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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.”
St. Tim's drops '24-'25 Discovers lineup
The St. Tim’s Discovers music series has announced its 2024-2025 lineup, all presented in St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church in Perrysburg. The St. Timothy’s Perrysburg Foundation said that the artists on tap are familiar to northwest Ohioans but new to the Discovers venue. The series kicks off Oct. 6 with a concert by Michael Boyd, recently retired from the University of Toledo, who will perform sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti, and works by Claude Debussy, Spanish composer Rodolfo Halffter, and Fanny (Mendelssohn) Hensel, as well as an Earl Wild arrangement of Fantasy on Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin. On Nov. 24, Aaron Rutter, violin; and Susan Bernard, piano, will present a program of Spanish music classics. On March 30, Toledo Symphony bassist Aaron Keaster and Michelle Keaster, music director for Monclova Christian Academy, will present original songs and stories from Aaron Keaster’s four published children’s books.
Ready to roll: Local, international films highlight Maumee Film Fest slate
Lights! Camera! Action! The Maumee Film Festival is back. After a four year hiatus, the international film festival will return to the Maumee Indoor Theater (601 Conant St.) on Saturday and Sunday for a two-day celebration of film craft. Films will be shown in both screening rooms at the theater beginning at 11:30 a.m. Among the nearly 70 films submitted—which includes entries from Canada and Mexico—are two short films from Samantha Ryan, a Williams County native, Reunions In Heaven and Love Undead. Ryan first began making films when she was 12 and credits her biggest filmmaker inspirations as James Cameron and Rob Zombie. Ryan’s films screen back to back in the 7:30 p.m. block on Saturday evening, which is a series of short films made by Ohio filmmakers.
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