Events
AUTUMN TRAIN & NORTH POLE EXPRESS at NWORP
Through Jan. 4
The Northwest Ohio Railroad Preservation pumpkin train will run in November every Saturday and Sunday. Come out to their new location at 12505 County 99, Findlay. Pumpkins are available at $2.50 each. The new location is one mile east of the old site behind Vorst Custom Cabinet Shop and Lewis Dental. NWORRP will start the North Pole Express the weekend after Thanksgiving, Nov. 28, through Jan. 4, 2015. It will run Friday and Saturday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Sundays from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. This is an outdoor ride so dress for the weather. Admission: $2 adults and $1 children 12 and under. Time: 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Location: Northwest Ohio Railroad Preservation, 12505 County 99, Findlay.
GLASS CITY RECORD SHOW
Nov. 16
Come check out the Glass City Record show Sunday, Nov. 16. You can buy, sell or trade everything from vinyl, CDs, tapes, posters, 45s, 78s, movies and all kinds of music. Admission: $1. Time: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Location: Knights of Columbus Hall, 4256 Secor Rd., Toledo. Information: www.glasscityrecordshow.com or 419-874-1725.
DIAMONDS AND DENIM
Nov. 18
The Toledo Opera Guild will host Diamonds and Denim, a fundraiser for the Toledo Opera at the Toledo Club in downtown Toledo. Guests are encouraged to wear their best denim, most brilliant glitz, or both. The first 100 guests to arrive at the party will receive a complimentary glass of champagne. Each glass will hold a gem, with one being a loose diamond. A buffet will be available and a cash bar will be open. Music will be provided by jazz musician Calvin Hughes and rock and roll cover band Second Wind. There will be silent and live auctions. All event proceeds and auction and wine sales will benefit the Toledo Opera. Admission: Tickets are $50 per person or $100 for the 1 Carat Level, which includes a ticket to the Toledo Opera’s Feb. 11 performance of the American opera “Susannah”; and $200 2 Carat Level, which includes the Feb. 11 opera. Time: 7 p.m. Location: Toledo Club, 235 14th St., Toledo. Information: Rebecca Conklin Kleiboemer at 419-429-9152 or rckleiboemer@gmail.com.
VISUALLY SPEAKING: MUSEUM DIRECTOR TO PRESENT AT UF
Nov. 20
Brian Kennedy, president, director and CEO of the Toledo Museum of Art, will focus on image interpretation and use in his presentation titled “The Importance of Visual Literacy” in the Mazza Museum’s Virginia B. Gardner Fine Arts Pavilion. Kennedy is multifaceted in his knowledge of the inner workings of a museum and in his understanding of the role a museum must play in the life of the greater community. Creating an inviting and comfortable place that is appealing to a broad and diverse public continues to identify Kennedy’s leadership style. Kennedy is a native of Ireland who holds a doctoral degree in art and art history from University College in Dublin. During his past four years at the Toledo Museum of Art, he has developed and implemented a strategic plan that has included sustainability, diversified programming, notable acquisitions to the museum’s holdings and varied educational opportunities. Admission: Free. Time: 3:30 p.m. Location: Mazza Museum, University of Findlay, 1000 N. Main St., Findlay. Information: www.findlay.edu.
INTERNET GENEALOGY CLASS
Nov. 22
As the Internet has grown so have resources available for genealogists. Making the most of subscription-based resources is the focus of the Internet Genealogy II Class at the Hayes Presidential Center. The class is sponsored by RootsMagic. Pre-registration is required. Call 419-332-2081, ext. 231, or email bhill@rbhayes.org. Hayes Presidential Center Head Librarian Becky Hill, an experienced genealogist, is instructor. She introduces attendees to such sites as Ancestry.com, HeritageQuest, Fold3.com, NewEnglandAncestors.org, and Archives.com. Hill offers tips on how to efficiently search these sites, as well as how to print out and share what you find. The Research Library at the Hayes Presidential Center is home to one of the area’s most comprehensive collections of genealogy resource materials. Knowledgeable staff always is on hand to help with questions and advice. The library offers several computers that can be used by the public free of charge. All of the paid-subscription genealogy sites discussed at the class can be accessed for free using these computers. Admission: $10 adults and $5 students. Time: 9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Location: Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, the corner of Hayes and Buckland avenues, Fremont. Information: www.rbhayes.org or 419-332-2081.
HOLIDAY LANTERN TOURS
Nov. 29, Dec. 5, 6, 12 and 13
Reservations are now being accepted for the popular Holiday Lantern Tours at Sauder Village. This annual celebration of a turn-of-the-century Christmas has become a holiday tradition for families throughout the region. Again this year, the flicker of a candle-lit lantern will light the way as a costumed guide takes groups on a journey to meet historical characters in the 1910 Homestead, the District 16 Schoolhouse, St. Mark’s Church and the Elmira Depot. Guests can help string popcorn in the Grime Homestead, make a paper chain to decorate a tree in the school, join in a hymn sing and receive a special gift appropriate to the early 1900s in the Village Church. While this is a family-oriented program it may be too long for preschoolers and younger children. Pre-registration is required for the Holiday Lantern Tour at Sauder Village. Admission: $12 adults, $7 children ages 3 and up. Time: 4 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Location: Sauder Village, 22611 Ohio 2, Archbold. Information: www.saudervillage.org or 800-590-9755.
