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and get on the air, you know?” Davidson said of the show. “It’s a genius piece of work.

“It’s by the right people. Everybody inPopGoesJeff@gmail.com volved knows what they’re doing. It’s just in the right lane. It worked as a movie, and then Thirty years.

Tommy Davidson has been performing in as a cartoon, it’s a no-brainer.”

He also said that any plans for a sequel comedy since 1983. Three decades. For a comedian of any experience, it’s an impressive run to to the original, live-action “Dynamite” are maintain a fan base for all that time. But for the still very much in the planning/pipe dream star of “In Living Color,” “Booty Call,” “Black stages. His entire film career, in fact, has Dynamite” and more, it seems as though little taken a back seat to stand-up right now — and Davidson admitted that not breaking out has changed in the interim.

“More emphasis has been placed on TV,” bigger on the big screen irks him.

“The story’s still being written. Is it frusDavidson said in an interview with Toledo Free Press Star. “Other than that, it’s pretty trating? Of course it is. But the fat lady hasn’t much the same. You get your message across sung yet. This is what I’m doing now, and it’s like being with the New Orleans Saints. They faster, you know?

“I’m just lucky that I’m really funny and a lot were obscure and sucked forever, and now of people know it, so I still go around the country they’re like Super Bowl champs. They never stopped being a team. They never stopped. and they still go and see you.”

Davidson’s latest gig will run Sept. 27 at the They showed up for every kickoff. So that’s Funny Bone at Fat Fish Blue in Perrysburg, the the way I look at it.”

Still, Davidson said he is incredibly proud latest of many tour stops in the Glass City for the comedian over the years. He said despite of his contributions to pop culture, and admaking a name for himself through his char- mits that when people relate to him, even now, acter work, he has maintained utter confidence 20 years or more later, it’s through the prism in his ability to perform comedy in a wide of his experiences performing on “In Living Color” and other projects from that era. range of circumstances.

“It’s like the thing that’s sustaining me. That’s “I’m as good in all of them, it’s just that this is the one that I’m doing now, you know? If I was a real solid body of work.”

And even as he waits for the opportunity to just an actor, I’d be in trouble,” Davidson said.

“Yeah, [stand-up is] still like the neutral zone — break into other media once again, Davidson said that there is no thrill quite like taking the it’s just timeless.”

But traveling the country is just one of stage to make people laugh.

“It’s stand-up. It would have to be. It’s hapmany ways Davidson is plying his trade as he kicks off his fourth decade of making people pening, you know? It’s happening. Like, I relaugh. He is also one of the cast members of member my friend told me when he was a kid, the spinoff of “Black Dynamite,” Michael Jai his grandmother told him, ‘Don’t worry about White’s loving parody of blaxploitation films. the girls that don’t like you, pay attention to the The second season of the show is scheduled ones that do.’”

Tickets to see Davidson perform are $22-$27. to begin airing on Cartoon Network’s Adult Showtimes are 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. Sept. 27; 7 p.m.

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“This is the city: Los Angeles, California. I work here. I’m a cop.” — Sgt. Joe Friday, “Dragnet”

Me-TV

‘Memorable Entertainment Television’ scores big with classic TV fans.

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

Though relatively young as a network, Memorable Entertainment Television, or MeTV, has already become a staple for many, offering a steady diet of classic television series for viewers across the nation. Neal Sabin, president of content and networks for Me-TV’s owner, Weigel Broadcasting, said the key to its success is knowing exactly who its fans are.

“We’ve had the same mission statement since the day we launched it, — to be the definitive destination for classic television and to treat our viewers with respect,” he said.

Those viewers are baby boomers, of course, ranging in age from 35 to 64, though Sabin said Me-TV has been attracting a good number of younger fans, too, introduced to its programs by parents and grandparents.

“There are a lot of families watching because they know we’re a safe harbor — we don’t have any content that would be objectionable to families,” he said.

Started in Chicago in 2003 as a block of local programming, Me-TV went national in 2010 as a broadcast network, not a cable network. It’s designed to air on digital subchannels; in Toledo, Buckeye Cablesystem placed it on its channel No. 111, WTOL’s 11.2. And its growth to now include more than 150 affiliates has been, in Sabin’s words, an “amazing, phenomenal process.”

“We’re nationally rated now,” he said. “When you look at second quarter, in daytime 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., if you compared us to all the cable networks we come in at No. 17, pretty good for a little broadcast network. We really have a very loyal and large audience that seems to be growing as we get more affiliates and word spreads about what we’re doing.”

What they’re doing is offering the classic shows that people want to watch.

“Another part of our success is that we’re so different from the reality television craze of today,” Sabin said. “The more of that there is, the better we do.”

Programming philosophy

“Our whole vision of being the definitive destination for classic television was that we had to have a lot of shows and we weren’t going to do this unless we got many of the greatest shows ever produced for television that are still available,” Sabin said. “And so we set out to buy iconic series that are real classics: ‘M*A*S*H,’ ‘I Love Lucy’ — as well as shows that we thought

‘Star Trek’ is part of Me-TV’s Saturday-night lineup.

