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1 month ago | 
toledoblade.com | Jason Webber
The band Amaryllis takes its name from a beautiful flower with a repugnant smell that lead singer Hailey Kozey’s grandmother grew in her garden. But to be sure, the band’s music does not stink. Quite the opposite. As one of the few female fronted rock bands in Toledo — not to mention having a female bassist — Amaryllis sticks it to the musical patriarchy with a raw yet tuneful sound.
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1 month ago | 
toledoblade.com | Jason Webber
E.M. Anderson, author of The Keeper of Lonely Spirits, loves graveyards. When she needs to clear her head, the 34-year-old writer walks around the peaceful serenity of Woodlawn Cemetery and loses herself amidst the headstones. It’s a ghostly hobby for a ghost-friendly writer. Anderson’s new book The Keeper of Lonely Spirits, published by HarperCollins, is exactly the sort of book one would expect from someone who respects the dead as much as Anderson.
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1 month ago | 
toledoblade.com | Jason Webber
When Rachael Kuecher gets on the phone, you can hear the cacophony of New York in the background — the constant blaring of car horns from the swarm of taxi cabs that populate the city that never sleeps. But Kuecher (pronounced ‘keek-er’) is unbothered by the noise, even though New York City is a long way from her hometown of Oregon.
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1 month ago | 
toledoblade.com | Jason Webber
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1 month ago | 
toledoblade.com | Jason Webber
One of Toledo’s best kept musical secrets is the band Organic Ingredients, which can be tasted every Wednesday evening at the Tip Jar (formerly Mutz), in the basement of the Maumee Bay Brewing Company at 27 Broadway St.Organic Ingredients gets its name from the Hammond organ played by Tim Tiderman as well as the collaborative nature of the group, specializing in jazz, funk, and soul standards that stir up old memories while giving the songs a fresh-sounding musical sheen.
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1 month ago | 
toledoblade.com | Jason Webber
Toledoan Alanna Lynise has advanced to the next round on Season 27 of The Voice after securing a spot with Kelsea Ballerini’s team. On Monday as the world watched, Lynise performed a powerful rendition of “Issues” by Julia Michaels, which garnered a positive result from the seated celebrity judges during the blind audition portion of the show. Lynise, 21, said she was “all nerves” as she stood in the wings of the stage at Universal Studios waiting for the biggest moment of her career.
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1 month ago | 
toledoblade.com | Jason Webber
The new art exhibit Nothing is Yours at the downtown gallery River House Arts combines the works of two contemporary artists — Loren Eiferman and Madhurima Ganguly — into one fascinating show. Remember finding that perfect stick when you were out in nature as a kid? Eiferman certainly does. Eiferman, born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., gets up most mornings and goes for a walk in her neighborhood, looking for sticks that she can transform into her artwork.
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1 month ago | 
toledoblade.com | Jason Webber
Like his hero George Lucas, filmmaker Kevin Smith built a cinematic empire, albeit one with goofy stoners and long-suffering convenience store workers instead of robots and aliens. Now four of the recurring actors in Smith’s cinematic universe — Brian O’Halloran, Marilyn Ghigliotti, Joey Lauren Adams, and Jason Mewes — will be appearing at pop culture convention Fantasticon on Saturday and Sunday at the Glass City Center.
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1 month ago | 
medium.com | Jason Webber
Jason Webber·Follow4 min read·--As an EDI leader, you are responsible for driving meaningful change within your organisation. You advocate for inclusivity, challenge biases, and ensure policies reflect the values of fairness and equity. However, this role can be emotionally and mentally exhausting. The weight of constant advocacy, resistance to change, and the pressure to deliver measurable outcomes can take a toll.
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1 month ago | 
toledoblade.com | Jason Webber
Merrill Rainey should get the award for the coolest grownup ever. The Whitehouse writer/illustrator/father of two gets up every morning at 6:30 a.m. Sometimes he goes for a run, sometimes not. He puts on his Ariat cowboy boots and proceeds to spend his day writing, illustrating, and designing pop-out books (as opposed to pop-up books) for children all over the world.
