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Amy Carruthers/Ohio HumanitiesState humanities councils were established by Congress about 50 years ago to make sure National Endowment for Humanities funds made it to smaller communities and organizations. -
National Aviation Heritage Area/FacebookRepublican Gov. Mike DeWine signed its new state designation into law Wednesday. The plane, designated an historic landmark, can be seen now at Dayton's Carillion Historical Park.
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Ohio lawmakers and literacy advocates used the birthday of Toni Morrison, one of America’s most frequently banned authors, to defend difficult texts. -
Haitians in the Heartland presents the stories of Ohioans in Springfield in their own voices. -
The Cozad-Bates house was not a stop on the Underground Railroad — it was a training ground for abolitionists. -
Health, Science & EnvironmentThe study, published earlier this month in the Journal of Sociolinguistics, suggests a strong cultural component to how people identify and interpret regional accents. -
Ohio’s creative sector includes nonprofit arts and culture organizations, like theatres, museums and heritage sites, as well as individual artists and creative businesses. -
About a dozen members of IATSE Local 12 held signs reading "Ohio State - Unfair to Local Labor," during a demonstration in front of Ohio State University's Mershon Auditorium. -
Ohio singers keep the American barbershop harmony tradition alive as part of the Barbershop Harmony Society. In January they held an intense weekend of training and fun. -
Eight of the 14 acts under consideration are making their first appearance on the ballot, despite being eligible for decades. -
Classical 101A new children’s picture book offers inspiring messages about the powers of making music with others. -
Classical 101The 2024-25 academic year marks the inaugural academic year for the classical guitar major at Ohio State University. Watch a performance by two of the program's students, and see what OSU guitar instructor Karl Wohlwend has in store for the program.
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Don MacRostie has been hand crafting mandolins in southeast Ohio for nearly 50 years. -
The Columbus Symphony and CAPA believe new, specific performance spaces are needed because demand for the arts will rise along with projected population growth. -
Two decades after the completion of the flood wall, Franklinton is seeing explosive development. Now gentrification threatens to displace the neighborhood's families. -
The contract is scheduled to take effect on Feb. 5 and will go through June 30, 2026. -
Cleveland Scene music writer Jeff Niesel shares his advice on how to discover more local music in the new year. -
Actors Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan give warm, deeply sympathetic performances as wide-ranging musician Leonard Bernstein and his wife, Felicia Montealegre Cohn, in a biopic directed by Cooper. -
Business & EconomySome in the Columbus film industry say there's less work to go around, while others note steady business that leaves Columbus poised to tackle a new part of the market. -
More concerts and events are scheduled to be announced over the next two weeks. -
Crowded concert halls are still a long way off due to the ongoing pandemic, but the venues that host those crowds are soon to receive financial help from the federal government. Starting April 8, music venues, movie theaters and theater companies can apply for the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant on the U.S. Small Business Administration website. -
Stacks of red tires are due to start popping-up around the city of Akron Thursday in celebration of the new wave band DEVO, as part of an effort to boost the hometown heroes into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
