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Rocker to sing solo, Live songs at casino on March 30.

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Rocker to sing solo, Live songs at casino on March 30.

Spirited musicianBy Vicki L. KrollToledo Free Press sTAr sTAFF WriTer

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Ed Kowalczyk, former frontman of the alternative band Live, was a South by South-west virgin.

“Very excited to be at my first SXSW! It’s been such a blast so far,” he wrote from Austin, Texas, in an email interview with Toledo Free Press Star. “Couldn’t imagine a more perfect way to introduce I Alone Acoustic. Such an eclectic and international gathering here in Austin; it’s going to be great.”

The singer-songwriter played songs from Live and his solo career at the annual event.

“I love my acoustic shows mostly for the intimacy and the rawness of the environment and production,” he wrote. “It takes a lot more to pull off a 90-minute set with just a mic and an acoustic guitar than with a band, so it’s very gratifying when it happens!

“Toledo will be my full band though; we’re gonna rock!”

Kowalczyk will play a free show at 9 p.m. March 30 in the Hollywood Casino Toledo H Lounge.

“I play lots of songs from my work in Live, including all the ‘hits’ — ‘Lightning Crashes,’ ‘I Alone,’ ‘The Dolphin’s Cry,’ etc.”

That set list may include cuts from his 2012 EP “The Garden.”

The title track packs a powerful chorus: “Take my hand like you did on the night you disappeared/ I found you sleeping in the garden I had sown/ For your love, for your love, I would die 10,000 times/ Just to take that pain and turn it into light/ Just to take that pain and turn it into love.”

“The basic lyrical idea behind ‘The Garden’ is that it’s always easier to find and follow the

road traveled, and harder to find and follow the one that is less traveled but leads to greater reward,” Kowalczyk wrote.

“I didn’t intend it consciously, but a lot of fans have said it recalls Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. I like that interpretation.”

The spirited musician gained a repu-tation by penning dynamic, mystical songs for Live. The group’s 1994 disc, “Throwing Copper,” launched the quartet thanks to “I Alone,” “All Over You,” “Selling the Drama” and “Light-ning Crashes.”

In 2009, the band went on hiatus, Kowalczyk recorded a solo disc titled “Alive” and the three other Live members formed The Gracious Few with a couple of friends from Can-dlebox. The break became per-manent — until 2011 when the three Live members reformed with a new lead singer.

Kowalczyk is working on a new disc and wrote that he hopes it will be out this fall.

“I may include at least one track [from ‘The Garden’] on the LP, but in any event, there will be 10 brand new tracks,” he wrote.

“A good song is one that touches the soul. Pe-riod. Most people don’t even know they have a soul, or they do and just forget like we all do some-times,” Kowalczyk wrote. “Then a great song comes along and blows open their heart and mind and points to a deeper reality.” O

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Ed Kowalczyk, former frontman of the alternative band Live, was a South by South-west virgin.

“Very excited to be at my first SXSW! It’s been such a blast so far,” he wrote from Austin, Texas, in an email interview with Toledo Free Press Star. “Couldn’t imagine a more perfect way to introduce I Alone Acoustic. Such an eclectic and international gathering here in Austin; it’s going to be great.”

The singer-songwriter played songs from Live and his solo career at the annual event.

“I love my acoustic shows mostly for the intimacy and the rawness of the environment and production,” he wrote. “It takes a lot more to pull off a 90-minute set with just a mic and an acoustic guitar than with a band, so it’s very gratifying when it happens!

“Toledo will be my full band though; we’re gonna rock!”

Kowalczyk will play a free show at 9 p.m. March 30 in the Hollywood Casino Toledo H Lounge.

“I play lots of songs from my work in Live, including all the ‘hits’ — ‘Lightning Crashes,’ ‘I Alone,’ ‘The Dolphin’s Cry,’ etc.”

That set list may include cuts from his 2012 EP “The Garden.”

The title track packs a powerful chorus: “Take my hand like you did on the night you disappeared/ I found you sleeping in the garden I had sown/ For your love, for your love, I would die 10,000 times/ Just to take that pain and turn it into light/ Just to take that pain and turn it into love.”

“The basic lyrical idea behind ‘The Garden’ is that it’s always easier to find and follow the

road traveled, and harder to find and follow the one that is less traveled but leads to greater reward,” Kowalczyk wrote.

“I didn’t intend it consciously, but a lot of fans have said it recalls Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. I like that interpretation.”

The spirited musician gained a repu-tation by penning dynamic, mystical songs for Live. The group’s 1994 disc, “Throwing Copper,” launched the quartet thanks to “I Alone,” “All Over You,” “Selling the Drama” and “Light-ning Crashes.”

In 2009, the band went on hiatus, Kowalczyk recorded a solo disc titled “Alive” and the three other Live members formed The Gracious Few with a couple of friends from Can-dlebox. The break became per-manent — until 2011 when the three Live members reformed with a new lead singer.

Kowalczyk is working on a new disc and wrote that he hopes it will be out this fall.

“I may include at least one track [from ‘The Garden’] on the LP, but in any event, there will be 10 brand new tracks,” he wrote.

“A good song is one that touches the soul. Pe-riod. Most people don’t even know they have a soul, or they do and just forget like we all do some-times,” Kowalczyk wrote. “Then a great song comes along and blows open their heart and mind and points to a deeper reality.” O

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On March 22, Leslie Adams attended a pri-vate event in Washington, D.C., where she was celebrated as being one of 48 artists included in the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition.

Her work will be on display at the Smith-sonian’s National Portrait Gallery for the next 11 months.

“For a portrait artist, it doesn’t get any better than the National Portrait Gallery,” Adams said. “Don’t let the term ‘gallery’ mislead you, it’s a beautiful, beautiful museum.”

The show, which opened March 23 and will run until Feb. 23, 2014, is located next to the Hall of Presidents.

“The exposure is going to be incredible,” Adams said. “When [people] walk out of the Hall of Presidents, it just falls into our gallery where our show is.”

