcountyhistory.org

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Historic Westmoreland Holiday Home Tour Eight homeowners graciously open the doors to their beautifully decorated homes and share the unique architecture and history that make up this Historic District, located about a mile east of the University of Toledo, known for its architectural diversity. Included in the tour are Georgian Colonial,

English Cottage, Italian Renaissance, English Tudor, and Jacobethan-French Revival homes constructed from 1921 to 1949. The event will also feature holiday cookies and a cookie-cookbook prepared by the homeowners on tour available for purchase at a small concession area. A free shuttle will be available from the Gesu Church (Parkside Blvd. & Bancroft) parking lot to the tour homes. 3-6:30pm. $15. www.westmorelandassociation.org

Winter Festival of Crafts - Come out for the Toledo Craftsman’s Guild last show of the year to find those last minute hand made crafts or decorations.

Great gifts such as scents, lotions, jewelry, fabric items, metal work, woodworking and more will all be available for purchase. 10am-4pm. Franciscan Theatre and Conference Center, Lourdes University, 6832 Convent Blvd., Sylvania. 419-842-1925.

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18th Annual Walking in a Winter Wonderland Bring the whole family for an evening of holiday fun! Start with a craft at the library, then walk to the Highland Park Shelter House for songs, cookies and hot chocolate. This event is cosponsored by the Toledo Heights Branch Friends of the Library and the City of Toledo. 6:308pm. Toledo Heights Branch Library, 423 Shasta Dr. 419-259-5220. www.toledolibrary.org

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Tours de Noel 2012 Old West End / Sunday, December 2 The Women of the Old West End once again invite the community to witness the historic grandeur of one of Toledo’s most celebrated neighborhoods all dressed up for the holidays! The weekend’s festivities will kick off on Saturday with the official tree lighting at Commons Park at the corner of Robinwood & Bancroft. Santa will be on hand to welcome children with refreshments and entertainment provided. Then on Sunday during Tours de Noel the public will have the opportunity to explore five beautifully decorated homes. The First Congregational Church will be open with assorted gifts to purchase from a wide variety of local vendors as well as the annual Arboretum Cookie Walk. Saturday, 3:30pm; Sunday, 12-7pm. $5 single / $15 full tour / $12 adv. / $10 seniors. Old West End. 419-244-4921. www.womenoftheoldwestendinc.com—JG

10 Under 40 Through December 22. River Gallery Fine Art, 120 S. Main St., Chelsea, MI. 734-433-0826.

www.chelsearivergallery.com In keeping with their mission to identify and promote emerging talent as well as exhibit mid-career and established visual artists, the gallery sent out a regional call for entries to artists under 40 years of age. Ten artists were selected as finalists, with work including paintings, prints, drawings, ceramic sculpture, video installation and performance art.

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NT Live: Timon of Athens 7pm. $18-$22. Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty St. 734-668-8397. www.ums.org UMS presents this high-definition broadcast straight from the National Theatre of London of Shakespeare’s timely play about consumption, debt and ruin.

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Band of Horses 7:30pm. $32.50-$49.50. Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty St. 734-668-8397.

www.michtheater.org Over the last decade or so, this country-dipped dreamy folk-rock outfit has kept inching forward, slowly but surely, in its rise to national prominence.

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Wheeler Brothers 8pm. $15. The Ark, 316 S. Main St. 734-761-1818. www.theark.org If you can’t make the Toledo show of this five-piece folk-rock ensemble from Austin (See pg. 36) check them out at the legendary Ark in A2!

friday 7

Moonlight Madness 5pm-11pm. Saline Middle School, 7190 North Maple Rd., Saline, MI. 734-944-5658. www.salineshows.com Browse over 150 craft booths as well as concessions and a bake sale.

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Ann Arbor Antiques Market 10am-4pm. Ann Arbor Antiques Market, 5055 Ann Arbor-Saline Rd. 734-662-0496. www.annarborantiquesmarket.com Ann Arbor Antiques Market is celebrating it’s 44 years of bringing the best collectibles to the Midwest.

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In from the cold

Struggling with cancer involves many heartaches and painful indignities, and among the worst is the loss of hair due to chemotherapy treatments. There are alternatives, though — and local entrepreneur Cheryl Cuprys wants to bring one to the public through her Coldilocks Chemo-Hairapy. Coldilocks is an attempt to introduce the area to cold cap therapy, practiced for decades, but still not well known. As the name implies, the therapy uses specially designed caps to freeze the scalp during treatment, preventing the chemotherapy Cheryl Cuprys in her Coldilocks medication from reaching hair follicles and Chemo-Hairapy cap damaging them. Cuprys knew from her own personal experience of two battles with cancer that the therapy could be useful, and she founded Coldilocks to make it available. Coldilocks rents the caps and equipment directly to patients, and a staffer personally delivers them and assists with the treatment. At at time when patients feel diminished by illness, it’s a valuable way to preserve a part of their identity. For more info, contact 1-855-HAIRAPY, or visit www.coldilockscoldcaps.com. —MD

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Look Good ... Feel Better - The American Cancer Society sponsors this program that teaches beauty techniques to women who are actively undergoing cancer treatment to help them combat the appearance-related side effects of radiation and chemotherapy.