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were great quality, but might not have the biggest audience in the world. Those may be kind of cultish, but we found a place for them on our schedule, like ‘The Fugitive,’ ‘Peter Gunn,’ series like that, that add to the credibility of being a network with a wide variety of programs.

“We also want to cast a wide net to build our audience by having so many different genres and types of shows from so many different decades that it just makes our fanbase larger. These are memorable shows; we want shows that give people a warm, fuzzy feeling.”

No cutting corners

Me-TV edits its shows as little as possible, claiming that it offers more content than any other similar nostalgic channel. While other channels may show “M*A*S*H,” for example, Me-TV can ensure that a viewer is seeing as much of the original edit as possible with modern commercial break demands.

“We also try and keep our network clean,” Sabin said. “If you notice we only have a little bug in the corner. There are never any snipes going across promoting other shows or sponsors, and we don’t talk over the credits. That’s another thing that people love — that we run the open and closes without interruption.”

Many popular re-run-based channels of the past have devolved into “original programming,” running newly created shows that eventually obscured their original formats. Me-TV recognizes that concern among their faithful viewers.

“We have about 22,000 fan letters from people and the No. 1 thing they say is, ‘Don’t become TV Land, don’t change, don’t do all of those things’.”

Sabin said. “If we do any first-run program-

ming, it will be either interstitial type things, like hosted shows, or it’ll be directly related to the Me-TV classic television series, like a one-time documentary about a series. A good example is when Peter Falk got his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; we co-sponsored that and we put interstitial pieces between a ‘Colombo’ movie.”

The channel is also not afraid of potential controversy, as is evident in its recent acquisition of the 1960s comedy series “F-Troop,” which in more recent times has raised eyebrows over its depiction of Native Americans.

“I purposefully stayed away from it because I thought there would be a problem,” Sabin said.

“So before we did it, I went online and looked at sites on the show and I looked for controversy and I really couldn’t find any. That doesn’t mean it isn’t out there, but as deep as I went I didn’t see any real problems. The ratings in its first couple of days were outstanding. I haven’t gotten any negative feedback. It’s all done in good fun.”

Fall in

“F-Troop” entered the Me-TV line-up as part of its new fall prime-time programming, along with “Gilligan’s Island” and “Hogan’s Heroes,” a block that Sabin calls a “fun, goofy, younger-skewing lineup” that’s already pulling in high ratings. “‘Gilligan’s Island’ I call a guilty pleasure,” he said. “It was not the ‘Masterpiece Theatre’ of CBS when it was on, but people love that show. They keep watching it thinking one of these times they’re really going to get off the island. And the ratings have been phenomenal just in the first couple of days we had it on.

“What else is exciting,” he added, “is that our viewers have asked for us to put more of

the cop shows on the air, so we put a block of ‘Kojak,’ ‘Remington Steele,’ ‘The Rockford Files,’ ‘Cannon’ and ‘The Streets of San Francisco’ on Sunday afternoons every week. It starts out at 2 p.m. with ‘The Love Boat,’ which is one of our most requested shows. We’ve got about 65 different shows every week and that is so different from any of the other cable or broadcast classic TV outlets. We just have more shows, more variety, and that’s part of who we are. We’re oldschool programs in an old-school format.”

Where no network has gone before

One of the most fascinating blocks of MeTV’s programming, its “Sci-Fi Saturday” line-up, has captured the acclaim of fantasy television fans everywhere. Beginning at 7 p.m., it includes “Batman,” “Lost in Space,” “Star Trek,” “Svengoolie” and “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.” “We bought those shows with the intention of running them as a block around our hosted horror movie,” Sabin said. “‘Svengoolie’ has been on the air in Chicago for more than 30 years and he has a huge following here and in other cities. It’s a cheesy throwback to the ’60s and ’70s horror hosts that used to be on the air.

We had him and we wanted to build around it and so we did that.

“Saturday prime-time is a hard time to get ratings no matter who you are, so we decided to go with the Sheldon and Leonard ‘Big Bang Theory’-type of guys who are home on Saturday night and families who want some fun stuff.

Those shows are sort of over-the-top with kitsch, like with ‘Batman.’ We’ll be adding some more to that, but we’ll have ‘Batman’ on for a long time.” n Me-TV CONTINUES ON 6

“Ever since we said ‘I do,’ there have been so many things that we don’t.” — Lucy Ricardo, “I Love Lucy”

Me-TV: Mumy strikes again

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‘Lost in Space’ actor releasing new music.

By Jim Beard and Becky Beard Toledo Free Press Star Staff Writers star@toledofreepress.com

He and his TV family may have gone missing on 1965’s “Lost in Space,” but former child star Bill Mumy has stuck to a creative path since the show’s 1968 cancellation.

The 59-year-old actor, musician and writer spoke with Toledo Free Press Star about his latest projects and Me-TV’s revival of his classic series.

TFP Star: “Lost in Space” is airing on Me-TV nearly 50 years after its initial CBS telecast. What kind of attention have the Me-TV airings garnered you?

Bill Mumy: I’m glad Me-TV is running “Lost in Space.” It makes it easier for new viewers to discover the show. I get a little cranky that we actors get no residuals from that, but that’s showbiz. It’s all good. I’ve noticed more fan mail and Facebook posts since Me-TV has been running the series.

