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‘Cabaret,’ “Merchant of Venice’ Opening In Marietta
For centuries theatre has been tasked with providing a lens through which political and social climates can be examined. Whether utilized to honor the god Dionysus in the city-state of… Read More
Waxing Post-Modern with David Dorfman
David Dorfman is one of the most recognized post-modern choreographers, and he’ll be spending the duration of the month on the Ohio University campus as a part of the Division… Read More
Athens’ Frank Lavelle’s Fearless Starlight Band
When Athens, OH attorney Frank Lavelle was about 10 years old, his parents bought him a play-by-number electric organ. Ever since, Lavelle has been interested in making music, even if… Read More
Like a Heat Dream in Near-Midsummer: 2017 Boogie on the Bricks
Athens changes after Ohio University’s spring semester comes to a close. Between the considerably smaller population and the region’s subtropical climate it’s hard to not feel like the city is… Read More
Athens’ CLUBHOUSE Headed to Firefly Festival June 15-18
June 15-18 marks the Firefly Music Festival in Dover, DE. Started in 2012, this year the festival showcases some impressive headliners – from America’s troubadour, Bob Dylan, to Chance the Rapper,… Read More
A ‘Few Focused, Clever Words’ Win Athens Native Poetry Award
Kari Gunter-Seymour’s poems speak of the Appalachian experience – of pride, fear, family, memory, tradition. Of subsidized apartments and homemade desserts made with Crisco. Of a sense of duty; of… Read More
Downtown Lancaster to Provide Ample Art Camps for Youth
For many, some of their fondest memories stem from steamy days spent at various summer camps. Regardless of whether those memories consist of splashing through murky lakes or playing theater… Read More
Under The Elms Is a Lovely Place To Be On a Summer Evening
Under the towering elms of College Green in June 1947 a tradition was born. It was the third full week of June, and the Ohio University School of Music kicked… Read More
Crafting Humanist Gospel Tunes : Chatting With Matthew Davidson of Twain
Twain is the moniker of New York City based singer and song writer Matthew Davidson. Under that mono-syballic stage name, Davidson has artfully crafted a discography of deeply human bedroom… Read More
A Real Self-Made Lady: Talking With Sallie Ford
Several years ago, Portland-based musician Sallie Ford found herself in the midst of a superbly draining European tour with her former band, The Sound Outside. After a few conversations, it… Read More
WOUB-HD to Air ‘A Conversation With Bill Moyers’ June 9
On the last episode of PBS’ Bill Moyers Journal, in which Bill Moyers interviews American populist Jim Hightower, Moyers said one of the lessons he learned from American television journalist… Read More
OU’s Charles Smith Tells Story of Refugee in ‘Objects in the Mirror’
In late April, Charles Smith’s Objects in the Mirror opened in the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. Detailing the emotional, psychological, (and memories of the physical) journey of a refugee from Liberia,… Read More
WOUB-HD Airing Johnny Mathis’ Landmark Career Celebration Concert
Johnny Mathis is one of the most celebrated vocalists of the past century. Over the course of his career he has released 71 albums, and eleven of those albums have… Read More
Gladden House Sessions Return for Fourth Season
This year’s Nelsonville Music Festival marks the fourth iteration of the Gladden House Sessions, a series that records various artists performing in the festival line up in an intimate setting, accompanied… Read More
Summer in Southeast Ohio: a 2017 Guide
Fireflies are starting to come out of their hiding holes, the nighttime is starting to feel just a little bit balmy, and those summertime concert tickets you bought months ago… Read More
Swarming Branch Headed Back to Nelsonville Music Festival
Andrew Graham has been making music since his late childhood – forming his first band when he was in the fifth grade with a couple of his friends. Although much… Read More
The Art of Quilting: 20th Biennial Quilt National Kick-Off
Orbs in artfully crafted shades of crimson ricochet off each other, surrounded by undulating shards that disperse themselves – creating a visually stimulating scene that seems to hint at themes… Read More
Let Paul Simon Be Your Long Lost Pal June 3
Paul Simon is arguably one of the greatest American songwriters of all time. Early on in his career, when he was the shorter half of the iconic folk duo Simon… Read More
It Was 50 Years Ago June 2 That Sgt. Pepper Taught the Band To Play
Bill Rawlins first heard Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band on an summer day in 1967. “When my friends and I first put on Sgt. Pepper’s, we thought it was a… Read More
DACO to Showcase ‘Three Voices: Conversations on Life and Conflict’
Through August 13, the Decorative Arts Center of Ohio (DACO), 145 E. Main St., Lancaster, will examine the importance of expression by way of hosting Three Voices: Conversations on Life… Read More
Quilts, Quilts, and More Quilts This Summer in Athens
Kicking off at the end of this week will be an epic, summer-long season of quilts for Athens’ Dairy Barn Art Center, as well as the region as a whole…. Read More
New Mothman Documentary Includes Never Before Heard Interviews
Point Pleasant, WV is small and tight-knit, nestled deep in the gorgeous hills of Appalachia. Although the area is known for being a home to the grandparents of Mark Twain;… Read More
Talking Songwriting, Performance, and Southeast Ohio With Sara Watkins
While most pre-teens in the early ’90s were experimenting with baggy pants, synthetic clothing, and various shades of plaid; Sara Watkins was playing fiddle in one of the most lauded… Read More
DACO to Host Historic Masonry Program May 20
An expert in the restoration of historic masonry, Larry Vance has been working on Lancaster’s Reese-Peters home for the past couple of weeks, carefully removing hard, modern mortar used in… Read More
Discussing the Act of Being Human with Parquet Courts’ Andrew Savage
Since 1976, Rough Trade has been responsible for backing some of the most influential, arty, and cerebral pop music acts of the past half century. With names like The Smiths, James,… Read More
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