St. Mark’s to host weekly community meals on Wednesdays
St. Mark’s hosts weekly community meals on Wednesdays. Doors open from 4:30 – 5 p.m., and the dinner is served from 5 – 6 p.m. There are trivia, devotion, and service presentations at 6 p.m. All are welcome.
The meal on Sept. 24 will be pork with black beans and rice prepared by Sunset Bistro. Jack Schilb will provide entertainment.
Girl Scouts Information Night to take place Thursday, Sept. 25
Girls Scouts aims to provide fun for the whole family and invites the community to “Girl Scouts Information Night.” The event will take place Thursday, Sept. 25, at 6 p.m., at Conneaut Elementary School, 542 Haskins Road, Bowling Green.
For more information, contact Taylor Perley, area representative, at taylorperley@gswo.org or 419-887-9465.
Rotary to host Dennis Williams, BGSU hockey coach, Thursday, Sept. 25
Dennis Williams, BGSU’s hockey coach, will be the Bowling Green Rotary Club’s guest speaker at its meeting on Thursday, Sept. 25, at 11:45 a.m., at the Bowling Green Country Club.
People can feel excitement in the air with Ohio State, Notre Dame, and Princeton highlighting this season’s non-conference slate, with back-to-back home and away games scheduled with each team.
This is Williams’s second season with the Falcons, and he carries 17 years of head coaching experience across junior and college levels. Williams has an overall record of 544-267-14. The Falcons were picked 5th out of nine teams in the 2025 CCHA preseason coaches poll.
For more information on Rotary, including membership, email bgrotary@icloud.com.
Jazz guitarist Dave Stryker to perform on campus, Sept. 23 & at Arlyn’s Sept. 24
Noted jazz guitarist Dave Stryker will perform with the Jazz Lab Band I Tuesday, Sept. 23 at 8 p.m. in Kobacker Hall in the Moore Musical Arts Center.
The concert will be livestreamed.
Stryker “is an adept jazz guitarist with a blues-and-soul-influenced sound. He has been a bandleader and a sideman for decades. As a band leader Dave Stryker has 37 CD’s to date. He has also been a featured sideman with Stanley Turrentine, Jack McDuff. The Village Voice calls him ‘one of the most distinctive guitarists to come along in recent years.'”
The program directed by David Bixler will also feature performances by BGSU jazz faculty.
The program will include:
- “Blues Strut” by Dave Stryker and arranged Bob Mintzer
- “When Doves Cry” by Prince
- “What’s Going On” by Marvin Gaye arranged by Mintzer
“Shadowboxing” byDave Stryke arranged by Mintzer
Tickets are $10 and can be purchased here.
Stryker’s appearance including a Stryker a master class Tuesday at 4 p.m. in Kobacker Hall. is made possible in part by the Orchard Guitar Festival Fund and the Student Jazz Association.
Stryker will join the faculty at Jazz Studies night at Arlyn’s Good Beer, 520 Hankey Ave., BG, on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Parry & Satterlee to present music for oboe & piano, Sept. 24
Dwight Parry, oboe and Robert Satterlee, piano, will perform a Faculty Artist Series Wednesday, Sept. 24, at 8 p.m. in Bryan Recital Hall in Moore Musical Arts Center on campus. This free public concert will also be livestreamed.
On the program will be:
- “Blues for D.D.” by Jeffrey Agrell
- “Impromptus for Oboe and Piano” by William Winstead
- “Legende Pastorale for oboe and piano” by Benjamin Godard
- “Dreamscape” Concerto for Oboe by Alyssa Morris
Dockendorf takes podium for Wind Symphony concert, Sept. 25
The BGSU Wind Symphony will perform its first concert of the season Thursday, Sept. 25, at 8 p.m. in Kobacker Hall.
Matthew Dockendorf, newly appointed director of bands, will conduct the program which will feature the world premiere of composer in residence Joel Kirk’s “Apparitions: Tone Poems After Banksy”
Also on the program will be:
- “Fanfare Ritmico” by BGSU graduate Jennifer Higdon
- “Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Steven Bryant
- “Masks and Machines” by Paul Dooley
Tickets for this performance are $10, and can be purchased here. Free admission for BGSU students with ID card at the door.
The concert will also be livestreamed.
Click for the full personnel of the Wind Symphony
Exhibit features Intersection of Art and Industry winners through Oct. 18
River House Arts, 425 Jefferson Ave. Suite 905, Toledo, will host the 2025 Intersection of Art and Industry Exhibition featuring new work by this year’s awardees: Anjali Srinivasan, Justin Ginsberg, and Kagen Dunn Sept. 11–Oct. 18.
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Players’ producing ‘Heroes of the Fourth Turning,’ Sept. 26-Oct. 6
Tickets are now on sale for the Black Swamp Players’ production of Will Arbery’s “Heroes of the Fourth Turning,” on stage at the troupe’s home at 115 E Oak St, Bowling Green weekends Sept. 26 through Oct. 6. Click to buy tickets and for showtimes.
According the summary provided by BSP: “It’s nearing midnight in Wyoming, where four young conservatives have gathered at a backyard after-party. They’ve returned home to toast their mentor Gina, newly inducted as president of a tiny Catholic college. But as their reunion spirals into spiritual chaos and clashing generational politics, it becomes less a celebration than a vicious fight to be understood. On a chilly night in the middle of America, Will Arbery’s haunting play offers grace and disarming clarity, speaking to the heart of a country at war with itself.”
Directed by Fran Martone, “Heroes of the Fourth Turning” features: Ryan Walsh, Elizabeth Coronado, Nicholas Yates, Gabrielle Southwell, and Nikki Fetters.
Zoar Lutheran Church to host monthly yoga
The community is invited to experience an hour of movement and mindfulness at “Yoga for Every Body,” a community wellness event held at Zoar Lutheran Church, 314 E. Indiana Ave., Perrysburg.
Led by certified yoga instructor Kasey Kilmer, these sessions are designed for all experience levels and physical abilities. Whether someone is a seasoned yogi or stepping onto the mat for the first time, everyone is welcome. The goal is to create a supportive, non-judgmental space.
Participants are encouraged to bring a yoga mat or towel, though chairs will be available for those who prefer or require chair yoga. Through the sponsorship of the Zoar Foundation, these events are free to attend.
Attendees are asked to RSVP in order to help organizers plan for space and supplies. People may sign up here: September 14th Yoga For Every Body.
Each month, a free-will offering will be collected to support different ministries doing work in local and global communities. Beneficiaries for the 2026 offerings will be announced at a later date.
Upcoming dates & beneficiaries:
- Oct. 12 – The Sierra Club
- Nov. 9 – Water Mission
- Dec. 14 – Isaiah 117 House
- Jan. 11 – TBA
- Feb. 8 – TBA
- March 8 – TBA
- April 12 – TBA
For more information, contact the Zoar Lutheran Church office at 419-874-4346 or visit www.zoarlutheran.com.
