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Specialists in pet care, boarding, and other services, Karnik of NW Ohio and SE Michigan has opened a luxury pet care facility, Karnick on Black, at 5411 Black Rd., Waterville.

419-878-9796. Karnikonblack.com Find some good vibrations in Sylvania at Fit Vibrations, the first Power Plate® studio in Ohio. The fitness center features strength and cardio training based on whole body vibration technology, developed nearly five decades ago for Russian cosmonauts. Classes are suitable for a variety of fitness levels. 8257 Mayberry Square S., Sylvania. 419-794-1500. Fitvibrations.com Scrambler Marie’s has opened their first area location of its fast-casual restaurant concept, City Egg, offering breakfast, lunch, and a coffee and juice bar from 6:30am-3pm daily.

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Cityeggrestaurants.com Hawaii-native and licensed massage therapist Heide Allan has transformed her studio Transcend by Heide into Lava Wellness Spa, offering massage rooms, a retail space with all-natural, Transcend by Heide products, a salt room, a charcoal room, a water room, and more.

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Musicians can look forward to the newest addition to uptown Maumee, Small Box Music, offering a custom curated collection of sought after stringed instruments and unique options for every budget. A grand opening will take place Saturday, November 10. 203 Conant St., 419-740-3434. smallboxmusic.com

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A new trampoline park, Get Air, is opening on Thursday, November 15, inviting the community to come out and enjoy $5/hour jumps, along with other activities. Get Air is full of wall-to-wall trampolines, foam pits, a designated kids area, dodgeball courts, a ninja obstacle course, and dunk lanes, along with their newest attractions of combat games where paintball meets laser tag.

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The Holiday Inn French Quarter will close in Spring 2019 due to changes within the Holiday Inn brand. The New Orleans-themed hotel first opened in April 1967. 10630 Fremont Pike, Perrysburg. 419-874-3111. HIFQ.com

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Retro video game, toy and comic shop, Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Retro, has moved across the street from their original location to a new, larger space at 127 S. Main St., Bowling Green.

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ACTIVIST WATCH

Food for pets

Get involved. Democracy is not a spectator sport.

Humane Ohio and Toledo Pet Bull Project come together to start a pet food bank for area pet owners, accepting donations of pet food and supplies at area locations.

Available to pet owners in need of supplies, donation sites include: Humane Ohio, Toledo area Pet Supplies Plus, and Walt Churchill’s Market in Maumee. The Pet Food Bank will be open to the public from 9:30-11:30am, every Wednesday, 6-7:30pm every 2nd & 4th Wednesday and from 9:30-11:30am every 1st, 2nd & 3rd Friday of the month. Toledo Pet Bull Project, 2249 Tremainsville Rd. 567-315-8051. humanohio.org/pet-food-bank

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“Bridging the Economic Divide: Christian Perspectives” - Father James Bacik will discuss how greater wealth equality will benefit the whole country as part of his fall lecture series. $10, reserved. $15, at the door. 5:30-7pm.

Franciscan Center of Lourdes University, 6832 Convent Blvd., Sylvania. 419-8243515. Sylvaniafranciscanvillage.org Discussion with NW Ohio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce - This discussion covers the importance of cultural inclusion and foreign language skills, and how beneficial it is for the community. RSVP togina.genco@porternovelli.com. 7-9pm.

Sofia Quintero Center, 1225 Broadway St. 419-241-1655. sqacc.org Free

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Lecture on Income Inequality - Dr. David McClough, the James F. Dicke Associate Professor of Economics at Ohio Northern University, discusses the history, current state, and future consequences of income equality as part of the Lourdes University Lifelong Learning program. Free for members, $45 for non-members. 9:15am refreshments. 10am program. Franciscan Center of Lourdes University, 6832 Convent Blvd., Sylvania. 419-824-3707. lifelong@lourdes.edu.

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Why NOW? The Current and Future Possibilities of Feminism - The Toledo Area National Organization for Women (Toledo Area NOW) hosts an evening of food and conversation about the current state of feminism. Special guest panel speakers include former Ohio State Senator and previous Toledo Area NOW

Saturday, 11.10

Songs for Justice Concert The Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) hosts an evening of justice, labor and both traditional and contemporary Mexican folk songs from the Aguila Negra Band. 6-9pm.

Sofia Quintero Art & Cultural Center, 1225 Broadway St., 419-243-7941. Floc.com President, Linda Furney; Linda Alvarado-Arce, owner of People Called Women Bookstore; and Petronella Holmes, Educator and Human Rights Advocate. . 3:30-5:30pm. Tekela’s in Sylvania, 5147 Main St., Sylvania. Toledonow.org Free

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Toledo SOUP brings crowdsourcing to a local level with soup and snacks from area chefs. Four local entrepreneurs make a brief presentations outlining their proposed community projects.

Attendees vote for their favorite project and the winner takes home funding of up to $1500 to develop the winning idea. $5. 4-6pm. Sunday, November 11. LaunchPad Incubation, 1510 Westwood Ave. 419-530-3520. facebook.com/toledosoup

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LaunchPad Incubation at the University of Toledo presents the 7th Pitch & Pour event where local entrepreneurs will pitch their business ideas, competing for a $10,000 cash prize. The competition will award a high tech, web-based, or a growth industry business model with potential to develop into successful organizations. A less dramatic version of Shark Tank. Register to pitch your idea. Investors welcome.

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Racial Bias and the Danger of a Single Story In her TED talk, novelist Chimamanda Adichie discusses how our lives and cultures are made up of overlapping stories, why finding her voice was important, and why multicultural literature is critical for understanding. Listen to the talk and discuss the meaning. 4-6pm. St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church, 871 E. Boundary St., Perrysburg. 419-874-5704.

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Post-mortem

Coming soon to City Politics

by Johnny Hildo Deadlines being what they are, we write this column before the November election. But there are no excuses in politics, nor in opinion columns, so we bravely make post-election predictions before the elections are tallied.

Writing in past tense while predicting the future is only one of the pitfalls of such bold prognostication, but we’re up to the task, so here goes.

By time you read this, the following will almost certainly have happened.

Bold Prediction Number One.

Speculation has begun swirling around a possible run for Toledo Mayor by Sandy Spang in twenty twenty-one. This is predicated in part on our fearless prediction that Spang has not been elected to the County Commission, and that Gary Byers has beaten her for that seat.

We think Byers will have won for two big reasons. First, he must have raised a kaboodle more campaign funds than Spang, given the fact he ran television ads for his race. Television buys are extremely expensive, and the last thing a candidate spends money on.

Byers on TV meant he spent lavish cabbage.

The other reason we predict Byers has won is early vote numbers. The early vote in Lucas County has been explosive so far, and given the political leanings of the County, most of those voters likely voted for the Democrat Byers. Early votes often predict a larger than usual overall voter turnout, which also bodes well for Byers.

If, against these odds, Spang has won and will soon be sworn in as a Commissioner, she still might run for Mayor. She’s the obvious candidate from the Republican side, having been elected citywide as an At-Large Councilperson twice. And she’d be running from cover, as they say, meaning she wouldn’t have to relinquish her Commissioner seat to run.

If Byers won, Spang is certainly eyeing her next political move. Heck, in only five years in elected office, she has already run for Mayor and Commissioner. Sorta makes it obvious she has little interest in being a member of City Council. The only factor leaning against a mayoral run is she wouldn’t be running from cover, since her council election would also be in twenty twenty-one.

Still, you read it here first. Spang for Toledo is ramping up a run for the twenty-second floor.

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Bold Prediction Number Two.

Huge voter turnout and higher than usual participation by Democrats has swept Lindsay Webb and Joe McNamara into office. No matter whether the purported Blue Wave materialized anywhere else. Here in the Swamp, Democrats will have surely voted in record numbers for a mid-term election.

The main beneficiaries of that wave will have been Byers, Webb, and McNamara, all Democrats. Webb was elected with relative ease, we predict. Lastditch efforts by the local GOP to taint her with alleged political and personal missteps have failed, in part because of lack of cash to pound them into voters’ heads and make them stick.

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Big Prediction Number Three.

Even though voting numbers have surged, there is still a huge generational discrepancy. Older people voted, younger people generally did not.

Various theories explaining this phenomenon will surface in the coming weeks. Here’s ours.

It’s a vicious cycle. Young people don’t vote. Candidates know that, do the simple electoral calculus, and rarely speak to issues that motivate younger people. Younger people are thus not motivated to vote, thinking none of the candidates care about their issues. So young people don’t vote.

Lather, rinse, repeat.

We have little emotional investment in Big Predictions One or Two. Three matters to us, though. It matters a lot.

We need the next generation to participate and engage in electoral politics so public policy can move bravely and swiftly toward the future.

For once in our run here at City Politics, we hope and pray we were wrong, and young people turned the tide, forcing candidates and elected officials to begin speaking to them.

The future of our beloved Frogtown depends on it.

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THE COLLABORATIVE

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Challenges + Opportunities ith the Toledo area renaissance in full swing, the City Paper salutes the progress of businesses, agencies and service providers that are transforming our region, beginning with the redevelopment of Downtown.

Let us know about your office or retail space so we can feature your ‘new digs.’ Contact editor@adamsstreetpublishing.com

After 30 years in a historic urban structure, The Collaborative decided it was time to search for a new urban space. An opportunity presented itself in Ricardo’s, a riverfront restaurant that had been vacant for decades.

A Study in Contrasts

The office relocation was an opportunity to explore several design goals: • Expand formal + informal meeting + collaboration space • Encourage collisions + cross disciplinary collaboration • Create a space to spark conversation about identity + anonymity as a corporate office tower tenant Dedicated meeting and communal spaces support client and creative staff interactions with a communal work café and outdoor plaza becoming a transition point for distributed information.

Informal spaces are found throughout the studios. A mediated open collaboration niche is balanced by a lounge based work environment that has a vista of the freighter traffic on the Maumee River.

To reinforce identity and spark debate, the design team explored a study in contrasts within the glassy corporate tower. Abandoning applied finishes in favor of exposing the massive structure and concrete slabs was the first step away from the office tower atmosphere. The new workplace design highlights natural materials focused on the contrasts between hand crafting and digital fabrication representing important parts of the region’s past + future.

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DESCRIBING THE DAY Designer Yves Saint Laurent once famously declared, “Fashions fade, style is eternal.” We couldn’t agree more. While fashion bends to trends, style reflects the whole person. Oscar Wilde embellished the thought, writing in The Importance of Being Earnest: “In matters of great importance, style, not sincerity is the vital thing.” If you want to honestly know a person, get a sense of their lifestyle.

Here, we talk with three men, busy with projects, passion, and local businesses. They do what they do, described with straightforward accounts of their days, with style, as told to Toledo City Paper readers.

