Toledo Free Press STAR - March 13, 2013

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EXTRA STOUT gets the St. Paddy’s party started

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Comedian Jim Norton prepares for delayed Glass City debut.

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When Jim Norton takes the stage at Fat Fish Blue on March 14, it will be his first performance in the Toledo area. Not for a lack of trying, however.

The New Jersey native was originally scheduled for an engagement at Fat Fish in February 2012, which had to be canceled at the last minute.

“I think because it was too close to Cleveland before I shot ‘Please Be Offended,’” Norton said in an interview with Toledo Free Press Star in reference to his 2012 stand-up special. “So I think that was why Toledo got canceled.”

Still, Norton isn’t worried about facing Glass City crowds for the first time during his three night gig at Fat Fish. He has a great connection to Ohio audiences, he said.

“I think they’ll be the same as Cleveland or the same as Columbus, you know,” Norton said.

“I’m not really that worried about it. I do very well with those crowds. Cleveland is a very good market for me.”

Of course, even with the most positive of crowds, Norton’s brash, confrontational style can be off-putting for some members of his audience.

Norton said he can deal with crowds however they react to him.

“My job is to entertain them, and I want them to laugh and have a good time. But they can be adversaries — or, sometimes, just a couple of them are, to be very honest with you.

But my job is to entertain them, so I really do want them to have a good time. I mean, I always do. But if they become adversaries, then I’m comfortable with that, too.”

He didn’t always have such a thick skin when it came to the hecklers of the world. Indeed, in his early days, Norton’s onstage persona was far more restrained.

“When you first start, you really, really do want to be liked. And you do want people to approve of you and all that stuff. But the more you do it, the more comfortable you get with them not agreeing with you. You know, I’m used to the audience not agreeing with me. But I always want them to have a good time.”

Today, Norton is far more polished and selfassured in stand-up, and far more willing to take his comedy to extremes he wouldn’t have considered in his early days. He says his onstage persona is not too far removed from who he is in 3661 Devers_Collision_TFP95_Layout 1 8/30/12 “real life” — like with all great performers, he just

My job is to entertain them, and I want them to laugh and have a good time.

But [audience members] can be adversaries — or, sometimes, just a couple of them are.

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turns the volume up once he’s under the lights.

“It’s a bit of an exaggeration. It’s all me, in the sense that, I mean, I’ll take positions just to be silly or ridiculous. Most of what you’re seeing is how I really feel, or what I really want to say. So it’s me, it’s just a bit of an exaggeration.”

As Norton adjusted to his audience, audiences all over the country adjusted to him, with regular television appearances and his consistent gig on the “Opie & Anthony” radio show bolstering his visibility.

Norton said the gig on “Opie & Anthony” is a natural fit for all involved.

“They don’t ever tell me, ‘Oh, you shouldn’t say that!’ They don’t mind mean humor, they don’t mind inappropriate humor, and that’s what I’m really good at. So we’re really just a natural fit for each other, honestly.”

While his brashly opinionated views have occasionally gotten him into heated discussions with guests — most notably a certain former governor of Minnesota — Norton insists that he never attacks meek opponents.

“The Jesse Ventura interview, I was very happy with that argument. But I don’t pick on weak targets. If I argue with somebody, there’s gonna be a real reason for it. I don’t bully people in the studio.”

Just like last year, Norton will be filming another stand-up special very shortly — at the end of March, to be exact. But this time, Toledo crowds will get the chance to experience this new material firsthand, well before the rest of the country gets to see it on their television screens.

“I have over an hour of new material. You wanna say a ‘work in progress,’ but stand-up always is a work in progress, honestly. But with this hour, some of the topical stuff I might shorten a 1:28 PM Page 1 little bit, but I’m very happy with this hour.” O

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“May your pockets be heavy and your heart be light.” — Irish blessing

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Local Irish band Extra Stout is in demand for St. Patrick’s Day.

By Sarah Ottney

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With its wide repertoire of Irish songs and a name lifted straight off a bottle of Guinness, Extra Stout is a band in extra demand around St. Patrick’s Day. “It’s when we play the most and when people are most interested in hearing Irish music.

They’re more tuned into the Irish experience,” said lead guitarist Tom Troy. “It’s a very busy time for us. It’s our time of year. We plan for it. We practice for it.”

“Everybody wants us on St. Pat’s,” agreed Ellen McCarty, who manages the band and provides backup vocals, mandolin and tambourine.

“We have six gigs in three days. We’re very busy.”

“We celebrate St. Patrick’s month,” said banjo player Marty Brogan. “The excitement is ratcheted up. We tend to go a little farther afield over the rest of the year — more rock and country, miscellaneous folk rock stuff — but in March, we ratchet up the Irishness. I enjoy that. It’s always fun, but it’s more fun to play more Irish music.”

Songs that involve crowd participation are popular, said bassist Tom Moeller.

“Anything they get to sing along to is good,” Moeller said. “I like the drinking songs the best, the ones with humor in them. ‘Paddy Murphy,’ ‘Mary Mac’ — those are two of my favorites.

Those always get the crowds going.”

Other crowd favorites include “Devil Went Down to Georgia,” “Black Velvet Band” and “The Irish Rover,” band members said.

St. Patrick’s Day crowds are noticeably more attentive and energetic then crowds at other times of the year, Moeller said.

“A lot of times you’ll be playing a bar and it’s easy to become background noise, but this time of year, people are out and they want to hear the Irish music,” Moeller said.

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Extra Stout, from left, Renata Burgett, Tom Troy, Mike McCarty, Marty Brogan and Ellen McCarty. Not pictured is Tom Moeller.

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n EXTRA STOUT CONTINUED FROM 4 Lead singer Mike McCarty, who also plays rhythm guitar and bodhrán, an Irish handheld drum, agreed.

“We played St. Pat’s one year at The Blarney and then we played two weeks after and it was two totally different crowds,” Mike said. “On St. Pat’s, they were singing and drinking; two weeks later, we could have been background music.”

Adding fiddle player Renata Burgett in 2011 has allowed the band to expand its repertoire even further, adding instrumental jigs and reels.

“She’s a fabulous addition,” Brogan said. “It just opens up a whole new area of music we couldn’t really get into before.”

“It kind of infused a little extra energy in the band,” Mike added.

Instrument swapping regularly occurs between songs.

“That is the fun part of it, trying different things,” said Troy, who plays mainly guitar, but also picks up the concertina, harmonica and even drums for one song.

The group released its debut CD, “Fiddler’s Green,” in 2002 and followed up with “It’s About Time” in 2006. The group is currently working on its third album. Extra Stout contributed a track, “Christmas in Killarney,” to the “Holiday Wishes 2” CD benefiting Make-A-Wish Foundation and is working on a song for the upcoming Red Cross benefit CD, “Red, White and You.” The band plays a few originals, including “Darby Town,” written by Troy, “Leaving” written

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Extra Stout in concert at The Cloister at the Toledo Museum of Art. TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAR PHOTO BY JOSEPH HERR

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“I would say half our music is traditional Irish folk music and the other half is more recent folk music and also pop music and our own music,” Troy said.

Common heritage

All six members have Irish roots.

“The music is pretty much an expression of joy and stems from our common heritage.

We try to get everybody [in the audience] to participate. It’s sharing the joy,” said Brogan, who grew up in an Irish neighborhood in South Toledo.

“I lived next door to my Irish grandmother on Western near Broadway. In the ’50s it was still an Irish neighborhood,” Brogan said.

“Everybody in the neighborhood [had an accent]. I did. I never realized until I moved to the Old West End and the other kids said, ‘You talk funny.’”

Among Brogan’s favorite songs to play are “I’ll Tell Me Ma,” “The Belle of Belfast,” “Galway Girl” and “A Nation Once Again,” a rebel song from the 1920s.

“Music is pure expression,” Brogan said.

“You don’t have to pick the right pencil, the right word. The emotions are right out there for everyone to absorb.”

Before Extra Stout officially formed, most of the current members would get together about once a month at Manos Greek Restaurant or DeSimone’s.

“We’d just get together and play whatever we felt like playing,” Mike said. “Then the opportunity came up to play at an Irish festival and I knew some Irish songs, Marty Brogan knew a few, Tom Troy knew a few and we just combined what we knew and came up with a band. Our first performance as Extra Stout was at Mickey Finn’s for St. Patrick’s Day 2000 and we’ve been doing it ever since.”

Losing Ernie Fisher

Moeller joined within the first year and Burgett joined in 2011, but everyone else has been there since the beginning. Fisher, who played 12-string guitar, died of cancer July 4, 2011.

Moeller said one of his most memorable shows was shortly after Fisher died.

“We were playing one of the songs he wrote and the first time we played it with Renata, it just sounded so good with fiddle in it,” Moeller said. “I thought to myself, ‘He would have really liked to hear that, his song done so well.’ It’s called ‘Cavanaugh,’ a song about an old sailor on the Great Lakes.”

