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Nov. 6 - Nov. 19, 2019 • Vol. 22 • Issue 20

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Below is a list of our staff, members of “the media,” a group that our President has deemed to be “among the most dishonest people on earth.”

LOCAL BUSINESS UPDATES

What’s your most “macho” trait?

The Leaf and Seed Cafe, a popular food truck offering plant-based comfort food, will open its first brick and mortar in The Davis Building, at 151 N. Michigan St. (formerly Pam’s Corner), in coming weeks. theleafandseed.com

Publisher/Editor in Chief

Collette Jacobs (cjacobs@toledocitypaper.com) YOU DON’T WANT TO FIND OUT.

Co-publisher/ Chief Financial Officer

Mark I. Jacobs (mjacobs@toledocitypaper.com) THE “NOSTRIL FLARE” WHEN AROUSED/UPSET.

Editorial

Assignment Editor: Athena Cocoves (athena@adamsstreetpublishing.com) MY TEMPER AND TENDENCY TO COMMIT ACTS OF VIOLENCE TOWARDS INANIMATE OBJECTS. Editorial Assistance, Digital Media Courtney Probert (cprobert@adamsstreetpublishing.com) MY ABILITY TO GO OUT IN PUBLIC IN SWEATS AND NOT GIVE A SINGLE F*@!

Staff Writer Erin Holden (eholden@adamsstreetpublishing.com) THE PRIDE I FEEL WHEN WEARING MY BOB’S BURGERS #1 DAD T-SHIRT.

Counter Culture

A Coffee Lover’s Guide to Toledo

By Staff

Jeff McGinnis (mcginnis@adamsstreetpublishing.com) INABILITY TO ASK FOR DIRECTIONS UNTIL TOTALLY LOST OR GPS FAILS ME. Calendar Editor Sarah Emily (calendar@adamsstreetpublishing.com) I AM UNFAMILIAR WITH THE TERM. DO YOU MEAN MACHO MAN RANDY SAVAGE?

The Nutrition Spot Downtown has opened at 215 N. Summit St. #C, in the arcade next to Balance Pan-Asian Grille, offering energizing teas and meal replacement smoothies. 7am-2pm, Monday-Friday. 419-410-8096. facebook. com/thenutritionspotdowntown419 Stoney Ridge Winery, at 7144 County Road 16 in Bryan, Ohio, has recently finished construction on a second bar room, The Slap Happy Hideout, with specialty cocktails in addition to wines, hard cider and local craft beers. Visit Facebook page “Stoney Ridge Winery” or stoneyridgewinery.com for details.

Contributing Writers: Sonny Forrest, Matthew Sackmann, Jason Webber, Johnny Hildo, Christine Senack, and Rob Brezsny.

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The Selene Center has opened at 5658 Main St. in downtown Sylvania, next to Chandler Cafe. The feminist-led organization confronts domestic violence and emotional abuse and provides encouragement and support for abuse victims. 419-540-1942.

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Rossford is home to new comic book shop, The Nexus 419, at 690 Dixie Hwy., near Glenwood Rd. and Rossford High School, selling comic books, graphic novels, toys, board games, anime, and more. Owner Kyle Northrop previously owned the now-closed Seann’s Anime and Comics. 11am-5pm, SundayMonday. 10am-7pm, Tuesday-Saturday.

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W.I.N.E. Down Wednesday - Oregon Expansion Edition - This special edition of the Women’s Initiative of United Way’s regular networking event celebrates the expansion of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library program at Oregon City Schools. Free for members, $10 for non-members. 5:30-7:30pm. Real Seafood Company, 22 Main St. 419-254-4677. unitedwaytoledo.org/womensinitiative Should the Catholic Church Have Women Priests? - The University of Toledo Center for Religious Understanding hosts Professor Peter Feldmeier’s lecture, with a dessert reception to follow. 7-9pm. The University of Toledo College of Law, 1825 W. Rocket Dr., 419-530-6190. Utoledo.edu Free

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Get involved. Democracy is not a spectator sport.

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Become a Climate Advocate - John Sabin, State Coordinator for the Citizens Climate Lobby, hosts this workshop to offer interested parties techniques on lobbying Congress and educating the public about climate change. 1-4pm. Sip Coffee, 3160 Markway Rd. 419-407-5038. citizensclimatelobby.org Free

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Volunteers on Tap - Continue United hosts this event aimed at retirees looking to stay active and involved in the community. Find connections with various area volunteer projects. Appetizers provided by Tony Packo’s.

4-6pm. United Way of Greater Toledo, 424 Jackson St. 419-248-2424. unitedwaytoledo.org Free

Heartwarming Party - The Ronald McDonald House of Northwest Ohio hosts its 11th annual fundraising event, featuring a silent auction, a performance of Dave Caruso’s Piano Wars and more, hosted by Jerry Anderson and Melissa Andrews. $75, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northwest Ohio, 3883 Monroe St. 419-471-4663. rmhctoledo.org

Lucas Soil & Water Conservation District’s 55th Annual Meeting & Election - The LSWCD election is open to all Lucas County residents and takes place from 5:30-6:30pm.

The meeting that follows includes dinner, a guest speaker, entertainment, and door prizes. $15. 6:15pm. Fallen Timbers Fairways, 7711 Timbers Blvd., Waterville.

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Mosaic Stories - A celebration of those who have been able to lift themselves out of poverty, Mosaic Ministries presents its fifth annual event featuring speakers, a short film, and the announcement of a plan to restore the Mosaic Lodge. 5:30-8pm. Parkway Place, 2592 Parkway Plz, Maumee. 419-794-2121

Vistula 1st Planning Workshop - The Toledo Design Collective partners with the Historic Vistula Foundation to hold a meeting with neighborhood residents and workers to gather feedback on planned restoration efforts. Come on out and share your vision for Toledo’s oldest neighborhood. 8:30am-noon. Duket Architects Planners, 830 N Summit St, Ste 3.

419-255-4500. toledodesigncollective.org Free

Tuesday, 11.19

Toledo Strong Collaborations - Tracey Edwards, CEO of The National Exchange Club, and Ken Leslie, founder of Veterans Matter, discuss how their two organizations have partnered for greater impact. $10. 11:30am1pm. Holy Toledo Tavern, 9 N. St. Clair St., 419-535-3232. nationalexchangeclub.org

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Ancient Incan empire The View from Desk 88

In his new book Desk 88, Senator Sherrod Brown reflects on the history behind the mahogany desk he sits behind on the Senate floor, and the history of individuals who occupied the seat before him, focusing on eight individuals who sat at Desk 88. Hear from Senator Brown during his upcoming visit, as part of the ToledoLucas County Public Library’s Authors! Series.

2pm. $25. Sunday, November 10. Toledo-Lucas County Public Library’s McMaster Center, 325 N. Michigan St. 419-259-5200. toledolibrary.org —JM

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The Team Recovery Toledo Fall Ball features Team Recovery founder Matt Bell. The fundraiser is a night of celebrating recovery and addressing the work that is yet to be done. A nonprofit that helps recovering addicts and their families, Team Recovery offers school presentations, detox and treatment referrals, and a family support group The event includes a dinner (with vegetarian options) and unlimited nonalcoholic beverages. $50-$54.

6:30-10:30pm. Friday, November 15. The Pinnacle, 1772 Indian Wood Circle, Maumee. jen@ theteamrecovery.org. toledofallball.com —EH

Hear about Steve Kosiba’s research on the ancient Incan empire and they passed down their historical narratives without the use of writing or pictorials.

The University of Minnesota professor draws from his research in Cuzco in an Archaeological Society of America-Toledo Society lecture. 7pm. Friday, November 15. Toledo Museum of Art Little Theater, 2445 Monroe St. 419-255-8000. toledomuseum.org Free —EH

If You Got It, Flaunt It!

Get out there and strut your stuff during Equality Toledo’s “Flaunt: A Fashion Fundraiser” in the Registry Bistro ballroom. This unique event, combining fashion show and fundraiser, features designs from the Toledo School for the Arts, Détroit Is The New Black, and more, plus tunes spun by DJ 3pm and performances by other area artists. $50. 7pm.

Saturday, November 16. Registry Bistro, 144 N Superior St. 419-725-0444. equalitytoledo.org —JM

Style for the Cure

This pop-up shop and exclusive fall-fashion event at The Heights Toledo features men and women’s clothing and home decor from Stella and Dot, Meig, Sophia Lustig and other local boutiques.

Admission includes one glass of wine and a raffle ticket for a one night stay in a Renaissance hotel suite. A portion of the proceeds benefit Susan G. Komen Northwest Ohio. $30-$75. 6-9pm. Thursday, November 7. The Heights Toledo, 444 N. Summit St. 419-724-2873. toledocitytix.com —EH

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CITY POLITICS Run to daylight

Finding the openings in City Politics

By Johnny Hildo

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Incumbency is powerful. As documented in this humble column, once elected to office, most officeholders are fully entrenched for keeps. That overstates the truth, though. Some incumbents run up against term limits.

Others (notably, judges) have age limits.

And some incumbents succumb to the final arbiter of all things, human, Father Time.

It’s generally not advisable to run against an incumbent unless you enjoy a healthy dose of loserville. Gung ho wannabes instead watch for pending openings caused by term limits, age limits, and just plain retirements. There are rare exceptions to the rule. Don’t waste your effort attacking an incumbent.

Openings are coming. Wait for them, then run to daylight. Because when they appear, the stampede is on.

Talk of 2020

Take the LC Prosecutor’s Office.

Julia Bates has held this position for a generation. She is pretty much invulnerable to all challenges. Except for the calendar. As Bates approaches retirement the heavy political hitters are lining up. Auditor Anita Lopez and Muni Clerk of Courts Vallie Bowman-English are rumored to be waiting in the wings.

Rest assured they are not alone. Others are already foaming at the mouth in anticipation of this plum position. Normal people aren’t always focused on the next election. Wannabes aren’t normal people, though. For them, it’s always election season. Let the games begin.

LC Sheriff John Tharp has already announced he will not seek re-election.

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The election to replace him isn’t until November twenty twenty, yet Councilman Gary Johnson has already announced his candidacy. Ditto Earl Mack, who has already begun littering the county with political yard signs. It might seem too soon to be in full-on next year election mode. But the partisan primary is only a bit more than four months away. The race to replace is on before the dust settles on twenty nineteen.

Watching the calendar

There are rare exceptions to the rule.

Wade beat PHH. As we go to press, the votes aren’t yet counted, but legacy Tom Puffenberger decided to take a stab at fellow legacy Judge Josh Lanzinger.

These are the exceptions that prove the rule. Don’t waste your effort attacking an incumbent.

The unknown in this calendar watching is when the calendar will catch up with LC Recorder Phil Copeland. The man is getting on in years. We’re pretty sure he’s still in office, although there’s no clear way to tell. The Recorder job is pretty much an anachronism, and besides, it’s the staff that actually does the work. All of which makes this the most sought after elected office. No pressure, no visibility, just a public paycheck.

Wannabes will flock to Copeland’s retirement like flies to, well, you know what flies flock to. In the meantime, we actually do wonder if Copeland is still around. Haven’t seen nor heard from him in years. Phil if you’re listening, give us a call. We’re worried about you.

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man TO man

Harper appreciates both a clean look— think style icon Tom Ford— and a bold use of color and texture.

Men of the moment who are making their mark

How to Wear a Suit 101 Eden Couture’s Nicholas J. Harper gives us a crash course in suiting up for any occasion

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Nicholas J. Harper began drawing apparel designs before he realized that, if you want something done right, sometimes you just have to do it yourself. His inability to compromise on his vision led him to start making his own suits. His great grandmother gave him a sewing machine and he started to learn on his own before attaining his bachelor’s in fashion design and doing an apprenticeship with master tailor Ervin Arnold in Adrian, Michigan. He opened his business— then called Eden Tailoring— in 2014 before changing the name to reflect the custom-made clothing he is now known for. His business goes beyond the art of tailoring and into the realm of high fashion. We asked him to give us the ins and outs of what it takes to craft a look that will make heads turn.

What looks are in right now when it comes to suits? Now a lot of people are into a tailored look— tapered pants, as well as fitted jackets.

Another common thing has been high-water pants so that your ankles show. I don’t particularly care for it, but it’s what a lot of people are doing because they see celebrities doing it.