TFP Star: How much of you was in your character Will Robinson? How much of Will Robinson might still be in you?

Mumy: Well, there was a lot of Billy Mumy in Will Robinson. I’d love to say there was a lot of Will Robinson in Billy Mumy, but that would be quite egotistical! Will was a big-time genius. He was smarter than anyone else in his family. He was smarter than Don or Dr. Smith.

He programmed the robot, etc.

I’m not in his league. But we both were adventurous, impulsive and reasonably wellmannered!

TFP Star: Do you consider yourself fortunate among former child stars to have been able to continue performing as an adult? How did you survive the shift?

Mumy: I consider myself fortunate. Period. I kept working because — all ego aside — I was a decent actor.

TFP Star: Tell us a little about your new CD, “Illuminations.”

Mumy: I’ve been a musician since “Lost in Space.” There are several “Lost in Space” episodes where Will was strumming his guitar and singing. The road continues.

My current reality has produced a brandnew solo album, “Illuminations,” on the GRA (Global Recording Artists) label. I’m very proud of this CD. It looks at things that are seen and unseen. It has deeply personal songs and “journalistic” songs. I wrote and performed the entire album.

Currently there are two videos from the album — “What I Got” and “Nothing You Or I Can Do About It” — running on YouTube and two more in production.

TFP Star: What’s the coolest thing for you about your current comic book project “Curse of the Mumy?” How would you describe it to a potential reader?

Mumy: I’ve written comic books for Marvel, DC, Dark Horse and other publishers since 1986. I’ve loved comic books since I was

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“We’ve bought CARTER many shows and people say, “Where’s “Happy Days” and “Cheers?” and the reason they’re not on the air currently is because we need to keep this fresh for many years,” Sabin said. “Down the road those shows are going to be on the network, but you own shows for a certain period of time and we want to maximize the time we have with certain shows. Some things will go away and then come back; other things will go away and not come back, depending on business arrangements and what’s doable and not.”

Some series stand as tough nuts to crack for Me-TV, owing to the fees involved in their purchase. The residuals that need to be paid to both the casts and crews on the shows make them cost-prohibitive to a young entity like the network.

“Janie, please, I’ve told you: not in front of the men.” — Capt. Wilton Parmenter, “F-Troop”

“It’s interesting that cable networks have a much different and lower scale than broadcast does for these things,” Sabin said, “That’s left from the days when cable was the poor stepchild just coming of age and broadcast was always a big gorilla.

“It’s kind of slipped the other way, at least in our case, so they’re things like ‘The Sonny and Cher Show’ or ‘The Carol Burnett Show’ that have terrible music licensing problems — its just way, way too expensive to be able do them right now. Hopefully some day that can be worked out or we’ll be so successful that we can afford crazy money.”

To infinity and beyond

Sabin said that the Me-TV website, www. metvnetwork.com, will get a makeover in the coming months, all part of the drive to be the ultimate destination for fans of vintage television.

“Our goal is to have a website for when people want to know something about a classic show, they’re going to find the information whether we run the shows or not,” he said, “and links to things about classic TV, the ability to buy product, to watch some shows online, and some other things we’re working on.

“This is a small company and not some giant network and there’s very few of us doing all this, so it takes some time to get these things done. The philosophy is to have a website that can stand as itself, for classic TV viewers even if you’re not watching the network.” O

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27250 27250 Crossroads Crossroads Pkwy., Pkwy., Rossford, Rossford, (419) (419) 972-2262 972-2262 FlameAsianTapas.com FlameAsianTapas.com Hollywood Casino Toledo’s Final Cut Steak & Seafood offers panoramic views of the Maumee River through its floor-toceiling windows and an experience that is luxurious, but not pretentious, said Executive Chef Brian Hein. The venue offers an array of prime steaks, including American Wagyu, seasonal fresh seafood and an extensive list of wines and signature cocktails. Final Cut earned a four-star rating from Forbes Travel Guide earlier this year — the only restaurant in Ohio, Michigan or Indiana to receive that distinction. O Hours: 5-10 p.m. Sunday-Thursday, 5-11 p.m. Friday-Saturday.

Taglined “little bites, big flavors,” Flame Asian Tapas Bar & Grill features tapas as well as a variety of Chinese, Korean and Japanese-fusion dishes. The eatery, which opened in March, offers $1-off beers and half-off wings during happy hour 3-6 p.m. daily. Other specials include half-off martinis 6-10 p.m. Tuesdays, half-off wines and half-off select tapas items 6-10 p.m. Thursdays and half-off Korean dishes 9-11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. O Hours: Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday-Friday and noon to 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Dinner: 2:30-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 2:30-11 p.m. Friday-Saturday and 2:30-9 p.m. Sunday.

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La Fiesta Restaurante serves fresh, authentic Mexican food, including customer favorites alambre fajitas and chori pollo, said owner Carlos Fuentes. Specials include half-off drinks and appetizers 2-5 p.m. MondayFriday and 23-ounce domestic beers and 12 flavors of margaritas for $2.99 on Mondays and Tuesdays. Voters just approved the sale of alcohol on Sundays, so margaritas are available daily, Fuentes said. “Great friends, great food and great times always come together at La Fiesta,” he said. O Hours: Kitchen open 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Friday-Saturday, 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday. Bar open later.