Burgett once traveled to Ireland, where she studied traditional Irish folk music under a former “Lord of the Dance” musician and toured the local music scene. She also fiddles for an Appalachian folk band and plays violin on Sunday mornings for the University of Toledo’s Corpus Christi University Parish.

“There’s a saying: A violin sings and a fiddle dances,” Burgett said. “When I was 9, I didn’t know starting this instrument would get me exposed to so many different opportunities. I wouldn’t have dreamed of playing for the MakeA-Wish Foundation or playing with an Irish band or playing ‘Devil Went Down to Georgia’ at the art museum. [Music is] just a blessing and opens so many doors.”

When people clap and sing along, when people know our songs and sing them back to us, when people get up and dance, it’s a lot of fun.

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Extra Stout has played as far as Fort Wayne, Ind., to the west, Saline, Mich., to the north, Findlay to the south and Sharon, Ohio, to the east.

“I love the performing, getting out in front of people and having everyone enjoy our music,” Ellen said. “When people clap and sing along, when people know our songs and sing them back to us, when people get up and dance, it’s a lot of fun. It’s just very enjoyable.”

Irish inspiration

Mike cites as one inspiration John Connolly, who hosts “Echoes of Ireland,” a Sunday radio show on 1230 WCWA; Connolly plans to play a one-time-only show at Manhattan’s on March 17.

“There was always Irish in Toledo, but he paved the way for bands like us to get a foot in the door and play,” Mike said.

Upcoming performances for Extra Stout include 8 p.m. March 15 at Irish Eyes Heavenly Pub, 3324 Secor Road; 1 p.m. March 16 at McCarthy’s Pub in Port Clinton; 7 p.m. March 16 at the Toledo Walleye game at the Huntington Center; 12:30 p.m. March 17 at the Ancient Order of Hibernians St. Patrick’s Day Party, Knights of Columbus Banquet Hall, 4256 Secor Road; and 4-7 p.m. March 17 at M.T. Loonies, 6648 Lewis Ave., Temperance.

“I said we’ll go for as long as people want to hear us and when they stop calling we’ll know it’s time to stop, but we still get calls,” Mike said.

“We’ve had some good times doing it and hopefully we’ll be able to continue for a while.”

Michelle Bork, owner of M.T. Loonies, said Extra Stout is a regular performer.

“They’re a fun group,” Bork said. “They do a lot of Irish drinking songs and also have some comedy. They’re entertaining. They don’t just sing the songs. They put a lot of fun into it.”

Having been together 13 years, Moeller said the band is like family — and some of them actually are.

“We fight and argue like a family and we get along and party like a family, too,” said Moeller, who is a nephew to the McCartys.

“We enjoy each other’s company. We might get in an argument, but then we’re toasting a beer five minutes later.”

Troy said he’s proud to play a part in keeping Irish music alive through Extra Stout.

“We all grew up listening to Irish music and maybe learning a few songs,” Troy said.

“Now we’re kind of doing our part to keep it alive and expand it a little bit with some of our own music and our own arrangements of the songs. We’re proud to be able to play that part to some extent.” O

“May your blessings outnumber the shamrocks that grow.” — Irish blessing

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What’s what, where and when in NW Ohio

Everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day! Below are just some of the parties, music, food and drink specials planned in the Toledo area for the celebration. Here’s hoping it helps point you to the location that best draws out your inner Irish. Slàinte!

— Sarah Ottney

Arnie’s

25818 N. Dixie Hwy., Perrysburg, (419) 931-6590 3332 W. Central Ave., Toledo, (419) 517-6037 ✯ Open: 7-2 a.m. March 16-17. ✯ Food: Kegs and Eggs (March 16-17), Jiggs Dinner (March 17). ✯ Drinks: Green beer, car bomb station, Guinness, Bushmill’s, Jameson, Great Lakes Conway’s Irish Ale. ✯ Live entertainment and DJs all weekend (March 15-17). Magician. Leprechaun dunking station on patio.

Bar 145°

5305 Monroe St., (419) 593-0073 ✯ Open: 10-2 a.m. March 17. ✯ Food: Jiggs Dinner with housemade corned beef, regular menu all day. ✯ Drinks: Irish car bomb specials, Guinness specials, Concannon Irish Whiskey, Great Lakes Conway’s Irish Ale. ✯ Music: Mike “Mad Dog” Adams (3 p.m.), Flabongo Nation (9 p.m.) ✯ Cover: $5 (starting at 2 p.m.), 21 and up.

Barr’s Public House

3355 Briarfield Blvd, Maumee, (419) 866-8466 ✯ Open: 2 p.m.-2 a.m. March 16, closed March 17. ✯ Food: Jiggs Dinner. ✯ Drinks: Guinness, Irish car bombs, Maumee Bay Irish Red and more. ✯ Music: Meaghan Roberts (9 p.m.-midnight).

The Blarney Irish Pub

601 Monroe St., (419) 418-2339 ✯ Shamrockin’ The Blarney: Opens 11 a.m.

March 16, 7 a.m. March 17. Heated tent 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. March 16, 11 a.m. to midnight March 17. ✯ Food: Jiggs Dinners served starting March 11. ✯ Drinks: Ice luge for shots, shot specials (dirty whipped leprechaun, shamrock shot), Blarney Irish Ale, Guinness, Killian’s, Great Lakes Conway’s Irish Ale, Harp, Smithwick’s. ✯ Music: March 15: 9 p.m.: The Bridges.

March 16: 8 p.m. Arctic Clam. March 17: noon: Dragon Wagon, 4:30 p.m.: Bloody Tinth, 9 p.m.: Noise Pollution. ✯ Bagpipers, contests, giveaways, photobooth. ✯ T-shirts ($15) get you free admission March 17 and 10 percent off food bill during month of March.

✯ Cost: $5 cover March 17 to benefit Project iAm and the Toledo firefighter charities.

The Bunker Bar

1950 S. Eber Road, Holland, (419) 865-5650 ✯ Open: 9 a.m. March 16-17. ✯ Food: All-you-can-eat breakfast (9-11 a.m.

March 16-17), Jiggs Dinner (March 16-17). ✯ Drinks: Green beer, Irish car bombs, shot specials, Guinness, Jameson, Great Lakes Conway’s Irish Ale. ✯ Music: DJ Javi in the Mulvaney’s Catering Hall (March 16).

Caper’s Restaurant and Bar

2038 S. Byrne Road, (419) 389-9900 ✯ Open: 11 a.m. March 16, 9 a.m. March 17. ✯ Food: Breakfast (9-11 a.m. March 17), Jiggs Dinner ($9, starting at 11 a.m. March 16-17). ✯ Drinks: Irish car bombs ($5), Bloody Mary’s ($2), Guinness, Great Lakes Conway’s Irish Ale. ✯ Patio open. No cover. Prizes and gift card for craziest outfit. T-shirt ($10).

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“May you have warm words on a cold evening.” — Irish blessing

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Chucks on Monroe

4477 Monroe St., (419) 720-3370 ✯ Open: Noon-2:30 a.m. March 16, 8 a.m.2:30 a.m. March 17. ✯ Food: Eggs and hash (8 a.m.-noon March 17), Jiggs Dinner (starting noon March 17). ✯ Drinks: Green beer, Guinness, Irish car bomb station. ✯ Music: DJ A Dub (8 p.m. March 17)

Claddagh Irish Pub

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5001 Monroe St., (419) 472-1414 ✯ Open: 11-2 a.m. March 16, 7 a.m.-midnight March 17. Heated tent (open 5 p.m. March 16, 9 a.m. March 17). ✯ Food: Festivities start at 7 p.m. March 14 with a five-course Irish Banquet Dinner and beertasting ($35), including four Irish draft samples paired with classic Irish fare, an Irish keepsake and an Irish draft pouring station. ✯ Drinks: Irish energy bombs with Monster, Guinness, Killian’s, Smithwick’s, Harp, Jameson, Bushmill’s, Maumee Bay Irish Red, Maumee Bay Total Eclipse Breakfast Stout, Jello shots, aluminum bottle specials. ✯ Music: March 14: The Thirsty Hooligans (8 p.m.); March 15: McSpillin (8 p.m.); March 16: Soulstar (5 p.m.), Scarecrow Jones Band (8 p.m.). Plus Ardan Academy of Irish Dancers throughout day. March 17: Clif Millimen (noon), Gingerlove (4 p.m.), Scarecrow Jones Band (8 p.m. in the tent). Plus Toledo Firefighter Pipe and Drum Corp. ✯ Cover: $5 (starting 2 p.m. March 17, 21 and older). ✯ Pub Crawl: $20 advance/$25 on March 17 (10 a.m.-10 p.m., starts and ends at Claddagh.

Pub crawl includes 11 venues A St. Patrick’s Day pub crawl through 11 Toledo area venues will run from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. March 17.