This is the second time Adams has been

chosen for the competition, last time making it to the top 100, this year the top 48. Adams is the second person from Toledo recognized; David Eichenberg was a finalist in 2009.

“Probably close to 10,000 entries and two people from Toledo have been part of the show,” Adams said. “That’s a pretty big deal.”

Adams entered a charcoal-drawn self-portrait into the contest. The same portrait, featuring her sitting in front of MRI images of her brain, was featured in the Toledo Area Artists Exhibition. Since then, she has had a solo exhibition at the Toledo Museum of Art.

“It was that drawing that was the reason I had a solo show at the museum,” Adams said.

Adams heard about the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition while she was a member of the Portrait Society of America. The triennial ju-ried exhibition invites works in traditional media, including oil paintings, drawings and photographs, according to a news release.

Of the more than 3,000 entries, 48 were chosen to appear in the gallery. Seven of those 48 were se-

Capital portraitLeslie Adams honored in D.C. for charcoal drawing.

Leslie Adams. Cover and right, her charcoal self-portrait.TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAR FiLE PhOTO

lected for a cash prize. First place earned $25,000 and “a commission to create a portrait of a living individual for the museum’s permanent collection.”

The competition was started after Virginia Outwin Boochever left $2 million to the gallery when she died.

“The vision of Virginia Outwin Boochever was to increase awareness about portraiture as a vibrant art form,” said Wendy Wick Reaves, in-terim director of the museum, in a news release.

Adams was motivated by Boochever’s vision. “I think so many people walk in museums,

and with realistic portraiture … they think this is done from somebody a long time ago,” Adams said. “I think what she means is that there are still living, breathing people that paint portraits. It’s not a lost art; it’s not a dying art. It’s still a profes-sion and it’s just an amazing profession to be in.”

In Toledo, Adams spends her time painting political figures. Because of this, she took advan-tage of her time in Washington, D.C.

“It’s important to me to go to the capital to see the artwork there,” Adams said.

Adams has worked in Downtown Toledo for close to 20 years after growing up in the South End, she said. She worked out of another, smaller studio Downtown before moving to her current location on Huron Street four years ago.

Many of her clients are state senators, gover-nors and judges.

Each portrait requires an average of 400 hours of work by Adams and her assistants. Adams em-ploys a traditional technique of portrait painting, which consists of a lengthy process of drawing and painting multiple layers of flesh tones and light. Much of this process is spent really getting to know the subject, physically and on a personal level, Adams said.

Adams is also working on portraits of Paul Gillmor for the Ohio Senate and Justice Francis Sweeney and Judge Robert Morton Duncan for the Supreme Court of Ohio. O

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The first in the U.S. academic conference on heavy metal will bring the grit and glory of the genre to Bowling Green State University from April 4-7.

The idea for an American conference began in the late 2000s when BGSU’s Jeremy Wallach, Esther Clinton and Brian Hickam traveled to a scholarly heavy metal conferences in Europe.

“It was clear the whole metal studies thing was taking off and we had this idea that we would do a conference on heavy metal here in Bowling Green, which made sense for a lot of reasons,” said Wallach, an associate popular culture professor.

“Toledo’s always been a metal town and Ohio’s a metal state, especially in the northern part of the state. Toledo is part of the Rust Belt and in-dustrial wastelands have always been a part of the heavy metal mythos from the beginning.”

He added that it also made sense because he, Clinton and Hickam all worked at BGSU, al-though Hickam has since moved on to become the director of the Springfield Campus Library at Benedictine University in Springfield, Ill.

“The focus [of the conference] is on heavy metal, music and culture and it’s completely scholarly,” Hickam said.

The Heavy Metal and Popular Culture Inter-national Conference is free to attend. Registra-tion is encouraged although not required.

Matt Donahue, an instructor at BSGU and a member of the local heavy metal band MAD 45, said, “What’s awesome and a little bit different about this [conference] is it’s an international conference and people are coming in from all over the world. And the other awesome part about it is that it’s free.”

Donahue, who is also filming the conference for a potential documentary on heavy metal T-shirts, said he is especially looking forward to “Round-table: The Toledo Heavy Metal Scene,” set for 1 p.m. April 7 at the Bowen-Thompson Student Union. Donahue will moderate the panel, which will fea-ture several members of the Glass City music scene.

Clinton, a visiting assistant professor at BGSU, said she’s excited to see other members of the academic heavy metal community.

“A lot of the people who are coming are per-sonal friends. We’ve known them for a while. There’s only so many people who study heavy metal from an academic perspective,” she said.

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Laina Dawes will speak at BGSU’s Heavy Metal and Popular Culture conference.PhOTO COURTESY LAiNA DAWES

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Wallach said, “I’m very excited to hear the keynote speakers that we’ve brought in. They’re all, in their own way, very accomplished and brilliant commentators on heavy metal.”

Those speakers are Laina Dawes, author of “What Are You Doing Here?: A Black Wom-an’s Life and Liberation in Heavy Metal,” Keith Kahn-Harris, author of “Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge” and Robert Walser, au-thor of “Running with the Devil: Power, Gender, and Madness in Heavy Metal Music.”

Dawes, who is based out of Toronto, said it’s an honor to speak at the conference.

“It is really important and really special that this is happening in North America,” she said.

Dawes will present “Race, Gender and Au-thenticity in Extreme Music” at 11 a.m. April 6 in the BGSU Student Union Theater.

The author said she would address some of the reactions her book received. She said she was surprised by how many black men, who were heavy metal fans, approached and thanked her for the book.

“There’s an emphasis on them feeling very alone and not feeling that they have someone they really can talk to,” Dawes said. “This book to them represents, ‘Hey there’s somebody else who has felt the same way I feel’.”

Many of the women she interviewed for her book said they faced criticism of heavy metal not being “black” enough.

“The interesting thing … was that everyone I met and I interviewed was very adamant of the fact that they were very proud of their cultural heritages, and they also made great pains to track

heavy back to the blues era,” she said. “There’s always been a black presence in extreme music.”

