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UPDATES IN LOCAL BUSINESS Get something sweet at Grand Rapids’ A Drop of Honey, a new boutique selling honey, beeswax and sundry gift items, opened in November. The bee products are courtesy of the hive kept by owner Emily Householder and her husband, but you can also get candles, lotions, books and jewelry. 24195 Front St., Grand Rapids. 419-581-1213. www.facebook.com/ADropOfHoney.
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Lalah V’s Antiques and Home Decor has found a new home. The shop of handmade treasures, antiques, and fine arts moved from its Superior Street location in Rossford and settled in Grand Rapids as of November 1. 24195 Front St., Grand Rapids, Ohio. 419-661-8017. www. lalahvs.com. The newest franchise of Mediterranean fast-food giant Pita Pit has come to Toledo, to the perfect location for hungry UT students, 2903 Dorr St., in the Rocket Center plaza (next to Studio 14). It’s the joint venture of Steve Gisicki, his sister Kate Dake, and brother-inlaw Tom Dake. The trio has owned the Bowling Green Pita Pit location since February. 419-725-2748 www.pitapitusa.com. The curtain has fallen on FiFi’s Reprise. The fine dining spot closed its doors Saturday, November 10. 1423 Bernath Pkwy. 419-866-6777. Facebook.com/FiFisReprise. Chef Bill Kolhoff is at the helm of The Bistro at Maumee Wines recent reopening. Kolhoff, who was formerly leading the charge at Walt Churchill’s Market, has joined forces with restaurant owner Jeff Rozek to bring a menu of “old-world, rustic comfort foods” (like lamb bolognese) at an approachable price point. Seating is 5pm10pm. 2556 Parkway Plaza, Maumee. 419893-2525. www.maumeewines.com. There’s one fewer option for cheap pizza in town, as CiCi’s Pizza on Monroe Street abruptly closed its doors the last week of October. The franchise of the national chain was forced to give it up due to the difficult economic climate. Michigan devotees of the more high-tech forms of smoking can head to Monroe’s new Revolver Vapor Lounge, which joins the company’s other locations in Toledo and Sioux City, Iowa. The shop retails electronic cigarettes and smoking accessories, and lets enthusiasts enjoy the odor-free nicotine delivery systems in the company of their compatriots. 544 Rambow Dr., Monroe, Michigan. 734-682-5417. www.revolvercig.com.
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Toledo will have a new destination for fans of the Emerald Isle, as Irish Eyes Heavenly Pub opens at the end of November. Toledoans Kyle Rahal (of Port Royal Cigars) and Stan Burton are launching the Irish pub on Secor Road, next to Subway. Irish Eyes will feature authentic Irish cuisine, courtesy of Chef John Keane, 10 to 12 beers on tap (Irish and European!) and live music on weekends. 3324 Secor Rd. www.irisheyesheavenlypub.com.
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Lend a hand for the holidays
You’ve got your Thanksgiving plans all lined up — and they include a feast, right? But at least one family in five isn't necessarily sure where their next meal is coming from, let alone turkey with the obligatory trimmings. The Cherry Street Mission, as always, is doing its part to make sure nobody goes hungry. The mission plans to deliver some 700 cold food boxes, and need help assembling and delivering them. Donate dry and canned goods, from soup to cake mix to mac n’ cheese, by Monday, November 16, or volunteer to help fill and deliver the boxes on Tuesday, November 20. Bring donated items to Madison Food Service and Community Center, 1919 Madison Ave., from 7am to 7pm. Visit www.cherrystreetmission.org for details on what's needed, or call 419-242-5141. —MD
Growing gifts
Owens Community College is offering students and area residents a bountiful harvest of ways to give back this season with the second annual “Giving Tree”community outreach program. Choose a leaf from one of the “trees” on the Owens campus (one at Founders Hall and one in the College Hall Atrium), and accept a volunteer task, from something as little as holding the door open for someone, to making donations to local charities. They’re color-coded by level of commitment, so you can pick whatever you’ve got the time and money for. Participating organizations include Toys For Tots, the Cherry Street Mission, the Wood County Humane Society and Owens Harvest Food Pantry. Go take your pick! 30335 Oregon Rd., Perrysburg. 567-661-7000. www.owens.edu. —MD
The Green Boutique offers secondhand chic to the thrift-weary By Christine Holliday Customers call her “The Diva of Secondhand,” and describe her new store, The Green Boutique, as “thriftique.” Raechel Kelling calls herself a store owner who wants to give Toledoans “another way to be green, shop local, and not overspend” while looking for fashion, accessories, and home décor. After 15 years working in an office environment, Kelling decided to follow her dream of owning an eco-chic boutique. She makes jewelry from broken, discarded, junked or vintage pieces and restores and/or repaints used or discarded furniture, mirrors and home décor pieces. Offering gently-used clothes, purses, and shoes, she fashions used or second-hand threads, unique pieces that appeal to people who believe in recycling and its ability to improve the economy and the environment. “I want to change the way shoppers view second-hand shopping with the look and feel of a high-end shop without the high-end prices,” Kelling says. “Most shoppers who come in do not know I’m a thrift store until they see my prices or I explain what I'm about.” The Green Boutique is located at the Marketplace West Shoppes, 3606 Sylvania Ave. (near the intersection of Monroe & Sylvania Ave.) Store hours are weekdays 11am-7pm, and weekends 10am-4pm. 419-206-9458. www.thegreenboutique.org.
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Calling all change agents
Gobble, gobble, run, run
Native invites locals to ‘pay it forward’ By Matt Liasse
Turkey day fitness By Alison Wood-Osmun
Make this the year of a new Thanksgiving Day tradition by taking a walk or run like no other at the St. James Club Smoke The Turkey Rick Gomez Memorial 5K event. All proceeds benefit Hospice of Northwest Ohio. “This is a community celebration, a very fun, spirited good time, and a tradition for families before Thanksgiving dinner,” says club manager Julie Marino. Dress up in your turThe Landis family burns key finest of crazy hats, sweatoff Tur key Day calories shirts and the like, and at 8 am toss a rubber chicken to win the Chicken Chucking Contest and watch the kids (six and under) chase the turkey mascot over the finish line in the Kids Fun Run at 8:30 am. Tout your favorite border battle team by dressing in Ohio State University or University of Michigan regalia to win the best-dressed prize. At 9 am hit the flat, paved course, which is certified by USA Track and Field for competitive racing (handicapped accessible) and meandering through the lovely St. James Woods neighborhood. “It is perfect for casual participants and those wanting to compete,” states Marino. Racers’ numbers have embedded timing chips for easy tracking of all age divisions (under 10 to 75 plus). Chicken Chucking Contest starts at 8am; Kids Fun Run at 8:30am; 5K Run/Walk at 9am. Thursday, November 22. St. James Club, 7337 W. Bancroft St. Advanced online registration $25, t-shirt included/race day registration $30. Kids Fun Run free, but must be registered with parental signed consent. www.stjamesclub.net/smoke-the-turkey.
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Matthew Moses was so inspired after volunteering with Big Brothers Big Sisters, he decided to raise awareness by founding an organization of his own. Partnering with his sister, Jana, Moses founded PIF Apparel, a clothing line with a purpose to go beyond just fashion to help others. With an online store, PIF (or Pay It Forward) “connects the next generations of donors with the best charities in the world,” Moses said. The line, started in August, consists of T-shirts for now, with plans for a wider range of items in the future. Anyone interested in becoming what Moses calls a “change agent” can purchase shirts with 25 percent of the cost going to a charity of their choice. PIF selects four new national and international charities every month to support. Moses said today’s youth have an opportunity to make a positive change because technology has made lending a hand more accessible. Twenty years ago, the technology didn’t exist. “You don’t have to grow up in a certain part of the world to impact change,” Moses said. “ Still working his full-time job as a rep at a local financial services firm, the Toledo native said operating PIF is like working a second job. Except it’s a second job that feels less like work and more like his calling. PIF Apparel,1700 Woodlands Dr., Suite 100, Maumee. 888-648-7516. www.pifapparel.com, facebook.com/PIFApparel or twitter.com/PIFApparel. All T-shirts cost $23. Matthew Moses and his sister Jana Pay It Forward with fashion
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Doin’ the math Election takeaways 2012 By Johnny Hildo
Seems like everything’s back to normal. No more being bombarded by commercials urging us to hate/love this or that candidate for office, now back to being reminded of our inability to perform on demand. But wait, kidz. Not so fast. Before we stick a fork in Election 2012, let’s see what that chilly day in November can tell us for the future of politics in T-Town, and what it might bode for the upcoming muni elections in 2013. Hildo’s election eulogy, 2012 style.
1. Voter drop off is alive and well. We don’t mean voters somnambulating through the massive marketing effort that constitutes the modern election cycle. Nor do we refer to the fact that a third of voters listed on the Lucas County rolls didn’t show at the polls. Instead, voter drop off means that a large part of the electorate who actually cast votes for President seem largely ignorant that there is anything else on the ballot. Consider. Over two hundred thousand folks from the County of the Swamp voted in the Presidential race, but the very next item on the ballot, the race for US Senator, garnered a total of five thousand less total votes. That means five thousand of your fellow voters took the time to fill out a ballot, but stopped after the first question. Talk about voter fatigue. Down the ballot it gets worse and worse. Around twenty thousand folks who voted didn’t bother to enter a preference for County Commissioner, Clerk of Courts, Treasurer or Recorder. Fortunately all those races were so lopsided a few thousand votes would not have swung the outcome. About sixty thousand folks who voted
didn’t make a choice for Ohio Supreme Court, leading to the unlikely result that a county which elected President Obama by a thirty point margin and elected a complete Democratic Party slate to countywide offices inexplicably chose three Republican Party justices for the high court. Then there are the levies. Eight thousand people who voted for President didn’t register any vote on Issue 20, the Toledo Public Schools millage, which lost by only two thousand votes. Thirteen thousand didn’t vote one way or the other on Issue 24, the mental health levy, which won by less than four thousand votes, or Issue 26, the Imagination Station renewal, which lost by less than one thousand. Clearly the preference of those thousands of folks who actually voted but didn’t take the time to make it all the way down the ballot or didn't exert the energy to think through the issues could have changed the outcome of all three. We understand that the Presidential election spends all the money infiltrating every moment of our lives and gets all the headlines. But it is these local races that have very concrete, direct impact on our daily lives long after the Super PACs have packed up and
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left the LC battleground. Can we step it up next year, or will the Mayoral race suck all the wind out of the down ballot races again?
2. The race for Toledo Mayor is on. Rumors about likely candidates to try to unseat Hizzoner Mikey P. have been swirling all year. The last month of the 2012 elections would indicate the rumors are true. Auditor Anita Lopez looked like a candidate in the heat of a campaign, hitting every possible political function and taking the time to press flesh all around, though she isn’t up for re-election for two more years. Councilman Joe McNamara spent his time racking up political points while trying to look like the presumptive D choice. Rep. Matt Szollosi had campaign signs all over town, in areas far from his actual district. Meantime, ol’ Bell Bottoms squandered his considerable likeability ratings by fighting tooth and nail over how to give his top executives more dough. Smart move? Game on. 3. The GOP needs an extreme makeover. The 2012 election was a sweep for local Dems. Even the best positioned GOP candidate, Georgie Sarantou, lost by double digits. In larger news, 2012 was the year of victories for women’s rights, LGBT rights, and minorities across the country. Even cannabis is on a surging crest of new highs. Sorry, we couldn’t resist that last one. Anyway, the GOP is on the wrong side of the trend on all of the above. Note we didn’t mention a GOP candidate for Mayor next year. That’s because there isn’t a single credible such candidate who has surfaced. Nationally the Republicans took a pounding. Locally they were barely in the ring. Will 2013 be the year they drop out altogether?
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We line up every morning waiting for our fix. Whether we do so with a Starbucks minion or a remarkably coffee-obsessed shop owner like Stephanie Wandtke (seen here) makes all the difference. Independent coffee houses prove that not only can you ‘do better’ in Toledo — you can brew it better, too.
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A DOWNTOWN DARLING
Bleak House Coffee As fate would have it, two of the four owners of Bleak House Coffee met after a car crash — in front of a Starbucks. Attorney Scott Ciolek saw his future business partner, Stephanie Wandtke, flailing her arms in the street post-accident and came to her aid; a friendship developed, as did their idea for a super-hip downtown shop. They got a name (inspired by a Charles Dickens novel about a multigenerational lawsuit — “everyone dies and then the lawyers get rich in the end,” Wandtke deadpans) and a location in downtown’s historic Spitzer Building. Capitalizing on their affinity for the historic, they used old law office doors for tables and began operations with a vintage cash register circa 1950. Oh yeah, and then there’s the coffee — they’re riding high on a near-perfect Yelp score, developing illustrious fans like the Cirque Du Soleil performers who rolled into town in June.
THE POURS The Bleak House brews took nearly three months of research to perfect. Wandtke and company (co-owners include Zia’s bartender Chad Gensler and attorney Lauren Bernard) settled on Intelligentsia Coffee out of Chicago and local roaster Actual Coffee. It’s no-frills, right down to the pour over, drip-down brews (coffee made one cup at a time). “I never really liked the fancy drinks,” Wandtke says. “I don’t want to be another Starbucks or Biggby’s.” B L EAK HO USE COF FEE, 520 M A DISO N AVE. 419-740- 1125. W W W.BLEAKH OUSECO FF EE. C OM. M ON.-THURS. 8AM-4PM; FR I. 8A M-3P M.
