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Monster rock “We started in 1965 and here we are 2013 and we’re still doing sell-out shows and people are still coming for all the right vkroll@toledofreepress.com reasons: They want to see this mythical charAlice Cooper has a great idea for a acter, Alice Cooper, and they want to hear book: What rock lead singers do to psych those songs that they grew up with,” the Detroit native said. up for concerts.

Those songs include monster hits “I’m “I was out with Peter Frampton; Frampton irons. He has an ironing board Eighteen,” “School’s Out,” “No More Mr. and an iron, and that’s how he gets ready Nice Guy,” “Under My Wheels,” “Elected,” for the show, which is very strange,” he said. “Billion Dollar Babies,” “You and Me,” “I “Roger Daltrey fly-fishes. He has a fishing Never Cry,” “How You Gonna See Me Now” rod and he tries to fly-fish into a garbage can. and “Poison.”

Cooper will bring his Raise the Dead Tour “I watch really bad kung-fu movies, and I ended up being a deadly expert knife to Centennial Terrace in Sylvania for an 8 p.m. thrower. So I’ve got these Chinese throwing show July 9. Tickets are $30.50 and $59.50.

Oh, there’ll be blood galore. And one of knives, and I can put 20 knives within about a 6-inch circle. So I just stand there with a those creatures Cooper is fond of: snakes.

“The one that we have right now loves dartboard and these things backstage, and it being onstage. This one is Boa Derek. We gets me ready for the show.”

For more than four decades, the rock had Julius Squeezer, and Boa Derek is the icon has aimed to entertain. Vincent Damon new one,” he said and laughed.

Does anything scare the legend who deFurnier formed a band named Alice Cooper and later adopted that name. The makeup- lights in shocking while rocking?

“Well, yeah, Taylor Swift,” he quipped. “I wearing innovator combined catchy metal riffs with theatrical concerts drenched in have phobias like everybody else. I cannot stand needles, you know. I have no tattoos. I horror and became the king of shock rock.

“The stage show has always been a show- can put my head in a guillotine; I can work case for the character Alice Cooper,” he said with all kinds of snakes and all kinds of stuff during a call from a tour stop in Baltimore. like that, but a blood test? It would take me “Rock ’n’ roll was full of rock heroes, but there about two days to psych up to do a blood test.”

But the singer-songwriter has faced his were no rock villains. And I created Alice to be the predominant rock villain since there own demons.

“It’s been 30 years since I had a drink or wasn’t one, and that’s the way I still treat Alice.

“When he comes on stage, he’s sort of anything, so that’s really paid off for me. I get Captain Hook, and it’s always fun to play done after an hour and 45 minutes [on stage] the villain; the villain always has more fun and I feel great, and that’s 28 songs pretty much. So we do that five nights a week. I’ve than the hero.” never been in better shape in my life,” the No one has more fun performing.

“The show we’re doing now, beginning to 65-year-old said.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member end, it’s like an Alice Cooper revue, and it never lets you rest for a second. And to me, is working on a follow-up to his 2011 disc, that’s what a good rock show is: The audience “Welcome 2 My Nightmare.”

“I have never done a covers album. I’ve doesn’t even get a chance to get their breath always done original material — 27 albums before the next song has started.

“And you’re never going to run out of of just original material,” Cooper said. “That things to do up there. Every time I write a would be fun to do a covers album, but I want song, I kind of think about how it would to take it back to a certain period of time.

“I had a drinking club called the Hollybe on stage. If you say, ‘Welcome to My Nightmare,’ just don’t say it; give them the wood Vampires, and it was Keith Moon and nightmare. What does that mean? Bring it Harry Nilsson and John Lennon, and earlier onstage: Bring dancers that come out from than that it was Jim Morrison and Jimi Henunder the bed, bring a toy box full of crea- drix and those guys. And so I figured I’m tures. All you have to do is think about it, going to cover those guys because they were like fallen brothers, guys that died that were build it, rehearse it and do it.”

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Alice Cooper to play in Sylvania July 9.

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Alice Cooper was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011.

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“I’m not for gay marriage, but I’m not for discriminating against people.” — Joel Osteen

Community reacts to rulings on same-sex marriage

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After the United States Supreme Court ruled June 26 that same-sex married couples are entitled to the same federal rights as other married couples, local radio personality Steve Reamey made some potential plans for his weekend. He wanted to take his partner jewelry shopping.

“We’re gonna go look,” Reamey said. “We’ll see what happens.”

Other members of Toledo’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning and allied community (LGBTQA) said while they are REAMEY elated with the decision, there’s still more work to be done, especially since same-sex marriage is not yet recognized at a state level in Ohio.

“Today’s decision is really a historic victory for equal rights. I think the Supreme Court has once again affirmed that America has no secondclass citizens,” said David Mann, spokesperson for Equality Toledo.

The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1996. Many former supporters of DOMA, including Clinton, have since recanted their stances. The Supreme Court struck down the part of DOMA that had prohibited same-sex married couples from accessing federal benefits, and also ruled on Proposition 8, California’s ban on same-sex marriage. Proponents of the ban should not have been able to appeal previous rulings against the ban, according to the Supreme Court. California has resumed allowing same-sex marriage.

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Rebecca Facey and Angie Carriker traveled to New York City in 2012 to get their marriage license.

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Rick Cornett, one of the main organizers for Holiday with Heart Charity Gayla, an annual “What the decision means if you are a same-sex event for the LGBTQA community, said he believes the Supreme Court decisions are a couple and you got married where samestep in the right direction. sex marriage is allowed and you are still “I am ecstatic and couldn’t be hapliving in that state, you will be recognized pier. I’m so proud that the Supreme under all federal laws,” she said.

Court made the right decision toward However, Zietlow said that there is equality for the LGBT community. This still uncertainty as to how the decision is a historic time for the gay commuaffects Ohioans and that she anticipates nity,” he said. further litigation in regards to interReamey said that the decision means preting the Supreme Court’s decision. a lot to him personally.