The Seafood Restaurant

Neighborhood favorite for over 50 years

Our menu offers a variety of fish and shell fish, USDA choice aged steaks, fresh chicken entrées, fettuccini alfredo dishes, sandwiches, a wide array of appetizers, and the best New England Clam Chowder you’ll ever try.

Stop by for good times and great food

5504 Alexis Road

Sylvania, OH 43560, (419) 882-9920 theseafoodrestaurant.net Facebook.com/TheSeafoodRestaurant Hours: Mon-Tue 11am-9:30pm | Wed-Thurs 11am-10pm Friday 11am-11pm | Saturday 12pm-11pm |Sunday 1pm-9pm

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Happy Hour: 3-6 p.m. everyday All beers are $1 off and 1/2 off wings (dine-in only).

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Lunch:

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419-972-2262

6546 6546 Weatherfield Weatherfield Court, Court, Maumee (419) (419) 866-6343 866-6343 lepetitgourmettoledo.com lepetitgourmettoledo.com Le Petit Gourmet is popular for catering events of all types and sizes, said Jason Dzierwa, who owns the eatery and catering company with his wife, Sarah. The casual deli features fresh salads, sandwiches and desserts and the atmosphere draws in repeat customers. “The atmosphere is very cozy,” Dzierwa said. “We have a little fireplace in the center of the restaurant. It’s a very inviting place. We know 80 percent of the people that walk through our door.” O Hours: 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday, closed Sunday. Open hours for catering.

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The Oasis offers more than 500 menu items, including pizza, gourmet burgers, wings, chicken sandwiches, Mexican, Italian and Mediterranean dishes, ice cream and more. About 80 percent of its business is pickup and delivery, said Jason Vickers, director of marketing and information technology for The Oasis Restaurant & Delivery. The original location, at Dorr Street and Secor Road, celebrated its fifth anniversary this summer. The latest location — and first Michigan location — opened in March. Quality food paired with convenience, quick service and late-night delivery set The Oasis apart, Vickers said. The company plans to open more area locations in the near future. O

Mayberry Diner

8253 8253 Mayberry Mayberry Square, Square, Sylvania, Sylvania, (419) (419) 824-3399 824-3399 2155 2155 S. S. Byrne Byrne Road, Road, Toledo, Toledo, (419) (419) 381-1113 381-1113 3606 3606 Sylvania Sylvania Ave, Ave.,Toledo, Toledo,(419) (419)724-9177 724-9177 mayberrydiners.com mayberrydiners.com Mayberry Diner — where regulars are greeted by name, waitresses know your order and fast service is the norm — is the kind of place that attracts loyal customers, said owners Scott and Tammy Super. Daily breakfast and lunch specials are offered at three locations, including the newest on Sylvania Avenue. Menu items include pancakes made from scratch, Aunt B’s (scrambled eggs, home fries and sausage gravy topped with cheese), hamburgers and homemade pies made by Tammy’s mom. A new healthy options menu features dishes like the egg white scrambler or spinach salad.

“We’re not reinventing the wheel, but we’re doing it better than anyone else,” Scott said. “We want every customer to become a regular.” A grand opening at the Sylvania Avenue location is planned for Sept. 28. O Hours: 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday. South Toledo location opens at 7 a.m. daily.

Hours: Vary by location. Most open at 10 a.m. daily and close 1- 3 a.m. weekdays and 3-4 a.m. weekends

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Five Five locations locations in in Toledo, Toledo, Perrysburg, Perrysburg, Bowling Bowling Green Green and and Auburn Auburn Hills Hills (419) (419) 536-3663, 536-FOOD,eatatoasis.com eatatoasis.com

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23 23 N. N. Summit Summit St., St., Toledo Toledo (419) (419) 534-3000 534-3000 oasiscatering.com oasiscatering.com The Oasis Catering & Event Center offers a banquet hall, full kitchen, stage, dance floor and seating for up to 300 people for wedding receptions, business meetings and other special events. The Downtown view. Catering options include everything from customized, high-end meals to boxed lunches, breakfast food and traditional buffet-style meals. O

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2903 2903 Dorr Dorr St., St., Toledo, Toledo, (419) (419) 725-2PIT 725-2PIT (2748) (2748) 522 522 E. E. Wooster Wooster St., St., Bowling Bowling Green Green (419) (419) 354-PITA 354-PITA (7482) (7482) pitapitusa.com pitapitusa.com

Fall Dining Guide 2013 Founded on the idea that health-conscious people want a healthy, great-tasting alternative to fast-food, Pita Pit serves light and tasty Lebanese-style pitas filled with lean meat, fresh veggies and signature sauces. It’s open late and offers a huge selection of vegetarian and vegan choices.

Dine in, carryout, delivery and catering available. O Toledo Hours: 10:30 a.m.-3 a.m.

Sunday-Thursday and 10:30-4 a.m. Friday-Saturday.

