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This Weekend To Mark 26th Annual River City Blues Festival
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For the past 26 years, the Mid-Ohio Valley Blues, Jazz and Folk Music Society (BJFM) has been organizing the annual River City Blue Festival, bringing together everything from regional roots… Read More
To Manifest for a Lifetime: a Talk With Artist Maria Chavez
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Brooklyn-based sound artist and DJ Maria Chavez was born in Lima, Peru in 1980 with water in her ears. “For the first two years of my life I couldn’t hear,… Read More
Anthropologist Shane Greene: How Far Would You Take Your Rebellion?
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For the past 20 years, anthropologist Shane Greene has been researching political ecology, urban subcultures, social movements, social theory, indigenous and afro-descendent rights, music and society, and race; mostly in… Read More
‘John Denver: Country Boy’ to Air on WOUB-TV Tonight, Monday
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Over the course of his career, John Denver (birth name Henry John Deutschendorf Jr.) released a slew of hit songs that bridged the oft-wide gap between popular and entirely acoustic… Read More
‘Ken Burns: America’s Storyteller’ to Air Saturday On WOUB-TV
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Carolyn Lewis, the former director and general manager of WOUB Center for Public Media, was in Dallas, TX for a Public Broadcasting meeting in 1990 when she first heard of… Read More
Decorative Arts Center Provides Much for Southeast Ohio
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Situated in historic downtown Lancaster, the Decorative Arts Center of Ohio (DACO) is a lot more than a pretty house on a hill. Built in 1835 by William James Reese… Read More
Steve Hussey and Jake Eddy Explore Americana in 2017
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Earlier this year Americana duo Steve Hussey and Jake Eddy released their debut effort, The Miller Girl. The album calls to mind the works modern art country rockers such as… Read More
Internationally Lauded Lúnasa Headed to Stuart’s March 10
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March 10, internationally lauded Irish music outfit Lúnasa is headed to Stuart’s Opera House in Nelsonville. Turn back the clock some 20 years, and most likely none of the band’s… Read More
Talking Roy Orbison With Todd Burge
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West Virginia-based troubadour Todd Burge discovered Roy Orbison the way most of Generation X did: via David Lynch’s bizarre arthouse comedy-horror movie Blue Velvet. “I was a big Dennis Hopper fan,… Read More
WOUB-TV to Broadcast ‘American Masters: Patsy Cline’ March 4
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Country music great Virginia Patterson Hensley (a.k.a. Patsy Cline) worked her way to the top of international pop music consciousness – sweating every step of the way. She survived a… Read More
Provocative “Snake Talk” Coming to Athens This Weekend
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In 2009, artist, dance maker, and Athens native Maryanna Lachman graduated from the Ohio University Honors Tutorial College with a B.F.A. in dance. Eight years later, Lachman is headed back… Read More
Mardi Gras Indians Tradition Examined In OSU Newark Documentaries
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Late February marks the annual celebration of Carnival, or Mardi Gras, a festive season that takes place before the Christian liturgical season of Lent. One of the most time-honored, and,… Read More
Wolf Tree Collective Celebrates One Year Anniversary Sunday
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Last year Wolf Tree Collective opened their doors to the many varieties of families who call Athens their home. Over the past 365-some days, the entirely volunteer-run outfit has done… Read More
Spring 2017 Will Be a Big One For Ohio Quilters
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Throughout the spring, there will be an abundance of world class quilts on display throughout Ohio. Kicking off earlier this month, the Decorative Arts Center of Ohio in Lancaster is… Read More
Adyn’s Dream Brings Pokey LaFarge, The Judy Chops, To Athens
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Adyn’s Dream is an Athens-based non-profit founded on the basic belief that, in hope, there is potential — and that potential is a simmering thing, precariously tipping between the now and… Read More
48 Hour Shootout Spins Tales of Murderous Girlfriends, Funny Grim Reapers
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A bullied youngster has a harrowing experience with the Grim Reaper. A young man discovers that his girlfriend is a murderer. (But, he’s kind of okay with it.) These are… Read More
‘Beyond the Mask:’ OU Faculty Comes Together To Honor Dayton Poet
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Beyond the Mask: Paul Laurence Dunbar is a recently completed documentary film that explores the life of Dayton, OH’s Paul Laurence Dunbar, a Black poet known mostly for his dialect… Read More
Bottle Rocket Cabaret To Bring Tales Of Heartache To Athens This Sunday
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This weekend, genre bopping duo Jamie-Sue Seal and John Latini (Bottle Rocket Cabaret) are headed to Ohio University’s Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium for an installment of the 10th season of… Read More
The Canadian Brass to Liven Up Athens
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The Canadian Brass was formed over four decades ago, when tubist Chuck Daellenbach and trombonist Gene Watts came together to craft something that was pretty unique in the early ’70s:… Read More
Adyn Dreams Bigger Than Ever Before
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Saturday, Feb. 11 will be a big day for Adyn’s Dream, a local non-profit that raises funds for families living with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). SMA is a rare and often… Read More
An American Artist in 2017: a Chitchat With Pokey LaFarge
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Pokey LaFarge is defiantly American. From the music he pens (songs that sound like they were skillfully knotted together in the midst of the Prohibition,) to the clothing he wears… Read More
ARTS/West Celebrates the Artist In All Of Us
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There’s something special about the photo galleries everyone stores on their smart devices. The pictures we take with the little pocket computers most of us carry around each day are… Read More
10th Annual Indonesian Night Slated For Feb. 12
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February 12 will mark the 10th annual Indonesian Night celebration for the Ohio University’s Indonesian Student Association (PERMIAS). According to the group’s president, Moch Syifa, the yearly event intends to… Read More
DACO Joins Growing Efforts to Create Accessibility
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In this installment of Conversations From Studio B, WOUB’s Emily Votaw spoke with Autumn Brown, the transition manager for ATCO Adult Services and Passion Works Studio, and Trisha Clifford-Sprouse, the acting… Read More
OU Wind Symphony to Perform at Carnegie Hall Feb. 27
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Over 40 years ago, the Ohio University Marching 110 made history when they performed as the first ever marching band to star in a show at New York City’s Carnegie… Read More
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