Music
HARPIST BRIDGET KIBBEY
Nov. 20
Tickets are available for the next performance in the 2014-15 Bluffton University Artist Series, by harpist Bridget Kibbey, Thursday, Nov. 20, in Yoder Recital Hall. Kibbey, a Findlay native, received a 2004 Avery Fisher Career Grant and won the Concert Artist Guild’s 2007 International Competition and Astral Artist Auditions, and the Classical Recording Foundation’s 2012 Young Artist Award. The Juilliard School graduate is often featured with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and is the founding harpist of the International Contemporary Ensemble and Metropolis Ensemble. In addition, she is a harp faculty member in the Juilliard Pre-College program and at New York University and the Bard College Conservatory of Music, also in New York. Admission: $25 adults, $20 senior citizens and non-Bluffton students, $10 for children ages 6-13 and free for children 5 and under. Time: 7:30 p.m. Location: Bluffton University, 1 University Drive, Bluffton. Information: tickets.bluffton.edu.
Theater
‘LAURA’
Nov. 13-16
The Toledo Rep’s Main Stage production of “Laura” is based upon the 1944 film noir classic, Detective Mark McPherson investigates the murder of the enigmatic Laura Hunt. When Laura miraculously arrives on the scene, it becomes even more urgent to unmask the murderer. Written by Vera Caspary and George Sklar and directed by Wesley Skinner. Admission: $22.75 for adult with dinner at The Blarney’s, $19.75 adult, $17.75 seniors 60 and over, $9.75 students 13 to college and $4.75 for children 12 and under. Group rates are available. Time: 8 p.m. Thursday through Sunday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Location: Toledo Repertoire Theater, 16 Tenth St., Toledo. Information: www.toledorep.org or 419-243-9277.
FIVE LIVE “” AN EVENING OF ONE-ACT PLAYS
Nov. 21-23
This year RTTG will offer five short plays with a wide range of subject matter to make a full evening of drama and comedy. Included is an outer space play by celebrated science fiction writer Ray Bradbury; a comical consideration of cockroaches; two modern pieces that examine contemporary problems and a delightful version of Romeo and Juliet written in the style of Dr. Seuss! A part of The Ritz family since 2007, RTTG is a group of young performers from area schools dedicated to exploring theatre beyond the high school musical. Admission: $10 adults, $5 students. Time: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Location: The Ritz Theatre, 30 S. Washington St., Tiffin. Information: Ritz Education Director Dianne Pytel at 419-448-8544 X112 or dianne@ritztheatre.org.
HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR
Nov. 20-22 and Dec. 5-7
Ohio Northern University’s Freed Center for the Performing Arts presents the 20th annual ONU Holiday Spectacular. In addition, there will be performances at the Civic and Convention Center in Lima on Dec. 5 through 7. Start off the holiday season with festive carols, lavish sets, ballerinas, the ever-popular toy soldiers, the man in red himself, Santa Claus, and a few surprises at this year’s Holiday Spectacular. The holiday mystery centers on the misadventures of Trixel, a trouble-making elf who steals Santa’s magic compass prior to Christmas eve. This sends Mrs. Claus and Pixel the elf on a journey to find the invaluable tool so that Santa can deliver his gifts. There is plenty of song, dance and humor along the way. This year, the cast consists of more than 40 students and 16 area children. The performance is under the direction of Kirsten Osbun-Manley, resident artist in music and co-director of the musical theatre program at ONU. Gina Wiley, artistic director and owner of The Dancer By Gina in Delphos, Ohio, will serve as choreographer, and Michael Jordan will serve as ONU’s musical director. Admission: $15 general admission, $12 seniors, $10 ONU faculty and staff and $5 for students and children 12 and under. All tickets for the Lima performances are for general admission seating and are available for $5 at all Kewpee locations and at the Freed Center. Time: 7:30 p.m. Nov. 20 through Nov. 22 and 2 p.m. Nov. 22. 7:30 p.m. Dec. 5 and 6 and 2 p.m. Dec. 6 and 7. Location: Ohio Northern University, 525 S. Main St., Ada, and Civic and Convention Center, Lima. Information: www.freedcenter.com or 419-772-1900.