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In February 2010, CJ and his business partner Prakash “PK” Karamchandani opened their first Balance Grille restaurant. Almost nine years later, the duo has four Toledo-area locations of the popular fast-casual, Asian-fusion restaurant, and they’re on the heels of opening their first restaurant in Cleveland.

Like the business, CJ is fast-paced, bold, and uncommon. He’s all over the place, in a good way, and passion and persistence direct his every move.

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We’re very picky and selective about who we promote and hire. I spend the majority of my day in the restaurants, they’re like my first home, so I make damn sure I enjoy the people around me. We’re creating something cool and meaningful, not just offering a way to earn money but a possible career. I love these people as people in general, which makes it all so much more rewarding and fun. We’ve always envisioned the mentorship aspect, but we didn’t expect it to grow this much.

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I love finding out as much as I can about the food industry and other companies and see who is excelling and why. Then, I get up to get ready, shower, and head out to whichever store I feel like needs more attention for that week.

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2pm: I’m out of the kitchen and on the way to my office in Maumee to meet with the administrative team and my business partner, PK, who I stay in touch with all day, every day, Monday through Sunday. When I have some free time, I like to do a lot of research for the next new menu items and brainstorm ideas. Managing my inspiration and my budget is fun, but it can be challenging because our food

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needs to be first and foremost delicious and look great aesthetically, but also fresh, fast, and affordable.

4pm: By this time I’m checking up on my sauce lab inventory and then I’m heading to the gym to workout. It is my way of relieving and stress and it’s my way of escape. I consider the gym as another home away from home and I take working out very seriously.

6pm:I swing by a restaurant to help out during the dinner rush or just see how everything is doing.

9pm: Home, hopefully. At home I place all produce orders online from Sam Okun Produce since each store receives produce six times a week.

Communications can continue until 11pm, but I try to stop my day around this time so I can get up in the morning and do it all again tomorrow.

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Toledo’s sneaker collection keeps growing with all-purpose streetwear boutique Sunika’s second location, this one in downtown Sylvania (5689 Main St.). Partnering with his college roommate in Summer 2018, Sunika co-owner Mike Orra carries himself with a breezyyet-self-assured presence of a retail entrepreneur. He’s conscious of the hype surrounding his products, yet above it. In balancing a young family with managing a fledgling business, Orra wields his knack for marketing as a community-building vehicle.

7am: I have my Nespresso and start hitting social media and the websites to see what’s hot, what’s new. I’m on my phone checking Sneakers News and Stock X for new shoes and collabs. What are the styles people here are going to be wearing? I try to wear the products I bring in so I’ll usually rock the latest sneaker we get.

After spending some time with my wife and kids, I’m out the door.

9am: I stop into Sunika’s Toledo location (2903 Dorr St.) every day and talk to Joe [Naimy], my partner, so we can catch up in person.

The hardest part is staying friends with a partner. We hang out in the mornings and scheme on new products and promo ideas.

10am: When I get to the store in Sylvania I go through my inventory, update my website and make sure everything is pristine.

We wanted to bring a lot of companies, brands and styles that you can only find in New York or LA or online so making sure the store reflects that clean and fashionable aesthetic is key. I’m also keeping in touch with fellow companies and stores to get the industry scoop from everyone. It’s a family thing -- the sneaker business.

4pm:

For lunch, I only eat when I sell something. Usually, I just wait and have J&G’s pizza about every other day.

5pm: My post-lunch play is social media. Everybody’s big on social media in the afternoon and evening so I always try and take pictures and post stories on Instagram (@SunikaSylvania).

Any new boxes of sneakers that come in that day, I’ll open take pictures of them and post it to social media immediately. I’m also constantly promoting our Sneaker Stash giveaway where we’ll hide a shoebox around town and the first person to bring the box into the store gets a pair of shoes in their size for free.

7pm: Right before I leave, I’ll organize the store and make sure it’s clean. I’ll also go through my emails and make sure all communication is done. I head home and spend as much time as I can with my family.

9pm:

to bed.

I eat my dinner and go

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Christopher Harris got a craft kit to brew his own beer in 2011. What started as a hobby “quickly consumed me,” he says with a laugh. A passing interest turned into a passion overnight. The more he practiced, the more he researched. The more he researched, the more he wanted to experiment.

The more he experimented, the more equipment he needed. Small batches were bottled for friends, and then, within three years, he had a small brewery in his garage, his own label, and major wholesale deals with The Andersons.

A lot of things have changed in the past eight years. Today Harris has a brewery and a taproom, wholesale deals with restaurants and distributors, and an encyclopedia-like knowledge of craft beer. But one factor hasn’t changed— Christopher still does it all by himself. No employees, no help. Black Frog Brewery is exactly how it started, 100% him.

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Hop TO IT! CHISTOPHER HARRIS’ DAY:

7am: Wake up, get cleaned up, and start getting ready for the day.

7:45am: Leave the house, stop for

some coffee at McDonald’s, and head to the brewery.

8am: Get to the brewery and it’s time to start moving. On Mondays and Tuesdays, I start making a new batch of beer, so things are about to move fast.

8:15am:

It’s time to start brewing.

I typically make a 2.5 barrel batch, which is about 75-80 gallons, and start by getting my equipment together to make wort, which is what a brew is called before it ferments and becomes beer.

8:30am: I fill a pot of water and

heat it to the temperature I’ll need to get the sugars off the grain of whatever I’m brewing that day. While that tank is heating, I use my grain mill to grind the grains I’ll need for my brew. Depending on what I’m using, this process can take anywhere from 15 minutes to a half hour.

9am: The water is at my target temperature, so I start transferring it to the mash tun and then, carefully and slowly, stir in the crushed grains.

9:45am: Once it’s all mixed and I

have the oatmeal-type texture I’m looking for, I set a 60 minute timer to allow for the sugars to come off the grain. Now, it’s time to clean my equipment and, if I have time, tend to the other projects I have going on in the brewery.

11am: I transfer the mixture from the mash tun to my boil kettle and start bringing my wart up to boil. As it heats up, I start adding whatever hops I need for the style of beer I’m making. This is where things get really hectic— I have 60 minutes to both get the leftover grain out of the mash tun and into containers for a local farmer to pick up to feed to his animals, and set everything back into place. 90 percent of the time, I get it done, but if anything goes wrong it will completely throw me off.

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Travel Tastings Manhattan’s Pub ‘n’ Cheer

Pair a dinner of your choice with a conversation about Italy’s Tuscany region. Travel specialist Gianni Vanni of Undiscovered Tuscany will discuss food, wine and vacation packages focusing on this beautiful part of the world. 7-8:30pm.

1516 Adams St. 419-243-6675. manhattanstoledo.com Free

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Thursday,11. 8

3rd Friendsgiving Dinner LaScola Italian Grille

This six course dinner will be served family-style along with wine pairings. Master Sommelier Larry O’Brian will serve up vintages paired with Chef Moussa Salloukh’s festive selections. $75.

6:30-9:30pm. 5375 Airport Hwy. 419-381-2100. lascolaitaliangrill.com

Saturday 11.17

Mammoth Cheese Wheel Cutting Walt Churchill’s Market

This cooking class includes the chance to eat and mingle with a beverage of your choice. On the menu: Chicken Marsala, creamy polenta or pasta, and dessert. Cook and enjoy. $65. 6-8pm.

428 N. Erie St. 419-882-1231. sydanddianes.com

Witness a local tradition of cutting the 2,000 pound wheel of Christmas Cheddar. Wisconsin Master Cheesemaker Kerry Henning of Henning’s Cheese will lead the fun-filled event. 3pm.

26625 Dixie Hwy. 419-872-6900. waltchurchillsmarket.com Free

Holiday Wine Festival Evans Street Station

DIY Wildfire Tonic Boochy Mama’s Probiotic Tonic

This annual festival showcases over 60 wines to taste paired with an unbelievable assortment of fine hors d’oeuvres. Expect great service, as always, from the Evans St. staff. Proceeds benefit the restoration of the Carnegie Library. $50.

110 S. Evan St., Tecumseh, MI. 517-424-5555. evansstreetstation.com

Learn to make a traditional folk remedy, made from organic apple cider, garlic and herbs. The final product will be tart and spicy, perfect for warding off a cough or sore throat. $30 per person, $40 per couple. 10-11am. 130 10th St. 567-318-2240. boochymama.com

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Thursdays Wine Tasting Joseph’s Beverage Center

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Take a look at the expanded store and selections Day The Pub while you sample wines perfect for the season.

This tasting will feature the Prices vary. 6-8pm. 4129 Talmadge Rd. famous red wine produced in 419-472-1421. joesphsbeveragecenter.com Beaujolais, France, along with appetizers. It’s remarkable Friday, 11.9 aroma and flavors are Wines of France something to celebrate. Box of Sol performs. 4-9pm.

Walt Churchill’s Market 912 Monroe St. 419-241-8100. paulabrownshop.com Sample the hearty wines of the French countryside and take home a bottle for dinner.

Wines of the Pacific Northwest Prices vary. 4:30-7:30pm. 26625 Dixie Hwy., Bottle Shop at Mancy’s Italian Perrysburg. 419-872-6900.

Join Jeff Hickenlooper for a tour of the best wines of waltchurchillsmarket.com Portland, Seattle, Salem and Rainer. This tasting features the best wines of America’s Northwest coast. Prices vary.

Saturday, 11.10 5:30-7:30pm. 5453 Monroe St., Sylvania. 419-824-2463.

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2013 Cru Barbaresco Tasting Mancy’s Bottle Shop

This small tasting will celebrate the release of this super select, artisan vintage from the Produttori de Barbaresco family vineyards.

The wine will be paired with Mancy’s Italian appetizers and more. Only 12 seats are available, so register in advance. $40.

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Monday, 11.19

At this cooking class cooks will make Diane’s signature cranberry sauce, and pie crust. Take home jam and a pie. $65. 11am-1pm. St. Paul’s Lutheran, 428 N. Erie St. 419-882-1231. sydanddianes.com

Friday, 11.16

Holiday Dinner Wines Walt Churchill’s Market

Getting ready for the holidays? Find out what wines are a must-have for any host or dinner guest this season.

Prices vary. 4:30-7:30pm. 26625 Dixie Hwy., Perrysburg.

419-872-6900. waltchurchillsmarket.com

Tuesday, 11.20

Holiday Wines Franciscan Center

Wine specialist Nicholas Kubiak invites you to taste, smell and discuss holiday wines. Six wines will be featured. $25-$37. 6:30-8:30pm. 6832 Convent Blvd., Sylvania.

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Vegan Cheesecake at Star of India

Five Dairy-free Delights

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415 S. Reynolds Rd., 419-720-6452.

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Though some might perceive eating vegan as being too restrictive, chefs and restaurateurs all over the city are expanding vegan options. Vegans: treat yourself to our favorite guilt-free desserts from this local round-up. Whether you are vegan by choice, for health reasons, or you are curious about it as a lifestyle, these desserts are worth a try.

