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his is the 100th issue of Toledo Free Press Star. It’s a modest milestone by some standards, but a major statement for the local arts scene. As Toledo’s only weekly stand-alone arts publication, Star stands as a sharp rebuff to the comment, “There’s nothing to do in Toledo.” Really? These past 100 issues represent more than 3,500 pages of local arts coverage. Nothing to do? Don’t tell that to our contributors — John Dorsey, Jim Beard, Michael Siebenaler, Jason Mack, Jerry Gray, lilD, Jeff McGinnis, Mighty Wyte, Martini Rox, Jules Webster, Rachel Richardson, Dustin
Hostetler, Amy Campbell, Jennifer White, Mike Bauman, Whitney Meschke, Joel Sensenig, Stacy Jurich and scores of others who fervently support arts in Toledo. Thank you to the readers and advertisers who make Star possible and thank you to the local artists who have given us glimpses into their talent and impact. The next time someone tells you “There’s nothing to do in Toledo,” show them the light by pointing to the first 3,500 pages of Star. Or just roll one up and bop them on the nose. O — Michael S. Miller, editor in chief, Feb. 1, 2012
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FEB. 1, 2012 • Episode 3 Chapter 5 • Toledo Free Press Star, Toledo, OH: “Rock ‘n’ Roll music is my religion; I don’t need no miracle vision. I don’t need no indecision, Look me right in the eye. Rock ‘n’ Roll music gonna set you free.” — “Rock N’ Roll Music,” Motörhead
Reggae bash: Rising Lion to play at Mickey Finn’s By Mike Bauman Toledo Free Press Star Staff Writer mbauman@toledofreepress.com
For veteran reggae artist Danny Dred, playing music is not just for his own personal well-being; it’s also to spread love and positivity to those he performs for. “There’s a division and all these things, but the way I really look at it is like this: There’s always going to be something in life,” said Dred, the singer/songwriter behind Florida-based Rising Lion. “There’s always going to be something negative. There’s always going to be something challenging. Thing is, it’s like John Kennedy said — what can we do to make a difference? “And I think that’s the way we should think because tomorrow’s going to come up with the sun shining and it’s going to be a new day.” Rising Lion has been spreading those positive vibes through its music since 1992. On Feb. 3, it’ll bring them to Toledo for an early Bob Marley birthday bash at Mickey Finn’s Pub with a new six-piece band that features a second guitar player and a female vocalist. Rising Lion’s fourth full-length album, “Changes,” is nearly complete and being released as singles. The first, “Feelin Irie,” debuted on May 18, 2010. The title of Rising Lion’s most recent effort came from the struggles Dred was dealing with in his marriage as well as the United States’ economic and social changes. “Things just change, you know?” Dred said. “And so I looked around, and I just saw a lot of other people going through changes, going through things. When I looked at it
I was like, ‘This is the worst I’ve ever seen it in my lifetime,’ as far as the economy and all those things. People not [being] able to handle the pressure, and going through divorces and losing their homes and all of this. “And so I was just like, ‘This needs to be talked about.’” One constant Dred has always addressed through Rising Lion’s music is his own life experience, something he has passed on to his 16-year-old son, who is trying to find his own voice through music. Having never known his own father, Dred is happy to be able to guide his son in whatever he pursues. “All of his life I’ve been a touring musician,” Dred said. “And if you’re going to do it, I tell kids this — it’s not the easiest business in the world. That is for sure. But if you love it and you find it’s really what you love doing, then you’ve just got to get out there and you’ve got to do it.” Dred speaks from experience. He has bachelor’s degrees in sociology and Spanish and was a case manager at Columbia University before he started Rising Lion. While he appreciated what his college experience meant, ultimately music was his true passion and calling. With influences ranging from Peter Tosh to Jimi Hendrix to Bob Marley, it was difficult for Dred to ignore his gift. Over the years, Rising Lion has performed at “The Legends of Rasta Reggae Festival Tour,” “The Annual Bob Marley Reggae Festival” and “The New England Reggae Fest,” to name a few. In addition, Rising Lion also has songs on compilation records with the likes of Gregory Isaacs, George Clinton, Fats Waller and Dennis Brown, among others.