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Grounds For Thought Grounds For Thought has a split personality, in the best way possible — one half is a bookstore devoted to silent study (and the whispers of college campus gossip) and the other is the relaxing spot Bowling Green State University professors and the like exchange ideas (“I really don’t like stu-
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dents that well. But the concentration in here isn’t overwhelming,” was one comic admission overheard.) Customers are so fiercely devoted to their Grounds For Thought routine that they are often waiting for the door to open at 6 am. “One time I overslept and one of them called,” says barista Meghan Carrol. She’s been working at the shop, which has an atmosphere that feels paused in the 1960s, since she was 17 (she kept applying until the owners, Kelly and Laura Wick, relented). Kelly, a Democrat, lost his recent run for a seat in the Ohio House of Representatives, but he retains an important role in the community providing the creative fuel for Bowling Green from 6 a.m. to midnight.
THE ROASTERS MADDIE & BELLA COFFEE COMPANY
GROUNDS FOR THOUGHT
M I L K Y W AY The delicious layers of this drink start with a dollop of whipped cream,
THE POURS Grounds For Thought roasts their own coffee and distributes the goods all over BG, so even students who’ve never been to the cafe have most likely been exposed to Grounds. The Wicks are closely connected to the process; Kelly visits coffee bean farms and knows the farmers on a firstname basis. There’s a large list of specialty lattes, like the Christmas Cookie and the Milky Way, and plenty of no-frills, highcaffeine stuff for late-night study sessions. GROUNDS FOR THOUGHT, 174 S. MAIN ST., B OW L ING G RE E N. 4 1 9 - 3 5 4 - 3 2 6 6 . W W W. G R OU N D S F O RT H O U G H T. C O M . OP EN DA ILY 6 A M - M I D N I G H T.
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Downtown Latte
Jason Binder and Ron Novak used to wait in line at Downtown Latte like everybody else in the Warehouse District — until they heard that shop founders Pam Burn and Connie Dick were ready to move on. They weren’t about to let their favorite coffee shop bite the dust, so they got together the money and bought it themselves. The transition from waiting in front of the counter to working behind it was a ‘wake up and smell the coffee’ moment. “As a customer, you come in and it’s ‘Oh, I get my coffee!’” says Binder, comically gesticulating the ‘kiss kiss’ of a French bonjour. “When you
Perrysburg roasters Maddie & Bella Coffee Company only started a few months ago, turning plant manager Richard Jambor’s hobby into a side job. Wife Susan and son Rich are in on it, too. “Anytime there’s a holiday or family event, we have to travel with five pounds of coffee. Everyone expects it now,” Rich junior says. For now they sell exclusively on Sunday mornings at The Savory Suite, but hope to get mug time for their in-demand roasts to more markets in the future. Facebook.com/MaddieAndBella.
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followed by Hershey’s chocolate syrup, caramel, two shots of espresso and steamed milk.
Toledoan Lance Roper, the thoughtful bean obsessive behind roasting company Actual Coffee, is on a mission to change how people view their brew. “Coffee doesn’t have to be bitter; coffee should be delicious,” Roper says. “That’s my vision, to show people that coffee isn’t disgusting.” Talk roasters with any local cafe owner and inevitably Roper’s name will come up in conversation. “Lance is one to watch,” says Plate 21’s Sandy Spang. “He’s a young guy going places.” 567-249-9005. www.actualcoffee.com.
DRAKE’S FINE COFFEE ROASTING John Drake’s attention to detail is both his greatest quality and his Achilles’ heel — he’s so committed to it he has trouble finding a coffee shop that can connect with his mission. “If you polled the true coffee snobs, most of them do not go to coffee shops,” Drake says. “Their true satisfaction only comes from coffee in their own houses.” His high-quality, time-stamped roasts are sold at Sautter’s Market and at his Bike Works storefront (his other, full-time passion). 5631 W. Alexis Rd. 419-882-0800. www.drakescoffee.com.
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THE REBEL NEWBIE
Black Kite Coffee & Pies Driving past Black Kite Coffee & Pies at night is sort of like rolling by a Toledo version of Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks painting — a huge expanse of windows, the patrons inside silently sipping from black mugs beneath glowing orbs of light. Inside, the newest business in the Old West End is just as vibe-y: the Pandora station Explosions In The Sky gently rattles the speakers as the barista, Kat, pulls a letter block from a velvety Crown Royal bag during a meandering game of Scrabble. Black Kite is as much about coffee and pie as it is about bringing something distinctly more hip to the neighborhood, say owners and Old West End residents Kristin Kiser and her husband, Andrew Newby.
THE POURS “It’s really about flavor for us,” Kiser says. “The list is [no-frills], because my husband and I are interested in coffee for what it is.”
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get behind the counter, you go ‘Oh my God, how did that happen?’” Downtown Latte is a haven for everyone from hipsters to housewives — quiet and relaxing, with art for sale and a bookshelf of titles ranging from a Madonna biography to a tome on art. Binder’s verve is reflected in his choice of baristas, like Aaron Cozbial, a charming ex-Starbucks employee who moonlights as a comedian. “I’m known as a professor of comedy — I do math, philosophy and science jokes,” Cozbial says cheerily.
THE POURS Downtown Latte’s previous owners set the shop’s current policy of serving only fair trade coffee. “A lot of times the corporate places don’t pay growers fair wages,” Binder says. Their espresso drink list is an ode to European romance — the Cherie Amore, a mix of chocolate and cherry, to the Isle of Capri, a chocolate, hazelnut and coconut mix, are a few highlights. They take milk seriously, too. “It’s all about how you steam and foam your milk,” Binder shares. Does he think the arrival of the twin-tailed mermaid hurts the independents? “I think if they come downtown it would give the independent coffee houses a competitive edge. They don’t thrive on personalities and identities [like we do].” D O W N TO W N LAT T E C O F F E E H O U S E , 4 4 S O U T H S T. C LA I R S T. 4 1 9 - 2 4 3 - 6 0 3 2 . D O W N TO W N LAT T E . C O M . M O N. , 7 A M - 3 P M , T U E S. - F R I . , 7 A M - 5 P M , S AT. 7 : 3 0 A M - 3 P M .
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Plate 21 “When I opened I said I wanted it to be the neighborhood’s living room,” says Sandy Spang. She’s the owner of Plate 21, the modern, anti-cliche coffee shop (the walls and logo, a rebellious lime green, defy mochacolored cafe stereotypes). “We’re definitely still a ‘best-kept secret.’ I run into people all the time that say they’ve never heard of us.” Being unknown is a bit of a problem for Toledo’s coffee aficionados. Spang, an ex-gemologist/Jacobson’s manager/real estate developer, discovered the property right before the economy crashed; she persevered, opening in the midst of it after gutting the place and hiring an architect to help with the design. To her, the coffee house is one of the single most important parts of any neighborhood, the “point of intersection” for ideas and people. “At a restaurant, they need to turn those tables,” she says. “At a coffee house, for the price of a cup of coffee you can sit down and solve all your problems.”
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MACHA FRAPPE Macha was the ancient way Japanese warriors drank their tea. Plate 21’s version is pumped up with milk, agave and nonfat milk powder. Sure, it’s not coffee, but it’s a caffeine kick too good to overlook.
Baristas mean business here — their skillful free-pour latte designs are Instagram fodder. The beans in Plate 21’s fantastic brews come from MadCap Coffee Company of Grand Rapids, Michigan, bean purveyors so serious about their craft they must first personally meet coffee shop owners before
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P I R AT E S H I P IN A SNOWSTORM The island-themed coffee shop serves it up sweet: two shots of espresso, butter rum flavoring, white chocolate sauce, cinnamon flavoring, whipped cream and a dash of cinnamon on top.
Chandler’s Cafe agreeing to supply them. The company’s close relationship with growers appealed to Spang, as did their perfectionism. “They don’t have a single dark roast coffee,” she says. “If you have a really, really fine bean you do not want to roast it that much because you’re going to lose all those subtle nuances and interesting notes of the coffee.” Worth equal mention is Plate 21’s macha frappe. Granted, it’s tea, but caffeine nonetheless, and too fantastic to escape notice. P L ATE 21, 3664 R U GB Y D R . 419-385-2121. FA C E B O O K . C O M / P LAT E 2 1 ; P L ATE21. C OM. MON. - F R I . 6 : 3 0 A M - 5 P M ; S AT. 7: 30A M- 3P M.
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My Daily Grind My Daily Grind is the tropical paradise of owner Steve Kear — when you’re running a coffee shop, perhaps the only real way to go on vacation is to create one on the job. There are all kinds of kitschy (and amusingly) noncoffee shop attributes — turquoise and lime walls, shells on the tables, island music, even an aquarium. It’s all as bubbly and fun as the people behind the bar themselves, most of all Sara, Steve’s daughter (and winner of Best Barista in TCP’s 2012 Dining Guide). She’s had the job since she was 13, and a seat at her counter is prime real estate (customers have been known to hover and wait for an open stool).
THE POURS “This is essentially the drink bible,” Sara says, tossing a leather-bound journal onto the bar. It’s page after page of hand-scrawled recipes — Kear is a specialty drink guru. “Our goal here is to find out what people like,” she says. Variety seems to be pulling the most votes, with wacky drink creations ranging from Almondy-Caramella-y Frappaccino to Gooey Roll Iced Latte and the (off-menu) Sex On The Beach. Their beans’ origin are kept under wraps — the most they’ll reveal is that their purveyor roasts them over an open fire on a Caribbean island that remains unnamed. M Y D A I LY G R I N D, 1 2 0 LO U I S I A N A AV E . , P E R RYS B U R G. 4 1 9 - 8 7 2 - 9 4 0 0 . FA C E B O O K . C O M / M Y D A I LY G R I N D. M O N. 7 A M - 3 P M , T U E S. 7 A M - 7 P M , W E D. 7 A M - 3 P M , T H U R S. 7 A M - 8 P M , F RI . 7 A M - 7 P M , S AT. 7 A M - 5 P M .
Georgette’s Grounds & Gifts “Our atmosphere is kind of eclectic,” says coowner Laurie Stansley. “It’s a nice little place that local people come and meet.”
THE POURS Chandler’s brews Seattle’s Best Coffee, so franchise addicts can happily indulge without the guilt (the shop is locally owned; the company is a behemoth with grounds available nationally). CH AN D LE R’ S CAF E , 5648 M AI N ST. , SY LVAN I A. 419-517-5088. WWW. CH AN D LE RCAF E . CO M . M O N. -WE D. 7AM -5PM , T H UR. 7AM -5PM , F RI . 7AM -5PM , SAT. 8AM -5PM , SUN. 9AM -3PM . Cont’d. on p. 12
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Chandler’s Cafe You can’t help but call Chandler’s Cafe cute; its charms lure many of the neighboring business owners in downtown Sylvania at lunchtime. Named for the historic Chandler Hardware building it now occupies, it has all the attributes of the perfect hangout: spacious yet cozy, bustling, cool but not intimidating. And the best part is their own drive through.
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Georgette’s Grounds & Gifts Images of the original Georgette graces the wall and much of the imagery surrounding Georgette’s Grounds & Gifts. She’s the founding mother of Sunshine, which uses the coffee shop to offer employment to the developmentally disabled, and the inspiration behind one of the coolest coffee houses in the area. A higher consciousness is reflected in everything the cafe does, from its fair trade roasts to its biodegradable cups (they even use their coffee grounds and tea leaves to enrich the soil at Sunshine’s greenhouse). The cozy coffee shop gives out a caffeine boost with soul. “We just try to do more to leave the earth in a better place than we found it,” says Georgette’s manager of vocational services, Dianne Westhoven.
THE POURS Fair trade is the buzz word at Georgette’s, though the rest of their titles and flavors for coffee offer more frivolous fun beyond that — Santa’s Kiss, Frosty’s Fun, Jamaica Me Crazy. A listing lets patrons know their beans origins, ranging from Peru to Ethiopia. (The Buckeye Blend, a mix of peanut butter and chocolate, is a standout.)
Building. They also plan to celebrate the reopening of a coffee, pastry and chocolate bar during the Arts Commission’s Holiday Loop Friday, November 30 at their warehouse location, 436 13th St.
THE POURS The Behrendts are all about “very artisan, no computers” roasting, and hone their techniques at national trade shows. (They went to coffee roasting school in Spokane, Washington and learned their espresso blend from Dr. Joseph John, a nuclear physicist and coffee obsessive, in both Washington, D.C. and Chicago.) “We’re always evolving,” Ginni says. “It doesn’t matter if you’re creating food or creating art, there’s an emotional impact involved — it’s the passion,” Ginni says. “And when people know there’s that much love in a product, they can taste it.” 1 S EA G ATE, F I F T H T H I R D B A N K B U IL DING. 56 7 - 6 8 6 - 8 0 1 8 . W W W. FLYING R H I N O C O F F E E . C O M .
