Lillian King

Features Reporter at The Toledo Blade

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WTOL meteorologist continues training ahead of Olympic trials

1 week ago | toledoblade.com | Lillian King

Two hours and sixteen minutes. That’s how fast WTOL 11 meteorologist John Burchfield III needs to run if he’s going to make it to the 2028 U.S. Men’s Olympic Marathon trials. Tall enough that other runners draft behind him during high winds, Burchfield’s lean frame — seen on WTOL’s broadcast weather updates — hints at the strict athlete’s regimen behind his weatherman’s suit. Good diet doesn’t keep Burchfield from a good cup of joe.
Village Players snare audiences with superb 'Little Shop'

1 week ago | toledoblade.com | Lillian King

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Unmissable 'Memphis' showcases Toledo's theater talent

2 weeks ago | toledoblade.com | Lillian King

Memphis. Blues, BBQ, and Beale Street. When the Tennessee town come to mind, you probably don’t think of Memphis, the musical about an unconventional white disc jockey’s crusade to share the blues with his segregated city. But maybe that’s okay. After all, the four-time Tony Award-winning show opens at the Toledo Repertoire Theatre to tell us that the city of Memphis is bigger than anything — even Broadway.
What’s poking up, doc? Toledo Botanical Garden offers breath of fresh air while wildflowers catch up

2 weeks ago | toledoblade.com | Lillian King

It’s finally summer. The dates may not agree yet, but Toledo Botanical Garden horticulturalists have just finished planting their annual displays, according to TBG Lead Horticulturalist Jonathan Milbrodt. “All of those plants are just starting to bloom and will continue to bloom throughout the summer, and we’re always incorporating new colors, new plants, new layouts and designs in those displays every year. We never repeat them,” Milbrodt said.
Anticipated Switch 2 release off to serene start in the Toledo area

3 weeks ago | toledoblade.com | Lillian King

At 11:59 a.m., a dozen people reluctantly formed a line outside GameStop’s 821 W. Alexis Rd. location. Minutes earlier, the motley collection of young adults, families, and couples sat parked in their vehicles, waiting for the clock to tick over to noon, when the video game retailer would open its doors for the day.
ACT tackles reproductive rights with ‘Blood of the Lamb’

3 weeks ago | toledoblade.com | Lillian King

A pregnant woman’s fetus expires in the womb. It should be simple for her to receive an abortion, right? Not when her plane diverts to Dallas. Now, Nessa is trapped in a room with Val, an attorney appointed to represent the fetus amid Texas’s ever-shifting reproductive laws. Even though giving birth puts her life at risk, Texas law requires Nessa to deliver the non-viable fetus before she can leave the state.
Going strong: Swell’s second issue is ripe for the picking

3 weeks ago | toledoblade.com | Lillian King

Less than a year after Swell Magazine’s inaugural issue, Emily Rippe Desmond is already back with the sequel. Swell’s second issue, Ripe, came out in March. The name is inspired by Desmond and her collaborators’ experiences bringing the overall magazine to fruition with its first issue, Contagious — an unexpectedly long process for a pandemic project that took nearly four years to complete.
Nostalgia knocks: High hopes that Party in the Park will propel downtown development

1 month ago | toledoblade.com | Lillian King

In the 1980s and ‘90s, thousands of Toledoans grew up sharing festival fries with friends and learning against Promenade Park’s riverside railings at concert series’ like Party in the Park and Rally by the River. This year, the old-school event is back in an all-new way with local bands for free concerts from 6 to 9:30 p.m. on Fridays throughout the summer.
Telling TMA's story: Cloister takes center stage in new podcast

1 month ago | toledoblade.com | Lillian King

When we cheerfully waved goodbye to the January doldrums earlier this year, little did Toledoans know we’d also be saying adieu to the Cloister Gallery. Thursday, Jan. 30, the Toledo Museum of Art announced that the Cloister Gallery would close that Sunday to be reassembled and relocated to elsewhere in the museum, to return for public display in 2027 as part of TMA’s museum-wide reinstallation.
Pop culture princesses storm Maumee Indoor in 3B’s ‘Disenchanted’

1 month ago | toledoblade.com | Lillian King

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a damsel in distress must be in want of a hero. ...or something like that. But even badly paraphrased Austen gets to the core of 3B Productions’ upcoming musical, Disenchanted. Frustrated by the superficial stereotypes pop culture knows them for, the Disney Princesses are here to set the record straight in a raunchy cabaret-style musical rendition of their fairy tale fearlessness.