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“Just like anything else in life, the greatest happiness I think you’re going to find is to find something as a job that you love doing and then get good at it,” Dred said of being a musician. “And that way, it won’t seem like you work.” Some of Dred’s philosophy can be attributed to Marley’s vision. One quote that stuck with him over the years was when Marley said, “If my life is just for me, my own security, then me don’t want it. My life is for people; that is the way me is.” “If you’ve been blessed with certain skills
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“I wish I could recall your name.” —”Heart of Stone,” Motörhead
Surviving the Holocaust through art Peggy Grant grateful as late husband’s art to be displayed at Midwest Museum of American Art. By Caitlin McGlade Toledo Free Press STAR Staff Writer cmcglade@toledofreepress.com
A clown’s chilling stare and an acrobat’s dejected eyes search the back room of Peggy Grant’s home. The tuba player next to them has his back turned. The trio, standing before a cloudy backdrop that creeps across their shoulders and arms, was painted on canvas decades ago. The image hangs in Grant’s home, among stacks of portraits, scenes and figure sketches completed by her late husband Adam throughout his lifetime. Long-time friend and consultant Janet Schroeder said that within every one of Adam’s paintings is a story. Brian Byrn, a curator at the Midwest Museum of American Art in Elkhart, Ind., said many of the paintings evoke an air of mystery. “The underpinnings of maybe sorrow and sadness is permeating his work,” he said. “[The figures] are suspended in this animation of concern and maybe some would even say, in some cases, dread.” But this is not hollowed-out doom. The “dread” is tangled with a sense of uplifting strength, as immortalized by the blocky brush strokes that could symbolize building blocks. That could represent rebuilding one’s life, Byrn said. This conflict — this burden buried within paintings of celebratory figures like acrobats or tuba players — is rooted in Grant’s history. In the early 1940s, he watched his peers rise in the morning only to slave away. He watched their gnarled hands, thinning by the hour, grasp shovels and hammers and soil. He watched them drop dead. Adam Grochowski Grant survived the Holocaust because he could paint. n GRANT CONTINUES ON 5
Peggy Grant, wife of late artist Adam Grant, displays his work in her studio. TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAR PHOTO BY JOSEPH HERR
“Bright lights, big city, nobody seems to care.” — “Mean Machine,” Motörhead n GRANT CONTINUED FROM 4 Grant grew up in Warsaw, Poland, in the 1920s and ’30s. His father Anthoni, a physician and a painter, raised him on a steady diet of art history, skill and intellectualism. Anthoni joined the Polish army when Nazi Germany began to rise but he, along with 14,500 other Polish officers, was executed in 1940 in a forest called Katyn. Adam struggled to continue his education under the crushing hand of the Nazis. He and his friends’ families and teachers met for “tea parties” or “lunches” to study school material in secret. He continued to dream of becoming a painter. In 1942, Adam’s mother had tuberculosis and was confined to an institution. When he went to visit her, she feared that he would miss too much school and advised him to take the next train home. When he got to the station, he was rounded up with 800 others and taken to a prison in Warsaw called Pawiak. Adam was 18 years old. By 1943, the Nazis trucked Adam off to Auschwitz. But the guards soon realized the young man’s talent. They gave him nothing more than watercolors, crayons and paper and ordered him to paint for them. He later moved to another camp in Austria called Mauthausen — a much-dreaded slave site on a granite quarry where a typical prisoner survived about two weeks. While he was forced to work grueling hours too, he was given lighter duties in exchange for his painting skills. He painted some pieces reflecting worker conditions and hid them in his barracks. Peggy wonders just how many hundreds of his paintings are scattered across Eastern Europe, handed down after Nazi Germany fell. Her spouse had to paint portraits of guards, scenes of the countryside and sketches of guards’ loved ones from home. He even had to paint a mural depicting bountiful arrangements of food that hung for starved prisoners to see. Still, Adam could have barely survived another week by the time Americans liberated him in 1945. The U.S. Army’s displaced person camp became his home. He had no one. “After Adam was liberated, he found that his home was gone, his family was gone, his country was gone,” Peggy said.
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Adamant about moving to America, he waited in the camp until he found a stranger to sponsor him so he could leave Europe. He was 25 years old by the time he moved to America. He never went back to Poland — but his artwork would. Grant settled in Detroit at first. He found a job designing for one of the first paint-by-number companies. His renditions of famous paintings traveled across the country. One of his most well known is the everpopular “The Last Supper” by Leonardo da Vinci. “He had a connection to all of us because he designed paint-bynumbers — having translated masters’ works to millions of Americans,” said Schroeder, who has helped Peggy publicize Adam’s work. “The whole point was for people who didn’t have artistic ability to unlock some of that.” In Detroit, Adam met Peggy. An artist herself, she worked for the paint-by-numbers company. They married a few years later and her outlook on life was forever altered. “I didn’t know the ramifications of World War II until I met Adam,” she said.
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Peggy witnessed Adam’s many stages. There was the depressive stage in which the Holocaust haunted his dreams and dogged his emotions. He painted dark and sinister works to reflect the horror. Even decades later, Adam painted “The Pale Horse,” which is an emaciated white horse standing among rubble and a building shell. The atmosphere is a menacing red hue. Peggy said Adam painted it because “death comes on a white horse.” But during his other stages, his painting reflected hope. He often focused on the female figure because he saw it as a symbol for rebirth. He painted a series of stark white and black scenes with such fine lines they resemble woodcuts — a collection Peggy calls “The Renewed Hope Series.” “One could philosophize of seeing the world in black and white and good and evil, and there is a certain surrealism to them,” Byrn said. His other inspiration was the circus. He painted dancers and costumed characters, acrobats and musicians. Each painting places the subjects in silent interaction with each other, sitting or standing by props portrayed in muted colors. Peggy and Adam moved to Toledo in 1955 after they were laid off. The company for which they worked had filed for bankruptcy, but the Donofrio brothers of Toledo purchased the business, moved it to Toledo and brought the pair to the new site. They raised two sons and lived together until Adam’s death in 1992. Peggy has since made it her life’s mission to get Adam recognition for his work. And she has succeeded. Peggy’s passion combined with Schroeder’s skills at networking and raising money enabled the pair to hang Grant’s work at Jagiellonian University in Poland. Grant’s work has also been shown at nearly 30 exhibitions in more than five states and a couple of other countries. A room in the Polish embassy in Saudi Arabia is named after him. Art collectors from Ohio to Florida to Virginia and beyond own his work. For Peggy, who is art director at Toledo’s 20 North Gallery, each exhibit is a chance to walk viewers through a narrative of Adam’s life. She gets to do this again this spring. The Midwest Museum of American Art will host a three-month exhibition of Adam’s work, April 6 through July 8. The museum will display about 40 paintings, which will weave through the different stages of Adam’s life, Byrn said. The museum has been a longtime fan of Grant’s work, said Director Jane Burns. For both Adam’s mystical style and his compelling story, visitors who have encountered these paintings in the past were hooked instantly, she said. “We can put ourselves in his place and say, ‘Would I have to guts to do that? Would I have the fortitude to do that with no money and no family either?’” she said. “The Nazis took everything.” Peggy and her son Mark reminisce about Adam’s fervor for painting in the house where they live today. Only then, during Mark’s childhood, the floors were covered in shag rugs and the walls were draped in turquoise and gold color schemes. “He’d sit right there and make a big mess and the next thing you know pastel dust would be all over,” Mark said, pointing to a chair in the corner of the living room. Peggy said she always encouraged him to paint more and with new materials, and kept a room designated for his studio. “He lost all his sadness when he was painting,” she said. “And that made me happy.” For more information, visit the web sites www.adamgrantart.com and www.midwestmuseum.us. O
