Dettmer will give reading at library
Sentinel-Tribune columnist and Bowling Green author Herb Dettmer will give a book reading at the Wood
County District Public Library, 251 N. Main St., on Wednesday at 1 p.m.
Dettmer will read from “Others,” a Christian and patriotic inspirational book of verses, poems and
prayers
“‘Others’ is an excellent resource for personal reflection as well as group study or discussion,” Dettmer
said. “Not all authors of religious or inspirational books are pastors, theologians or Biblical scholars
– some are ‘regular people,’ who have a deep belief in God. I have assembled a collection of
thought-provoking inspirational verses, poems and prayers.
The book was inspired by the writings of a close family friend and pre-ministry student, Herbert Fish,
who joined the Army after Pearl Harbor to fight for God and freedom. Though he was killed in action on
Okinawa, through his words, his commitment of service to God and to the nation lives on in “Others.”
The book will also be available for purchase.
Multimedia masterpiece, Different Trains, to be shown
TOLEDO — An important reminder of one of the greatest tragedies in human history, Different Trains, a
large-scale video installation spanning nearly 25 feet, will occupy the Toledo Museum of Art’s Canaday
Galley from Feb. 9-May 5.
The work about the Holocaust is both historically important and aesthetically impressive. The 29-minute
film will run on a continuous loop and features the 1988 musical score by American Steve Reich, recorded
by the Kronos Quartet and visually reinterpreted by Spanish filmmaker Beatriz Caravaggio.
Reich’s 1988 score is a beautiful and emotionally charged rumination on the train journeys of his youth
and of the horrific deportation trains of the Holocaust. As a child, from 1939 to 1942, Reich made
numerous cross-country train trips from New York to Los Angeles to visit his divorced parents. As an
adult, Reich pondered what would have happened to him, a young Jewish boy, during that same period in
Europe; as Reich safely traveled by train to his family, European trains were simultaneously deporting
Jewish children to concentration camps. He composed Different Trains in 1988, a work for string quartet
and sampled recorded voices. The work was awarded the 1989 Grammy for the Best Contemporary Classical
Composition.
Created in 2016, Caravaggio’s Different Trains sets Reich’s score to an archival film montage that lends
new depths and insights to the original musical composition.
‘Rhythm’ dances into Toledo
TOLEDO — The Broadway In Toledo Series welcomes “Rhythm of the Dance” to the Stranahan Theater for a
March 2, 8 p.m. show.
Tickets can be purchased at the Stranahan Theater Box Office, 4645 Heatherdowns Blvd., online at
BroadwayInToledo.com or by calling 419-381-8851. Group orders of 10 or more may be placed by calling
866-314-7687.
The pulsating rhythms, pure energy and melodic music in “Rhythm of the Dance” have entertained more than
7 million fans spanning 50 countries in the past 20 years.
Dance, music, songs and culture from pre-Celtic times to modern day sounds are fit into a two-hour
concert. Dancers sometimes have seconds to make 25 costume changes during the show. The live band
consists of musicians who play a vast array of musical instruments.