The annual Toledo Area Soccer Association pub crawl will start from and end at Claddagh Irish Pub at Westfield Franklin Park, 5001 Monroe St. Buses will stop at each location every 20-30 minutes. Last pickup will be 9:30 p.m.

Participating venues include Bier Stube, The Bronze Boar, Cock N’ Bull, Irish Eyes Heavenly Pub, Maumee Bay Brew Pub, Mickey Finn’s, O.B.’s Tavern, Paddy Jacks, The Pour House and Shawn’s Irish Tavern.

Cost is $20 in advance or $25 on March 17. Tickets are available at all locations.

Tickets can be exchanged for a lanyard at Claddagh Irish Pub starting at noon March 16. The lanyard must be worn to ride the bus and enter the venues.

For more information, visit pubcrawltoledo.com or call Claddagh at (419) 472-1414. O

— Sarah Ottney

Includes transportation to Bier Stube, The Bronze Boar, Cock N’ Bull, Irish Eyes Heavenly Pub, Maumee Bay Brew Pub, Mickey Finn’s, O.B.’s Tavern, Paddy Jacks, The Pour House and Shawn’s Irish Tavern).

Cock N’ Bull

9 N. Huron St., (419) 244-2855 ✯ Open: Noon March 16 (tent at 5 p.m.), 10 a.m.

March 17 (tent at 10 a.m.). ✯ Food: Regular menu. ✯ Drinks: Midnight toast with Guinness girls and keepsake glasses March 16. Green beer, shot specials, Irish car bombs, Guinness, Killian’s, Jameson, Bushmill’s, Great Lakes Conway’s Irish Ale, Murphy’s Irish Stout and more. ✯ Music: March 16: Nine Lives (9 p.m.) March 17: Dan Mettler (noon), Breaking Ground (3:30 p.m.), Nine Lives (8 p.m.).

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“May you have a full moon on a dark night.” — Irish blessing

Companies offer safe rides home Remember to stay safe this St. Patrick’s Day. Area driving and cab services are available to make sure it’s easy for you and your friends to get home after going out to celebrate.

Locally owned Black & White Transportation offers a free application that can calculate your blood alcohol content and book you a cab ride home 24 hours a day. The app, B4UDRIVE, is exclusive to iPhone, BlackBerry and Droid, but the company’s mobile online reservation system is accessible by any Web-enabled phone.

You can also text the word “RIDE” to 419-322-6772 or call the company at 419536-TAXI (8294). Cabs are first come, first serve, so there may be a wait. Rates are $2 to get in and $2.30 per mile.

If you know you will need a ride for St. Patrick’s Day, you can also book a sedan.

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Doc Watson’s

1515 S. Byrne Road, (419) 389-6003 ✯ Open: 7-2:30 a.m. March 16, 6-2:30 a.m.

March 17. ✯ Food: Breakfast (green eggs and ham, 6-11 a.m. March 17), Jiggs Dinner (11 a.m.

March 16-17). ✯ Drinks: Green beer, Irish drink specials, green Jello shots, Killian’s, Guinness, Jameson, Bushmill’s, Smithwick’s, Great Lakes Conway’s Irish Ale, Harpoon Celtic Ale. ✯ Music: March 16: Radial Groove (10 p.m.)

March 17: DFR (1-5 p.m.)

Delaney’s Lounge

309 W. Alexis Road, (419) 476-2883 ✯ Open: 11 a.m. March 15-16, 9 a.m.

March 17. ✯ Food: Corned beef sandwiches (March 17). ✯ Drinks: Green beer, green Jello shots. ✯ Music: March 15: Vince & Bethany (6:3010:30 p.m.), March 16: Music all day, March 17: Last Born Sons (2-6 p.m.), DJ (6 p.m.). Karaoke 10 p.m. March 15-17. ✯ T-shirts and novelties. Free beads and leis while supplies last.

The Four Horsemen

4452 Lewis Ave., (419) 476-3900 ✯ Open: 11-2 a.m. March 15-16, 9 a.m.-mid-

tion, visit www.bwcab.com.

Another company, BeMyDD, offers a professionally dressed designated driver at an hourly rate. The driver will act as a personal chauffer, driving you and your friends where you want to go and then driving you home. The personal driver service costs $12.50 per hour in the Toledo area, according to BeMyDD’s website.

You can also call after you are already out and BeMyDD will send two drivers to drive you and your vehicle home. In the Toledo area, pickup service costs $25 plus mileage, which is $2.95 per mile for the first 10 miles and $1.50 per mile for each additional mile.

The service is available 24 hours a day, but reservations must be placed by 11 p.m. by calling 877-823-6933 (877-U-BEMYDD). For St. Patrick’s Day, advanced reservations are strongly suggested.

For more information, visit www. bemydd.com. O

— Sarah Ottney night March 17. ✯ Food: $8.95 Jiggs Dinner (March 15-17), $5.95 corned beef sandwiches (March 15-17). ✯ Drinks: Shot specials, beer specials.

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At Hollywood Casino Toledo, 777 Hollywood Blvd., (419) 661-5200 ✯ Music: 7p.m. The Rock Show, Rock, Journey Tribute, DJ Rob Sample

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3324 Secor Road, (419) 531-2427 ✯ Open: 11-2:30 a.m. March 15, 6-2:30 a.m.

March 16-17. ✯ Food: Kegs and Eggs and homemade corn beef hash (6 a.m. March 16-17), Jiggs Dinner and Shepherd’s pie with lamb (March 15-17). ✯ Drinks: $4 Guinness, $4.50 Irish car bombs, beer stations on patio. ✯ Music: March 15: Extra Stout (8 p.m.), March 16: Chris Knopp (11 a.m.), Thirsty Hooligans (2 p.m.), The Bridges (8 p.m.), March 17: Jeff Stewart (noon), The Bridges (5 p.m.)

Manhattan’s

1516 Adams St., (419) 243-6675 ✯ Open: 11 a.m. March 15-16. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. March 17 Food: Irish-themed dinner specials March 15-16. Irish brunch buffet 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

March 17 ($15.95). ✯ Drinks: $5 Irish car bombs (March 15-16), $5 Honey Badger (March 15-16), $4 Guinness (March 15-17), Jameson, Concannon Irish Whiskey, Bushmill’s, Killian’s, Harp. ✯ Music: March 15: 9 p.m.-1 a.m.: Alan Smith and the Blues All-Stars, March 16: 9 p.m.-1 a.m.: Raq the Casbah, March 17: 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.: Live broadcast of Echoes of Ireland radio show with John Connolly, 2:30-5:30 p.m.: John Connolly Band (one time only).

602 Lagrange St., (419) 246-3466 ✯ Mickey Finn’s celebrates St. Pat’s the 17th of every month.

M.T. Loonies

6648 Lewis Ave., Temperance, (734) 847-7222 ✯ Open: 11-2 a.m. March 17. ✯ Food: Jiggs Dinner (8 ounces unsliced corned beef, potatoes, carrots, cabbage on March 17), corned beef sandwiches. ✯ Drinks: Green beer, Irish shots, Guinness, Irish car bombs. ✯ Music: Irish drinking music played all day. Extra Stout (4-7 p.m.), DJ Smoot (8 p.m.). ✯ Free beads and hats, Irish dancers (2 p.m.), celebrating all weekend long.

Mutz

27 Broadway St., (419) 243-1302 ✯ Open: 4 p.m. March 16, 10 a.m. March 17. ✯ Food: $12.95 Jiggs Dinner (March 17). ✯ Drinks: Maumee Bay Irish Red, Maumee Bay Irish Stout.

Paddy Jacks

6725 W Central Ave., (419) 725-9048 ✯ Open: 11-2 a.m. March 16, 9-2 a.m.

March 17. ✯ Food: Jiggs Dinner and Jiggs Grilled Cheese (March 17).

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Paddy Jacks, cont. ✯ Drinks: Green beer, $2 domestics for pub crawlers with lanyard. ✯ Music: DJ A Dub (March 15-16). ✯ Lucky Charms eating contest (4 p.m. March 17, $100 Paddy Jacks gift certificate prize), bikini contest (8 p.m.), live remote radio show with Andrew Z (March 15-17).

The Pour House

7430 W. Central Ave., Sylvania, (419) 450-3234 ✯ Open: 10-2 a.m. March 16-17. ✯ Drinks: Green beer, Irish Long Island, Guinness, Jameson, Smithwick’s, Irish shots. ✯ Music: March 16: Calen Savidge. March 17: Calen Savidge, Nick Neenan, The Rivets.

Shawn’s Irish Tavern

7436 W. Bancroft St., Sylvania, (419) 724-7981 4400 Heatherdowns Blvd., Toledo, (419) 3811281 105 S. Third St., Waterville, (419) 441-1081 ✯ Open: 11 a.m. March 16, 10 a.m. March 17. ✯ Food: $8 Jiggs Dinner (starting 5 p.m. March 16 through March 17), $6.75 hot shredded beef sandwiches (March 17), $6.75 corned beef sandwiches (March 17). ✯ Drinks: Green beer, Irish car bombs, Guinness, Killian’s. ✯ Music: 6 p.m.: Johnny Rodriguez (Toledo), The Villians (Waterville), Chris Knopp (Sylvania). ✯ Celebration starts 5 p.m. March 16. Prizes for best St. Paddy’s Day garb.

