Canadian folk-pop singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan returns to Toledo for an Aug. 7 concert at the Stranahan Theater, 4645 Heatherdowns Blvd.
Tickets, which the Stranahan Theater website lists at $47.50, $59.50, and $79.50, go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday and are available at LiveNation.com, ETIX.com or charge by phone at 1-866-381-7469, as well as the Stranahan Theater box office or by calling 419-381-8851.
Co-founder of the music festival Lilith Fair, the ethereal-voiced McLachlan burst on the music scene in 1993 with the highly acclaimed album Fumbling Toward Ecstasy and its hits “Hold On,” “Possession” and “Good Enough.” She's also known for the singles “I Will Remember You,” “Sweet Surrender,” “Building a Mystery,” “Angel,” and “Adia.”
McLachlan performed at the Toledo Zoo amphitheater as part of the zoo's summer concert series in 2012 and 2014. Her latest album, Shine On, was released in 2014 as well.
Steinem wins Books for a Better Life Award
NEW YORK — Feminist, author, and Toledo-native Gloria Steinem and Hollywood producer Brian Glazer are among this year’s winners of the Books for a Better Life Award.
The New York City-Southern New York Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society presented the awards Monday night.
The awards honor “self-improvement” authors and help raise money for programs and services helping people with MS.
Steinem was commended for her memoir My Life On the Road and Glazer for A Curious Mind, co-authored with Charles Fishman. Glazer’s credits range from the Oscar-winning A Beautiful Mind to Splash and Apollo 13.
Others receiving awards included Ann Ogden Gaffney for Cook for Your Life: Delicious, Nourishing Recipes for Before, During, and After Cancer Treatment, Sarah Hepola for Blackout and Megan Feldman Bettencourt for Triumph of the Heart.
More bands cancel North Carolina concerts over new LGBT law
RALEIGH — Two rock bands have become the latest to cancel concerts in North Carolina because of the state’s new law on LGBT rights.
In a statement issued Monday on the band’s website, Pearl Jam called the law “a despicable piece of legislation that encourages discrimination against an entire group of American citizens.”
The statement says the band has communicated with local groups and will give them money to oppose the law.
Pearl Jam was scheduled to perform April 20 at PNC Arena in Raleigh. Earlier Monday, the rock group Boston also announced plans to cancel concerts because of North Carolina’s new law regarding the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
Guitarist Tom Scholz announced the group’s decision on its Facebook page. Concerts were scheduled for Charlotte, Greensboro, and Raleigh early next month.
First Published April 20, 2016, 4:00 a.m.
