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Bob Dylan Night at Casa Cantina
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This Saturday, Casa Cantina will lend its stage to the 5th annual Bob Dylan Night. Featuring a variety of local musicians covering selections from Dylan’s catalog, the event is a fundraiser for March of Dimes, a national charity organization dedicated to rooting out the causes of premature birth and increasing the number of healthy births… Read More
The Ragbirds Return To Athens
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The Ragbirds, a world-fusion-folk-rock group from Ann Arbor, Mich., will make a stop at Jackie O’s Pub and Brewery on Thursday, March 29. Led by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Erin Zindle, The Ragbirds offer a wide variety of musical styles, as displayed on their new album Travelin' Machine. The Buffalo, N.Y., native credits artists such as… Read More
Renowned Folk Singer-Songwriter To Perform At Stuart’s
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Nelsonville's Stuart’s Opera House will host renowned singer-songwriter John Gorka on March 2 at 8 p.m. Often lauded as a cornerstone of the “New Folk” movement, Gorka’s career has spanned 11 albums. "John Gorka is someone who has been carrying that torch of traditional folk music for over 25 years," said Stuart's Opera House Marketing… Read More
SNL Star Entertains OU, Athens Crowd
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Comedian Seth Meyers performed stand-up to a packed house at Ohio University’s Templeton Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium on Feb. 24. The show was part of the OU Performing Arts Concert Series. Meyers, best known for his role as the anchor of “Weekend Update” on Saturday Night Live, is also the show's head writer. Over the… Read More
OU School of Music Presents “Mingus-Monk-Morgan”
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On Tuesday, Feb. 21, the Glidden Recital Hall at Ohio University will fill with music from some of the most well-known jazz artists of the 20th century. “Mingus–Monk–Morgan” begins at 7:30 p.m. and features the two OU Jazz Ensemble Combos, as well as Jazz Spoken Here. The combos, led by John Horne and Alex Burgoyne,… Read More
Maza Blaska: A Feast Of Sound
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The Front Room stage was packed to capacity on Feb. 2. All six members of Columbus, Ohio, band Maza Blaska managed to fit not only themselves, but over a dozen instruments onstage in Baker Center's coffeehouse. Featuring two guitars, bass, a mandolin, and countless percussion instruments, they pack enough musical gear to outfit several smaller… Read More
Review: STOMP at Memorial Auditorium
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STOMP, presented by the Ohio University Performing Arts Series on Monday, Jan. 30 and Tuesday, Jan. 31 at Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium, is easy to describe, but hard to pin down. It’s as much an idea as a performance; a familiar idea by anyone who has absently drummed a pencil on a desktop. STOMP is… Read More
“Young Frankenstein” Puts On The Ritz
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The Ohio University Performing Arts Series presented the Mel Brooks musical Young Frankenstein on Monday, Nov. 7 in Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium. The plot of the musical, based on the 1974 film and directed and choreographed by Susan Stohman, serves primarily as a device to move the story from one musical number to the next…. Read More