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WOUB Producer/Director Inspires Local Students
Evan Shaw encourages area school kids to dream big ATHENS, OH – The line was about 15-deep at Alexander Middle School in early November to get an autograph. The children were giddy about being able to meet this person and walk out of school that day with the signature of someone they considered to be… Read More
WOUB Releases Trailer for Our Town: Gallipolis
A free premiere screening will be held March 22, 2020 at Gallia Academy ATHENS, OH – The new trailer for Our Town: Gallipolis starts with the words: “Listen as the water speaks and tells a story bold.” After completing the trailer, you’ll realize that is not an overstatement. The story of the Gallia County town… Read More
PHOTOS: WOUB’s Public Screening of ‘Our Town: Morgan County’
WOUB Public Media hosted a public screening of Our Town: Morgan County at the Twin City Opera House on Sunday, March 24. About 500 people were in attendance to the event! Check out some of the images that WOUB’s Soozan Palsa captured of the event. If you missed the public screening, do not fret! It… Read More
WOUB-TV to Premiere ‘Our Town: Morgan County’ Monday, March 25 at 8 p.m.
By: Emily Votaw
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On Sunday, March 24 at 3 p.m., WOUB hosted a free viewing of Our Town: Morgan County in the Twin Cities Opera House (15 West Main Street, McConnelsville), the latest installment in Emmy-award winning WOUB producer Evan Shaw’s Our Town documentary series. The documentary will be shown on WOUB-TV on Monday, March 25 at 8… Read More
PHOTOS: Screening ‘Our Town: Athens’
Sunday, March 25, 2018 marked the screening of WOUB’s “Our Town: Athens,” a documentary by Emmy Award-winning producer Evan Shaw that chronicles the long and winding history of Athens through the lens of a myriad of interviews with regional history experts. The documentary will be shown again at 8 p.m. on Monday, March 26. Check out the photos from… Read More
‘Our Town: Athens’ Debuts on WOUB-TV, Monday, March 26 at 8
By: Emily Votaw
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Our Town: Athens explores the long, rich history of Athens, as told through the lens of numerous interviews and tons of fascinating historic photographs and footage. The production is crafted by Evan Shaw, WOUB’s award-winning producer responsible for the four prior installments to the “Our Town” series. In this interview, WOUB’s Emily Votaw spoke to… Read More
Sunday Afternoon Marks Successful Premiere of ‘Our Town: Jackson’
By: Emily Votaw
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Jackson is a small town in Appalachian Ohio with it’s own unique long, winding history. That history includes the likes of legendary outdoorsman Daniel Boone, famous explorer Major John Wesley Powell, Ohio mayor Jim Rhodes, and many others. Sunday, March 26, WOUB Public Media premiered Our Town: Jackson, a documentary crafted by filmmaker and producer Evan… Read More