A trip through time— and along the Maumee
Would you enjoy taking a leisurely stroll along the downtown riverfront while learning about the area’s nautical history? The National Museum of the Great Lakes has released a new Port of Toledo audio tour through VoiceMap, a self-guided tour app. The recording features Tedd Long— author and curator of holytoledohistory.com— as he takes listeners on a trip through time with a walk along the Maumee. The tour is designed to begin at Middlegrounds Metropark (across from the Great Lakes Museum), taking walkers to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. bridge and back again. The recording costs $5.99. nmgl.org
Be inspired by United Way
The Women’s Initiative of United Way will host an event where women can be inspired and network with one another, while raising funds for a great cause. Pursuing Inspiration will be held on Tuesday, October 11 at 11:30am, hosted at The Premier, 4480 Heatherdowns Blvd. The featured speaker will be Amy Hall, a Toledo native and president of Ebony Construction. The event will also feature a raffle for a “super purse” full of luxury items. Proceeds will benefit the Dolly Parton Imagination Library program. facebook.com/womensinitiativetoledo
TMA touts 27 new acquisitions
Earlier this year, amid controversy over selling items from the TMA collection, the Toledo Museum of Art sold three works by Cézanne, Matisse and Renoir to raise funds to “diversify [the] collection.” TMA announced in July that it acquired 27 new works in 2022, including 11 that the Museum purchased. The new additions run the gamut with some objects dating to the fourth century B.C. along with works by African American artists, Indigenous artists and women artists strongly represented among the new holdings. “These new acquisitions demonstrate the Museum’s collecting strategy in action, with each curator adding superlative artworks to our collection,” Museum Director Adam Levine said.
PHOTO: Kerry James Marshall, Portrait of a Black Man in a World of Trouble
Wine gala raises funds for Mobile Meals
The wine will be flowing as Mobile Meals of Toledo’s popular fundraising event, “Sip, Sip Hooray,” returns Thursday, November 3. This year’s edition of the annual wine gala has been relocated to The Venues at 540 S St. Clair St. Featuring food and chefs from a variety of local restaurants, a lot of wine and even some bourbon, the evening will also feature performances by popular Toledo area cover band The 25s. Mobile Meals works to deliver meals to the elderly, ailing or homebound in the Toledo area, providing approximately 300,000 meals a year. $50. 6-10pm. To purchase tickets or donate, visit mobilemeals.org.