Vegan Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins at 7 Little Cupcakes

Star of India Chef Seema Kaur offers rotating vegan desserts made based on her mood. Her specialty is the customer favorite, the surprisingly creamy vegan cheesecake. A recipe developed after three years of non-stop practice, Kaur developed this unique take on a classic dessert with a secret ingredient: “There are cashews in there, but you can’t even tell,” admits Kaur. “It’s just so creamy and delicious. Even if you aren’t vegan, try it.”

Sasa Dango Mochi at Sori Sushi

5236 Monroe St., 419-720-7674. sorisushi.com

1021 Sandusky St., Perrysburg.

419-252-0858. 7littlecupcakes.com

This Perrysburg bakery offers a light and airy pumpkin-flavored treat all-year round. A favorite during the fall season, it has the perfect chocolatechip-to-muffin ratio. If pumpkin spice isn’t your thing, don’t fret—other vegan options are offered and guaranteed for pick-up on Wednesdays and Fridays; specific flavors can be ordered with a week advance notice. 7 Little Cupcakes provides both specialty and traditional items throughout the Toledo area, specializing in custom orders, including vegan wedding cakes.

Long before Westerners coined the term “vegan,” the Japanese have served up mochi, a naturally vegan dessert, for over 2,000 years. Find this delight at Sori Sushi, a locally-owned restaurant that makes mochi the Sasa Dango way— a ball with a pliable rice-flour exterior (Dango) filled with sweet red bean paste and wrapped in a bamboo leaf (Sasa). Not only a flavorful vegan-friendly dessert, but an elegant feast for the eyes. Not a vegan but craving ice cream filled mochi?

Don’t worry— they have that too.

Vegan Baklava at So Sweet Lebanese & French Pastries

Black Cherry Ice Cream at Royal Cravings

4038 Talmadge Rd., 419-474-5445. Sosweetpastries.com

2111 N. Reynolds Rd., 419-472-5235. royalcravings.com

It’s easy to become overwhelmed by the tantalizing options that lie behind the glass case at this patisserie, but smart vegans who plan ahead can pre-order vegan baklava filled with a choice of walnuts, pistachios and cashews. Executive Pastry Chef Salah Zahafi creates this typically buttery pastry with vegetable oil, but magically maintains a rich, creamy bite and flakey filo texture for a crunchy and sweet vegan treat.

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The spiced chai scones, made with almond, pecan and walnut flours, and only available during the fall and winter. “Seasonally, I like to add new flavors to products I already have available,” said Chef Tracy, explaining that the key to this scone is “finding the right black tea as a base.” Chef Tracy’s seasonal scone packs all the spice you’ll need for a festive fall season.

5. Vegan Chocolate Chunk Cookie at BREW coffee bar

3002, 2903 Dorr St. Daily, 7-9pm 419-214-1804 brewtoledo.com.

The BREW coffee bar near the University of Toledo provides a sweet, all-vegan cookie fit for ardent chocolate lovers. The vegan chocolate chunk cookie, kept in the refrigerator due to its lack of preservatives, is a crumbly, delicate treat.

This chunky cookie has the ideal amount of sweetness and generous amounts of chocolate. The BREW coffee bar offers this cookie, along with muffins from 7 Little Cupcakes and items from other local bakeries from around Toledo.

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It looks and tastes just like dairyfilled ice cream, but it’s completely animal-product free (not an easy feat). Royal Cravings’ vegan black cherry ice cream is made with ingredients combined to fool even the most dubious ice cream fanatics.

Trust us, you wouldn’t know it was vegan by taste alone. Royal Cravings began to offer vegan ice cream flavors after collaborating with Vegan Toledo, a blog launched to highlight Toledo’s vegan-friendly spaces. Along with black cherry, the collaboration brought eight vegan flavors to Royal Cravings, including espresso Oreo and raspberry nebula.

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The Kegs for Kirtland’s fundraiser benefits an endangered species through Wild Toledo’s Kirtland’s Snake Initiative. Hosted by the Toledo Zoo’s Young Professionals for Animals and Conservation, the event will feature guest speaker, Dr. Matt Cross, who will discuss efforts to restore the snake’s marshland habitat in Northwest Ohio, Indiana and Eastern Illinois. Enjoy a complementary glass of beer with your ticket. $15-$20. 7-10pm. Wednesday, November 14. Black Cloister Brewing, 619 Monroe St. 419-385-5721. toledozoo.org/ypac —SE

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Despite being the biggest meal of the year, sometimes Thanksgiving lacks for taste. While dry turkey, poorlytimed side dishes, (think cold mashed potatoes) and store-bought pie served by casual cooks might fill your stomach, does it really satisfy your cravings? Set the table early during LaScola Italian Grill’s annual Friendsgiving Wine Dinner, featuring a traditional feast crafted by Chef Moussa with special guest, Master Sommelier, Larry O’Brien, pairing wines perfect for the occasion. Served family style. Limited seating available, RSVP by calling 419-381-2100. $75 per person, plus tax and tip. 6:30-9:30pm. Tuesday, November 13. LaScola, 5375 Airport Hwy., 419-381-2100. Lascolaitaliangrill.com —AC

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BOOK NOTES Count the ways

TED Talk participant and writer Damon Brown will give a public lecture promoting his most recent work, “The Ultimate Bite-Sized Entrepreneur: 76 Ways to Boost Time, Focus & Productivity for Your Big Idea.” A special Q&A with the author will take place following the presentation.

Reserve seats online. 6:30-9pm Wednesday, November 14. Sylvania Library, 6749 Monroe St., Sylvania.

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Wild women

Read and dissect the 1982 best selling novel, Women Who Run with Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Women of Archetype at this monthly book club and yoga class.

Author Clarissa Estes uses myths and folklore to unlock feminine culture and free the inner wild women. The class will discuss the book, chapter by chapter, along with incorporating meditation and yoga. 7:30-8:30pm Wednesday, November 17. California Yoga, 6625 Maplewood Ave., Sylvania. info@californiayogastudio.com Free

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Persian art

Mirror Garde: A Memoir chronicles 20th Century Iranian artist and writer Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian.

She will discuss her inspirational autobiography including her visual work which has had her named as one of Iran’s most prominent artists. Her work combines reflective surfaces and traditional mosaic geometry. Monir’s piece is on view at the TMA as part of the current exhibition, “Sights & Sounds.”

Register by calling. 5:30pm.

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Toledo Museum of Art, 2445 Monroe St. 419-254-5770. toledomuseum.org —SE

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REEL APPEAL Toledo International Film Festival Films, food and fun, November 16-18 at the Ohio Theatre

By Erin Holden

The Toledo International Film Festival (TIFF) will bring films, cuisine and performances, all with an international flavor, to the Ohio Theatre this month, with a nod to Toledo’s own richly diverse cultural heritage. The festival will feature seven films, kicking off with an English-language German film featuring Craig Robinson—Morris from America (2016)—and ending with Solitaire (2016), a Lebanese dramedy.

Sarah Allan, co-lead of Welcome Toledo Lucas County, an organization which is co-presenting the TIFF along with 15 community sponsors, feels the committee has succeeded in making the film selections, for the 4th annual TIFF, diverse on multiple levels.

“We wanted to keep some geographic diversity,” she said, adding that the committee tries to choose films from various countries and diverse genres. “We don’t want to end up with all of (the films) being of one type. We’re trying to give more depth to the different cultures featured, and it’s not just documentaries or something dramatic.”

TIFF selections will be paired with food to coincide with the cultures or themes presented in the films. In that vein, a hip-hop group will be performing surrounding the showing of Morris from America.

A still from the Isreali film Facing the Wall, poster below.

Cultural Diversity

“We focus on partnering with immigrant-owned or ethnic restaurants,” Allan said. “We do try to pair, if possible, world foods from the areas of the world where the films originate.”

Sunday includes films from Israel, Kosovo, and Lebanon, which will be accompanied by Mediterranean cuisine. The TIFF committee also has invited other vendors and artists to the Ohio Theatre, including a Nigerian dance performance with a short dance lesson, as well as poetry readings.

Programming surrounding the films is still being added and will be updated on the website as the details are confirmed.

“The Tiniest Place is a little more serious (than Morris from America).

(That will lead into) more drama in the afternoon with the film Félicité,” Allan said. “Then Have a Nice Day, (which is more) violent and therefore a nighttime film.”

“The focus is on lifting up and promoting our immigrant and culturally diverse restaurants and entrepreneurs,” Allan said. The weekend will be filled with food and entertainment from all over the world. “We are trying to not just represent Toledo’s immigrant and refugee groups, but we also want to recognize the many other groups that may not necessarily have large numbers here, whose films and cultures we’d love to see be a part of the TIFF.”

Finding Commonalities

TIFF is a community-driven festival that relies on a collective of partners. Allan said that the reciprocal relationship between Toledo’s immigrant service providers, who participate in the festival— promoting their services while promoting TIFF— is a mainstay of the event.

Genre Diversity

The TIFF has made a real effort to show the breadth of what a film festival can include. Saturday will begin with an El Salvador documentary, The Tiniest Place (2011), followed by a discussion of the film. The story follows the experience of Salvadorians who are trying to rebuild their lives after the country’s violent civil war.

Hip Hop and Morris

The order in which the films will be shown is deliberate. Morris from America will be shown first because of its accessibility, providing a bridge for those who might be intimidated by foreign films. Relating the story of a boy who moves to Germany with his father, played by Craig Robinson, and how they both struggle to navigate a new culture, Morris, the boy, turns to his beloved hip-hop music to cope with these issues.

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From the more somber Salvadorian documentary, Saturday’s films become less kid friendly as the day unfolds.

Félicité is a Senegalese drama that centers around the titular character’s struggle to take care of her son after he is badly injured in a motorcycle accident. This gritty drama is not suitable for kids, nor is the evening animated Chinese feature Have a Nice Day, about which an IndieWire reviewer wrote, “(it is as) if Tarantino remade Pulp Fiction as an animated movie.”

Sunday begins with two short films—Facing the Wall (2016, Israel) and Her (2018, Kosovo)— which share similar themes. The first is about a young girl who finds herself in an Israeli absorption center and can’t bring herself to face reality, and the second is about a woman who finds the courage to escape an arranged marriage for a life with greater freedom.

The final selection on Sunday is the Lebanese film Solitaire (2016), a romantic drama with lots of comedic relief concerning what could be a very contentious issue — the impending marriage of a Lebanese woman to a Syrian man, and their families’ reactions to their relationship. Despite addressing the complexities of Syrian and Lebanese relationships, the film will still manage to make you laugh.

