Toledo City Paper

06/11/2026

🌊 Slow down and find your balance with a free Tai Chi session this Saturday, June 13th at the National Museum of the Great Lakes 🌊

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Global Running Day 5K Set The Toledo Roadrunners Club, in partnership with Metroparks Toledo, will host a Global Running Day 5K on Wednesday, June 3 at 6:30pm at Swan Creek Preserve Metropark. The paved course is accessible for all ages and ability levels. The event includes a timed run, along with....

06/11/2026

⚽ The World Cup starts TOMORROW & The Full 90 Pub is downtown’s go-to soccer spot! ⚽

Catch a game or two & grab a Guinness at the pub hosted inside The Switchboard.

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The life of a soccer fan in the US can be lonely. While it’s undeniably building momentum, the world’s most popular sport is still relegated to second-class status Stateside— it languishes behind America’s “Big Four” -- football, basketball, baseball and hockey. But, every Saturday and S...

06/11/2026

Toledo's got a new gem on Monroe Street: Luxe Privé is a proudly Black-owned restaurant delivering soul food & craft cocktails.

Plus, weekly specials to keep you coming back:
🌮 $2 tacos & margaritas - Tuesdays
👶 Kids eat free - Wednesdays
🍽️ $15 lunch for city & Jeep workers - Thursdays
🎶 Brunch + live entertainment - Sundays

📍 1919 Monroe St.

Full review here: https://toledocitypaper.com/food-drink/chowline-de-luxe-prive/

06/11/2026

Former Toledo Jeep union steward Dan Denton just dropped his 1st solo poetry collection, Fight Songs for the Underdogs.

Denton is also the first poet published by UAW LOCAL 12's union journal.

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A Toledo autoworker channels working class grit and lived experience into his debut standalone poetry collection No matter the choices we make and the paths we follow, we all have dreamsgoals we set in place with the hope of fulfilling them. Daily life makes those goals difficult to attain, especial...

06/10/2026

⚾📖 Finch & Fern Book Co. is hosting a Bookish Gals' Night at the Toledo Mud Hens on June 13th! ⚾📖

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Authors! with Natasha Lester: Main Library The Toledo Lucas County Public Library hosts Authors! with Natasha Lester, a discussion with the bestselling author about her latest novel, The Chateau on Sunset. Hear about her writing process, career journey and the inspiration behind her feminist reimagi...

06/10/2026

TJ’s coming to TOL! 🙌

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06/10/2026

Plein air landscapes meet psychedelic photography in local artists' Leslie Dietsch and Jerry Gray's latest exhibit "Moments in Latitude"

The mixed media show is on view through June 21 at 20 North Gallery.

New 20 North Gallery show highlights two talented local artists Take mesmerizing plein air landscapes by Leslie Dietsch and combine them with psychedelic still photography courtesy of Jerry Gray, and you have one of the most fascinating art shows of the spring season, “Moments In Latitude,’ runn...

06/10/2026

🎭 Fiddler on the Roof takes the stage this weekend at The 10th Street Stage with Toledo Repertoire Theatre 🎭

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Live From New York! Miss Maybell & Charlie Judkins Miss Maybell and Charlie Judkins bring jazz, ragtime and blues to Tecumseh, MI, with the River Raisin Ragtime Revenue. The New York based duo, known for their vintage sound, drawing from 78 records and original sheet music, joins The River Raisin Ra...

06/09/2026

Award-winning author Dave Eggers (A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius) is coming to Toledo THIS Thursday!

He'll discuss his new novel Contrapposto at The Toledo Museum of Art's Peristyle Theater.

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Discussing his new novel Contrapposto Dave Eggers, award-winning writer and editor, visits the Toledo Museum of Art’s Peristyle Theater, Thursday, June 11. Eggers rose to fame from his 2000 memoir, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. He began his writing career with Salon.com and has been f...

06/09/2026

The pianist for The Roots & The Tonight Show is coming to Toledo THIS weekend!

RAY ANGRY MUSIC is collaborating with The Toledo Jazz Orchestra on June 13th at The Valentine Theatre!

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Member of The Roots plays with The Toledo Jazz Orchestra On June 13 at the Valentine Theater, The Toledo Jazz Orchestra (TJO) joins Ray Angry, an internationally known pianist, composer and record producer, best known for his role in The Roots, house band for NBC’s The Tonight Show.Angry’s resum...