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Fleming brings 'Brightness of Light'
On Friday night, the Toledo Museum of Art will be filled with light and the rich voice of one of opera’s soprano superstars Renee Fleming and the acclaimed baritone Rod Gilfry. Together they will present The Brightness of Light, as the singers and Kevin Puts, the composer, mix music, the beautiful letters between artist Georgia O’Keeffe and photographer Alfred Stieglitz — artists, lovers, husband and wife, and each other’s muses — as well as images of O’Keeffe’s famous paintings as the Toledo Symphony Orchestra plays the song cycle, says Merwin Siu, TSO’s artistic administrator and principal second violinist. From 1916 to Stieglitz’s death in 1946, the two exchanged some 25,000 pieces of paper, sometimes writing to each other multiple times a day. These letters were not text messages, Siu said.
Hendel: Libbey House continues tea tradition
TOLEDO is filled with rich history and many buildings have been preserved so people in the community can tour the buildings, many which hosted soirees back in the day. THE Libbey House Foundation and Women of the Old West End presented a Harvest High Tea on Sept. 22 at the historic Libbey House. Outside of the nearby battlefields at Fallen Timbers and Fort Meigs, the house, built in 1895, is the only National Historic Landmark in the proper city of Toledo. It was the home of Edward Drummond Libbey, a businessman who revolutionized the glassmaking industry in the United States. He founded the Toledo Museum of Art, with his wife, Florence Scott Libbey, in 1901. There were three seatings to accommodate everyone, many who wore hats for the occasion. Teas, tea sandwiches, and desserts made by the Women of the Old West End were served.
Presence of mind: Sylvania spiritual practice grounded in new physical space
A fourth-generation University of Toledo graduate is creating a space in downtown Sylvania that will carry her parents' legacy forward. Isabella Weik is opening the Toledo Mindfulness Institute, a yoga studio and place of meditation at 5648 Main St. in Sylvania, where each visitor will be reminded of living in the present. It is exactly where Weik, 24, lives each day, though her enthusiasm for the future of her new endeavor cannot be tamed. It overflows as she gently touches her sound bowls: a call to be aware of now. “I can't separate the mindfulness practice from who I am,” she said.
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