Kahn-Harris will present his new paper, “Metal After Metal Studies: What Comes Next?” at 5 p.m. April 5 in the BGSU Student Union Theater.

Metal faces a potential crisis and is expanding in several different directions, Kahn-Harris said, adding that the Internet has also impacted how the music scene works.

“What we’re seeing is that while innova-tion is still possible of metal, we’re not seeing much in the way of historical progress,” he said. “It’s quite possible heavy metal will simply exhaust itself.”

Heavy metal has gone underground in the United States to an extent, Wallach said. He co-edited and wrote for the book, “Metal Rules the Globe: Heavy Metal Music around the World,” which profiles the music scene in several dif-ferent countries.

“A lot of bands skip the United States when they tour. They go to Latin America or Southeast Asia where they actually draw huge crowds,” he said.

Clinton added that the book and conference are alike in that people from several different countries are contributing.

Wallach emphasized that metal has not dis-appeared in the U.S.

“The biggest misconception about metal in the United States is that is doesn’t exist, that it’s gone the way of the T-rex and the velociraptor,” he said. “But it hasn’t. In fact, it’s more popular now worldwide than it’s ever been.”

For a complete schedule and to register, visit the web site http://bit.ly/bgconference13. O

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Esther Clinton and Jeremy Wallach brought the conference idea from Europe.PhOTO COURTESY CRAiG BELL

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The Toledo Chapter of PFLAG (Parents, Families, & Friends of Lesbians and Gays) is looking to increase its membership by moving meetings to a new location.

Because attendance tapered off, the group will kick off a monthly lecture series on March 28 to spark interest. The group will meet at Park Church, 1456 Har-vard Blvd. The first lecture, “Bul-lying: Some Facts and What You Can Do,” presented by Susan Telljohann and Sherry Tri-pepi, is 7 p.m. March 28.

“[Bullying is] a huge problem,” said Janis Sankowski, president of the Toledo chapter. “Bullying happens for many reasons; it doesn’t just happen because you’re gay. And so the information that will come from that lecture is important to anyone who has a relationship with children, teens or anyone.”

April’s lecture, “Gender Identity in Youth,” will tackle the topic of transgender youth and how to support them. Speaker An-tonia Caretto has worked with transgendered youth and specializes in the areas she will speak about. This lecture on gender identity

will be at 7 p.m. April 25.“In this area, [Caretto] probably has the most

knowledge in dealing with transgender youth,” Sankowski said.

The final lecture on May 23 will be led by the Rev. Ed Heilman of Park Church. Heilman will

talk about the religious rejection often faced by the LGBT community.

“Sometimes we question, ‘Should we meet in churches?’ It’s such a big issue,” Sankowski said. “That is a sore area for a lot of people in the LGBT com-munity because they have been

shunned by their churches and turned away. So it’s an impor-tant topic because [for some people] not only do they lose their families, they also might lose their faith.”

Sankowski said it is important to hear Heilman address the issue.

The lectures are open to the public and per-fect for anyone involved in the LGBTQ commu-nity, Sankowski said. She added the biggest goals of the lectures are to educate and provide a safe place for conversation.

The Toledo Chapter has been in existence since February 2011, with meetings the fourth Thursday of every month. Nationally, PFLAG is a nonprofit organization with more than 200,000 members. It was founded in 1972. O

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Parker will have plenty of time to spend with Newmar’s Princess of Plunder, as he’s joining artist Jonathan Case on a new DC comic book debuting this summer based on the classic show. The series will launch as a digital-only edition, and then be offered later as a print edition. The announcement came at a special party in Los Angeles where other merchandise based on the show was unveiled under the watchful eyes of the Caped Crusader himself, Adam West. In all, fans of “Batman” are being treated to a cornucopia of “Biff! Bam! Zowie” since the news last year that merchandising rights for the show had finally been made available after more than 45 years of legal wrangling.

“That show is still extremely cool and time-less,” Parker said. “I can watch it with my kids and we all enjoy ourselves. That’s the way I want the [comic] books to read.”

The writer kicked off his comic book career in the early 1990s, primarily as an artist, and worked for DC, Dark Horse and Image Comics until seg-ueing into scripting at Marvel Comics. There, he’s become well-known as the writer for a series of Hulk stories as well as lesser-known characters like

Agents of Atlas and Hercules. The Batman ’66 series marks his return to DC as well as a chance to revisit cherished childhood memories.

“This is one of those once-in-a-lifetime op-portunities where you get to do something for the child you used to be,” he said. “Eight-year-old Jeff who spent so much time making batarangs and capes would be doing backflips at knowing he’d be working on Batman ’66.”

DC also announced that the first story in the series will feature Frank Gorshin’s Riddler as the villain; art-work that was shown at the LA party revealed images of Cesar Romero’s Joker as well as, yes, Julie Newmar’s Cat-woman. The books’ covers will be provided by artist Mike Allred, a devotee of 1960s pop art sensibili-ties and one of the biggest fans of the Batman TV series alive today.

Diane Nelson, president of DC Entertain-ment, enjoys the quirky idea of a comic based on a classic, old-school television series being published digitally. “The juxtaposition of of-fering a retro Batman ’66 comic as a current and

modern digital first title is fun,” she noted in an official DC statement. “DC Entertainment is the

most prolific producer of digital first comics and, as we work to create new and compelling con-tent, this is a great way to also preserve the legacy of our char-acters. It’s exciting to roll out the new Batman ’66 comic as part of this bigger initiative with our Warner Bros. Consumer

Product partners.”A perusal of online com-

ments from fans concerning the announcement evi-denced excitement, but also some concern over whether DC, Parker and the rest of

the creative crew will “get it,” meaning, be able to under-stand the show’s multilayered

construction and success-fully translate that into a

modern comic. Joseph F. Berenato, one of the writers of “Gotham City 14 Miles,” a critical examination of the

show (edited by this author), questioned how the comic book would capture the unique feel of “Batman.” “Handling that specific level of camp may be hard to replicate,” he opined in a Face-book posting. “Especially when you no longer have the deadpan delivery that West gave us, or

the manic deliveries of Gorshin or Romero.”Along with the DC comic, fans will also be

able to procure a series of Mattel action figures based on the show this summer, a set of Batman Barbie dolls, various papergoods, apparel and housewares, as well as a special “Batusi” boxed Batman figure offered as an exclusive item at this year’s San Diego ComicCon. The sky’s now the upper limit in terms of what can be made from the show, with the license open to all manufac-turers and consumers waiting in line for over four decades with money to burn on Bat-products.

