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WOUB’s ‘WHO Lies Beneath: The Asylum’ uses actors and lots of research to tell the stories of patients of the former Athens Lunatic Asylum
By: Emily Votaw
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Nearly 1,700 patients buried on the grounds of the former psychiatric hospital now known as The Ridges lay interred under slim, white headstones marked with a… Read More
![Members of Ohio Valley Summer Theater, Rhys Carr, center, and Carter Rice, sing “Here for You” during a rehearsal for 70th anniversary celebration of the theater program in Athens, Ohio, on Thursday, July 8, 2021. [Joseph Scheller | WOUB]](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/070821_OVST_157-scaled-e1626456532720-900x422.jpg)
Ohio Valley Summer Theater Celebrates 70th Anniversary, Access To The Arts
By: Taylor Burnette
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – The Ohio Valley Summer Theater is preparing for a celebration of its 70th anniversary after overcoming the challenges of the 2020 pandemic. Founded in 1951, the… Read More

Appalachian Community Uses Theater To Reckon With Racism, COVID, And The Trauma Of 2020
By: Katie Myers | Curtis Tate | Ohio Valley ReSource
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HARLAN COUNTY, Ky. (OVR) — George Floyd was murdered by police officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis, a cold and faraway place from the vantage point of Harlan County, Kentucky. But… Read More

Christopher Plummer, Star Of Stage, Screen, ‘Sound Of Music,’ Dies At 91
By: Jeff Lunden | NPR
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The Oscar-, Emmy- and Tony Award-winning actor began acting in films in the 1950s. He said he felt like he was “starting over” in acting every decade — “you never stop learning how to act,” he said.

Help On The Way For Struggling Performing Arts Groups, Theatres
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Columbus Museum of Art has announced it was laying off 39 employees and slashing their budget due to money lost during coronavirus. It’s the… Read More

Amy Sherald Doesn’t Need Your Instagram Post
By: Kurt Andersen I PRI
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Michelle Obama’s portraitist is a case study in seeing art in person.

American Icons: ‘96 Tears’
By: Jocelyn Gonzales I PRI, Pedro Rafael Rosado I PRI
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How a group of Mexican American teenagers in the 1960s may have spawned punk rock.

Kentucky Arts Council Executive Director is Named
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – Kentucky Tourism, Arts and Heritage Secretary Don Parkinson has named an executive director for the Kentucky Arts Council. He is Chris Cathers, who has been a… Read More

The Rise and Fall Of Pirate Radio Station WBAD
By: David Goren I PRI
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In the 1990s, pirate radio station WBAD started playing hip-hop music without bleeping it like commercial radio. But even if it was playing church music, the FCC still would have come after them.

“Figurine Fairy” Spreads Anonymous Joy
By: Abby Grisez
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People with keen eyes are finding small moments of joy in unexpected places around Ohio University. Small clay figures are popping up all over the Radio Television Building, Schoonover, and… Read More

President Trump’s Budget Axe Could Chop Local Arts
By: Taylor Nimmo
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New Budget Plans If President Donald Trump’s proposed budget is approved by Congress, local programs, funded through the National Endowment of the Arts, will likely suffer. The Dairy Barn Center… Read More