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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
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
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
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
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
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
‘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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
‘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
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
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
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
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
OU Professor to Run in Honor of Haden DeRoberts in NYC Marathon
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On Sunday, December 4, 2016, Haden DeRoberts passed away at the age of 24 after fighting acute myeloid leukemia for five years. Beloved by all that knew him, DeRoberts was… Read More
PHOTOS: Solar Eclipse at the Great Serpent Mound
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There are a number of reasons why the total solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 was a particularly dazzling event. For one, we won’t have another solar eclipse until 2024… Read More
Looking Back On the Great Lakes Hocking River Navigation Company
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Robert “Bob” Borchard moved from the suburbs of Chicago into the historic building of the former Guysville Hotel in the summer of 1966 after procuring a position with Ohio University… Read More
Celebrate Quirk of Cosmic Geometry at Serpent Mound
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Strikingly little is known about the origins of the many prehistoric earthworks in Southeastern Ohio. Perhaps you remember learning about them in the fourth grade during your Ohio History class… Read More
PHOTOS: Bounty on the Bricks 2017
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Saturday, August 12 marked yet another successful Bounty on the Bricks fundraiser for the Southeast Ohio Food Bank. Although the official monetary amount raised by the event was still being… Read More
Haffa’s Records to Close End of September
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Haffa’s Records will permanently close its doors at the end of September, according to co-owner and longtime employee Andrew Lampela. “Things change. The way people absorb media these days has… Read More
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