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Artist Roger Beebe to Bring Experimental Film Performance to ARTS/West
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Atmospheric, almost atonal sound fills the room as several projectors work together to create a thick forest of film — overlaid images play out over the screen: a faded cartoon horse and buggy make their way across the bottom of the projection; mountains and crashing waves crawl the surface of the wall; abstract images and… Read More
WOUB-HD to Broadcast ‘Neil Diamond: Hot August Night III’ Sept. 22
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Neil Diamond is perhaps one of the most prolific hit songwriters of the 21st Century. He’s responsible for the hits one may associate with him, such as “Sweet Caroline,” “Song Sung Blue,” “Cherry, Cherry,” and dozens of others – but he’s also the man behind The Monkees’ “I’m a Believer,” and “A Little Bit Me,… Read More
Local Author Looks Back on Legacy of Dr. Abbott “Pete” Smith
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Dr. Abbott Pliny “Pete” Smith III, D.V.M. passed away in 2010, after decades of work on all manners of animals large and small in and around Athens County. Smith lived a fascinating life, one that has been recently documented by Gina McKnight of Monday Creek Publishing in her three volumes, Milliron: Abbott “Pete” Smith, D.V.M.,… Read More
Guerilla Toss Headed to 2018 Falloutfest at The Union
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On Friday, September 14, NYC-based art rockers Guerilla Toss released their third effort on James Murphy’s DFA Records, Twisted Crystal. The album feels like a nine-track journey, a sort of kaleidoscopic traipse around a colorful, undulating abyss of sound. From New Age themes delivered with all the tuneful hallmark constraint of kosmische Musik, such as “Walls… Read More
Visiting Artist Rachel Kudo to Perform at OU Sept. 23
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On Sunday, September 23, accomplished American pianist Rachel Kudo will perform in Glidden Recital Hall, starting at 8 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public. Kudo is a chamber musician, a soloist, and a recitalist who made her first splash in the world of classical piano at the age of 14 at the… Read More
Searching for Phenomena at the 2018 Mothman Festival
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Over 50 years ago something terrifying, mystifying, and tragic struck the town of Point Pleasant, WV. Starting in 1966 an intense 13 months of strikingly bizarre happenings went on in the town, culminating in the collapse of the Silver Bridge, a disaster that literally touched every single one of the people residing in the small… Read More
WOUB-HD to Broadcast ‘Skindigenous’ Starting Sept. 16
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Starting Sunday, September 16, WOUB-HD will begin broadcasting Skindigenous every Sunday at 2 p.m. EST. The 13-part documentary series uses the art of tattooing to look closely at some of the world’s oldest cultures and how tattooing reflects their various perspectives on the human condition, identity, and history. WOUB’s Emily Votaw spoke to Jim Kisor,… Read More
‘Imagining a Better World: the Artwork of Nelly Toll’ at the Decorative Arts Center of Ohio
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From 1943 to 1945, young artist Nelly Toll was in hiding from Nazis occupying Lwow, Poland with her mother, the two of them often sharing but a small, bare room. Throughout that time, Toll was armed with only a set of watercolors and her imagination, resulting in dozens of beautiful and fascinating images. Forty archival… Read More
WOUB-HD to Broadcast ‘American Masters — Basquiat: Rage to Riches’ Sept. 14
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Jean Michel-Basquiat was born in 1960 in Brooklyn, New York to Haitian and Puerto-Rican parents. Throughout his lifetime he created a great multitude of artworks, from graffiti to visceral neo-expressionist paintings rich with symbolism and abstraction that served as direct commentary on class struggle and criticism of racism, colonialism, and the consumption of art. On… Read More
2018 Paw Paw Festival Marks Celebration’s 20th Anniversary
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September 14-16 will mark the 20th anniversary of the Ohio Paw Paw Festival on the grounds of Lake Snowden. The annual jubilee of all things Paw Paw will include everything from Paw Paw eating contests, performances from various regional musical acts, and lots of Paw Paw beverages and food. “I think we have tried to… Read More
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