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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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At his rural home in northern Ohio, master mask-maker David Lady has made all things scary his specialty. -
Ohio music experts weigh in on why certain songs send chills down our spine. -
Over 130 haunted attractions are scattered throughout Ohio. It's a collaborative industry, with a booming following fueled by dedicated craftsmen and actors. -
Classical 101Columbus composer Mark Lomax, II’s new work Ubuntu musically embodies the tenets of radical humanity and offers a glimpse of a path to a better world. The Carpe Diem String Quartet performs Mark Lomax’s Ubuntu in WOSU Public Media's Performance Studio. -
The piece commemorates 50 years of rebirth and recreation along the Cuyahoga River. -
In the farm fields of Fairfield County, about 30 minutes southeast of Columbus, the scariest creatures around aren’t ghosts or goblins. They’re scarecrows. -
Kenyon College is using Classical theater to explore contemporary conflict. -
The new museum tells the stories of the Dublin community, from the Dublin Cornet Band to notable Dubliners and everyday life in the small village turned teeming city of nearly 50,000. -
Northeast Ohio native Parker Finn hopes to bring audiences unexpected scares in the sequel to his horror debut, “Smile”. -
Fort Recovery Museum will host a free two-day event Oct. 19 and 20 called “Beyond the Battlefield." Members and leaders of the Eastern Shawnee, Ottawa, Wyandotte and Miami tribes will be represented at the event.
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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. -
The Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse is the new home for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremonies, starting this fall. After more than a year of virtual events across the country, the Rock Hall is looking to break out of a COVID-19-induced prison and return to a live induction event in Cleveland on October 30. Rock Hall president Greg Harris said it will be the sixth time for a hometown induction. “It was here back in ‘97 in a hotel,” he said. “Then, in 2009, 2012, 2015 and 2018, it was held at Cleveland's Public Auditorium.”
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With hints of spring in the air, Gov. Mike DeWine tantalized Ohioans with prospects of the end of pandemic restrictions and a gradual return to life as we… -
For the second year in a row, organizers canceled the Columbus Arts Festival and the Columbus Jazz & Rib Fest due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same… -
Cleveland’s musical museum on the lake is looking to take some lessons from the past year into its planning for 2021. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame re-opened its doors over the weekend after a two-month COVID-inspired closure. -
The arts employ nearly five million people in America, but advocates say President Trump's record of support for arts and humanities has been mixed. Will that change under the Biden administration? -
This holiday season, the unrelenting pandemic will strike an economic blow to Columbus’ downtown entertainment sector. The ever-popular “Nutcracker”… -
Music fans in Columbus rejoiced over the weekend when the radio station formerly known as CD102.5 announced it was coming back to the airwaves.The… -
A group of Northeast Ohio independent music venues has spent the past five months planning how to reopen safely amid the coronavirus pandemic. Now the venues have shifted to just trying to survive these winter months so they can reopen at all. -
The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on the cultural economy, the businesses and the people that make their living creating music, food and art.But…