Registry Bistro’s seasonally changing menu features eclectic contemporary American cuisine. Located in the historic Secor Building, the casual elegant eatery also offers American craft cocktails, craft beer and seasonal boutique wine, said chef Erika Rapp, who co-owns the eatery with her mother Vickie Rapp O Hours: 5-10 p.m. TuesdayThursday, 5-11 p.m. FridaySaturday, closed SundayMonday. Bar opens at 4 p.m.

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At At the the Secor Secor Building, Building, 144 144 N. N. Superior Superior St. St. (419) (419) 725-0444, 725-0444, registrybistro.com registrybistro.com

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What’s what, where and when in NW Ohio

Compiled by Matt Liasse Events are subject to change.

MUSIC The Ark

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. ✯ Väsen: 8 p.m., Sept. 25. ✯ Vienna Teng & Alex Wong: 8 p.m., Sept. 26. ✯ Theo Katzman: 8 p.m., Sept. 28. ✯ The Once: 7:30 p.m., Sept. 29. ✯ Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors & David Ramirez: 8 p.m., Sept. 30.

Bar 145º

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. ✯ Arctic Clam: Sept. 27. ✯ Mike Mad Dog Adams: Sept. 28. ✯ Hello My Name Is: Sept. 28.

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. ✯ Michael Fisher: 9 p.m., Sept. 26. ✯ Beg To Differ: 9 p.m., Sept. 27. ✯ Dave Carpenter & The Jaegler’s: 9 p.m., Sept.

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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. ✯ Billy P.: Sept. 25. ✯ Steve Kennedy: Sept. 26.

✯ Crucial 420: Sept. 27. ✯ Beg To Differ: Sept. 28. ✯ Steve Finelli: Sept. 30.

Clazel Theatre

www.dorrstreetcafe.com. ✯ Don Coats: Sept. 27.

Evolution

This venue has been rocking BGSU students (and others) for years. 127 N. Main St., Bowling Green. (419) 353-5000 or www.clazel.net. ✯ Club Kiss: Fridays and Saturdays. ✯ 365: Saturdays

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. ✯ Feel Good Fridays: Fridays. ✯ Sensational Saturdays: Saturdays.

Cheers Sports Eatery

Frankie’s Inner City

This family-friendly eatery dishes up live performances … and Chicago-style pizza. 7131 Orchard Centre Dr., Holland. (419) 491-0990. ✯ Distant Cousinz: Sept. 28.

The Distillery

The mic is open on Sundays, but paid entertainers rock out Fridays-Saturdays. 4311 Heatherdowns Blvd. (419) 382-1444 or www. thedistilleryonline.com. ✯ Live Trivia with DJ Brandon: Tuesdays. ✯ Nathan Cogan: Wednesdays. ✯ DJ Rob Sample: Thursdays. ✯ Open Mic with Zack Ward: Sundays. ✯ Lee “El Dub” Walsh: Sept. 25. ✯ My Sister Sarah: Sept. 27. ✯ Brother Believe Me: Sept. 28.

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. ✯ Sporcle Live Trivia: 8:30 p.m., Sept. 26. ✯ Lady K Intuition: 10 p.m., Sept. 27. ✯ Rance Crane: 10 p.m., Sept. 28.

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

Toledo’s venue for rock. Tickets vary between $5 and $14, unless otherwise noted. 308 Main St. (419) 693-5300 or www.FrankiesInnerCity.com. ✯ Kishi Bashi: 8 p.m., Sept. 26. ✯ Leopold & His Fiction: 9 p.m., Sept. 29. ✯ EXPIRE: 7 p.m., Sept. 30. ✯ Meat Puppets: 12 p.m., Oct. 1.

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. ✯ Short Vincent: Sept. 27-28.

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. ✯ The Homewreckers: 9 p.m., Sept. 27. ✯ Hoozier Daddy: 9 p.m., Sept. 28.

Kerrytown Concert House

This venue focuses on classical, jazz and opera artists and music. 415 N. Fourth Ave., Ann Arbor, Mich. $5-$30, unless noted. (734) 769-2999 or www.kerrytownconcerthouse.com. ✯ Kimwana Doner: Sept. 25. ✯ Pete Siers Trio: Sept. 27. ✯ Parisian Soirée: Sept. 28.

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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. ✯ The Main Squeeze: 8 p.m., Sept. 26. ✯ Stepdad, Color: 9 p.m., Sept. 28.

MGM Grand Detroit

Live music rings out over the slots and croupiers on the weekends in the INT ICE lounge. 1777 Third St., Detroit. (877) 888-2121 or www.mgmgranddetroit.com. ✯ Double Vision Fridays: Fridays. ✯ Volume Saturdays: Saturdays.

Motor City Casino/Hotel

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.

Chromatics ✯ Killer Flamingo: 7 p.m., Sept. 25. ✯ Kaleido: 7 p.m., Sept. 26. ✯ Jimmy D. Scott: 5:15 p.m., Sept. 27. ✯ Parallel Fifth: 10 p.m., Sept. 27. ✯ Dal Bouey: 5:15 p.m., Sept. 28. ✯ Serieux: 10 p.m., Sept. 28. ✯ Dave Hamilton: 3:30 p.m., Sept. 29. ✯ Intrigue: 7 p.m., Sept. 30.