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The ArkThis intimate venue showcases acts from the A-list to the lesser known. 316 S. Main St., Ann Arbor. (734) 761-1451, (734) 761-1800 or www.theark.org. ✯ Alejandro Escovedo, the Sensitive Boys: 8 p.m. March 27, $25.✯ Thao & the Get Down Stay Down, Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside: 8 p.m. March 28, $15.✯ Suzanne Westenhoefer: 8 p.m. March 29, $26.✯ Frank Fairfield: 8 p.m. March 30, $15.✯ Carrie Rodriguez & Jack Torrey, Page Burkum: 8 p.m. April 2, $15.✯ The Tartan Terrors: 8 p.m. April 3, $15.

Bar 145°This new venue features burgers, bands and bourbon, if its slogan is to be believed. $5 cover. 5304 Monroe St. (419) 593-0073 or bar145toledo.com. ✯ David Shelby: March 28.✯ Your Villain My Hero: March 30.

B-Bop Records/Third SpaceOffering “organic music for the cyber age,” this music store offers vinyl, CDs, memorabilia and the occasional concert. Third Space, 137 N. Michigan St. (419) 535-1234, www.bboprecords.com or www.thirdspacetoledo.com.✯ Juanito Pascual New Flamenco Trio: 7-10 p.m. March 28.✯ Luna Moth: 7-10 p.m. March 29.

BGSU concertsThe university’s ensembles, choirs, quartets and more — and their friends — will present the music they’ve been perfecting. Halls are located in Moore Musical Arts Center, Willard Drive and Ridge Street, Bowling Green, unless noted otherwise. (419) 372-8171, (800) 589-2224, (419) 372-8888 or www.bgsu.edu/arts.✯ Christopher Fisher, piano: 8 p.m. March 29, Bryan Recital Hall.✯ Chamber jazz ensembles: 8 p.m. April 1, Bryan Recital Hall.✯ Vocal jazz ensembles: 8 p.m. April 2, Bryan Recital Hall.✯ Hugh Masekela: 8 p.m. April 3, Kobacker Hall, $24-$38.

The Blarney Irish PubCatch local acts while taking in the pub’s modern Irish and American fare. 601 Monroe St. (419) 418-2339 or www.theblarneyirishpub.com.

✯ Noise Pollution: 9:30 p.m. April 5.

Blind PigA variety of rock, soul, pop and alternative acts perform at this bar. 208 S. First St., Ann Arbor. $3-$20 unless noted. (734) 996-8555 or blindpigmusic.com.✯ Steddy P & DJ Mahf, Kadence, SA the Abolitionist, Tree City: 9:30 p.m. March 27.✯ Fly Union, Fowl, Clear Soul Forces, Gameboi, Metal Apes, Up in the Sky: 9 p.m. March 28.✯ Mustard Plug, Mixtapes, the A-Gang, Sailor Kicks: 9 p.m. March 29.✯ Back Forty, Hullabaloo Horns, Joe Latini, Joe Stanley, Chuck Moburg, Adam Labeaux, Gannon Alexander, mem-bers of Dragon Wagon, Covert, Jam Samich, Glowb: 9:30 p.m. March 30.✯ SpaceGhostPurrp: 8 p.m. March 31.✯ Charlene Kaye, Alexz Johnson: 9 p.m. April 2.✯ The Protomen, Burning Ponies, Snesei: 9 p.m. April 3.

Bronze BoarBe sure to check out this Warehouse District tavern’s name-sake, overhead near the entrance. 20 S. Huron St. (419) 244-2627 or www.bronzeboar.com.✯ Open mic: Thursdays and Mondays.✯ Swamp Kings: March 29.✯ Beg to Differ: March 30.

Caesars WindsorIf you have your passport, consider hopping the Detroit River for this casino’s entertainment offerings. Starting ticket prices, in Canadian dollars, are for the cheapest seats; at-tendees must be 19 or older. Caesars Windsor Colosseum, 377 Riverside Dr. East, Windsor, Ontario. (800) 991-7777 or www.caesarswindsor.com. ✯ The Doobie Brothers: 9 p.m. March 29, $25.

Cheers Sports EateryThis family-friendly eatery dishes up live performances … and Chicago-style pizza. 7131 Orchard Centre Dr., Holland. (419) 491-0990.✯ Boffo: 8:45 p.m. March 30.

Clazel TheatreThis venue has been rocking BGSU students (and others) for years. 127 N. Main St., Bowling Green. (419) 353-5000 or www.clazel.net. ✯ Of Mice & Men; Chunk! No Captain Chunk!; Goodbye Blue Skies; Affairs: 5 p.m. March 29, $15-$18.

Cock n’ Bull TavernAnother drinking-and-dining option has opened up near Fifth Third Field and will feature occasional musical perfor-

mances. 9 N. Huron St. (419) 244-2855.✯ Open mic with Breaking Ground: 9:30 p.m. Wednesdays.✯ Captain Sweet Shoes: 9 p.m. Thursdays.✯ John Barile & Bobby May: 6 p.m. Fridays.✯ Danny Mettler: 8:30 p.m. Sundays.✯ Jeff Stewart & the 25s: 9:30 p.m. March 29.✯ Arctic Clam: 9 p.m. March 30.✯ Chris Knopp: 9 p.m. April 2.

