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Bombay Kitchen still packs flavorful punch
There are not a ton of options when it comes to Indian food in the city of Toledo, but for my money Bombay Kitchen is one of the best options you can find. Located near the Franklin Park Mall in West Toledo, the restaurant offers a variety of options and corners of the menu that provided much to enjoy over a series of visits. On our first visit, my two dining companions and I focused on the traditional Indian food offerings, the richly sauced and meaty rice dishes that the subcontinent is known for. I had the Chicken 65 ($14.29 for a medium). I found this to be different from the butter chicken I had ordered in the past and thoroughly enjoyed, with maybe a little bit thinner sauce, but I still was a fan of the deeply roasted flavor that came from the pepper infused base, which was the perfect level of hot based on what I ordered.
Soup mode: Finding comfort in comfort foods this fall
Fall is arguably one of the most comforting times of year — when soup season is in full swing. All of a sudden, homes become filled with wafts of autumn aromatics, simmering stews, and a plethora of warmth. A staple in the Coppel household during the cooler months is my Aunt Bert’s Chili. Well, she’s really my great great aunt Bert, and her recipe has been passed down to generations of Coppels for more than 100 years. My dad, Steve Coppel, has been making this very recipe for decades. This hearty chili is packed with seasoned ground beef, kidney beans, tomatoes, and more, and it’s often what my family will make for football game days or Halloween parties. I prefer my chili to be topped with loads of cheddar cheese, a sprinkle of cilantro, a handful of Fritos, a squeeze of lime, and a big ole’ dollop of sour cream. Cornbread on the side wouldn't hurt either.
Role playing: Complex characters enliven beloved Italian opera
Audiences have been known to boo baritone Corey Crider. “They love it when I die,” he said of the audience. Crider seems affable, yet sometimes, people say, he can be a villain with no redeeming qualities. That is when he portrays Baron Scarpia in Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca at the Valentine Theatre Oct. 18 and 20. He’s the character who lusts after the titular character, Floria Tosca, and is the main reason she and her lover, the painter Mario Cavaradossi, can be together only in death.
Special Events: Search for braaaains at Imagination Station's Science After Dark: Zombies
Join the Toledo Ghost Hunters Society as they discuss various paranormal investigations around the Glass City on Saturday at 2:30 at the West Toledo Branch Library, located at 1320 Sylvania Ave. Admission is free, but registration is required. Ages 18+. For more information, visit toledolibrary.org. ■ Come to Sylvania for great autumn fun at the Sylvania Fall Festival on Saturday and Sunday in the downtown area. For nearly 40 years, the Sylvania fall fest has been the place to enjoy music, arts and crafts, food, and games. Saturday runs from 4 to 10 p.m. and Sunday runs from 10 a.m. to...
Review: 'Tosca' remains fresh on Toledo Opera stage
The Toledo Opera will open its 2024-2025 season with Tosca, an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, Friday. The opera debuted 124 years ago, but the old warhorse — the opera, not Floria Tosca — never seems to age. Maybe it’s because of the plot. Maybe it's because of Puccini’s drama-heavy score. Maybe it’s because companies like the TOA and directors such as Jeffrey Buchman, conductors like Geoffrey McDonald, singers like Brendan Boyle, Lindsey Anderson, Corey Crider, and other talented cast mates and chorus, keep the work one of the world’s most popular. Maybe it’s all of the above. At any rate, TOA’s production strikes all the right notes, keeping the production set in Napoleonic days, using the traditional sets, and imbuing the chief of police, Baron Scarpia, with the perfect amount of sleaze.
Meet award-winning artists from Perrysburg Sculpture Walk
The public is invited to the Perrysburg Sculpture Walk Jury awards at 2 p.m. Saturday at Woodlands Park, 429 E. Boundary St. Mayor Tom Mackin and curator Robin Ballmer will present the awards. A walking tour will take place before the award presentation, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Attendees will have the opportunity to view the winning sculptures and meet the award-winning artists. Andy Sacksteder won $2,000 for Best in Show for his work Tree Hugger, which also received the Mayor’s Choice Award. George Farbotko received $1,000 for his first place piece, Abiding Observer, while Michael Young received $750 for his second place work, Quantum Flock. Honorable mentions went to Mike Sohikian for Balance 1 and Bryant and Sharon Tubbs for their piece Odyssey.
Verdi opens Detroit Opera season with traditional option
As the Toledo Opera rolls out its new season with a traditional performance of Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca, about 60 miles up I-75 North, the Detroit Opera opens its season. And for fans who like a traditional take, says Jennifer Melick, the Detroit Opera’s communications and media relations manager, they should travel to the Motor City to see its version of Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata before the other productions take a few liberties with Georg Friedrich Handel’s Rinaldo, or Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte. The season ends with Central Park Five, which made its debut in 2019. “For the people that want something a little more traditional, this is the show for them, for sure,” Melick said. “The winter and spring opera season will be more of what you might expect from the company, our identity.” That means the Detroit Opera isn’t afraid to shake the dust off the oldies, those mainstream productions of Verdi, Puccini, Mozart, Gaetano Donizetti, and Vincenzo Bellini.
Rock of ages: Expert on Ethiopia shares insights into rock-hewn structures
With a rich history of arts and architecture dating to before the Queen of Sheba, seeing Ethiopia's treasures safely outside of the African country is always a treat. Even Michael Gervers, a professor of history and an expert on Ethiopia working at the University of Toronto-Scarborough, has not trekked that country's mountains and deserts since 2020, when civil war erupted. “I am very happy about this exhibition in Toledo,” said Gervers, who will be delivering a lecture, Rock-Hewn Churches and Sacred Groves: Architecture as the Home of Religion and Art in Ethiopia, at the Toledo Museum of Art from 2 to 3 p.m. Saturday. “It is very rare in North America. “It is like a banquet. It is a joy,” he said of the collection of 225 historical and contemporary items being exhibited as part of the Toledo Museum of Art's exhibit, Ethiopia at the Crossroads.
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