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ESPN BET Sportsbook to be unveiled at Hollywood Casino Toledo on Friday
TOLEDO, Ohio — Hollywood Casino Toledo is set to unveil its newly branded ESPN BET Sportsbook and Restaurant on Friday. The space is located on the main casino floor next to Final Cut Steakhouse and features three betting windows, 19 betting kiosks, 13 video poker machines and over 40 HDTVs, including a 460-square-foot jumbotron.
Gospel singing group The Back-Ups to perform concert at Blissfield Emmanuel Church
BLISSFIELD — The public is invited to attend, and bring a friend, to a Sunday evening gospel music concert in Blissfield at Emmanuel Church. The 6 p.m. program Sunday, Sept. 29, will feature gospel music performed by The Back-Ups, a signing group from the Clayton United Methodist Church. “They got their name because they...
Banned books event on UT campus draws the curious
A steady influx of people roamed the first floor of the Carlson Library as the University of Toledo’s 27th Banned Book Vigil took place Thursday. Warren Woodberry, 87, was one of 14 speakers at the event organized in coordination with the American Library Association. “My book was banned,” Mr. Woodberry said. “My book was on the rights of women. I put it in my church and they banned it.” For We Are Strangers, his self-published book, dealt with discrimination toward women within different religious contexts, and he said that was why the assistant pastor of his church in New Orleans, banned it. Women being able to preach from the pulpit was controversial for his particular denomination of Christianity at the time. He declined to identify which denomination.
Beyond soup: Empty Bowls event stays a diverse, unique benefit
Despite how it may sound, soup bowls weren’t even close to being empty at the 4th annual Empty Bowls event. The fund-raiser took place at the Crosby Conference Center within the Toledo Botanical Garden on Friday. The local non-profit Food for Thought joined with the Toledo Potters Guild to bring this luncheon to life, inviting guests to try homemade soup from area restaurants and chefs out of a handcrafted bowl. “We try to switch up the restaurants to keep it fresh,” said Tonya Scherf, the executive director for Food for Thought. “We’ve had everyone from Fowl and Fodder to Registry Bistro, [and] SAME Cafe. … We do try to mix it up a bit.”
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