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The Flying Joe Traveling the world as Air Force pilots, John and Becky Ohm were doing research for their future business without even knowing it. “I remember having a traditional cappuccino in Italy,” Becky says. “I try to bring that back here.” Here is the Ohms’ appropriately-named coffee shop The Flying Joe, off the Levis Common strip. The mocha and brown space is a cozy, comfortable place; you can sometimes catch Becky in her fatigues, surveying the home-baked goods (like peanut butter cookies with strawberry jam buttercream in between) and making spicy fall drinks for customers. “We’d been moving around a lot, and we didn’t really grow any roots,” Becky says. “This coffee shop was the perfect opportunity to get to know our neighbors.”
You’ve got to be crazy or passionate to open a coffee shop — or maybe both. These Toledo operators come from a variety of unlikely backgrounds.
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ONE CUP AT A T I M E Photographer Nick Amrhein didn’t just shoot TCP’s cover; he also took a time out to demonstrate how drip-down coffee is done.
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When Ginni Behrendt discovered that one of her art students roasted her own coffee beans, “a lightbulb went off.” Ginni and husband Ralph, former glass artists, began practicing the coffee craft with their home oven and never looked back. “It was messy, it was smelly — it smelled wonderful — and my God the coffee was 10 times better,” she says. Their passion grew steadily until they found themselves bidding on, and winning, a $4,500 roaster on EBay. They put their art careers behind them to helm The Flying Rhino, an artisanal coffee roaster, chocolate maker and cafe in the Fifth Third Bank
The Flying Joe’s drinks range from the traditional (double macchiatos) to the fun (Fall Fusion, a mix of white chocolate, pumpkin, cinnamon, and nutmeg, shots of espresso and “perfectly textured milk”). Though they mix up fun sweet drinks, they take the beans seriously, using regional or local providers like Crimson Cup in Columbus, Ohio and Toledo’s own Actual Coffee. And like many independent coffee houses in the area, they’re beginning to offer pour-over brews made one cup at a time. “It’s been a trend in the coffee industry,” Becky says, “and it’s really starting to hit Toledo.”
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G EORG ETT E’S GROUND S & G IFTS, 311 CONANT ST., MAUMEE. 419-891-8888. WWW.GEOR G ETTES. OR G. W E EKDAYS 6:30AM-3PM, S AT. 8A M-4P M.
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Throwing herself headfirst into her passion is Spang’s modus operandi, whether it be gemology, real estate or motherhood. When she began Plate 21, she was working 18 hour days — a schedule she could relate to as a home-schooling parent of three. “I draw the greatest parallels between owning the coffee house and raising toddlers,” Spang says. “You get very little sleep and you have absolutely no control over the flow of your day.”
Caffeine on the job was never Ohm’s vice — it’s hard to grip a cup of coffee when you’re flying an F16. Ohm (who still works in the U.S. Air Force as a commander) was deployed as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. “I’m in charge of less people [at the coffee shop], but you still have to bring those leadership qualities,” Ohm says. “I can’t treat the baristas like they’re in the military, though. [Laughs]”
S TEPH AN I E WAN D TKE, B L EA K H O USE CO FFEE
JASO N BI N D ER, D O W N TO W N LATTE
Wandtke is familiar with life behind the bar — she was slinging (alcoholic) drinks at the Ottawa Tavern before she embarked on crack-ofdawn life with her business partners. “Pre-Bleak House I would stay up until four in the morning,” Wandtke says. “Now I’m getting up when I used to go to bed.”
Life was a little like a “Dilbert comic” before he became co-owner of Downtown Latte, Binder says. He still maintains his nine to five (Binder is a transit planner for TARTA), and though he’s “literally lying down dead” by 10 pm, he’s up for the challenge. “It’s well worth it, enjoying the spirit of owning a business. There are no traditional work hours — that was 60 years ago.”
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WISH LIST The best presents to give don't just satisfy materialistic desires — they also give us a chance to show our friends and family that we truly know them. We've found the best local experiences, gifts and goodies to allow you todemonstrate your holiday prowess to all those on your list.
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The delight of fine dining Nothing says ‘I love you’ like paying for the filet mignon or lobster. Spring for the experience of a fancy meal (or a few fancy meals!) with a gift card from Mancy’s Steakhouse, Mancy’s Bluewater Grill, Mancy’s Italian or Shorty's True American Roadhouse. Mancy’s Steakhouse, 953 Phillips Ave., 419-476-4154. Mancy’s Italian, 5453 Monroe St. 419- 882-9229. Mancy’s Bluewater Grille, 461 W. Dussel Dr., Maumee. 419-724-2583. Shorty's True American Roadhouse, 5111 Monroe St. 419-841-9505. www.mancys.com
Pampering and beauty Massages, manicures, hair styling sessions — these are the fodder of every woman's wish list. Pyure Salon and Spa's services and beauty products provide a de-stressing luxury that will please even the pickiest lady on your list. Tie a ribbon around the gift card and let her book the appointment. Pyure Salon and Spa, 3355 Briarfield Blvd., Maumee. 419-861-4000. www.pyuresalonspa.com. continued on pg 19
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A week's worTH of margaritas Problem: You can't be by ______'s (insert important person here) side every time they're craving authentic Mexican food. What you can do is provide them the means to procure a margarita and enchiladas when the evening calls for it. It's a gift that can't be returned, because no one wants to give it back! El Vaquero, 3302 Secor Rd. 419-536-0471. www.vaquerorestaurant.com.
A culinary adventure A night out of the history books Sometimes dinner needs a dose of yesteryear’s glamour and refinement. Blissfield's Hathaway House has those things in spades, though the appeal goes beyond the setting to the impeccable menu showcasing offerings from seared duck breast to herbed pappardelle pasta. An evening dinner here would make a special gift that's off the beaten path. Hathaway House, 424 W. Adrian St., Blissfield, Michigan. 517-486-2141. hathawayhouse.com.
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The best gifts offer an entire evening’s experience. Nights at Degage Jazz Cafe are a magical combination of smooth jazz accompanied by cuisine that stays in your memory. Or, perhaps wrap a ribbon around their delicious canned goods like bacon jam — it's the kind of gift that prompts thank you cards. Degage Jazz Cafe, 301 River Rd., Maumee. 419-794-8456. www.degagejazzcafe.com.
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A sundae indulgence There are few occasions where a chocolate covered bacon sundae isn't appropriate: the holidays are naturally a time when the heart wants what it wants, and receives it, too. A gift card at Swig can be applied too many ways to count — we'd start with that ice cream, but another recipient might want to spend it on hand-crafted sausages, draught beer, Scotch eggs … really, everyone will thank you for being such a smart gift-giver. Swig, 219 Louisiana Ave., Perrysburg. 419-873-6223. www.swigrestaurantandbar.com.
Eco-friendly goodies Almost everyone on your gift list loves chocolate — but there's a certain portion of conscientious people on the list that will appreciate receiving goodies with an earth-friendly spin. Phoenix Earth Food Co-op's fair trade chocolates, teas and coffees from high-quality purveyors can be mixed and matched into a feel-good, earthfriendly food basket. These delicious and festively-wrapped Theo delights are the perfect item to tuck inside a gift basket. Phoenix Earth Food Co-op, 1447 W. Sylvania Ave. 419-476-3211. www.phoenixearthfoodco-op.com.
Irresistible ink Skin is the best canvas, but only the most talented artists know how to decorate it. Crave Tattoo's ink experts create beautiful, intricate designs — the stunning image on your best friend's right forearm? Yeah, that's totally thanks to you. Crave Tattoo, 1417 W. Sylvania. 419-698-1241. www.craveyourtattoo.com. continued on pg 23
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A toned physique After Christmas come the resolutions. Give the gift of a strategic start with classes at Tonic — the chance for a firm physique from the elegance of a beautiful studio with instructors trained in Pilates, yoga, and the ballet-inspired BeyondBarre. It's like being transported for a serious workout in New York City for an hour. Tonic, 2221 River Rd., Maumee. 419-794-4044. www.tonicmaumee.com.
Glamour and sparkle There is a certain gasp emitted from every woman when they unwrap a dazzling piece of jewelry. These sparklers from Bowling Green Hats and Apparel are guaranteed to be sigh-worthy. Bowling Green Hats & Apparel, 133 S. Main St., Bowling Green. 419-353-4287. www.bowlinggreenhats.com.
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A weekend getaway Vacations can be a scarce commodity (a case of high demand and low supply). An escape to Belamere Suites is a luxurious break from reality — husbands and boyfriends, take note. Gifting a weekend at this boutique hotel will earn you major kudos. Belamere Suites, 12200 Williams Rd., Perrysburg. 419-874-2233, www.belameresuites.com.
A clean car all winter long No one's suggesting you wash your parents' car yourself. But offering up the services of the professionals at Expresso Car Wash to do it for them? Major brownie points. Trust us. (Extra credit if you buy enough car wash credits can last them through spring.) Expresso Car Wash: 5440 W. Central Ave., 419-536-7540; 1010 W. Alexis Rd., 419-476-6517; 1750 S. Reynolds Rd., 419-866-7099. expressocarwash.com.
An Italian extravaganza Rosie's Italian Grille knows the cuisine of The Boot as well as anyone in town — spring for a gift card here and indulge your (soon-to-be pleased) dining partner in some well-deserved pasta and wine. Rosie's Italian Grille, 606 N. McCord Rd. 419-866-5007. www.rosiesitaliangrille.com.
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WISH LIST The gift that keeps on giving — see our TCP Holiday Wish List in our next issue, Wednesday, November 28.
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Saturday and Sunday Brunch Bravo
Photos by Marisa Rubin
Bravo’s weekend brunch features unique breakfast creations, from turkey avocado omelets to stuffed french toast. 11am-3pm. All menu items under $10, except for steak and crab dishes. 5001 Monroe St. 419-472-1200. bravoitalian.com.
Saturday, November 17
Cinnamon Roll Explosion The Andersons Market
Perfect your cinnamon roll-making skills, and learn multiple uses for the dough. 9-11am. $8.50. 7638 Sylvania Ave., Sylvania. Reservations required; call 419517-7707. www.andersonsmarket.com.
Sunday, November 18
Sunday Breakfast The Savory Suite
Enjoy enticing breakfast and brunch creations at the Savory Suite. The cozy space is open to the public every Sunday — enjoy the chance to indulge in hash brown potato crusted quiche or blueberry cinnamon rolls. 8:30am-1pm. 119 W. Second Street, downtown Perrysburg (off Louisiana Ave). 419-215-5292. www.thesavorysuite.com.
Tuesday, November 27
European Farmhouse Cooking The Andersons Market
Chef Saundra Irvine teaches how to make classic Italian dish Osso Bucco with pork shank, as well as butternut squash ravioli, an autumn salad of arugula, fennel, pear and blue cheese, and apricot apple foldover crostada. 6-8pm. $25. 7638 Sylvania Ave., Sylvania. Reservations required; call 419-517-7707. www. andersonsmarket.com.
Wednesday, November 28
Winter Supper Barefoot Contessa Style Williams Sonoma
Watch a demo of Ina Garten’s Cape Cod chopped salad, pork loin with creamy rosemary polenta, and pear, apple and cranberry crisp. $50. 6-8pm. 5001 Monroe St. (in Westfield Franklin Park Mall). 419-4756368. www.williams-sonoma.com.
high spirits Just Wednesday Tastings The Beer and Wine Cave Wednesday, November 14
Sample beers and wines that will go perfectly with Thanksgiving dinner.
Wednesday, November 21 Enjoy the rivalry at an Ohio State vs. Michigan beer and wine tasting. [All tastings $10-$15. 6-8pm. The Beer and Wine Cave, 4400 Heatherdowns Blvd. 419-382-6221. www.toledomeatsandmore.com.]
Thursday Tastings Middle Grounds Market
Thursday & Friday, November 15 & 16 Sample IPAs and pale ales on Thursday, and try Beaujolais Nouveau wines Thursday and Friday. [All tastings $10-$15. 5:30-7:30pm. Middle Grounds Market at The Oliver House, 27 Broadway St., inside the Petit Fours Patisserie & Cafe. 419-351-3335. Facebook page: The Middle Grounds Market at The Oliver House.]
Wednesday, November 21
The Thanksgiving Twist Zinful
Pump up your night-before-Thanksgiving routine at this wine tasting, which features an enticing lineup of non-traditional wines and special holiday martinis to get the party going. $25-$30. 6-9pm. 7541 Dutch Rd., Waterville. 419-878-9463. www.zinfulwine.com.