According to Lambda Legal, a nonSTAPLES “From my perspective, I’ve lived the profit advocating for the rights of the animosity and the bigotry twice over LGBT community, “Legally married being openly gay and African-American.” same-sex couples living in a state that “This [decision] is an affirmation does not respect their marriages may for any gay person growing up. … That right away have access to some federal they do matter; that they have a finanrights and benefits, but not to many cial future with a partner now.” others, at least not immediately.”

Mann stressed that these decisions Grateful are not the end of the battle, since samesex marriage is not legal in Ohio and About a year ago, Rebecca Facey other states. and Angie Carriker traveled to New CORNETT “The challenge is while DOMA is York City to get their marriage license still unconstitutional, Ohioans still do after having an Ohio-based ceremony. not have rights to marriage,” he said.

The couple has been together since “There are a number of rights LGBT 2009 and met in 2006 at a domestic Ohioans still do not have access to, so I violence prevention training program. think the battle now comes back to the Facey said she is thankful for orcommunity.” ganizations like Lambda Legal, the Human Rights Campaign and AmerPop-Up Party ican Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) who bring these cases to court.

Audrey Remusat, who came out in “We’re just so grateful that the SuNovember, became active in the comREMUSAT preme Court ruled the way they did. munity in January and became involved We cannot wait for Ohio to get on with Equality Ohio in April. She was a board and recognize our marriage as well, but “know-it-all” at Equality Ohio’s June 26 Pop-Up we know that’s just a matter of time,” Facey said. Party at Packo’s at the Park, who answered quesLexi Staples, executive director of the Pride of tions and clarified the Supreme Court ruling. The Toledo Foundation, said, “I’m thrilled the LGBTQA “Decision Day” celebration was one of eight in the community is becoming more accepted and that state planned by Equality Ohio and was planned no fact is being recognized widely. We have a long way matter the outcome of the Supreme Court decision. to go … but ding, dong the DOMA’s dead!” n EQUALITY CONTINUES ON 6 n EQUALITY CONTINUED FROM 4

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n EQUALITY CONTINUED FROM 5 It was a celebration.

“Before coming out, I’ve been on the side for basic rights,” Remusat said at the party. “I have my master’s degree in sociology so I’ve been fighting for equality from the get-go, ever since I first learned about it in college.”

The fight became more passionate after she came out.

“When you’re first identifying with it, and you agree with it, you don’t know where to go.

You’re in support of it, but how do you voice this?” Remusat said. “Once you become intimately involved with it, I don’t want to say the light switch comes on, because it does; suddenly the picture is clearer.”

Remusat is transsexual, and because of a law that doesn’t allow the changing of gender on a birth certificate, identifies as a lesbian.

“I’m very, very happy and hopeful,” Remusat said. “It’s only a matter of time before [same-sex marriage] happens in every state. It’s not a question of if, it’s of when.”

The bar at Packo’s at the Park was filled with other supporters.

“I think it’s a great moment in history and I’m proud to be here to see it,” said ACLU member Sue Carter. “I believe in justice for all.”

Carter said she celebrated instantly when she heard the news.

“I ran into the house; I got all my equality flags; I stuck them in my yard,” she said. “I felt like I was watching history being made. This is like women getting the right to vote. I mean it’s huge. It’s an important issue.”

RABIE Brent Rabie, who’s on the board of directors for Equality Toledo, was at the party after an “eventful” and “exciting” day. When news broke of DOMA being ruled unconstitutional, Rabie said he was “pounding away” on Facebook.

“One day I could get married and get along with that phase of my life like everyone else can,” Rabie said. He added that he sees himself getting married in the future.

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Four years of Gray

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

Community members and local businesses will celebrate Bozarts Fine Art & Music Gallery turning 4 years old with a July 6 event.

“The gallery’s been extremely well-received,” owner Jerry Gray said. “There’s a lot of people that have been supporters or have been involved all over the past four years, even prior when I was getting the space ready. A lot of those folks are still around town and doing some really great things and some of the artists are pretty well-known.”

Gray said the event is not celebrating a milestone as much as a turning point for the gallery.

Bozarts will switch up how it runs things soon.

“We’re going to be setting it up more as a seasonal artist residency program with free studio space and professional development,” Gray said.

The gallery, located at 151 S. St. Clair St., opened July 3, 2009 and has featured more than 70 exhibitions since the opening. The celebration will include a retrospective of Anthony McCarty’s work. Gray said the retrospective may span from McCarty’s high school and college career to today.

Activities are planned for the event, including a 100-foot mural painted outside on the wall. The

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Bozarts Fine Art & Music Gallery celebrates 4th birthday.

RA (Rise Above) Crew will produce the mural at the event. Gray said he left what the mural will look like up to the artists.

“They are exceptional artists in their own right,” Gray said. “I’ve got faith and trust in what they create and what they’ve done in their careers.”

The exterior of the gallery has been painted over a couple of times, Gray said.

“It’s to make it something that’s cohesive, sharp and appealing,” Gray said. “If there were any type of theme to it, it would be something that is positive and uplifting to people that see it.”

Gray’s friend Jefferson Nelson will attend the event to showcase his 35-foot-plus sculpture.

“It’s a sculpture he made in college,” Gray said. “He hasn’t shown it for about 10 years.”

Twelve to 15 vendors will attend the event , which will be catered by Swig Restaurant and Bar in Perrysburg.

Handmade Toledo, a group of “urban craftsmen and artisans” will set up tables to sell their work at the event.

The event will be a fundraiser for Art Corner Toledo (ACT).

“I try to help the folks that I believe are doing positive things in the community as often as possible,” Gray said.

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The gallery’s been extremely well-received.

There’s a lot of people that have been supporters or have been involved all over the past four years, even prior when I was getting the space ready. A lot of those folks are still around town and doing some really great things and some of the artists are pretty well-known.

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Bowling Green’s City Park can be seen in the new movie “Porking Mandy.”

Filmmaker Jeremy Cordy, who is from BG, came back to the town to film his feature in May 2012. The movie had its premiere screening June 27 at the Maumee Indoor Theatre.