Radio Bar ✯ Paul Martindale: 4 p.m., Sept. 25. ✯ Surab Deb: 8 p.m., Sept. 25. ✯ Paul Martindale: 4 p.m., Sept. 26.

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“Holy Toledo, Batman!” — Robin, “Batman”

Perrysburg. (419) 874-9058. ✯ Ben Barefoot: Tuesdays.

STAR @ the movies

Oarhouse Bar & Grill

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.

‘Prisoners’

One2 Lounge at Treo

James A. Molnar, TFP film editor:

Live music starts at 7:30 p.m. 5703 Main St., Sylvania. (419) 882-2266 or treosylvania.com. ✯ Shawn Sanders: Sept. 27. ✯ Post Modern Blues Band: Sept. 28.

”While not a religious movie, there is a faith about Denis Villeneuve’s thriller.

Concepts of God and morality are sprinkled throughout the 153-minute feature, which spotlights outstanding performances from Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Paul Dano and Melissa Leo. This is a thriller that will have audiences gripping their armrests throughout most of the movie.

Roger Deakins’ cinematography and Jóhann Jóhannsson’s score are chilling additions to the already twisted plot.”

Ottawa Tavern

Casual meals and bingo and trivia nights with weekend entertainment. 1815 Adams St. (419) 725-5483 or www.otavern.com. ✯ Smartypants Trivia: Toledo’s Favorite Pub Quiz: 9 p.m., Wednesdays. ✯ Child Bite: 10 p.m., Sept. 28.

The Palace of Auburn Hills

Watch James discuss movies on “WNWO Today” around 5:50 a.m. on Fridays. Also, listen to James discuss movies on “Eye on Your Weekend” on 1370 WSPD every Friday at 6 p.m.

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When the Detroit Pistons take a break from the court, the biggest names in music rock the arena.

6 Champion Drive, Auburn Hills, MI. (248) 3770100 or palacenet.com. ✯ Blake Shelton: 7:30 p.m., Sept. 28.

Potbelly Sandwich Shop

Motor City Casino/Hotel (cont.)

✯ Kim James: 8 p.m., Sept. 26. ✯ Paul Martindale: 2 p.m., Sept. 27. ✯ Linda Lexy: 6 p.m., Sept. 27. ✯ Kim James: 10 p.m., Sept. 27. ✯ Earl: 2 p.m., Sept. 28. ✯ Linda Lexy: 6 p.m., Sept. 28. ✯ DJ Short Stop: 10 p.m., Sept. 28. ✯ Lutalo: 8 p.m., Sept. 29. ✯ DJ Short Stop: 8 p.m., Sept. 30. ✯ Lutalo: 8 p.m., Sept. 30.

Sound Board ✯ Shawn and Marlon Wayans: 8 p.m., Sept. 26.

The Mucky Duck

This Perrysburg bar has 15 beers on tap and a small, cozy atmosphere. Craft pints cost $4 and bottled domestics are $2.50. Tuesday nights is Ladies Night and includes $5 house wines and martinis. 26611 N Dixie Hwy,

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. ✯ Jaime 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. ✯ Eddie Molina: Sept. 26. ✯ Jason LaPorte: Sept. 27. ✯ Meaghan Roberts: Sept. 28.

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.

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✯ Bob Rex Trio: 6 p.m. Sundays. ✯ Frankie May and Friends: 10 p.m. Mondays. ✯ John Barile & Bobby May: 8 p.m. Tuesdays.

Webber’s Waterfront Restaurant

This Point Place eatery hosts weekly entertainment on its patio with a river view. 3 p.m. Sundays, 6339 Edgewater Dr. (734) 723-7411 or www.webbersrestaurant.samsbiz.com. ✯ Jeff Stewart: Sept. 29.

Ye Olde Durty Bird

A full bar featuring frozen drinks and multiple happy hours (4-7) 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. ✯ Jeff Tucker: Sept. 25. ✯ Kyle White: 7 p.m., Sept. 26. ✯ Jeff Stewart: 9 p.m., Sept. 27. ✯ Ben Barefoot: 8:30 p.m., Sept. 28. ✯ Last Call: 6 p.m., Sept. 29.

Elixer

This two-man band (consisting of Dave Rybaczewski and Walter Guy) performs Beatles songs acoustically. www.beatlesebooks.com/elixir. ✯ Quimby’s Food & Spirits, 3536 Sterns Road, Lambertville, Michigan. 6-9 p.m., Sept. 26. ✯ River Café & Marina, 6215 Edgewater Dr., Erie, Michigan, 7:30-10:30 p.m., Sept. 27. ✯ The Village Inn Roadhouse: 4984 S. Main St., Sylvania, 6-9 p.m., Sept. 29.

Two Buck Yuks Keith Bergman has brought his comedy showcase Two Bucks Yuks to The Blarney Event Center every Wednesday night. There will be a $2 cover for the shows, which are open to anyone ages 21 and older. The shows will be 90 minutes. 601 Monroe St. (419) 418-2339 or www. theblarneyirishpub.com.