Are there any current trends that you see as being on the way out? It really depends on the generation. The more mature generation tends to stick to the more classic, traditional look.

The younger generation is kind of all over the place because they don’t really know what to do. So they’re going based off of what they see on TV and what they see celebrities do.

One thing that’s going out— especially for the younger generation— is the pleated pants. More people are starting to wear flat-front pants instead.

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Some of what’s in style right now for suits seems to reflect the fit that was popular in the mid-60s— a Mad Men sort of look.

Yeah, and a lot of people are also getting into the Great Gatsby look because for a lot of people in the millennial generation and the generation after— they don’t necessarily wear suits for business; they’re wearing suits for the fashion.

It’s pretty out there. They’re wearing a lot of bold patterns, a lot of sequins.

What are some staples of the Great Gatsby look? If someone wanted to have that kind of suit, what are the specifics? Generally, it’s a white shirt. A lot of time it’s a three-piece suit, but, what a lot of people do when they’re trying to pull off the Great Gatsby look, is they do a vest that is a different color than the jacket and pants, or they have the pants and the vest match, but wear a different jacket.

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Your Instagram page shows a lot of your looks involve mixing patterns. If someone wants to experiment with mixing this, what advice would you give? The right way to mix patterns is not to do any pattern that is alike. That’s where a lot of people go wrong. They’ll jump to two different types of stripes or two different types of plaids. You either want to go with something solid or something that is completely different.

Then, when you do try to mix patterns that are the same, they have to be a different size. If you do a plaid, you would have a big plaid and a small plaid. You don’t want to do the same plaid because then it kind of all just blends together and it looks like too much. The eye just really can’t take in all that.

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Should you consider body type when picking a suit for yourself? If you’re buying a suit from a store, yes. Because suits purchased in the store are made to fit many different people. For instance, a guy who is bigger usually stays away from the double-breasted suit because it has to be made a certain way to look proportionate on him. Then, the size of the lapel makes a huge difference. The smaller you are, the smaller you want your lapel.

A lot of times what happens is we get guys who are bigger and wear the skinny lapels and a skinny tie which actually makes them look bigger because everything you’re looking at is so small on them, it just doesn’t fit right.

How do you know when you have the right fit? There really are important areas when you’re thinking about the fit of the suit. You can take it to a tailor to make alterations done, but there are some alterations that a tailor just really can’t do. One of the biggest areas is the shoulders. If it fits in the shoulders but is a little big in the waist, that’s still fine because a tailor can take the waist in, but if the shoulders are too big, that is way too much work for a tailor to take those shoulders down. If the shoulders are way too small, you start to get wrinkles and divets in the jacket It just looks bad.

Who are your favorite style icons who know how to rock a suit like no one else? What are they doing right? I would definitely put Tom Ford at the top because he always has a classic look whether he wears a tie or not. And James Bond because his suits always fit great.

What are common mistakes that people make when ordering a suit? Sometimes it is where the pants fit at the bottom. Sometimes people buy pants that are too big or buy pants that are too small.

Another thing is the sleeve length. Some of that comes from people who buy a suit that’s too big and the shoulders are kind of hanging off the shoulder which makes the sleeves longer.

How does a great suit change the person wearing it?

I think, firstly, it changes the person’s posture because when you feel good, you look good.

When a person puts on that suit that looks and feels good on them, they stand up straighter because they feel proud.

What about some trends you’d like to see go away? I would like to see the high-water pants go away. It’s not totally bad, but it’s become too much now.

Everybody’s doing it, and they kind of do it in the wrong environments. It’s not a good look because if you’re going to a business meeting and you’re wearing high water pants, people are just going to think your pants are too small. People need to know what to wear based on the occasion.

Things to keep in mind when accessorizing One of the things I always tell people is to find one statement piece and let that be the statement. A lot of times you get somebody who is just doing too much, so your eyes don’t really know what to look at because they have a super busy tie with a super busy shirt and a super busy suit with super busy shoes...it’s like what am I looking at? It’s best to pick one thing to be the center of attention and let everything else compliment it so that it’s not drawing away from the look but adding to it.

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Sticking up for the Little Guy Bruce W. Boerst, Attorney at Law, shares the life lessons he lives by Hanging My Own Shingle

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“There is no such thing as a quick fix in skincare. Beware of products on the internet & TV that promise ‘unbelievable results.’ Remember, clinical skincare delivers real results but requires clinical supervision from a trained expert.

At Ada Aesthetics, we use tools like the VISIA Complexion Analyzer to customize a comprehensive approach to help men reach their skincare goals. For men just beginning their skincare journey, I recommended a Deep Clean skin treatment to address the most common concerns, like blackheads and sun damage. Post-treatment, I will customize a treatment plan to keep their skin exercised and in balance, that will fit into their busy schedules. Do not underestimate the boost of confidence you’ll gain from having refreshed & hydrated skin.”

fter working many years for a large law firm and eventually coming to the conclusion that working in a large firm is not fun— it often restricted my desire to take-on particular legal matters— I started The Boerst Law Firm in 2009 with the modest ambition of completely changing the way I practiced law. While hanging my own shingle stripped me of the financial security of constant and recurring pay, it allows me the freedom to choose the type of cases I handle (Personal Injury, Criminal Defense and Domestic Relations) and the way I operate our client-focused firm. I thoroughly enjoy my clients and hope to connect with every single one of them on a very personal level.

Our goal is that each client leaves our office feeling like they truly matter.... because they do! I owe my clients (and, of course, my incredibly supportive family) everything. Without them, I am just a guy ...in a fancy suit...twiddling my thumbs ...alone in my office.

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Once this “milestone” is realized, it remains a constant; ongoing and never-ending. Any attorney that tells you that he/she has it all figured out is either lying to you or has their head… well… elsewhere. Just when I think the educational endeavor of practicing law may be over, I find myself continuously operating along a stimulating learning curve where I aim to sharpen my lawyering skills and work toward achieving the next levels of success for myself and, more importantly, for my clients. I find that the key to my continued professional satisfaction is self-awareness— admitting when I may be in over my head and to only take on new/additional clientele if and when I am able to devote the time and careful attention each deserves - all while maintaining a strict commitment to my priceless personal relationships with family and friends.

The Comfortable Place

Now that I’ve acknowledged and accepted my own learning curve, I now spend my days (and nights...and most

Bruce’s favorite things Where he eats: Mancy’s— especially Mancy’s Bluewater Grille— and Barr’s Public House.

What he listens to: All about 90s grunge— he listens to Pearl Jam every day and he’s been to 18 of their live shows— and local rock band Red Wanting Blue.

What he’s watching: Just about any Netflix documentary and college football.

What he’s reading right now: Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking.

Where he shops: Jupmode for casual wear and custom clothier Tom James Company for suits.

weekends) attempting to fine-tune my legal career and business endeavors. This milestone also comes with the reward of feeling professionally secure. It is at this point that I’ve now become able to take on more challenging cases that further fuel my passion to help people. When a “David vs. Goliath” battle ensues, I naturally prefer to be in David’s corner.

Lately, I’ve had the pleasure of assisting numerous individuals across the nation in their endeavor to hold many large corporations responsible for the destructive and dangerous prescription drugs they push to the consumer markets, collect massive profits and watch real people suffer.

Another recent local example: I recently represented an adorable young child who was severely scalded by the tap water in the home in which she lived. Several attorneys throughout the state turned this child’s case down indicating to her parents that it may be unlikely that the injuries caused by the child’s negligent landlord could be proven in court. Well, we accepted the challenge and tirelessly fought the multi-billion dollar insurance company who was vigorously defending the negligent party. Today, that same young girl has been fully and fairly compensated for her injuries, and we were able to raise awareness related to safe water temperatures in a residential setting in hopes that other individuals do not suffer similar injuries.

To help an individual who has been injured by another’s actions or inactions brings me an insurmountable amount of joy.

Honorable Mention

The honor (and sheer shock) bestowed upon me by the ever-fabulous TCP to be featured in this GQ Edition. Despite the suit and fancy office, I am just a “Regular Joe” who prefers a pick-up truck to a fancy Benz any day!

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Five Things I Notice About Your Face When I Draw You

By Isaac Klunk Quick— think of your best friend. What does their face look like it? How well could you describe it, or draw it? If you’re like most people, you probably don’t remember faces as well as you think. But, if you’re an artist— and more specifically, a caricature artist— your ability to recognize and remember faces is a skill well-honed by looking at things differently.

Want to see through the eyes of an artist? We asked local illustrator and caricature artist Isaac Klunk about the five things he notices first about the faces he draws.

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What happens when you smile. Smiling has a big effect on our face, drawing out our cheeks, changing that shape of our eyes, and (most obviously) showing off our teeth. When I draw someone with a smile, I want to draw their eyes, jaw, and cheeks smiling too, not just their mouth; a happy mouth paired with blank eyes looks insincere and vacant.

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The shape and angle of your nose. All other things being equal, I usually start by drawing the nose: it’s in front of everything else, so there’s no risk of any other feature accidentally overlapping it later in the drawing. And if it’s particularly prominent or unique in some way, it can determine a lot about how the rest of the facial shape ends up.

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Your eyes and your mouth.

Early in my career, somebody told me that if you draw someone’s eyes and mouth accurately, you can completely wing it on the rest of the face and still capture a likeness. There’s a lot of truth in that; both are key features when it comes to how we recognize a person and how we communicate our feelings non-verbally.

What your eyebrows are doing.

Eyebrows, in particular, convey a ton of information about our emotional state and can have a very distinct appearance from one person to the next. When you’re drawing with a marker as I do, that’s a lot of information contained in two simple lines! Exaggerating how low, high, large, small, or asymmetrical someone’s eyebrows are can bring out the emotion and life in a person’s face in a big way.

Isaac Klunk Isaac Klunk is an illustrator and caricature artist based in Toledo, Ohio, where his humorous and expressive works have been eliciting laughs (and occasional tears) for the better part of a decade. For more information about Isaac’s work, including pricing and details for caricature commissions, visit iklunk.com or follow him on social media at facebook.com/iklunk and instagram.com/iklunk.

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Your attitude. Then again, often I won’t draw a smile at all. Capturing a physical likeness is the number one goal, but I also try to convey something about the personality of my subject in every drawing, whether it’s capturing their manic energy, a nervous bearing, or even grouchiness.

Some of my drawings that receive the best reactions are of sullen children whose parents are forcing them to be drawn; if someone doesn’t feel like smiling, I’m not here to force it! Getting a read on people’s personalities quickly is a good skill for a caricature artist to have in general, because it can tell you how far to push your exaggeration: you really want to know who has a sense of humor and who doesn’t as soon as they take a seat!

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Is MMA an Exercise in Mindfulness?

Dakota Leach draws parallels between his training and day-to-day life

A c c ou n t a bi l it y We can always hold ourselves accountable. I’ve learned that every mistake we make in life is an opportunity to look at one’s self and to improve. It’s much easier to point our fingers at adversity and claim victimhood. It’s not as easy to take adversity as an opportunity to challenge yourself and grow.

The best fighters in the world were not born as the best fighters in the world; it took many bad days to build themselves to that point.

Pra c t i c e It goes without saying that the more you practice something, the better you will perform. When you practice defending yourself, you are testing your reflexes. You’re training your mind and body to react in a composed way. Reacting with emotion can spell your end. I practice as if failing is going to bring dire consequences. It’s not, but practicing this way has made me much more dialed in and aware of my mistakes, allowing me to work more quickly towards correcting them.

Em ot i ons If you don’t keep your emotions in check, it’ll bring about your end. If I’m put in an uncomfortable situation in a fight, I can’t just lash out in anger or shell up in fear.

The more I get angry, nervous, maybe even jealous, the more I’m feeding negativity, allowing it to fester and bring me further down. Keeping composure is high on my list of priorities in and outside of MMA.

Bad day s Not every day can be a good one, nor should it be. The media likes to portray top fighters as more than human, but they are like everybody else. They’re just more hardened. Training day-to-day can be brutal on the body (and on the mind if your head isn’t in the right place). If you’re in a gym full of pro fighters, you are going to be tested physically and mentally, time after time. The best fighters in the world were not born as the best fighters in the world; it took many days to build themselves to that point. MMA has given me a way to be grateful for a bad day because I know that’s just more growth. Even if I have a thousand bad days in a row, the person I grew to be on that one good day is worth it.

