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OU Marching 110 Selected for 2017 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
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Members of the Ohio University Marching 110 received a surprise announcement during last night’s end-of-the-year “Jam Session” — they were selected out of hundreds of nationwide applicants to play in one of 10 performing slots at the 2017 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Wesley Whatley, creative director of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, delivered the news… Read More
Kortlander Works Featured at Decorative Arts Center of Ohio
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The Decorative Arts Center of Ohio, located in Lancaster, is a large brick building that serves as a nonprofit museum. John Kortlander describes it as an “elegant space (and)…beautiful old mansion,” that both of his parents loved. It seemed only fitting, then, that this museum be the space to display his father’s only full retrospective… Read More
Area Families Connect at Kennedy’s Art Encounters Workshop
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Rachel Bender, Megan Milano and Johnna Miska spend their time at work doodling on tables. The three Ohio University students — Bender and Milano are working through the Program to Aid Career Exploration (PACE) and Miska through an independent study — work at the Kennedy Museum of Art, located at the Ridges. In Lin Hall,… Read More
OU Student Graces Silver Screen in Miles Davis Biopic
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It’s summer 2014. Ohio University student Julian Howard has just wrapped up a long work day, saxophone in hand. Nothing too unusual about that, since Howard is a music major. Except in this case, one of his bandmates happens to be actor Don Cheadle. Howard is one of the actors in the long-awaited Miles Davis… Read More
Concert Aims to Raise Funds for Spinal Muscular Atrophy
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Ohio University – and the Athens community as a whole – is full of feminist voices and opportunities to learn what “girl power” really means in this day and age. One of the more unique opportunities is an event this Saturday – appropriately titled “Girl Power!” – featuring four local female singer-songwriters in support of… Read More
Stuart’s to Host Sock Hop, Bowling Fundraiser
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Over the years, Stuart’s Opera House has hosted creative fundraisers, and 2016 is no exception. This Saturday, the non-profit historic theater hopes to raise funds and generate excitement for the Nelsonville Music Festival by hosting an NMF Sock Hop, featuring WEAK-FM DJ “Chucko,” at Rollerbowl Lanes, 28 Palmer Street in Athens. “A sock hop is… Read More
Wild Honeybees Create Buzz for OU Mardi Gras Bash
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On Tuesday, the City of New Orleans was filled with the sights and sounds of the annual Mardi Gras celebration. This Saturday, Ohio University students and local residents are invited to a belated free Mardi Gras party at Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium, featuring beads, masks, food and one of Athens’ most popular bands. The Wild… Read More
Vendors Put a Positive Spin on Annual Record Sale and Swap
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Vinyl LP enthusiasts and nostalgia buffs will have plenty to keep them busy at this weekend’s Record Sale and Swap, taking place Saturday at Stuart’s Opera House in Nelsonville. For nearly 10 years, the annual Sale and Swap (originally hosted at ARTS/West) has been a sort of magnet for record fans — bringing together like-minded… Read More
In Third Year, Gingerbread House Competition has Solid Foundation
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The Athens County Historical Society and Museum will be a winter wonderland throughout December, thanks to two Athens County natives. A couple years before Jan Hodson retired, she saw a documentary for a gingerbread competition, and noticed how people’s faces lit up when looking at the entries. “How would that idea work in Athens?” she… Read More
OU Students, Staff Create New Thanksgiving Traditions
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Ayleen Cabas came to Ohio University for a two-year graduate program from her hometown in Venezuela, where most family members live right down the street from each other. Last year, her first year of the masters program, Cabas traveled to Virginia to spend the holiday with her brother-in-law and sister, who is earning her Ph.D…. Read More