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Tantrum Theater’s “Caroline, Or Change”
By: Emily Votaw
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Caroline, Or Change is the lauded sung-through musical by acclaimed playwright Tony Kushner (Angels in America). Kicking off on July 7, Ohio University’s professional theater company, Tantrum Theater, will host a production of the work at Dublin’s Abbey Theater, directed by Robert Barry Fleming. On this installment of Conversations from Studio B, WOUB’s Emily Votaw… Read More
“Ohio in Photographs…” Has Been Published Recently by Ohio University Press
The Ohio University Press has recently published a new coffee-table photo book about Ohio. It’s called “Ohio in Photographs: A Portrait of the Buckeye State.” It’s a compilation of photographs taken by noted landscape, architectural, and travel photographers Ian Adams and Randall Lee Schieber. There will be a free conversation with the two photographers on… Read More
Day-long Program Focuses on Community Rights and Social Justice
The Ohio Community Rights Network has partnered with seven other local groups to present a day-long program on Saturday, March 18 called “Community Rights for Social Justice: Growing Roots and Rights.” The program will focus on development of local control and rule over issues such as minimum wage laws, immigration, LGBTQ rights and stopping injection… Read More
Athens Mayor Patterson Talks Infrastructure, Fire, Student Density and E. State St.
First-term Athens Mayor Steve Patterson has faced some major issues since coming to office. Just recently, he has had to confront a major water leak, crumbling infrastructure, a major fire, the hiring of a new university president, increased student density in housing and a major resurfacing project on the ever-busy East State St. All have… Read More
Chancellor Carey and Head of Workforce Transformation Describe Higher Education Budget Proposal
By: Tom Hodson
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John Carey, Chancellor of the Ohio Department of Higher Education and Ryan Burgess, Director of the Governor’s Office of Workforce Transformation, recently visited Athens and Ohio University and explained the Governor’s proposed budget for higher education. Under the new proposal, both tuitions and special fees would be frozen in place for the next two years…. Read More
Spring 2017 Will Be a Big One For Ohio Quilters
By: Emily Votaw
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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 showcasing “Circular Abstractions: Bull’s Eye Quilts,” an extensive display of 51 large quilts curated by world-renowned fabric artist Nancy Crow. In May, the Dairy Barn… Read More
DACO Joins Growing Efforts to Create Accessibility
By: Emily Votaw
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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 co-director of the Decorative Arts Center of Ohio (DACO), about DACO’s new sensory friendly museum tours and the effort that organizations like ATCO and Passion… Read More
Misfits Theatre Presents “The Drowsy Chaperone” At ARTS/West
By: Emily Votaw
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Theater often pokes fun at itself for the sake of nuanced storytelling, much to the delight of the audience, the actors, and everyone else concerned. The Drowsy Chaperone is a 1998 meta-musical-within-a-comedy and an excellent example of that very theatrical device. The story revolves around an opinionated old-school musical theater fan listening to (and commenting… Read More
‘Singing Like Painting Words In the Air': Talking With Adam Torres
In September, former Athens resident and Ohio University student Adam Torres released Pearls to Swine, his critically acclaimed Fat Possum Records debut. This occurred some 10 years after the recording of his debut album, Nostra Nova, (which was christened a “cult classic” after it’s re-release on Misra Records in 2015) with a slew of Athens-centric musicians at 3… Read More
Cyber Security is Key Today to Major Media Companies
Security is a huge issue for any corporation but it is an even bigger concern for a major media company, according to Bob Carson, the Chief Information Officer and Vice President of the E. W. Scripps Company. News and information must be pure and not adulterated by any outside entity, according to Carson. He recently… Read More