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Athens art exhibit illustrates the horrors of asylum life for women
By: Payton Szymczak
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — There was a time when a woman could be committed to an insane asylum simply because her husband thought she was lazy. This is one of… Read More
The Southeast Ohio History Center honored Joe Burrow with an exhibition featuring items on loan from the Burrow family
By: Emily Votaw
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WOUB Digital · Southeast Ohio History Museum honors Joe Burrow Through Friday, March 4, Athens’ Southeast Ohio History Center (24 West State Street) showcased the life and professional trajectory of… Read More
A highly anticipated production of film noire pastiche ‘Song of Singapore’ debuts March 3 at the Southeast Ohio History Center
By: Emily Votaw
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WOUB Digital · ‘Song of Singapore’ Athens production debuts March 3 In the late ‘80s, Paula Lockheart was one of six New York City co-writers and co-composers whose love of… Read More
Theatre organist Dennis James will bring period accurate music to the Nov. 5 screening of ‘Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horrors’
By: Emily Votaw
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WOUB Digital · Theatre organist Dennis James brings period accurate music to screening of ‘Nosferatu’ If we were to hop backwards in time by about a century, we would find… Read More
Southeast Ohio History Center and WOUB Partner on COVID-19 History Project
ATHENS, OH – WOUB Public Media is partnering with the Southeast Ohio History Center to capture history in the making. It’s called the COVID-19 History project. “Amid the COVID-19/Coronavirus outbreak,… Read More
Elise Sanford Honored With 2018 Athena Award
By: Emily Votaw
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On Thursday, December 13, the Athens City Commission on Disabilities awarded Elise Sanford, the founder of the Athens Photo Project (APP), the 2018 Athena Award at the Southeast Ohio History… Read More
SEO History Center’s Fundraiser to Feature Live Score of ’20s Horror Classic
On Sunday, October 28, the Southeast Ohio History Center’s powerful pipe organ will sing out as renowned professional organist Dennis James performs the accompanying score of a classic silent film…. Read More
SEO History Center to Host 2018 Gingerbread House Display & Competition
By: Emily Votaw
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Athens is chock full of aesthetically stunning historic buildings and landmarks. The annual Gingerbread House Display and Competition that has been spotlighting some of these places since 2013 will return… Read More
SEO History Center to Present “The Many Phantoms of the Kirkbride Hospitals” June 23
By: Emily Votaw
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As a part of their “Athens Asylum: 150 Years of a Healing Landscape” series, the Southeast Ohio History Center will present “The Many Phantoms of the Kirkbride Hospitals” on Saturday,… Read More
Athens Armory to Receive Official Historic Marker May 19
By: Emily Votaw
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On Saturday, May 19 starting at 11 a.m. a historic marker for the Athens armory, located at the intersection of West Carpenter Street and Court Street will be dedicated, after… Read More
‘Blood, Brains, and Lobotomies’ Coming to SEO History Center April 19
By: Emily Votaw
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A Madness So Discreet is a young adult historical fiction novel set in the late 1800s that follows the story of Grace Mae, a young woman who has been raped… Read More
Rumors Around Haunted Athens
By: Lauren Ramoser
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If you trust the internet, Athens is supposedly one of the most haunted places in Ohio. Especially around the former Athens Asylum, there is a lot of paranormal activity said… Read More
New Florida Blues Band to Kick Off SEO History Center’s Spirits and Soul Series
By: Emily Votaw
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Music has long been at the heart of Appalachian culture, dating well beyond the invention of Spotify, iTunes, the CD or even the phonograph. The Southeast Ohio History Center, keeping… Read More
‘Growing Up Athens’ Release Party Planned for Nov. 25
Saturday, Nov. 25 will mark the official launch party for the release of Growing Up Athens, a book that chronicles the experience of coming of age in the region through… Read More
Uptown for the Holidays Competition Planned for 2018 at SEO History Center
There will be no Uptown for the Holidays Gingerbread House Competition and Display in 2017. The Southeast Ohio History Center will oversee the annual event in 2018. The competition was… Read More
SEO History Center Hosts ‘Phantom of the Opera’ With Live Organ
Sunday, October 29 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. the pipes of the great organ will sing out at the Southeast Ohio History Center! Renowned professional organist Dennis James will… Read More
Southeast Ohio History Center to Open Doors May 2
By: Emily Votaw
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April 15, 1917, Athens’ First Christian Church opened its doors. Exactly 100 years later, another institution, the Southeast Ohio History Center (SOHC), celebrated its grand opening on exactly the same… Read More