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“We think it’s important to celebrate our cultural diversity and to help increase international understanding,” she said. “That may be more important than ever, to celebrate our history of immigration in Toledo. We also think it’s important to highlight international and artistic films as well as other parts of culture (like dance and food). It is powerful. It’s a great way to connect our differing experiences to find commonalities.”

The Toledo International Film Festival (TIFF) begins at 6pm on Friday, November 16 and continues through Sunday, November 18 at the Ohio Theatre and Event Center (3114 Lagrange St.).

For one film block, including food and programming: $15, general, $10, students. $75, all-access “passport” for all three days To view the full schedule or to buy tickets, visit ohiotheatretoledo.org/tiff.

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FILM NOTES Rebel, rebel

The Toledo Museum of Art and the University of Toledo Department of Theatre and Film partner to bring two more classics to their Families on Film series. Good Morning (1959) is the story of two brothers who have taken a vow of silence after their parents refuse to buy them a t.v. This touching comedy is about family life, namely how parents and children navigate their divergent attitudes toward life. 2pm. Saturday, November 10. James Dean stars in Rebel Without a Cause (1955), a classic film about teenage angst in the suburbs of L.A. This portrayal of life in the 1950s questions the true value of the upper class American Dream, which still resonates today. 2pm. Saturday, November 17. Each film is $5-$7. TMA Little Theater. 2445 Monroe St. 419-255-8000. Toledomuseum.org

The strong, silent type

In Charlie Chaplin’s 1918 silent comedy, Shoulder Arms, the hero falls haphazardly into moments of triumph with characteristic silliness, though it is set in World War I era France. Charlie somehow manages to capture 13 Germans, then the Kaiser, only to realize that his grand successes are not what they seem. The film continues the University of Toledo’s Fridays on Film series. $8-$12. 7:30pm.

Friday, November 16. UT Center for Performing Arts Center Theatre, 1910 W. Rocket Dr. 419-530-2787. Utoledo.edu —EH

Chronicle of a visionary

In 1965, German artist Joseph Beuys covered his head and face in honey and gold leaf, tied a slab of iron to his boots and sat in a gallery cradling and whispering bedtime stories to a dead hare. The performance piece, How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare, still shocks, inspires, and confuses audiences— just as the late artist planned. In his lifetime, Beuys offered the art world performances, sculptures, and, most notably, a new definition of art where, truly, anything goes. His impact is everywhere, including the Toledo Museum of Art’s special exhibition Sights & Sounds: Art, Nature, and the Senses, which featured Nam June Paik’s 1990 mixed media sculptural portrait of the artist, Beuys Voice. Learn more about the artist during the screening of filmmaker Andres Veiel’s 2018 portrait of the artist, Beuys. 7-8:30pm.

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The Round Table Comes to Toledo Monty Python’s Spamalot tour to play at the Valentine

By Jeff McGinnis

The Knights Who Say Ni. The plight of the Black Knight. The vicious rabbit of Caerbannog. Few comedies boast the iconic moments of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the beloved 1975 classic film. So Spamalot, the 2005 Broadway musical adapted/”lovingly ripped off ” from the movie, already has an advantage with fans.

But people who have never seen Holy Grail can love Spamalot, said actor Steve McCoy, who is portraying King Arthur in the new national tour of the show. He should know— he didn’t really know Python before being cast in the musical.

“Not that I wasn’t a fan, I just didn’t know it,” McCoy said. “I remember my older cousins watching it when I was a kid and not understanding the humor.

Because at the outset, it seems very sophomoric and silly, but it’s really very smart.”

Infectious joy

McCoy and his fellow band of comedic knights will arrive in Toledo on Monday, November 12, for a performance at the Valentine Theatre. This is not McCoy’s first coconut-assisted horse ride, though: The theater veteran has played Arthur in a previous national tour of Spamalot.

“Before I started the [first] tour, I saw the original Broadway production. And I thought, oh my God, these people are so smart. Because the way they crafted the show, you don’t have to know anything about Monty Python to love the show and think it’s funny.

But if you do, that’s even better.”

There’s an infectious joy to Python in all its forms, and McCoy said that feeling is shared by the show’s cast.

“I can remember never, ever being in a bad mood, ever. Rehearsing the show, doing the show. And this is, like, my seventh national tour, and I have never been in a show that people like so much.”

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Play it real

McCoy, who grew up in a suburb of Boston, knew after seeing a play in high school that he wanted to be an actor. His single mother saved money to take him to as many touring productions as she could. It was a particular thrill, then, to do a show like Spamalot that so deftly sends up so many Broadway classics during its runtime. “If we’re playing a city that is savvy enough to have gotten to see these shows, they’ll get it. We spoof Phantom of the Opera, we spoof West Side Story, we spoof all these things. And I think people all around the United States know those shows enough to find that funny.”

Another thrill was having a chance to work with the director of the original production, the famed Mike Nichols, who would visit rehearsals during McCoy’s first run of Spamalot. “[He] would always come in and [say], The only way to do Monty Python material, is to have to play it for truth.

You have to play it real, in order for the comedy to work.”

But no matter whether audiences are coming in as Python novices, or whether they know the bits well enough to recite them along with McCoy and his cast, the actor is certain people will leave Spamalot feeling simple, uncomplicated joy. “I hope they come out after two and a half hours happier than they walked in the door. I mean, I would bet money on it that they will. That’s what we get out of doing it.” $79-$89.

7:30pm. Monday, November 12.

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THEATER NOTES Last dance

The play The Undeniable Sound of Right Now takes a lighter look at 90s concert culture, during a time when rock bands were still a big thing while dance clubs and electronic music were coming into prominence. Will Hank, a rock club owner, change with the times, or will the nightlife of his daughter’s generation erase the culture he and so many others worked so hard to establish? $18-$20. November 9-17. 8pm,Fridays-Saturdays. 2pm, Sunday.

Village Players Theatre, 2740 Upton Ave.419-472-6817. thevillageplayers.org —SE

A Cabaret Celebration

“All women are like that”

What happens when you mix opera with a modern country western? We have no idea, but we’re excited to find out when the UT Opera Ensemble sets the story of Mozart’s “Cosi fan tutte” in a country bar. The comedic opera about two men wondering if their wives will remain faithful will kick off with BBQ, beer and free line dancing lessons before the show. $15, general. $12, seniors, military, and UT employees and alumni. $10/students. BBQ not included, prices TBA. November 16-18. 7pm, Friday-Saturday. 2pm, Sunday.

University of Toledo Center for the Arts, 1910 W. Rocket Dr. 419-530-2787. utoledo.tix.com —AC

Co-directed by Ashley Hill and Allie Batey, the cabaret fundraiser “Elevate” is a celebration of modern dance and the incredibly gifted dancers from the Northwest Ohio region who will be included in the performance. Hill and Batey are also the co-founders of the new nonprofit dance company, Toledo’s Humane Experience (THE), which is partnering with the Toledo Repertoire Theatre. “Elevate” will include THE company dancers, guest musicians, and Toledo artists, all of whom are collaborating to raise funds for the Repertoire Theatre. “Elevate” uses multiple forms of performance to celebrate the human experience through the art of dance. $17.75-$19.75 for tickets. 7pm.

Saturday, November 17. The 10th Street Stage, 16 10th St., 419-243-9277. bherrmann@toledorep.org. Themoderndancecompany.com. —EH

EVENTS Thursday, 11.8 Pippin - The Cutting Edge Theatre Company presents the 1972 musical, featuring memorable songs like “Magic to Do” and “I Guess I’ll Miss the Man.” $20. November 8-11. 8pm, ThursdaySaturday. 2:30pm, Sunday. Olander Park, 6930 W. Sylvania Ave., Sylvania. 734-717-8776. cuttingedgetheatre.org

Friday, 11.9 Beyond Glory - Based on the non-fiction book Men of Incredible Valor, this play recounts the journeys of eight veterans through wartime by presenting moving monologues. Each character will describe their triumphs in wartime, and the isolation and loneliness of returning home. Hear what the cost of freedom sounds like. $20-$35. 7:30pm. River Raisin Centre, 114 S. Monroe St., Monroe.

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Modeled after the popular Makers’ Marts of Detroit and NYC, Handmade Toledo has seen its annual holiday event grow, with around 1500 in attendance six years ago to an expected crowd of upwards of 7,000 people on November 10.

Entrepreneur and designer Jessica Crossfield (Betty Floored) has an eye for quality handmade goods and a uncanny understanding of pop culture, contributing to the selection of vendors and wares showcased at the Mart. From Twin Peaks fanboy posters to luxurious leather handbags, Markers’ Mart has something for everyone. In an age where Amazon and online shopping has replaced the hands-on experience, Handmade has turned the clock back half a century when area artisans were part of village life.

Here are says that what makes the event so magical is “You are buying goods from the makers themselves, each purchase supports a small business, putting money right back into that economy.”

Here are some of the new vendors, who will be part of 120 artists at Handmade Toledo’s Holiday Maker’s Mart.

1UP Gallery (Cleveland) Owner Melissa Sidwell told us, “1UP Gallery’s goal is to bring smiles to people’s faces through pop culture.”

The vendor will feature new items including a new line of zip pouches, embroidered notebooks and keychains along with repurposed Nintendo clocks and felt magnets. Founded in 2001, the gallery has evolved from using a majoritity of found goods in their products, to using raw material, insuring the gifts are even more unique. Sidwell says, “Handmade gifts are special and unique. I will never cease to be amazed by the wonderful things people are making. oneupgallery.com

Tea Dude (Medina) Tea Dude is committed to bringing you better beverages. All of their teas are hand blended and packaged with the Tea Dude’s original recipes.” Tea Dude creator, Christopher Charek, has been crafting small batch hand blended loose leaf teas, explaining “The business started on a whim. Over the years we have added around 25 blends on top of the original 3 I had at my first show. I never expected to be doing this five years later.” Charek relates his success to the markers’ community and the encouragement from the public’s support of local businesses. teaduder.com

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Tiny Cloud Ceramics (Akron) “Handmade one of a kind ceramics by Akron artist Mary Clark featuring fashionably cute and goofy designs” facebook.com/ tinycloudceramics

White Lotus Farms (Ann Arbor) The only small batch artisan cheese producer in the Ann Arbor area, White Lotus Farms will be bring an assortment of products for shoppers to sample and take home. White Lotus’ Amy Blondin plans to bring “chocolate goat cheese truffles, marinated feta, marinated chèvre, smoked mozzarella, dill havarti, French bread from our bakery and farmstead goat milk soaps.” Sourcing directly from their own animals, White Lotus has a built-in supply chain, making it sustainable. “The alchemy of cheese is both a science and an art. Small, hand crafted batches of cheese from the freshest local milk. We source our cows’ milk from local grass fed cows and our herd of goats lives right here next to the dairy.” whitelotusfarms.com PM Frosted Fantasies Food Truck (Maumee) PM Cakes is a local bakery focused on making cake creations into works of art. Their food truck (or PMbulance, as they call it) will be parked outside Handmade serving cupcakes, french macarons and plenty of sweet treats. Owner Peg Diegel said, “This business is our passion project as it gives us a great opportunity to be creative outside of our normal boring 9-5 jobs.” pmcakes.com

Brieckdraw Designs (Columbus) Columbus Designers Sam and Kendall Brieck specialize in screen-print designs, pins, travel mugs, posters and stickers. Sam explains, “We illustrate and design handmade things that stir up a playful imagination and share our love of adventure and the outdoors.”