✯ DK Hamilton, Erin Field, Michael Geeter, Joe Deez, Dan Fraley, Meghan Koesters, Jason Valentini and Mike Szar: Sept. 25.

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 group provides music for all occasions. (419) 708-0265, (419) 874-0290 or www.swingmania.org. ✯ SWINGMANIA: “Fall Fiesta Dance Party”: Stranahan Great Hall for Paramount, 7 p.m., Sept. 27. ✯ If you would like your event in The Pulse, contact Matt at mattliasse@gmail.com.

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hen you go to a traditional comedy show, there’s a format to the proceedings. You’ll see a host, or emcee, who starts the night off, makes some announcements and does a little material, usually while the crowd is settling in and placing food and drink orders. It’s the low rung on the club-gig ladder and it can be a thankless job. Then the middle act, or “feature,” gets 20-35 minutes to get everyone laughing Keith and enjoying themselves. The headliner comes up and, on a good night, takes the warmedup crowd and knocks the show out of the park.

Open mic night is another beast entirely. You may have a host who brings up each comic — or each person may just introduce the next one on the list. And it can be chaos. In bigger cities it’s not uncommon to see more than 30 people on the sign-up sheet, with various audience members coming, going, talking through the show and getting drunk. If the show is not exclusive to comedy, you may see someone working out their new R-rated material between a folk singer and a slam poet, often to everyone’s dismay.

One common newbie mistake is to think you’re ready to make a move when you’re not.

In Georgia I talked to an open-mic regular, 10 months into doing it, who confidently boasted of his 90 minutes of material. I have no doubt that this guy could stand in one place and speak words into a microphone for an hour and a half.

But based on the 10 minutes I saw that night, I wasn’t eager to hear the other 80.

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Most comedy fans have witnessed someone out of their depth at a show.

It can be a hapless emcee bombing right out of the gate, or an unknown comedian headlining before they’ve developed enough material or the skill to hold a room’s attention.

It can be career suicide — impressions are hard to shake, once formed.

I know people who haven’t seen me perform since my first year, and the jokes of mine that they still associate with my act embarrass me now.

It’s the great life conundrum, comedy-style: You’re not as far along as you probably think you are, but you’ll never know you if can take that next step unless you walk off the cliff and see if you’ve figured out how to fly.

Two things I try to keep in mind — the world will generally let you know where you are in the pecking order and no matter where that is, even taking your first steps into the open mic spotlight, others are standing in the wings wishing they had the cojones to make that leap.

I’d rather be the doofus on stage going down in flames than the guy in the back wondering what it’d feel like to try. O

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

Nine teenagers will take the stage during “From the Top.” The show will feature young musicians during an 8 p.m. performance Sept. 28 at Kobacker Hall at Bowling Green State University’s College of Musical Arts.

The performance will be recorded as a radio broadcast for the NPR program on WGTE Public Media 91.3 FM. Fifteen-year-old pianist Patrick Pan will perform during the show. The last time the Houston native was in the area, he won first place in BGSU’s David D. Dubois Piano Competition.

“From the Top” contacted Pan to play for the upcoming show.

“We had our eyes on him for a little while,” producer David Balsom said. “From the Top” organizers saw Pan play over a year ago. “When he won the Dubois competition, this seemed to be the best place to bring him because we’re bringing him back to celebrate really one of the best piano competitions in the country.”

Pan said he was about to turn in an application to the show when he received a phone call from them asking him to play in Bowling Green.

“It was really encouraging … when they invited me first,” Pan said. “It was really such an honor [to be asked to play].”

Quartet Lumiére, which won first place in the Junior Division of the 2013 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, will perform the first movement from the String Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26, by Edvard Grieg. The quartet includes 18-year-old violinist Rebecca Benjamin, 16-year-old violinist Gallia Kastner, 15-year-old violist Mira Williams and 15-year-old cellist Josiah Yoo. The quartet will also perform a piece composed by 17-year-old Chason Goldfinger from Malvern, Pa., who will also appear at the show.

Contrabassist Lena Goodson and violinist Sein An will also perform.

“From the Top” quickly became one of the fastest growing weekly classical music programs on public radio after starting as an experiment in 2000, according to a news release. It is broadcast on nearly 250 stations nationwide to an audience of nearly 700,000 listeners.

It is an independent, nonprofit organization headquartered in Boston aims to celebrate the power of music from young people.

The show has 20 live concert recordings every year, and has for the past 14 years. They change performers every show.

This show will be the first time “From the Top” will be in Northwest Ohio. It can be heard locally on WGTE 91.3 FM on Sundays at noon.

This episode is set to air later this year.

For tickets to the show, visit bgsu.edu/ cultural_arts. O

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The Eight Fifteens are excited to perform at “Idiots With Instruments” because of a connection the band has with The Village Idiot.

“That is really where it all started for The Eight Fifteens,” wrote guitarist and vocalist Josh Q. Whitney in an email. “It is more than a bar; it is a community of people, a family that cares for one another.”