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219 Louisiana Ave., Perrysburg, (419) 873-6224 ✯ Open: 6 a.m.-2 a.m. March 16. ✯ Food: Irish breakfast (6-10 a.m. March 16), Jiggs Dinner (starting 11 a.m. March 16), Jameson-braised lamb shanks, handmade bangers and mash. ✯ Drinks: Irish whiskeys and Authentic Irish Ales, including Guinness, Harp, Kilkenny and more. ✯ Music: March 16: Jason LaPorte (noon-5 p.m.), Old State Line (5-8 p.m.), Jeff Stewart and the 25s (9 p.m.-1 a.m.) ✯ Heated tent on patio March 16.

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Trotters Tavern

5131 Heatherdowns Blvd., (419) 381-2079 ✯ Open: 8-2:30 a.m. March 16, 11-2:30 a.m.

March 17. ✯ Food: Kegs and Eggs (8-11 a.m. March 16), Jiggs Dinner ($9.95, March 16-17). Full regular menu. ✯ Drinks: Green beer ($2), Guinness ($4), Irish car bomb ($4), Irish shots ($3), aluminum bottle Bud and Bud Light ($3), Tullamore Dew, Jameson, Michael Collins. ✯ Music: March 16: Barliz May (4-7 p.m.), Last Call Heroes (8 p.m.-midnight).

Ye Olde Durty Bird

2 S. St. Clair St., (419) 243-2473 (BIRD) ✯ Open: 11 a.m. March 16, 10 a.m. March 17. ✯ Food: Jiggs Dinner (March 16-17). ✯ Drinks: Green beer, Irish car bombs, beer and shots specials. ✯ Music: Live music March 16-17. ✯

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Toledoan headed to SXSW, releasing new LP

By Matt Liasse Toledo Free Press Star Staff Writer star@toledofreepress.com

After his last band started to crumble, Chris Snyder challenged himself to write and record a new song every day for a year.

“I spent the better part of a decade pouring myself into this band,” Snyder said. “When it was over, I sort of found myself with a day job and nothing else.”

Snyder said he took a step back and said to himself, “Wait a second, I’m a musician. What is going on here?

“I realized that I hadn’t actually written a song in over a year,” Snyder said. “I decided I would do something that was kind of radical [and something] I hadn’t heard anyone else ever do before.”

The goal of what he called the “threesixfive project” was to see if he still loved making music after a year of writing. Snyder said he knew halfway through the challenge that he wanted to continue being a musician.

Since then, he formed a four-piece band Ace Reporter. Ten songs he wrote during the challenge are found on the group’s debut album “Yearling,” which is available on iTunes and on vinyl at Culture Clash Records.

“It’s 10 tracks that I thought were really strong and I wanted to reinterpret,” Snyder said. “It really shifts from song to song and I think that’s because [with] the threesixfive project I got bored with just one kind of song. There are a few songs on the record that are really acoustic guitar driven … and there are other songs that

are straight-up rock songs.”

Snyder said he looks up to bands like U2 and Radiohead, but their influence doesn’t really show up in the album’s sound. He said he didn’t wait for inspiration — just forced himself to write.

“I actually don’t believe in inspiration,” Snyder said. “It’s a good thing because I think if I had waited for inspiration, I would’ve failed.”

Snyder said being alone with no cellphone reception helped him to record every day.

Snyder and his wife moved to Toledo from New York in 2012. Soon after they moved, he heard from Ooh La La Records, a label in New York.

“It was in the first month or two of being here that I got the first interest from Ooh La La Records, which is now my label,” Snyder said. “It was funny; I had spent seven years in New York with the last band, trying to make it happen, then a month after I moved to Toledo, [Ooh La La called.] Well, jeez, maybe I should’ve moved to Toledo earlier.”

Snyder still goes to New York for work and music every other week.

“It’s been this weird one foot in New York, one foot in Toledo thing for me,” he said.

Snyder said the relocation was huge, but the town has been welcoming. He said he has plugged into the Toledo music scene and can’t wait to play his music in the area.

Ace Reporter will tour in 2013, and Snyder said there will be a Toledo show.

For now, Ace Reporter is gearing up for set at the South by Southwest (SXSW) music festival in Austin, Texas, which runs through March 17. O

“May you live all the days of your life.” — Jonathan Swift

Robin the Boy Wonder dies — again

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By Jim Beard Toledo Free Press Star Staff Writer star@toledofreepress.com

You may have heard that Robin died recently.

That’s right; Batman’s sidekick, that “laughing daredevil,” the kid in the yellow cape and green boots — he kicked the bucket. But, don’t you believe it. You see, it’s a sham. Sort of.

The Robin that died in Batman, Incorporated No. 8 was the fourth Boy Wonder, or fifth technically, if you count the brief time that the Boy Wonder was a girl. Regardless, the deceased sidekick wasn’t the original Robin, Dick Grayson — it was in fact Batman’s son, Damian Wayne. Okay, that may need a bit of explaining. See, Dick grew up in the 1980s and took on the name “Nightwing” and since that time we’ve had a small parade of other kids take on the colorful mantle of Robin. The second of them, Jason Todd, proved so violently unpopular with readers that they voted through a 1-900 phone survey for DC Comics to kill him.

True story. Made national news.

So, after the third Robin, Tim Drake, and that girl, Stephanie Brown, along came Damian, created by uber-writer Grant Morrison more than six years ago now. The progeny of Bruce Wayne and Talia, daughter of one of Batman’s greatest enemies, Damian was grown in a test tube and deposited unceremoniously on Bruce’s doorstep.

We were told that Morrison’s goal, from the beginning, was to wrap up the story with Damian’s

death, and so he did. And, once again, Robin’s demise made national news.

How did this frankly weird fascination with killing Robins begin? One might look to a 1963 story called “Robin Dies at Dawn” for its odd origin. There had been other brushes with comic book death for the Dynamic Duo before that, of course, but that particular saga — a moody tale of Batman’s experiment with sensory deprivation — struck a sick

chord with fans … including a young Grant Morrison. After that, a procession of stories and covers spotlighting a bruised, battered and at-death’s-door Boy Wonder has become something of a bizarre tradition among comic book cognoscenti.

In other words, don’t cry for Robin, Toledo — he was never supposed to be immortal. The Boy Wonder’s destined to die at dawn, again and again and again. O

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“May St. Patrick guard you wherever you go, and guide you in whatever you do.” — Irish blessing

IndiSoulREY I

ndiSoulREY is not just another group. It is more like a virtual traveling band with three core members and a variety of talented guest vocalists. Members ReediusMaximus, Elevated Thinkin, and DJ Sid Deluxx each play a significant role in the band’s sound.

The group started with Sid Deluxx and Elevated Thinkin, but it wasn’t complete until they asked ReediusMaximus to join them. ReediusMaximus is a legendary producer/ music technology guru. Sid Deluxx is a popular DJ in Toledo and Columbus, known for his production and precise (scratching/cutting) turntable skills on area artists’ albums. Together they provide a musical style that takes you back to the golden era of hip-hop. Elevated Thinkin is the writer/lyricist and he penned the majority of the debut album,

Hip-Hop, soul, poetry and beyond.

“Doin Our Own Thang.” Vocalists featured are Meagan Yasu Davis (contributing writer), Leah Williams and Vatella Fields.

Standouts on the 14-track album are “I’m Gone,” “You,” “A New Beginning” and the title track, “Doin Our Own Thang.” A fusion of poetic Hip-Hop soul, IndiSoulREY is bringing back a nostalgic era from the ’90s that inspired artistic freedom musically and lyrically.

Working with a vocalist proved to be a challenge, so they decided to forgo the “lead singer” format and instead use a variety of vocalists representing the Toledo area.

Marketed worldwide, the album was released via download and the response in the

states and especially overseas has been overwhelming. I was interested in learning more about the group’s alternative

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marketing approach, which ’could help encourage other artists to choose new ways to distribute their music.

Martini Rox: Why choose technology such as Internet radio as a main marketing target for “Doin Our Own Thang”?

ReediusMaximus: Ten years ago I discovered iTunes. I discovered they had radio stations on there and from those radio stations I heard music I had never heard before and these radio stations were open and free, begging for music.

I heard it way back then and at first iTunes only had 20 stations on all the genres, 20 [and] they literally have hundreds now. The whole Internet radio explosion has been going on [and] I knew the potential then.

Rox: What made you choose an option other than commercial radio for airplay?

ReediusMaximus: I’m a little old-school and not knowing the business of music as far as radio is concerned, my thought process, like probably a lot of people’s thought process, is, “When I bring music up here (to radio) you’re supposed to play it.” And there’s a business behind it. There [are]reasons why it doesn’t happen like that, good or bad.

