Archive for the ‘Arts and Life’ Category

Baumhower: A 60-year love lesson

By Jeremy Baumhower on Thursday, April 25th, 2013

On a random Saturday in April of 1953, on the East Side of Toledo in…

Mother-daughter book tells adventures of family cats

By Don Lee on Thursday, April 25th, 2013

n Lynne Carroll with Loxley and chuck, the cats who star in her series of…

JiMiller Band to play Village Idiot April 27

By Matt Liasse on Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013

In the movie “School of Rock,” Jack Black played Dewey Finn, who teaches a rock…

Dawes open for Bob Dylan, celebrate folk music

By Matt Liasse on Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013

Dawes frontman Taylor Goldsmith asked if the crowd was having fun during the band’s set…

Musicians support Feed Your Neighbor by honoring legend

By Jeff McGinnis on Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013

“I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down, Livin’ in the hopeless,

‘Dreamgirls’ takes center stage at Stranahan Theater

By Matt Liasse on Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013

Charity Dawson is starring in her favorite musical. The Tony and Academy Award-winning “Dreamgirls” will…

Conditions release new album

By Matt Liasse on Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013

Brandon Roundtree had Fisher-Price instruments when he was little. His mother, Julia Barden, knew very…

Hall of Fame drummer DJ Fontana to perform at Elvis Festival

By Jeff McGinnis on Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame drummer DJ Fontana speaks with an enthusiasm that belies…

Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon video game review

By Michael Siebenaler on Friday, April 19th, 2013

Video game review by Michael Siebenaler – Toledo Free Press
Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon

Review: ‘Oblivion’ is a collage of great sci-fi

By James A. Molnar on Friday, April 19th, 2013

The summer movie season has started early and “Oblivion” knocks it out of the…

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