By: Nick Bruno

Rolling hot from the 2009 release of their latest album, “I and Love and You,” The Avett Brothers are currently touring sold-out venues from coast to coast. The Avett Brothers are on their way to Europe next to share their unique take on folk music with ...

By: Matthew Rodnicki

“Alice in Wonderland” is director Tim Burton’s take on the classic stories of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” as well as parts from “Through the Looking-Glass,” both written by Lewis Carroll. This would s...

By: Nathan Elias

In Columbus, Ohio, on High Street right off of the Ohio State University’s main campus, Mike Heslop has been successfully running his coffee house, Kafe Kerouac, since 2004. For poets and writers, coffee houses are one of the primary resources for n...

By: Chelsie Baird

Seattle, Washington seems to be erupting with rock music, producing the sounds of bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden. On Saturday night, the pop-punk band This Providence brought their version of Seattle rock to Frankie’s Inner City in Toledo....

By: Nathan Elias

Jerome David Salinger was a literary giant who inspired American adolescents with his esteemed characters and stories. After decades of seclusion, Salinger died of natural causes at age 91 on Wednesday. Born in 1919 and first published in 1940, he retrea...

By: Megan Aherne

Toledo’s Glacity Theatre Collective presented “Betrayal,” a Harold Pinter classic, at the Valentine Theatre the past two weekends. Pinter’s “Betrayal” revolves around the lies people create to hide and fulfill their desires and examines the lives of peop...

By: Nathan Elias

On Sunday, a group of alternative hardcore and techno based bands played at Frankie’s Inner City in Toledo. “Repeat after me: Sex and drugs. Sex, sex and drugs,” sang Hyper Crush, an electronica group from Denver, Colorado consisting of two male emcees a...

By: IC Staff

For the purpose of this article, all artists will be referred to by their aliases unless otherwise stated. In the deepest corners of Toledo, graffiti art and tags are kept secret — hidden on rooftops, under bridges and down alleyways. When riding ar...

By: Nick Bruno

Since the humble beginnings of old-time string band, The Carolina Chocolate Drops, in late 2005, they have grown to be unexpectedly well known within the North American Folk world. The string band first met five years ago in North Carolina and committed ...

By: Nathan Elias

Kevin Smith is considered an underdog director in Hollywood, but his films have received cult acclaim and made a credible impact on the generation that grew up watching movies in the 90s. Smith’s independent masterpiece “Clerks” (1994) brought him recogn...

By: Nathan Elias

While walking up and down High Street in Columbus, Ohio it’s hard not to be taken back by the beautiful murals and street art that decorates the area. Within the radius of a few blocks, there are almost five different murals painted along side busin...

By: Nathan Elias

I flashed the security guard my photo pass and he opened the gate which led me to the barricade between the stage and the fenced off crowd of screaming fans. Everyone was waiting for The Used to begin, chanting lyrics collectively and applauding when ever...

By: Hannah Fritch

“Come up and talk to us after the show!” Daniel Simmons, lead singer for All the Day Holiday, pronounced into the microphone between songs at Frankie’s Inner City on Feb. 5. “We’d like to talk to you guys and we’d love ...

By: Nick Bruno

Most days in July, I grab a tin of cigarettes and a packed lunch and head for the Maumee River. With my rod and reel in hand, I patiently wade my way through the water, usually only knee-high in the depth of summer, and hope to find a hole stocked with sm...

By: Benjamin Schramm

“Shutter Island” was adapted from the 2003 novel of the same name written by Dennis Lehane (author of “Mystic River”). Seven years after its publication, Martin Scorcese took the idea under his wing and crafted a seemingly suspense...

By: Nathan Elias

A tribute to Gonzo journalism. The ground is littered with ice behind Lifestyle’s Community Pavilion outside of The Used’s tour bus as I search for the band to get the interview. The sound of drums and guitars roar through the open door leadin...

By: Benjamin Schramm

Saturday marked the five-year anniversary of the eccentric journalist Hunter S. Thompson’s death. He left behind a heritage of unique stories about a dynasty this world will only know through his writings. A cult following has been garnered in the w...

By: Nick Bruno

Melanie Dusseau, an academic advisor at the University of Toledo, released her first full-length book of poetry in 2009 titled “The Body Tries Again.” Dusseau, a Toledo-born writer, structured much of her poetry after the idea of home and plac...

By: Benjamin Schramm

When a band is trying to make a statement or send a message, there can be a number of ways to go about doing it: a hilariously satirical music video, a chorus of chanting from each of the band members or even a chanting chorus from children. Pink Floyd g...

By: Nathan Elias

For the Almeda Street Poets, poetry is a gravitational force that brings people together. On Friday, they will be hosting a reading at Grounds for Thought in Bowling Green at 7 p.m. Four poets from the Almeda Street poetry collective will reunite after fi...