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The Newark Earthworks: One of the World’s Ancient Wonders

Cleo Redd Fisher Museum 203 E Main St, Loudonville, Ohio

Come visit the Cleo Redd Fisher Historical Museum for an Ohio Humanities' Speakers' Bureau event with Brad Lepper about the Newark Earthworks! The Newark Earthworks are the largest set of geometric enclosures and mounds in the world. The work of the Hopewell people who lived in Ohio circa A.D. 1-  400, these geometric earthworks covered nearly five square miles, using ... Read More

Underground Railroad in Ohio

Coshocton County District Library Main Branch 655 Main Street, Coshocton, Ohio

Come visit the Coshocton County District Library for an Ohio Humanities' Speakers' Bureau event with Valerie Boyer about the Underground Railroad in Ohio! Do we really know the story of Underground Railroad? This talk discusses the food, the clothes, the Ohio Black codes, the technicalities around “freedom”, and the length of the journey—in all its complexity. The nuance of some ... Read More

Aldus Society Speaker Series: Roger Jerome

Thurber Center 91 Jefferson Avenue, Columbus, Ohio

Join the Aldus Society of Central Ohio at the Thurber Center for a speaker event with Roger Jerome! Roger Jerome will speak about Charles Dickens in Ohio. Few people know that the great novelist visited most parts of Ohio in 1842 and wrote about it. Roger has studied his travels in detail and promises original details. The Aldus Society brings ... Read More

Shepard History Day

Shepard Branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library 850 North Nelson Rd., Columbus, Ohio

Join Columbus Metro Library's Shepard Branch to celebrate the history of Shepard and its surrounding neighborhoods! They’ll have activities and programs for all ages, throughout the day. Take a look at the schedule below: 9:30-10:30amUnderground Railroad in Central OhioCome see a program showcasing central Ohioans’ role in the Underground Railroad and how to find homes that may have been stops ... Read More

Broadcast Premier of “Capturing Life”

ThinkTV Public Broadcast

Voyageur Media Group's “Capturing Life” (1839-1869) will premiere on both CET HD and ThinkTV HD (simulcast) at 4:30 pm on Sunday, February 16! Over the past three decades, Voyageur’s production team has conducted research at dozens of regional archives in search of photographs to illustrate documentaries about our area’s rich cultural heritage. They have always cherished days spent exploring photographic collections. ... Read More

Underground Railroad in Ohio

Garst Museum 205 North Broadway, Greenville, Ohio

Come visit the Garst Museum at Darke County Historical Society for an Ohio Humanities' Speakers' Bureau event with Valerie Boyer about the Underground Railroad in Ohio! Do we really know the story of Underground Railroad? This talk discusses the food, the clothes, the Ohio Black codes, the technicalities around “freedom”, and the length of the journey—in all its complexity. The ... Read More

In These Hills

The Over-the-Rhine Museum is excited to display its latest project: "In These Hills." Come check it out March through June 2025! "In These Hills" is an examination of the Appalachian families who came to the neighborhood in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s in search of work. Dr. Deborah R. Weiner is working with past residents and museum staff to tell ... Read More

Virtual Author Talk with Ilan Evyatar & Yonah Jeremy Bob

Virtual

The Cleveland Jewish Book Festival is back for its 25th year! Join Ilan Evyatar and Yonah Jeremy Bob as they discuss their book Target Tehran. Evyatar and his co-author Yonah Jeremy Bob describe how Israel has used cyberwarfare, targeted assassinations and sabotage of Iranian facilities to great effect, sometimes in cooperation with the United States. Even as it takes lethal ... Read More

Free

Author Talk with Daniel Schulman

Park Synagogue 27500 Shaker Blvd, Pepper Pike, Ohio

The Cleveland Jewish Book Festival is back for its 25th year! Join Daniel Schulman to discuss his book, The Money Kings. This book tells the incredible saga of the German Jewish immigrants – with now familiar names like Goldman and Sachs, Kuhn and Loeb, Warburg and Schiff, Lehman and Seligman – who profoundly influenced the rise of modern finance. Schulman ... Read More

Free

Author Talk with Jonathan Sanflofer

The Maltz Museum 2929 Richmond Road, Beachwood, Ohio

The Cleveland Jewish Book Festival is back for its 25th year! Join Jonathan Sanflofer to discuss his book, The Lost Van Gogh. From celebrated artist, legal counterfeiter and award-winning Jewish author Jonathan Santlofer comes The Lost Van Gogh, a spellbinding thriller of masterpieces, masterminds and the mysterious underbelly of the art world. In this highly-anticipated sequel to The Last Mona ... Read More

$10 – $12

Moving Off the Farm and Trying to Stay Amish

Coshocton County District Library Main Branch 655 Main Street, Coshocton, Ohio

Come visit the Coshocton County District Library for an Ohio Humanities Speakers' Bureau event with Susan Trollinger about Amish culture in Ohio! By now most Americans likely know something about Amish life—that the Amish depend on horse and buggy for transportation, that they do not plug into the electrical grid, that their cuisine is delicious, and that they live according ... Read More

YogaProse: Using Your Practice to Write Your Story

The Maltz Museum 2929 Richmond Road, Beachwood, Ohio

Join author and yoga instructor Jennifer Lang for an inspiring experience of play and work! The workshop will incorporate pranayama, asana, meditation and writing exercises. You will explore how using the body, focusing the breath, emptying the mind and practicing physical poses can help us see clearer and enrich your writing. This program is for all levels of yoga practitioners ... Read More

$10 – $12
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