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Exceeding, and ignoring, expectations are sort of Ellis’ thing. But, for a man full of surprises, he’s a straight shooter: “I always try to be as authentic as I possibly can. There’s not a whole lot for me to hide behind, which is a blessing and a curse.”

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“I’ve always felt that to be creative means you’re creating something,” says Ellis. “So I make at least one thing every day.”

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POPPERS Science after dark

Funky Monkey

Having kids is not a prerequisite for visiting Imagination Station, especially at their After Dark event for adults 21+. Get full access to the museum (and a cash bar) with drinks from Six Fifths Distillery, High Level Distilling, and Toledo Spirits. You might need a little liquid courage if you’re going to brave the mechanical bull as the sounds of Book that DJ thump in the background. With tastings, snacks, barbecues and lots of fun experiments, Science After Dark turns the memory of your boring chem class on its head. $25-$35.

6-9pm. Thursday, November 7. Imagination Station, 1 Discovery Way. 419-244-2674. imaginationstationtoledo.org —EH

Monroe pizzeria provides a totally righteous retro dining experience, dude

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‘Tis the season to cut the cheese

The holiday season is near, and it wouldn’t be the same without Walt Churchill’s traditional, ceremonial Christmas Cheddar Slicing. Come by the Perrysburg store to see the cutting of the Big Cheese. It’s going to be a gas. Sorry. Couldn’t help ourselves. 3-3:30pm. Sunday, November 17. Walt Churchill’s Market, 26625 N. Dixie Hwy, Perrysburg. 419-872-6900. waltchurchillsmarket.com —EH

Experience Italy

Rosie’s Italian Grille has brought authentic Italian cuisine to Toledoans for over 30 years. On November 12, Rosie’s presents diners with a special five-course meal by Chef Eric Kish, with each course paired with a signature Italian wine. Classic red wine Tavignano Rosso served with Sausage Peppadew Homemade Pizza, Lucignano Chianti Colli Fiorentini coupled with Slow Roasted Short Rib Pasta, and more. If you’re looking for an exquisite evening of flavors from The Boot, look no further. $60 plus tax and tip. 6:30-8:30pm. Tuesday, November 12. Rosie’s Italian Grille, 606 N. McCord Rd. 419-866-5007. rosiesitaliangrille.com —JM

Off the vine

Registry Chef Erika Rapp has a special treat for patrons with the Field & Vine Wine Dinner, a partnership with Phil Riehm of Riehm Produce Farms and Adam Mahler of Ampelography. The six-course meal, with wine pairings, begins with a pheasant and coriander dumpling with apple and radish and ends with a sweet potato cremeux with dark chocolate and praline. Every course will delight your senses.

Seating is limited, so call for reservations. $75 plus tax and gratuity. 6-8pm. Monday, November 18.

Registry Bistro, 144 N. Superior St. 419-725-0444. registrybistro.com —EH

Let’s face it… ‘80s and ‘90s nostalgia is a bit overdone, as the foundation for current pop culture. Now that acid wash is back, it’s a trend that’s truly jumped the shark (pardon the 1970s throwback).

But Brass Monkey in Monroe, Michigan gets the late-20th Century retro right—a fun, comfortable momn-pop owned trip down memory lane of the most delicious kind. Their pizza is tubular, their soft pretzels awesome, and their drink menu is straight out of your high school years—right on down to Boone’s Farm and Bartles & Jaymes.

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Located at the end of an unassuming strip mall, Brass Monkey looks like a Gen X/Gen Y high schoolers room, with dozens of movie posters, framed pictures of everyone from Jon Bon Jovi to Biz Markie to John Candy in “Uncle Buck,” to a beautiful print (in more ways than one) of Danica McKeller as Winnie Cooper from “The Wonder Years.” If you came of age during the age of Reagan or Clinton, this place is the most fun you’ll have at a pizza parlor since your parents took you to Chuck-E-Cheese for your 8th birthday.

And the made-from-scratch food is pure bliss. We started with two delicious drinks, the Orange Julius Martini (yes, it tastes just like its namesake) and the delightfully fruity and potent Blue Mother Trucker. We also ordered the garlic parmesan pretzel, which was served with a housemade cheese dip and marinara.

Remember those big pretzels you used to get at the mall? Brass Monkey’s version is simply incredible—soft, chewy without being rubbery, and perfectly seasoned.

And the accompanying sauces are so good you’ll need to remind everyone at the table to avoid double-dipping.

The Monkey’s wood-fired artisan 14-inch pizzas are served New Havenstyle, an offshoot of foldable New York City-style pie. The crust is crispy and

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the center is chewy, making for a perfect slice. The pies have great retro names, such as the Purple Rain, a vegan-friendly extravaganza featuring pesto, zucchini, peppers, red onion, sweet corn, tomato, mushroom, arugula, and drizzled with beet juice. The late, great Prince, a noted vegan, would have loved this baby. For omnivores, Cruel Intentions is made with red sauce, lamb meatballs, Italian sausage, bacon, chicken, onion, and peppers. Wonderfully cheesy and hearty, you won’t go home hungry after a few slices of this one.

The ultimate test of any pizzeria is their pepperoni pizza, and the No Diggity provides the perfect take on the classic pie. Made with Brass Monkey’s fabulous cheese blend, these slices melt in your mouth.

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And then there are the Monkey Rolls— chewy and wonderfully spicy cinnamon rolls the size of ostrich eggs. They come in orders of three or six, but trust us on this one … you will need to share.

One Monkey Roll is a freakin’ meal in itself and comes caked with mounds of delicious homemade frosting.

At Brass Monkey, it’s all about fun.

Fun atmosphere. Fun food. A fun, friendly staff. And fun memories. This place is radical, dude.

11am-10pm, daily.

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Culinary Events Sundays

Brunch at Brandywine Brandywine Country Club

Every Sunday Brandywine’s brunch buffet offers hand-carved prime rib, a create-your-own crepe and pancake station, Bloody Mary bar and other popular brunch entrees. $6.99 ages 6-12. $16.95 adult. 10am-2pm. 6904 Salisbury Rd., Maumee. 419-865-2393. facebook.com/ brandywinecc

Saturdays

Erie Street Market Toledo Farmers Market

One of the area’s largest, year-round market features everything from artisan pastries, fresh veggies, ice cream and seasonal fruits. Before you buy, know what’s in season and ask if the vendor grows their own produce. 8am-2pm.

Toledo Farmers Market, 525 Market St. 419-255-6765. toledofarmersmarket.com

Tuesday, 11.12

Baking & Making with Essential Oils In Bloom

Stop by for a live cooking demonstration that makes use of edible, culinary essential oils. 6:30-8:30pm. In Bloom Flowers & Gifts, 126 W. Wayne St., Maumee. facebook.com/ inbloomflowersmaumee Free

Thursday, 11.7

Fresh Pasta Cooking Class Foodology

Learn to make ravioli alfredo, angel hair pesto, feta fettuccine, panzanella and tiramisu at this family-friendly class. $50. 5:30-8pm.

2059 W. Laskey Rd. foodologytoledo.com

Thursday, 11.14

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Chef’s Dinner Brim House

This month’s theme, Medieval Times, brings together the flavors of the Middle Ages, with an eight course dinner expertly paired with a vintage wine. $85 all-inclusive. 6:30-8:30pm. 444 N. Summit St. 419- 243-7664. brimhousetol.com

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Harry Potter Tea Clara J’s Tea Room

Wizards unite for a fun Harry Potter-inspirited tea service. Enjoy butter beer, and various treats straight from the world of Hogwarts. Reservations required, seating is limited. $25. 11am-1pm. 219 W. Wayne St., Maumee. 419-897-0219. facebook.com/ clarjstearoom

Tastings

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Sundays

The annual festival of wine, food, music and community hosted by Evans Street Station features a wine tasting paired with tasty hors d-oeuvres, live music and a silent auction. Find a new favorite wine, take home a gift and have fun. Proceeds benefit the Historic Tecumseh Carnegie Library building. $50. 5-8pm. 110 S. Evans St., Tecumseh, MI. 517-424-5555. evansstreetstation.com

Sunday Wine Tastings Basil Pizza & Wine Bar

Reserve your seat at this weekly wine tasting, highlighting some of the best vintages from around the globe. From hearty reds bursting with flavor to crisp and cold whites, singing with life, weekly tastings are paired with cheese, bread and fruit. $35. 5-8pm.

3145 Hollister, Perrysburg. 419-873-6218. basilpizzaandwinebar.com

Wednesdays

Wine Tastings at the Market Sofo’s Italian Market

Purchase a wine card and receive six wine samples and an additional 10% off your entire purchase. Cards are good any Wednesday during tasting hours. $10. 5-7pm. 5400 Monroe St. 419-882-8555. shopsofos.com

Thursdays

$5 Martinis Bottle Shop at Mancy’s Italian

Stop in for a classic martini or one of Mancy’s signature selections for $5 martini Thursdays during happy hour. 3-6pm. 5453 Monroe St. 419- 824-2463. facebook.com/bottleshopmig

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Regional/ Country Tour Walt Churchill’s Market Perrysburg Sample the signature grapes of six different countries. Each grape has its own flavor and nose. Find a new holiday season wine today. Prices vary. 3:30-6:3pm. 26625 Dixie Hwy., Perrysburg. 419-872-6900. waltchurchillsmarket.com

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Saturday, 11.16

This special tasting event at the Blissfield Library will feature a variety of pies baked by Peg Whiting of Peg’s Pies and coffee from Steam Inn Coffee Room.

Register in advance for a seat. 10am-noon.

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Thursday, 11.14

Zeni Fall Wine Dinner Ciao!

Five Italian courses will be expertly paired with selections from Zeni Italian Winery, which traces their past back to the 1870s, in Bardolino, Italy. Hear winemaking secrets from brand ambassador Todd Winters over dinner. Reservations required. $69.95.

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Friday, 11.15

Turkey Day Tasting Walt Churchill’s Market Perrysburg

Sample a variety of hearty reds and sparkling whites that will pair perfect with a big holiday dinner. Prices vary. 4:30-7:30pm. 26625 Dixie Hwy., Perrysburg.

419-872-6900. waltchurchillsmarket.com

Monday, 11.18

Mediterranian Wine Dinner Souk Mediterranian Kitchen and Bar

Chef Moussa Salloukh is ready to take customers on a whirlwind tour of the wines of the Mediterranian sea during the restaurant’s first-ever wine dinner.

Enjoy regional wines paired with a five-course meal. Reservations required. $75 plus tax and tip. 6-9:30pm. 139 S. Huron. 567-777-7685. soukkitchenbar.com

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GLASS CITY BUZZ A Wild Ride with Team Johnson

The limo service offers winery tours that are both safe and unforgettable

By Erin Holden With the increasing number of wineries and breweries populating Northwest Ohio, visiting them sporadically can, frankly, leave you a little behind in your local tasting goals. Team Johnson Limo Services offers a solution for folks— like myself— who treat wine and beer tastings like a hobby: trolley tours that take you to a handful of venues over the course of a few hours. You don’t have to drive or follow directions. You just have to sample beer and wine.

The concept intrigued us, so we recently hopped on one of their trolleys to visit the three winery stops scheduled for the evening: American Winery in Wauseon, Majestic Oak Winery in Grand Rapids, and Leisure Time Winery in Napoleon.

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We settled into the air-conditioned red trolley with classic bench-style seating and watched as a group of ladies excit-

edly unpacked plastic cups and opened a bottle of white wine along with a dinner of pasta and deli wraps. Clearly, it wasn’t their first rodeo. Pro tip: even if you don’t bring your own cups, the driver (Jeff) has some upfront if you are feeling the need to pregame.

Our first stop was interrupted by an announcement from Jeff, who noted that we’d need to switch to the Hummer limousine. You know, the one with the back patio, fireplace, and TV. No complaints here!

A bottle of red, a bottle of white

At American Winery in Wauseon, the three of us had a meat and cheese plate to share, to establish a foundation for the wine sampling ahead. We chose the Fifth Amendment (a dry, white wine that was my favorite of the night), a semi-sweet tart cherry wine called George Washington, and a white wine sangria. The outside seating was pleasant, and we had plenty of time to chat and enjoy our first drinks while it was still light enough to fully take in the beauty of the vineyard behind us.