After dealing with both sides of it, when I can go to a medium that’ll play it just [because]it’s there and it’s good music, I chose that way. Not only that, it is

accessible worldwide and not just locally.

Rox: And what is the goal you and IndiSoulREY hope to accomplish by going the digital route?

Reedius Maximus: I don’t have anything to prove here, but I have something to prove to the whole world. The whole world [doesn’t] know who I am or what I do or what music comes just from Toledo, Ohio. If I can be a vessel to bring it out maybe somebody will pay attention and maybe other people can come out through us. It had to be a new invention of the wheel, so to speak, and Internet is a vessel that has worked for me. It wasn’t easy.

You have to network. The Internet gives you all kinds of resources to do whatever you want to do but you have to sit down and put the work in and do it and we’ve done that.

Rox: Who is IndiSoulREY for?

ReediusMaximus: This music is for those people who want substance. If you’ve been longing for real music, which I’ve been hearing for years, this is your chance to get it; there’s no excuses, here it is. Toledo, if they want it, it’s right here to have.

IndiSoulREY’s music is available for download via iTunes, Amazon and CD Baby.

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What’s what, where and when in NW Ohio

Compiled by Whitney Meschke Events are subject to change.

The Ark

MUSIC

B.Gump’s 101 Restaurant and Lounge

Steak and seafood, chops and chicken are on the menu, along with tons of entertainment. 5147 S. Main St., Sylvania.

(419) 517-2199. ✯ Chris Shutters: 8 p.m. March 14. ✯ The Dan and Don Show: 8 p.m. March 15. ✯ Isis Williams: 8 p.m. March 16. ✯ The Dan and Don Show, Pat Lewandowski: 8 p.m. March 17.

This intimate venue showcases acts from the A-list to the lesser known. 316 S. Main St., Ann Arbor. (734) 761-1451, (734) 761-1800 or www.theark.org.

O Kat Edmonson, Milow: 8 p.m. March 13, $20.

O FullSet: 8 p.m. March 14, $20.

O The RFD Boys: 8 p.m. March 15, $11.

O Tyrone Wells, Brendan James: 7:30 p.m. March 17, $15.

O Rocky Lawrence: 8 p.m. March 18, $15.

O Sara Watkins, Field Report: 8 p.m. March 19, $21.

The Blarney Irish Pub

Arnie’s Perrysburg

Blind Pig

This 30-year Toledo tradition has spread south. Live entertainment is offered Wednesdays-Saturdays without cover charges. 25818 Dixie Hwy., Perrysburg. (419) 931-6590 or www.facebook.com/arnies.perrysburg. ✯ Nine Lives, Dos Dudes, Sam DeArmound: March 15.

Bar 145°

This venue features burgers, bands and bourbon, if its slogan is to be believed. $5 cover. 5304 Monroe St. (419) 593-0073 or bar145toledo.com. ✯ Captain Sweet Shoes: March 13. ✯ Tricky Dicks & the Cover-Ups: March 15. ✯ A Thousand Julys: March 16. ✯ Piano Wars: March 20.

B-Bop Records/Third Space

Offering “organic music for the cyber age,” this music store offers vinyl, CDs, memorabilia and the occasional concert.

Third Space, 137 N. Michigan St. (419) 535-1234, www. bboprecords.com or www.thirdspacetoledo.com. ✯ Time Columns, Markey Strange, the Grubs: 7-11 p.m.

March 14.

BGSU concerts

The university’s ensembles, choirs, quartets and more — and their friends — will present the music they’ve been perfecting. Halls are located in Moore Musical Arts Center, Willard Drive and Ridge Street, Bowling Green, unless noted otherwise. (419) 372-8171, (800) 589-2224, (419) 3728888 or www.bgsu.edu/arts. ✯ Faculty Scholar Series: 8 p.m. March 13, Bryan Recital Hall. ✯ Trumpet Ensemble: 8 p.m. March 14, Bryan Recital Hall. ✯ Student Guitar Ensembles: 8 p.m. March 19, Bryan Recital Hall. ✯ Tom Rosenkranz: 8 p.m. March 20, Bryan Recital Hall.

Catch local acts while taking in the pub’s modern Irish and American fare. 601 Monroe St. (419) 418-2339 or www. theblarneyirishpub.com. ✯ Steve Kennedy: 8 p.m. March 14. ✯ The Bridges: 9 p.m. March 15. ✯ Arctic Clam: 9:30 p.m. March 16. ✯ Dragon Wagon: Noon March 17. ✯ The Bloody Tinth: 5 p.m. March 17.

A variety of rock, soul, pop and alternative acts perform at this bar. 208 S. First St., Ann Arbor. $3-$20 unless noted.

(734) 996-8555 or blindpigmusic.com. ✯ The Applesee Collective, Big Dudee Roo, Lindsay Lou & the Flatbellys: 9:30 p.m. March 14. ✯ Boombox, Ramona: 9 p.m. March 15. ✯ The Bang! 9:30 p.m. March 16. ✯ Ben Rose, Kelly Elizabeth, Paper Bags, the White Ravens: 9:30 p.m. March 20.

Bronze Boar

Be sure to check out this Warehouse District tavern’s namesake, overhead near the entrance. 20 S. Huron St. (419) 244-2627 or www.bronzeboar.com. ✯ Open mic: Thursdays and Mondays. ✯ Last Born Sons: March 15. ✯ Joe Woods Trio: March 16.

Caesars Windsor

If you have your passport, consider hopping the Detroit River for this casino’s entertainment offerings. Starting ticket prices, in Canadian dollars, are for the cheapest seats; attendees must be 19 or older. Caesars Windsor Colosseum, 377 Riverside Drive, East, Windsor, Ontario. (800) 991-7777 or www.caesarswindsor.com. ✯ Irish Descendants, the Navigators: 9 p.m. March 15, $15.

Cheers Sports Eatery

This family-friendly eatery dishes up live performances … and Chicago-style pizza. 7131 Orchard Centre Drive, Holland. (419) 491-0990. ✯ Chris Shutters: March 16.

Clazel Theater

This venue has been rocking BGSU students (and others)

for years. 127 N. Main St., Bowling Green. (419) 353-5000 or www.clazel.net. ✯ “Live Wire,” featuring Kitty Glitter, City of Kings, Gold, the Matt Truman Ego Trip: 9 p.m. March 21, $2.

Cock n’ Bull Tavern

Another drinking-and-dining option has opened up near Fifth Third Field and will feature occasional musical performances. 9 N. Huron St. (419) 244-2855. ✯ Open mic with Breaking Ground: 9:30 p.m. Wednesdays. ✯ Captain Sweet Shoes: 9 p.m. Thursdays. ✯ John Barile & Bobby May: 6 p.m. Fridays. ✯ Danny Mettler: 8:30 p.m. Sundays. ✯ Arctic Clam: 9:30 p.m. March 15. ✯ Nine Lives: 9 p.m. March 16. ✯ Chris Knopp: 9 p.m. March 19.

Dégagé Jazz Café

Signature drinks, such as pumpkin martinis, plus live local jazz performers. 301 River Road, Maumee. $5 weekends for cafe seating. (419) 794-8205 or www.degagejazzcafe.com. ✯ Gene Parker & Friends: 7-10 p.m. March 13 and 19-20. ✯ Will DeYoung Trio: 7 p.m. March 14. ✯ Lori LeFevre-Johnson: 7:30 p.m. March 15-16.

The Distillery

Karaoke is offered Tuesdays, but paid entertainers rock out Wednesdays-Saturdays. 4311 Heatherdowns Blvd. (419) 382-1444 or www.thedistilleryonline.com. ✯ Venyx: March 15-16. ✯ March 17: The Eight-Fifteens, noon-4; Arctic Clam, 8:30 p.m.

Doc Watson’s

Named in honor of the owners’ forefather, this bar and restaurant serves a variety of dishes and entertainment. 1515 S. Byrne Road. (419) 389-6003 or docwatsonstoledo.com. ✯ Ben Barefoot, Frank May: 10 p.m. March 15. ✯ Radial Groove: 10 p.m. March 16. ✯ DFR: 1-5 p.m. March 17. ✯ Shawn Sanders: 10 p.m. March 22.

Dorr St. Café

Grab a reuben or some fish while bobbing your head to some tunes. Southwest corner of Dorr Street at Reynolds Road. (419) 531-4446 or www.dorrstreetcafe.com. ✯ Andrew Ellis & Lucky Lemont: March 15. ✯ Scott Ballard: March 22.

Evolution

A club “for the mature crowd,” Evolution offers $5 martinis on Thursdays and the occasional live musical performance. 519 S. Reynolds Road. (419) 725-6277 or clubevolutiontol.com. ✯ Greg & Band: 7 p.m. March 14. ✯ Cont-Nuite Band: 7 p.m. March 21.