The movie follows Mandy Rogers, the elected prom queen who was dumped before her big day, attending an anti-prom party with the high school’s outcasts. Cordy said there is no deeper meaning behind the film.

“I actually just wanted to make a movie [as if] a comedian were to tell jokes. This is my way of doing it,” Cordy said. “The way I approached it was I wanted to make a movie that never took itself seriously for a second and even made fun of itself for being that type of high school comedy.

It’s more of a satire on teen sex comedies.”

Cordy said he is inspired by movies with “outlandish” comedy, like Kevin Smith’s “Clerks” movies. “‘Clerks’ didn’t really have a style to it, but the dialogue and the humor to it was almost brutal how funny it was,” Cordy said. “I love outrageous and blunt humor; for some reason that’s always been attractive to me.”

Following the screening, Cordy and partner Nacia Schreiner are making adjustments before sending it to festivals, including Slamdance, SXSW and the Toronto International Film Festival. Cordy said the version screened at the

Maumee Indoor was not the final version. He tested reactions of the crowd.

Cordy said he enjoyed returning to Bowling Green to film. “[In] Bowling Green, everyone was just like me, filled with passion and willing to put it all in,” Cordy said. “In LA, it’s very much like a business.

I never could’ve made this movie in Los Angeles with the budget that I had.”

The film’s cast and crew consists of Bowling Green residents, including Dylan Stretchbery, Brendan Coomes, Josh Detamore and Mark Miller. The only cast member from Los Angeles was Kaleigh Macchio, who plays Mandy.

Cordy said the cast and crew were formed mostly by recommendations from Kylie Joy Robinson, a student in BGSU’s theater department.

Robinson was hired as a costume designer and knew aspiring actors for the production. Cordy’s younger brother, who is also in the film, got some of his friends involved as well.

“It just kind of snowballed,” Cordy said. “Actually, I just recently found out that the university was a little worried about the production, too. I think some of the teachers at BGSU were actually, ‘Oh, they’re from LA, they are going to take advantage of you’ … I just thought it was funny. No, I’m from Bowling Green. I’m just talking to my friends.”

Even though he was working with mostly friends, and they became closer after the shoot, it was not all fun. The hours were “grueling.”

“Some people had jobs while working 12 hours on our movie,” he said. “They’d go back and they’d work at Kroger or Grounds for Thought.” O

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‘Addams Family’ leads Broadway contributions to Valentine season

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

Tickets for the Valentine Theatre’s upcoming season are now on sale. The theater’s 2013-14 season will begin in November with a “Broadway Series” and “A Little Bit Country Series,” both packaged together at a group package price.

“We are really excited to have two recent Broadway hits,” said Marketing Director Matt Lentz, “including ‘Godspell’ and ‘The Addams Family.’ They are fresh, new and highly entertaining productions.”

“The Addams Family,” set to take center stage Nov. 7, will be the largest show yet for the theater, adding to Lentz’ excitement.

The show follows a dinner party with the dark family hosting for Wednesday Addams’ “normal” in-laws.

The production has been packaged in the

“Broadway Series” with four other shows so audience members can see all shows for a starting price of $179. The other shows in the “Broadway Series” are “Forbidden Broadway,” “Smokey Joe’s Cafe” and “Sweet Charity.”

A schedule of the season’s shows is below. To purchase tickets, visit valentinetheatre.com.

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O “Godspell,” Jan. 24.

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“Branson On The Road,” March 22.

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O “The Second City,” Feb. 22.

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T-Town Dash

EPIC Toledo to host networking, leadership event.

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EPIC Toledo is set to host the T-Town Dash, a networking and puzzle-solving event for young professionals interested in upbeat leadership training, on July 11.

EPIC (Engaging People, Inspiring Change), the Toledo Chamber of Commerce’s young professionals group, has 1,450 individual members and 65 corporate members, according to a news release. It’s the largest group of its kind in the Toledo region.

Registration begins at 5:30 p.m. at Fifth Third Field, and the event runs from 6-8 p.m. in Downtown Toledo.

T-Town Dash is no ordinary networking social, said Sara Swisher, EPIC Toledo’s director.

“The T-Town Dash is an opportunity for young professionals to get together in the area.

It showcases and highlights the Downtown businesses and attractions,” Swisher said.

The event is open to everyone in the community and costs $10. “[The Dash] starts at Fifth Third Field. We

put attendees in random groups so that they’re forced to get to know some new people and network, and they’re taken on different paths around town, where they’re assigned clues and have to figure out which location to go to next.

Paths stop at different businesses and attractions around Downtown Toledo,” Swisher said.

This is the second annual T-Town Dash.

Last year’s event was met with “great response,” Swisher said.

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Compiled by Whitney Meschke Events are subject to change.

The Ark

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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. ✯ Jill Sobule, Julia Sweeney: 8 p.m. July 5, $20. ✯ Susan Werner: 8 p.m. July 6, $20. ✯ Joe Jencks: 7:30 p.m. July 7, $15.

Bar 145°

This new venue features burgers, bands and bourbon, if its slogan is to be believed. $5 cover. 5304 Monroe St. (419) 593-0073 or bar145toledo.com. ✯ The Hot Sauce Committee: July 5. ✯ A Thousand Julys: July 6. ✯ Lori Lefevre Johnson Trio: July 8. ✯ Dan Fester: July 10.

Barr’s Public House

“Our House, Your Pub” focuses on craft beer, hand-crafted specialty drinks and martinis, a well-rounded wine selection and an eclectic food menu. 3355 Briarfield Blvd., Maumee. (419) 866-8466. ✯ Pikasso: 8 p.m. July 4. ✯ Kaiden Chase: 9 p.m. July 6.

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. ✯ Miguel Morte Valentine, Henry Gray & the Dead Folk: 7-11 p.m. July 6, $5 donation. ✯ City Mouse, Kater Mas, Worship This, Hunky Newcomers: 7-10:30 p.m. July 7.