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The brother who bakes
The Baking Brothers turn family recipes into family business By Alia Orra Most children mold Play-Doh. The Downing brothers used & Grill on Monroe St. real dough. He is zealous about Michael Pollan-like ingredient purity “I’m like 90 percent convinced that my mom used us for and Julia Child-level authenticity. The brothers’ learned to use child labor,” Ethan Downing, a product of his parents’ kitchen vodka in their pie crust — “We always like to use some wildcard training, joked. “All I remember was my mom baking bread and element, just something people can’t put their finger on,” Drew saying ‘I want you to come over here and knead this.’” says — and they describe rolling the perfect pie crust with All that training to supply the family with baked goods didn’t words like “torque.” just enhance their motor This intensity of skills; the brothers — Ian, appreciation for things Ethan and Drew Downing baked at home comes — grew to become The from decades worth of Baking Brothers, a local family holidays. delivery service for “My dad’s family was a homemade, diet-destroying big pie family, almost to the pies, breads, and cookies. point where they become They started the business super judgemental and it by taking a standard idea became a right of passage and, by virtue of their gender You don’t do storebought and upbringing (days spent crust or canned filling,” Ethan said. “It was worse with their father studying than a cardinal sin — you the perfect pie crust, rather bought a storebought pie? than the perfect baseball You’re disowned. It was pitch), inadvertently making extreme. I guess it does it special. instill an appreciation for And they still bake the way quality baked goods.” their great-grandparents The attitude they’ve baked — holding on to a developed as a result quaint purity in a city has won them many brimming with franchises. fans, especially among “We really try not to take Lagrange Street Polish any shortcuts,” says Ian Downing, the brother from Festival attendees this the trio who does the most past summer. “I literally kitchen work. “We basically got about two hours of just do it the same way they sleep in 72 hours,” Ian says. did, for better or worse.” He sold nearly 500 loaves The business idea came of Great Grandma Mary's about two years ago, after Polish Coffee Cake, baking a church bake sale. Ian, like crazy while a high now the primary baker in schooler for hire manned the group, realized they the Baking Brothers were making money doing booth. Thanksgiving and something he and his family Christmas are similar had been doing for free, and undertakings. called his brothers about a And of course, being a business idea. They created friend of a Baking Brother a menu based on old family has its benefits. “I think recipes or magazine it’s awesome, because clippings (things like I get to eat a lot of free “Great-Grandma Lillian’s food off them,” says Zach Cinnamon Bread” and Barden, a college friend of “Great-Grandma Mary’s Sweet cheesecake of mine: Ian Downing, the man in charge of the oven Ian’s who, as a healthcare Polish Coffee Cake,” and worker, had to add a at The Baking Brothers dessert delivery service, with his creations launched a website (www. disclaimer: “But if you do thebakingbrothers.com). Ian is now the last brother baking happen to quote me in the article, mention that I eat them — Drew moved to Columbus for a health department job in in moderation.” disaster planning; Ethan is now a documentary filmmaker in The Baking Brothers pies, cheesecakes, breads and desserts New York — and has pursued this flour-caked career diligently, are available at Nick & Jimmy’s Bar & Grill, 4956 Monroe St. They also growing a catering business operated out of his home kitchen to cater and deliver their products — contact Ian at 419-261-4492 or being the designated creator of sweets for Nick & Jimmy’s Bar visit www.thebakingbrothers.com.
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Mobster & martinis
What goes better with hot jazz and great food than cold-blooded murder? Experience a theatrical and elegant dinner with the Murder Mystery Company's award-winning show Crime and Punishment at Degage Jazz Cafe in Maumee. This who-dunnit takes diners back to the roaring ‘20s and the heyday of gangsters, asking diners to help solve the mysterious death of a mobster with laughs and suspense. There will be three chances to be apart of the experience; Friday and Saturday, November 16 and 17 at 7pm and Sunday, November 18 at 5pm. $15 for show and 3-course buffet meal. (Flapper attire and pinstripe suits are welcome.) Dégagé Jazz Cafe, 301 River Rd., Maumee. 419-794-8456. www.historiccommercialbuilding.com. —JG
Where the wild things are
How wild do you want to get this holiday season? Waterville’s Zinful will host the Wild Game Wine & Cigar Dinner on Wednesday, November 28 at 6:30 pm. You’ll enjoy a hearty menu featuring five courses of delicacies that you might have somehow missed up until now. (Ever had elk? Wild boar? This is your chance.) If that sounds too rugged for you, rest assured Zinful will be as elegant as ever, pairing its sporting dishes with “massively structured” wines from all over the globe. Proceeds from the event (including a silent auction and cigar giveaway) will go to the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, so don’t miss it! Tickets are $85 per person and reservations are required; call ahead. 7541 Dutch Rd., Waterville. 419-878-9463. www.zinfulwine.com. —MD
Thank the cook!
Want a real old-fashioned Thanksgiving feast, but don't feel like cooking? Stay out of the kitchen this time, and treat yourself to the Claddagh Irish Pub's Traditional Thanksgiving Buffet. There are choices to satisfy the hungriest or most particular appetites, from traditional American fare to authentic Irish-inflected favorites. Of course you're going to have the carved turkey with all the trimmings, right? But even if that's not your thing, you can try the Irish bacon, or the traditional shepherd's pie, along with plenty of sides to choose from. And don't forget the full dessert bar, with an assortment of pie and cake. If you can't eat your fill and have a great family time, you're just not trying. Reservations are encouraged! Thursday, November 22. $22.95 adults, $9.95 kids. Westfield Franklin Park Mall, 5001 Monroe St. 11am-8pm. 419-472-1414. www.claddaghirishpubs.com. —MD
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An iconic vision
Despite being a high school staple, To Kill A Mockingbird is worth revisiting every few years. The Pulitzer-Prize winning novel and Oscarwinning film — which is screening Thursday, November 14 at Franklin Park 16 — depicts southern struggles in rural 1930s Alabama: equality, compassion and doing what's right. Which, if you don't find currently relevant, you're living in some yuppie fantasy world. $12.50. 7pm. Franklin Park 16, 5001 Monroe. 419-472-2324. www.fathomevents.com. —SR
Big screen rivals
Being in the thick of the UM/OSU football game, is, without a doubt, one of the most intense sports situations. But, if you want to be a part of the game-day magic (or insanity — however you want to look at it), yet have no desire to brave the cold, The Michigan Theater might have the answer with its first annual UM-OSU Football on the Big Screen on Saturday, November 24. Watch the maize and blue take on the scarlet and grey with a couple hundred fellow fans in the comfort of a theater. You can even avoid the after-game riot. Oh yeah, that only happens in Columbus. Free admission; suggested donation of $35 adult, $20 child or $100 family. Proceeds benefit Vada Murray Funds for Cancer Research. 11am. Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty St., Ann Arbor. www.michtheater.org —SR
Realizing you suck
Sometimes something terrible has to happen before you realize how good you have it. Hopefully, for most people, it doesn't take getting shot in the face, as it does for Henry Turner (Harrison Ford), the protagonist of 1991's Regarding Henry (which helped put a young J.J. Abrams on the map) — screening at the Way Library in Perrysburg on Friday, November 16. After interrupting a robbery during a late-night trip to pick up a pack of smokes, Henry — a powerful Manhattan lawyer — suffers severe trauma and during the recovery, with his memory affected, he begins to piece his life back together, realizing he's not a big fan of the person he used to be. Free. 7pm. Way Library, 101 E. Indiana Ave., Perrysburg. 419-874-3135. www.waylibrary.info. —SR
film events [Sunday, November 18]
Guilty Till Proven Innocent
A documentary chronicling breed discrimination, this film will begin promptly at 4pm and includes footage of some of our very first pit crew dogs. Enjoy a glass of wine, nibble some cheese and crackers, while browsing some fabulous silent auction items. Maumee Indoor Theater, 601 Conant St., Maumee. 2-6pm. www.lucascountypitcrew.com.
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Rebirth
New production of Metamorphoses showcases the rise of UT theater by Matt Desmond "In the face of fear, you have to be able to relax and take the journey," says Irene Alby. The associate lecturer in the University of Toledo's Department of Theater and Film is musing on the themes of her bold new production of Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses, on stage this month at the University. She could just as easily be talking about her own journey, a journey that's brought her from the lights of the big city to being an integral part of an ongoing renaissance in UT's theater program. Alby came to the University in 2005, at what turned out to be the beginning of something big. Along with her husband, Cornel Gabara, who is now the department's head of acting, Alby was drawn to the Midwest from New York City, where she worked in the theater. "We were going to have our first baby," she remembers, "and we started applying for teaching jobs. We really liked the faculty [here]! And since we've been here, all these other amazing people have come."
New additions
She's talking about people like lighting designer Keith Bay-Perkins, who worked on the Broadway production of Metamorphoses, about set and costume designer Daniel Tobias, who wowed audiences with his work on Alby's production of In the Next Room: the Vibrator Play; about costuming expert Erica Frank, and filmmakers Holly Hay and Tammy Kinsey. As a group, the theater faculty have built the program from a Midwestern afterthought to a hub of cutting-edge theatrical work that wouldn't be out of place under the bright lights of either coast. They've put together acclaimed productions like In the Next Room, or Gabara's postmodern take on A Midsummer Night's Dream, complete with cell phones and Shakespearean verse treated as hip-hop rhymes. And what's the latest step in this transformation? It's the show Alby acknowledges as her "baby," Metamorphoses. If the title makes you think "Kafka," you need to dig deeper. Zimmerman's play instead is drawing on one of the richest sources in the
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Western canon, Ovid's Metomorphoses, the landmark Latin collection of myths of transformation that's informed our literature ever since (with a healthy nod to one of Ovid's own sources, the Greek poet Hesiod's Theogony). As Alby tells it, the play is about "the progression of humanity — the progression of Earth to wisdom, the progression of humans to wisdom, the progression of the gods as well."
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Daniel Tobias' striking set for Alby's production prominently features a swimming pool — a fertile metaphor for birth, rebirth, healing and memory. Alby describes how she has "framed this transformative passage to wisdom through the eyes of pregnant woman [who] summons the gods and asks them about change." The play reaches beyond its Classical sources to the pool of all human myth, with the costuming (designed by a student under the supervision of Frank and Tobias) giving tribute to cultures from all of human history. The stories that make up the play are set everywhere from medieval Japan to modern Wall Street (with the famous King Midas portrayed as a corrupt tycoon). "It's beautifully written and very poetic," Alby says. "There are so many possibilities [for the director]." It's a perfect example of the kind of breakthrough work that's making UT's program a destination for students desiring a career in the performing arts. "Our actors and designers have gotten full rides to some of the biggest grad programs," Alby says. "Our students are competing with professionals and people coming out of big programs." And just as importantly, the department has become an invaluable piece of Toledo's cultural mosaic. "We're doing interesting productions that you don't get to see in a place like Toledo very often," she says — but hearing her speak, it's clear that that's no longer true. See Metamorphoses at the University of Toledo's Center for Performing Arts, Friday November 16-Saturday, November 17; Thursday, November 28-Sunday, December 1 at 7:30pm. Sunday, November 18 & December 2, 2pm. Weekday matinees November 27-28, 9:30am. Tickets are $7-$12.
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The atmosphere of the arts loops might very well be downtown Toledo at its best: more than 30 galleries, bars and businesses simultaneously opening, all ages of people strolling from place to place and enough food, drink and music to feed anyone’s appetite for a jolly good time. In previous years the second, and final, loop of the year ran consecutively with the monthly spring/ summer Art Walk series — taking place in October after the last walk in September. But this year the idea is to allow everyone to catch their breath in October, and instead have the loop with a holiday theme on Friday, November 30 from 6:30pm-10:30pm. Each of the venues is asked to have art for sale and under $200, so, for all you Black Friday shoppers out there, maybe chill out on the chaos this year and come on down to the Uptown and Warehouse Districts to make holiday shopping less aggressive and a whole lot more fun —isn’t that the point, anyhow? Below we have included a map of the participating venues at this time.
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Luke Hertzfeld’s photo of the Trona Pinnacles land formation in California, called “Final Moments,” will be shown at the National Center for Nature Photography
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Faculty Art Show. An eclectic mult-media show
Maker's Mart Toledo. This ain’t your Granny’s craft show. Maker’s Mart is a one-day alternative/ indie craft fair held in Toledo’s UpTown District. 10am-7pm. $1. 1717 Adams St. (in the former International Boxing Club building, next to Manos Greek Restaurant). www.makersmarttoledo.com
of UT's best and brightest profs. Free. 6-8pm. Center for the Visual Arts Gallery, next to the TMA, 2445 Monroe St. www.utoledo.edu/cvpa/art/index
Archetypes: Divining the Nagual. An exhibition of recent paintings, drawings, and sculpture by Toledo-based artist, Ivan Kende. Free. 5-8pm. River House Arts, 115 W. Front St., Perrysburg. 419-8748900. www.river-house-arts.com/ 60 Watt Funnel. A solo exhibition by Josh Byers
and music from The Staving Chain. 7pm-1am. Bozarts Fine Art & Music Gallery, 151 S. St. Clair St.
Holiday FUNdraiser. Arts and crafts from and for all ages, plus music, light refreshments and raffles. 11am-5pm. American Legion Hall, Downtown Whitehouse. www.whitehouseoh.gov. LeSo Gallery Holiday Sale. LeSo Gallery is hosting its first annual Holiday Sale. Buy local this year from a local artist. 1527 Starr Ave. Noon - 6pm. www.lesogallery.com
friday30 ArtsX 2012. An annual event staged by BGSU
faculty and students in the creative and performing arts disciplines, including art and art history, architecture, and interior design. BGSU Fine Arts Center, BGSU campus. 6-10pm. www.art.bgsu.edu/ArtsX/
ACGT Holiday Loop. (See page 34). 6:3010:30pm. Downtown Toledo. www.acgt.org
saturday1 Gary Hovey. Welded sculpture using flatware, depicting nature and animals. Free. 3-5pm. American Gallery, 6600 Sylvania Ave., Sylvania. 419-882-8949.
