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World touring pianist at Wieting Saturday

Coming to the Wieting Theatre this Saturday, July 20, at 7:30 is Amy Abler, PianoDivalicious. Advanced tickets available online on the Wieting website: wieting.tamatoledo.com/ or at our box office day of concert. Doors open at 7.About Amy Abler: With touches of Liberace and Victor Borge, this ...

Toledo Public Library has received State Library of Iowa Accreditation

DES MOINES-The State Library of Iowa has announced that the Toledo Public Library has met the conditions for state accreditation as outlined in "In Service to Iowa: Public Library Standards Sixth Edition."Achieving accreditation requires a significant, ongoing local commitment to high quality ...

Bible Reading is on Courthouse Square Sunday, July 14

On Sunday, July 14, at 7:14 a.m. on the Tama County Courthouse lawn in Toledo the county's participation in the Iowa Bible Reading Marathon is scheduled. All are invited to attend.Bring your lawn chair and Bible and arrive at 7 a.m. for the reading and a time of prayer. The event will last a ...

Highlights of 10th annual Toledo Stoplight Festival

Straight Up (Seymours) were featured musical entertainment for a big crowd which braved the July heat for the 10th annual Toledo Stoplight Festival on July 5 on the Tama County?Courthouse lawn.

Our Town opens tonight at the Wieting

When theatre-goers attend the upcoming Our Town production at the Wieting, they experience the graciousness of the past. This beautiful theater has been renovated and that renovation is true to the theater as it appeared on its opening in 1912.It was a gift to the City of Toledo from Ella ...

10th annual Toledo Stoplight Festival, Legion 100th July 5

Toledo's 10th annual Stoplight Festival is set for this Friday night, July 5 on the Tama County Courthouse Square downtown.Named for the iconic stoplight at the corner of Broadway and High, there is plenty for old and young on the entertainment bill with music on the bandstand starting at 5 ...

It ain’t normal at an Our Town rehearsal

By Anne MichaelIt's a Monday around 6:30 p.m. at the Wieting. It is a rehearsal for Our Town, and it would be a real experience for anyone not familiar with theater. Walking down the aisle and looking intently serious is Joannie Hayward Helm. She is on a mission and carries a baseball bat. Is ...

Fireworks set for July 4th at Toledo Park

The annual fireworks display at the Toledo City Park on West Ross Street is set for dusk on Thursday night, July 4.The Toledo Fire Department will provide the pyrotechnics.The annual Independence?Day fireworks are made possible by the cities of Tama and Toledo and private business and personal ...

Our Town on stage at Wieting July 11-13

George (Gabe Babinat) weeps inconsolably at Emily's (Micaela Suchanek) grave in Thornton Wilder's Our Town coming to the Wieting stage July 11, 12 and 13. The production, under the direction of Mary Fasse-Shaw, marks a return to live theatre at the Wieting in downtown Toledo. Make plans now to ...