Over the last two years the couple has been experimenting with new and better ways to market their products, along with sharing the duties of crafting each object. “The act of making something you like is satisfying in and of itself, but then to see it speak to others and to have them enjoy what you made too is just incredible.” breickdraw.com

ART NOTES Hot art

Brooklyn-based artist Leo Tecosky is inspired by his surroundings. The influence of pop culture, graffiti art and hip hop are reflected in his unique and bold sculptures and installations. Combining traditional glassblowing with neon and screen printing techniques, Tecosky brings his modern and exciting style to the Toledo Museum of Art from November 7-16 as the 42nd Guest Artist Pavilion Project (GAPP) artist in residence. Hear from the artist and teacher during his talk at 7pm on Friday, November 9.

Toledo Museum of Art GlasSalon, 2445 Monroe St. 419-255-8000. toledomuseum.org —AC

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High art, low kitsch

Under glass

Handmade Toledo has been rocking out with DIY workshops, connecting locals with artists.

At the Terrarium Planting Workshop, curious visitors will get a one-on-one demonstration from LeadHead artists from Detroit, using reclaimed glass from abandoned homes to create a mini-ecosystem under glass. Using the historic Wardian Case terrarium model from the 19th Century, this class will show how to plant and care of a terrarium that you will take home. $100. 3-5pm Saturday, November 18.

Handmade Toledo, 1717 Adams St. 419-214-1717. handmadetoledo.com

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Style fades, as does the line between trendy and tacky. Explore the concept of object impermanence in artist Zac Weinberg’s solo exhibit, Kitsch Alchemy, at River House Arts. Currently working as a Glass and Sculpture Technician at Bowling Green State University’s School of Art, Weinberg’s works in glass, neon and mixed media blur the lines between design, craft and art. Inspired by a fondness for “found objects and images that represent peculiar aspects of our society,” explains Weinberg. The solo exhibit opens with a reception from 6-8pm on Thursday, November 15 and runs through December 8. River House Arts, 425 Jefferson Ave. 419-441-4025.

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Oil Painting Course - Instructor Debra

Immigrant Ohio Quilt Exhibition - “Lost Dreams, Lost Hopes, Lost Loves, Lost Lives” seeks to explore the timely themes of loss and separation immigrants face, with colorful patchwork designs made by members of the Migrant Quilt Project of Tucson. On view 9am-5pm, Monday- Friday through December 7. BGSU Jerome Library, 1001 E. Wooster St., Bowling Green. 419-372-2051. bgsu.edu/art Free

Buchanan will lead an intensive six week night class. $165. 6-9pm. Wednesdays through December 12. Art Supply Depo, 29 S. Clair St. 419-720-6462. artsupplydepo.com

Expanded Views: Native American Art in Focus - The Toledo Museum of

Art welcomes a new exhibit featuring both historical and contemporary work of American Indian artists. The exhibition will be on view through Sunday, April 28 during Museum hours.

Toledo Museum of Art, 2445 Monroe St. 419-255-8000. toledomuseum.org Free

Tuesday, 11.8 Artist Talk - Museum Conservation Head, Suzanne Hargrove, will share with listeners some of the work that goes into restoring and preserving paintings and sculptures. 7-8pm.

Toledo Museum of Art, 2445 Monroe St. 419-255-8000. toledomuseum.org Free

Friday, 11.9 EVAC Project Reception - The

exhibit, “Experiencing Veterans and Artists Collaboration” participating Veteran artists have created works of art to tell their stories. From prints to video interviews, the Project helps to bridge the divide between the public and members of our Armed Services. Reception at 5:30pm. On view through Friday, November 30.

American Frame, 400 Tomahawk Dr., Maumee.

419-887-8030. americanframe.com Free

Saturday, 11.10

Thursday, 11.15 Holiday Art Loop - Various downtown businesses celebrate Art Loop with vendors, live music, workshops and art. 5-8pm.

Downtown Toledo. theartscommission.org Free Mini-Mart Artist Market - Looking for a handmade gift that fits your friends unique personality at this smaller version of Handmade Toledo’s famous Makers’ Mart. The event will feature locally made crafts and gifts, food trucks and vendors from the Great Lakes Region. 5-9pm. Handmade Toledo, 1717 Adams St. 419-214-1717. handmadetoledo.com Free Libbey House Talks - Robert Zollweg,

retiring designer at Libbey Glass, will discuss the artistic development of Libbey Glass tableware line and how it shaped the history of the company and its hometown of Toledo. $10.

6-8pm. Libbey House, 2008 Scottwood Ave. 419-255-8000. toledomuseum.org

Friday, 11.16

Pastel Class - Artist Mary Jane will host

Wine & Canvas - Paint a landscape scene

Monday, 11.12

Saturday, 11.17

a three hour class for beginners looking to improve their technique or to start with pastels. $35. Noon-3pm. Toledo Artist Club, 5403 Elmer Dr. 419-531-4079. artbymjerard.com

Stamped Papercrafts - Create

personalized, decorative cards and envelopes using handcrafted stamps. $20. 6:30-8:30pm.

577 Foundation, 577 E. Front St., Perrysburg.

419-874-7174. 577foundation.org

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using colors in the red color spectrum. The class will be paired with beverages of your choice. $35. 6-9pm. ICE Restaurant, 405 Madison Ave. 419-705-0911. wineandcanvas.com

Painted Light Bottles - Create a mosaic wine bottle that lights up. All materials provided. $40. 9am-1pm. UT Center for the Visual Arts, 620 W. Grove Pl. 419-530-8300. utoledo.edu/art Pop-up Jewelry Trunk Show - Shop handmade jewelry made by artists Jaci Riley Jewelry, Grammar (Sarah Abend), Artsshark (Lindsay Elinor), Jenny Gorkowski Studio, Jane Lamanna, and Sloans & Stones. Prices vary.

11am-7pm. Fuller Art House, 5679 Main St., Sylvania. 419-882-8949. fullerarthouse.com

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Robinwood Concert House ‘ celebrates a decade of experimental sound

By Patrick Peltier

The lights flicker inside, and people begin filing into the living room of a house in the Old West End. Three rows of seats flank a roaring fireplace. There is no mention made about cell phones, but attendees instinctively check their phones to make sure they will not be the source of an interruption of the performance. The artist takes the stage, and what follows is a truly life-changing experience through sonic exploration.

The Robinwood Concert House celebrated its ten-year anniversary this October, as a musical gem, not only for Toledo, but for the entire Midwest. Curated by local musician Gabriel Beam out of his home on the corner of Robinwood and Islington, the venue has hosted artists from all over the world, who grace the Old West End with aurally challenging examples of outsider, experimental music. Many of the performers featured would not be seen by area fans without making serious treks to Pittsburgh or Chicago.

Rarely will a performer play a traditional instrument in a traditional way.

Highly disciplined musicians showcase modular synthesizers, tortured woodwinds, disassembled drum kits, and other homemade instruments, creating otherworldly soundscapes.

Here to hear

When asked to name his favorite performance from the last decade, Beam is unable to pick one. “Some of my favorite sets are the ones that transform the sonic room, like a play, or a dance piece, or any set that can use the room to influence the performance, thus making it a true one-off improvisation.” For example, Washington D.C.-based upright bassist Luke Stewart graced the Robinwood stage in August 2018, and performed his “Works for Upright Bass and Amplifier.” One could easily believe that the sounds Stewart created were not made by a bass and an amplifier at all, but rather by an array of synthesizers. The entire piece, intentionally sparse, playing heavily on the interaction between the feedback created by the room and

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Stewart’s deft hand, had long, ethereal drones manipulated and pitched as the instrument was shaken, plucked and then colored by the amplifier, placed on a chair and pointed directly at the bass. A performance like this would be utterly impossible to replicate in a bar or a rock club, making Beam’s home the perfect venue for Stewart’s act.

Local musician Ben Starrett has also performed at the Robinwood under the moniker Rosebud, most recently as an opening act for experimental artists Bridges of Konigsburg and Peter J. Woods. He describes the Robinwood as “comfortable and intimate,” adding that attendees can catch musical acts that “range from cacophonous to ensembles to solo minimalism, and everything in between.”

A space of its own

Having a space to showcase this kind of art was the driving force behind the creation of the Robinwood Concert House in 2008. After booking a few acts at existing local venues, Beam decided to open his own home and make it into the venue he envisioned. “I was originally disappointed by the lack of diversity in the Toledo music scene,” he stated. “I started booking shows at failing bars, which were plentiful at the time [2008-2010]. After that, I became more interested in curating rather than ‘taking over a space’ in a venue where music is always in the shadows of the TVs.” The silence in the room during a performance at the Robinwood is respectful. Outsider music fans are clearly here to hear, not to catch a buzz and socialize with their friends as a band plays in the background. That is the true triumph of the Robinwood Concert House. It is a place created by musicians solely for the purpose of the music, a purity that is unmatched by most concert experiences in Toledo, or elsewhere, for that matter.

View upcoming show announcements for the Robinwood Concert House on toledobellows. wordpress.com, or follow Robinwood Concert House on Facebook for updates.

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Highlighted events indicates our picks for the week

WED, NOV 7 BGSU Moore Center: Caroline Chin (violinist, classical) Distillery: Distant Cousinz (rock, blues) Durty Bird: Thompson & May (acoustic rock) Music Go Round: Up Close Concerts presents Jeffery Oliver (acoustic, covers) Rocky’s Bar: Open Mic Jam with Joel Hazzard & Mark Sentle Joel, bass, guitar, and keyboards and Mark, drums, will accompany open mic musicians on standards, favorites and more. Join the jam every Tuesday.