Our next stop, Majestic Oak Winery, also houses Neon Groundhog Brewery. A few of the guys on the trip opted for beer and seemed to thoroughly enjoy it. We went with a sweet wine called the Shade Tree Red, a somewhat tart, semi-sweet red blend called Providence, and the Hours: Mon - Sat 9am-7pm Shade Tree Blush.

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and the cozy fire pits really made the experience special for us.

Finally, we found ourselves on our way to the final destination— Leisure Time Winery— where we shared a very satisfying chicken alfredo flatbread pizza accompanied by a flight of diverse wines: Stress Reliever, Hocus Pocus, Kellner Red, and Wine O’Clock, a sweet white wine that was our favorite of the flight.

Something for everyone

Team Johnson offers many types of tours: brewery tours, a pumpkin patch Sun • 11am-5pm tour, Halloween tour, casino trips, a

Frankenmuth shopping trip and much more.

“Our goal is to have options for people that are fun for everyone,” says Johnson.

“We have something for every demographic.”

The variety of events is matched by the vehicles, which range from the trolley and Hummer limo to the Mega Lounge— a double-decker full bus that has waiters, two bars, a slot machine, a restroom, and a 60-inch TV. Johnson says the Mega Lounge “is an experience that is the only one like it in the world, and we have it here in Northwest Ohio.”

Stay tuned for Team Johnson’s upcoming venture: Mega Matchmaker, a reality show that Johnson describes as being a mash-up of The Bachelor and Survivor, where singles ride around in the Mega Lounge and take part in various competitions in the Toledo area. We can’t wait for that.

Stay tuned for more details on the show (it should air in 2020) and to book tours by visiting teamjohnsonlimo.com or calling 419-388-5800.

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Art book sale

Shop new and used art books, posters, magazines and more at the Toledo Museum of Art Annual Book Sale. Only members of the Library League (membership $10) can go to the preview on the first day of the sale. Second day open to all shoppers. 1-6pm. Friday, November 8. Noon-3pm. Saturday, November 9. Toledo Museum of Art, 2445 Monroe St. 419-255-8000. toledomuseum.org

Michael Gurian at St. John’s

Parenting expert Michael Gurian will be giving presentations on two of his books at St. John’s Jesuit High School and Academy. The first will be at the school’s open house, where Gurian will discuss his book The Minds of Boys about how to motivate, teach, and encourage young men.

The second night is a discussion of Saving Our Sons at the Helping Boys Thrive Summit, along with his parenting podcast co-host, Pastor Tim Wright. Open house is 3pm. Sunday, November 10.

Free. Thrive Summit is $35. 9am-3pm. Monday, November 11. St. John’s Jesuit High School and Academy, 5901 Airport Hwy. 419-865-5743. sjjtitans.org

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Mon-Thurs 3:30pm-10:00pm $11.50 Fri-Sat 3:30pm-10:00pm $11.99

Nothing to See Here

The author of The Family Fang and Perfect Little World, Kevin Wilson, is the upcoming speaker for the Toledo Library Authors! Series. His latest novel is Nothing to See Here, a clever story about a woman who babysits twins with an unusual, and frightening, quirk— they spontaneously combust when they get angry. 7pm. Wednesday, November 13. Main Library Meeting Room, 325 N. Michigan St. 419-259-5200. toledolibrary.org Free

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Slam in the Stacks

Literati Presents: Slam in the Stacks for all you storytellers out there.

The theme is “holidays,” with ten people invited to tell five-minute stories, and the two best storytellers win prizes! Light refreshments will be served before the event begins at 7pm. Proceeds go to the Ready to Read Program. $15. 6:30pm. Thursday, November 14.

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THEATER NOTES Shrinking violence

Just your average comedy about murder, slapstick and insanity, Wisconsin playwright Lisa Rowe’s farcical play, Psych, tells the story of a renowned psychiatrist who has been framed for murder, and whose life begins to unravel as he tries to seek help from a fellow shrink. Full of dark humor and cracking dialogue, Rowe’s show is an endlessly engaging and fun time as the season opener for The Black Swamp Players, which has produced shows since 1968.

7:30pm, Friday, November 15 and 22, and Saturday, November 16 and 23. 2pm, Sunday, November 17 and 24. $15 for adults, $13 for seniors and students. First United Methodist Church, 1526 E Wooster St., Bowling Green.

419-353-0682. blackswampplayers.org

Revealing untold stories

Playwright Lauren Gunderson spotlights women whose roles in shaping history have been minimized or dismissed, and she does it again in the comedic fantasy, The Revolutionists. Set in the late 18th century during France’s “Reign of Terror,” the show focuses on four women— a playwright, a spy, an assassin and a queen— who all bring their unique perspectives to the chaos and revolution surrounding them. 8pm, Friday and Saturday, November 8-9, Thursday through Saturday, November 14-16. 2pm, Sunday, November 10. $20 for adults, $18 for seniors and students. The Village Players, 2740 Upton Ave. 419-472-6817. thevillageplayers.org

Here we go again

The wildly popular musical based around the hits of ABBA, Mamma Mia! visits the River Raisin Centre for the Arts for a three-show run beginning November 8. Set on a beautiful island in Greece, the show tells the story of... oh, come on, it’s Mamma Mia!, you know the story by now! 7:30pm, November 8 and 9. 3pm, November 10. $25 for adults, $23 for seniors, $18 for children. River Raisin Centre for the Arts, 114 S Monroe St., Monroe, MI. 734-242-7722. riverraisincentre.org —JM

Holy laughs

A night of laughs comes to the Holy Toledo! Tavern with an installment of the Holy Toledo Comedy Series on November 16. Emceed by Toledo’s own Jon Ruggiero, the event will see sets performed by two outrageously funny performers: Featured performer Sophie Hughes out of Boise, Idaho, and the headline act, veteran Toledo comedian Keith Bergman. Bergman will be recording his third album as part of the show, so come on out and support an area native with a loud laugh while the tape is rolling! 7:30-10:30pm. $20. Saturday, November 16.

Holy Toledo! Tavern, 9 N St. Clair St. 419-724-4499. hensvilletoledo.com/holy-toledo-tavern —JM

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CURTAIN CALL Once Upon the Valentine

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The national tour brings a Dayton actor back to Ohio

By Jeff McGinnis

Jon Patrick Penick as Billy (l), with Mariah Lutz in the touring production of Once, which will stop at the Valentine for one show on November 10.

Once means a lot to Jon Patrick Penick— both the musical he is currently starring in, and the movie the show is based on. An actor and musician born in Dayton, Penick had been inspired to further pursue his musical dream and move to Chicago after a fateful afternoon seeing the original Oscar-winning film in 2007.

“I went on a whim to a matinee, alone, in an empty theater. And the movie really changed my life.”

Despite his fondness for the source material, Penick was somewhat dubious when a stage version of the film he loved so much made its Broadway debut in 2012. “I was a little hesitant about the show because the movie was kind of sacred to me. But then I saw it and loved it. When movies get turned into musicals, they’re sometimes not the best things.

[The musical] is arguably better in some ways.”

Meeting Billy

One noteworthy addition to the stage version is a character named Billy, the owner of a music shop where the lead characters— known as Guy and Girl— play together for the first time.

It is through the role of Billy that Penick has gotten the chance to put his own mark on the story. Penick plays Billy in the current national tour of Once, which will play at the Valentine Theater on November 10. “[Billy]’s very protective of Girl, they’re kind of besties. He’s a big, bearded weirdo. He’s kind of comic relief for the show, too. It’s a very slow, wonderful play. I almost call it a ‘play with music’— it’s a very unconventional show,” Penick said.

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Part of what makes Once so unconventional is the way the music is incorporated in the stage performance. All the actors play their own instruments, accompanying numerous songs.

“When you’re thinking about scene work or delivering something, you’re also making sure that your guitar is still in tune,” Penick said. “There’s a lot of common aspects that are problems in most musicals, you’re also thinking about the instruments.”

Growing into it

Penick has played Billy in several productions over the past year and a half, with his approach to the role growing through time, different casts and different directors.

“My first production, I was terrified, because I kind of didn’t know what I was getting myself into. I was very excited about it, but I was just kind of discovering what I needed to do to have a welldeveloped character. And it just kept evolving.”

The current tour features the same choreography and set design as the original Broadway production, and is directed by a member of the original Broadway cast, J. Michael Zygo. As Penick prepares to return to his home state on this tour, he said he hopes this story, which had such an impact on his own life, can impact others in a similar way.

“Music is everything to me. So if it [motivates] someone to pick up a guitar, or get back to writing songs, or to tell someone how they really feel emotionally— that crush, or that long-lost love— I hope it motivates [folks] to do something better in their lives.”

7pm. $49-89. Sunday, November 10.

Valentine Theatre, 410 Adams St. 419-242-2787. valentinetheatre.com

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ART TO HEART Now Rolling

A tiny Bowling Green camera store invigorates local photographers with hand-rolled film

By Sonny Forrest Driving west on Wooster Street in Bowling Green, just past the Wood County Hospital, Main Street Photo & Portrait Studio (1204 W Wooster) lives in an anodyne plaza with plenty of parking. Inside the store, anachronistic cameras sit atop and within the glass display counter. Behind the counter is a pile of used photography equipment that seems to expand and retreat with each visit. A Kodak-branded miniature hot air balloon sways in one corner. Strips of film hang from racks near a modular machine, a cousin of machines that you might last remember seeing behind drug store photo counters nearly two decades ago.

This store serves as a flash point for Northwest Ohio’s incarnation of the film renaissance sweeping a certain picturesharing social media platform.

Todd Brininger (@scanmyfilm), owner of the store, whether he intends to or not, serves as a humble educator for film photographers around Northwest Ohio. He stands over six feet tall, wears an auburn goatee and takes questions about film and cameras qualified knowledge from working in a camera store for just about his entire adult life. Todd attended the Rochester Institute of Technology, which shares a hometown with the Eastman Kodak Company. Don’t believe in coincidences.

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Todd’s store creates a tangible nexus that lends form to an otherwise fragmented community. Toledo-based film photographer Justin Coy (@redpeavy) is among the film pilgrims that trek to Bowling Green for the environment that Main Street Photo nurtures. “It’s not as much a store as a hang out place,” Coy said. “It’s one of the few places where you can run into someone who’s also shooting film. I end up talking to Todd for way longer than I plan to.”

James Dickerson (@dirtykics), an ascendent local photographer recognizable in tandem with his conversationcatalyzing 1957 Rolleiflex 2.8e, feels similarly. He describes Todd’s store: “My favorite hangout spot. It’s like hanging out in the record store from High Fidelity. Piles of cameras, films, chemicals you can’t find anywhere else.”

In addition to the film marketing relics and esoteric cameras, Brininger began purchasing reels of 35mm 500T Vision3 Kodak motion picture film and rolling it into spent canisters he gifts to his coterie of avowed film nerds. Though hobbyist photographers can purchase repurposed consumer-grade cinematic films online, Todd’s craft, altruistically distributed, exists only at this strip mall birthplace in Bowling Green.

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Reeling market

The 500T Vision3 is among the handful of newish Kodak developments in the aftermath of film’s mass extinction event, that cataclysmic tipping point of consumer-friendliness that rendered digital cameras ubiquitous.

“It’s not like, ‘We found an old batch of film; we hope it’s OK,’” Brininger said.

“It’s one of the newest-developed films out there.”

In the wake of the Vision3 500T’s release from Kodak, Brininger felt compelled to experiment with adapting the film for still photography. He bought a reel of Kodak 500T and cut five feet to make the customary 36-frame length standard for most consumer small format film cameras. “You have to do it in the dark, obviously,” Brininger said.

He loaded it in a camera and shot a couple test rolls. “When I saw the results of this film under mixed lighting, it was crazy good,” Todd said. “It didn’t look like any other film out there.”

The most flagrant technical difference between traditional consumer film that produces still images and Todd’s Vision3 500T film is that Todd’s version retains an agent called remjet as a coating chemical. Reinforcing a motion picture film with remjet discourages static electricity from metastasizing on the film when it’s zipping through a motion picture camera north of 20 frames per second.