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Cool Yule. More than twenty local artisans have
been busy creating wonderful handcrafted Holiday gift items just for you. Once again the gallery is full of ceramics, glass, jewelry, paintings, prints. Hudson Gallery, 5645 N. Main St. 419-885-8381. www.hudsongallery.net
Nate Masternak. Check out some new and old pieces of Masternak's vibrant and intricate pieces. Georgette's, 311 Conant St. Maumee. 419-8918888. www.georgettes.org. The Marriage of Heaven and Hell.
Matthew Chambers presents new conceptual works. 24164 Front St. 419-830-3080. www.libraryhousegallery.com.
The Celebrating Nature Through Photography Contest. The annual contest
highlights the vibrant outdoors. National Center for Nature Photography, 10001 W. Central Ave. 419-407-9757. www.naturephotocenter.com.
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A Tribute to Mr. Republican
On November 12 the gallery at the Main Library downtown opened a new exhibit to honor the life and work of Toledoan James H. Brennan, Sr. (1926-2003). The exhibit, A Political Tribute to James H. Brennan, Sr. features a collection of writings, artifacts and photographs from the man known in Northwest Ohio as Mr. Republican. Mr. Brennan served on the Ottawa Hills Village Council, was the chairman of the Lucas County Republican Party multiple times, and served as Vice Chairman of George H.W. Bush’s Ohio Presidential campaign. He was also very active in other areas in the community including serving on the boards and commissions of the Toledo Rotary Club, The Salvation Army, Goodwill Industries of Northwest Ohio and St. Vincent’s Hospital among others, as well as president of the Toledo Opera Association. Visit the library to learn more about this dedicated and inspiring man. Through December 31. Main Library, 325 Michigan St. 419-259-5200. www.toledolibrary.org
Drawing on color
The Warehouse District’s Art Supply Depo not only supplies local artists with the tools they need to be creative, but they promote them as well! The latest exhibit on display features colorful drawings by artist Daniel Mauk. Mauk brings some spontaneity to his sketches and multi-media works with a variety of color. Join the lovely ladies at the Depo as they host a reception for Mauk on Friday, November 16 from 6-8pm. Light food and wine will be served. The exhibit runs through December 28. Art Supply Depo, 29 S. St. Clair St. 419-720-6462. www.artsupplydepo.com
George Hurrell Clark Gable and Joan Crawford for “Dancing Lady”(detail) MGM, 1933 gelatin silver print.
Happy trails
On November 30 & December 1, the Sylvania Community Arts Commission welcomes the public to hop on the Holiday Art Trail to see, browse and buy some of the best art Northwest Ohio has to offer. The holiday trail winds its way around Sylvania and provides a unique look into studios and galleries with festive food, demonstrations and special exhibits. The trail includes stops at Zyndorf Glass & Arts, American Gallery, Fenwick Gallery, All Good Things Gallery, Marcia Derse Studio, Hudson Gallery, Treo Restaurant, Sylvania Schools Art Exhibit, Ann Tubbs Studio and Frameworks Gallery. Complete the trail and have the chance to win a fabric installation by local artist, Marcia Derse (above right). Visit the SCAT website or Facebook page to download a map and check off each location as you go. Friday, 5-9pm; Saturday, 11am-3pm. 419-517-0118. www.sylvaniaarts.org—JG
Toledo Museum of Art 2445 Monroe St. 419.255.8000 www.toledomuseum.org
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November16 See a free presentation, "Wining and Street-side Dining in Three Ancient Roman Towns," with Clayton Fant of the University of Akron. It's an engaging look at the ancient entrepreneurial spirit, in the Little Theater at 7:30pm. Create a glass icicle or flameworked glass beads in the Hot Shop at 6, 7 & 8pm. Take a public tour of "Manet: Portraying Life" at 7pm, or of "Made in Hollywood" at 8. Free glassblowing demonstrations at 7, 8 & 9.
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November23 It's the holiday weekend, but It's Friday doesn't take a break! Create a glass icicle or flameworked glass beads in the Hot Shop at 6, 7 & 8pm. Take a public tour of "Manet: Portraying Life" at 7pm, or of "Made in Hollywood" at 8. Free glassblowing demonstrations at 7, 8 & 9.
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Nationally renowned portrait artist Leslie Adams got her start with childhood art classes at TMA. Now, with "Leslie Adams: Drawn From Life," on display in Gallery 18, the Museum welcomes a native daughter home with a stirring retrospective of her work, which combines flawless Old World technique with nods to contemporary pop culture. Through January 13, 2013.
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“Being around a celebrity can become addicting as st well. The be t i e t way to equa n a gely is lust, str y enough. Ever a e time I hav with conversation t Jack Black i t ha t e k feels li crush a girl I had venth on in the se now s grade, who i ng ki l a t actually to me.”
One fast move or I’m gone Touring Europe with The Sights by Dean Tartaglia
Editor’s Note: Dean Tartaglia, a Toledo
native, just returned home after touring Europe as the saxophone player for Detroit rock band The Sights, who opened ten shows across the pond for Tenacious D (Jack Black and Kyle Gass).
I don’t know if anyone could really tell the story of a tour. I often get asked what it has all been like, and I think the only answer is this: the way your perception of your own life morphs is the most freeing experience possible. It all happens so quickly and is all so surreal that you don’t even know if it has happened when it ends. And it always ends too soon. Tour is the essence of your mind not being able to keep up with your physical state. Tour is when you stop making sense. We drove 12 hours to JFK to catch a midnight flight, arriving in London 12 hours later (or 7, depending how you look at it). And then we drove another 8 hours to Belgium. I’m chalking it up at 32 straight hours of travel. Now, I figure I’m savvy enough to know what I’m getting myself into. Touring around the US taught me a lot about how quickly culture can change from one state to the next, and Europe is no different —except we are talking countries instead of states. Sure, European countries are the same size as states back home, but each one could not be more culturally different.
on stage (left) and saxophonist Dean Tartaglia The Sights frontman Eddie Baranek took me a few days to put this together, but gas is 1.65 euro a liter, which is over 8 US dollars a gallon. Also, these little gourmet Dean's new project, Silent Lions cafés in every single Belgium gas station —a two-piece drum and effected blew my freaking mind. Beautiful blondebass band he started with Matt Klein haired Belgian men drink wine and eat (Bikin Babes) — is playing their first prosciutto, radicchio and brie sandwiches. show at the Ottawa Tavern at 10pm They were kind to us about our language on Saturday, November 24. barrier, but still slightly impatient. I don’t Admission is free. blame them, we are kind of obnoxious. So many thoughts fill my tired mind: I feel lost Language barrier —Is Belgian a language? I didn’t think I’d As I bullshit my way through a conversaactually see these many waffles. tion at a gas station in France (a little rusty I am surprised over the next week at since I took French in the 7th grade, but I how amazing Germans are. Sure, someone am proud), I can’t help but notice these little threw a beer bottle at us in Hamburg, but things I did not forsee. Like gas stations: It that city has some real character. Do some research into The Beatles residency there from 1960-1962. Hamburg really turned them into some serious street-tough badassess — pre mop top, of course. On our day off, I ate 3 Bratwursts and see about 500 prostitues on the Reeperbahn. The next night in Dusseldorf our bassist falls in love for a night. That’s kind of the vibe of any tour. It all happens too fast to keep up with. I guess I just feel that no matter the scale of these shows, they are still shows. This is still reality. The human body can become accustomed to any situation within a week’s time. Playing for 7,000 people creates adrenaline, and it's a drug. You have to be careful not to lose sight of the bigger picture. It is still a job. You still have to wake up the next day and you need to work towards the next gig, but not lose your mind when it’s over. It can become an obsession so quickly, and it can be sad to see people throw their lives away over this.
Talking to Jack
And sure, the guy knows me now, and knows that we watch The Holiday in the van between gigs and make fun of him, and I’m sure if I saw him years from now we’d have a brief conversation, but he’s a people person, you know? He got where he is because he can make you feel like the most important girl in the room, and now that he is the most important girl in the room, this ability is even more compelling. I think he is genuine, but I also think it’s a front. He can never let his guard down, and I mean come on, that’s at least a little bit sad, no matter how famous he is. He has one of the most complicated lives I’ve ever experienced (he would never admit that, I’m sure). All I can say for certain is this: I have had the chance to watch one of the best performers of our time (trust me, he really is) do his job first hand, on and off the stage. His professionalism is impeccable. He is the type of human I strive to be. I am fortunate to have such a great city to come home to. All I want is to do is bring pride back to the place I have lived most of my life, and hope the talents I honed in Toledo have influenced others around the world. I have been to 40 states in the US now, and nearly a dozen countries in Europe. No city compares to Toledo. It doesn’t have that big city arrogance because it knows size doesn’t matter when it comes to fostering creativity, and it does so better than any city I have experienced. A true, unfiltered and honest culture, with dedication, determination and purpose; no other city has a scene quite as palpable as Toledo. No one is quite as proud and humble at the same time. It is endearing. It has heart.
I can’t help but think about Toledo when I am gone. Actually, I can’t stop thinking about the Strong Talk. I see that they have about ten dates this month around the US. Part of me feels like there is no real difference in what they are doing and what I am. They promote Toledo every night when they play, and hopefully I do as well (I use my TedX Toledo Swag Bag to hold all my percussion instruments, a roadie HAS to have noticed by now. 38
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Rock, Pop & Hip-Hop
The Omni: Anberlin, Morning Parade, IAMWE Village Idiot: Moe’s Art
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Degage Jazz Café: Gene Parker Aqua Lounge @ The Grand: Paul Keller W/ Atla & Matt DeChamplain
Classical & Spiritual
Owens Community College Center for Performing Arts: Annual Faculty Harpist Recital
Acoustic, Folk, & Ethnic Potbelly: Don Coats Ye Olde Durty Bird: Dan Stewart The Distillery: Dave Carpenter B.Gump’s 101 Restaurant and Lounge: Scott Ballard
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Mickey Finn’s Pub: Open Mic Mutz Pub (at the Oliver House): Open Mic Bier Stube: Karaoke
THU, NOV 15 Rock, Pop & Hip-Hop
Howard’s Club H: Hip Hop Night B.Gump’s 101 Restaurant and Lounge: Dan & Don Show Village Idiot: The Zimmerman Twins Ye Old Cock ‘n Bull: Captain Sweet Shoes Clazel: Live Wire
Acoustic, Folk, & Ethnic
Rosie’s Italian Grille: Don and Rachel Coats Papa’s Tavern: Bobby May & Frankie May and Friends The Bronze Boar: Steve Kennedy Ye Olde Durty Bird: Kyle White Swig: Dan Stewart The Blarney Irish Pub: Acoustic Magic
Jazz, Blues, & R&B
Wesley’s: What’s Next Dégagé Jazz Cafe: Michail Peslikis
Dance & Techno
The Distillery: DJ Mark EP The Rocket Bar: College Night w/ DJ Manny
Other
Mutz Pub (at the Oliver House): Karaoke Bier Stube: Karaoke
FRI, NOV 16 Rock, Pop & Hip-Hop
Wesley’s: Old School Fridays Tequila Sheila’s: Broken Curse H Lounge @ Hollywood Casino: Skoobie Snaks Headliners: Fail And Deliver, Highbinder, Seven Romans, Northern Shores, R.M.O. Sycamore Grove: Fare Game Fat Fish Blue: Bourbon Street Mutz @ the Oliver House: Beg To Differ Bar 145: Tricky Dicks And The Cover Ups Village Idiot: The Nutones The Blarney Irish Pub: Arctic Clam Howard’s Club H: The Jagermiesters, Scare Me Green, Catherine’s Wheel Swig: Radical Groove The Bronze Boar: Stonehouse Table Forty 4: Sweet Tea The Distillery: Nine Lives Rocket Bar: Extinction Level Event
ACOUSTIC, FOLK & ETHNIC Rosie’s Italian Grille: Mitch Kahl Pizza Papalis: Chris Knopp Ye Old Cock ‘n Bull: Bobby May & Jon Barile Ye Olde Durty Bird: Ronn Daniels
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Live Wire
The Clazel / Friday, November 15 The second season of the forthcoming Live Wire — a NW Ohio musical showcase that is set to air on WBGU-TV — will be filmed live, featuring four Toledo and Bowling Green bands: MAD45, The Fight Within, Lucian Townes and the Flaming Hot Marbles. Staffed mostly by volunteers, the Live Wire project will air the first season, which was filmed over three nights last spring, shortly after the completion of post production. Come out and support local acts and maybe, if you're good looking or crazy enough, you'll get six and a half seconds of fame on the TV. Free. 9pm. The Clazel, 127 N. Main St., Bowling Green. 419-353-5000. www.clazel.net. —SR JAZZ,BLUES & R&B
Swig: Jason LaPorte Barr’s Public House: Jeff Stewart
One2 Lounge @ Treo: Rachel Richardson Ensemble Zinful!: Chris Buzzelli Manhattan’s: Woolley & Suburban Soul Doc Watson’s: Organized B.Gump’s 101 Restaurant and Lounge: New Orleans Party Asylum Fat Fish Blue: Andrew Ellis And The Setting Sons Dégagé Jazz Cafe: Lori Lefevre-Johnson Holiday Inn French Quarter: Dal Bouey Duncan’s: Mark Mikel Band w/ Chris Shutters