Grant continues Black History exhibit at 20 North The annual Black History Month exhibit is now running at 20 North Gallery until March 10. Art Director Peggy Grant started the tradition in 1977. The gallery will feature 15 artists and offer school visits and workshops conducted by artists. Poetry readings, story-telling and live musical performances have also been staples for the exhibit throughout the years. “Growing up in America’s South, the way of life I witnessed was greatly divided by the social and racial barriers that were in place at the time,” Grant said in a news release. “When I came to the Toledo area pursuing my art career, I was astounded by the opportunities to make friends with people of all races and cultures. My mission since arriving in the Midwest has been to support black artists in the Toledo area who had not been previously recognized by the mainstream art culture.” Since the mid-1950s, Grant has promoted the work and professional careers of such noted artists as LeMaxie Glover, Marvin Vines and Wil Clay. Her corporate curatorial work at Owens-Illinois provided a platform for many regional artists to exhibit their work in an international venue. Displayed in Black History Month 2012: Legacy – Peggy Grant’s 35th Annual Exhibit is the work of many celebrated Toledo-area artists, including: Aaron S. Bivins; Charles T. Gabriel Jr.; Alice Grace; Ronald Jamison; Elizabeth V. Jordan; Marcus Nunn; Ahavalyn Pitts; Brenda Price; Robert E. Shorter; Mack Walton; Warren and Yolanda Woodberry; as well as works by Wade Harrison of Atlanta, Ga.; John Wade III from Ft. Wayne, Ind.; and paintings and original book illustrations by the late Wil Clay of Toledo. 20 North Gallery is located at 18 N. St. Clair St. and the exhibit is open from noon to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday until March 10. For further information, visit www.20northgallery.net. O — Staff Reports
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here are two kinds of people in the world. There are the kind who drive with their windows down in the summertime and the kind who stay sealed inside their car with the forced false air. There are the kind who surrender to the natural flow toward progress, and there are the kind who spend all their energy struggling to maintain stagnation. There are the kind who see an old abandoned building with boards on the windows and decide to make paintings out of them, and there are the kind who would rather just tear the building down. There are the kind who see a broken system and innovate ways to fix it Rachel because of the widespread effect it has on their community, and there are the kind whose complacency is just another form of self-serving greed. There are the kind who complain that no one is doing the thing they want done, and there are the kind who do it. In Toledo, we most certainly have both kinds of people. I’ve worked in cooperation with some and in opposition to others. Stepping out of social activism and further into art activism has smoothed my personal path because opposition is much less likely in a town with such a creative collective mind. I am immensely grateful to the social activists who have the strength and stomachs to continue that fight; it wore me all the way out. Now, I have the privilege of being a fulltime artist and can choose absolute tunnel vision and tune out the noise of the nightly news and the naysayers and simply focus on music, culture and the force with which these things are changing my community. I also get to infuse art into the fights of my comrades and periodically ring the bell of measurable social change, which is always a good time. I met The Cherry Street Legacy Plan as a social activist and stayed on the team as an art activist because responsible institutions like Mercy St. Vincent’s Medical Center see that working in collaboration with grassroots movements is in everyone’s best interest. The Cherry Street Legacy Plan works to revitalize a historic part of Toledo consisting of approximately 2.1 miles along Cherry Street extending from Greenbelt Parkway to the Berdan islands where Detroit Avenue, Cherry Street and
Collingwood Boulevard intersect. Its mission is to be committed to datadriven, neighborhood-led interventions to improve the physical environment for increased health and well-being of the community. Through crime reduction, Block Watch, urban agriculture and now art, the Cherry Street Legacy area is well on its way to revitalization. Committed neighbors, who refuse to let their homes be vandalized or forgotten by the city, have planted community gardens in conjunction with Toledo GROWs. They keep each other aware of the goingson in the neighborhood by going outside and having actual conversations with each other. And now they’ve welcomed the likes of me and my artist friends to guide neighborhood kids and older folks in the tranformation of blight into art, à la the Heidelberg Project in Detroit that I encourage you to look further into than I can go here. I also suggest you familiarize yourself with The Cherry Street Legacy Plan and see how having an anchor institution like a local hospital take up your cause can launch initiatives and accelerate their impact at rates that make institutions who refuse to listen to their consumers look foolish and antiquated. Wisdom would say that when the investment in an improvement comes from the ground up, it has a much better chance at succeeding and gaining momentum. An evolved institution sees that all it needs to do is give a simple nod of approval to the actions of the people nearby. This approval may take all kinds of forms. It could be acknowledging a certain bureaucratic step that may be expedited by a person in one corner office saying to a person in another corner office, “Let’s see what the community has to say about it. They’re the ones who live here.” It could be in supporting and working to implement projects spearheaded by small local organizations, rather than continuing to try to roll them over or spinning out in political inaction. It could take the form of being the kind of person who invests and builds rather than exploits and destroys. The former is much more Toledo’s style. O
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Art for sale at MONROE showcase The work of about 15 prominent community artists will be for sale at MONROE magazine’s second annual Artist Showcase on Feb. 4. “This is not a crafts show; these are pretty respected artists,” said Jim Dombrowski, creative director for Monroe Publishing Company. “When you think of culture in this community, you don’t think of art, but there is a pretty active art scene.” The event will be hosted at the Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM) Motherhouse, a home for sisters that won an award for its use of green choices in its renovation. The Motherhouse alone is worth coming to the event for, Dombrowski said. “This building was built in the turn of the last century and it’s got a really European look to it. It really hearkens back to the 1920s,” Dombrowski said. Artists who will be featured include Gary Wilson, a well-known ceramist, David Larkins, a painter whose work has been in American Artist magazine, Sylvia Pixley, an award-winning printmaker and Jiro J. Masuda, who creates industrial-style jewelry. “[Masuda’s pieces] are interesting, they’re fun. He’ll do some unusual pairings; there’s like a gun and he’ll put a fork with it,” Dombrowski said.