The Blarney Irish Pub

Catch local acts while taking in the pub’s modern Irish and American fare. 601 Monroe St. (419) 418-2339 or www. theblarneyirishpub.com. ✯ Arctic Clam: 9 p.m. July 4. ✯ The Last Born Sons: 9 p.m. July 5. ✯ The Bradberries: 9 p.m. July 6.

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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. ✯ Stick Shift, Algernon, Seraphim, the Dying Wake: 9:30 p.m. July 3. ✯ Ann Arbor Soul Club: 9:30 p.m. July 5. ✯ Teddy MC, Trap Armstrong, L Sity, Visiou$, Versatai, Blessed, Manifesto, Phibbs, Phillabusta, Davey Jones, KO-7, Keef Herbin: 9:30 p.m. July 6. ✯ Captain Ivory, Andrew Leahey & the Homestead, Adrian Krygowski: 9:30 p.m. July 10.

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. ✯ Beg to Differ: July 5. ✯ Crucial 420: July 6. ✯ Steve Kennedy: July 9.

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. ✯ Alice Cooper: 9 p.m. July 5, $35.

Cheers Sports Eatery

This family-friendly eatery dishes up live performances … and Chicago-style pizza. 7131 Orchard Centre Drive, Holland. (419) 491-0990. ✯ Boffo: July 12.

Dégagé Jazz Café

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: July 5.

Frankie’s

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

(419) 693-5300 or www.FrankiesInnerCity.com. ✯ Radius Clause: 10 p.m. July 4. ✯ The Hero in Me, Mongoose and the Fox: 9 p.m. July 6.

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. ✯ The Eight-Fifteens: July 5-6.

H Lounge

Hollywood Casino Toledo offers musical distractions from all the lights, noise and jackpots. 777 Hollywood Blvd. (419) 661-5200 or www.hollywoodcasinotoledo.com. ✯ The Aaron Stark Band: 10 p.m. July 5. ✯ The Homewreckers: 9 p.m. July 6.

Spotlight Summer Nights Hollywood Casino will offer outdoor concerts along the Maumee from May through August. ✯ LeAnn Rimes, Joel Crouse: 8 p.m. July 5, $30.

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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. ✯ Peter Karrie: 8 p.m. July 11.

Mainstreet Bar and Grill

Ronn Daniels performs weekly at this pub. 8-11 p.m. Thursdays, 141 Main St. (419) 697-6297 or www.toledomainstreet.com. ✯ Listener: 8 p.m. July 9.

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. ✯ Open mic: 9 p.m. Mondays. ✯ Stephen Woolley: 7 p.m. July 3. ✯ The Bricks: 9 p.m. July 5.

Motor City Casino/Hotel

This shop features fair-trade foods and a series of musical brunches and dinnertime entertainment. 331 N. Main St., Bowling Green. (419) 352-0706 or www.happybadger.com. ✯ Trees No Leaves, Balloon Messenger: 7 p.m. July 3.

This casino’s Sound Board offers big names, big sounds and a big experience. 2901 Grand River Ave., Detroit.

Guests must be 21 or older. (866) 782-9622 or www. motorcitycasino.com. The casino’s Chromatics Lounge also features live performances. ✯ Dave Hamilton: 7 p.m. July 3. ✯ Real Deal: 7 p.m. July 4. ✯ Killer Flamingos: 5:15 p.m. July 5. ✯ Joyride: 10 p.m. July 5. ✯ Jimmy D Scott: 5:15 p.m. July 6. ✯ Serieux: 10 p.m. July 6. ✯ Kaleido: 3:30 p.m. July 7. ✯ Reefer Men: 7 p.m. July 8.

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Oarhouse Bar & Grill

Live entertainment on Friday and Saturday nights gets a side order of steak, seafood and prime rib at this 30-year area institution. 5577 Monroe St., Sylvania. (419) 885-0290 or hamwaysonthemain.com. ✯ Candice Coleman and Chris Brown: Thursdays. ✯ Clifford Murphy & Mike Whitty: Saturdays. ✯ J-Bone & Friends: July 5.

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. July 3 and 9-10. ✯ Skip Turner: 7:30 p.m. July 5. ✯ Lori Lefevre-Johnson: 7:30 p.m. July 6.

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The Distillery

All ages, all genres are welcome. 4500 N. Detroit Ave. Ticket prices vary between $5 and $15, unless noted otherwise. (419) 269-4500 or www.headlinerstoledo.com. ✯ Golden Dawn, Dead Ocean, xHonorx: July 6. ✯ Along Came a Spider, the Convalescence, Fallen Captive, Trust Me I’m a Doctor, Animation of Instinct, the Brooklyn Enigma: July 7.

The mic is open on Sundays, but paid entertainers rock out Fridays-Saturdays. 4311 Heatherdowns Blvd. (419) 3821444 or www.thedistilleryonline.com. ✯ Nathan Cogan: Wednesdays. ✯ Breaking Ground: July 5-6.

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If one gets tired of spiking the volleyball, throwing some ringers or tossing the cornbags, perhaps some entertainment will fit the bill? Plenty of dock space for boaters, too. 5044 Suder Ave. (419) 671-6256 or oarhousepointplace.com ✯ Don Coats: 5 p.m. July 5.

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Live music starts at 7:30 p.m. 5703 Main St., Sylvania. (419) 882-2266 or treosylvania.com. ✯ Quick Trio: July 5.

Ottawa Tavern

Casual meals and bingo and trivia nights with weekend entertainment. 1815 Adams St. (419) 725-5483 or www. otavern.com. ✯ Lemuria, S***** Neighbors, Professor: 10 p.m. July 4. ✯ The Hand in the Ocean, Michael Corwin: 10 p.m. July 5. ✯ Chit Chat, Fluffer, Mind Parade: 10 p.m. July 6.

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 p.m. Fridays.

Stella’s

Nouveau cuisine gets a helping of music Thursdays through Saturdays. 104 Louisiana Ave., Perrysburg. (419) 873-8360 or www.stellasrestaurantandbar.com. ✯ Meaghan Roberts: July 5. ✯ Tom Turner: July 6.

