Outlet for local authors - "Author Warren Woodberry has a plan to get local writers on TV. They all have latched onto the hopes that Warren Woodberry, author of "For We Are Strangers," will bring to life his idea for a local TV book-review talk show. With plans for a union between local talent and television under way, Woodberry has begun to present his plan for a one-hour forum for authors, playwrights, poets, journalists and English professors. If you’re a local published author, e-mail Woodberry at nowrunandtellthat@hotmail.com."

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Usborne Books - Hello,
My name is Amy Kagey and I'm an Usborne Books consultant in Toledo. We offer over 1300 educational titles for children, many focusing on dance, art history, and arts and crafts. My online catalog can be viewed at www.UsborneBooksinOhio.com. I would be interested in hosting booths at any of Toledo's art festivals or shows, presenting my books to the community, or doing home shows. I'm available for information at : amycats2@aol.com or 419-471-0928.
Thank you!
Amy

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HOBM First Annual Art & Craft Expo - HOBM First Annual Art & Craft Expo - More>>

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www.toledofilmmakers.com - Toledo Filmmakers exists for the sole purpose of cultivating and promoting a dynamic filmmaking community in Toledo, Ohio. - More>>

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Rutter Requiem and music of William Billings - The Rutter Requiem and the music of William Billings will be presented
on Sunday, May 16th, at 4:30 p.m. in the sanctuary of Christ Presbyterian
Church. The Chancel Choir, joined by choir members of area churches, is
conducted by Annelle Donaldson. Soprano soloists for the Requiem are Beverly Cowell and Gay Cundiff with accompaniment by Denise Grupp, harp; Connie
Alleshouse, flute; Ed Bloedow, oboe; Nancy Heath, glockenspiel; Rob Donaldson,
timpani; Michelle Stecker, cello; and Barbara Craig, organist. Second part of the
concert will be the music by the 18th century American composer, William Billings,
who is considered by many to be the “Father of American Choral Singing”. There
is no charge for admission and a free will offering will be taken. Christ Presbyterian is located across from Westfield Mall on Sylvania Avenue at Talmadge. For further information call the church at 419-475-8629.

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National Dance Week City Wide Celebration - National Dance Week City Wide Celebration
Westfield Shopping Town
Sunday May 2nd
1pm-6pm - More>>

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National Dance Week - National Dance Week Dance Fair
April 25th
3pm - 5pm - More>>

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Multi-arts exhibit event - The Laboratory Artists Collective invites you to an art exhibit/event opening titled "Artist As Citizen" Saturday, May 1 from 7pm to 1am at the Collingwood Arts Center, 2413 Collingwood Blvd., located in the historic Old West End. At 7pm the visual art exhibit will open, featuring paintings by Jerry Gray, Greg Tarrant, Kerry Krow, and Terry Burton. Sculptures by Patrice Davis and photography by Boyd Hambleton will also be exhibited. At 8pm, Alma Drum and Dance will perform modern and Afro-Caribbean dance in the theatre, with John Dorsey and Organic Canvas reading poetry between dance pieces. At 9pm featured bands will be performing in the Studio Wing 2nd floor studios. Bands include Flow Naze, Silverspine, Sangsara, Chris Knopp, Calvin's Trio, WDS, and OSE. Admission is $10 at the door. For more information contact Terry Burton at (419)292-1843 or email at terrenceburton@hotmail.com, and for directions visit the Collingwood Arts Center website at www.collingwoodartscenter.org

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Latest Town Hall Meeting for The Arts (and Cultire) - Tuesday April 6th was the latest town hall meeting for the mayor's two-year and still going arts commission. Arthur Greenburg, of AMS in St. Louis, was the facilitator. The only proposal on the table was a .45 mil property tax levy on residents of Toledo to help fund the Symphony, Ballet, Opera (which is now down to three active staff) and COSI (which handles all bookkeeping and marketing out of Columbus)
When no one and I mean NO ONE in the 135+ member audience of artists, community activists, small business owners and citizens raised their hand to indicate support for such a levy, Mr. Greenburg was at an impasse. Apparently he had been told by Susan Reams and her cronies on the Mayor’s Commission to present only the levy and therefore had no other proposals as to how to fund the arts in Toledo. This is verifiable by comments Mr. Greenburg made after the meeting.
Suggestions from the audience were shot down pretty quickly. A tax on hotel and motel rooms won’t work because of the convention center, which no one wanted in the first place and is now taking 2% of all revenue from Toledo area hotels until 2015. A proposal to add a $10.00 late charge on all overdue utilities to support the arts puts the burden of supporting the arts on procrastinators and low income people who sometimes have to choose between the phone and food. Taxes on dining out or on event tickets require statewide approval, etcetera. etcetera, etcetera . . .
What are we paying these people for? Between Mrs. Reams, who gets $24,000 a year for a PART TIME JOB, Mr. Greenburg and Richard “Queer Eye for the Straight City” Florida, we must have spent several tens of thousands of dollars on useless information and unfeasible proposals.
The Mayor needs to clean house with this commission and start from scratch. Perhaps he could become the sleepy-eyed spearhead of a statewide tax proposal – a 1% Bed, Board and Entertainment tax. 1% of money spent on hotels, dining-out and any type of admission for any cultural event – concerts, exhibits, sporting events, etc could be put into a state wide fund for the arts. How about it Jack? Your vision of an elegant city could still come to light, just get out of the box and stop hanging with the same old crowd. - More>>