Other artists set to showcase their work include: Blue Turtle Studios, Mary Gaynier, Patti Kerr, Christy LaRoy, Laura Lemke, Catherine Rehbein, Kim Rhoney, Laurie Sharkus, Nancy Lee Smith and Richard Sowa. Many of the artists have appeared in MONROE magazine, which aims to promote the “good life” and culture in Monroe. The publication decided to host a showcase when it learned of the need for one from local artists. “This type of culture hasn’t been really promoted in the community in the past,” Dombrowski said. “There are lots of people in this community who are talented.” Twenty-five percent of what the artists make at the showcase will be donated to the River Raisin Centre for the Arts. Last year, the magazine and artists raised about $3,000 for the centre. A preview of the showcase is slated for 8 p.m. Feb. 3 and will feature music, drinks, a silent auction and hors d’oeuvres. The formal-attire event also gives patrons a chance to talk to the artists. Tickets are $35. Call (734) 242-1100 for reservations. The showcase is free and runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 4. Both events are at the IHM Motherhouse, 610 W. Elm Ave., Monroe. O — Brigitta Burks
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Four local artists displaying work at Parkwood Four local artists are displaying their work at The Parkwood Gallery until Feb. 24. The exhibition began Jan. 17 but a reception will open it to the public Feb. 3 from 6-8 p.m. Alyssa Brown, a student at University of Toledo, will show photography as a tool to explore how attire and personal space create one’s identity. Julia LaBay, another student at UT, is displaying casts of her body that chart the emotions that accompany the stages a woman’s body goes through. Antoinette LaValley is a diagnostic neuroradiologist and doubles as an artist. Her work focuses on bones to reflect on life and death of individuals and families. Michael Yager’s installation is an interactive one. Approach one of his “space coconuts” — which are literally coconuts dangling in nets — and they emit varying frequencies of sound. The Parkwood Gallery is located at 1838 Parkwood Ave., Suite 120. The venue is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Visit www.acgt.org for more information O — Staff Reports
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Motörhead has never had a hit album in the United States. Its previous release, “Motorizer,” was the group’s first CD to crack the top 100 on the Billboard 200. Yet the group’s b a s s i s t / s i n g e r, Lemmy Kilmister, has become one of the most familiar figures in heavy metal — if not all of rock ’n’ roll. He’s been a contributor to hard rock magazines, and his quick wit, gravelly voice KILMISTER and his rugged look — usually dressed in black with his mutton chop sideburns, mustache and his famous pair of warts on his left cheek — have made him familiar to generations of hard rock fans. Now he’s the subject of a documentary by filmmakers Wes Orshoski and Greg Olliver that is receiving considerable acclaim. For his part, Kilmister can’t explain why he has become something of an icon in hard rock circles. “I think it’s really been like dumb luck,” he said in a phone interview. “I haven’t changed how I am at all. I’m just like banging against the furniture on my way through life, and people seem to have picked up on it a bit more. I mean, it becomes fashionable to like Motörhead again about every seven years, so maybe we’re going through our own phases.” Kilmister and Motörhead have been around long enough now to have seen several of those cycles of popularity, particularly in the United Kingdom. Ian Fraser Kilmister formed Motörhead in 1975 after playing in the legendary cult band, Hawkwind. His intent from the start was for Motörhead to be a British version of Detroit’s seminal garage/punk/metal band, the MC5 — although he didn’t expect the group to take on its famous power trio format. “It’s become like the MC3, hasn’t it?” Kilmister said. “At the start we were going to have three guitar players and a singer. Then I got stuck with the singing because the singer left. I was only one that could sing, or I was the only one that would. Eddie [Clarke] could sing very well, but he wouldn’t do it. I got stuck with that. I like it now. I couldn’t be on stage and not sing now. “We must have done something right because when the MC5 re-formed, they asked me to sing a couple of songs with them,” Kilmister said, obviously pleased with that anecdote. “So that’s all
