Bluegrass Winterfest returning to PerrysburgPERRYSBURG – The Queen of Bluegrass Music Rhonda
Vincent returns as the headliner of the annual Bluegrass Winterfest at the French Quarter Jan. 11 and
12.Friday’s show from 12:30 to 11:30 p.m. features:• Jr. Sisk & Rambler’s Choice• Deepwater
Bluegrass• Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road• Larry Gillis & Swamp Grass• Idle TymeSaturday
January 12 noon to 11:30 p.m. features:• Rhonda Vincent and the Rage (The Queen of Bluegrass
Music)•Bluegrass Mountaineers• Matheson Family Pride• Remington Ryde• Bo Isaac & The RounderGeneral
seating is $25 per day. Children 12 and under are free.The indoor festival also offers jam sessions and
workshops.Online:www.BluegrassWinterfest.comwww.Bluegrassmountaineers.neViolinist Ioana Galu brings friends
together for concertTIFFIN – Violinist Ioana Galu will present an Ioana and Friends concert Jan. 11 at 7
p.m. in Heidelberg University’s Ohl Concert Hall.The concert brings together colleagues and former students,
all of whom have performed with her before, but never on the same program.Scheduled to perform with Galu are
Bowling Green State University faculty members Julie Buzzelli, harp, Kevin Bylsma, piano, and Penny Kruse,
violin, and Heidelberg faculty members Barbara Specht, clarinet, and Steve Kruse, viola. Also performing
will be Iuliana Cotirlea, a former student of Ioana’s in Romania, and the Eastern String Quartet of Galu,
Cotirlea, Kyla Witt and Jason Heidelberg. Rounding out the cast will be the Heidelberg Jazz Combo.Galu is a
violin instructor at Heidelberg and BGSU. She received her master’s and doctoral degrees from BGSU.Among the
works to be performed will be two by contemporary composers Atar Arad and Paolo Marques .BGSU student jazz
pianist plays Jazz on Maumee gigTOLEDO – Josh Silver &Company will perform a Jazz on the Maumee
concert Jan. 9 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Aqua Lounge at the Grand Plaza Hotel, 444 N Summit St.The show
features Silver on piano with Steve Knurek on bass and Alvin Dawson on drums. All are students at Bowling
Green State University.Cover is $15, $10 for members of the Art Tatum Jazz Heritage Society Jazz Members and
$5 for students.Russian National Ballet presenting ‘Swan Lake"TOLEDO – Russian National Ballet Theatre
will present the classic ballet "Swan Lake" Thursday, Jan. 10 at 7:30 p.m. at the Valentine
Theatre, 410 Adams St.With music by Tchaikovsky, the ballet tells the fairy tale of a beautiful princess, a
passionate prince and an evil spell. The acclaimed film "Black Swan" used "Swan Lake" as
the backdrop.Tickets are $39, $43 and $50. Call (419) 242-3490.Toledo Rep is casting ‘Laramie Project’
double billTOLEDO – The Toledo Rep is casting its Special Event Series productions of "The Laramie
Project" and "The Laramie Project Ten Years Later." The auditions will take place on
Saturday, at 1 p.m. at the theater, 16 Tenth Street.Directed by Rosie Best, these back-to-back docu-dramas
about the murder of Matthew Shepard and its aftermath are scheduled for the weekend of March 7.For
information visit www.toledorep.org.Movie classics screened at Valentine TheatreTOLEDO – The Silver Screen
Series at the Valentine Theatre continues Friday at 7:30 p.m. with a showing of "Gone With the
Wind."The series continues Jan. 11 with "Citizen Kane."Tickets are $5.Theater classes for
kids offered by Toledo troupeTOLEDO – The Toledo Rep is planning a new session of theater classes for young
people.The next session of theatre classes for youth, ages 7 through 16 will begin Saturday and continuer
through Feb. 23 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Rep’s 16 Tenth Street stage. Cost is $100. To register visit
www.toledorep.org or call (419) 243-9277.