One2 Lounge @ Treo: Straight Up! Trio Rosie’s Italian Grille: Skip Turner Manhattan’s: Frostbite B.Gump’s 101 Restaurant and Lounge: Slowburn W/ Tom Turner Holiday Inn French Quarter: Dal Bouey Basin Street Grille: Andrew Ellis & Lucky Lemont Dégagé Jazz Cafe: Lori Lefevre-Johnson
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Country & Bluegrass
TMA Peristyle Theater: A Soldier’s Tale
Dance & Techno Mickey Finn’s: Transmission Goth Night
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Mutz Pub (at the Oliver House): DJ Nate Mattimoe
Rock, Pop & Hip-Hop
JAZZ,BLUES & R&B
Village Idiot: SDMT
Classical & Spiritual TMA Peristyle Theater: A Soldier’s Tale
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SUN, NOV 18 Jazz, Blues, & R&B Village Idiot: Bob Rex Trio
Rock, Pop & Hip-Hop
Frankie’s Inner City: Real Friends, Professor, Arrows Evolution: Tommy Castro & The Painkillers Duncan’s: Scotty Rock
Frankie’s Inner City: Sound Of The Stereo Headliners: Uncle Knucklefunk, Liquor Box, Angola Road H Lounge @ Hollywood Casino: 56 Daze Tequila Sheila’s: Frankie Corleone Show Fat Fish Blue: Four Twenty Seven Mickey Finn’s: Glass City Featuring M-Eighty & Nino Graye, Raine Wilder, Proficey, Philipe, C-Roze, Josh Davies Ottawa Tavern: Paucity, Son Drop The Distillery: Nine Lives Village Inn: High Mileage Cheers Sports Eatery: Johnny Rodriguez Bar 145: Hello My Name Is Howard’s Club H: Boombalatti Music Festival The Bronze Boar: Crucial 420 The Blarney Irish Pub: The Eight Fifteens Duncan’s: Mas Fina
Third Baptist Church: Alan Penamon, Rebecca Eaddy, Clarence R. Smith Community Chorale, United Voices Of Detroit Youth Chorale
Acoustic, Folk, & Ethnic
Jazz, Blues, & R&B
Glass City Cafe: Gramza & Oehlers Ye Olde Durty Bird: Dave Carpenter Doc Watson’s: John & Bobby Table Forty 4: Kyle White
Acoustic, Folk, & Ethnic Oarhouse: Bobby May & Jon Barile Ye Old Cock ‘n Bull: Danny Mettler
Classical & Spiritual
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TUE, NOV 20 Rock, Pop & Hip-Hop
Frankie’s Inner City: We Are The Union, El Blanco Diablo The Bronze Boar: Virgo
Acoustic, Folk, & Ethnic
Sundown Cantina: Jaime Mills Potbelly: Tom Drummonds
Jazz, Blues, & R&B
Trotter’s Tavern: Jeff McDonald’s Big Band All-Stars Manhattan’s: Blues Jam With Jeff Williams Basin Street Grille: Tom Turner & Slowburn Trio Jam
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Claddagh Irish Pub: Karaoke The Bronze Boar: Karaoke Bier Stube: Karaoke RHouse: Karaoke
wed, NOV 21 Rock, Pop & Hip-Hop
Manhattan’s: Captain Sweet Shoes Ye Olde Durty Bird: The Eight Fifteens H Lounge @ Hollywood Casino: Jedi Mind Trip The Venue: Girth The Roadhouse: Moon Dogs Frankie’s Inner City: The Strong Talk, Wilson, React, Michael Corwin Ottawa Tavern: Boogaloosa Prayer, The Dumb Easies, DJ Tina G The Blarney Irish Pub: Nine Lives Table Forty 4: Dave Carpenter And The Jaeglers Bar 145: Flabongo Nation Cheers Sports Eatery: Skoobie Snaks The Distillery: Arctic Clam Rocket Bar: Angola Road Feat. Sugarbox
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MON, NOV 19 Acoustic, Folk, & Ethnic
Village Idiot: Frankie May and Friends
Crystal’s Lounge & Ramada Inn Ballroom: UT Jazz Night
Degage Jazz Café: Gene Parker
Acoustic, Folk, & Ethnic
Potbelly: Don Coats South End Grill: Bobby May & Jon Barile The Distillery: Dave Carpenter Barr’s Public House: Tom Drummonds B.Gump’s 101 Restaurant and Lounge: Jeff Stewart
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Mickey Finn’s Pub: Open Mic Mutz Pub (at the Oliver House): Open Mic Bier Stube: Karaoke
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Ye Olde Durty Bird / Thursday, November 15 For more than a decade singer/ songwriter Kyle White has been a fixture in the Toledo music scene. On any given night you can catch this versatile artist performing her brand of blue-collar, acoustic Americana across stages from Swig in Perrysburg to Ye Olde Durty Bird in downtown Toledo. White mixes up her sets playing both perfectly selected covers and original tunes. Her voice can be folksy, give a little country twang and even bust out some good 'ol rock n' roll. She's even been nominated twice in TCP's Best Of for singer/songwriter (2008 & 2010), winning the category in 2010. Check out her music at www.kylewhitemusic.com! She plays November 15 & 28 at Ye Olde Durty Bird, 2 S St. Clair St. 419-243-BIRD. www.yeoldedurtybird.com—JG
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H Lounge @ Hollywood Casino: The Rock Show The Venue: Girth Ye Old Cock ‘n Bull: Captain Sweet Shoes Howard’s Club H: DRUNKSGIVING w/ Killbot Zero, Tree No Leaves Sycamore Grove: Brit & Son
Country & Bluegrass Village Idiot: SDMT
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Rosie’s Italian Grille: Don and Rachel Coats Papa’s Tavern: Bobby May & Frankie May and Friends
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Jazz, Blues, & R&B
Wesley’s: What’s Next Dégagé Jazz Cafe: Leo Darrington
Dance & Techno
The Distillery: DJ Mark EP The Rocket Bar: College Night w/ DJ Manny
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Mutz Pub (at the Oliver House): Karaoke Bier Stube: Karaoke
FRI, NOV 23 Rock, Pop & Hip-Hop
Wesley’s: Old School Fridays Sycamore Grove: 427 Mickey Finn’s: I Fight Dragons, MC Lars, Sky Fox Tequila Sheila’s: Philip Walker Hip Hop Show H Lounge @ Hollywood Casino: The Bridges The Sycamore Grove: Four Twenty Seven Ottawa Tavern: Wait, Wait...Don’t Touch Me’s 4th Annual Thanksgiving Night Of Mayhem The Distillery: Arctic Clam Holiday Inn French Quarter: Lazy River Band Bar 145: Nine LIves
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The Blarney Irish Pub: Toast & Jam Swig: Gene Zenz Village Idiot: The Original Killer Flamingos
ACOUSTIC, FOLK & ETHNIC
Rosie’s Italian Grille: Mitch Kahl Pizza Papalis: Chris Knopp Barr’s Public House: Tom Drummonds Ye Old Cock ‘n Bull: Bobby May & Jon Barile Ye Olde Durty Bird: Ben Barefoot Mutz @ the Oliver House: Jeff Stewart
Jazz, Blues, & R&B
One2 Lounge @ Treo: Organized w/ Tim Tiderman Duncan’s: Last Born Sons The Bronze Boar: Joe Woods Band B.Gump’s 101 Restaurant and Lounge: Distant Cousinz w/ Scott Fish Fat Fish Blue: Andrew Ellis And The Setting Sons Zinful!: Morgen Stiegler Manhattan’s: It’s Essential Dégagé Jazz Cafe: Jeff McDonald
Dance & Techno
Mickey Finn’s: Transmission Goth Night
SAT, NOV 24 Rock, Pop & Hip-Hop
Headliners: Ekoostik Hookah, The Setting Sons H Lounge @ Hollywood Casino: Venyx The Roadhouse: Curtis Jr. and The Midnight Rockers
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Mickey Finn’s: The Antivillains, The Poor Whites Sycamore Grove: 427 Tequila Sheila’s: Hoodfella Band The Sycamore Grove: Four Twenty Seven Ottawa Tavern: The Hard Lessons, Silent Lions, Chit Chat Village Idiot: Polka Floyd The Bronze Boar: Gin Bunny The Blarney Irish Pub: Tru Brew Holiday Inn French Quarter: Lazy River Band B.Gump’s 101 Restaurant and Lounge: Dan & Don Show Rocket Bar: Boogie Matrix, The Happy Little Trees, Decent Folk The Distillery: Arctic Clam Table Forty 4: Distant Cousinz Village Inn: Watson St. Loft The Bronze Boar: Gin Bunny Bar 145: The Bridges
Acoustic, Folk, & Ethnic Doc Watson’s: Shawn Sanders One2 Lounge @ Treo: Jack & The Bear Ye Olde Durty Bird: Ben Barefoot Swig: Kristi And The Dudes
Rosie’s Italian Grille: Skip Turner Dooley’s Irish Pub: The Postmodern Blues Band Manhattan’s: Alen Smith And The Blues Brothers Dégagé Jazz Cafe: Jeff McDonald Cheers Sports Eatery: Mark Mikel Band w/ Chris Shutters Fat Fish Blue: Andrew Ellis And The Setting Sons
Classical & Spiritual Stranahan Theater: Jim Brickman
Dance & Techno
Mutz Pub (at the Oliver House): DJ Nate Mattimoe
Country & Bluegrass
Glass City Cafe: The Blowing Grains
Other
Bier Stube: Karaoke
SUN, NOV 25 Rock, Pop & Hip-Hop
Headliners: Never Shout Never, Man Overboard, Mod Sun, Me Like Bees Frankie’s Inner City: Psychostick The Sycamore Grove: Four Twenty Seven Duncan’s: Scotty Rock Ye Old Cock ‘n Bull: Danny Mettler
Jazz, Blues, & R&B Village Idiot: Bob Rex Trio
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W E H AV E I T A L L O N L I N E ! C O M P L E T E M U S I C E V E N T S AT T O L E D O C I T Y PA P E R . C O M Highlighted events indicates our picks for the week
Acoustic, Folk, & Ethnic Oarhouse: Bobby May & Jon Barile
MON, NOV 26 Jazz, Blues, & R&B
Crystal’s Lounge & Ramada Inn Ballroom: UT Jazz Night
Acoustic, Folk, & Ethnic
Village Idiot: Frankie May and Friends
Other
Manhattans’s: Open Mic The Bronze Boar: Open Mic w/ Joe Woods
TUE, NOV 27 Rock, Pop & Hip-Hop The Bronze Boar: Virgo
Acoustic, Folk, & Ethnic
Sundown Cantina: Jaime Mills Potbelly: Tom Drummonds
Jazz, Blues, & R&B
Aqua Lounge @ The Grand Plaza Hotel: Chris Buzzelli & Company Manhattan’s: Dan Grunkhe
Trotter’s Tavern: Jeff McDonald’s Big Band All-Stars Manhattan’s: Blues Jam With Jeff Williams Dégagé Jazz Cafe: Gene Parker
Acoustic, Folk, & Ethnic
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Claddagh Irish Pub: Karaoke The Bronze Boar: Karaoke Bier Stube: Karaoke RHouse: Karaoke
wed, NOV 28
Potbelly: Don Coats The Distillery: Dave Carpenter Ye Olde Durty Bird: Kyle White
Mickey Finn’s Pub: Open Mic Mulvaney’s Bunker: Karaoke Mutz Pub (at the Oliver House): Open Mic Manhattan’s: Open Mic Bier Stube: Karaoke
Rock, Pop & Hip-Hop Frankie’s Inner City: Spose
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Degage Jazz Café: Gene Parker
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Stash Bash 2012 Black Kite Coffee / Wednesday, November 28 Grow it if you got it. And if you've already been sprouting out facial hair for No-Shave November, Movember, some sort of sports playoffs or maybe just a bit of irony, it helps you all the more for the third annual Stash Bash. Swing in for music, food, coffee, fundraising and, of course, lots of mustaches. The proceeds from every ticket bought will help purchase 132lbs of food for Food For Thought. $25 or $35 w/ a Stash Bash t-shirt (pie, expresso and dessert included. 7-10pm. 2499 Collingwood Ave. www.facebook.com/BlackKiteCoffee —SR
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State of the Child - Kids Unlimited, a Toledobased non-profit organization, is hosting its inaugural State of the Child event. Dr. Lloyd A. Jacobs, President of the University of Toledo, is the keynote speaker for the evening. Dr. Jacobs will address the state of education in Northwest Ohio. The program will focus on the difficult issues facing children in our community. The official host of the event, Mike Gibbons, President and CEO of Mainstreet Ventures, will highlight Kids Unlimited’ s mission and the impact that Kids Unlimited has on improving the lives of Toledo-area children. 5:30pm. The Pinnacle, 1772 Indian Wood Circle, Maumee. 419-810-0070. www.kidsunlimitedtoledo.org
friday 16 [ miscellaneous ] The Lights Before Christmas - Featuring over one millions lights, including nearly two-hundred images of animals, and an eighty-five foot spruce with more than 32,000 lights, Ice Carving Demos, model trains, and visits with Santa, the Zoo’s holiday transformation returns in full force for 2012. Go online for special holiday hours. November 16-December 31. Toledo Zoo, 2700 Broadway. 419-385-4040. www.toledozoo.org
[ benefit ] The Sweet Success Gala - Help fund educational programs and services for more than 3,000 children living with Type 1 diabetes in Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan. The gala event will feature dinner, a cash bar and silent and live auctions for such items as sports memorabilia, vacation rentals, and food, wine and jewelry packages. Proceeds of the Sweet Success Gala will support DYS camp and school education programs. 6pm. $100. Hilton Garden Inn, 6165 Levis Commons Blvd., Perrysburg. 419-887-8739. www.dys4kids.org
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The Birth of Cool - Are you way out enough to handle a night of hand drums, Ginsberg poetry, Zodiac Lounge tarot readings, tilted berets, jazz trio grooves, go-go dancing and Exploding Plastic Inevitables? The staff of Toledo School for the Arts presents the 12th annual Ten Grand reverse raffle. Registry Bistro will serve up their signature fine fare and attendees experiencing late night hunger pangs can patronize the “Nighthawk Café” for coffee and pie. 7pm. $35. The Secor Building, 425 Jefferson. 419-246-8732. www.thebirthofcool. eventbrite.com
saturday 17 [ education ] Celebrate Native American Heritage Month November is Native American Heritage Month. Eco-Discovery will present an educational program about Native Americans and the food they shared during the first Thanksgiving celebration. For children grades K-6. 2-3pm. Main Library, 325 North Michigan St. 419-259-5200. www.toledolibrary.org 2012 International Survivors of Suicide Conferece - This conference is geared to the newly bereaved but is applicable to any type of survivor age 12 and over and is one of the many ways that the money raised at the Out of the Darkness Community Walk is being utilized in the NW Ohio. Attendants will have the chance to connect with other survivors and have lunch. Then at 1pm join people all around the world in watching a program put together by AFSP where panel of survivors share their stories. 11:30am. Free. Toledo Elks, 3520 N Holland Sylvania Rd. 315-806-4434. www.afsp.org
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cont. from pg 43 Shut Up About Your Perfect Kid - Join authors Gina Gallagher and Patricia Konjoian in raising awareness about parenting children with special challenges. The sisters will speak from their heart and their book “Shut Up About Your Perfect Kid, A Survival Guide For Ordinary Parents of Special Children.” To reserve tickets, please call or visit website. Space is limited. 2-5pm. $10. Funny Bone Comedy Club, 6140 Levis Commons Blvd., Perrysburg. 419-726-5100. www.adoptamericanetwork.org
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Sweaters, Soups, Sweets and Santa Project Dignity distributes clothes, socks and underwear to families in need in the Toledo area. There will be sweaters on sale for $2, assorted soups, baked goods and Christmas decorations. 10am-2pm. Pilgrim Church, 1375 W. Sylvania Ave. 419-478-6012.