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Ferreus Musike Project at BGSU - Tomorrow night, Thursday, March 25, the Bowling Green State University College of Musical Arts will present a concert by the college's New Music Ensemble, a group of composers and performers promoting new music on campus. - More>>

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Request for a local poet - I received an e-mail from a teacher who is developing a poetry unit at an elementry school. The teacher would like to invite a local poet "to share" with her third grade class. If any poets are are interested, e-mail me at admin@toledoarts.com, and I'll forward your info to the teacher.

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QUIET STORM - Quiet Storm is a Discussion Group (Theater) who meets to discuss subjects, topics, issues and opinions on themes for future theater productions. We meet on Monday's at The Collingwood Arts Center in the Gerber House Parlor at 3:00pm. We plan to meet throughout the entire summer. We discuss serious issues for development of comical skits to entertain and educate. For more information on QUIET STORM and meetings e-mail: gottabemorecareful@hotmail.com

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Owens CC writing group - "Area residents who enjoy writing short prose or poetry are invited to join a Writers' Workshop at Owens Community College. The workshop will meet weekly with a group of writers to discuss, critique and support writing. Offered free of charge, the informal Writers' Workshop meets every Monday from 6-9 p.m. in College Hall Room 157 on the Toledo-area Campus, which is located on Oregon Road, four miles from Downtown Toledo. The workshop runs from January 12 through May 3. For more information, call (419) 661-7385." A small book is published twice a year containing works from those attending the workshop.

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Toledo School for the Arts presents FAME - Saturday, March 13 at 7pm and Sunday, March 14 at 2:30pm at University of Toledo's Doermann Theatre. Tickets are $10 Adults, $5 students and seniors. Tickets are available at the door. TSA also has FAME t-shirts available for only $12.00. Come support the stars of tomorrow!

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Guitar lessons with - Well known local professional guitarist/performer/teacher Tim Oehlers (a.k.a. "Brother Tim") has openings available for private guitar lessons. If you are looking to improve your playing or get your child started on guitar then this is an opportunity to do so. Tim is a reknowned Toledo area teacher who has taught well over 300 individuals over the last 8 years! Tim currently teaches lessons in his home in West Toledo and at Dr. Dave's Band Aide in East Toledo. For more info call Tim: (419)478-1325 or Dr. Dave's: (419) 693-3900.

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Arts Jobs in Toledo? - I'm a recent graduate of UT and coming back to the Toledo area in May after an internship at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. I'm looking for jobs in development and wondering if anyone out there can help me find some contacts in Toledo that are in the Development circle. Any info is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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Collingwood Arts Center exhibit - On March 19, at 6pm, the Collingwood Arts Center is hosting an art exhibit entitled "From Glam to Pastels" at the Gerber House Gallery, 2413 Collingwood Blvd. The exhibit is featuring the works of two artists in residence, Boyd Hambleton and Neal Harrington. Boyd is a fashion photographer and Neal is a visual artist. Both of these talented men depict the female form in different mediums, from the delicate lines and shades of Harrington's pastels to the the bold, provocative and glamorous models on film by Hambleton. Admission is free, refreshments and food served for a $5 donation. Contact the Collingwood Arts Center for more information at 419-244-2787 or visit our website at colllingwoodartscenter.org

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QUIET STORM - I will be hosting a Theater Discussion Group on Monday,March 15, 2004 at 3:00pm at The Collingwood Arts Center in the Gerber House Parlor. We meet to discuss ideas, opinions and topics for material subjects for future theatrical productions. Our first meeting was March 8, 2003. There was a small turn out, but it was also very positive. Among attendees was a national singer of opera, a business professional and a former Channel 50 news photographer. There weren't a lot of faces, but they were familiar. We discussed venues here in Toledo. We collaborated on approaches to material. And the refreshments were great! The group is open to artists and support from the community. Come out and join us!

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Maumee community theater group - "It’s on with the show for Maumee’s art council as it forms a new community theater group in anticipation of the grand reopening of a local landmark. Soon, the city will have two new facilities that could be used by a local theater troupe: the Maumee Indoor Theater and the performing arts center at Maumee High School."

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Spoken word at the local level - " 'There's a revival in Toledo of the arts, a mini-Renaissance,' said poet Melanie Dusseau, instructor at the University of Toledo. On at least three or four days a week in Toledo and the Bowling Green area, poets can be heard during invitationals or at open mike sets in a variety of venues ranging from coffeehouses, jazz clubs, Greek restaurants, wine shops, university classrooms, and in art museums and galleries. The music, along with movies such as Love Jones and Russell Simmons' Def Poetry on HBO, have helped to foster an atmosphere of spoken word, which some pop culture critics say is hip-hop's next movement." - More>>

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