Swig

Anyone curious about this charcuterie can check out the menu while also sampling some music Tuesdays through Saturdays. 219 Louisiana Ave., Perrysburg. (419) 8736224 or www.swigrestaurantandbar.com. ✯ Dan Stewart: July 5. ✯ Captain Sweet Shoes: July 6. ✯ Rick Caswell, Isaac Snyder: July 10.

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) 893-7281 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. ✯ Bobby May & the Dry Bones Revival: 8 p.m. July 5, $5.

Webber’s Waterfront Restaurant

This eatery hosts weekly entertainment on its patio with a river view. 3 p.m. Sundays, 6339 Edgewater Drive, Erie (734) 7237411 or www.webbersrestaurant.samsbiz.com. ✯ Boudreax’s Back Porch Band: July 7.

Ye Olde Durty Bird

A full bar featuring frozen drinks and multiple happy hours (4-7 p.m.) on weekdays, plus salads, soups and sandwiches, accompany live entertainment four nights a week. 2 S. St. Clair St. (419) 243-2473 or www.yeoldedurtybird.com. ✯ Open mic: 7 p.m. Tuesdays. ✯ John Barile: 5-7 p.m. July 3 and 9 p.m. July 4; with Bobby May, 9 p.m. July 3. ✯ Bobby May: 5-7 p.m. July 4 and 5-7 p.m. July 6 and 10. ✯ Ben Barefoot: 5-7 and 9 p.m. July 5. ✯ Dry Bones Revival: 9 p.m. July 6. ✯ Ronn Daniels: 4-6 p.m. July 7 and 7 p.m. July 11. ✯ Chris Knopp: 5-7 p.m. July 8. ✯ Joe Woods: 5-7 p.m. July 9.

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.

Ramblin’ Rick’s Old-Time Music Show

Playing everything but the kitchen sink, Rick’s show is full of fun and surprises. ✯ 1:30-2:30 p.m. July 3, McMaster Center, Toledo-Lucas County Main Library, 325 N. Michigan St. (419) 259-5207 or toledolibrary.org.

Brown Bag Summer Concert Series

Grab your ham (or veggie) samiches and listen to some tunes while you nosh. Vendors will be on hand for those who forget to pack. 12:15-1:15 p.m. Wednesdays, north lawn of Toledo Lucas County Main Library, 325 N. Michigan St. (419) 259-5207 or toledolibrary.org. ✯ Jeff Tucker and On the Beach: July 3. ✯ Rodney Parker and Liberty Beach: July 10.

Fallen Timbers Summer Concert Series Music will fill the air from the Lake District amphitheater. 6-8 p.m. Saturdays, 3100 Main St., Maumee. (419) 878-6255 or www.theshopsatfallentimbers.com. ✯ Captain Sweet Shoes: July 6.

Centennial Terrace

This venue next to a quarry hosts dance parties, swing bands, country singers and rockers. 5773 Centennial Road, Sylvania. (419) 882-1500, (419) 381-8851, www. centennialterrace.org or www.etix.com. ✯ The Johnny Knorr Orchestra: 7:30 p.m. July 6, $10. ✯ Alice Cooper: 6:30 p.m. July 9, $30.50-$59.50. ✯ The Doobie Brothers: 6:30 p.m. July 10, $31-$60.

David Byrne & St. Vincent

“Love This Giant,” a collaboration between the former Talking Head and ex-Polyphonic Spree member, a work that evolved from “a creative dialogue that has flourished over the last three years.” 8 p.m. July 8, Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty St., Ann Arbor. $45-$100. (734) 7688397, (734) 668-8463 or www.michtheater.org.

“Fish and turtles splash and groove in the water while squirrels, raccoons and toads begin to boogie! Listen as the music rumbles across the waves and into the woods that surround the lake.” 2-3 p.m. July 9, Reynolds Corners Branch Library, 4833 Dorr St. Register: (419) 259-5303 or www.toledolibrary.org.

Zak Morgan

“A cross between Dr. Seuss and Shel Silverstein,” this performer’s tunes deliver wit and charm for the younger set. toledolibrary.org. ✯ 1:30-2:30 p.m. July 9, Kent Branch Library, 3101 Collingwood Blvd. (419) 259-5283. ✯ 3:30-4:30 p.m. July 9, Holland Branch Library, 1032 S. McCord Road, Holland. Register: (419) 259-5240 or www.toledolibrary.org. ✯ 7-8 p.m. July 9, Heatherdowns Branch Library, 3265 Glanzman Road. (419) 259-5270. ✯ 10:30-11:30 a.m. July 10, Point Place Branch Library, 2727 117th St. Register: (419) 259-5390 or www. toledolibrary.org. ✯ 2:30-3:30 p.m. July 10, Toledo Heights Branch Library, 423 Shasta Drive. (419) 259-5220. ✯ 7-8 p.m. July 10, Waterville Branch Library, 800 Michigan Ave., Waterville. Register: (419) 878-3055 or www. toledolibrary.org.

Lake Rhymes

This two-man band performs Beatles songs acoustically. www.beatlesebooks.com/elixir. ✯ 7:30-10:30 p.m. July 5, Mancy’s Italian Grill, 5453 Monroe St. (419) 882-9229‎ or www.mancys.com. ✯ 9 p.m.-midnight July 6, Tres Belle Wine & Martini Lounge, 3145 Hollister Lane, Perrysburg. (419) 874-4555 or tresbellelounge.com.

Swingmania

Sunset Serenades: Bob Wurst

With its focus on swing music, Jeff McDonald’s group of musicians provides a peek into another era, With combos from trio

ducks are known to sing backup). 7 p.m.-dusk July 10, Nederhouser Community Hall, Olander Park, 6930 Sylvania Ave., Sylvania. $3 parking for nonSylvania School District residents (or park at nearby Tam-o-Shanter and walk in). (419) 882-8313 or www.olanderpark.com.

