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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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Classical 101Children love stories about enchanted lands full of magical beings. Nothing transports us to enchanted lands quite as powerfully as music does. Here’s a list of 10 recent children’s picture books that feature diverse characters – some real, some invented – whose lives were forever changed by music’s power to bring us together, give us courage and inspire us to be our best selves. -
For decades, people have been chowing down on a sandwich informed by the city's Eastern European and Black culinary history: the Polish Boy. -
The Scholastic Esports Awards is the first ever standalone event for scholastic awards in esports. The event plans to include an esports combine. -
CreativeOhio's Advocacy Leadership Institute will teach arts administrators and creative leaders about state funding and building relationships with legislators. -
Harmony Project creative director David Brown says the goal is to create a network of artists who believe in the power of music to bring people together. -
In most parts of the world, Hanukkah is a relatively minor Jewish holiday. The celebration’s grander roots in the United States trace back to a pair of rabbis from Cincinnati. -
Some Ohio cities ring in the new year in style. They spend the last night of the year celebrating what’s special about their community. -
The Harambee Youth Organization celebrates Kwanzaa through traditional African dances. -
Classical 101For more than 40 years, the annual Twelfth Night concert of The Early Interval, Columbus’ resident early music ensemble, has reminded us that Christmas is just the beginning of the traditional season of holiday merriment. -
Don MacRostie has been hand crafting mandolins in southeast Ohio for nearly 50 years.
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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. -
Arts leaders from around the state have signed a letter to Ohio lawmakers arguing for expanded public funding of arts and culture. Fred Bidwell, chairman of the Cleveland-based Arts & Culture Action Committee, took that case to the House Finance Committee in Columbus on Thursday. Bidwell is acting as spokesperson for a coalition of over 80 arts and cultural organizations looking to increase the scope of arts funding through an existing cigarette tax in Cuyahoga County, according to a news release from Ohio Citizens for the Arts.