Dégagé Jazz CaféSignature drinks, such as pumpkin martinis, plus live local jazz performers. 301 River Road, Maumee. $5 weekends for cafe seating. (419) 794-8205 or www.degagejazzcafe.com.✯ Gene Parker & Friends: 7-10 p.m. March 27 and April 2-3.✯ The Trio featuring Mark Williams: March 28.✯ Skip Turner: 7:30 p.m. March 29-30.

The DistilleryThe mic is open on Sundays, but paid entertainers rock out Fridays-Saturdays. 4311 Heatherdowns Blvd. (419) 382-1444 or www.thedistilleryonline.com.✯ The Bridges: March 29-30.

Doc Watson’sNamed in honor of the owners’ forefather, this bar and res-taurant serves a variety of dishes and entertainment. 1515 S. Byrne Road. (419) 389-6003 or docwatsonstoledo.com.✯ Cliff Millimen: 10 p.m. March 29.✯ Rance Crane: 10 p.m. March 30.

Dorr St. CaféGrab a reuben or some fish while bobbing your head to some tunes. Southwest corner of Dorr Street at Reynolds Road. (419) 531-4446 or www.dorrstreetcafe.com.✯ Rance Crane: March 29.

EvolutionA club “for the mature crowd,” Evolution offers $5 martinis on Thursdays and the occasional live musical performance. 519 S. Reynolds Road. (419) 725-6277 or clubevolutiontol.com.✯ Alexander Zonjic: 7 p.m. March 28.

Frankie’sToledo’s venue for rock. 308 Main St. $5-$15, unless noted. (419) 693-5300 or www.FrankiesInnerCity.com.✯ Trouble Giant, Mercy Beach, Greenbelt Parkway: 9 p.m. March 28.✯ J.W. Carlson, Michael Corwin, Throw It to Erie: 9 p.m. March 30, free-$5.✯ Squid the Whale, Sleep City, Silent Lions, East Highland, A.M. Radio, Highwater: 6 p.m. April 2.✯ Flaming Hot Marbles, Black Swamp Rats: 9 p.m. April 4.

French Quarter J. Patrick’s PubLive entertainment after 9:30 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays. Hol-iday Inn French Quarter, 10630 Fremont Pike, Perrysburg. (419) 874-3111 or www.hifq.com. ✯ Andrew Ellis: March 29-30.✯ The Bradberries: April 5-6.

Greektown Casino-HotelThree stages — at Shotz Sports Bar, Bistro 555 and Asteria — offer competition for gamblers’ attention. 555 E. Lafayette Blvd., Detroit. No cover charge, unless noted; guests must be 21 or older. (888) 771-4386 or www.greektowncasino.com.✯ Daniel Harrison & the $2 Highway: 5-9 p.m. Wednesdays, Asteria.✯ Christina & Joey: 9:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Shotz.✯ Pete “Big Dog” Fetters: 8 p.m. March 29, Asteria.✯ Neon: 9:30 p.m. March 29, Shotz.✯ Motor City Mix: 8 p.m. March 30, Asteria.

Grounds for ThoughtThis BG coffeehouse serves a mean brew of blues, jazz, rock and more by the world famous and locally renowned in an intimate setting. 174 S. Main St., Bowling Green. (419) 354-3266 or www.groundsforthought.com.✯ MAD 45: 7 p.m. April 5, free.

H LoungeThe newly opened Hollywood Casino Toledo offers musical distractions from all the lights, noise and jackpots. 777 Hol-lywood Blvd. (419) 661-5200 or www.hollywoodcasinotoledo.com.✯ Remedy: 9 p.m. March 29.✯ Ed Kowalczyk: 9 p.m. March 30.✯ Moon Dogs: 9 p.m. April 5.

Hamway’s on the MainLive entertainment on Friday and Saturday nights gets a side order of steak, seafood and prime rib at this 30-year area institution. 5577 Monroe St., Sylvania. (419) 885-0290 or hamwaysonthemain.com.✯ Clifford Murphy & Mike Whitty: Saturdays.✯ B.J. Love: March 29.✯ J-Bone & Friends: April 5.

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The Happy BadgerThis shop features fair trade foods and natural products, in-cluding talent, which will be featured in a series of musical brunches and dinnertime entertainment. 331 N. Main St., Bowling Green. (419) 352-0706 or www.happybadger.com. ✯ Ben Barefoot, John Dorsey: 6 p.m. March 30.

HeadlinersAll ages, all genres are welcome. 4500 N. Detroit Ave. Ticket prices vary between $5 and $15, unless noted otherwise. (419) 269-4500 or www.headlinerstoledo.com. ✯ Orgy, Vampires Everywhere, Davey Suicide: March 28.

Kerrytown Concert HouseThis venue focuses on classical, jazz and opera artists and music. 415 N. Fourth Ave., Ann Arbor, Mich. $5-$30, unless noted. (734) 769-2999 or www.kerrytownconcerthouse.com.✯ St. Olaf College Piano Tour: 8 p.m. March 27, free.✯ Barbara Wisse, Mark Kahny: 8 p.m. March 28, free.✯ Creative Arts Orchestra, Thollem McDonas: 8 p.m. March 30.✯ Songs for Survivors: 7 p.m. March 31.

Manhattan’sThis “slice of the Big Apple” in the Glass City provides enter-tainment most weekends. 1516 Adams St. (419) 243-6675 or www.manhattanstoledo.com. ✯ Zac Kreuz: 6-9 p.m. March 28.✯ Buddy Boy Slim & the Blues Rockers: March 29.

MGM Grand DetroitLive music rings out over the slots and croupiers on the weekends in the Int Ice lounge. 1777 Third St., Detroit. (877) 888-2121 or www.mgmgranddetroit.com.✯ Solo piano: 6-8:30 p.m. March 29.✯ Persuasion: 9 p.m. March 29.✯ Robin Horlock: 9 p.m. March 30.