Verandah Concert

The Cottonwood Jam String Band will perform along the stately porch of the presidential center. 6:45-8 p.m. July 10, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, Spiegel Grove, Hayes and Buckland avenues, Fremont. (419) 332-2081, (800) 998-7737 or www.rbhayes.org.

Jazz on the Maumee

The Art Tatum Jazz Society will provide smooth, cool “Twilight Jazz” along the river, appetizers included. 5:307:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Best Western Premier Grand Plaza Hotel’s Aqua Lounge, 444 N. Summit St. $5-$15.

(419) 241-141 or www.arttatumsociety.com. ✯ Lori Lefevre Trio: July 10.

Lunch at Levis Square concert series

Downtown Toledo Improvement District conspires to set lunch to music. Noon-1:30 p.m. Thursdays through Aug. 29. Levis Square, North St. Clair Street and Madison Avenue. (419) 249-5494. ✯ The Bradberries: July 11.

Music Under the Stars

Toledo Symphony members play for people and polar bears alike at this free Toledo tradition. This year’s series kicks off with a Patriotic Pops theme. 7:30 p.m.

July 11, Toledo Zoo amphitheater, 2700 Broadway St..

Parking, $6. (419) 246-8000, (800) 348-1253, www. toledosymphony.com or toledozoo.org.

Music at the Market

Weekly concerts will pierce the summer heat. 7-8:30 p.m.

Thursdays through Aug. 29, Commodore Square Park, 140 E. Indiana Ave., Perrysburg; Judy Beck Auditorium (same address), if raining. (419) 324-4758 or mainart-ery.com. ✯ Venyx: July 11. ✯

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NOTICE TO BIDDERS SEALED PROPOSALS for bidding on Side Cut Metropark Trail Stabilization, Maumee, Ohio will be received; opened; and read aloud at the Metropolitan Park District of the Toledo Area, Fallen Timbers Field Office, 6101 Fallen Timbers Lane, Maumee, Ohio 43537 Friday, July 12, at 3:00 p.m. local time.

THE SCOPE OF WORK consists of trail improvements along a half-mile of river-trail. General construction includes excavation, aggregate base, geotextile, riprap, storm drainage, pavement, restoration seeding & mulch.

Bidders may obtain copies of plans, specifications, contract documents and plan-holder’s list through Newfax Corporation, 333 West Woodruff, Toledo, Ohio 43604 between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday (check made payable to Newfax Corporation) or via the Newfax Digital Plan Room at www.newfaxcorp. com. Newfax can be contacted at 419-241-5157 or 800-877-5157. A non-refundable fee of $20 is required for each set of documents obtained. For additional information, please contact Jon Zvanovec @ 419-360-9184, jon.zvanovec@metroparkstoledo.com.

EACH BIDDER MUST FURNISH either (1) a bond for the full amount of the bid or (2) a certified check, cashier’s check or irrevocable letter of credit in an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the bid with its bid. The successful bidder must furnish a 100 percent (100%) Performance Bond and a 100 percent (100%) Labor and Materials Bond.

No bidder may withdraw its bid within thirty (30) days after the actual date of the opening thereof.

THE BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS OF THE METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT OF THE TOLEDO AREA reserves the right to reject any or all bids, and to waive any informality in bidding.

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Wilson Lake and the Rock Bass

Lee Murdock, “a fluent instrumentalist on six and twelvestring guitars, brings his musical influences to his interpretations of Ohio and Great Lakes history.” toledolibrary.org. ✯ 2:30-3:30 p.m. July 9, Oregon Branch Library, 3340 Dustin Road, Oregon. (419) 259-5250. ✯ 6:30-7:30 p.m. July 9, Maumee Branch Library, 501 River Road, Maumee. (419) 259-5360. ✯ 1:30-2:30 p.m. July 10, McMaster Center, Toledo-Lucas County Main Library, 325 N. Michigan St. (419) 259-5207.

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Depp entertains in ‘Lone Ranger’

By James A. Molnar Toledo Free Press Star Film Editor jmolnar@toledofreepress.com

There is a great western film directed by Gore Verbinski and starring Johnny Depp.

However, it is not “The Lone Ranger,” in theaters July 3.

That great movie was “Rango,” a highly stylized and smart, animated feature from 2011.

Depp voiced an ordinary chameleon that found himself the sheriff of a small town in need of a hero.

“Rango” is 40 minutes shorter than “The Lone Ranger” and more impactful. Plus, younger viewers won’t be as frightened.

That’s not to say Verbinski’s relaunch of the classic cowboy adventure series is bad.

“The Lone Ranger” features a gallimaufry of great storytelling, acting and visuals.

Depp plays sidekick Tonto and ends up stealing the movie. One could wonder why the movie wasn’t titled “Tonto: The Weird One.” Armie Hammer, known for his roles in “The Social Network” and “J. Edgar,” plays the title character and appears to have stronger morals this box office season than the Man of Steel himself. It’s quite a refreshing portrayal, even with the gore and violence that surrounds him.

The 2.5-hour movie begins in 1933 San Francisco as the famous Bay Bridge is being built. Audiences are greeted with a curious young cowboy enthusiast who is visiting a historical exhibition on The Wild West. An older Tonto comes to life and begins to tell his story. There is a flashback to 1869 to Colby, Texas, and the adventure begins.

This flashback style of storytelling seems to be an odd approach for this movie, almost unnecessary and confusing at times.

Where this movie really works, however, is in the action sequences and the interaction between the Ranger and Tonto.

Similar to what Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films did for the “Pirates of the Caribbean” series, “The Lone Ranger” features ridiculous action sequences and blockbuster thrills.

Oddly though for a Disney film, this is not

STAR @ the movies ‘The Heat’

James A. Molnar, TFP film editor:

”Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy star in this female buddy cop comedy. Both play to their strengths and stereotypes. Bullock is the FBI agent and McCarthy is the zany one who steals your heart.