4020 Secor Rd. 419-472-1996. 8-11pm. facebook.com/rockyrules Free Village Idiot: Andrew Ellis (acoustic rock)

THURS, NOV 8 Barr’s Public House: Picking Kelly (acoustic rock) BGSU Moore Center: Early Music Ensemble (classical) Clazel Theater, Bowling Green: Splice Festival See our music note, right (electronic) Distillery: Hubie Ashcraft Band (pop/rock, covers) Durty Bird: Straight Up (jazz, covers) Frankie’s: Lukas Trip Album Release, Zak Nevers, The Knightheart (alternative rock) Howard’s BG: Open Stage Night The Pub: Blues Jam (open mic) Swig: Matt Havers (acoustic, covers)

FRI, NOV 9 Blarney: Pop’s Garage (pop/rock, covers) Barr’s Public House: Elixer (acoustic rock) BGSU Moore Center: SPLICE Festival (electronic) Cock n Bull: Barile & May, Last Born Sons (acoustic rock) (rock, covers) Culture Clash Records: Shots Fired! w/ Frente Norte (punk rock) Durty Bird: The Funk Factory (funk/rock) Frankie’s: Ego and the Maniacs, Humid, The Prophetics, Cherry US, Juxtapose (rock, various) Huntington Center: Alabama (country, rock) Majestic Oak Winery: Mike Szafarowicz Explore the winery grounds and the newly added Neon Groundhog Brewery line of craft beers. Majestic Oak is a getaway for fine spirits and dining on any budget. Live acoustic music accompanies diners. 5:30-7:30pm.

13554 Mohler Rd., Grand Rapids.

419-875-6474. majesticoakwinery.com (acoustic, covers) Free Marathon Center, Findlay: Dueling Pianos (pianists, covers) Sodbuster Bar: Skittle Bots (pop/rock, covers) Swig: Jake Pilewski (acoustic, covers) Village Idiot: House Band (rock/jam)

SAT, NOV 10 Art & Performance Center: Up Close Concerts: Laura Love (acoustic, songwriter) Blarney: The 25s (pop/rock, covers) Barr’s Public House: Whiskey Business (acoustic rock) BGSU Moore Center: SPLICE Festival (electronic)

Cock n Bull: Beg to Differ (pop/rock, covers) Durty Bird: Buzz Anderson Project (rock/jazz) Frankie’s: Secondhand Love Cuffs, Colour Rise, Pawn Pawn, The Old Adage, Max Boyle (alternative/rock, various) Majestic Oak Winery: Jeff Stewart (acoustic, covers) Marathon Center, Findlay: Dueling Pianos (pianists, covers) Over Yonder Concert House: Harold Hensley (acoustic, songwriter) Ottawa Tavern: Marc Rebillet, The Wanna Bees Master of the one-man-band, Rebillet’s nerd funk builds with each addition of musical beat, instrument, electronic wave and lyrics. His charisma is contagious. $5-$10. 4-7pm. 1815 Adams St. 419-725-5483. marcrebillet.com (funk/pop, electronic) (alternative/rock) The Pub: Old State Line (country, folk) Swig: Johnny Ramos (acoustic, covers) Table 44: Not Fast Enuff (rock, covers)

SUN, NOV 11 Durty Bird: Straight Up (jazz, covers) Epiphany Lutheran: Musica Antiqua Concert For over 40 years, the ensemble has been performing historic music with period instruments. Their Past Reflections concert will feature music from the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods. $2-$16. 3:30pm. Epiphany Lutheran, 915 N. Reynolds Rd. 419-475-6177. musicaantiguatoledo.org Meyer Theater, Monroe: Monroe C. C. Symphony, Schoolcraft College Band, John Tyner Chorale (symphony) (choral) Ottawa Tavern: Nalani & Sarina, Ben Stalets & His Boy Band, The Shakin’ Shivers (alternative/rock, songwriter) Village Idiot: Bob Rex Quartet (jazz, rock/jam)

MON, NOV 12 Village Idiot: Frankie May (rock/jam)

TUES, NOV 13 BGSU Moore Center: Yu-Fang Chen (violinist, classical) BGSU Moore Center: Boutheina El Aloudi Residency.

Hip hop artist Boutheina El Aloudi (Tunisia) will give a lecture on her work in the music industry followed by a performance and Q&A. 10am-1:30pm.

Ridge St. & Willard Dr., Bowling Green.

419-372-2181. bgsu.edu Free Durty Bird: Deep Groove (jazz/rock) Ottawa Tavern: The Suitcase Junket, Jake & the Venom, Los Capybaras, Car Crash Jake Guitarist and songwriter Matt Lorenz makes up the outfit, The Suitcase Junket.

Lorenz’s style of blues rock takes inspiration from Tom Waits, the Black Keys and Andrew Bird. The result is grungy guitar licks and soulful vocals that will take you on a dirt road journey across Appalachia. $5-$8. 8pm-1am.

1815 Adams St. 419-725-5483. thesuitcasejunket.com (alternative/rock, blues) (various) Rocky’s Bar: Open Mic Jam with Joel Hazzard & Mark Sentle (open mic) UT Center for Performing Arts: Fall Jazz Faculty Concert (jazz) Village Idiot: Bobby May (acoustic rock)

WED, NOV 14 BGSU Moore Center: Solungga Liu (pianist, classical) Civic Music Hall: Cannibal Corpse See our music note below, right. (hard/rock, metal) Distillery: Not Fast Enuff (pop/rock, covers) Durty Bird: Jake Pilewski (acoustic, songwriter) Ottawa Tavern: Owel, Woven in Hiatus, Klashing Black, Moths in the Attic, Reginald Lester (alternative/rock, songwriter) Village Idiot: Andrew Ellis (acoustic rock)

THURS, NOV 15 Barr’s Public House: Kyle White (acoustic, covers) Distillery: Sugar Pax (pop/rock, covers) Durty Bird: Swingmania (big band, jazz) Howard’s BG: Open Stage Night Swig: Jordan & Josh (acoustic, covers) Village Idiot: Radio Free Honduras (rock, songwriter)

WEAVING ARTISTRY

THURSDAY, 11.8 - SATURDAY, 11.10 / BGSU By blending live performance with technology featuring composers and performers, SPLICE Festival II hopes to continue growing strong relationships between the two talents who are dedicated to creating dynamic live music. The three-day festival features various concerts, talks, and workshops pertaining to the development, performance and theory of music. $20 for access to all events.

Events scheduled at various locations and times on the Bowling Green campus. splicemusic.org/festival

FRI, NOV 16 Blarney: Green Acre Session (bluegrass, funk) Civic Music Hall: Annihilation 2018 With bands like White Chapel, Chelsea Grin, Northern Shores, and 33 others, true metalheads will want to buy the weekend pass for this two-day event.

Whether you are into alternative metal or full-on deathcore, Annihilation 2018 promises to be a scream. $49.99 for a weekend pass. $30 per day advanced tickets and $35 on the day of the show.

Doors open at 4pm Friday, and 2pm Saturday. 135 S. Byrne Rd., 419-870-1898. facebook.com/civicmusichall. (metal) Cock n Bull: Barile & May, Noisy Neighbors (pop/rock, covers) Durty Bird: The New Fashioned (jazz/pop) Majestic Oak Winery: Don Coats (keyboards, covers) The Pub: Locoweed (rock) Ottawa Tavern: Highbinder, The Deadbeat Moms, Excellent Enemies (alternative/rock, hard/rock) Stranahan Theater: Rodney Atkins, Jerrod Niemann, Brent Lowry & The Drifters (country) Swig: Chloe & Connor (acoustic, covers) Village Idiot: House Band (rock/jam)

CANNIBALISM FOR HARDCORE FANS

WEDNESDAY, 11.14 / CIVIC MUSIC HALL Since 1988, Cannibal Corpse has delivered their own style of death metal, with songs dripping with terror, torture with themes revolving around serial killers and, you guessed it, cannibalism. See them in Toledo at Civic Music Hall, followed by death metal band Hate Eternal, named one of the top 8 bands of the last decade by Terrorizer Magazine. There will also be performances by the aggressive hardcore group Harm’s Way, and thrash metal by Detroit band Hate Unbound. $25 in advance. $30 at show and $35 at show for those under 21. 7pm. 135 S. Byrne Rd., 419-870-1898.

Facebook.com/civicmusichall. —EH

SAT, NOV 17 Blarney: Kentucky Chrome (rockabilly) Barr’s Public House: Bralie & May (acoustic rock) Civic Music Hall: Annihilation 2018 (hard/rock) Cock n Bull: Screamin’ Heathens (rock, covers) Durty Bird: Tim Oehlers Trio (folk/rock) Majestic Oak Winery: Eric Edwards (acoustic, covers) Marathon Center, Findlay: Tower of Power Los Angeles based funk & brass band Tower of Power celebrate their 50th year touring with a national concert series.

The ensemble has performed on stage with a wide variety of acts from Smokey Robinson to Heart. $38-$68. 7:309:30pm. 200 W. Main Cross St., Findlay.

419-423-2787. towerofpower.com (funk) Ottawa Tavern: Make 419 Bounce Again w/Funky Munkyz, Winesky, DJ Line, Quake, Complicity (hip hop/rap, dance)

Swig: Dooley Wilson (blues guitarist) Table 44: DJ Andre Valentine Theatre: University of Toledo Marching Band Concert (marching band) Village Idiot: Distant Cousinz (rock/blues)

SUN, NOV 18 Art & Performance Center: Up Close Concerts: Laura Love (acoustic, songwriter) Durty Bird: Hector Mendoza (acoustic, songwriter) Toledo Museum of Art: Great Performances: Formosa Quartet w/ Solungga Liu The classical Quartet will feature pianist Solungga Liu. Works include Tchaikovsky’s Quarter No. 1 and Schnittke Piano Quintet. 3-4pm.

2445 Monroe St. 419-255-8000. toledomuseum.org Free

Village Idiot: Bob Rex Quartet (jazz, rock/jam)

MON, NOV 19 Village Idiot: Frankie May (rock/jam)

TUES, NOV 20 Durty Bird: Quick Trio (jazz, songwriter) Village Idiot: Bobby May (acoustic rock)

WED, NOV 21 Ottawa Tavern: Imposters In Effect, T Jaks, My Brothers Keeper, Hell’s Kitchen (Beastie Boys tribute) (hip hop/rap)

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ROAD TRIP

[fundraisers]

HOLIDAY BAR HOPPING Downtown Toledo / Fridays and Saturdays

Tis the season for festive trolley rides.

The Downtown419 Trolley Hop is back for another cheerful year, making stops at Plate One, Mutz, and Fleetwood’s Tap Room. Get into the spirit as the trolley cruises through downtown, celebrating the holiday with illuminated lights.

Alcohol is permitted on the trolley, so any drinks you don’t finish at a stop can come along with you for the ride, or you can bring your own additional drinks. $30.

Rides begin every half hour between 5:30 and 10pm, lasting about two hours on Fridays and Saturdays, November 23, 24, 30, December 1, 8, 14 and 15. downtown419.com

Game Night - This adults only game night will include the popular games Killer Bunnies, Cards Against Humanity and Reverse Charades. The event will benefit a Thanksgiving meal for No Kids Hungry. $22-$24. 7-11pm.

Maumee Bay Brewing, 27 Broadway St. 419-243-1302. friendsgiving.nokidhungry.org

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

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

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

[music] Totally 80s Costume Party - Dress to impress in your favorite leather jacket and fishnet tights.