Mickey Finn’sA variety of genres to wash your drinks down with. Open mic nights, 8 p.m. Wednesdays, no cover; $5-$7 cover other nights. 602 Lagrange St. (419) 246-3466 or www.mickey-finnspub.com.✯ Native: March 27.✯ Wheeler Brothers, What Made Milwaukee Famous: March 29.✯ David Mayfield Parade: April 3.

Motor City Casino/HotelThis casino’s Sound Board offers big names, big sounds and a big experience. 2901 Grand River Ave., Detroit. Guests must be 21 or older. (866) 782-9622 or www.motorcitycasino.com.✯ The Infatuations, Lewis Hensley: 7:30 p.m. March 27, free.

✯ Rachelle Ferrell: 8 p.m. April 4, $36-$38.The casino’s Chromatics Lounge also features live perfor-mances. ✯ Killer Flamingos: 7 p.m. March 27.✯ Brena: 7 p.m. March 28.✯ Dave Hamilton: 5:15 p.m. March 29 and 7 p.m. April 2.✯ Phase 5: 10 p.m. March 29.✯ Cancel Mondays: 5:15 p.m. March 30.✯ Serieux: 10 p.m. March 30.✯ Hidden Agenda: 3:30 p.m. March 31.✯ George Brothers: 7 p.m. April 1.✯ Simone Vitale: 7 p.m. April 3.

One2 Lounge at TreoLive music starts at 7:30 p.m. 5703 Main St., Sylvania. (419) 882-2266 or treosylvania.com. ✯ Organized with Tim Tiderman: March 29.✯ Staving Chain: March 30.

Ottawa TavernCasual meals and bingo and trivia nights with weekend entertainment. 1815 Adams St. (419) 725-5483 or www.otavern.com. ✯ The Soil & the Sun, Kellen & Me: 10 p.m. March 28.✯ Shivering Timbers: 10 p.m. April 4.✯ Jackie Stabb: 10 p.m. April 5.

Potbelly Sandwich ShopWhat began as an antique store in Chicago turned into a string of more than 200 eateries nationwide, including To-ledo. All of the shops feature live music. 4038 Talmadge Road. (419) 725-5037 or www.potbelly.com.✯ Jamie Mills: Noon-2 p.m. Fridays.

The Pour HouseThis bar was founded by local musicians with a focus on the tunes (and a good time). 7430 W. Central Ave. (419) 450-3234 or (419) 307-9691.✯ Steve Mullan: March 28.✯ Joe Woods: March 29.✯ Calen Savidge: March 30.

Robinwood Concert HouseA home for the avant garde and untraditional, this Old West End venue hosts artists on the experimental end of the mu-sical rainbow. 9 p.m., 2564 Robinwood Ave. $5 donation, unless noted. www.toledobellows.wordpress.com.✯ Sult: April 5.

Shawn’s Irish TavernFounded in 1968, this Celtic-style bar and eatery offers entertainment at its three locations. 4400 Heatherdowns Blvd., (419) 381-1281; 105 S. Third St., Waterville, (419) 441-1081; and 7436 W. Bancroft St., Sylvania, (419) 724-7981. www.shawnsirishtavern.com.✯ Johnny Rodriguez: 9:30 p.m. March 27 and 29, Toledo.

Stella’sNouveau cuisine gets a helping of music Thursdays through Saturdays. 104 Louisiana Ave., Perrysburg. (419) 873-8360 or www.stellasrestaurantandbar.com. ✯ Eddie Molina: March 28.✯ Brian Bocian: March 29.✯ Don Coats: March 30.

SwigAnyone curious about this charcuterie can check out the menu while also sampling some music Tuesdays through Saturdays. 219 Louisiana Ave., Perrysburg. (419) 873-6224 or www.swigrestaurantandbar.com. ✯ Scott Biddle: March 28.✯ Captain Sweet Shoes: March 29.✯ Joe Woods: March 30.

Table Forty 4Upscale dining plus live entertainment is a welcome combi-nation. Music starts at 9:30 p.m. and concludes at 1:30 a.m. 610 Monroe St. (419) 725-0044 or www.tableforty4.com.✯ Nine Lives: March 29-30.

Tequila Sheila’s DowntownThis corner bar-type hangout offers the occasional bit of entertainment. 702 Monroe St. $3. (419) 241-1118.✯ Frankie Corleone: March 29.✯ T.J. Steinfurth: March 30.

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The Village IdiotTunes combined with pizza and booze, some would say it’s a perfect combination. 309 Conant St., Maumee. (419) 893-7281 or www.villageidiotmaumee.com.✯ Old West End Records: 8 p.m. Wednesdays.✯ Bob Rex Trio: 6 p.m. Sundays.✯ Frankie May and friends: 10 p.m. Mondays.✯ John Barile & Bobby May: 8 p.m. Tuesdays, $5.✯ Dragon Wagon: 10 p.m. March 29, $5.✯ Rob Duskey and the Rounders: 8 p.m. March 30, $5.

Ye Olde Durty BirdA full bar featuring frozen drinks and multiple happy hours (4-7) on weekdays, plus salads, soups and sandwiches, ac-company live entertainment four nights a week. 2 S. St. Clair. (419) 243-2473 or www.yeoldedurtybird.com.✯ Dan Stewart, Frankie May: 7 p.m. March 27.✯ Jamie Mills: 7 p.m. March 28.✯ Ben Barefoot: 8:30 p.m. March 29. ✯ Ronn Daniels: 8:30 p.m. March 30.✯ Jeff Stewart: 7 p.m. April 3.

ElixerThis two-man band (consisting of Dave Rybaczewski and Walter Guy) performs Beatles songs acoustically. www.beatlesebooks.com/elixir.✯ 8-11 p.m. March 30, Basin St. Grille, 5201 Monroe St. (419) 843-5660.

SwingmaniaWith its focus on swing music, Jeff McDonald’s group of musicians provides a peek into another era, with music from bandleaders such as Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, the Dorseys and more. With combos from trio to full orchestra, the performers provide music for all occasions. (419) 708-0265, (419) 874-0290 or www.swingmania.org.✯ 8-10:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Trotters Tavern, 5131 Heather-downs Blvd. (419) 381-2079 or (419) 708-0265.