Once I figured out what it can do and what it can do that other films can’t, I was really excited about it. It’s so much better in these urban mixed lighting situations where there’s signs and dusk lighting.

- Justin Coy

Developing adapted

Adapting a motion picture film for mature hipsters shooting still photography with old cameras requires a degree of dexterity. Most processing labs strip the remjet from the motion picture film before it reaches the developing bath.

Leaving the remjet on the film would muddy the developing machine’s chemical pools, maintaining the fidelity of which is considered integral to crispy photography.

“Most film developing machines have a reservoir of chemistry that heats up, like a french fryer at a restaurant,” Brininger explains. “The machine then passes the film through the reservoir. If the remjet were to be on there during the process, the remjet would fall off in the reservoir.” Running another film through a reservoir contaminated with remjet would create spots on images, basically ruining the film.

Manufacturers of consumer-grade motion picture film adaptations like Cinestill obey their film’s ancestral movie industry developing process and remove the remjet back prior to packaging it for still photographers to enjoy. The issue is,

You can shoot it at 1600 and push it one stop and it’s still really clean. When you push it, it gets a little bit more contrasty, but it doesn’t affect the fidelity. When you push most film, it gets super grainy, but this one just gets super contrasty and it’s really beautiful. With the skin tones, the film really shines there; it’s really perfect. - Francis Bugyei

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ART SCENE At the Galleries (Free unless otherwise noted)

Double Exhibition: Lake Erie: On the Edge & The Great Lake Erie Butler’s exhibition Lake Erie: On the Edge brings attention to the lake’s health, the algae bloom crisis while highlighting the industries and people that depend on it. On view in the Wankelman Gallery. The second exhibition, “The Great Lake Erie” features photographs by renowned artist Frank Gohlke and BGSU’s Lynn Whitney on view in the Bryan Gallery, located inside the BGSU Arts Center. On view November 9 - November 24. BGSU Arts, 1000 Fine Arts Center, Bowling Green. 419-372-2786. bgsu.edu

Cold-Process Soap - Motor City Soap Company will lead a 150 minute course guiding students through the cold-process, combining natural ingredients to make artisan soaps. $45. 2pm.

Handmade Toledo, 1717 Adams St. 419-214-1717. handmadetoledo.com Craft Show - Over 40 art and craft vendors will set up shop at St. Patricks selling handmade items like winter scarves, wooden holiday signs, wreaths and more. Prices vary. 10am-3pm. St. Patrick, 4201 Heatherdowns Blvd. 419-381-1540. toledopats.org Free

Thursday, 11.14 Toledo Streets Scenes - Toledo Streets Newspaper is a local newspaper filled with local journalism, stories and poems. The papers are made available to people experiencing food and housing insecurity to be sold at local events and street corners for their own profit. Scenes invites the community to a photography show, with print sales going to the artists. $35. 6-8pm. Grumpy’s, 34 S. Huron St. 567-694-5627. toledostreets.com

Athena Art Society - The exhibition features a wide range of juried work from artists in the Athena Art Society. The Society celebrates 116 years of supporting women in the visual arts. On view through November 21. 5:30-8pm. Hudson Gallery, 5645 N. Main St., Sylvania. 419-885-8381. hudsongallery.net Here and There - Artist Catherine Clements presents the exhibition Here and There, hosted

by Gathered Glass Studio. The show includes several of the artist’s favorite past works as well as new work completed during her residency at Gathered. The multi-media work reflects Clement’s “personal nostalgia juxtaposed with absurdities and trappings of contemporary culture.” On view through November 16. Gathered Glass, 23 N. Huron St. 419- 262-5501. facebook.com/gatheredglass

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I’ve used the 500T because it’s so versatile in tungsten light. I kind of like the way that 500T renders tungsten, especially when you shoot it at night. In the day, the shadows have a bluish or cyan tint. - Francis Bugyei tampering with the remjet before exposure may destabilize otherwise vibrant images when shooting.

Francis Bugyei (@bugyei), a film photographer based in Bowling Green who has been going to Todd’s shop for some time, explains, “I tried Cinestill 800T first. But taking the remjet off made it really unstable. In some cases with that you get a lot of helation, it turns really orange and you end up with a lot of light flares and leaks. I think that the remjet stops that.”

Because Todd develops each roll in such small batches, he can leave on the remjet backing. Compared to developing thousands of feet of film reels for, say, the latest Tarantino movie, developing a few rolls at a time of Todd’s hand-rolled film necessitates a much smaller batch of chemicals. This means he can keep the chemicals fresh and each film roll effectively free of pesky remjet residue.

Due to the craft nature of developing this repurposed motion picture film, Todd employs a smaller developing machine that he also uses, in different instances, for black-and-white as well as slide film. When the 500T emerges from this specific machine, he wipes the remjet from it by hand.

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The Results

GAAP Artist Talk - Glass and sculpture artist Tina Aufiero discusses her recent TMA Artist Residency, and her past exhibitions and future endeavors.

7-8pm. TMA GlasSalon, 2445 Monroe St. 419-2558000. toledomuseum.org tinaaufiero.com Free

Friday, 11.15 Acrylic Pours - Instructor Mary Rood will lead a beginner’s art class dealing with the acrylic pour method. By mixing paints, colors combine creating unique, psychedelic works of art. $35. 6:30-8pm.

Fuller Art House, 5679 Main St., Sylvania. 419-8828949. fullerarthouse.com

Saturday, 11.16 Autumn Cards - All ages and abilities are invited to Sunshine Studios to create their very own fall themed greeting cards. Take home three for $15.

11am-12:30pm. Sunshine Studios, 305 Conant St., Maumee. sunshinestudios.org

Curator Lecture - Join Senior Curator Lawrence W. Nichols for a community conversation about the Museum’s recent acquisitions. Learn more about the works of art and their importance within the Museum’s galleries. 7-8pm. Toledo Museum of Art, 2445 Monroe St. 419-255-8000. toledomuseum.org Free

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Anomalous film processing for a film rarely purposed for still frame photography yields a variety of results, most of them specific and exciting to each photographer shoots with the Kodak Vision3.

“One of the things I love about the film is that it has a lot of latitude,” Bugyei said. “When you’re shooting a scene with a lot of contrast, it’s easy to blow out your shots. That doesn’t happen with this film.

And the skin tones are perfect; they’re always on.”

The film is also reputed to perform well when exposed to varied grades of illumination. “The mixed lighting is insane,” Coy said. “When you have two different light sources or more, it seems to explode with color.”

For Brininger, this niche revived film photography obsession signals some measure of optimism. Giving away unexposed hand-rolls of Vision3 500T to photographers who exude appreciation cements Brininger’s stature as Northwest Ohio’s film guru. “I let them enjoy it,” he said. “It makes me happy that [the art of shooting film] is not dead.”

Hot Glass Gala - The Arts Commission will host an art exhibition and auction. Hot Glass features over 70 contemporary glass artists from the Great Lakes region and beyond. Take home a special work of art during the silent auction. $45-$95. 5:308:30pm. One Edison, 300 Madison Ave. 419-254-2787. theartscommission.org Ear/Eye Listening & Looking - This public tour will discuss the education of visual literacy, training the senses to observe contemporary art with a renewed focus. The BGSU Musical Arts program will provide a live score to each work of art.

7-9pm. Toledo Museum of Art, 2445 Monroe St. 419-255-8000. toledomuseum.org

Saturday, 11.9 3rd Anniversary Workshop - Celebrate three years in the business with Board and Brush. Sign up for your choice of decorative holiday sign workshops, win give-away prizes and more. $68.

2-5pm. Board & Brush, 6723 W. Central Ave. 419- 245-8516. boardandbrush.com Terrarium Planting Workshop - LeadHead Glass will host a terrarium planting workshop. Take home a gorgeous Cape Cod Terrarium, decorated using moss, bark, and stones along with two plants. $100. 1-3pm. Handmade Toledo, 1717 Adams St. 419-214-1717. handmadetoledo.com

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LISTEN HEAR

Lunch and Learn Focuses on Wreaths

The HeART Gallery’s popular Lunch and Learn series continues with a special session on creating the perfect holiday wreath. Jenny Van Houtte, the founder and lead designer of area florist and design studio GardenView Flowers, will lead the event with samples and a demonstration of how attendees can craft their own perfect wreath. If you’re still intimidated to try it yourself afterward, fear not: Some of the sample wreaths on display will be for sale. Coupled with the HeART’s traditional Lunch and Learn service of soup, bread and sweets, this is the perfect event to kick off your holiday decorating binge. Reservation required, email kate@stpaulstoledo.org. 12:15-1:15pm. Thursday, November 21. HeART Gallery and Studios, 428 N Erie St. 419-243-4214. heartgalleryandstudios.com —JM

Turning the Pages as Exhibit Nears End Made to love

Handmade Toledo’s annual Holiday Marker’s Mart brings out a huge crowd.

While the shop regularly stocks local handmade goods from tees to pottery on their brightly decorated shelves, Marker’s Mart invites fantastic regional and local artisans to set up shop on-site to sell their wares directly to the admiring public. It’s the concept of bringing customers and artisans together that appeals to today’s modern consumer, from ‘hand-to-present’ has become as popular as ‘farm-to-table’ while offering an amazing selection. If unique gifts are on your list, you won’t want to miss this popular juried indie craft fair. $1. 10am7pm. Saturday, November 16. Handmade Toledo, 1717 Adams St. 419-214-1717. handmadetoledo.com –SE

Philip Sugden’s evocative and imaginative work Pages from the Manual on Dismantling God will finish its exhibition at the Walter E. Terhune Gallery in Perrysburg on November 22. This unique piece sees 21 individual “pages” hung in a circle from a length of PVC pipe, inviting viewers to literally enter the work and engage with the art in a more personal manner. Sugden, a native of Swanage, Dorset, England, currently lives and operates a studio out of Findlay, and his work has been highlighted in over 100 different exhibits around the world. Free and open to the public, don’t miss the chance to engage with these challenging pieces by a world-class artist!

Through November 22. Walter E. Terhune Art Gallery, 7270 Biniker Dr., Perrysburg.

567-661-7081. owens.edu/fpa/terhune —JM

From the Glass City to Country Music USA Country music singer-songwriter Angel Edwards gains momentum

By Erin Holden

If you got the chance to see Angel Edwards perform, you already know that the Toledo native has a powerhouse voice and the kind of crossover appeal that’s going to take her places. She has won the hearts of many fans with her newest single “Thank God it Didn’t Work Out” (the music video was recently featured on CMT’s Next Up Now) and the song she wrote with Haley Mae Campbell— “Anything But Yellow”— which has been streamed over 1.7 million times on Spotify.

The country singer-songwriter draws inspiration from experiences while growing up in Toledo, and holds hope that, as a Latina artist in a genre not generally known for its diversity, her success will open doors for others like herself.

Even five-year-olds get the blues

“Music has always been in me,” says Edwards, who was writing songs about her favorite TV shows when she was a child, as early as five. “One of my mom’s favorite stories is that she made me do my chores and I was singing the blues as I was sweeping,” she says with a laugh.

Both her church and school provided opportunities to explore her musical capabilities, and she was influenced by diverse genres from Motown to pop to the Tejano music of Selena. “When I was exposed to country music by my aunts and grandma, it became something I preferred. I love the storytelling in it.”

Edwards gained an appreciation for Miranda Lambert’s lyrics and Carrie Underwood’s “ability to convey strong emotion.” Holding a deep respect for Martina McBride, having grown up hearing songs like “This One’s for the Girls” and

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“Independence Day,” it was an honor to have the award-winning country music icon give a shoutout to Edwards during a recent Promenade Park concert.

“It was a dream come true,” Edwards says. “She was one of the first female country artists I was ever exposed to.”

That’s our song

Edwards and co-writer, Haley Mae Campbell, while talking about what might have been regarding past romances, were inspired to write the hit single “Thank God it Didn’t Work Out.” “She was telling me she had a run-in with one of her exes at a wedding, and we were talking about who we were in past relationships. We both took a step back and said, ‘There we go! That’s our song.’”

Her singles— “T-Shirt” and “High on the Good Times” and, now, “Thank God it Didn’t Work Out” — have racked up over 70,000 streams, and counting, on Spotify.

