Art
“Clifton, KY: An Absent Presence” display at the Athens Public Library
Athens Public Library 30 Home Street, AthensOH+5 Contemporary Art of Our Region
Dairy Barn Arts Center 8000 Dairy Lane, AthensOn view January 19 – March 10, 2024 The thirteenth in a series of competitions produced by The Dairy Barn Arts Center, OH+5 is a regional, all-media, juried exhibition of... Read More
The Met: Live in HD: Bizet’s CARMEN
Ohio University The Ridges Auditorium Building 23, AthensAcclaimed English director Carrie Cracknell brings a vital new production of one of opera’s most enduringly powerful works, reinvigorating the classic story with a staging that moves the action to the modern day and finds at the heart of the drama issues that could not be more relevant today: gendered violence, abusive labor structures, and... Read More
Author Ron Luce speaks on new book, ‘The Millfield Mine Disaster’ at Little Professor
Little Professor Book Center 65 S Court St, AthensMillfield Mine Disaster Revisited In his new book (January 2024), The Millfield Mine Disaster, Ron Luce, former Director of the Athens County Historical Society and Museum, tells the history of... Read More
A Reading of the Play, Free Man of Color, by Charles Smith
Templeton Blackburn Memorial Alumni Auditorium 33 University Terrace, AthensFree Man of Color, by OHIO Distinguished Professor of Playwriting Emeritus Charles Smith, is the story of John Newton Templeton, a formerly enslaved African American who graduated from Ohio University... Read More