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Judge Gayle Williams-Byers and Prosecutor Keller Blackburn Discuss Positive Potential of Criminal Justice System
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WOUB Digital · Speaking With Judge Gayle Williams-Byers and Prosecutor Keller Blackburn The Institute For Criminal Policy Research found that the United States has the highest per capita incarceration rate of any country in the world, with some 698 people incarcerated for every 100,000. These numbers can be broken down further, revealing stark racial disparity… Read More
Mountain Stage With Larry Groce Gears Up For First Live Taping of 2021
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West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s Mountain Stage With Larry Groce is gearing up for their first 2021 taping with a live audience Friday, April 16 after a long and difficult year of cancelling scheduled, on-sale events (including a confirmed date with Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant) due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020, Mountain Stage still… Read More
Jake Dunn & The Blackbirds Explore Catharsis With New Single ‘Sad Songs’
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Just as Southeast Ohio begins a tender thaw after a particularly brutal winter, regional cosmically minded alternative country rockers Jake Dunn & The Blackbirds announce that they are gearing up at long last to release a brand new, aptly titled full-length: Sad Songs later this year. Today, the band releases the eponymous title track and first… Read More
Dr. Nancy Sandler and PhD Student Laura Herzog Share Experiences As Women in STEM
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An article published by the U.S. Census Bureau earlier this year found that while some 48 percent of the total workforce in the nation is made up of women, only 27 percent of U.S. STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) occupations are held by women. While these numbers indicate a serious shift since the numbers… Read More
The Foundation for Appalachian Ohio’s Cause Connector Acts As a Search Engine for Regional Giving
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WOUB Digital · The Foundation for Appalachian Ohio’s Cause Connector Acts As a Search Engine for Regional Giving The Foundation for Appalachian Ohio serves all 32 of the Appalachian counties in Ohio by connecting the region’s nonprofit organizations and projects to the philanthropic dollars that can make a tangible difference in the communities they serve…. Read More
A Life Far Beyond the Scale of ‘Normal’: Dr. Bob DeMott on Hemingway’s Legacy
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WOUB Digital · A Life Far Beyond the Scale of ‘Normal’: Dr. Bob DeMott on Hemingway’s Legacy Dr. Bob DeMott said that throughout his 40-plus years teaching at Ohio University, there wasn’t a year that went by that he didn’t teach something by legendary American novelist Ernest Hemingway. “Hemingway’s work casts an enormous shadow, there’s… Read More
OU School of Dance Reflects on Impact of Gladys Bailin and Twyla Tharp
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WOUB Digital · OU School of Dance Reflects on Impact of Gladys Bailin and Twyla Tharp Twyla Tharp is widely recognized as one of the most influential American dancers and choreographers of the past century, and her influence is being felt by students at Ohio University. Her work is often cited as defining the concept… Read More
Bill L’Heureux Explains Why Baseball is Still America’s Favorite Pastime
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WOUB Digital · Southern Ohio Copperheads: Bill L’Heureux Deciding to cancel the 2021 season for the Southern Ohio Copperheads, Athens’ summer collegiate baseball team, was a difficult one for President and Chairman of the team, Bill L’Heureux. “We decided to cancel, even though some planning had gone in place. It wasn’t made lightly, but it’s… Read More
Decorative Arts Center of Ohio Features Virtual Russian Fashion Tour
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WOUB Digital · Decorative Arts Center of Ohio Features Virtual Russian Fashion Tour As a part of their current exhibition Russian Decorative Arts From the Tsars to the USSR, the Decorative Arts Center of Ohio has provided a virtual Russian Fashion Tour featuring Gayle Strege, the Curator of the Historic Costume and Textiles Collection at… Read More
Reflecting On the Importance and Impact of Loretta Lynn with Angela Opell Adkins
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WOUB Digital · Reflecting On the Importance and Impact of Loretta Lynn with Angela Opell Adkins Throughout the ‘60s and ‘70s, the country music industry was desperately trying to produce songs that would appeal to a wider demographic than the chiefly Appalachian and southern working class that the genre had sprung from. As it would… Read More
Third Annual OU Music Industry Summit Features Run the Jewels, FINNEAS, St. Vincent
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The third annual Ohio University Music Industry Summit will take place virtually Thursday, March 25. The free event will feature keynote conversations with the likes of Grammy-winning Billie Eilish producer FINNEAS; Grammy-nominated musician Phoebe Bridgers; musician and producer St. Vincent; Run the Jewels and their managers Amaechi Uzoigwe and Will Bronson, and many more. “The Summit was built… Read More
‘Making a Living With Hot Steel, An Anvil, and a Hammer’: Speaking With Southeast Ohio Artisan Marc Setzer
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Metalsmithing is one of the oldest trades known to man, and highly skilled artisans all over the world still practice the ancient art. Marc Setzer, owner and head blacksmith of Setzer Forge, a custom blacksmithing and farrier service in Langsville, OH, is one such regional artisan. Setzer has been a blacksmith for 18 years, and… Read More
Recognizing the Photographic Legacy of an Influential Bobcat: Chuck Stewart
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WOUB Digital · Recognizing the Photographic Legacy of an Influential Bobcat: Chuck Stewart You may not know it, but you’re likely already familiar with the photographic work of Ohio University alumnus Chuck Stewart (BFA ’49). Over the course of his 70-year career, Stewart’s eye framed and photographed images iconic to the American shared subconscious, from… Read More
Athens’ Supernobody Releases ‘Still Life 20/20’
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Athens’ Supernobody has released a brand new album for the new year: Still Life 20/20. WOUB Culture’s current favorite tracks are “Athens,” “Surely Shirley,” “The Ballad of Supernobody,” and “Lost Birds.” Listen to it on Spotify, YouTube, and Bandcamp.
