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Nashville’s Hardest Working Husband-Wife Duo Headed to The Plains
By: Emily Votaw
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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
Zanesville Community Theatre Opening ‘Sherlock Holmes’ Sept. 8
The Zanesville Community Theatre will be opening its 55th season this coming weekend with the drama Sherlock Holmes, based on the perennially popular stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Performances… Read More
Ariel Opera House Announces Upcoming Fall/Winter Events
The historic Ariel-Ann Carson Dater Performing Arts Centre, nestled in beautiful Gallipolis and alongside the lonesome bank of the Ohio River, has announced some of the exciting events that they… Read More
September Brings Music, Comedy, and Film to Peoples Bank Theatre
This September, the historic Peoples Bank Theatre in downtown Marietta celebrates the end of summer with songs from Broadway, welcomes Marietta College families with comedian and magician Michael Kent, and screens the 20th… Read More
Athens Harvest Festival Returns for Second Year at Lake Snowden
September 1-3 the Athens Harvest Festival and Bluegrass Jamboree will return to Lake Snowden with a celebration complete with oodles of free music and even some breathtaking fireworks Sunday night…. Read More
Stuart’s Summer Wine Express Set for August 26
Stuart’s Opera House in Nelsonville, Ohio presents the Summer Wine Express on the Hocking Valley Scenic Railway on Saturday, August 26 at 7 p.m.! Enjoy some wine and cheese and… Read More
Stuart’s Taking Part in VIVO Chamber Festival August 25-26
Stuart’s Opera House will be supporting two events presented by musicians from the VIVO Chamber Festival. VIVO Music Festival is a Columbus based classical music festival dedicated to presenting a… Read More
Annual Athens Community Music Festival August 19
Saturday, August 19 marks the annual Athens Community Music Festival (ACMF), which this year serves as a fundraiser for Stuart’s Opera House After School Music Program, ARTS/West, Athens Rock Camp for… Read More
Celebrate Quirk of Cosmic Geometry at Serpent Mound
By: Emily Votaw
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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
The Dairy Barn Arts Center to Host Grand Re-opening August 24
The Dairy Barn Arts Center invites the community to attend our Grand Re-opening on Thursday, August 24 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. The evening will include tours and guided… Read More
Fiddlers Headed to Stuart’s for August 18 Fiddling Contest
Stuart’s Opera House in Nelsonville, Ohio hosts the Ohio State Fiddling Contest on Friday, August 18 at 6 p.m. as part of Nelsonville’s Parade of the Hills. Join us for… Read More
Special Arnett Howard Trio Performance To Benefit LancasterChorale
The Board of Directors of LancasterChorale, Central Ohio’s Premiere Professional Chamber Choir, will present a fundraiser performance, “An Afternoon with the Arnett Howard Trio to Benefit LancasterChorale,” on Sunday, August… Read More
Valley Queen to Play Free Show in New Stuart’s Lobby August 19
Stuart’s Opera House in Nelsonville, Ohio presents a FREE evening of music in our brand new lobby with Nelsonville Music Festival alumni Valley Queen on Saturday, August 19 at 8… Read More
An Evening with Los Lobos at Stuart’s Opera House August 20
Stuart’s Opera House in Nelsonville, Ohio presents An Evening with Los Lobos on Sunday, August 20 at 7 p.m. Back in 2003, Rolling Stone summed up Los Lobos’ distinctive, diverse,… Read More
Monstrous Visual Art Show at Majestic Galleries Opening August 25
MONSTER – Artist Invitational will open at Nelsonville’s Majestic Galleries on August 25 and will be on display through September 23. Something monstrous captivates human attention. Monster definitions ranges from; an animal… Read More
Glorious Hodgepodge of Metal and Punk Headed to Casa August 11-12
By: Emily Votaw
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Punk rock and metal might be two of the most diverse popular genres of music – from Norwegian black metal to crust punk to speed metal to grindcore to neoclassical… Read More
Breaking It Down With Wesley Bright
By: Emily Votaw
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Wesley Bright has been singing since he was a kid in church — and even though he’s now a rapidly rising star in the world of what could be called… Read More
Annual Night With the Legends at Stuart’s August 5
Stuart’s Opera House in Nelsonville will host an amazing evening of entertainment with A Night With the Legends on Saturday, August 5 at 7 p.m. Organized by Alex Couladis, the… Read More
August Quilt National Workshops Are to Dye For
In celebration of the 20th biennial of Quilt National, The Dairy Barn Arts Center will be hosting our second Quilt National workshop series in our new fiber arts studio. The… Read More
Stuart’s Opera House to Welcome Graham Nash August 2
Stuart’s Opera House in Nelsonville, Ohio presents An Intimate Evening of Songs and Stories with Graham Nash on Wednesday, August 2 at 7:30 p.m. The original classic union of Crosby,… Read More
Putting Paradise Onto a Parking Lot
By: Emily Votaw
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It’s a muggy Sunday afternoon in Parkersburg – the humidity is high and the sky oscillates between a crystalline blueness and a dull, cloudy grey. One wouldn’t think that the… Read More
OVST’s ‘Hairspray’ to Open Thursday, July 20
Full of optimism and fun, the Ohio Valley Summer Theater utilizes every inch of the stage in the Forum Theater as it brings Hairspray to life through the use of… Read More
Fun, Fun, Fun Even Minus the T-Bird: the 2017 Lancaster Festival July 19-29
By: Emily Votaw
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On the evening of Thursday, July 20, the Lancaster Festival Orchestra will play a soul-stirring set of songs in St. Mary’s Church to celebrate their 30 years of involvement with… Read More
Appalachian Hell Betties Come Back Home July 15
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On a muggy Sunday afternoon in early July the Athens Ohio Roller Derby’s Appalachian Hell Betties are practicing at Dow’s Roller Arena in Nelsonville. The Betties viciously circle around the track,… Read More