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Serving blues and similar sounds, as well as bayoustyle grub. Levis Commons, 6140 Levis Commons Blvd., Perrysburg. (419) 931-3474 or fatfishfunnybonetoledo.com. ✯ Pikasso: 9 p.m. March 15. ✯ 427 Band: 9 p.m. March 16.

Frankie’s

Toledo’s venue for rock. 308 Main St. $5-$15, unless noted.

(419) 693-5300 or www.FrankiesInnerCity.com. ✯ Gabriel the Marine, Sea of Bears, Conestoga Trace: 8 p.m.

March 13. ✯ Mobile Deathcamp, Downspeed, Parallax, BathHouseBetty: 9 p.m. March 16. ✯ Golden State, Jeffrey Oliver: 7 p.m. March 20.

French Quarter J. Patrick’s Pub

Live entertainment after 9:30 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays. Holiday Inn French Quarter, 10630 Fremont Pike, Perrysburg.

(419) 874-3111 or www.hifq.com. ✯ Breaking Ground: March 15-16.

Greektown Casino-Hotel

Three stages — at Shotz Sports Bar, Bistro 555 and Asteria — offer competition for gamblers’ attention. 555 E. Lafayette Blvd., Detroit. No cover charge, unless noted; guests must be 21 or older. (888) 771-4386 or www.greektowncasino.com. ✯ Daniel Harrison & the $2 Highway: 5-9 p.m. Wednesdays, Asteria. ✯ Christina & Joey: 9:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Shotz. ✯ David Gerald Band: 8 p.m. March 15, Asteria. ✯ Sound Proof: 9:30 p.m. March 15, Shotz. ✯ That Band: 8 p.m. March 16, Asteria. ✯ Kemical Punkch: 4-9 p.m. March 17, Asteria. ✯ Athena Johnson: 8 p.m. March 22, Asteria. ✯ Laura Rain and the Caesers: 9:30 p.m. March 22, Shotz.

H Lounge

The Hollywood Casino Toledo offers musical distractions from all the lights, noise and jackpots. 777 Hollywood Blvd.

(419) 661-5200 or www.hollywoodcasinotoledo.com. ✯ Dave Carpenter & the Jaeglers: 9 p.m. March 15. ✯ Persuasion: 9 p.m. March 16. ✯ The Rock Show: 7 p.m. March 17. ✯ Risque: 9 p.m. March 22.

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A variety of genres to wash your drinks down with. Open mic nights, 8 p.m. Wednesdays, no cover; $5-$7 cover other nights. 602 Lagrange St. (419) 246-3466 or www. mickeyfinnspub.com. ✯ Blues Control: March 14. ✯ Ryan Waldie: March 16. ✯ The Icarus Account: March 20.

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Guests must be 21 or older. (866) 782-9622 or www. motorcitycasino.com. The casino’s Chromatics Lounge also features live performances. ✯ Colbie Caillat: 8 p.m. March 21, $30-$42. ✯ All Access: 7 p.m. March 13-14, 10 p.m. March 15 and 5:15 p.m. March 16. ✯ Ani: 5:15 p.m. March 15. ✯ Dan Rafferty Band: 10 p.m. March 16. ✯ Rhythm Kings: 3:30 p.m. March 17. ✯ Intrigue: 7 p.m. March 18. ✯ Blood Sweat & Brass: 7 p.m. March 19. ✯ Love Sick: 7 p.m. March 20.

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Irish Eyes Heavenly Pub

“Their treasure is your pleasure” — test out this maxim while checking out the evening’s entertainment. 3324 Secor Road. (419) 531-2427 or www.irisheyesheavenlypub.com. ✯ Dick McCarthy: 10 p.m. March 14. ✯ Extra Stout: 10 p.m. March 15. ✯ March 16: Chris Knopp, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.; Thirsty Houligans, 2-6; the Bridges: 8. ✯ Jeff Stewart: Noon, March 17.

Kerrytown Concert House

This venue focuses on classical, jazz and opera artists and music. 415 N. Fourth Ave., Ann Arbor. $5-$30, unless noted. (734) 769-2999 or www.kerrytownconcerthouse.com. ✯ Naima Shamborguer Quintet: 8 p.m. March 15. ✯ Ellen Rowe Trio: 2 p.m. March 17. ✯ Yehonatan Berick & Pauline Martin: 7:30 p.m. March 17. ✯ Suono Mobile USA: 8 p.m. March 20.

Manhattan’s

This “slice of the Big Apple” in the Glass City provides entertainment most weekends. 1516 Adams St. (419) 243-6675 or www.manhattanstoledo.com. ✯ Raq the Casbah: March 16. ✯ John Connolly Band: 3-6 p.m. March 17.

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6648 Lewis Ave., Temperance, (734) 847-7222 ✯ Open: 11-2 a.m. March 17. ✯ Food: Jiggs Dinner (8 ounces unsliced corned beef, potatoes, carrots, cabbage on March 17), corned beef sandwiches. ✯ Drinks: Green beer, Irish shots, Guinness, Irish car bombs. ✯ Music: Irish drinking music played all day. Extra Stout (4-7 p.m.), DJ Smoot (8 p.m.). ✯ Free beads and hats, Irish dancers (2 p.m.), celebrating all weekend long.

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The Pour House

This bar was founded by local musicians with a focus on the tunes (and a good time). 7430 W. Central Ave. (419) 4503234 or (419) 307-9691. ✯ Jake Pilewski: March 14. ✯ Cliff Millimen: March 15. ✯ Calen Savidge: March 16.

Robinwood Concert House

A home for the avant garde and untraditional, this Old West End venue hosts artists on the experimental end of the musical rainbow. 9 p.m., 2564 Robinwood Ave. $5 donation, unless noted. www.toledobellows.wordpress.com. ✯ Dither: 9 p.m. March 13.

Rocket Bar

This new bar is making a lot of promises for entertainment, vintage video games and just plain fun. Check it out and see if it’s holding up its part of the bargain. 135 S. Byrne Road.

(419) 536-2582 or www.rocketbartoledo.com. ✯ Bam Margera, CKY: March 18, $19.50.

Shawn’s Irish Tavern

Founded in 1968, this Celtic-style bar and eatery offers entertainment at its three locations. 4400 Heatherdowns Blvd., (419) 381-1281; 105 S. Third St., Waterville, (419) 441-1081; and 7436 W. Bancroft St., Sylvania, (419) 7247981. www.shawnsirishtavern.com. ✯ Johnny Rodriguez: 9 p.m. March 13 and 9:30 p.m. March 15 and 22, Toledo; March 21, Waterville.

Stella’s

Nouveau cuisine gets a helping of music Thursdays through Saturdays. 104 Louisiana Ave., Perrysburg. (419) 873-8360 or www.stellasrestaurantandbar.com. ✯ Eddie Molina: March 14. ✯ Brian Bocian: March 15. ✯ Pete Fetters: March 16.

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Anyone curious about this charcuterie can check out the menu while also sampling some music Tuesdays through Saturdays. 219 Louisiana Ave., Perrysburg. (419) 873-6224 or www.swigrestaurantandbar.com. ✯ Jeff Stewart: March 14. ✯ Meaghan Roberts: March 15. ✯ Jason LaPorte, Old State line, Jeff Stewart & the 25s: March 16.

Ottawa Tavern

Upscale dining plus live entertainment is a welcome combination. Music starts at 9:30 p.m. and concludes at 1:30 a.m.

610 Monroe St. (419) 725-0044 or www.tableforty4.com. ✯ Kyle White: March 15. ✯ Jean Ra Ties: March 16.

Live music starts at 7:30 p.m. 5703 Main St., Sylvania. (419) 882-2266 or treosylvania.com. ✯ Microphonics: March 15. ✯ Post Modern Blues Band: March 16. ✯ John Barile & Bobby May: March 20.

Casual meals and bingo and trivia nights with weekend entertainment. 1815 Adams St. (419) 725-5483 or www. otavern.com. ✯ This Severe Lifestyle, Dumb Easies: 10 p.m. March 15. ✯ Wait, Wait … Don’t Touch Me: 10 p.m. March 16. ✯ Frogkick Murphys: 10 p.m. March 17.

Potbelly Sandwich Shop

What began as an antique store in Chicago turned into a string of more than 200 eateries nationwide, including Toledo. All of the shops feature live music. 4038 Talmadge Road. (419) 725-5037 or www.potbelly.com. ✯ Jamie Mills: Noon-2 Fridays.

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This corner bar-type hangout offers the occasional bit of entertainment. 702 Monroe St. $3. (419) 241-1118. ✯ Shawn Blazsek: 9 p.m. March 15. ✯ Christopher Bianchi: 7 p.m. March 16.

Trotters Tavern

5131 Heatherdowns Blvd. (419) 381-2079. ✯ Jeff McDonald’s Big Band All Stars: 8-10:30 p.m. Tuesdays.

The Village Idiot

Tunes combined with pizza and booze, some would say it’s a perfect combination. 309 Conant St., Maumee. (419) 8937281 or www.villageidiotmaumee.com.