The cover band Totally 80s will be playing all the best pop and dance hits from 40 years ago.

10pm-midnight. Hollywood Casino, 1968 Miami St. 419-661-5200. hollywoodcasinotoledo.com

Free

Sunday, 11.11 [outdoors] Veterans Day Hike - Embark on a moderate pace 11-mile hike through Oak Openings.

The leaves are in full color this time of year.

9:30am-3pm. Oak Openings, 4139 Girdham Rd., Swanton. 419-360-9179. metroparkstoledo.com Free

LIGHT IN THE D

Witness the city of Detroit in a whole new light. The interactive art installation, Prismatica, is now in Beacon Park, amazing those who walk by. Giant, colorful and reflective prisms line the pathways of the park, allowing visitors to see the city in every color of the spectrum, or as dancing colors by spinning the prisms. Prismatica has made its way through Ottawa, Calgary, Georgetown and Baltimore, so head up to behold the beauty while you still can. It will be on display through Monday, November 19 during park hours, 6am-10pm. Beacon Park, 1903 Grand River Ave., Detroit, MI. 313-566-8250. downtowndetroitparks.com/ parks/Beacon-Park Free —CP

Monday, 11.12 [community groups] Culture Share Open Mic - Listen to a variety of local performers, cooks, and community leaders at this family-friendly event. 7-8pm. King Road Library, 3900 King Rd., Sylvania. 419-259-5380. toledolibrary.org Free

EXPECTO TO HAVE FUN-O Downtown Toledo / Saturday, 11.10

Wizards, muggles, and witches–– get together for the big Harry Potter event of the year––Expecto Bar Crawl. Participating bars, HomeSlice Pizza, The Blarney, Fleetwood’s, Black Cloister, Bronze Boar, Cock n’ Bull and Downtown Johnny’s, will mix up tasty concoctions for themed drinks. Ticket purchasers will be granted a souvenir cup, a wizard lanyard (required for bar entry), and other gifts.

Put on your cloak, grab your wand and get out there for an enchanting time. $28-38. 3-9pm. Check-in will be 3-5pm at Cock n’ Bull. expectobarcrawl.com

[talks & lectures] The Native American Experience - Humanities teacher, Taylor Moyer, will give a public talk about Native American culture, experience and history. Learn how the American Indians coped with European settlers and the impact their arrival had on their way of life. 7-8pm.

Otsego Park, 20000 W. River Rd., Bowling Green. 419-353-1897. wcparks.org Free

Friday, 11.16 Thursday, 11.8

Friday, 11.9

[film]

[talks & lectures]

[theater]

Tea & Talk - This monthly series pairs a tea luncheon with a historical lecture focused on American pop culture. “The Art in the Cards of Contract Bridge” the most popular game in postWW1 America will be discussed. $5-$15. 2-4pm.

Wood County Historical Museum, 13660 County Home Rd., Bowling Green. 419-352-0967. woodcountyhistory.org

Perrysburg Musical Theatre: “Parade” The musical is based on the true story of a man wrongfully accused of murder. Based in the early 1900s, the play’s themes of justice and immigrants tie into today’s headlines. $15.

7-9:30pm. Additional date Saturday, November 9 and 2-4:30pm Sunday, November 11. perrysburgmusicaltheatre.org

“The African Queen” - This 1951 film stars Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, making their way through the African Congo during World War I. Director John Huston shot on location in Africa, capturing live footage never before seen by American viewers. 7:30-9:30pm. $5. Valentine Theatre, 410 N. Superior St. 419-242-2787. valentinetheatre.com

[networking]

[lit]

EPIC Toledo Leadership Summit - The agenda features speakers presenting topics concerning business management and professional development, bringing together over 3,500 young professionals and community leaders from the Greater Toledo Area. $100-$125. 8am-4pm.

Renaissance Hotel, 444 N. Summit St. 419-243-8191. epictoledo.com

Native American Poetry - In honor of Native American Heritage Month, Lourdes University will host a class exploring works of literature by American Indian poets and writers. 10am-noon.

Lourdes University, 6832 Convent Blvd., Sylvania.

419-824-3707. lourdes.edu Free

[misc.] [lit]

[causes & activism]

Saturday, 11.17

Spoken: An Evening of Storytelling - Join storytellers for short, five-minute stories themed on “doing stuff you don’t want to do.” All proceeds benefit the Historic Ohio Theatre. 7-9pm at Original Sub Shop and Deli, 402 Broadway St., facebook.com/SpokenToledo Free, but donations encouraged.

Songs for Justice - This musical fundraiser will benefit the Farm Labor Organizing Committee and the Campaign for Migrant Worker Justice fund. Music provided by the Aguila Negra Band.

Refreshments and a cash bar will be available.

Donations. 6-9pm. Sofia Quintero Center, 1225 Broadway St. 419-241-1655. facebook.com/farmlabororganzingcommittee

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Saturday, 11.10

[film] 4th Toledo International Film Festival - This three day event will screen seven international films, including entries from Palestine, Ethiopia and China. Visit the website for a schedule. $60 for all the screenings. $8-$12 per screening.

8pm Friday, 1-8pm Saturday, November 17, and 1-3pm Sunday, November 18. Ohio Theatre, 3112 Lagrange St. 419-720-8952. ohiotheatretoledo.org

31st Holiday Parade - This year’s parade will feature over 80 units including color guards, dance teams and marching bands, colorful, giant balloons and of course, Santa Claus, who will stop at Imagination Station after the parade.

10am-noon. Downtown, Summit & Monroe St. 419-321-6404. ohio.org Free

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REVOLUTIONARY SYMPOSIUM

Talking About a Revolution: Art, Design & the Institution is a symposium that delves into the role of the arts in creating social change. In some sense, it will address today’s political climate and past events— how visual artists, writers, art educators, and activists are using and have used their work to speak their truth regarding world events. The symposium’s panel reflects upon how artists from all walks of life continue to use their voices in sociopolitical commentary. 9:30am-4pm and 8-10pm, Friday, November 9. 9:30am-5pm, Saturday, November 10. Stamps Gallery. 201 S. Division St. Ann Arbor, MI. Stamps.umich.edu. Free. —EH

[misc] 50th Tree Lighting at Levis - The evening’s entertainment includes a visit from Santa, the Grinch, carriage rides, giveaways and refreshments. The tree ceremony is 6-9pm. Entertainment all day. Levis Commons, 3201 Levis Commons Blvd., Perrysburg.

419-931-8888. shopleviscommons.com Free

[misc] Hensville Tree Lighting & Light Show - The evening will be filled with strolling carolers and a light show synced to music. The 45-foot tree will light up downtown. Enjoy the lights of Hensville through Saturday, January 5. 4pm-midnight.

Hensville, 406 Washington St. 419-725-4367. hensvilletoledo.com Free

Sunday, 11.18 [talks & lectures] TED Talk: Racial Bias and the Danger of Single Story - Author Chimamanda Adichie will give a lecture, discussing her personal journey of finding her true voice while warning against the ‘single story’ narrative that currently exists today.

4-5pm. St. Timothy’s Episcopal, 871 E. Boundary St., Perrysburg. 419-874-5704. saint-timothy.net Free

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TOLEDO ACCORDING TO...

The best time I ever had in Toledo: During Old West End Festival, which I’ve now been attending for ten years.

If I could change one thing about Toledo: I would like it to be a more walkable city. You have to drive everywhere around here.

If I knew I could get away with it, I would: Run for office. I have a passion for politics and making a difference locally. I’m just not sure I’m financially and emotionally well enough to handle a grueling election campaign.

Maybe someday, if enough people support it.

Emily Rippe Desmond

The best view in Toledo: The trees and Victorian architecture of Scottwood or Robinwood in the Fall.

When I’m craving BUBBLE TEA I go to: Balance Grille! Obviously.

Years lived in Toledo: 10

Occupation: Marketing/Communications Director with Balance Grille.

My story, in one sentence: Tiny Toledo transplant with a big heart and loud laugh.

The best meal I had in Toledo was the prime filet at Element 112.

Mud Hens Opening Day is my favorite annual event.

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The artists and musicians I love: Hot Love/Dumb Easies/Matt Truman Ego Trip; Violent Bloom; Oliver Hazard. Local artists that inspire: Isaac Klunk; Erin Garber Pearson; Matt Taylor; Crystal Gale Phelps; Matthew Miller; Nick Army; and Yusuf Lateef (I have an original Yusuf mural in my home office!)

Th​e Toledoan I most admire: Pat O’Connor forever and always. I miss him dearly every single day, and Toledo is not the same

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without him.

The reason I am most proud of myself right now: I’m pleased that I’ve stopped caring (as much) about what others think of me and have found peace with being my own authentic self, which people may or may not like. And that’s okay!

What makes me truly feel alive: Live concerts. It’s an expensive hobby to have, but there is no feeling in the world like being front and center during the live performances of your favorite bands and singers, making connections with the musicians as well as the super fans you meet at shows.

When I was in High School, I probably would have been described as: Weird and radical, but likable. I was one of two kids in my high school who bussed it to Washington D.C. to protest the second Iraq War. Today, I can be found at nearly every local rally or protest, so not much has changed!

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Something that always makes me smile: Yarnbombs! I am infatuated with these beautiful, vibrant public pieces of art. They make me happy, and I have to hug them each time I pass one.

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On a typical day, I wear: Well, since it’s Awesome Autumn, you can probably find me wearing skinny jeans (black or purple), with a sweater, scarf, and boots. Most of these items are likely lucky finds from House of Dow. I’m also really into lipstick these days.

My favorite social activity: Bar trivia with my favorite MC, Calen, as well as Name That Tune with Dave and Melissa, make for some really fun evenings with friends.

What I like most about Toledo: Hands down, the people.

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Lilian Shae and Michelle Meyer.

Women of Toledo Intercultural Gala & Fashion Show

Axanda Patel, Roohani Dogra and Himani Shah.

Nailya Weber with her children.

Attendees represented their roots by wearing ethnic or traditional garments during the evening honoring heritage and diversity on Tuesday, October 23.

103rd NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet

Toledo-native Zuri Hall, an Emmy Award winning TV host and actress, served as the guest speaker during this important celebration on Saturday, October 27.

Erika White, Zuri Hall and Jasmine White.

Tiffany and Quincy Lewis.

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Valensia, Zuri and Joseph Hall.

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FREEWILL ASTROLOGY Š2018

Brendan Quigley and Erik Agard (www.brendanemmettquigley.com)

GROSS RECEIPTS

Across 1 Mid-back muscle 4 Indian living abroad 8 Martial art discipline 14 “Hadn’t thought of it that way�

15 Court leg up 16 Raging full on 17 Trash collector 18 Hog’s office supplies?

20 Writer’s approach 22 Just peachy 23 “As a heads up here,� briefly 24 The world’s shortest relationship?

28 Compost heap material 29 Illinois city on the Fox River 33 Swell body 35 Gave to the church 40 Pretentious 41 Rent-a-mob practitioners?