right, full circle, right?” It took about a year for the nascent Motörhead to settle into its trio configuration, with Clarke (known as “Fast Eddie”) on guitar and Phil “Philthy Animal” Taylor on drums. To a good number of fans, this is still considered the classic Motörhead lineup. Kilmister, though, disagrees with that notion, noting that the current band, with drummer Mikkey Dee and guitarist Phil Campbell, is the definitive Motörhead in his eyes. “Phil Campbell’s been with me 25, 26 years now, and Mikkey for 15,” Kilmister said. “I mean, Eddie was with us for seven and Phil (Taylor) was with us for 12. “To say that was the definitive Motörhead, this Motörhead has played ‘Ace Of Spades’ more than that Motörhead,” he pointed out. The first decade of Motörhead was marked by several personnel changes — with the band having two guitarists in Campbell and Michael Burston (known by his stage name, Wurzel) for a stretch. Along the way, Motörhead made its mark, especially in the U.K. Its early albums gradually attracted larger audiences, with 1979’s “Bomber” reaching No. 12 on the album chart. That set the stage for 1980’s “Ace Of Spades,” which went top five. The title song remains the band’s signature song. Next came 1981’s “No Sleep ’til Hammersmith,” a live album that became Motörhead’s first No. 1 album in the U.K. and was in stores when Motörhead first toured the United States, opening for Ozzy Osbourne’s Blizzard Of Ozz. Since then, Motörhead has continued to release CDs at regular intervals, enjoying considerable notoriety and decent success with such albums as “Orgasmatron” (1986), “1916” (1991), “Sacrifice” (1995), “Overnight Sensation” (1996) and most recently, “Motorizer” in 2008. The latest, “The World Is Yours,” arrived in early 2011 just as Kilmister gained additional notoriety through the documentary, “Lemmy.” Now the cameras are off and Kilmister, Dee and Campbell are back to doing what they’ve done throughout their time together — touring. This time it’s playing second on the bill of this winter’s Gigantour, headlined and organized by Megadeth. The monsters of metal pull into The Palace of Auburn Hills on Feb. 9. Doors are at 5:30 p.m. and tickets cost $13-$39.50. Visit palacenet.com to purchase tickets. Fans can expect the typical Motörhead live experience, Kilmister said. “It’s pretty minimal,” he said of the show. “We can’t afford big stage sets. I mean, that’s really stupid money. We don’t sell a lot of albums for that. We just go out and play some rock ’n’ roll, really. We have a decent light show. That’s about it.” O
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”Rock out, rock out, rock out.” — “Rock Out,” Motörhead
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www.theblarneyirishpub.com. O Rick Whited: Feb. 2. O The Eight Fifteens: Feb. 3. O Tru Brew: Feb. 4.
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The Ark This small venue offers a showcase for lesser-known acts. 316 S. Main St., Ann Arbor. (734) 761-1451, (734) 761-1800 or www.theark.org. O Frontier Ruckus: 8 p.m. Feb. 2, $15. O Cheryl Wheeler: 8 p.m. Feb. 3, $25. O Yiddishe Cup: 8 p.m. Feb. 4, $20. O The Global Jazz Project: 8 p.m. Feb. 7, $15. O Girlyman, Edie Carey: 8 p.m. Feb. 8, $22.50.
Bar 145° This venue features burgers, bands and bourbon, if its slogan is to be believed. 5304 Monroe St. (419) 593-0073 or bar145toledo.com. O Piano Wars: Feb. 1 and 8. O The Bridges: Feb. 2. O Fibbion Handful: Feb. 3. O 4th Day Echo: Feb. 4.
BGSU performances The university’s ensembles, choirs, quartets and more — and their friends — will present the music they’ve been perfecting. Halls are located in Moore Musical Arts Center, Willard Drive and Ridge Street, Bowling Green. (419) 372-8171, (800) 589-2224, (419) 372-8888 or www.bgsu.edu/colleges/music. O David Bixler, jazz saxophone: 8 p.m. Feb. 1, Bryan Recital Hall. O “The Mikado”: 8 p.m. Feb. 3-4, Wooster Center, 1124 E. Wooster. O Mihoko Watanabe, flute: 8 p.m. Feb. 4, Bryan Recital Hall. O 45th BG Philharmonia Concert competition winners: 3 p.m. Feb. 5, Kobacker Hall. O Hamilton Tescarollo, guest pianist: 8 p.m. Feb. 6, Bryan Recital Hall.
A variety of rock, soul, pop and alternative acts perform at this bar. 208 S. First St., Ann Arbor. $3-$20 unless noted. (734) 996-8555 or blindpigmusic.com. O Karaoke: 9:30 p.m. Mondays, no cover. O Zion I, One Be Lo: 9 p.m. Feb. 1. O Little Island Lake, Doug Mains and the City Folk, Jim Cherewick: 9:30 p.m. Feb. 2. O Ann Arbor Soul Club, Robert Wells, Brad Hales: 9:30 p.m. Feb. 4. O Universal Xpression: 9:30 p.m. Feb. 4. O Voo Doo Glow Skulls, Authority Zero, Skyfox, Snafu: 8 p.m. Feb. 6. O Third Floor Kids, the Jet Rodriguez, Juice, Blind Liars: 9:30 p.m. Feb. 7. O OCD Moosh, Twist, Logic: 8 p.m. Feb. 8.