✯ Old West End Records: 8 p.m. Wednesdays. ✯ Bob Rex Trio: 6 p.m. Sundays. ✯ Frankie May and friends: 10 p.m. Mondays. ✯ John Barile & Bobby May: 8 p.m. Tuesdays, $5. ✯ Boogaloosa Prayer: 10 p.m. March 15, $5. ✯ Kentucky Chrome: 8 p.m. March 16, $5.

Wesley’s Bar & Grill

A huge variety of beers helps wash down the entertainment.

1201 Adams St. (419) 255-3333 or wesleysbar.com. ✯ Lucian Townes, Sarah Donnley Band: 10 p.m. March 23, free.

Ye Olde Durty Bird

A full bar featuring frozen drinks and multiple happy hours (4-7) on weekdays, plus salads, soups and sandwiches, accompanies live entertainment four nights a week. 2 S. St. Clair St. (419) 243-2473 or www.yeoldedurtybird.com. ✯ Kyle White: 7 p.m. March 13. ✯ Ronn Daniels: 8 p.m. March 14. ✯ Elixer: 8:30 p.m. March 15. ✯ John Barile: 8 p.m. March 16. ✯ The Eight-Fifteens: 8 p.m. March 20.

Bliss

This female quartet blends voices and instruments including violin, guitar, keyboard, bass and more. www.facebook. com/MusicbyBliss ✯ Leukemia & Lymphoma Society fundraiser, with the Grape Smugglers: 7 p.m. March 22, Nazareth Hall, 21211 W. River Road, Grand Rapids. (216) 264-5680, (419) 8322900 or www.lls.org.

Swingmania

With its focus on swing music, Jeff McDonald’s group of musicians provides a peek into another era, with music from bandleaders such as Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, the Dorseys and more. With combos from trio to full orchestra, the performers provide music for all occasions. (419) 708-0265, (419) 874-0290 or www. swingmania.org. ✯ 8-10:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Trotter’s Tavern, 5131 Heatherdowns Blvd. (419) 381-2079 or (419) 708-0265.

Jazz on the Maumee

The Art Tatum Jazz Society will provide smooth, cool “Twilight Jazz” along the river, appetizers included.

5:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Grand Plaza Hotel’s Aqua Lounge, 444 N. Summit St. $5-$15. (419) 241-141 or www.arttatumsociety.com. ✯ Brad McNett, Clifford Murphy, Josh Silver: March 13. ✯ Turner Organ Trio: March 20.

UT concerts

The university’s music students and friends will perform the pieces they’ve been perfecting. (419) 530-2452 or www. utoledo.edu/as/music. ✯ Jazz Night: 7:30 p.m. March 18, Crystal’s Lounge, Ramada Hotel & Conference Center, 3536 Secor Road. $3-$5.

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Artemis Quartet

This Berlin-based group studied with the Alban Berg Quartet and are artists in residence at Konzerthaus Vienna with a regular concert series at the Berlin Philharmonie.

The program will feature Bach preludes and fugues, Piazzolla tangos and Mendelssohn quartets. 7:30 p.m. March 13, University of Michigan, Rackham Auditorium, 915 E. Washington St., Ann Arbor. $20-$42. $20-$42. (734) 7642538 or ums.org.

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“When Irish eyes are smiling, sure ‘tis like a morn in spring.” — Chauncey Olcott and George Graff Jr. Toledo Symphony Orchestra

The ensemble, conducted by Jeffrey Pollock, will play light classics and American pops tunes. 7:30 p.m. March 14, Sauder Village’s Founder’s Hall, 22611 Route 2, Archbold. $15-$18. (800) 590-9755 or www.saudervillage.org.

Anne-Sophie Mutter

This violin virtuoso will be joined by pianist Lambert Orkis in a program featuring Mozart, Schubert, Lutoslawski and Saint-Saëns. 7:30 p.m. March 14, University of Michigan, Hill Auditorium, 825 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor. $10-$60.

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Night Session Big Band

This band will perform as part of the university’s Cabaret Series. 8 p.m. March 15, Franciscan Theatre & Conference Center, Lourdes University, 6832 Convent Blvd., Sylvania. $10-$12. (419) 824-3999 or www.franciscancenter.org.

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Three of contemporary Christian music’s biggest stars will be joined by 200 local church singers to lift their voices in God’s praise. 7:30 p.m. March 15, Stranahan Theater, 4645 Heatherdowns Blvd. $15-$63. (419) 381-8851 or www. stranahantheater.com.

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Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble

The cellist has said he believes “that when we enlarge our view of the world, we deepen our understanding of our own lives and culture.” His Silk Road project aims to explore global cultural perspectives and connections. 8 p.m. March 16, University of Michigan, Hill Auditorium, 825 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor. $20-$150. (734) 764-2538 or ums.org.

A St. Patrick’s Celebration

Trinity, harp and guitar by Denise and Michael GruppVerbon will celebrate the luck of the Irish with an afternoon of rollicking Celtic music. 2 p.m. March 17, Trinity Episcopal Church, 1 Trinity Plaza. $5-$15. (419) 243-1231 or www. trinitytoledo.org.

Toledo Symphony Youth Orchestra

Young musicians will be joined by the TSO veterans in this performance. 4 p.m. March 17, Toledo Museum of Art’s Peristyle, 2445 Monroe St. $10-$15. (419) 246-8000, (800) 348-1253 or www.toledosymphony.com. ✯

“Scheherazade”

The Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra will perform RimskyKorsakov’s number about the Arabian Nights storyteller and more music inspired by Sufi romantic poetry. 8 p.m.

March 15, Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty St., Ann Arbor. (734) 994-4801, (734) 768-8397, a2so.com or www.michtheater.org.

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Madrigals, motets and sacred and secular music by masters of choral composition such as Mozart, Bach, Brahms, Gabrielli and Debussy will be performed. 8 p.m. March 16, St. Michael’s in the Hills Episcopal Church, 4718 Brittany Road, Ottawa Hills. $20-$25. (419) 242-0800, (419) 242-2787 or www.masterworkschorale.us.

Mozart & More

Conductor Jeffrey Pollock will lead the Toledo Symphony in three works by the master and timpanist Sally Rochotte in Ruschetzky’s Timpani Concerto. 7:30-9:30 p.m. March 16, Franciscan Theatre & Conference Center,

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Almeda Street Poets performance to benefit Cherry Street Mission The Almeda Street Poets will host a benefit performance for the Cherry Street Mission at The Attic on Adams on March 20.

The event will feature Kerry Trautman, Adrian Lime, Jonie McIntire, Michael Hackney, and Michael Kocinski, as well as selections from Lori Kuykendall and the late John Swaile.

The group first got its start in the classroom at the University of Toledo.

“Lori Kuykendall and I first met in a poetry class taught by Dr. Sara Lundquist. Then we started reading at the Grasshopper and then went to the Original Sub Shop. We were young, crazy, foolish and trying to do something. We asked if people wanted to get together and read some poetry,” said founding group member Adrian Lime.

“A few weeks later, John Swaile showed up and then people just started to come by. Then I met Kerry and Jonie in one of Joel Lipman’s classes and, before you knew it, we had like 40 people coming by every week, which was more than the house on Almeda Street could handle. So eventually we moved the reading to Sam & Andy’s.

We put out an anthology and really had something going, but as people moved and started to

have families it was harder to find time to all get together. “It was Mike Hackney who suggested that we all read together again. That was a few years ago, we read in Bowling Green and raised money for NAOMI House,” Lime said.

Each reading that the group produces is intended to spread awareness of an organization or issue that the poets care deeply about and in some way impacts the community. The Cherry Street Mission benefit will run from 7-9 p.m. and will include an open mic after the featured readers. The reading is free and open to the public. The group will be passing the hat several times during the reading for donations.

“I don’t think we’ll raise a lot of money, but we’ll do what we can, and intend to have a great time regardless. I think if John Swaile were here today he would be really proud of what we’re doing and would have had a hand in where we’re headed. He was such a big force and was so kind and was always pushing us toward something good.”

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Was no drag More than 350 people attend opera/drag show.

The first annual “Opera Ain’t No Drag” event, which brought two artistic worlds together, was a success, the organizer said.

“It was great that everybody could make it out. We had a really good crowd and all the performers did amazing,” said Lexi Staples, producer of the show and executive director of the Pride of Toledo Foundation, which puts on the annual Toledo Pride weekend during the summer.

The show took place Feb. 2 at the Collingwood Arts Center. Roughly 350 people attended and the proceeds of about $1,300 were split between the Pride of Toledo Foundation and Toledo Opera.

The show featured opera singers Jennifer Cresswell and Sean Cooper performing tunes from “Don Giovanni.”