Jazz on the MaumeeThe Art Tatum Jazz Society will provide smooth, cool “Twilight Jazz” along the river, appetizers included. 5:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Grand Plaza Hotel’s Aqua Lounge, 444 N. Summit St. $5-$15. (419) 241-141 or www.arttatumsociety.com. ✯ Chris Buzzelli, Eric Dickey, Lori LeFevre-Johnson: March 27.

✯ Josh Silver, Steven Knurek, Damen Cook: April 3.

UT concertsThe university’s music students and friends will perform the pieces they’ve been perfecting. (419) 530-2452 or www.utoledo.edu/as/music.✯ Percussion ensemble: 8 p.m. March 28, Center for Per-forming Arts Recital Hall, Tower View Boulevard and West Campus Drive.✯ Jazz Night: 7:30 p.m. April 1, Crystal’s Lounge, Ramada Hotel & Conference Center, 3536 Secor Road. $3-$5. (419) 535-7070.✯ Jazz ensemble: 8 p.m. April 2, Center for Performing Arts Recital Hall, Tower View Boulevard and West Campus Drive. $3-$5.✯ Spring Festival of New Music: 7 p.m. April 3-5, Center for Performing Arts Recital Hall, Tower View Boulevard and West Campus Drive. $3-$5.

Tenebrae Cathedral Choir This ensemble will sing from the triforium choir loft for this somber and reflective service of Holy Week. Paul Monachino will direct the choir in traditional Latin motets, psalms and the Lamentations of Jeremiah. 7:30 p.m. March 27, Our Lady, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral, 2535 Collin-gwood Blvd. www.rosarycathedral.org.

Good Friday Stations of the Cross The “Via Dolorosa” will resound with scripture, music and ritual in a solemn remembrance on this most holy of days. Noon and 7 p.m. March 29, Trinity Episcopal Church, 1 Trinity Plaza. (419) 243-1231 or www.trinitytoledo.org.

We the KingsThe Bradenton, Fla., band behind emo tunes like “Check Yes Juliet” and “We’ll Be a Dream” will perform. 7:30 p.m. March 29, Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty St., Ann Arbor. $20-$30. (734) 768-8397, (734) 668-8463 or www.mich-theater.org.

Scholars of a Different NoteThis concert series features BGSU vocal and instrumental music students. 7:30 p.m. April 2, Wildwood Preserve Me-tropark Manor House, 5100 W. Central Ave. (419) 407-9700 or metroparkstoledo.com. ✯

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A new restaurant in Rossford is offering unique ways for diners to sample and share a diverse selection of Far East dishes, owners say.

Flame Asian Tapas Bar & Grill, 27250 Crossroads Pkwy., opened its doors March 11. The menu features a variety of Chinese, Korean and Japanese-fusion dishes. The eatery also has a tapas menu, which allows guests to pick and choose smaller portions of the full dinner en-trée selections, as well as other creatively di-minutive designs.

Tapas, originating in Spain, is a style of dining in which a variety of small or sample-sized food plates are passed around and shared amongst a group.

Flame co-owner Li Yu explained that the time is right for Toledo to hop on the tapas train.

“It is actually a huge growing trend, if you look at any of the major cities,” Yu said. “We thought the timing was great right now for To-ledo, just because people are actually demanding more options in a sense. They can come in and order different options, but they don’t have to pay for a bunch of different entrees. It’s a great concept, all the way.”

Flame is not the first culinary venture for Yu. He is also the owner of Spicy Tuna Sushi, located at 7130 Airport Hwy., Holland. He has been in the restaurant business for about 25 years. He

worked at his family’s restaurant, Fu Yi Chinese, a longtime local favorite, which was located where Spicy Tuna is now.

“After [Fu Yi] closed, I got out of the restau-rant business for a while,” Yu said. “I got into outside sales for a home improvement company. Then my wife and I thought, ‘Hey, let’s go back and do what we do best.’”

Yu said he thought it would be a wise decision to bring in a couple of partners to help him run Flame, so he called on two longtime friends for support.

Partner Young Ko has known Yu for around 25 years. He explained that Flame’s location, situ-ated right next to Crossroads Centre on U.S. 20, was a big part of the appeal.

“The biggest attraction is the amount of devel-opment on Route 20 here. It’s growing,” Ko said.

Partner Don Yi has known Yu for more than a decade. He recently completed his term with the military after serving for eight years, and he decided he wanted to get involved with the res-taurant business.

“I wanted to be along for the ride,” Yi said.An acquaintance from Spicy Tuna pointed Yu

and his partners to Flame’s location. In December 2011, the Crossroads area became known as an entertainment district. With that title, the state issued more liquor licenses for the area.

“Once that was official, [Crossroads] perked a lot of interest from outside investors,” Yu said. “We thought it was a good opportunity.”

The menu, aside from tapas, features Chi-

nese classics like almond and kung pao chicken, pork, beef or shrimp. Fans of spicy Korean cui-sine will notice the bibimbap, which is white rice topped with beef, veggies, fried egg and Korean hot sauce.

The tapas menu features sushi, salads, spring rolls, tempura and smaller portions of most of the entrée items. Different chicken wing sauces are also offered, featuring names like Lava King, Yu-Shan Say What, Szechuan Hot Mama, Bankok You So Hot and Teriyaki Me Love.

The drink menu includes martinis like the Dirty Geisha and Forbidden Green Tea and a di-verse wine, sake and beer selection.

Diners familiar with sushi houses will recog-nize the menu and ordering format, which is de-signed much like a sushi menu.

“We sort of decided to copy a bit from Spicy Tuna,” Yu said. “People tend to come in and order two or three different [items] like dim sum or sushi, where you mark the quantity you want.”

