Winter Dance Concert at BGSU
A Winter Dance Concert, hosted by the Bowling Green State University Dance Program, will be held tonight
and Saturday at 8 p.m. at the Wolfe Center for the Arts Donnell Theatre.
The concert features choreography by dance program faculty Kristi Faulkner, Colleen Murphy, Tammy Metz
Starr and Tracy Wilson, as well as graduate student Adrienne Ansel, and undergraduate dance minor Alec
Batton.
Dance majors and minors have been rehearsing for the performance since the fall semester. The concert
highlights versatility in the BGSU Dance Program, with modern, jazz and tap dance on display.
Tickets are $10 and must be purchased online at https://commerce.cashnet.com/BGSUEDHD1
Contact Colleen Murphy [email protected] for information.
Listen to jazz at Way
PERRYSBURG — Way Public Library presents an evening concert featuring the Bowling Green State University
Jazz Faculty Trio. This event will take place on the library’s main level at 7 tonight. Admission is
free and open to the public, and no registration is needed.
The BGSU Jazz Faculty Trio includes Ariel Kasler performing on guitar and piano, Jeff Halsey on bass, and
David Bixler on alto saxophone. Light refreshments and hot beverages, including hot chocolate and Maddie
and Bella coffee, will be offered throughout the evening.
For more information, visit waylibrary.info or call 419-874-3135, ext. 119.
Watch ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ at Way
PERRYSBURG — Way Public Library’s contemporary film series, Show Me the Movie, continues on Tuesday at 2
p.m. with a crowd-pleaser from 2018. Based on the global bestselling novel by the same name, “Crazy Rich
Asians” is a romantic comedy with the premise that “The only thing crazier than love is family.”
The story follows Rachel Chu, an American-born Chinese economics professor, who travels to her
boyfriend’s hometown of Singapore for his best friend’s wedding. It turns out that boyfriend Nick is
from an impossibly wealthy family and is perhaps the most eligible bachelor in all of Asia. Naturally,
this causes every single woman in his ultra-rarefied social class to be incredibly jealous of Rachel—and
determined to bring her down. (Adults only/Rated PG-13/2 hours)
Seating is limited; first-come, first seated. Refreshments will be served. For more information, visit
waylibrary.info or call 419-874-3135 ext. 119.
Chamber series continues
PERRYSBURG — The second Chamber Concert Series of the Perrysburg Symphony Orchestra will be on Feb. 15 at
7:30 p.m. in Zoar Lutheran Church at 314 E. Indiana Ave. The orchestra is under the leadership of Travis
Jurgens, music director.
This evening’s musical venue will feature only the Symphony’s Brass Quintet. Their varied music
selections will range from the staid baroque period to rollicking Irish tunes, jazzy ragtime and lyrical
sentimental songs.
The quintet members are: Roger Short, trumpet; Tom Darlington, trumpet; Pete Vavrinek, horn; Jeff Hlutke,
trombone; and Ken Graham, tuba. The quartet personnel will offer brief remarks to the audience
describing their selections.
Jurgens and the symphony board expressed the desire to bring orchestral music to the community on a more
frequent basis and organized the Chamber Series. This is in addition to sponsoring three yearly
regularly scheduled concerts. Tickets may be purchased on line at www.perrysburgsymphony.org or at the
door. Tickets are $15 adults and $10 seniors, Students with identification admitted free. The building
is handicapped accessible, and there is ample parking.
Hear music in Lake Twp.
MILLBURY — A Music Night at Lake Township will be held Feb. 15 at the administration building.
Blades of Bluegrass will perform from 6:30-8 p.m.
The March 15 act will be Wolf Creek Risin’.
Reel Art presents of ‘Big Night’
PERRYSBURG — Way Public Library’s Reel Art International and Art Film Series continues on Feb. 15 at 7
p.m. with a free screening of “Big Night.”
Tony Shalhoub and Stanley Tucci play Italian brothers/restaurateurs Primo and Secondo in a comedic drama
which also stars food—glorious, delectable food. Primo is the gifted chef who is determined not to
squander his talent on routine fare, while Secondo is the smooth front-man in charge of financial
matters. The art and history of Italian cuisine is juxtaposed with the business of running a restaurant
when the brothers plan a lavish feast of incredible dishes in a final effort to save their struggling
restaurant in New Jersey. (Adults only/In English and Italian/1h 49min)
The film will be shown in the Mercy Health Family Activity Room at Way. Admission is free and open to the
public. Refreshments will be served.
For more information, visit waylibrary.info or call 419-874-3135, ext. 119.
Simons will discuss artist experience at museum
TOLEDO – Sheri Simons, a Detroit-native known for her large-scale installations related to sound and
movement, will participate in the Guest Artist Pavilion Project at the Toledo Museum of Art from Feb.
20-March 1. She will give a free artist talk on Feb. 22 at 7 p.m. in the GlasSalon.
During her GAPP residency, Simons will work with the Glass Studio team on how to incorporate active
audience participation in experiencing her glass works, as well as techniques related to both casting
and glassblowing.
“We are going to be doing some experimental work with anti-fogging agents in the glass and how that can
be used to create patterns or messages when the audience breathes into the object,” said Alan Iwamura,
the museum’s glass studio manager. “A lot of Simons’ work is interactive with sound and touch, so this
idea is a new and interesting opportunity to engage the audience with the art.”
In addition to maintaining a studio practice, Simons is also a professor in the sculpture area of the
Department of Art and Art History at California State University, Chico.
The Guest Artist Pavilion Project, or GAPP, brings in both glass artists and contemporary artists who are
willing to explore the use of glass in their work and to be inspired — without restriction — by the TMA
collection, studio facilities, and staff.
See ‘Impossible Builds’ at Way
PERRYSBURG — On Feb. 21 at 2 p.m., WGTE and Way Public Library present a screening of “Impossible
Builds.” Follow the build to make living beneath the waves into a reality as a team in Dubai attempts to
construct a floating house combining the best of land and marine design. Will they achieve the
impossible?
There will be a discussion afterward. This program is free and open to the public; refreshments will be
served. For more information, visit waylibrary.info or call 419-874-3135, ext. 119.