Drag queens and kings Deja D. Dellataro, National Holiday, London Asia, Spacee Kadett, Orion SpanKing and Santana Romero also lip-synced popular opera songs. “[The performers] loved it and they’re all excited for next year,” Staples said.

Suzanne Rorick, executive director of Toledo Opera, said of the show’s concept, “I thought it was a very clever way of expanding our audience and reaching out to a broader piece of the community.”

Several tickets for the Toledo Opera’s performance of “Don Giovanni” were sold at the event.

Staples also said the event helped show the Pride of Toledo Foundation’s scope.

“It’s our first real big way of saying the Pride of Toledo Foundation isn’t just Toledo Pride — that’s just one of the events that we do,” she said.

Staples, who does hair and makeup for Toledo Opera, thought of the idea for an opera/ drag show in 2009 and had been working toward it since then. “[I thought], how can we make opera seem really fun to people who haven’t experienced it before and how can we make drag seem fun to people who haven’t experienced that before?” she said. O

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Tombstone Factory Poet John Dorsey publishes latest book.

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In a Feb. 7 YouTube video, book publisher Wolfgang Carstens reads a book from behind the wheel of his Chevy Astro. And just what book was so enthralling to him?

That would be “Tombstone Factory,” Toledo Free Press Star columnist John Dorsey’s newest collection of poems.

“It’s a funny video,” Dorsey said. “[Carsten is] very enthusiastic; he’s very passionate about what he does.”

“Tombstone Factory” was published by Epic Rites Press, based out of Alberta, Canada.

“John Dorsey is a literary alchemist,” Carstens said on epicrites.org. “Dorsey’s poetry is genuine, unique, accessible, and it always manages to transcend the act of putting words on the page and work its way into your bloodstream.”

Carstens goes the extra mile to promote a published book, Dorsey said, which is a reason he looked forward to working with him. At the end of the YouTube video, Carstens mails the first copy of the book to Dorsey.

“Every time you’re waiting on a new book, it’s kind of like the night before Christmas,” Dorsey said. “It took kind of an extra amount of time because it came from Canada. It was great when it finally arrived.”

Dorsey said he always get nervous and excited while waiting for books to arrive.

Dorsey and Carstens have known each other for five years. Because not just anyone can submit work to Epic Rites Press, Carstens gave Dorsey an open invitation to send work whenever he wished.

Dorsey said he’s always noticed Carstens’ attention to detail.

“The books that come in, they’re beautiful,” Dorsey said. “They’re works of art in and of themselves.”

The artwork in “Tombstone Factory” was done by Henry Denander, who Dorsey has known for a while. Denander once asked Dorsey if he could paint a portrait of him, which is the image that appears on the back of the book.

Carstens asked Denander to do the artwork for “Tombstone Factory” without knowing of his friendship with the author.

“It was a happy coincidence,” Dorsey said.

This is Dorsey’s third full-length work published, with about 30 smaller collections already under his belt, he said. He said each time he’s published is exciting.

“I can’t wait to hold [my books] in my hands,” he said.

Some of “Tombstone Factory” deals with death, Dorsey said, and serves as a dedication to the people he knows who have died in the past couple years.

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Dorsey said he got the title “Tombstone Factory” from another poet, Ryan Bunch, who said the phrase while reading a poem years ago. Dorsey approached him after the reading and told him he wanted it for a title one day.

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A few poems included in the book are dedicated to other poets.

“It’s just a tribute to people that I’ve worked with in this community. [I’ve been] doing this sort of thing for about 20 years now,” Dorsey said.

One poem in the book, “Sugar Coated,” was dedicated to Dorsey’s friend William Taylor Jr. The poem was inspired by a nostalgic conversation they had about how toys used to come in cereal boxes. Some lines include, “When I was a kid, they used to put prizes at the bottom of cereal boxes. I remember rolling up my sleeves and reaching in with Cheerios up to my elbows.”

Dorsey said his favorite poem in the book is “The Bride of Frankenstein,” which was one of the final poems to be added.

“I put it first because it was one of the newest pieces to go into the book,” Dorsey said. “It’s probably my favorite piece of anything I’ve written in the last few months.”

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Eastwood’s musical director Leslie Myers said she tries to pick musicals that showcase the students’ talents and fill seats.

“Being high school kids, I was worried they would think [‘Beauty and the Beast’] was juvenile, being an animated film first, but they really warmed up to it quickly,” said Myers, who has directed Eastwood shows for two years and been involved with the program for 10 years.

The musical features 40 students in the cast, six in the crew and 15 in orchestra. Seniors Abby Stephens, Nate Miller and Chris Schermerhorn star as Belle, the Beast and Lumière, respectively.

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The director said her favorite song in the musical is “No Matter What,” a duet between Belle and her father.

“It’s a song not many people would think of [as a favorite] … it’s just a sweet little moment in the show,” Myers said.

She added that theater is a great confidencebuilder for high school students.

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Lexi Staples, owner of OUTSKiRTS Toledo, is not your typical best friend. She is often so busy that movie nights are a rarity and scheduling “meetings” to just have a drink and talk is a frequent occurrence. Her heart is made of pure gold and her passion is to help everyone around her understand and accept the differences in the world.

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eing a wrestling champion isn’t as easy as it looks. Just ask World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) performer and Intercontinental titleholder Wade Barrett.

Beyond the grueling road schedule and heavy demands that wrestling puts on the body, there are secondary concerns with holding one of the company’s most prestigious JEFF titles. Like, say, taking the title belt with you. Seriously.

“I’m the only guy responsible for taking that everywhere. So, if I forget it or if I lose it — it’s big trouble, really,” Barrett said in an interview with Toledo Free Press Star.

“It’s very heavy to be carrying around in my hand luggage, and I can’t be putting it in my main luggage that goes in the hold on the plane, because those things get lost occasionally, or it might get stolen out of there. So I have to keep it on my person at all times. Or when you’re going through the security belt at the airport or stuff like that, people always want to take it out of the bag, going ‘Oh, what’s this giant metal thing you’ve got in your bag?’”

Still, the positives far outweigh the negatives for Barrett, who will be appearing with WWE’s “SmackDown” brand at a live event at Savage Arena on Sunday, March 17.

A 32-year-old native of Great Britain, Barrett has toured with WWE for nearly three years now, establishing himself as a prominent character in the company. Not to say that there haven’t been setbacks along the way, like the dislocated elbow he suffered last year on an episode of Raw. “It was a pretty nasty injury. I got it in February 2012, and it took the wind out of my sails with regard to the run-up to WrestleMania last year. It was a very disappointing time, if you get injured. And the diagnosis was it was probably going to take six months to recover from that.”

After surgery on the elbow, Barrett spent six weeks doing next to nothing, and another four months going through therapy to rebuild his range of motion. “It’s a very slow process. And obviously with something like wrestling, where you’re constantly jumping around and getting slammed and all that, people kicking it and things like that, it really needs to be 100 percent before you can get going again.”

Still, the time off gave Barrett an opportunity —he auditioned for and was offered a role in the movie “Dead Man Down,” a WWE Films production that was released in theaters this past Friday.

“That kinda tied up two and a half months of my six-month injury. So that was a great experience to be a part of that. It had some great actors involved — Terrance Howard and Colin Farrell were both in the film; I was working very closely with them. And this was the first film, or acting

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role, I’ve been a part of, so it was a great experience.”

He finally made his return to WWE television in August, beginning with a series of vignettes that played up his real-life background as a bareknuckle fighter.

“I really liked the vignettes that WWE put together; I thought those were really cool. We got a lot of good feedback from people saying it was like a Hollywood movie or something like that. I think it was kind of a chance to give me a little shift in the right direction when I came back and let people know I mean business.”

Barrett has worked hard to continue to make his name on WWE television in the days since his return, leading up to this, the most crucial time of the year. WrestleMania, the company’s biggest show (and for its stars, the biggest payday) is just around the corner.

“It’s pretty tense, actually,” Barrett said, describing the WWE locker room. “Especially for me, because I obviously missed last year’s Wres-

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tleMania because of the injury I got just beforehand. Everyone’s looking at the card, it’s really starting to take shape — I think we’ve got two or three matches that are kind of set for WrestleMania — and everyone’s looking at that card and thinking, ‘I’ve got to get myself on there pretty quickly,’ because unfortunately, there are limited spaces on the WrestleMania card. It’s not like everyone is going to get BARRETT on there.”

And as for the long-term future? Well, if the past year’s events have taught Barrett anything, it’s that nothing is certain.

“I’d like to do this for a long time. I saw myself last year, with the injury that I got, that things can change very quickly. It doesn’t matter how well you plan anything out — things can change pretty quickly. Nothing ever goes to plan in WWE. So, in the back of my mind, I’ve got the age of 40 as the age I want to retire. So that’s another eight years away. So I’ve got a time to go, if that were the case. But there are so many things that can change in the meantime.” O Email Toledo Free Press Star Pop Culture Editor Jeff McGinnis at PopGoesJeff@gmail.com.

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