As a Latina performer in the world of country music, Edwards knows how necessary it is to have life’s stories reflected in what is, at its core, a genre that has a heavy storytelling element. “I’m very thankful for social media because that’s where I really get to see the connection, that there’s a large group of Hispanic fans that need something to relate to,” she says. “I think about those little girls— like me— who wanted to be like Selena Quintanilla because I saw that she was a singer who looked like me. I want to be that for somebody. I want them to know that if you dream it, you can do it.”

Check out Angel Edwards’ music on most streaming platforms, including Spotify, and keep an eye out for her upcoming single release this month: “Live a Little” and her EP release in 2020. angeledwardsmusic.com

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Highlighted events indicates our picks for the week

WEDNESDAY 11.6 Bier Stube: TSA Rocks

Stop by for a performance by the Toledo School for the Arts Pop Combo ensembles. 5333 Monroe St. 419-841-7999. ts4arts.org (pop/rock, covers) Free Fuzzy’s Tacos: French Playboys Bros. (acoustic, covers) Music Go Round: Joe Woods (acoustic rock) Valentine Theatre: Black Violin (classical, hip hop) Village Idiot: Andrew Ellis (acoustic, songwriter)

THURSDAY 11.7 Brandywine Country Club: Dwight Adams Quartet (jazz) Durty Bird: Twenty Twenty Four (jazz) Plat8: Pete Ford (jazz) Stranahan Theater: Los Lobos, Los Texmaniacs, Flaco Jimenez (rock) Swig: Jeff Stewart (acoustic, covers) Village Idiot: Steve Kennedy, Beg to Differ (acoustic, covers) (rock, covers)

FRIDAY 11.8 Civic Hall: Annihilation Day with Atreyu, Whitechapel, He Is Legend, Tempting Fate, Santa Cruz, 68, Convictions, Castle No Kings, The Convalescence, Everyone Dies In Utah, Loser, VCTMS, Hollow Front, Divided, Ground Floor, Hate Unbound (punk/rock, metal) Cock n Bull: Barile & May, Noisy Neighbors (acoustic rock) (pop/rock, covers) Dexter’s Bar: Velvet Jones (rock, covers) Distillery: 56Daze (pop/rock, covers) Durty Bird: Chloe & the Steel Strings Duo (country/pop, rock) Frankie’s: 1837izmee, Sixx Digit, THC, Steve Burton, AutomatiK, TJAKS, Dat Ese Flaco, The Oddities, Papii Gang (rntu), Sly Till I Die, Quasar, DJ Magickal Maximus (rap, various) Hollywood Casino: Ohio Players (funk, rock) Holland Haus: Wild Nights, Rogue, Best Sleep, America Part Two, Elijah Flood (alternative/rock, songwriter)

Maumee Indoor Theatre: McCartney Project

Fans of the Beatles and Paul McCartney will get a kick out of this tribute band, committed to recreating the music of Paul and Wings. $22.50-$25. 601 Conant St., Maumee. 419-897-8902. themccartneyproject.com The Pub: The Western Pleasures (country, rock) Swig: Aaron Hertzfeld (acoustic, covers)

Village Idiot: Nikki D and the Browns

The Sisters of Thunder bring their gospel blues to the Village Idiot. With voices that soar, Nikki D and company will light up your night and spin your mood from blue to blues. $5. 9pm. 309 Conant St. 419-893-7281. Nikki D on facebook (blues, gospel)

SATUDAY 11.9 Bronze Boar: Dustin & the Daydreamers (jam/rock, blues) Civic Hall: Annihilation Day with The Devil Wears Prada, Norma Jean, Gideon, Cane Hill, I Am, Heavens Die, OMEN, The Harbor Divide, of Virtue, Frost Koffin, Northern Shores, Deadships, Affairs, Sleep Waker, Hanging Fortress, Into The Wild, Habitual Gloom, Dead in 5 (punk/rock, metal)

Cock n Bull: Not Fast Enuff (pop/rock, covers) Dexter’s Bar: Sugar Pax (pop/rock, covers) Distillery: Todd Michael Band (pop/rock, covers) Durty Bird: Dueling Pianos (novelty) Frankie’s: Meko, FromDaBottom, Rich Porter, Bailey of 9th District, Knightheart, Rare Population, KOGA, FAM, Wavy Inc, Philay Mignon, Tonegotti, AGM Heartless, Xoie, DJ Press Play, DJ Magickal Maximus (various) Hollywood Casino: Zoso (Led Zeppelin tribute) (rap, various) Meyer Theater, Monroe: Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels (rock, blues) Swig: Merchand Duo (acoustic rock) Village Idiot: Chloe & the Steel Strings, Amelia Airharts (country/pop, covers) (pop/rock, covers)

SUNDAY 11.10 Bellwether: Lowertown Jazz Session (jazz) Durty Bird: Jazz Brunch with Nate Kester Group (jazz) St. Paul’s: TSA Chamber Music (classical) Village Idiot: Bob Rex’s Sunday Jazz Jam (jazz, rock)

MONDAY 11.11 Frankie’s: Wax, Ubiquitous from CES CRU, & Lance SkiiiWalker, Mary Jane Effect, Karnage, Mike Flamez, Ve’Ton, Wooch, Teddy Loud, DJ Magickal Maximus (various) Fuzzy’s Tacos: Rutter & Havers (acoustic rock) Village Idiot: Frank May (rock)

TUESDAY 11.12 Durty Bird: Hector Mendoza (acoustic, covers) Village Idiot: Barile & May (acoustic rock)

WEDNESDAY 11.13 Art & Performance Center: Songwriter’s Listening Room: Boo Lee Crosser (acoustic, songwriter) Curious Cat: Jazz Night (jazz) Durty Bird: Dueling Pianos (novelty) Fuzzy’s Tacos: Chase Duo (acoustic rock) Village Idiot: Andrew Ellis (acoustic, songwriter)

THURSDAY 11.14 Durty Bird: Swingmania (jazz, big band) Plat8: Jake Pilewski (acoustic, covers) Swig: Kennedy & Harshman (acoustic rock) Tony Packo’s: The Cakewalkin’ Jass Band (jazz, swing) Village Idiot: Matt Truman’s Ego Trip (punk/alternative, songwriter)

FRIDAY 11.15 Bronze Boar: ind’Grass (country, jam/rock) Civic Hall: Chris Shutters, The Shakin’ Shivers, Widow Maker Jones (blues/rock) Cock n Bull: Barile & May, Joe Woods (acoustic rock) (rock)

Dexter’s: Not Fast Enuff (pop/rock, covers) Durty Bird: Funk Factory (funk/rock) Frankie’s: Stretch, Self Reflect, Nino Chavez, Half Step Back, Emma Lee (various) Hollywood Casino: Union Rising (rock, covers)

Marathon Arts, Findlay: Arlo Guthrie

Take a trip to Findlay for a musical performance by folk legend Arlo Guthrie, who has been taking on the establishment for the last forty years. $31.50$76.50. 7:30pm. 200 W. Main Cross St. 419-423-2787. arloguthrie.com (folk, songwriter) Ottawa Tavern: Wolves at the Gate, My Epic, Comrades, Empty, Sir Cadian, Paco Is Desperate (alternative/rock, various) The Pub: Ramona Collins & Kim Buehler (vocal jazz) Sodbuster Bar: Skittle Bots (pop/rock, covers) Swig: Mystique Duo (acoustic rock) Village Idiot: Baccano (rock)

SATUDAY 11.16 Art & Performance Center: Tim Oehlers (acoustic, songwriter) Civic Hall: Stupify a Disturbed Tribute, Dedfahl, Teach Them To Crawl (hard/rock, metal) Distillery: Walk of Shame (pop/rock, covers) Frankie’s: Ego & The Maniacs, Take Weight, Snarly, Devil Dolls, Sick Jeans, Splitt Second, Jake Meatball (various) Hollywood Casino: Camille Marie (acoustic rock) The Pub: Jeff Stewart (acoustic, songwriter) Swig: Barile & May (acoustic rock) Village Idiot: Earth Radio (folk/rock, songwriter)

SUNDAY 11.17 Bellwether: Lowertown Jazz Session (jazz) Durty Bird: Jazz Brunch with Twenty Twenty Four (jazz) Frankie’s: Smile Empty Soul, Cinder, Nagazi, Atomica, Fate of Orion (rock) Toledo Club: Toledo Symphony: Contrasts (classical) Village Idiot: Bob Rex’s Sunday Jazz Jam (jazz, rock)

BALLADS IN THE PARK

Sunday, 11.10 / Swan Creek Preserve Energetic and eclectic songsters, the Lovestruck Balladeers will kick off the new Brookwood Concert Series in the main room of the beautiful Brookwood Lodge at Swan Creek Preserve. Featuring a remarkably diverse repertoire of songs from a wide variety of genres, the band features guitars, piano, clarinet, fiddles, banjo and more. 7-9pm. $20. Sunday, November 10. Brookwood, 5604 Swan Creek Drive.

419-407-9810. Search “Brookwood Concert Series” on Facebook. —JM

BIG BLUES Sunday, 11.10 / Blue Collar Pub

Some of the finest blues artists from northwest Ohio and southeastern Michigan will converge on the Blue Collar Pub in Maumee for the 23rd Annual Black Swamp Blues Society Blues Challenge. This concert/competition will take place on November 10 when both solo/duos and bands compete for the right to move on to the International Blues Challenge in Memphis in January. Come on out and cheer on your favorites! 3-9pm. $10 for Black Swamp Blues members, $12 for non-members. Sunday, November 10. Blue Collar Pub, 720 Illinois Ave., Maumee. 419-740-3344. blackswampbluessociety.org —JM

MONDAY 11.18 Fuzzy’s Tacos: Jake Pilewski (acoustic, covers) University of Toledo Arts: Jazz Ensemble (jazz, standards) Village Idiot: Frank May (rock)

TUESDAY 11.19 Durty Bird: Gray & Cleveland (jazz/pop) Village Idiot: Barile & May (acoustic rock)

Whitehouse Post 384: Pickers Party

Stop in for an olde thyme pickers party.

Bluegrass, country and folk players are welcome to play along with the jam.

7-10pm. 6910 Providence St., Whitehouse. 419-877-5171. facebook event (open mic/jam) Free

PAYING TRIBUTE

Tuesday, 11.12 / TMA Peristyle An undisputed master of the violin, Itzhak Perlman returns to Toledo for the first time in over a decade for a special event honoring the music of composer John Williams, whose work as a film composer includes some of the most recognizable pieces from the big screen, including the scores for Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Superman and many, many more. Perlman will perform a selection of classic Williams scores with the Toledo Symphony Orchestra including the haunting theme from Schindler’s List, which Perlman performed on the film’s soundtrack. 8pm. Tuesday, November 12. $59-150.

Toledo Museum of Art Peristyle, 2445 Monroe St. 419-246-8000. toledosymphony.com —JM

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Monday, 11.11 11 Mile Hike - Take a community hike at Oak Openings with a Metroparks Naturalist. The oak leaves are beautiful this time of year. Be sure to pack water and snacks for the hike. Rain or shine. Reservations. 9:30am-2pm. Oak Openings, 5230 Wilkins Rd., Whitehouse.

419-875-6349. metroparkstoledo.com Free Disenchanted Music Comedy - The Perrysburg Musical Theatre presents Disenchanted, a hilarious take on fairy tales. $15. 7-9pm. Additional performances through Sunday, 11.17. Knight Preserve, 29530 White Rd., Perrysburg. perrysburgmusicaltheatre.org

REMEMBERING WITH THE AIDS MEMORIAL QUILT FRIDAY, 11.15 / TMA, CVA

December 1st marks World AIDS Day 2019, and the Ann Wayson Locher Memorial Fund for HIV Care will honor lives lost and raise awareness with a handful of impactful, important events, including the exhibition of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt Exhibit Events at the Center for the Visual Arts Main Gallery through December 6.

On Friday, November 15 at 6pm, the exhibit begins with an opening ceremony at the TMA Peristyle, featuring Jeanne White-Ginder, who will discuss the legacy of her son, Ryan White, as well as a talk from Robert Sember. A reception for the Quilt exhibit will begin at 8pm at the CVA. On Sunday, December 1, the UT Department of Art Haigh Auditorium will host a visual AIDS screening at noon. Then, on Friday, December 6, hear about “AIDS in the Rust Belt” during an exhibit closing ceremony in the TMA Little Theater at 6pm.