Each participant receives a free makeup kit worth $250. 9:30-11:30am. Flower Hospital, 5200 Harroun Rd., Sylvania. www.promedica.org

ongoing Mondays

Beginning and Gentle Yoga Classes cover releasing stress through deep breathing and body/mind awareness, gradually increasing strength and flexibility and proper body alignment. All levels of fitness welcome. 7:30pm.

Six weeks for $75. It’s About Movement Yoga Studio, 26597 N. Dixie Hwy., The Shoppes at RiverPlace, Perrysburg. 419-868-9199. www.itsaboutmovement.net

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Hot Yoga at Zen in the District Join Brent Coldiron for a sweaty, invigorating yoga practice, Saturday mornings and Monday evenings at Zen in the District in the uptown area. Above the bail bond shop. Mondays, 6pm; Saturdays, 9:30-11am. Free will donation.

Zen in the District, 1700 Canton Ave. Suite 200. 419-345-7490

Tuesdays

Zumba - Join Norma Salazar, a certified Zumba instructor, for the fun, Latin dance-inspired fitness program. 6-7pm. $10 for you and a friend. INPROCESS, Great Eastern Shopping Center, 2662 Woodville Rd., Northwood. 419-262-6223. www.inprocessllc.com

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) The full moon and eclipse on the 28th put an end to your confusion and you can relax. There are some delays and frustrations on the 2nd. The week of the 3rd is much better. There are many invitations the 8th and 9th, and you try to be in two places at once.

LIBRA (September 23-October 22) The full moon and eclipse the 28th makes you think of travel plans for Christmas. On the 3rd you shop for the perfect gifts for everyone on your list. On the 8th and 9th (thanks to the moon) you are the star of the parties. Tie up loose ends the 10th.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) On the 28th

SCORPIO (October 23-November 21)

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) The full moon

SAGITTARIUS (November 22-December 20) Be patient with your partner. Not every-

check your budget and set a limit to spend Christmas shopping. On the 1st and 2nd get busy addressing and mailing cards. Then concentrate on baking and candy making for hostess gifts on the 8th and 9th. Your thoughtfulness is appreciated.

and eclipse the 28th shine directly on you. You are in great shape. Shop leisurely the 2nd, but there may be some frustration. Say “yes” to all invitations. The week of the 3rd is fun and you party hop on the 8th and 9th.

Stay quiet until the 1st. Then you are off to a running start. Lots of invitations come your way. Mercury and Venus are both in your sign until the 10th so you get lots of shopping done and wrapped, cards addressed and mailed.

one has your ambition. Weekends are party time with birthdays, luncheons, happy hours and Christmas events. Mercury moves into your sign on the 11th so your brain works 24/7.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) The full moon and eclipse on the 28th brings old friends and new responsibilities into your life. On the 1st and 2nd the moon shines on you — decorate your home. The week of the 3rd passes too quickly but you accomplish a lot. Party the 10th and 11th.

CAPRICORN (December 21-January 19) The full moon and eclipse on the 28th

LEO (July 23-August 22) You try for some peace and quiet on the 1st and 2nd. Good luck with that! Your enthusiasm boils over the week of the 3rd. You begin decorating your home, wrapping gifts, writing cards, but can’t complete anything. Settle down the 10th.

AQUARIUS (January 20-February 18)

VIRGO (August 23-September 22) When the full moon and eclipse show up on the 28th you need a long nap. Try not to schedule too much the 2nd. Pick up speed on the 5th, 6th, and 7th. Shop until you drop the 8th and 9th.

Starting the 10th stay organized at home — easy for you!

help you get organized. You take this season seriously and put your energy into making it perfect. Mars is in your sign until Christmas Day. This is like having a cattle prod to keep you moving.

You need an administrative assistant to keep you on schedule. On the 1st and 2nd party at night. Remember you cannot be all things to all people. Shop on the 8th and 9th to avoid the last minute rush. You are thoughtful, but you procrastinate.

PISCES (February 19-March 20) Neptune is re-tracing the route it took in February.

Check your calendar and complete whatever you started then. Shop, wrap and address cards the 8th and 9th. You are in demand and in the spotlight starting the 10th.

Sue Lovett is available for personal astrology readings and private parties.

Visit her on the Web at www.suelovett.com or call her at 419-474-6399.

CELEBRITY SAGITTARIANS

If you want to know how you REALLY look, ask a Sagg. They can be brutally honest. Their creativity cannot be surpassed by any other sign. Woody Allen, Jay Z, Raven, and Vanessa Hudgens are examples. Locally TV reporter Kristian Brown of Channel 13, Judge Gene Zmuda, and news anchor Lee Conklin of Channel 13 light candles also.

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The full moon and lunar eclipse on the 28th sets the tone for these two weeks. Emotions are strong and expressed easily. Then on the 11th everyone is influenced by Mercury telling us to GO – GO – GO! — BY SUE LOVETT

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Music Industry Connections Across 1. Franklin Park, e.g.