Supernobody Releases ‘Still Life 20/20’
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As 2020 turned into 2021, Athens’ Supernobody released a brand new album: Still Life 20/20. WOUB Culture’s personal favorite tracks are “Athens,” “Surely Shirley,” “Been Lost,” and “Ballad of Supernobody”. Still Life 20/20 by Supernobody Listen to it on Spotify, YouTube, or Bandcamp,.
WOUB and Institute For Storytelling to Present ‘Emanuel’ Feb. 23 For OHIO Challenging Dialogues Event
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WOUB Digital · OHIO to Spotlight ‘Emanuel’ From Alumnus Dane Smith For Feb. 23 Challenging Dialogues Lecture The Ohio University Scripps College of Communication’s Barbara Geralds Institute for Storytelling and Social Impact is collaborating with WOUB Public Media to virtually present a screening of Emanuel as a part of President Duane Nellis’ fifth OHIO Challenging… Read More
‘The Black Church’ Examines History of the Black Church in America Feb. 16-17
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WOUB Digital · ‘The Black Church’ Examines History of the Black Church in America Feb. 16-17 The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song is a four-hour, two-part documentary following the 400-year history of the Black church in America, from its genesis as a vital source of strength and community for enslaved… Read More
Decorative Arts Center of Ohio Showcases Historic Valentines in Virtual Exhibition
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The Decorative Arts Center of Ohio is showcasing an exhibition of historic valentines from the collection of curators George and Jeanne Johnson. Currently, all parts of the virtual exhibition are available, and part one is embedded into the top of this article. That first virtual tour includes valentines from the 1790s to 1820s and the… Read More
Stuart’s Opera House to Offer Virtual Masterclasses From Visiting Artists
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WOUB Digital · Stuart’s Opera House to Offer Virtual Masterclasses From Visiting Artists Stuart’s Opera House is now offering virtual masterclasses from visiting artists in a variety of disciplines. WOUB Culture spoke to Devin Sudman, who is spearheading the program, about Stuart’s dedication to showcasing artists of color and artists from the LGBTQIA+ community, in… Read More
Examining the Problem of ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ and Proposing Some Solutions
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WOUB Digital · Examining the Problem of ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ and Proposing Some Solutions In 2016, J.D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and a Culture in Crisis was devoured by an American public desperate to understand the ascension and subsequent election of former President Donald Trump. Hillbilly Elegy was a New York Times… Read More
The Chivalrous Crickets Mix Diverse Influences For Fresh Take on Traditional Sounds
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WOUB Digital · The Chivalrous Crickets Mix Diverse Influences For Fresh Take on Traditional Sounds The members of The Chivalrous Crickets hail from wildly diverse musical backgrounds that make for a fresh interpretation of what it means to utilize traditional, Celtic, Appalachian, folk, Baroque, and even Renaissance sounds in an entirely contemporary way. On a… Read More
Athens Municipal Arts Commission Debates Creation of 501c3 To Support Arts West
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ATHENS, OH (WOUB) – Does Arts West need the support of a 501c3 nonprofit organization to support its programming? Could that potential support be only financial, or also managerial in nature? Late last year, the Athens Municipal Arts Commission (AMAC) appointed an ad hoc committee to explore the long discussed possibility of creating a 501c3… Read More
OU Alum Marlowe Taylor Receives Oscar Consideration for ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’
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WOUB Digital · OU Alum Marlowe Taylor Receives Oscar Consideration for ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ When Marlowe Taylor was still a student at Ohio University in the late ’90s, his mentor Professor John Butler told him he was sure Taylor would someday get the Oscar that Butler never got himself. Fast forward a little… Read More
‘9to5’ Examines Grassroots Movement for Women’s Workplace Equality
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It wasn’t long ago that employers in the United States could get away with a shockingly wide range of discriminatory actions towards female employees. On Monday, February 1 at 10 p.m. ET, WOUB-TV will broadcast 9to5: The Story of a Movement, a documentary that traces the development of Boston 9to5, a grassroots women’s and labor… Read More
New Radicals Reunite to Play ‘You Get What You Give’ at Joe Biden’s Inauguration
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — In 1999, alternative rock group New Radicals broke up after the massive success of their hit “You Get What You Give,” frontman Gregg Alexander famously sickened by the excessive promotional interviews and touring the band’s label expected of them. The band’s single release, Maybe You’ve Been Brainwashed Too has since developed… Read More
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