All events are free to attend. For more information, visit utoledo.edu/med. —AC

Friday, 11.8

Stand Up Comedian Godfrey - Chicago based comedian Godfrey has appeared on Comedy Central, HBO and the Family Channel. Five chances to catch the standup artist’s act. $15.

7pm & 10pm. Friday 11.8, Saturday, 11.9. 7pm.

Sunday, 11.10. Toledo Funny Bone, 6140 Levis Commons Blvd., Perrysburg. 419-931-3474. toledo.funnybone.com

Tree City Playhouse “The Nerd” - The Sylvania Theatre league, Tree City Playhouse presents the comedy The Nerd, following Vietnam GI Willium Cubbert and his socially awkward friend Rick. $12. 7:30pm. Friday 11.8 - Sunday 11.10.

Church 3 Twentyone, 5845 Centennial Rd., Sylvania. sylvaniaarts.org

Saturday, 11.9

The Jungle - The University of Toledo Department of Drama presents The Jungle, based on the famous novel by Uptown Sinclair depicting life in the Chigao meat packing district. Written in 1906, the novel helped to establish safer working conditions and food regulations. $8-$18. 7:30pm.

Fridays, 11.8, 11.15 & Saturdays,11.9, 11.16.

2pm. Sundays, 11.10, 11.17. UT Arts, 1910 W. Rocket Dr. 419-530-2787. utoledo.edu

Perrysburg Township Fire Department Annual Feather Party - Enjoy food, drinks, fun, raffles, silent auctions, and more. 7-11pm. Perrysburg Twp. Fire/EMS, 26711 Lime City Rd., Perrysburg.

419-872-8879. perrysburgtownship.us/departments/fireems Free

Sunday, 11.10 Haus Comedy Night - Live standup performances by Sophie Hughes, Keith Bergman, Mark Philipp, Austin Goodman, and Kyla Daniel Ahlfeld. $5. 6p-11:30pm. Holland Haus, 1715 N. Holland Sylvania Rd. facebook.com/hollandhaus419

45th Yuletide Festival - Take a day trip to the Historic town of Blissfield for the annual holiday festival, with shops featuring live performances and in-store specials and a don’t miss appearance by Santa and his live reindeer. Downtown Blissfield, Pearl & Jefferson St.. 10am-7pm.

Friday 11.8 & Saturday 11.9. 11am-5pm. Sunday 11.10. blissfieldmainstreet.com

THE EPWORTH ARTIST SERIES Presents:

Christmas music for Brass Quintet and Choir Featuring:

THE ACADEMY BRASS QUINTET AND EPWORTH’S CHANCEL CHOIR WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2019 at 7:00 pm The concert is free and open to the public We’ll sing favorite Christmas carols for choir and congregation and features favorite Christmas carols as arranged for brass Quintet, organ and choir.

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The Fitzgerald Experience - In honor of the 1975 tragic sinking of the Edmond Fitzgerald in Lake Superior waters, the Museum of the Great Lakes will offer guided tours and an oral history of the events. In addition, view the documentary A Good Ship and a Well Seasoned Crew. $20$25. Tours Saturday 11.9 & Saturday 11.10.

Museum of the Great Lakes, 1701 Front St. 419-214-5000. inlandseas.org

Tuesday, 11.12 The Price is Right! Live - Attendees will thrill at some of the most popular games from the show’s storied history during this live stage version of the long-running television game show. 7:30pm. $42-150. Stranahan Theater, 4645 Heatherdowns Blvd. 419-381-8851. Stranahantheater.com

Thursday, 11.14 The Addams Family Musical - The musical based on the 60s TV show brings back all the laughs of the original Gothic comedy to the stage. $15-$17. 8pm. Thursday 11.14 - Saturday 11.16.

2:30pm. Sunday 11.17. Maumee Indoor Theatre, 601 Conant St., Maumee. 419-897-8902. watervilleplayshop.org

ROAD TRIP Looking for a quick change of scenery and a taste of something different? Curious about our favorite events going on just a short drive from Toledo?

Visit toledocitypaper.com, or check out our sister publication, Current Magazine (covering Ann Arbor), at ecurrent.com, to explore film, art, music and more.

Here is a list of must-attend, out-of-town events:

REPORTERS ON THE BIG SCREEN

The State Theatre in Ann Arbor presents a month-long program celebrating the depiction of the media in motion pictures. Journalism on Screen features films focusing on reporting in the media, with post-film discussions with former CNN Director of Political Research Robert Yoon and It’s Just Politics co-host Zoe Clark. The program will continue with the famous satire Network on November 18 and the classic farce His Girl Friday on November 25. 7:30pm. $10.50. State Theatre, 233 S. State St., Ann Arbor. 734-668-8397. statetheatrea2.org —JM

Author Sarah Rose Reception - The Toledo Jewish Federation hosts author Sarah Rose for an author talk and book signing. Rose is the author of D-Day Girls:The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II. $18-$36. 7pm. Lourdes University, 6832 Convent Blvd., Sylvania. 419-531-2119. jewishtoledo.org

Friday, 11.15 Holiday Market on Evans - Visit the holiday market Friday and Saturday. Shop for the perfect gift or holiday decor. In addition to great vendors, the event features live music, food tastings and children’s activities. 4-8pm. Tecumseh Chamber of Commerce, 213 N. Evans St. 517-423-3740. tecumsehchamber.org Border Battle Bash - Celebrate the upcoming University of Michigan and Ohio State University game by raising money for the Boys and Girls Club of Toledo during a party featuring tailgate foods, two separate bars for drinks, a live DJ spinning hits and fight songs, a silent auction and more. 6-10pm. $75. Premier Banquet Complex, 4480 Heatherdowns Blvd. 419-873-3463. borderbattlebash.com

Saturday, 11.16 Blade Holiday Parade - The annual Holiday Parade in downtown Toledo will feature marching bands, parade floats and a special visit from Santa and his reindeer. Don’t forget to dress for the weather. 10am. Summit & Jefferson Ave. bladparade.toledoblade.com Free

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GO HARD OR GO HOME

Motor City Brew Tours’ takes attendees on a trip to enjoy that most fall-feeling of all alcoholic beverages— hard cider! Join the Hard Cider Bus Tour on November 16 for a trip to three celebrated cideries/ orchards— Westview Orchards and Winery, Big Red Orchards and Blake’s Hard Cider Co. A guided tour, a free gift from Motor City Brew Tours, and cider samples at each stop.

11am-4:30pm. $65. Saturday, November 16.

Meeting at the 6th/Lafayette Parking Garage, 514 S. Lafayette St, Royal Oak. 248-825-3085. motorcitybrewtours.com —JM

Murder Mystery Dinner Train - Take a ride on the Blissfield Dinner Train for a three hour ride and five course meal. Find out who done it with a special murder myster performance. $70.

7-10pm. Old Road Dinner Train, 301 E. Adrian St., Blissfield. 888-467-2451. murdermysterytrain.com

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CREATIVE CORNER We absolutely love this image of Arienne & Drake. This was during their sunset session when we stole them away from the reception for a few gorgeous photos, a quiet moment with just the two of them. These two were FULL of giggles as they danced around the open field. It was one of our favorite moments of the day.

Swatch Studios This team of four Ohio creatives, with a passion for tailored, artistic wedding photographs and films for some of Toledo’s most amazing couples, loves the process of getting to know the couples and seeing their individual personalities come through in the details and moments on their wedding day. The reward of seeing the joy and excitement while building some amazing relationships is well worth it.

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SOCIAL STUDIES Photos by Christine Senack

Historic Vistula Foundation Speakeasy

Guests took a trip back to the Prohibition Era as the Bellwether at Toledo Spirits in the Vistula neighborhood was transformed into an authentic speakeasy.

Dave Laytart and Karina Camara.

Loni Plescher and Shane Lawhorn.

Jamie Keblesh and Ruth Gamber.

Kristin Torio, Jasmine Bell, Joshua Buchanan, Emily Mitchell, Tianna Jones and Cara Swain.

DEMOLITION BOXING SERIES SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH

The Bash

Doors open at 6pm • First Bell at 7pm

This party of disco divas and groovy food and drinks benefited the Imagination Station.

VENUE 18 11295 West State Rte 18 Fostoria, OH • TICKETS $20 •

COME SEE THE AREA’S TOP COMBAT SPORTS ATHLETES! Maara Fink, Kara Zawisza and Melissa Gaze.

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FREEWILL ASTROLOGY

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries psychologist James Hillman said we keep “our images and fantasies at arm’s length because they are so full of love.� They’re also quite flammable, he added. They are always on the verge of catching fire, metaphorically speaking. That’s why many people wrap their love-filled images and fantasies in metaphorical asbestos: to prevent them from igniting a blaze in their psyches. In my astrological opinion, you Aries folks always have a mandate to use less asbestos than all the other signs—even none at all. That’s even truer than usual right now. Keep your images and fantasies extra close and raw and wild.

Š2019

By Brendan Emmett Quigley (www.brendanemmettquigley.com)

VAMPING Across 1. Pickle juice 6. One who listens to reggae religiously?

11. Fruit spread 14. Uninspired 15. Apply to, as an ointment 16. Way back when 17. Wristwatch necessity 19. “How long does it take to warm up the car?�

20. Mail off 21. Chestnut or walnut, e.g.

22. Bubbly beverage 24. Visits the bathroom 26. Medium-sized game bird 28. Comic with the Netflix special “Right Now�

31. Cheesy dip 32. Candy-man’s name 33. Tasting like pinot 34. One who doesn’t share 37. Overflow (with) 38. Combined 39. Cover with dirt 40. RB’s stats 41. Indie rock band Rilo ___ 42. Make a few changes 43. Makes a few changes 45. Very very 46. How some meditators look 48. Court plea, for short 49. Pre-election events 50. Pulled tight 52. DOJ div.

56. Right 57. Fan’s taunt during the World Series 60. Discovery One computer 61. Southern French town with a Roman amphitheater 62. Its website is off the landing page flychicago.com 63. Bullring cry 64. Scrawny 65. County just outside of London

Down 1. Grilling spots, for short 2. Pleasure seeker 3. Supreme Leader’s nation 4. You might get one watching an unboxing video or a movie trailer debut 5. Clock-setting abbr.

6. Tempo fluctuations in music 7. Regarding 8. Start-up funds 9. Craggy point 10. Desperate teacher’s question to a seemingly stumped classroom 11. Princess Leia killed him 12. See eye to eye 13. Blake ___ (President McCord’s personal secretary on “Madam Secretary�)

18. Two, to a Teuton 23. OK sch. founded by an evangelist 25. Rocky deposit 27. First floor apartment, maybe 28. Like out-there movies 29. Have to have 30. Game where the leads keep changing 31. Improves 33. Seminal 1983 hip-hop movie featuring many old school legends 35. Cookie similar to the Trader Joe’s Joe-Joe’s 36. Pita-and-lamb lunch 38. Head space?

39. Great slaughters 41. Ace Clayton 42. Tech company owned by Verizon 44. Ginnie ___ 45. Kind of cloth bag 46. Its border with Canada is roughly 45 miles long 47. Its flag is shaped with two triangles 48. Cuckoo bananas 51. Put an end to 53. Cockpit predictions 54. Paris pop 55. Dinosaur whose teeth were the size of bananas 58. Previously, in verse 59. Lobster eggs

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Week of November 7

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Studies suggest that on average each of us has a social network of about 250 people, of whom 120 we regard as a closer group of friendly acquaintances. But most of us have no more than twenty folks we trust, and only two or three whom we regard as confidants.

I suspect that these numbers will be in flux for you during the next twelve months, Scorpio. I bet you’ll make more new friends than usual, and will also expand your inner circle. On the other hand, I expect that some people who are now in your sphere will depart. Net result: stronger alliances and more collaboration.