While audiences have seen both play these roles before, the chemistry and comedic timing between the two are undeniable. Directed by Paul Feig ( Mount Clemens, Mich., native) whose last movie, ‘Bridesmaids,’ was a standout hit, ‘The Heat’ feels lukewarm at times and it underperforms.”

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James A. Molnar, TFP film editor:

Johnny Depp plays Tonto, a spirit warrior who joins forces with lawman John Reid (Armie Hammer) to bring justice to the west.

”A surprisingly good take on the zombie genre, this Brad Pitt film features thrills à la ‘I Am Legend’ and provides for a truly enjoyable blockbuster.”

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appropriate for young children. The PG-13 rating is easily earned. William Fichtner plays a convincing and scary villain — the unscrupulous outlaw Butch Cavendish.

Fans of the classic TV series will note sequences edited to the iconic William Tell Overture.

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James A. Molnar, TFP film editor:

”This relaunch of the Superman saga is fantastic. Henry Cavill and Amy Adams are the perfect Clark Kent and Lois Lane, while Michael Shannon plays a scary good villain.” (The 3-D can be avoided.)

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“My being gay was something of not great interest to me.” — Maurice Sendak

LeSo Gallery Kickstarter campaign raises funds for classroom supplies, mural

By Jay Hathaway Toledo Free Press Star STAFF Writer star@toledofreepress.com

A Toledo art gallery is reaching out to the public in an effort to enrich the community with the arts.

LeSo Gallery, 1527 Starr Ave., recently began a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for classroom supplies, as well as a full-wall outdoor mural painted by artist Mr. Taylor on one side of its building.

Kickstarter is a website used to raise funds for various projects. A person or group may make a pitch for a project using videos, written descriptions or pictures. He or she then sets an amount of money needed to fund the project and a time limit to raise the money.

The public may then make donations through the website, and some creators offer rewards for different levels of donations. If the set amount of money is not raised within the time limit, the project goes unfunded — it’s all or nothing.

The LeSo Kickstarter project runs through 11:59 p.m. July 13. At press time, LeSo had surpassed its goal of $3,500 by $144, but is still taking donations.

The heads of the LeSo campaign are Adam Soboleski, gallery co-owner and production manager, Amber LeFever, co-owner and gallery director, and Bradley Scherzer, business partner and marketing and design head. The trio is raising funds for classroom supplies and

a new projector for their workshops, which are presented to area residents and children.

According to Scherzer, the idea for the Kickstarter project first came about when the three had been discussing the need for art education in the community. The issue is one of great interest for them, as LeFever and Scherzer are both art teachers.

“We think a lot about the Toledo-area students, and what’s happening with arts classes and the cuts, and we, as teachers, really value what we do,” Scherzer said. “We want to supplement anything that gets lost.”

LeFever said that since the gallery opened last year, it has received a lot of positive feedback and support from the community.

“When we were trying to think of a way to come up with funds, the Kickstarter program seemed like the perfect option because we’ve already gotten such a positive response and such great support, we thought that we would try to reach out to the people we’re trying to help, and try to help them in return,” she said.

Soboleski and LeFever said extra money from the campaign would go toward other improvements at the gallery such as a large kiln.

LeSo will offer rewards for different levels of donations, such as a handmade ceramic mug made by Soboleski for a $100 donation, or having one’s name incorporated into Mr. Taylor’s mural for a $500 donation.

For more info, visit www.kickstarter.com/ projects/lesogallery/state-of-the-arts-easttoledo.

From left, Bradley Scherzer, Amber LeFever and Adam Soboleski.

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About the wall artist

A conceptual sketch of the proposed mural can be viewed on the LeSo Kickstarter page. The artist, Mr. Taylor, knows a thing or two about painting large-scale pieces — he also painted the “Toledo Loves Love” mural on Adams Street near 13th Street. It was that piece that led to the inspiration for LeSo’s project.

“The response that the entire Toledo community gave was phenomenal,” LeFever said. “We thought it would be a great opportunity to provide the East Side community, specifically, with something to be proud of.”

“We’d been talking with [Mr. Taylor] for a

while about his artwork,” Scherzer added. “Once we actually had him for a show here, we started thinking about what could happen with the walls outside. We decided to choose an accessible wall, so the public could enjoy it more as well.”

Matt Taylor is the man behind “Mr. Taylor.”

He is a graduate of Bowling Green State University, where he earned a degree in visual communication technology.

“I’m a graphic designer by day, but I always come back to illustration, painting, photography and printing on my own time. I use artwork as my chance to unwind and let my head unravel and in that way it’s a very therapeutic process, which I honestly feel I can’t live without,” Taylor said. O

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I’m pretty giddy right now. Fruits are bearing steadily, and rapidly enough that if you snooze, you lose. It’s that gradient window of perfect picking, tantalizing your drooling mouth that brings a sense of urgency. Once the cherry is smooshed on the ground or the teeny tiny worms infest the mulberry, game’s over.

I had never harvested cherries before, and decided to climb a perfectly placed rung of branches on the cherry tree to pick the cherries from bottom to top. I made my way in bare feet to the first low, sturdy limb with my two quart container. By then it was clear I’d need something bigger, so I grabbed a big flimsy plastic basket made out of material similar to rain boots. I stood in the tree and filled the small container with juicy, large, dark red cherries, then dumped them down into the basket below.

This experience was really engaging and energizing. I was in the moment and in tune navigating branches and figuring out which ones would support of my weight and how, manipulating thin branches to curve toward me so I could harvest the far ends and eating cherries along the way.

By the time I neared the top of the tree, near a height that my head almost met the highest

point, it began to rain. It was one of these gorgeous summer evening rains we’ve been having.

I did not mind getting wet; it was not a blinding nor cold rain. A feeling of being primeval came over me, as I was perched in the cherry tree gathering food.

After a couple of minutes of soft and fresh rain, I saw lightning in the distance and began to work my way down.

As I was in the tree, gripping branches with my toes, I had thoughts of our primal roots as humans, even before it began to rain. When I first got in the tree, a sweet STACY elder man in the garden had asked me, “Is your mother a monkey?”