44 Geometry problem 45 City Terrace and City Mar neighborhood, briefly 46 Approving word 47 Checks to see if it works 49 Cat call 51 Writer Charles’s nickname after he picked up a nasty morphine habit?

58 UB40 singer Campbell 61 Put on a pedestal 62 Lying over 63 Cricket bowler’s night time vision?

67 Carnival city 68 Bernie’s wife Jane ___ Sanders 69 Bounce back 70 “Just ___�

71 Drinks with pictures in them 72 Uno card 73 It’s #1 Down 1 Rainbow flag letters 2 Group in univocalic words 3 Serving specialists

4 Fish with a hook 5 “The Blacklist� actor Gathegi 6 Big campaign expenditures 7 Section of a map 8 Space Invaders company 9 Cozy nook 10 The sort 11 Wild lock 12 Black Panther Newton 13 “That would be me�

19 Chess master who said “There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones, and mine.�

21 Tourism startup?

25 Beach toy 26 Like the best of the best 27 The only commercial carrier that comes equipped with missile defense systems 30 Restaurant drain accessory 31 “Just doing my job�

32 4:00 bell ringer: Abbr.

33 Little fight 34 Cork’s spot 36 Cozy cup 37 Appt. book slots 38 D.C. winter time 39 Lotus Temple city 42 The Green Hornet’s valet 43 Like those in the pews 48 Realm 50 Genre whose bands tend to use the genre in punny band names 52 Small specks 53 German connector 54 Social practices 55 Schlock 56 Statistical ___ 57 Got the word out 58 Off base?

59 Kind of bean 60 Rapper whose Twitter handle is @ finallevel 64 Singer/actress Cunning 65 Tuna on a sushi boat 66 Hardwood cleaner

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Week of November 7

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I am not currently a wanderer or voyager or entrepreneur or swashbuckler. But at other times in my life, I have had extensive experience with those roles. So I know secrets about how and why to be a wanderer and voyager and entrepreneur and swashbuckler. And it’s clear to me that in the coming weeks you could benefit in unforeseen ways from researching and embodying the roles of curious wanderer and brave voyager and savvy entrepreneur and prudent swashbuckler.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): In 1994, Aries pop diva Mariah Carey collaborated with an associate to write the song “All I Want For Christmas Is You.� It took them 15 minutes to finish it. Since then it has generated $60 million in royalties. I wish I could unconditionally predict that you, too, will efficiently spawn a valuable creation sometime soon. Current planetary alignments do indeed suggest that such a development is more possible than usual. But because I tend to be conservative in my prophecies, I won’t guarantee anything close to the $60-million figure. In fact, your reward may be more spiritual in nature than financial.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): An interactive post at Reddit.com asked readers to write about “the most underrated feeling of all time.� One person said, “When you change the sheets on your bed.� Another extolled “the feeling that comes when you pay all your bills and you’ve still got money in the bank.� Others said, “dancing under the rain,� “physical contact like a pat on the back when you’re really touch starved,� and “listening to a song for the first time and it’s so good you just can’t stop smiling.� I bring this to your attention, Taurus, because I suspect that the next two weeks will bring you a flood of these pleasurable underrated feeling GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “Beer makes you feel the way you ought to feel without beer,� wrote Gemini author Henry Lawson.

Do you have any methods for making yourself feel like you’ve drunk a few beers that don’t involve drinking a few beers? If not, I highly recommend that you find at least one. It will be especially important in the coming weeks for you to have a way to alter, expand, or purify your consciousness without relying on literal intoxicants or drugs.

The goal: to leave your groove before it devolves into a rut.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Study the following five failed predictions. 1. “There is no likelihood man can ever tap the power of the atom.� —Robert Miliham, Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1923. 2. “This ‘telephone’ has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us.� —Western Union internal memo, 1876. 3. “Rail travel at high speeds is not possible because passengers, unable to breathe, would die of asphyxia.� –Dionysius Lardner, scientist, 1830. 4. “There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.� —Ken Olson, president of Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977. 5. “Most Cancerians will never overcome their tendencies toward hypersensitivity, procrastination, and fear of success.� —Lanira Kentsler, astrologer, 2018. (P.S. What you do in the next 12 months could go a long way toward permanently refuting the last prediction.)

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): German scientists have created cochlear implants for gerbils that have been genetically modified, enabling the creatures to “listen� to light. The researchers’ work is ultimately dedicated to finding ways to improve the lives of people with hearing impairments. What might be the equivalent of you gaining the power to “hear light�? I understand that you might resist thinking this way. “That makes no sense,� you may protest, or “There’s no practical value in fantasizing about such an impossibility.� But I hope you’ll make the effort anyway. In my view, stretching your imagination past its limits is the healing you need most right now. I also think that doing so will turn out to be unexpectedly practical.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Here’s useful wisdom from the poet Rumi. “Our defects are the ways that glory gets manifested,� he said. “Keep looking at the bandaged place. That’s where the light enters you.� Playwright Harrison David Rivers

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interprets Rumi’s words to mean, “Don’t look away from your pain, don’t disengage from it, because that pain is the source of your power.� I think these perspectives are just what you need to meditate on, Virgo. To promote even more healing in you, I’ll add a further clue from poet Anna Kamienska: “Where your pain is, there your heart lies also.�

(P.S. Rumi is translated by Coleman Barks; Kamienska by Clare Cavanagh.)

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Artist David Hockney is proud of how undemanding he is toward his friends and associates. “People tell me they open my e-mails first,� he says, “because they aren’t demands and you don’t need to reply.

They’re simply for pleasure.� He also enjoys giving regular small gifts. “I draw flowers every day and send them to my friends so they get fresh blooms.� Hockney seems to share the perspective expressed by author Gail Godwin, who writes, “How easy it was to make people happy, when you didn’t want or need anything from them.�

In accordance with astrological omens, Libra, I suggest you have fun employing these approaches in the coming weeks.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “The best thing one can do when it is raining is let it rain.� That brilliant formulation came from poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Does it seem so obvious as to not need mentioning? Bear with me while I draw further meaning from it, and suggest you use it as an inspiring metaphor in the coming weeks. When it rains, Sagittarius, let it rain; don’t waste time and emotional energy complaining about the rain. Don’t indulge in fruitless fantasizing about how you might stop the rain and how you’d love to stop the rain. In fact, please refrain from defining the rain as a negative event, because after all, it is perfectly natural, and is in fact crucial for making the crops grow and replenishing our water supply. (P.S. Your metaphorical “rain� will be equally useful.)

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “Every true love and friendship is a story of unexpected transformation,� writes activist and author Elif Shafak. “If we are the same person before and after we loved, that means we haven’t loved enough.� I bring this to your attention because you’re in a phase when your close alliances should be activating healing changes in your life. If for some reason your alliances are not yet awash in the exciting emotions of redemption and reinvention, get started on instigating experimental acts of intimacy.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I suspect you will be an especially arousing influence in the coming weeks. You may also be inspiring and disorienting, with unpredictable results. How many transformations will you unleash? How many expectations will you dismantle? How many creative disruptions will you induce in the midst of the daily grind? I hesitate to underestimate the messy beauty you’ll stir up or the rambunctious gossip you’ll provoke. In any case, I plan to be richly amused by your exploits, and I hope everyone else will be, as well. For best results, I will pray to the Goddess of Productive Fun, begging Her to ensure that the commotions and uproars you catalyze will be in service to love and kindness.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson wasn’t always a wild and crazy writer. Early in his career he made an effort to compose respectable, measured prose. When he finally gave up on that project and decided he could “get away with� a more uninhibited style, he described it as being “like falling down an elevator shaft and landing in a pool full of mermaids.� I foresee a metaphorically comparable development in your future, Pisces.

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Coffee for your ride

Join Wersell’s Bike Shop and the cyclist community for a brisk ride through Toledo. The biweekly mountain trail/urban bike ride meets every other Sunday morning, taking a trip through the Old Orchard neighborhood, Ottawa Park, and the Jermain/Ottawa mountain bike trail, then on to downtown to make coffee shop stops. Once filled up on delicious brews, the group will head back to Wersell’s to finish out the ride, totaling about 18 miles. Grab your helmets and warm clothes and get peddling. Free to ride, coffee prices vary. Meets 8am Sunday, November 18 and December 2.

Wersell’s Bike Shop, 2860 W. Central Ave. 419-474-7412. wersellsbikeandskishop.com Free

health and wellness events

Thursday, 11.8

Drum & Dance Classes - These weekly classes run Thursdays through November 22, combine percussion and dance to connect mind and spirit for a clear head and healthy heart. Instructors Emmanuel and Kimberly Djobi will demonstrate African percussion and dance. Donations. 5:30-6:30pm and 6:307:30pm. Collingwood Arts Center, 2413 Collingwood Blvd. 419-984-2442. wakeupspirit.com

Saturday, 11.10 Customer Appreciation Days - Health Foods by Claudia will host an event honoring their faithful customers with a party. Customers will enjoy discounted prices, free food and prizes. 9am-7pm.

Additional date, 11am-5pm. Sunday, November 11. 3904 Secor Rd. 419-474-2400. healthfoodsbyclaudia.com Free

Saturday, 11.17 Red Kettle Run - This annual race benefits the American Salvation Army. The course features a relay style race and a family fun run, along with the traditional 5k single runner race. Prices vary per race.

8-10am. Toledo Blade, 541 N. Superior St. 419-352-5918. “Red Kettle Run” on Facebook.

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SCIENCE TEACHER (TOLEDO, OH) Dsgn, write & use lesson plans; teach science classes to middle school students; prep students for science related competitions & standardized tests; Bach’s deg in Science Edu., Science, Biology, Physics, or Chemistry +18 months exp. in the job at K-12 school environment incl writing lesson plans, coord’g extracurricular activities; OH State teaching license in science (at least 5 yrs long term substitute license) reqs; M-F,40 hrs/wk; Send resume to Aydin Kara, Horizon Science AcademyToledo, Inc.,2600 W Sylvania Ave, Toledo, OH 43613.

TURKISH LANGUAGE TEACHER (TOLEDO, OH) Dsgn, write & use lesson plans; teach Turkish Language to middle school students; prep students for Turkish related competitions & standardized tests; Bach’s deg in Turkish Education or Turkish Lang & Literature plus OH State teaching license in Turkish (at least 5 yrs long term substitute license) reqd; M-F, 40 hrs/wk; Send resume to Aydin Kara, Horizon Science Academy-Toledo, Inc., 2600 W Sylvania Ave, Toledo, OH 43613.

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