Š Copyright 2019 Rob Brezsny

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Poet James Merrill was ecstatic when he learned the Greek language. According to his biographer, he felt he could articulate his needs “with more force and clarity, with greater simplicity and less self-consciousness, than he ever could in his own language.� He concluded, “Freedom to be oneself is all very well; the greater freedom is not to be oneself.� Personally, I think that’s an exaggeration. I believe the freedom to be yourself is very, very important. But for you in the coming weeks, Taurus, the freedom to not be yourself could indeed be quite liberating. What might you do to stretch your capacities beyond what you’ve assumed is true about you? Are you willing to rebel against and transcend your previous selfconceptions?

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Musician Brian Eno made a deck of oracular cards called Oblique Strategies. Each card has a suggestion designed to trigger creative thinking about a project or process you’re working on. You Geminis might find it useful to call on Oblique Strategies right now, since you’re navigating your way through a phase of adjustment and rearrangement. The card I drew for you is “Honor thy error as hidden intention.� Here’s how I interpet it: An apparent lapse or misstep will actually be the result of your deeper mind guiding you to take a fruitful detour.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): We devote a lot of energy to wishing and hoping about the meaningful joys we’d love to bring into our lives. And yet few of us have been trained in the best strategies for manifesting our wishes and hopes. That’s the bad news.

The good news is that now is a favorable time for you to upgrade your skills at getting what you want. With that in mind, I present you with the simple but potent wisdom of author Maya Angelou: “Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it.� To flesh that out, I’ll add: Formulate a precise statement describing your heart’s yearning, and then work hard to make yourself ready for its fulfillment.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): What are the key parts of your life—the sources and influences that enable you to be your most soulful self? I urge you to nourish them intensely during the next three weeks. Next question: What are the marginally important parts of your life—the activities and proclivities that aren’t essential for your long-term success and happiness? I urge you to corral all the energy you give to those marginally important things, and instead pour it into what’s most important. Now is a crucial time in the evolution of your relationship with your primal fuels, your indispensable resources, your sustaining foundations.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “When she spoke of beauty, he spoke of the fatty tissue supporting the epidermis,� wrote short story author Robert Musil.

He was describing a conversation between a man and woman who were on different wavelengths. “When she mentioned love,� Musil continued, “he responded with the statistical curve that indicates the rise and fall in the annual birthrate.� Many of you Virgos have the flexibility to express yourself well on both of those wavelengths. But in the coming months, I hope you’ll emphasize the beauty and love wavelength rather

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than the fatty tissue and statistical curve wavelength. It’ll be an excellent strategy for getting the healing you need.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Libran blogger Ana-Sofia Cardelle was asked, “What is your signature perfume?� She said she hadn’t found one. But then she described how she would like to smell: “somewhere between fresh and earthy: cinnamon and honey, a rose garden, saltwater baked in the sun.� The coming days will be an excellent time to indulge in your own fantasies about the special fragrance you’d like to emanate. Moreover, I bet you’ll be energized by pinpointing a host of qualities you would like to serve as cornerstones of your identity: traits that embody and express your uniqueness.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I blame and thank the Sagittarian part of me when I get brave and brazen enough to follow my strongest emotions where they want to lead me. I also blame and thank the Sagittarian part of me when I strip off my defense mechanisms and invite the world to regard my vulnerabilities as interesting and beautiful. I furthermore blame and thank the Sagittarian side of me on those occasions when I run three miles down the beach at dawn, hoping to thereby jolt loose the secrets I’ve been concealing from myself.

I suspect the coming weeks will be a favorable time to blame and thank the Sagittarian part of you for similar experiences.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Persian polymath Avicenna (980–1037) wrote 450 books on many topics, including medicine, philosophy, astronomy, geography, mathematics, theology, and poetry. While young, he tried to study the *Metaphysics* of Aristotle, but had difficulty grasping it. Forty times he read the text, even committing it to memory. But he made little progress toward fathoming it. Years later, he was browsing at an outdoor market and found a brief, cheap book about the *Metaphysics* by an author named al-Farabi.

He read it quickly, and for the first time understood Aristotle’s great work. He was so delighted he went out to the streets and gave away gifts to poor people. I foresee a comparable milestone for you, Capricorn: something that has eluded your comprehension will become clear, at least in part due to a lucky accident.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In addition to being a key figure in Renaissance art, fifteenth-century Italian painter Filippo Lippi had a colorful life. According to legend, he was once held prisoner by Barbary pirates, but gained his freedom by drawing a riveting portrait of their leader. Inspired by the astrological factors affecting you right now, I’m fantasizing about the possibilty of a liberating event arriving in your life. Maybe you’ll call on one of your skills in a dramatic way, thereby enhancing your leeway or generating a breakthrough or unleashing an opportunity. (Please also re-read your horoscope from last week.)

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “Stand high long enough and your lightning will come,� writes Piscean novelist William Gibson. He isn’t suggesting that we literally stand on top of a treeless hill in a thunderstorm and invite the lightning to shoot down through us. More realistically, I think he means that we should devotedly cultivate and discipline our highest forms of expression so that when inspiration finds us, we’ll be primed to receive and use its full power. That’s an excellent oracle for y.ou

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Yoga for anxiety

Learn yoga, meditation and breathing techniques to help alleviate anxiety in a class led by Sara Kear. The session promises to give you new tools to deal with stress in a healthy way. $30. 1-3pm.

Saturday, November 9. Yogaja Yoga, 3145 W. Central Ave. 567-343-5569. yogajayoga.com —EH

1995 VOLVO 850 Runs Good. $1000 obo Call 419.250.1780 2002 DODGE DURANGO

168k, 4x4; Runs and drives. Can be seen at 1136 Shernan St, Toledo.

Call 606-215-4755 2015 CHEVY CRUZE LT White; 16,900 miles; tinted windows; still under factory warranty; $13,400.

Call 419-779-3857

Move your body to the beat of up-tempo Latin music at the latest installment of the Zoomba at the Zoo series! Zumba instructors from around the area will lead the class at the Malawi Event Center, and all attendees are welcome to stay and visit the zoo itself afterward. Open to all ages 10 and up! $15 for non-members, $10 for members. 9-10am. Sunday, November 10.

Toledo Zoo, 2 Hippo Way. (419) 385-5721. toledozoo.org —JM

Meet the Diva of Digestion

Brenda Watson holds this extraordinary title for a reason— she has many tips for the best ways to support your gut health naturally. Her class at Health Foods by Claudia is a fun way to learn the fundamentals of good digestive health, and it is sure to fill up fast. RSVP to make sure you hear this wellness expert’s advice. 7pm. Tuesday, November 19.

Health Foods by Claudia, 3904 Secor Rd. 419-474-2400. healthfoodsbyclaudia.com Free —EH

health and wellness events Tuesday, 11.26

Wednesday, 11.6 Elderberry Cough Syrup Workshop Willow Moon Botanicals and Boochy Mama’s Probiotic Tonic will host an herbal cough syrup workshop using elderberries as a base. Take home a bottle to cure what ails you!. $30 or $40 per couple. 6-7pm. Boochy Mama’s, 130 10th St. 567-318-2240. boochymama.com

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Herbal Allies for Stress - Learn and craft herbal remedies to help relieve stress and anxiety naturally.

The class will sample a selection of tinctures and salves to calm the nerves.

Registration is required in advance. $15.

6-7:30pm. 577 Foundation, 577 E. Front St., Perrysburg. 419-874-4174.

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2004 FORD FOCUS Sweet heat & Remote car starter $2000 OBO. Please call 419-309-5292

2014 HARLEY DAVIDSON, Sportster Super Low. 483 miles.

Almost Brand New! Loaded. $4800 419-376-9264

2002 GRAND CARAVAN 203K highway miles. Dependable, one owner, typical rust, many newer parts. $950 Firm. 419-932-5311 1977 HARLEY DAVIDSON SPORTSTER. Less than 10k miles - stored since 2008, ran strong when stored! Yellow w/ solo seat & drag bars, short risers, speedo & turn signals removed. All stock parts $2500 OBO. Call Tim 419-260-1100.

2009 CHEVY EXPRESS 14 Passenger Bus. 29,000 miles, new tires, 1 owner, yearly childcare inpsections. $14,500. Call (419) 654-2124

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SECTION 2040 cents JAM

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Guitarists/Drummer/Keyboard/Singer for 70s, 80s on up Rock Band!! Journey, KISS, Scorpions, AC/DC, etc. Call Joe 419.205.7667

BANDS, ,MUSICIANS, ARTIST’S, DJ’S, CREATIVE PEOPLE, ETC. ROCKN ROOMS & SPACES !! YOU GOTTA SEE TO BELIEVE. Practice, Rehearsal, Recording Studio Rooms, Art & JAM Spaces Etc. Available!! Only $200.00 & Up Per Month…NO LONG TERM LEASES ! NO CREDIT CHECKS ! ONLY MONTH TO MONTH RENT! ROCK & ROLL AIN’T NOISE POLLUTION ! Play, Paint, Sculpt, Create, Dance, Sing, Yell Or Jam As Loud Or Soft As You Want To ! No Noise Restrictions!

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“SUGARFANG” SEEKS ROCK DRUMMER FOR ORIGINALS. We

LOCAL ESTABLISHED COVER BAND is looking for a lead singer.

EXPERIENCED BASS PLAYER Looking for fill in work. Blues, Classic Rock, Country. Call 419-917-3507 SKELETON CRU desperately searching for their drummer - Doug Miller. Please call 419-297-2928 - Tommy Star is BACK! HIGH INTENSITY 80’S ROCK BAND. Seeking Any type of Musician.

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567.377.9664 DRUMMER LOOKING to turn my JAM SESSION PIANIST/SINGER experiences into a plus for your band! seeking Lead Guitarist/Singer for Duo’s. Preferred Classic, Country, 50’s & 60’s, Blues & Disco. 419.345.8295. Auditions 419.382.5024. Need to ADD another at my home in Maumee. phone number 419-297-0733

have practice space & drums. Bedford area. Call Dan 313-320-5278.

MUSICIANS WANTED!! Drummers, keyboardist, guitarist & saxophone. For R&B / Rock Band. Serious inquiries ONLY! Call Lorri at 419-418-1317.

ISO KEYBOARD PLAYER, THE

STORMS, Toledo’s longest Active 50’s & 60’s R&B Band is for a Keyboard player to join in working with experienced musicians. Call Sam 419.345.8295

SEEKING MUSICIANS OF TYPES FOR LIVE SHOWS. Jazz, R&B, Blues & Rock influences! Please contact for more info 419.810.8848

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Display Classifieds: Display classifieds with a box may be purchased for $25 per column inch. Photos are accepted with ads for an additional $5 per photo. ten spot car lot: Only $10 for 20 word or less that WILL RUN UNTIL CAR SELLS. Each additional word is 40 cents and any artwork is $5 extra. Deadlines: Ad copy must be received by NOON on the Friday prior to publication.Payment: Payment must be received before an ad can be placed. We accept checks, cash, money orders and credit cards (Visa/ Mastercard/American Express).Phone: 419-244-9859 EMail: classifieds@ adamsstreetpublishing.com Refunds: Sorry, NO REFUNDS given. Misprints: Credit toward future ads.

SALE!!

ANNUAL HUGE INDOOR YARD SALE Sylvania 1st United Methodist Church 7000 Erie Street, Sylvania, Ohio Saturday, November 23rd, 9am-2pm Clothing, household, collectibles & more!

CRAFTERS NEEDED ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL AND COOKIE WALK: Crafters/ Venders welcome Zion Lutheran Church, 8307 Memorial Hwy., Ottawa Lake, MI on Saturday, December 7, 2019 from 9 AM to 1:30 PM. Tables for Crafts/Product setting up will be $20.00 each. Please contact Sandra Brady at 419-410-9380 to reserve your space(s).

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HELP WANTED Consulting Dietitian sought by Armstrong Nutrition Management (101 Parkview Dr Ext, Kittanning, PA 16201) to dvlp & monitor resident nutritional care. Monitors resident intake & adherence to diet orders. Approves diet menus & manual to meet various reqmt. Place of employment: 2051 Collingwood Blvd, Toledo, OH 43620.

Min. Masters deg in Nutrition reqd.

OH Medical Board Licensed Dietitian license & proficient in HACCP Guidelines & ability to work w/ elderly incl those w/ Alzheimer & dementia are reqd.

Resume: Joni Kudika (HR Manager), 101 Parkview Dr Ext, Kittanning, PA 16201.

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