8th Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony - Dim the lights, warm up your vocal chords and join thousands of your neighbors for the most anticipated holiday event of the year. The Town Center at Levis Commons invites all to the 8th Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony featuring a variety of events for the entire family and an appearance by Elmo. There will be horsedrawn carriage rides, a giant snow globe and more. Julie’s Dance Studio and Perrysburg Sophisticates return to liven up the stage with dance and baton Contact us routines, and two musical for a FREE acts, the Forte Trio Boys printer and Night Session check-up Orchestra, will round out the stage show. Also, AND erie ink Santa will be on hand to quality imaging hear children’s holiday supplies & service your first 909 Jefferson Ave. wishes! 6-9pm. The Town Toledo Center at Levis Commons, order. 3201 Levis Commons Blvd., www.erieink.com Perrysburg. 419.346.0600 www.shopleviscommons.com
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Texas Hold ‘Em Tournament - Put your poker face to the test with a Texas Hold ‘Em tournament to benefit the Conquer Chiari Foundation. Chiari Malformation is a debilitating neurological disorder affecting aprox. 300,000 Americans. The tourney has a $55 buy in with a 80% pay out. There will be a DJ, 50/50 raffles and a chance to meet US Olympian Boxer Devin Vargas. Also, following the tourney, is a spaghetti dinner at 6pm. Registration at 12pm. $5 dinner, $55 tournament. American Legion, 1105 N. Shoop Ave., Wauseon. 419-822-6049
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Maker’s Mart - Toledo’s do-it-yourself spirit has never been stronger, and the UpTown Association is offering a chance to get out and do some homegrown shopping right in the middle of the city, with the first annual Maker’s Mart, a new indie craft fair in the heart of uptown. Maker’s Mart will feature wares from nearly 40 vendors. 10am-7pm. $1. UpTown, 1717 Adams. www.makersmarttoledo.com
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Gifts & Giving 2012 The Carranor Hunt and Polo Club / Sunday, November 18 It can be easy to forget the true spirit of the holidays with the barrage of consumerism that leads up to Christmas and Hanukah. So this year find that perfect gift for your loved ones while also supporting the local economy and a great local charity. The 4th annual Gifts & Giving event features 25 local vendors with everything from delicious treats to specialty retail in a convenient one-stop shop. The admission fee goes directly to The Cherry Street Mission Ministries to help provide holiday meals this season to those in need. Find that unique present and spread the gift of giving. 10am-3pm. $5. The Carranor Hunt and Polo Club, 502 East Second St., Perrysburg. www.cherrystreetmission.org—JG Christmas Open House - The week-end before Thanksgiving downtwon Grand Rapids opens up with warmth and holiday spirit. Enjoy browsing quaint gift shops, tempting restaurants, holiday music & entertainment, horse-drawn wagon rides, ice sculpting and more. Call for more details and schedule. Saturday, 10am-8pm; Sunday, 11am-5pm. Downtown Grand Rapids. 419-832-4283 2012 Holiday Parade - Get into the holiday spirit with giant helium balloons, marching bands, 80+ Distinguished Clowns, Shriner Units, floats, equestrian units, mascots and of course jolly ‘ol Santa Claus. This year’s grand marshal is Toledo native and 2012 Olympic Silver Medalist Erik Kynard. 10am-12pm. Downtown Toledo.
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Refuse to be a victim! - You’ll learn how to improve personal safety strategies and what techniques and tactics can be used to help avoid becoming easy victims of criminals. Seminar topics include home, workplace, vehicle, senior and physical security along with self defense and mental prepardness This is a 3 part series. Mondays, through November 26. Reservations required. 6:308pm. Reynolds Corners Branch Library, 4833 Dorr St. 419-259-5320. www.toledolibrary.org
wednesday 21 [ miscellaneous ]
1st Annual Border Boogie - Don’t spend one of the biggest party nights of the year stuck in a bar! Come to the 1st Annual Border Boogie instead.
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All the fun happens during the week of the big OSU vs. Michigan game, so wear your “Favorite Team” colors and prepare to Party and Boogie all night long! 7pm-12am. $25 / $300 table for 10. SeaGate Convention Centre, 401 Jefferson Ave. 419-255-3300. www.toledo-seagate.com
thursday 22 [ miscellaneous ]
9th Annual Thanksgiving Day Community Meal - This meal is free and open to the community, a traditional turkey dinner with all the fixings! All are welcome! 11am-2pm. Free. Pilgrim Church, 1375 Sylvania Ave. 419-478-6012
friday 23 [ miscellaneous ]
Whitehouse Christmas Tree Farm - Walk around acres of trees to select the perfect one for your family Christmas. Wagon rides through the farmland are also available. Open through Sunday, December 16, Thursdays & Fridays 3pm until dark, Saturdays & Sundays 10am until dark.Whitehouse Christmas Tree Farm, Obee Rd., Whitehouse. 419-877-2733. www.whitehousetreefarm.com Crafts for Christmas Show - All Toledo Craftsman’s Guild shows are for juried members of the Guild. Get the chance to find unique, quality handcrafted gifts for the holidays. Friday & Saturday, 9am-4pm. Lucas County Recreation Center, 2901 Key St., Maumee. www.toledocraftsmansguild.org
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Bat Boy: The Musical November 15-18. Thursday, 7:30pm; Friday & Saturday, 8pm; Saturday & Sunday,
2pm. $26 / $10 students. Arthur Miller Theatre, 1226 Murfin Ave. 734-764-2538. www.umich.edu The University of Michigan Department of Musical Theatre performs this comedy based on the Weekly World News reports of a half-boy, half-bat.
friday 16
Gilberto Gil 8pm. $10-$50. Hill Auditorium, 825 North University Ave. 734-763-3333. www.ums.org Don’t miss this world music icon as he continues his journey modernizing the vibrant sounds of Brazilian pop.
saturday 17
Dave Holland Big Band 8pm. $18-$48. Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty St. 734-668-8397. www.ums.org Bassist and composer, Dave Holland, leads his big band out for a night of high energy entertainment.
sunday 18
The Carolina Chocolate Drops 7;30pm. $50-$500. The Ark, 316 S. Main St. 734-761-1818. www.
theark.org This Grammy-winning quartet carries the souls of traditional Southern folk and blues into the new millennium for The Ark’s 16th Annual Fall Fundraiser.
friday 23
Content of Process 6-9pm. Free. Gallery Project, 215 4th Ave. 734-997-7012. www.thegalleryproject.
com This exhibition explores how an artist has an original intent, which evolves through a series of split second — conscious and subconscious — decisions.
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NT Live: Timon of Athens 7pm. $18-$22. Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty St. 734-668-8397. www.
ums.org UMS presents this high-definition broadcast straight from the National Theatre of London of Shakespeare’s timely play about consumption, debt and ruin.
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saturday 24 [ miscellaneous ] Holiday Light Parade - 50 lighted floats cruise uptown from Ford Field, heading east on W. Wayne Street to Conant Street, ending at the Maumee Indoor Theater, bringing Santa to talk to all the little boys and girls. 5:15pm. Uptown Maumee. www.maumeeuptown.com Holiday Lantern Tours - Come experience a turn-of-the-century Christmas at Sauder Village! The flicker of a candle-lit lantern lights the way for costumed guides to introduce historical characters in the 1910 Homestead, the District 16 Schoolhouse, St. Mark’s Church and the Elmira Depot. At the church, join in a hymn and receive a special gift from the late 1800s. Fridays & Saturdays, November 24-December 8, 4-8:30pm. $12 adults / $7 students (ages 3-16). Sauder Village, 22611 Ohio 2, Archbold. 419-446-2541. www.saudervillage.com
tuesday 27 [ miscellaneous ] Home for the Holidays Parade - Come out and celebrate the Holiday Season at this annual community event presented by Downtown Perrysburg, Inc. and the Perrysburg Area Arts Council. The parade will be followed by the community Christmas tree Lighting at 5pm, with music by local groups. 5pm. Downtown Perrysburg.
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A day to get away
Get a gentle introduction to the fulfilling world of yoga, with an Autumn Day of Yoga Retreat at Pearson Metropark, courtesy of Nicole LosieRife of Toledo’s Presence Yoga. Learners at any experience level are welcome, and will all find a workout in this serene setting rewarding. The day-long retreat includes lunch, complete with vegetarian and gluten-free options. Bring your own yoga mat and towel, maybe a blanket for meditation, and whatever else makes you comfortable. (Think slippers, since shoes come off at the door.) Saturday, November 17. 10am-4pm. (Registrations starts at 9:30am.) Macomber Lodge, Pearson Metropark. Navarre Ave at Lallendorf, Oregon. $55 with early registration, $65 at the door. Contact Nicole at 419-376-6300. www.presenceyogaltd.com. —MD
Filling a need
Jon Frankel Dentistry is offering their annual Free Dental Day on Wednesday, November 21 (just before Thanksgiving). Anyone in pain can come to the practice’s West Toledo office between 7:30am and 1pm, where all dentists and staff will available to help them on a first-come, first-serve basis. (They hope to treat some 80 people.) It’s not just a consultation, either — full treatment will be available, for everything from cavities to cracked fillings to crowns to extractions. 5012 Talmadge Rd. 419-474-9611. www.jonfrankeldentistry.com. —MD
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Intimacy Issues in Men and Women, Cancer Survivor and Caregiver - As part of the free cancer survivor education series, the Hickman Cancer Center will present Intimacy Issues in Men and Women, Cancer Survivor and Caregiver. Terry Gibbs, DO will address the intimacy issues that cancer survivors and caregivers often face. Light refreshments will be served. Register by for or online. 6:30pm. Free. ProMedica Flower Hospital , 5200 Harroun Rd., Sylvania. 877-2911441. www.promedica.org
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__________________________ “Western exposure: A journey of the spirit” an exhibit by awardwinning nature photographer, Rance Rogers, is on display at The Flying Joe at Levis Commons through November. __________________________ brownie troop 10512 is holding a toy drive to benefit three families at Rebecca’s Haven and the Mustard Seed Woman and Children’s Shelter for the holiday season. Dec. 1 from 11am - 1pm in the St. John the Baptist School basement. Contact: lauriejohnson113@gmail.com or 419-932-4337 __________________________ Gluten free support group for children and their families. Meets first Wednesday of every month at 6:30pm at First United Methodist Church in Sylvania. Contact Cheri or Holly at youandmeglutenfree@hotmail.com __________________________ The St. Clement Rosary-Altar Society will hold its annual St. Clement Christmas Craft Show on Saturday December 1st, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in St. Clement Hall, 2990 Tremainsville. Free Parking and Free admission! 419-472-2111 __________________________
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ARIES (March 21-April 19) Mars puts you in the spotlight beginning the 16th. Football rules the 17th and 18th. You make the plans for the week of the 19th and are on the go until the 25th. Thanksgiving Day is a little confused, but you adapt to all situations easily. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) You begin to
plan your holiday on the 16th. You rush and get in gear for Thanksgiving week. You may do the entertaining, cook the turkey, and bake special treats. Save some energy for Black Friday. Rest the 24th and 25th.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) With Jupiter in your sign you are really lucky in formulating holiday plans. Your partner helps with the cooking and baking for a spectacular Thanksgiving dinner. On the 26th enjoy the leftovers and your team even wins. CANCER (June 21-July 22) On the 14th
you write a list of duties. You try to leave on the 16th to celebrate Thanksgiving with friends and/or family. Start home on the 23rd and spend the weekend enjoying sports on TV and working on your Christmas list.
