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Slackluster to Unveil First Full-Length, ‘Sheek,’ This Month
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If you’re looking for a healthy dose of psyched out, guitar driven indie rock, look no further than local outfit Slackluster. The backbone of the group was born in 2014,… Read More
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WOUB-HD to Broadcast John Coltrane Documentary Nov. 6
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“My music is the spiritual expression of what I am. My faith, my knowledge, my being.” — John Coltrane Chris Pyle was in his mid-teens when he first purchased John Coltrane’s masterful… Read More
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The Importance of the Solo Bluegrass Performance: Speaking With Noam Pikelny
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When Noam Pikelny was readying himself for the release of his 2017 solo effort, Universal Favorite (Rounder Records), he decided to make a particularly humorous video to accompany the album. Throughout the… Read More
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First Ever Athens Area Women’s Summit Oct. 27
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Friday, Oct. 27 marks the very first Athens Area Women’s Summit, presented and organized by the Athens Area Chamber of Commerce. The event aims to provide those in the Athens… Read More
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Create Your Own Pinhole Camera at DACO With Artist Daniel King
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Pinhole cameras have been around for thousands of years – some of the earliest examples found in Chinese Mozi writings, dating back to around 500 BC. The process for capturing… Read More
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Talking Dogs and Poetry With Writer Ruth Awad
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Columbus-based poet Ruth Awad first fell in love with a dog when she took on ownership of Pete as a young adult, having moved out of her parent’s home. “We… Read More
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Local Band Examines Memory, Lack Thereof in Debut CD EP
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Local band Smizmar has been around for about two years, sprouting up in the beginning of 2015 between Ohio University students Wes Gilbert, Henry Allen, Wes Mueller, and Chris Wityk. “Smizmar”… Read More
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OU Grad Publishes First Children’s Book
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We all remember parts of our childhood. Besides recollecting how a peanut butter and jelly sandwich tasted (slightly moist from a morning spent in a Rugrats plastic lunchbox nestled in… Read More
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Examining Our Culture’s Iconography One Cereal Box at a Time
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Michael Albert travels the United States with his art and the deep-set intention to share it. He stops at elementary schools and libraries and brings along with him plastic container… Read More
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Ohio Playwright’s Work On Addiction to Be Read at ARTS/West Oct. 13
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As the opioid epidemic continues to surge throughout the country, and, in particular, Southeast Ohio, one must wonder what collective emotional truths are being unearthed by this tragedy. Such truths… Read More
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Talking Nostalgia and Alternative Tunings With James Elkington
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On Friday, October 13, James Elkington will bring his distinctive style of acoustic fingerpicking guitar to Stuart’s Opera House alongside bandmate Joan Shelley. Earlier this year, Elkington released his debut… Read More
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Michael Hurley, Jeff Tweedy, and Minimalism: Speaking with Joan Shelley
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Joan Shelley is a woman of few words. Her latest release, “Joan Shelley,” is a testament to musical restraint — to minimalism utilized for maximum effect. WOUB’s Emily Votaw spoke… Read More
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‘The Simon and Garfunkel Story’ Headed to OU Oct. 4
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There are few duos more iconic than Simon and Garfunkel. Not only a huge part of the folk-pop boom of the ‘60s, the group’s slim but ultimately incredibly powerful discography… Read More
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Material Histories: Cultures of Resistance Now Open
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2017 has proven to be a time of great political, cultural, and economic anxiety. It was in reaction to this that curator and associate professor of ceramics at Ohio University’s… Read More
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The Continual Relevance of ‘The Madness of Lady Bright’
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In May 1964, Greenwich Village’s Caffe Cino debuted Lanford Wilson’s The Madness of Lady Bright, a play that would later be considered one of the very first in the gay… Read More
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Let Me Sing My Message to You: Saying Goodbye to Haffa’s Records
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It’s the fall of 1975 and former Chicago-based computer programmer Terry Higgins is sitting on a bus heading to Athens, OH from the state’s capital in Columbus. The monumental charm… Read More
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To Reify Soft and Hard Realities: Speaking With Artist Mary Manusos
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Ohio University professor emerita of art, Mary Manusos, has been crafting works distinctly influenced by the vivacious Latin American culture that she grew up with in San Diego, CA and… Read More
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Second Athens NEDA Walk Slated For September 30
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More people suffer from eating disorders than one might realize – it isn’t just the slight girl sulking her way back to her dorm after class to exercise the afternoon… Read More
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Athens Area Fiber Faire Set for Sept. 30 through Oct. 1
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WOUB’s Emily Votaw sat down with Stephanie Hayes to talk about the Athens Area Fiber Faire, which will be taking place September 30 though October 1 at the Athens Community… Read More
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DACO’s First Photography Exhibition Examines the Contemporary Eye
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On September 9, the Decorative Arts Center of Ohio (DACO) unveiled their very first photography exhibition, entitled In Our Own Image: the Genesis of Photography and the Contemporary Eye. The… Read More
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‘The Vietnam War’ Premieres Same Week as ‘Wall That Heals’ Visits Athens
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Over 58,000 Americans in uniform perished over the duration of the Vietnam War. The years of America’s involvement as a chief combatant in the conflict were some of the most… Read More
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Talking Music With the Mighty Marcus King
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The incredibly young Marcus King has been playing blues music since he was a kid, largely with his father and fellow bluesman, Marvin King. It was at the age of… Read More
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Nashville’s Hardest Working Husband-Wife Duo Headed to The Plains
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Coming just a couple of months off of a tour with none other than the Dixie Chicks, Nashville’s eclectic and hard-grinding husband-wife musical duo Smooth Hound Smith are headed to perform… Read More
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19th Annual Pawpaw Festival Slated for Sept. 15-17
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September 15-17 will mark the 19th annual Ohio Pawpaw Festival on the banks of Lake Snowden – an event that has come to be characterized by community, eclectic pawpaw dishes,… Read More
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Acclaimed Songwriter Headed to Athens Uncorked September 9
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Southeast Ohio native and nearly lifelong songwriter Mike Morgan has some pretty impressive fans. Counted among them are American musical great Conway Twitty; former governor of Louisiana and singer of spiritual and… Read More
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