Flame is open 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday-Thursday and 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday lunch hours are 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., followed by happy hour from 2:30-4:30 p.m., during which everything on the menu (both food and drinks) is $1 off. For more information, call (419) 972-2262, or visit the website www.FlameAsianTapas.com. O

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Jeff Kies and Bruce Rahe, the men behind Perrysburg’s 5th Street Pub, are two of the 35 people in the United States who have been certified to make authentic Neapolitan pizzas.

The two were trained in New York by Ro-berto Caporuscio, who owns Keste Pizzeria. The eatery specializes in pizzas as they were made in Italy 150 years ago. Kies and Rahe own 5th Street Pub with Kies’ wife Melissa.

“It’s a real art form, this kind of pizza; it’s unchanged for 150 years,” Kies said. “We liter-ally made hundreds of pizzas every day that just went in the trash.”

The pizzas consist of three ingredients — tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese and basil leaves — which together represent the Italian flag. The difference is in the details, Kies said. There is less yeast in the dough and nothing is added to the tomato sauce. There are also specific ways to lay the toppings and stretch the dough.

Wood-burning ovens cook these pizzas at 1,000 degrees in 90 seconds, but Kies said it takes skill to not burn them when making a few at a time.

During their training, New York was struck by Hurricane Sandy, which Kies said “hit the brakes” on the process.

“There [were] no cars on the road, it was al-most like a zombie movie, just thousands and thousands of people walking, trying to find a place to stay,” Kies said.

Keste was not damaged in the storm, but because police were evacuating the area, the pizza students walked 53 blocks north to Don Antonio (another restaurant owned by Capor-uscio) to continue training.

“They didn’t have any power either, but the wonderful thing about this particular kind of pizza is the dough does not require refrigera-tion … and the oven requires wood to burn,” Kies said. “So when we got to Don Antonio’s in the middle of Hurricane Sandy, we were

still able to, basically by candlelight and the light of the fire in the oven, continue to prac-tice making pizzas.”

Kies said it was a “crazy, awesome” experience.“It’s kind of a rare opportunity to have some-

body as well-known as him and as tuned in to this style of pizza to pass down these generations of knowledge,” Kies said.

After their training, Kies and Rahe received a certification to make the authentic pizzas and are not allowed to make them any other way. They are subject to unannounced inspections by Caporuscio in the future.

“These Italians, they are hardcore about their pizza,” Kies said. “It is a religion to them.”

Kies said he looks at pizza differently since going through the training.

“I don’t ever want to down American pizza because that’s not what we’re about,” Kies said.

Kies said the pizza they sell at 5th Street is more about the palate and flavor.

“I look at pizza with a whole new respect because there’s a history to it that I never knew about,” Kies said. “I call it an adult pizza. It’s the kind of pizza you go out for. I’d say 95 percent of [the toppings] are all im-ported from Naples.”

Upon walking in the door, the first thing guests see is the wood-burning oven. The pizzas are a huge part of their menu right now, Kies said. They cost between $10 and $16.

“I tell people, ‘The pizzas are great but the meatballs are the best damn things on the menu,’” Kies said. “I haven’t let anybody down yet, as far as I know.”

Thought up by Rahe, the meatballs are sau-téed to order and made in wine-based sauces. They are served four different ways and range in price from $6.50 to $7.50.

“I wouldn’t be surprised if, in the fu-ture, these meatballs take over the pizzas,” Kies said.

The pub opened two weeks ago and is located on 105 W. 5th St., Perrysburg. The restaurant is open 3 p.m. to midnight Sunday-Friday and 11:30 a.m. to midnight Saturdays.. For more in-formation, visit facebook.com/5thStreetPub. O

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large figure, to be sure — but Craw-ford argues that his size gives him certain advantages when it comes to relating to his audience.

“I think being a big guy, I give them a comfort zone,” Crawford said in an interview with Toledo Free Press Star.

“They see you being a big guy, and you’re happy with yourself. Be-cause everyone has insecurities. I don’t care if I’m the best-looking guy to the most beautiful woman in the world — [there’s] something she don’t like about herself. So when I’m up there, it seems like I take away their fears, I take away my fears, you know? Because I got a high es-teem of myself. I don’t care what America thinks about me, I think I’m beautiful.”

The self-confident Crawford will bring his big frame and even bigger heart and sense of humor to the Funny Bone at Fat Fish Blue in Perrysburg for a three-night stint beginning March 28.

“I love it,” Crawford said of stand-up. “It’s al-most like it’s my therapy. Some person who’s not good at it, it could probably be a trial by fire, a living hell burning up in your butthole or some-thing. For me, it’s like heaven, you know. I’m in control of my own destiny. Nobody can stop me.

“You just share with some people, and I feel like I’m healing people, because they’re laughing, released from their worries for a while. It’s a great feeling, man. Once I got good at it, I couldn’t see myself doing nothing else.”

It took some effort for the 44-year-old comic to break into the business that has become his passion. He knew he had a knack for making people laugh, cracking up his then-girlfriend with impressions of fellow parishioners at his church and sharing funny stories about his life. But she wasn’t exactly supportive of his hope to turn his abilities into a career.

“She told me not to try it. She thought I would do bad — she wanted to see me crash and burn, you know?” Crawford said. “I kept calling the Funny Bone in St. Louis, where I’m from. I called and called and called and called, and I finally got a call back. They put my name on the list, finally.

“When I went up, I just asked God — I said, ‘God, if I get one laugh, I’m making a career’.”

He got a lot more than one laugh that first night, and many more in the 23 years that have passed since. And as his delivery and material crystalized into what it is today, Crawford said he gained a greater grasp of his ability to control how an audience reacts to him.

“I’ve grown so much where, now, I can have faith; where now, it’s like a natural muscle now, you know. No matter what happens in the au-dience, I have complete control over my mind, and I have complete control over myself on the

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went from the level of an excerpt in the main-stream comedy world to an exclamation point. What I did was get into the homes of families who might not have ever heard of me if it wasn’t for ‘Last Comic Standing.’ It was a lot of fun.”

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