Imagination Station focusing on bodies

5/18/2011
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Bodies Revealed features 10 full human bodies and more than 150 partial specimens that were dissected and hardened with a technique called polymer preservation.
Bodies Revealed features 10 full human bodies and more than 150 partial specimens that were dissected and hardened with a technique called polymer preservation.

EDITOR'S NOTE: This version corrects the ticket prices for Imagination Station and the Bodies Revealed exhibit.

Imagination Station opens the Bodies Revealed exhibit Saturday, featuring 10 full human bodies and more than 150 partial specimens that were dissected and hardened with a technique called polymer preservation. Visitors will get a detailed look at skeletal, muscular, reproductive, respiratory, circulatory, and other systems of the body, as well as how disease and unhealthy lifestyles affect them. The exhibit runs through Sept. 18. For nonmembers, admission to Imagination Station is $9 for adults (13 and older), $8 for seniors (65 and older), and $7 for children (3-12). Bodies Revealed requires an additional ticket: $9 for adults, $8 for seniors, and $7 for children. Members get into Imagination Station for free, and their Bodies Revealed fee is $6. Imagination Station, at Summit and Adams streets, is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Information: 419-244-2674 or imaginationstationtoledo.org.

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Alice Cooper performs outdoors at 8 p.m. Saturday at Centennial Terrace, 5773 Centennial Rd., Sylvania. Tickets, $56 for reserved seating and $29.50 for general admission, are available from the Stranahan Theater box office, 419-381-8851; Ticketmaster outlets; ticketmaster.com, or charge by phone at 800-745-3000.

Irish crooner Daniel O'Donnell will be at the Stranahan Theater Tuesday and Wednesday for 3 p.m. shows each day. A popular figure on PBS, O'Donnell sells millions of CDs and DVDs each year, featuring standards, '60s-era hits, and Irish-themed songs that resonate with an older generation of listeners. His concerts are presented as variety shows, and he draws audience members from hundreds of miles away to each venue. He was last in Toledo two years ago. Tickets range from $42 to $78 and are available at the Stranahan box office, 4550 Heatherdowns Blvd.; Ticketmaster outlets; ticketmaster.com, or by calling 419-381-8851.

Honor Flight and the 180th Fighter Wing are sponsoring a Stage Door Canteen from 2 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the 180th Fighter Wing, 2660 South Eber Rd., near Swanton. The event for veterans is modeled after World War II-era entertainment and offers dancing, food, and nonalcoholic beverages. Information: 419-382-3569 or honorflightnwo.org.

A Basant party will be Saturday at Erie Street Market, 237 South Erie St., honoring an annual festival in Pakistan and India to welcome spring. The event will start with kite flying at 4 p.m. and will include a disc jockey beginning at 6 p.m. Tickets for children 10 and younger will be $5; they will be $15 for everyone else. Information: globaleducationcampaign.org or 419-535-3214.