Twelve acts will perform from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Oct. 6 at The Village Idiot, 309 Conant St. The show is open to all ages and will showcase talent from Maumee and Toledo that have played and still play at The Village Idiot.

“We are very lucky to have a large group of musicians in this town that, instead of stepping on each other to get ahead, help and respect one another,” said Whitney, who coordinated and helped plan the event.

This is the first time for the show but Whitney hopes it will not be the last.

“I have been tossing the idea of a music fest around in my head for a little while now — to get local bands with originals and covers to perform a ‘Toledo Woodstock,’ if you will,” he said.

Nicole Khoury of Arctic Clam, who will perform at the show, said The Village Idiot is the greatest place in town to have a musical event and Toledo musicians are second to none.

“To be part of any event that combines the two is always top on our priority list,” Khoury said in an email.

The show will include Evan Bates, The House Band, Barile and May, The Killer Flamingos, Andrew Ellis, Old State Line, Bob Rex, The Eight Fifteens, Mike Fisher, Clarence Clamwater, Arctic Clam and Dooley Wilson. Each band will play 45-minute sets. There is a suggested, but not required, $5 donation at the door. Checks can be made to “Idiots With Instruments Trust Fund”

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irk Manning smiles.

The Toledo-based horror comic book author has made audiences the world over cringe with delight during the course of his career, with stories like “The Tales of Mr. Rhee” and “Nightmare World” garnering a huge following.

His latest work is a departure in more ways than one.

“Love Stories (to Die For)” — JEFF which, like most of Manning’s work, began life as an online comic — comes to print with two previously unpublished stories brought together in one double-length book.

“I tell people that ‘Love Stories (to Die For)’ is very scary and very romantic. Just like me. As the title suggests, they are very horror-infused love stories,” Manning said in an interview with Toledo Free Press Star. “One of them is a vampires versus Vikings story from the Middle Ages, and the other is a futuristic story about three people trapped on a space station overrun with aliens, and there’s only one escape pod left for two people.”

The series originated as a series of stories on the website Shadowline (shadowlineonline. com). Three installments were posted there, leading to the publication of this set of two new stories. And Manning said there’s plenty more where those came from.

“The reaction has been incredibly positive, people really stoked about it. So I’m definitely hoping to do more stories in this format. This is the successor to ‘Nightmare World,’ in a way,” Manning said. “I would love to do more.”

The introduction of “Love Stories” to print is just one part of a roller coaster month for Manning. He is also preparing to take over for an arc on Big Dog Ink’s series “Legend of Oz: The Wicked West,” which reimagines the classic L. Frank Baum franchise as a Western.

“I’m getting to do the flying monkeys, which ... is a little in my wheelhouse anyway,” Manning noted. “That’s some of the scariest pop culture characters out there.”

It’s a bit unusual for Manning to work on such a project for a few reasons — not the least of which being that he almost always works with in his own universe, with his own characters.

“For many, many years — most of my career, almost all of my career — I’ve been staunchly creator owned,” he said. “I do my own thing. I did ‘Nightmare World,’ I did ‘Tales of Mr. Rhee’ ... ‘Farseeker,’ ‘To Die For,’ everything has been creator owned. And, honestly, it took a certain property for me to say, ‘Yeah, I’d be willing to do that.’”

Then there’s the Kickstarter. With an eye on bringing his enormously popular online series

Dirk Manning scares up some ‘Love Stories (to Die For).’

“Tales of Mr. Rhee” to print, Manning will launch a specialized fundraiser on the website around the end of the month — a process that he’s actually had some misgivings about. “‘Mr. Rhee’ was a book that would be a perfect Kickstarter.

People really like it, it’s selfcontained, it’s done. I even had a great cover artist on board, Riley Rossmo, who did ‘Proof ’ and ‘Cowboy Ninja Viking,’ who wanted to do the covers — very well established artist. So all the pieces were there, but my dilemma was, I couldn’t pull the trigger because I didn’t want to cut out the comic shops.”

The solution: Offering fans that back the Kickstarter a deluxe hardcover edition of “Mr. Rhee,” exclusive to them, then creating a straightforward paperback for the direct market.

“I’m going to be telling people straight out ... what I want to do with Kickstarter is to raise the funds to produce a really nice hardcover for

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everyone that contributes, and there’ll be other bonuses they can get,” Manning said. “But also raise the money so that we can print a direct market edition, so that comic shops and casual readers — people who don’t want to spend money MANNING on a hardcover, who would rather spend 15 bucks or 20 bucks on a paperback — can.”

In support of all these projects, Manning is heading out on his most ambitious tour ever — 13 signing dates over the course of 13 weeks, with appearances at numerous comic shops and conventions all throughout Ohio and Michigan. But the one he’s most nervous about? Right here in his own backyard — a signing at Seann’s Anime and Comics in Sylvania at 2-6 p.m. Sept. 28.

“It’s one of those things where I come home and I do a signing in Toledo, and my biggest fear is to show up and be in the comic shop for four or five hours and, you know, crickets,” Manning said. “So it’s much more frightening to do a hometown signing than to be out on the road.

Come hang out with me, kick it. It’s a rare, oldschool hometown appearance.” O

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