Exhibits
ARTIST AND ILLUSTRATOR C.F. PAYNE
Through Dec. 12
C.F. Payne is a nationally recognized contemporary artist and illustrator of children’s books. Payne’s work will be on exhibit in the Mazza Museum’s Lea Gallery. Some of Payne’s work includes “The Remarkable Farkle McBride” and “Micawber” written by John Lithgow. His artwork also has been featured in numerous magazines, including Reader’s Digest, Sports Illustrated, MAD Magazine, Rolling Stone, Time Magazine, The New York Times Book Review and The Atlantic Monthly. Payne has been commissioned to paint politicians, authors and entertainers. Over the course of his career, Payne has exhibited work at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, the Society of Illustrators Museum of American Illustration in New York, New York, the Cincinnati Art Museum, and at numerous college and university galleries. Payne received a bachelor of fine arts degree from Miami University, Oxford, in 1976 and began a freelance career in 1980. He resides in Cincinnati and serves as a professor of illustration at the Columbus College of Art and Design. Admission: Free. Hours: 8 a.m.-8 p.m. daily. Location: Mazza Museum, University of Findlay, 1000 N. Main St., Findlay. Information: www.findlay.edu.
‘TIME/LINE’
Through Nov. 25
Bluffton University’s Sauder Visual Arts Center will host “Time/Line,” drawings by Boston-based artist Kevin Townsend, in the Grace Albrecht Gallery. Townsend is an educator as well as an artist and a former master printer for Hand Print Workshop International. He has taught at several colleges of art and has also served as a visiting artist/educator and curriculum developer, having done both at Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art. Admission: Free. Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Location: Bluffton University, 1 University Dr., Bluffton. Information: www.bluffton.edu.
PROFESSORIATE: THE UNIVERSITY DOES ART
Through Dec. 20
“Professoriate: The University Does Art” a group exhibit featuring recent work by university faculty in northwest Ohio, has opened at ArtSpace/Lima. The exhibit will bring together works by 17 university faculty members in the departments of art at Bluffton University, University of Findlay, Ohio Northern University, The Ohio State University at Lima and Bowling Green State University. Participants in Professoriate have national and international reputations that extend well beyond the borders of northwest Ohio. Artist/faculty who will be participating in Professoriate include: from Bowling Green State University: Dennis Wojtkiewicz, Janet Ballweg, and Chelsea Younkman; from Bluffton University: Phil Sugden, Andreas Baumgartner, Jim Fultz and Gregg Luginbuhl; from the University of Findlay: Ed Corle, Laura Barnhardt Corle, Valerie Escobedo and Spencer Cunningham; from The Ohio State University at Lima: Ed Valentine; and from Ohio Northern University: Melissa Eddings, William Mancuso, Luke Sheets, Brit Rowe and Emily Jay. Admission: Free. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday. Location: Ellen Nelson Gallery, ArtSpace/Lima, 65-67 Public Square, Lima. Information: Bill Sullivan, operations manager, at 419-222-1721.
KRISTAN LANTOSH
Through November
During the month of November Kristan Lantosh will be the featured member at The Gaslight Gallery. Lantosh has a background in fine art, and has pursued many different types of needle crafts and jewelry design. Currently Lantosh has quilting, sewing and jewelry instructors to further develop her talents. Many handcrafted items that make great gifts for the holidays will be featured including: Peyote stitch beaded bracelets, rings and earrings, elegant Swarovski crystal bracelets, sterling silver wire wrapped pendants, semi-precious stone necklaces and earrings, Viking knit bracelets, flannel baby rag quilts, crocheted scarves and jean purses. Admission: Free. Hours: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday and 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday. Location: The Gaslight Gallery, 117 E. Crawford St., Findlay. Information: www.thegaslightgallery.org.
LOOKS GOOD ON PAPER: MASTERWORKS AND FAVORITES
Through Jan. 11
Featuring the best of the TMA Works on Paper collection, “Looks Good on Paper” contains approximately 100 prints, drawings, watercolors, pastels, books and photographs selected for their major significance and universal appeal. Included are works by Albrecht Dürer, Rembrandt van Rijn, Francisco Goya, Vincent van Gogh, Henri Matisse and Roy Lichtenstein, a first-edition King James Bible and pages from the Gutenberg Bible, photographs by Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Steichen and Diane Arbus and more. Admission: Free. Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday. Location: Toledo Museum of Art, Works on Paper Gallery, 2445 Monroe St., Toledo. Information: www.toledomuseum.org or 419-255-8000.
Ticket Watch
Tickets are now on sale for the following events:
Foreigner — Nov. 16, 7:30 p.m., Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park, Northfield. $61.50-$90.90; 330-920-8040, www.ticketmaster.com.
Martina McBride — Dec. 4, 7:30 p.m., Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park, Northfield. $58.85-$90.90; 330-920-8040, www.ticketmaster.com.
Trans-Siberian Orchestra — Dec. 26, 3 p.m. and 8 p.m., Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland. $32.50-$72.50; 888-894-9424, www.theqarena.com/events/.
Ariana Grande — March 5, 7:30 p.m., Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland. $29.50-$69.50; 888-894-9424, www.theqarena.com/events/.
Mike + The Mechanics — March 15, 7:30 p.m., Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park, Northfield. $51-$90.90; 330-920-8040, www.ticketmaster.com.