(Compiled from press releases and announcements)
Creativity Comes Alive at TPS Fine Arts Festivals
Enjoy the creativity of Toledo Public Schools, as students put their artistic and musical talents on display during the upcoming Fine Arts Festival series.
The TPS Fine Arts Festival events are free and open to the public:
Thursday, Feb. 27 from 5-7 p.m. Scott High School
Thursday, March 13 from 5-8 p.m. Waite High School
Saturday, March 15 from 9:00 a.m.-Noon Bowsher High School
Wednesday, March 19 from 5-7 p.m. Jones Leadership Academy of Business
Wednesday, March 19 from 6-8 p.m. Start High School
Thursday, March 20 from 5-8 p.m. Woodward High School
Friday, March 21 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Rogers High School
Upcoming Red Cross blood drives
The American Red Cross Blood Donation Center is holding blood drives at the Toledo Blood Donation Center at 3510 Executive Parkway in Toledo on Sundays, Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays: 7 a.m. – 3 p.m., and on Tuesdays and Thursdays: 10:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Community blood drives:
Holland
Feb. 27: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. | Springfield Twp Hall, 7617 Angola Rd.
Maumee
Feb. 22: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. | Heritage Church of God, 3520 Strayer Rd.
Feb. 28: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. | Maumee Indoor Theatre, 601 Conant
Feb. 28: 12 p.m. - 6 p.m. | Maumee United Methodist Church, 405 Sackett
Toledo
Feb. 26: 12 p.m. - 6 p.m. | Church of St. Andrew United Methodist, 3620 Heatherdowns
Feb. 26: 2 p.m. - 7 p.m. | American Legion Hall, 2020 West Alexis Road
Feb. 27: 12 p.m. - 6 p.m. | Elks Lodge #53, 3520 North Holland Sylvania Rd.
Whitehouse
Feb. 19: 12 p.m. - 6 p.m. | Whitehouse American Legion, 6910 S. Providence
Judy Collins plays at The Stranahan
Singer/songwriter, activist, author, poet and icon Judy Collins is celebrating her 85th birthday this year on tour nationwide. Tickets can be purchased here.
Wednesday, March 12: Doors open at 7:30 p.m. at The Stranahan Theatre, 4645 Heatherdowns Blvd., Toledo.
TPS Kindergarten Open House
If you have a child who is five years old or will be five years old by Sept. 2025, TPS is offering a chance to meet the Kindergarten teachers and principals at their elementary schools. No RSVP required. Call 419-671-9101 for more information.
Thursday, March 6: 5-7 p.m. at all TPS elementary schools.
35th Annual Black History Month Concert with Toledo Symphony Orchestra
St. Martin de Porres Parish welcomes Maestro Antoine Clark, the Toledo
Symphony Orchestra and The Voices of BGSU for their 35th Annual Black History Month
Concert. This is the longest running neighborhood concert series.
Sunday, Feb. 23: 5 p.m. at St. Martin de Porres, 1119 West Bancroft St., Toledo. Doors open at 4:30 p.m.
Rudolph Libbe Group companies to support National Go Red for Women Day
Rudolph Libbe Inc. and GEM Inc. employees will wear red, eat heart healthy food and learn more about heart health from Jan. 31 to Feb. 17 to support the American Heart Association’s National Go Red for Women Day.
Whitney Keeler, development director for Northwest Ohio chapter of the American Heart
Association, will present an educational program, materials on heart health and demonstrate the use of a hands-on AED at all locations. There will be blood pressure checks at both northwest Ohio locations.
Monday, Feb. 17: A Heart Healthy Lunch from Noon to 1 p.m. at GEM Inc.’s Lima, Ohio office, 155 Eastom Circle, Lima.
UToledo recognized as nation’s leading research institution
The University of Toledo is recognized among the country’s top-tier research universities with the prestigious R1 Classification.
UToledo earned the recognition for very high research activity in the latest Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education announced in February 2025.
Universities that achieve this highest research designation average at least $50 million in total annual research spending and award at least 70 research doctorates annually.
Sip, Savor & Stroll patrons can win a gift card prize pack
The Heights Toledo recently announced that patrons of downtown Toledo’s Sip, Savor, & Stroll: A Downtown Martini and Mocktail Experience, running from now until Feb. 23, can visit any of the participating bars and restaurants, take a photo of their featured drink using the hashtag #SipSavorStroll, and tag @downtowntoledo in their post. On Feb. 24, a winner will receive a gift card prize pack. Learn more about the event here.