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Be sure to check out this Warehouse District tavern’s namesake, overhead near the entrance. 20 S. Huron St. (419) 244-2627 or www.bronzeboar.com. O DJ Jerod: Wednesdays. O Open mic with Steve Kennedy: Thursdays. O Open mic night with Chris Knopp: Mondays. O Luke James: Tuesdays. O Russell Martin & the Relics: Feb. 3. O Beg to Differ: Feb. 4.
A different band performs each week. 702 E. Broadway St. (419) 754-1903. O DJ Lamont: Tuesdays. O Devious: Thursdays (also open mic night)-Saturdays.
Karaoke is offered Tuesdays, but paid entertainers rock out Wednesdays-Saturdays. 4311 Heatherdowns Blvd. (419) 382-1444 or www.thedistilleryonline.com. O DJ Mark EP: Thursdays. O The Eight-Fifteens: Feb. 1. O Arctic Clam: Feb. 3. O Moving to Boise: Feb. 4. O Kyle White: Feb. 8.
Caesars Windsor If you have your passport, consider hopping the Detroit River for this casino’s entertainment offerings. Ticket prices, in Canadian dollars, are for the cheapest seats; attendees must be 19 or older. Caesars Windsor Colosseum, 377 Riverside Drive East, Windsor, Ontario. (800) 991-7777 or www.caesarswindsor.com. O Sinbad, Ginuwine: 9 p.m. Feb. 3, $30.
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This Thursday, Feb. 2nd: The
Clazel Theater This venue has been rocking BGSU students (and others) for years. 127 N. Main St., Bowling Green. (419) 353-5000 or www.clazel.net. O 88.1 WBGU “Live Wire”: Ryan Dunlap, the Dumb Easies, Ten40 Acapella, Indigo: 9 p.m. Feb. 2. O Rich Perry: 8 p.m. Feb. 7, free. O itsnotyouitsme: 8 p.m. Feb. 8-9, free
Dégagé Jazz Café Signature drinks, such as pumpkin martinis, plus live local jazz performers. 301 River Road, Maumee. $5 weekends for cafe seating. (419) 794-8205 or www.degagejazzcafe.com. O Gene Parker & Friends: 7-10 p.m. Feb. 1 and 8. O Andre Wright Group: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 3-4. O Eric Dickey and the Zoar Musicians: Feb. 7. O Morgen Steigler Group: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 10-11.
French Quarter J. Pat’s Pub Live entertainment after 9:30 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays. Holiday Inn French Quarter, 10630 Fremont Pike, Perrysburg. (419) 874-3111 or www.hifq.com. O Noisy Neighbors: Feb. 3-4.
Greektown Casino-Hotel Three stages — at Shotz Sports Bar, Eclipz Ultra Lounge and Asteria — offer competition for gamblers’ attention. 555 E. Lafayette Blvd., Detroit. No cover charge, unless noted; guests must be 21 or older. (888) 771-4386 or www.greektowncasino.com.
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Bowling Green comes alive at this venue for rock and more. Doors typically open at 9 p.m., with the show starting an hour later. 210 N. Main St., Bowling Green. (419) 352-3195 or www.howardsclubh.com. O Bethesda: Feb. 3. O Analog Revolution, Dumb Easies, Smoke Theory: Feb. 4.
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This local, family-owned enterprise offers food, drinks and music in a sleek atmosphere. 405 Madison Ave. $5 cover. (419) 246-3339 or icerestaurantandbar.com. O Berlin Brothers: 8 p.m. Feb. 3. O Dan and Don: 8 p.m. Feb. 4.
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This “slice of the Big Apple” in the Glass City provides entertainment most weekends. 1516 Adams St. (419) 243-6675 or www.manhattanstoledo.com. O Open mic: 9 p.m. Monday nights. O Jam session hosted by Tom Turner & Slow Burn: 9 p.m. Tuesdays. O Rachel Richardson: 7 p.m. Feb. 1. O Mike Fischer: 6 p.m. Feb. 2. O Slow Burn: 9 p.m. Feb. 4. O Cliff Millimen: 7 p.m. Feb. 8.
This BG coffeehouse serves a mean brew of blues, jazz, rock and more by the world famous and locally renowned in an intimate setting. 174 S. Main St., Bowling Green. (419) 3543266 or www.groundsforthought.com. O Live jazz: Feb. 4, 11, 18 and 25.
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This venue focuses on classical, jazz and opera artists and music. 415 N. Fourth Ave., Ann Arbor. $5-$30, unless noted. (734) 769-2999 or www.kerrytownconcerthouse.com. O EAR Duo, EMMI: 8 p.m. Feb. 2. O Erie Comstock, seniors from the University of Michigan musical theater department: 8 p.m. Feb. 3-4. O Hot Club of Detroit, Zach Brock: 8 p.m. Feb. 8.
O Karaoke: 9:30 p.m. Thursdays, Shotz. O DJ Zig Zag: 9:30 p.m. Saturdays, Shotz. O DJ Lee J: 9 p.m. Sundays, Shotz. O David Gerald Band: 9:30 p.m. Feb. 3, Eclipz. O Howard Glazer: 8 p.m. Feb. 3 and 10, Asteria. O The Hips: 9:30 p.m. Feb. 3 and 10, Shotz. O Trio Tumbao: 8 p.m. Feb. 4, Asteria. O Triple Play: 9:30 p.m. Feb. 4, Eclipz.
