The English Beat: ‘A combination of all the music that ever turned us on’
With their frenetic, fun cover of “Tears of a Clown” in 1979, The English Beat began blending musical styles in search of the perfect...
Young guns: Citizen ready to rock U.S.
Don’t let the youth of local band Citizen fool you.
Though two of its members just graduated from high school, the group has already put...
“Color Ignited” celebrates 50 years of art glass in Toledo
Toledo is now known as the birthplace of the studio glass movement, but participants at the original workshop 50 years ago had trouble even...
Counting Crows to swoop into Sylvania
On “Underwater Sunshine (Or What We Did on Our Summer Vacation),” Counting Crows refract 15 tracks, bending a few favorite songs to create big,...
PechaKucha to unite ideas, stories, performances
Toledoans can see slide shows on steroids at the Glass City’s second PechaKucha Night on June 12 at the Toledo-Lucas County Main Library.
In PechaKucha,...
BGSU home to Ray Bradbury collection
Science-fiction writer extraordinaire Ray Bradbury may have died June 5, 2012, but he left behind volumes of work — including at the Bowling Green...
UT offers film crew training courses this summer (2012)
In summer 2011, The Avengers assembled in the downtown streets of Cleveland, leaving skyscrapers destroyed and streets reduced to gravel.
But when Captain America, Iron...
Poland to honor Peggy Grant
Adam Kulach, Poland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs for Africa and the Middle East, is en route to Ohio to present a prestigious award.
Peggy Grant,...
Szyperski: You see some, you miss some, you move along
Between games, practices and the backyard, I’ve likely watched myson play hundreds of hours of soccer over the past six years.
Being a bit of...
Guitarist to rock NW Ohio Blues & Jazz Festival
It’s something Kelly Richey has heard since she was 15 when she got a Les Paul copy and a three-watt amp:
Girls can’t play guitar.
“And...
