All Posts from Emily Votaw
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NMF ’16 Off to a Brilliant Start
By: Darian Randolph
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The crowd was plentiful on the first night of the 2016 Nelsonville Music Festival, bringing together both Athens area locals and those who might have never stepped foot at Robbins… Read More
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Post Overdosing Kickstart: a Conversation with Courtney Barnett
By: Josh Antonuccio
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Courtney Barnett is completing a year-long victory lap in the U.S., arriving tonight to deliver a headline set at the Nelsonville Music Festival. She is coming off a landmark year marked by a… Read More
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Talking Catharsis With Eric D. Johnson of the Fruit Bats
By: Emily Votaw
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After several years hiatus and a string of personal tragedies, including his wife’s miscarriage in 2014 and a cancer scare, Eric D. Johnson (a.k.a. Fruit Bats), is back. Fresh off… Read More
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Nelsonville Music Festival Must See: Part III
By: Lily Aey and Tiffanie Fogel
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With the Nelsonville Music Festival only days away, it’s important to know who to make sure to check out during the four-day music extravaganza. Check out WOUB’s “Must See” guides… Read More
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Town Mountain Brings Bluegrass to NMF ’16
By: Emily Votaw
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Town Mountain hails from the hills of Asheville, NC, a community rich in songs and their concurrent writers. The self described “hard-drivin’ Carolina string band,” which released their latest… Read More
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Nelsonville Music Festival Must See: Part II
By: Lily Aey and Tiffanie Fogel
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With the Nelsonville Music Festival days away, it’s important to know who to make sure to check out during the four-day music extravaganza. Check out WOUB’s “Must See” guides this… Read More
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Gladden House Sessions Return for NMF 2016
By: Emily Votaw
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For the past three years, the Gladden House Sessions have been making the Nelsonville Music Festival an increasingly personal experience for attendees. The series, the product of a partnership between… Read More
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‘Mastery’ on Display at Dairy Barn
By: Emily Votaw
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The evening of May 27 marked the opening reception for the Dairy Barn Arts Center’s most recent exhibition, entitled Mastery: Sustaining Momentum. “When I think back on the first Quilt… Read More
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Nelsonville Music Festival Must See: Part I
By: Lily Aey and Tiffanie Fogel
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With the Nelsonville Music Festival only days away, it’s important to know who to make sure to check out during the four-day music extravaganza. Check out WOUB’s “Must See” guides… Read More
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Summer 2016 At-a-Glance Guide
The cicadas have come out of hiding; the thermostat is regularly dipping into the high 70s; and slowly reddening sunburns are starting to appear on the noses and foreheads… Read More
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Photos From The Union’s Reopening
May 25 marked the very first night that The Union was able to reopen it’s doors and host a couple of rock ‘n’ roll bands. Hex Net, the Summoners, Blond,… Read More
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Celebrate Music, Memories with River Cities Symphony
The Mid-Ohio Valley’s hometown River Cities Symphony Orchestra (RSCO) wraps up its 2015/2016 season on June 4 at 7:30 p.m. with its Summer Pops: Music and Memories Concert. This is the same… Read More
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The Club is Open: The Union is Back in Action
By: Emily Votaw
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After 18 months of painstaking planning, waiting and rebuilding following a November 2014 fire, the The Union Bar & Grill will finally host a series of rock ’n’ roll shows… Read More
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The Living Music of Lindsey Goodman
By: Emily Votaw
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Born outside of the Washington D.C. area and raised in Youngstown, OH – nationally recognized flutist Lindsey Goodman is not only an advocate for innovative ways to utilize art… Read More
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‘Under the Elms’ Concerts Kick Off June 1
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The heart of Ohio University’s Athens Campus – its College Green – is about to welcome home a musical tradition that dates back to the 1940s and has become one… Read More
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Adam Torres Returns for 2016 Nelsonville Music Festival
By: Emily Votaw
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In 2006 Adam Torres recorded Nostra Nova at 3 Elliot Studio with Bruce Dalzell, Eric Vescelius, John Stably, Josh Antonuccio, Leo DeLuca, Michael Lachman and Trista Hill. At the time Torres only intended to make a record that… Read More
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Mastery: Sustaining Momentum Opens at Dairy Barn
New, bold, large scale works by twelve master quilters will be featured at the upcoming exhibition, Mastery: Sustaining Momentum at the Dairy Barn Arts Center in Athens, OH from May… Read More
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Stuart’s Kicks Off Next Stage Capital Campaign
By: Emily Votaw
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Yesterday afternoon marked the official groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the Next Stage Capital Campaign for Stuart’s Opera House. In order to get to this point, the organization raised… Read More
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Jorma’s Embryonic Journey at Baker this Afternoon
Renowned musician Jorma Kaukonen and his wife Vanessa will recount their storied musical past; which spans half a century this afternoon at 2 p.m. in the Baker Center Theater as… Read More
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ABC Players Examine Little Known Aspects of Elvis
“All the King’s Women” scheduled for May 19-22 at Stuart’s Opera House in Nelsonville provides an intimate look at some of the fascinating but lesser known aspects of Elvis Presley’s life. For… Read More
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Singer Songwriters Headed to Casa
By: Emily Votaw
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May 19 Casa Nueva will host a singer songwriter showcase; featuring the likes of Wonky Tonk, Julia Lucille and Ben Stalets. The show kicks off at 10 p.m. and is entirely free…. Read More
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Visible: the Annual Athens Photo Project Opens Friday
By: Emily Votaw
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“I guess I’m one of those cheesy people who really believes that art has the power to change the direction of someone’s life, like it changed mine.” These are the… Read More
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ARTS/West to Upgrade Sound System
ARTS/West is pleased to announce that they have received a $1,740 grant from the Athens Foundation to upgrade their sound system from analog to digital. Local sound technician, David Eubanks,… Read More
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Come On, Come Ons Play Free Early Bird Shows
The Come On, Come Ons, one of the areas newest groups, is populated by local music veterans K.C. Waltz (Voodoo Birds), Dave Wooster (Leave Corp.), Roman Warmke (Voodoo Birds, Royales) and Bill Rawlins (Drums)…. Read More
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Celebrate New Concord Announces Summer 2016 Concerts
A variety of family-friendly musical entertainment is in store for our area as Celebrate New Concord prepares for its 16th year of free outdoor concerts. This year is all about… Read More