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”Can’t go on but you can’t go back.” — “Iron Fist,” Motörhead
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uring college, I worked tirelessly each and every day to be a suitable choice for my future employer. I networked with area small business owners, teachers, doctors, financial planners, executives, etc. I, along with the help of our members, restructured my student organization’s entire structure, which led me to hold the position of president. I held a dual internship at the University of Toledo during my senior year to enhance my writing and social media skills. I earned a bachelor’s degree. I did the best I could to prepare for the real world and began my job two days after graduation. While I faced many challenges during the first year and a half of my career, I endured one of my most difficult challenges only a few weeks ago. My firm made some changes and let me go. For months, I had feared this happening and not because of the lack of quality in my work but because of my sexual orientation. In all honesty, it was not out of fear of the people I worked with or the firm I worked for but because of the extreme lack of legal protection I had in Sylvania as a lesbian professional. While I am very proud of my hometown of
LGBTQ professionals fight for equality.
Toledo for passing local legislation that prohibits discrimination based on gender and sexual orientation, I am very nervous for every lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) community member who works in the outlying areas of Sylvania, Swanton, Holland, Perrysburg and Maumee. In these areas, there is no legislation to protect LGBTQ employees from Emily being let go just because of who they are. Just adding a few words to anti-discrimination company policies and local legislation could put thousands in the LGBTQ community at ease. Unfortunately, while legal protection will allow us to move forward when it comes to equal employment, discrimination based on sexual
orientation can be easily hidden. LGBTQ professionals could be fired due to tardiness when in reality their superior is homophobic. My question is how would LGBTQ professionals stick up for themselves in the time prior to being fired without policies of protection? Especially for those who work in Sylvania, Swanton, Holland, Perrysburg or Maumee. When I recently began my new career at UT, I was very impressed by the amount of protection it offers LGBTQ employees. Health care benefits for domestic partners, gender neutral bathrooms for transgender persons, diversity training for all faculty and staff, and safe place rainbow stickers outside offices of our allies for when mem-
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Restaurant Week aids Leadership Toledo’s work with youth By Sarah Ottney TOLEDO FREE PRESS SPECIAL SECTIONS EDITOR sottney@toledofreepress.com
A few years ago, Carina Urban and Demetria Clark were struggling — running with the wrong crowds, getting into trouble, skipping school. Earlier this month, the two South Toledo teens were among those honored for volunteer work by Students in Action, a program of the prestigious national Jefferson Awards for Public Service organization. “It was the wrong crowd, wrong place, wrong time. That’s pretty much how I’d state it,” Urban said of her past. “But that’s the old me. Now I’m a different person. I don’t live in the past anymore. We’re moving forward, both of us. We’re good now.” Urban coaches youth cheerleading through the South Toledo Area Recreation Society (STARS) League while Clark volunteers at Family House, a short-term shelter for homeless families. The pair also logged volunteer hours at local parades and festivals and recruited other students to help. Both girls were students at Downtown Toledo’s Glass City Academy, where the awards were presented Jan. 10. The school, which provides a second chance to complete high school, enrolls students ages 16 to 22 in grades 11 and 12. Both girls are hundreds of hours over the school’s graduation requirement of 25 hours of service, said school Director Stewart B. Jesse. Seventeen-year-old Urban, who recently graduated, logged 330 hours during the eight months she attended Glass City Academy while 18-yearold Clark, who will graduate in June, has served at least 180 hours since fall, Jesse said. Urban will soon begin cosmetology classes while Clark plans to enroll in a medical program to become an X-Ray or ultrasound technician. “Both these young ladies are perfect examples of what we want for Glass City Academy students,” Jesse said. “Young ladies or gentlemen who have maybe had something happen in their high school career and they chose to go a different direction, a more positive direction, and as you can see, this is the end result right here. Young ladies and young gentlemen who are very productive in our community. We’re very proud of these two for everything they’ve done.” Toledo is one of about a dozen cities nation-
wide to host a Students in Action program, facilitated locally by nonprofit Leadership Toledo. It started three years ago in four area schools and is now in 24 schools, said Dave Schlaudecker, executive director of Leadership Toledo. “This is an opportunity for youth who are doing great work to be recognized and patted on the back that they are community leaders and doing terrific things,” Schlaudecker said. “Part of the goal is to create leaders and help mentor leaders into being even better leaders and to move our community forward.” Restaurant Week Toledo, an annual fundraiser organized by Leadership Toledo, will benefit the nonprofit’s youth programs, including Students in Action and Youth Leadership Toledo, a ninemonth leadership training program for 50 sophomores from 34 regional high schools. Eighteen area restaurants will feature a special menu priced at $10, $20 or $30 (drinks, taxes and gratuities are not included unless specified) during the week of Jan. 29 through Feb. 4 with a portion of proceeds donated to Leadership Toledo. Participating restaurants include Bar 145, The Blarney Irish Pub, Bobby V’s American Grill, Burger Bar 419, Caper’s Restaurant and Bar, Dégagé Jazz Café, Fifi’s Reprise Restaurant and Lounge, The Hungry I, ICE Restaurant and Bar, LaScola Italian Grill, Manhattan’s, Plate 21, Poco Piatti, Rockwell’s, Rosie’s Italian Grille, Spicy Tuna Sushi Bar and Grill, Tea Tree Asian Bistro and Ventura’s Mexican Restaurant. Schlaudecker said watching the awards ceremony at Glass City Academy ranks among his favorite recent examples of Leadership Toledo’s impact in the community. “That was one of the most amazing things I’ve ever been a part of,” Schlaudecker said. “These two girls, who had never had any recognition in their lives, got recognized and rewarded for their volunteering. They were unsung heroes. All the other students were there. That’s how we really believe people get motivated to go out and serve.” Jesse said he already sees a difference in the attitude of other students toward service hours. “It’s not every day somebody at your school gets this type of honor,” Jesse said. “They have seen that and they want to be a part of that. They also see the transformation of the young ladies. They see these two are doing wonderful things. They see how that affects them posi-
