Getting The Hang Of It: New Athens Restaurant To Serve Up Local Music, Art

By: Bryan Gibson
Posted on: Wednesday, July 24, 2013

More live music has just been added to the Uptown Athens menu, along with a side order of local art.

After more than a year of planning and hard work, Barb North-Moss and Eric Moss will open The Over Hang, a new restaurant and music/arts venue, on Monday, Aug. 5.

Diamond Music Festival: The Jewel of Southeast Ohio

By: Bryan Gibson
Posted on: Tuesday, July 23, 2013

For 14 years, Southeast Ohio musicians have known Nick Collura as the proprietor of Insea Sound Shop, a vintage instrument store and studio located just north of Nelsonville. But once… Read More

Up Around the Bend: Pomeroy Blues Fest Returns this Weekend

By: Bryan Gibson
Posted on: Friday, July 19, 2013

Area blues fans: If you haven't had your fill of live music at the weekly Rhythm on the River series, there's a second helping coming your way. The 2013 Big Bend Blues Bash is scheduled for July 26-27 in downtown Pomeroy, Ohio, featuring 16 blues acts, a music documentary screening, kids' activities and more.

Thompson Square to Perform at OU

By: Bryan Gibson
Posted on: Thursday, July 18, 2013

The Ohio University Performing Arts Series will present country music duo Thompson Square on Sunday, Sept. 8 at 7:30 p.m. in Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium. Husband-and-wife team Keifer and Shawna… Read More

Brick Monkey Theater Presents “Sleeping Rough”

By: Bryan Gibson
Posted on: Tuesday, July 16, 2013

The Brick Monkey Theater Ensemble will present Sleeping Rough, the next offering in its Free Play Reading Series, on Thursday, July 18 at ARTS/West. The play, written by Kara Manning,… Read More

Scene One Theatre Presents “Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon”

By: Bryan Gibson
Posted on: Monday, July 15, 2013

Athens, Ohio-based Scene One Theatre will present the entertaining and extreme production of The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon July 16-17 at ARTS/West. Written by Don Zolidis, the play centers around two… Read More

Athens Girls Prepare to Rock Out

By: Bryan Gibson
Posted on: Wednesday, July 10, 2013

ARTS/West is turning up the volume this weekend. The west-side venue, which is hosting the annual Athens Rock Camp for Girls, will present a concert this Saturday featuring some of the area's newest rock stars.

Supernobody: Super Group, Super Album

By: Bryan Gibson
Posted on: Friday, June 28, 2013

WOUB's Bryan Gibson talks with Mike Elliott, a stalwart of the Athens music scene, and Josh Antonuccio of 3 Elliott Studio about Checkered Pastures, the debut album by Elliott's new band Supernobody, featuring a who's-who of local musicians.

Sovereign Soul: The Royales Kick Off Stuart’s Free Concert Series

By: Bryan Gibson
Posted on: Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Athens County music fans are about to get the "Royale" treatment from Stuart's Opera House. This Friday, the venue's Free Summer Concert Series kicks off with the "funkin' kings of rock and soul," The Royales. The show is being held in conjunction with Final Fridays, Nelsonville's monthly gallery hop and arts event.

Just for the Record: Athens Surf-Rockers Release Full-Length Debut

By: Bryan Gibson
Posted on: Monday, June 17, 2013

2013 is turning out to be a banner year for Athens music, with great new releases from Hex Net, Leah Nairn and Supernobody. Now you can add local surf-rockers The D-Rays to that list. WOUB's Bryan Gibson talks with bassist Missy Pence about the band's debut LP and upcoming record release show at The Union.

Acclaimed Marietta Artist Featured at ARTS/West

By: Bryan Gibson
Posted on: Tuesday, May 14, 2013

On Wednesday, May 15, ARTS/West will present a public art exhibit by Marietta artist Geoff Schenkel. Schenkel, who was honored with the ARTSBRIDGE "Reflections" People’s Choice Award and won Best of Show for Mixed Media in the Southern Hills Art Show, was recently featured at the Dairy Barn's FLOW exhibition in April.

The Bard Meets Bluegrass: Mid-Ohio Valley Players Present “Love’s Labour’s Lost”

By: Bryan Gibson, Debbie Lawson
Posted on: Thursday, April 25, 2013

Wiiliam Shakespeare's works have been altered and adapted countless times over the centuries, and the Mid-Ohio Valley Players are determined to put their own stamp on one of the Bard's… Read More

Former Athens Band Represents Ohio in National Contest

By: Bryan Gibson
Posted on: Monday, April 22, 2013

The Burning River Ramblers, a Cleveland-based rock/funk band with Ohio University roots, have steadily built a following since 2010. After making it through the first four rounds of the Hard Rock Rising Global Battle of the Bands, the group is now representing Ohio in the nationwide voting round, which starts on April 22.

“Joy Luck Club” Author Visits OU (PHOTOS)

By: Bryan Gibson, Erica Yoon
Posted on: Thursday, February 28, 2013

Award-winning author Amy Tan spoke to a receptive audience last night at Ohio University's Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium.

Tan, best known for her novel The Joy Luck Club, told stories about her childhood, fielded questions from the audience and signed copies of her books.

Hex Net Goes on the Record

By: Bryan Gibson
Posted on: Friday, February 15, 2013

If recent trends are anything to go by, the vinyl LP–the large, sometimes crackly predecessor to the CD–is making a comeback.

Starting this weekend, local record store denizens will have one more piece of wax to add to their collections: Athens band Hex Net is releasing an LP version of its debut, Future Holds.

Photographer Expands Beleaguered Barbie Series

By: Bryan Gibson
Posted on: Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Last year, Athens artist Kari Gunter-Seymour debuted her photo exhibit Barbie Falls on Hard Times, which featured the well-known Mattel doll in unusual, occasionally shocking, situations.

Now the series has expanded with Barbie Falls on Hard Times: More Mayhem From the Malibu Beach House, opening Friday at UnionArts Gallery.