LEO (July 23-August 22) You begin by making massive changes at home, based on your ideas and those of others. There is work to do the 16th and 17th. You take orders the 18th and 19th. You travel on Thanksgiving and eat leftovers and watch football the 24th and 25th. VIRGO (August 23-September 22) With
Mercury retrograde you try to stay on schedule. On the 17th you must get out to shop. You go out with a friend or relative for Thanksgiving. Try to survive the crowd on Black Friday. On the 26th you are your wellorganized self.
LIBRA (September 23-October 22)
Money comes in the 14th so you can go shopping. Stay close to home the 16th and 17th for holiday preparation. You may entertain at home or take dessert wherever you go for Thanksgiving. You forego shopping on Black Friday.
SCORPIO (October 23-November 21)
You are out and about the 16th, 17th and 18th. A tailgate party is delightful. Family and friends come together for Thanksgiving. You want to watch the parade and football and read the ads for Black Friday. Rest on the 25th. SAGITTARIUS (November 22-December 20) The moonlight shines on you the 15th and 16th, and nobody finds fault with you. Begin a trip on the 17th to celebrate your birthday the 21st. Continue having fun until you return to your routine on the 26th.
CAPRICORN (December 21-January 19) Mars moves into your sign on the 16th,
giving you super human strength. You may be a guest on Thanksgiving so you don’t have to work so hard. Stay home from the 23rd through the 25th so you can be rested and refreshed the 26th.
AQUARIUS (January 20-February 18)
On the 18th, 19th and 20th the moon shines on your career and reputation so act accordingly. Wherever you are on Thanksgiving you eat and watch football. Run around the 24th and 25th. After the 26th make Christmas plans.
PISCES (February 19-March 20) You begin on the 14th to make travel plans. You may leave on the 17th for a special Thanksgiving — even going to New York for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Head back home the 24th. The week of the 26th there is a lot of work to do.
Sue Lovett is available for personal astrology readings and private parties. Visit her on the Web at www.suelovett.com or call her at 419-474-6399.
CELEBRITY SAGITTARIANS
This is definitely the MOST CREATIVE sign of the zodiac. They are eager to take on challenges and to let you know what they think. Examples are Miley Cyrus, Kaley Cucco, and Taylor Swift. Locally broadcast journalist Sashem Brey of Channel 13 celebrates.
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Fasten your seat belts for these two weeks. Mercury, Mars, the sun and Venus all change signs; Thanksgiving and football are exciting, and Mercury finally goes direct. — BY SUE LOVETT
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Infestation Across 1. Unknown time letters 4. Utah MLS club 7. Former Kia compact 14. Grafton's "___ for Ricochet" 15. Palindromic "well, well!" 16. Ignores Bart Simpson's advice of 15 or 20 years ago 17. Charles Darwin contemporary Gray 18. With 38-Across, what Bubbe uses to play Ms. Pac-Man? 20. Certain successfully missionized Africans? 22. Sharpen 23. Earth scientist's prefix 24. "This ___ about me!" 28. "The Great" or "The Fat," e.g. 32. Mr. T's group 33. Ritter Planetarium scientists 37. "Your fly is open" 38. See 18-Across 40. "___ Adore" (Smashing Pumpkins single) 43. Sprinters' fouls 47. Tibetan city tightly managed by the Chinese 49. Bloodwort or pigweed 50. Isaac's eldest son 51. Suffix with pay or plug 54. La ___ Jackson 55. High, but not for long? 60. The year MCMXC, technologically? 63. A drinker may run one up 64. To the extent that 65. DVRs get rid of them 66. Go out ___ limb 67. Microwave setting 68. Words in front of the rabbi 69. Rx book Down 1. Windpipe 2. Men who can't move directly forward 3. Together 4. Campus marching gp. 5. "C'mon, I'm trying to concentrate!" 6. "Stay" singer Lisa 7. Excelled 8. Words on a check 9. "Mi casa ___ casa" 10. Watch Whiskers
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11. Defunct cable co. once purchased by Comcast 12. ___-A-Fella Records 13. Brief comment written by a teacher perhaps when grading an essay because they read a sentence like this one 19. Drug and drinking binge 21. Like the '90s, now [sigh] 25. Action 26. Dissenting vote 27. Big name in online celebrity gossip 29. Union organizer Jimmy who disappeared 30. One-named Irish singer 31. Slave away 32. Like the colors in some boxes of condoms: Abbr. 34. Residents, e.g., at the Toledo Hosp. 35. River of central Germany 36. Stand up 39. Short-story writer Bret 40. Bloomsday beverage 41. It beat Beta 42. Roadside assistance org. 44. Setting for some tanning and barbecuing 45. Babes in ___ (punk band that once included Courtney Love) 46. Strut rod 48. Not up to snuff 51. Gooey gumbo veggies 52. Smallest 53. "Whenever you're ready," in internet slang 56. Sol lead-in 57. Sons of, in Hebrew 58. Witherspoon and Wilson's co-star in "How Do You Know" 59. "___ Lonesome I Could Cry" 60. 1987 Michael Jackson single 61. Legal conclusion? 62. "What the ___, dude?"
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Celebrating Edith
The Arts Commission honored the life of Edith Franklin, Toledo’s “grande dame of the arts,” on Sunday, November 11 by auctioning off her personal arts and artifacts to raise money for a Youth Art Fund in her name. Pat Levy, Robert Zollweg and Margy Trumbull
Leslie Adams, Susan Reams and Marc Folk
Nan and Robert Ciralsky (Nan is Edith Franklin’s daughter)
High note
Supporters of The Toledo Opera Guild enjoyed a glamorous night of fundraising at the Sapphire Blues event on Friday, November 2 at the Toledo Club.
Thomas and Traci L. Schwann
Rebecca Shope, Dock Treece, Kiah Barrette, and Negarina & Joshua Cooper
Lindsey Walters & Rebecca Katz
Vino for a good cause Mercy President and CEO Andrea Price with Rob Snoad of Mercy St. Charles
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Supporters raised a glass to the 25th annual Mobile Meals Wine Gala on Saturday, November 3 at the Stranahan Great Hall.
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Rebirth
New production of Metamorphoses showcases the rise of UT theater by Matt Desmond "In the face of fear, you have to be able to relax and take the journey," says Irene Alby. The associate lecturer in the University of Toledo's Department of Theater and Film is musing on the themes of her bold new production of Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses, on stage this month at the University. She could just as easily be talking about her own journey, a journey that's brought her from the lights of the big city to being an integral part of an ongoing renaissance in UT's theater program. Alby came to the University in 2005, at what turned out to be the beginning of something big. Along with her husband, Cornel Gabara, who is now the department's head of acting, Alby was drawn to the Midwest from New York City, where she worked in the theater. "We were going to have our first baby," she remembers, "and we started applying for teaching jobs. We really liked the faculty [here]! And since we've been here, all these other amazing people have come."
New additions
She's talking about people like lighting designer Keith Bay-Perkins, who worked on the Broadway production of Metamorphoses, about set and costume designer Daniel Tobias, who wowed audiences with his work on Alby's production of In the Next Room: the Vibrator Play; about costuming expert Erica Frank, and filmmakers Holly Hay and Tammy Kinsey. As a group, the theater faculty have built the program from a Midwestern afterthought to a hub of cutting-edge theatrical work that wouldn't be out of place under the bright lights of either coast. They've put together acclaimed productions like In the Next Room, or Gabara's postmodern take on A Midsummer Night's Dream, complete with cell phones and Shakespearean verse treated as hip-hop rhymes. And what's the latest step in this transformation? It's the show Alby acknowledges as her "baby," Metamorphoses. If the title makes you think "Kafka," you need to dig deeper. Zimmerman's play instead is drawing on one of the richest sources in the
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Western canon, Ovid's Metomorphoses, the landmark Latin collection of myths of transformation that's informed our literature ever since (with a healthy nod to one of Ovid's own sources, the Greek poet Hesiod's Theogony). As Alby tells it, the play is about "the progression of humanity — the progression of Earth to wisdom, the progression of humans to wisdom, the progression of the gods as well."
Set appeal
Daniel Tobias' striking set for Alby's production prominently features a swimming pool — a fertile metaphor for birth, rebirth, healing and memory. Alby describes how she has "framed this transformative passage to wisdom through the eyes of pregnant woman [who] summons the gods and asks them about change." The play reaches beyond its Classical sources to the pool of all human myth, with the costuming (designed by a student under the supervision of Frank and Tobias) giving tribute to cultures from all of human history. The stories that make up the play are set everywhere from medieval Japan to modern Wall Street (with the famous King Midas portrayed as a corrupt tycoon). "It's beautifully written and very poetic," Alby says. "There are so many possibilities [for the director]." It's a perfect example of the kind of breakthrough work that's making UT's program a destination for students desiring a career in the performing arts. "Our actors and designers have gotten full rides to some of the biggest grad programs," Alby says. "Our students are competing with professionals and people coming out of big programs." And just as importantly, the department has become an invaluable piece of Toledo's cultural mosaic. "We're doing interesting productions that you don't get to see in a place like Toledo very often," she says — but hearing her speak, it's clear that that's no longer true. See Metamorphoses at the University of Toledo's Center for Performing Arts, Friday November 16-Saturday, November 17; Thursday, November 28-Sunday, December 1 at 7:30pm. Sunday, November 18 & December 2, 2pm. Weekday matinees November 27-28, 9:30am. Tickets are $7-$12.
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The Ballet Theatre of Toledo welcomes the holiday season with the yuletide classic The Nutcracker. Productions of The Nutcracker have become as much of a holiday tradition as caroling and unwrapping gifts. Toys, gingerbread men, and mice come to life with the wonderful dreamlike score of Tchaikovsky. Relive childhood memories and give the gift of theater to your family in the beautiful and historic setting of the Valentine Theatre. Saturday, 7pm; Sunday, 2pm. $18-$38. Valentine Theater, 410 Adams St. 419-242-ARTS. www.valentinetheatre.com—JG
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Nutcrackin’
Heroism in music
The Toledo Symphony Orchestra and the Glacity Theatre Collaborative are collaborating to highlight the dramatic power of heroism through the music of Beethoven, Penderecki and Stravinsky. On November 16 & 17 they will perform A Soldier's Tale in it's "full theatrical and balletic element." Follow the story-line of a fiddle-playing soldier as he makes an ill-fated deal with the devil. The production features Martha Reikow, Amy Chang, Damon Coleman on celli with Cornel Gabara directing the action. It is the final event in a series of collaborations with different departments at the University of Toledo. 8-10pm. $22-$37. Toledo Museum of Art, Peristyle Theater, 2445 Monroe St. 419-246-8000. www.toledosymphony.com—JG
theater events
[November 15 - 17]
Short Farces by Anton Chekhov
Chaos in the form of short plays will converge in the Center for Fine and Owens Community College’s Performing Arts’ Mainstage Theatre. 30335 Oregon Rd. $12. 7:30pm Thursday - Saturday; 3pm Sunday. 567-661-2787. www.owens.edu
[November 15 - 17]
Collected Stories
Ruth Steiner is a teacher and respected short story writer, whose protégée publishes a novel based on Ruth’s affair with the poet Delmore Schwartz. $14$16. 2740 Upton Ave. 419-472-6827. www.thevillageplayers.org
[November 15 - 17]
I Hate Hamlet
What’s an actor to do when he’s offered the role of a lifetime, but hates the play and has to face off against the ghost of the most famous Shakespearean actor of all time. $20. 8pm Thurs.-Sat.; 2:30pm Sun. Toledo Repertoire, 16 10th St. 419-243-9277. www.toledorep.org
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