Students Carina Urban (seated) and Demetria Clark were recently honored for volunteerism by Students in Action. Also pictured, from left, are Leadership Toledo Executive Director Dave Schlaudecker, Glass City Academy Director Stewart B. Jesse and Leadership Toledo board member Jim Walrod. PHOTO COURTESY LEADERSHIP TOLEDO
tively and they see it affects everyone around them positively. Our kids don’t even argue about volunteering anymore; they just want to do it. So I’m very happy that what these two have started will be able to continue.” Urban said she coaches because she wants to offer a positive influence and help keep the girls from making the same mistakes she did. “I do it to keep my girls out of trouble. That was my main thing,” Urban said. “I loved [receiving the award] because I think my girls can want to do what I’m doing in the future and maybe they could be acknowledged too and have a moment of fame too. I don’t know if any of them heard about it, but if they did they’re gonna be proud of me.” Clark said she enjoyed the opportunity to show volunteering can be cool. “I was happy I received the award so people
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ebastian Bach has been touring as a rocker for more than a quarter century. With all those years and miles behind him, the former Skid Row frontman could be forgiven for not having many specific memories of his stops in Toledo. But he has some very, very vivid memories of Glass City performances. “I’ve had some great shows JEFF in Toledo and some not-sogreat shows,” Bach said in an interview with Toledo Free Press Star. “The best one that I can remember playing in Toledo was [with] Guns N’ Roses in, I think, ’91 or ’92 at the racetrack, down in the dirt. It was a very intense scene — it was about 50,000 people, but the whole perimeter of the concert was nothing but police. “I remember being onstage and looking, and seeing the crowd surrounded by police cars, with the sirens and the cherries going off the whole time. And it looked like a war zone — it looked like Altamont or something. It was like very intense, there was a heavy vibe in the air ... there was definitely an air of danger about that gig.” In contrast, Bach also remembers his last stop in Toledo, performing at Headliners in late 2006 — the kind of show which most rock stars would much sooner like to forget. “We went there on a day off, on the Guns N’ Roses tour,” he said. “There was maybe 15 people at the gig. It was very ‘Spinal Tap.’ And I said to myself, ‘I’ll probably never play Toledo again in my life.’ And that’s what I honestly thought. But I’m coming back! Here we go! Let’s do it again!” Bach will roll back into the Glass City on Feb. 3, for a show at the Omni, and despite his previous setback he’s optimistic. “Maybe this show will be, like, a happy medium between the Mud Bowl and Headliners’ gig. That would be fine with me,” he said. The veteran rocker has some reason to be optimistic — his latest album, “Kicking and Screaming,” has been well-received by critics and fans. But, he said, commercial success is not why he still travels America’s highways year after year. “I mean, it’s just fun. Singing is fun. It’s very cathartic, if I’ve had a rotten day or I miss my girlfriend or something on the road, touring across the country, being on a tour bus, being in hotel rooms — getting onstage and singing is very cathartic. It feels good. And if I do it right, it feels really, really good. “I don’t do it as a job. I do it because I love the music that I sing, and I love to sing it.” Bach’s music — the hard-driving metal that has been a trademark since the early days of Skid Row — has fallen on hard times in recent years, with mainstream radio drifting
more and more toward teenybopper pop and toothless rock. But Bach points out that through it all, metal has retained a remarkable level of staying power. “The thing about hard rock and heavy metal is, once it gets in your soul, there’s really no music that’s like that. It’s just such harddriving riffs and vibe. I can’t put in a Katy Perry song and feel the same way as a Black Sabbath song. As far as metal goes, there’s no music like that,” Bach said. “There’s been so many genres over my career of 25 years that have come and gone, and it’s like Jack Black says, ‘You can’t kill the metal.’ Techno tried and failed. Punk tried and punk died. Grunge tried and grunge went away. There’s been so many kinds of flavor-of-themonth styles that have come and gone, but heavy metal — the songs last the test of time.” That’s not to say that the modern music scene hasn’t been a struggle for a die-hard
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metal icon like Bach. “There’s no radio anymore for rock ’n’ roll,” Bach said. “There’s like 15,000 or 17,000 stations in America, FM stations, and only 70 of them play rock ’n’ roll. And most of them play rock ’n’ roll BACH from 20 years ago. “So a guy like me, I can’t walk down the street because everybody freaks out because they all know me, but it’s almost impossible for me to get a brand-new song on the radio, because I’m too rock ’n’ roll for Nickelback stations. So I don’t fit in with that, but the stations that do play me can’t stop playing ‘I Remember You’ or ‘18 and Life.’ They just can’t fathom that there’s another song like that.” As for Toledo, Bach issued a challenge to Glass City metalheads for Feb. 3. “Well, No. 1, I hope they show up, because they didn’t last time,” he joked. “I was very surprised I’m even playing there. “So, impress me, Toledo. Let’s see what you got!” O Email Toledo Free Press Star Pop Culture Editor Jeff McGinnis at PopGoesJeff@gmail.com.
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