5. How most albums are released 9. Expensive political campaign battle 14. Word to a fellow mariner 15. City with a Museum of Islamic Arts 16. “Later” 17. Long Island holiday honoring a famous local MC? 19. She signed off with the words “until we meet again” 20. Scalps, perhaps 22. Seaworld attraction 23. DuPont material 26. Brilliant person, as it were 28. Scuba diving hazard 29. Cardigan worn in the video for “Cop Killer”?

32. Pester constantly 33. Peterson in 2002-03 news 35. They’re filled at the pharmacy, for short 36. Private member?

38. Stitch with hooks 40. Starts a revolution 43. Piece in the back of the front section, often 44. Dir. that some trails run 45. Moon object?

46. Chem. unit 48. Entourage of a British/Tamil rapper?

51. Ward for the seriously injured, for short 52. No longer feel strange about 54. They’re taken on the stand 56. A&W alternative 57. Pipsqueaks 60. Buffett’s birthplace 62. Biography of a member of NWA? 66. Destinies 67. A Ghostbuster 68. Twisting Winter Olympics leap 69. Satellite broadcasts 70. ___ double life (spied, say) 71. Stale beer- and weed-scented place, often Down 1. Jobs offering 2. “Oh, god, that feels good” 3. “Heroin” singer Reed 4. DuPont material

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5. Raceway Park info 6. Lymphatic system thing 7. Alpine houses 8. Like a sunny room 9. Abbr. on a letter to Iraq, since 2003 10. Where one might begin riding the rails 11. Snazzy outfit for the singer of “Regulate”?

12. Mimosa family tree 13. Adjust, as a photograph 18. R&B singer Hilson 21. Wok vegetable 23. Sporty Spice 24. Revolutionary period?

25. Dinner and a movie with the lyricist for “Mama Said Knock You Out”?

27. Practice in the ring 30. People often file out during them 31. No. after a tel. no.

34. Gathering of the Juggalos band, for short 37. Pen tip 39. Clothing lines?

40. Take advantage of 41. Draw with lasers, say 42. Poker legend Ungar and namesakes 44. Place to put rarely used junk 46. Jailed pyramid architect?

47. Whoopi’s “Ghost” role 49. Following obediently 50. Be blue 53. Worked in the aisles, for short 55. Equally awful 58. Shirt brand worn by me in many pictures from childhood (1980s) 59. Chatty bird 61. Word after dumb or smart 63. Losing line in a kid’s game 64. Anthem contraction 65. Airline for many a vacationing stoner

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STYLE SENSE

photos by Christine Senack

By Alia Orra

Alicia Corman,

library clerk & artist

Alicia is a vintage-loving, Mad Men-admiring lady whose elegant style we admire. We asked her where she found her fur-collared coat (Etsy.com), when she developed her affinity for red lipstick (in college), and a few other pressing fashion questions.

Have you always loved dressing up?

Camela and Maribeth Nitschke and Kaitlyn Polpa

Better to give

The 4th annual Gifts & Giving event featured 25 local vendors who made up a one-stop Perrysburg holiday shop on November 18. The Julie Lindsay and Keelie Sanford of event was hosted at the Carranor Hunt and Polo Club, and proceeds from admission fees the Paula Brown Shop went to the Cherry Street Mission Ministries.

How did you start your signature red lipstick?

It was a little weird wearing it at first, but I got a lot of positive feedback. Now I feel weird without it, like I don’t have a mouth.

How would you describe your look, if you had to be succinct?

Evil nerd.

We heard you’ve appeared in an Asian fashion magazine. What’s the story?

Crafty

Maker's Mart Toledo's inaugural event was a success — the one-day alternative/indie craft fair drew a host of craftspeople and artisans, who showed off their wares in a juried pop-up boutique. The event was held in the former International Boxing Club building in Toledo's UpTown District on November 17.

Jose Herrera and artist Dani Herrera

I like it a lot, but I didn’t grow up in that kind of environment. We grew up in the country and were very frumpy. My graduating class in Williams County (Ohio) had 60 students — I was definitely the freak. In college, I had a fashion crisis; I was super awkward and wasn’t sure what to do [with my wardrobe].

A Chicago blogger submitted my photo to a Korean magazine and it got published. I’m really shy — I’m definitely excited to show people, but I’m not really trying to impress anyone, so it stays kept away in a stack of magazines at home.

Where do you get style advice?

Basically fashion bloggers are what I pay most attention to. I like Homerun Ballerina, Vanilla Scented, Blushing Ambition, Closet Visit and Industry For One. I don’t really read fashion magazines.

Alice Essinger, Michele Tinker and Lucinda Miller

Eryn Marie Thacker and Amy Phillips

Taking a bow

After 32 years of fine dining, Fifi’s Reprise closed the doors on its 1423 Bernath Pkwy. restaurant on November 10.

Jazz Brunch radio program producer Suzanne Carrol, restaurant owner Fifi Berry and Sena Mourad

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