I thought this was cute, especially considering the endearing personality of a man whose body and memory is aging faster than his witty mind. This question was actually not so far off, considering our evolutionary history as Homo sapiens. At the same time, modern hu-

mans tend to be disconnected from this ancestry in many ways. Even as I was in touch with my roots in the tree in the rain, I was still thinking about posting a picture on Facebook.

There is a picture going around Facebook of what a zombie apocalypse really looks like. It shows a group of young people walking down the sidewalk with their heads down, eyes glued to their cellphones and fingers texting. It is happening already. We spend so much time communicating through a screen and younger generations are losing valuable interpersonal skills. Screen talk removes the responsibility of immediate consequence and experience of another’s emotional reactions that exist with face to-face communication, along with the dulling of other senses and mindfulness.

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There are some positive outcomes of technology … the debate of the pros and cons of technology is not uncommon. From children, however, as they are closer to the age of pure instinct and animal than are adults, we can learn a lot from them by encouraging and nurturing their intuition and keeping them connected with nature.

I consciously try to balance the parts of myself. One part lives in this weird built environment with strange and mysterious and mind-blowing objects and technology that I can not begin to wrap my head around, and the other part of myself that knows that we are animals and have instincts to follow, both in the mind and body. We have an intuition and skills that can easily be buried by menial tasks, unfulfilling jobs and those damn cellphones.

Consequently, with intent and also with natural desire, I spend my time harvesting cherries and the like, and allowing myself to cover myself with mud from the bottom of the river, even if others find it strange.

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“Gay people should have equality in law everywhere.” — Daniel Radcliffe

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t doesn’t feel like it’s been 20 years since the coming-of-age baseball movie “The Sandlot” first played in theaters. Certainly not for David Mickey Evans, the film’s writer, director and narrator.

“In the intervening couple decades, I’ve made tons of films. And some of those feel, literally, like a lifetime ago.

JEFF But ‘The Sandlot,’ it’s sort of my — it’s like my first kid. It’s just always right there with me mentally. Emotionally, certainly. Just this little piece of sort of filming historical fiction, and then it has had the legs it’s had, and become this evergreen classic,” Evans said.

“I encounter the film in some way or another every single day of my life. No, if I had to put a time on it, feels like, eh, a month ago.”

Part of what keeps the film alive for Evans is how pervasive it has remained in the public’s consciousness. Since its debut in 1993, the movie — a quasi-autobiographical tale of a group of friends who bond through both the game and a quest to retrieve a lost ball — has remained a favorite of the young and young at heart.

This summer, to celebrate the film’s 20th anniversary, Evans is taking part in a nationwide tour where “The Sandlot” is being exhibited at baseball parks nationwide — with his next stop being at Fifth Third Field on July 5, for a screening after that evening’s Mud Hens game. Evans has seen just how beloved his movie has become for generations of families by meeting fans.

“There was a man in Springdale, Ark., at Arvest Ballpark, home of the Naturals, where we did a screening. And he was a grandfather. Big man. And he bought 12 copies of the 20th anniversary DVD set. And he said, ‘Would you please sign these for me?’ And I said, ‘Sure.’

“And he sets one down, and he said, ‘Please sign that one to me. This one’s for my wife.’ Sets down some more and says, ‘Please sign these for my children.’ Then he set down a few more, and said, ‘These are for my grandchildren.’ Then he says, ‘And these are for my great-grandchildren.’”

Something about “The Sandlot” continues to resonate for audiences. It means something more than the dozens of rinky-dink sports movies that came out in the 1990s — a renaissance of disposable schlock where ragtag bunches of misfit kids banded together to become champions and win the big game. Almost all of those have been forgotten, but“The Sandlot” endures.

“They’re not about anything, really,” Evans said, reflecting on those films. “What’s it about?

What’s the story? Well, A-B-C-D-E-F-G, big game.

That’s not essentially a story, that’s a structure. So my question about all those things is, ‘What is it about?’ And they aren’t about anything. ‘The Sandlot’ is about something, it’s about friendship.

It’s not about baseball.”

But there’s also something in the film that captures that timeless nostalgia most Americans have toward the national pastime. It’s a game most everyone has played at some point. It’s an integral part of our childhood. “The Sandlot,” more than most films on the game, taps into a collective fondness we have toward the sport.

“Baseball’s elegant,” Evans said. “And it is perhaps — no, not perhaps — it is the only sport on Earth, the sport on Earth that directly reflects human experience. Human life. And it can be summed up in a single word — this is what [‘Bull Durham’ director Ron] Shelton said. He said, the word

is hope. You live without hope, you’re not living. What’s the point?”

The metaphor goes deeper than that, though, Evans said.

“You plant your farm fields, and in the spring, everything comes up. Well, that’s when baseball starts, right? Spring training, we get it together; we get on playing through the summer. Those are the great active months.

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The game itself is static, to a greater degree, like life. You go along, doing what you’re supposed to do, and then suddenly, something happens — good, bad or indifferent, you’ve got to react to it, and take care of it. Like baseball.

And, of course, the great cliché, what I really like is, it’s the only game on earth where the object is to get home.”

It’s that collective emotion that “The Sandlot” continues to play to, and will for generations to come. And for Evans, the public’s endearing fondness for the film means that no matter where he goes, he will always have friends that he’s never met before — like a woman who spoke to him early on in this tour. “‘Mr. Evans, you don’t understand.’ I said, ‘OK ... what do I not understand?’ She said, ‘It’s not just that we love this movie. It’s not just that we wore out 10 VHS tapes, and then bought I don’t know how many DVDs,’” he said. “Then she says, ‘It’s what the movie means to me, and my husband, and his parents, and our kids.’ She says, ‘It’s as if Scotty and Benny, and those kids in that movie are — they grew up with my kids, and my kids grew up with them. And it’s like they’re brothers.’ And so, that was a big lump in the throat, right there.” O Jeff McGinnis is pop culture editor of Toledo Free Press and Toledo Free Press Star. Email him at PopGoesJeff@gmail.com.

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