Michelle Shutters, 22, of Maumee, paints a canvas while the band Flores Lava plays music at the Chandler Cafe during the first "First Friday Art Walk" organized by the newly formed Red Bird Arts District in downtown Sylvania on Friday. Twenty-three local businesses participated in the event.
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Pat Meyer, right, owner of Lily Whitestone, helps customer Kay McArdle, left, find an outfit to buy.
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Char Boyd, center, a sales associate at Lily Whitestone, looks on while friends Bill Moore, left, and Tom McArdle, right, greet each other in the shop.
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Sylvania Town Crier Town Crier Michael Lieber, right, pops into the shop Choconotes on Main St. to watch the band "3MD" which includes Mark Bramson, left, and Matt Meeker, center, play a few tunes.
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Artwalk participants walk past a sign on Main St.
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Dani Fuller, left, creative art director at River Centre Gallery, and local artist Mary Ellen Taylor, right, talk.
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Ximena Gray, left, of Toledo, Dani Echelberry, center, and Aaron Overholt, right, of Toledo, look at the artwork in the River Centre Gallery.
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Emily Obereder, of Sylvania, holds her daughter Ingrid, 2, while looking at the artwork in the River Centre Gallery.
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The band Flores Lava performs at the Chandler Cafe.
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