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  • Free Beer Tomorrow: Documenting the History and Culture of Ohio’s Longest Running Lesbian Owned and Operated Bar

    Gahanna Branch of the Columbus Metro Library 310 Granville St., Gahanna, Ohio, United States

    Come visit the Gahanna Branch of the Columbus Metro Library for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers Bureau event with LuSter Singelton and Julia Applegate! In a casual format, filmmakers and storytellers, Julia M. Applegate and LuSter P. Singleton, discuss the creation of their upcoming documentary, Free Beer Tomorrow. Free Beer Tomorrow: tells the story of Jack's A Go-Go/Summit Station - Ohio's longest-running lesbian ... Read More

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

    Come visit Springfield Archeology for an Ohio Humanities' Speakers' Bureau event with Brad Lepper! 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 more than seven million cubic feet of earth. ... Read More

  • The History of Rock and Roll

    The Clyde Museum 124 W Buckeye St., Clyde, Ohio, United States

    Come visit the Clyde Museum for an Ohio Humanities Speakers' Bureau event with Matthew Donahue! This presentation highlights the history of rock and roll and popular music from the crossover of blues and country music in the 1950s leading to rock and roll through the many genres since the early rhythm and blues, rockabilly scene to contemporary music styles such ... Read More

  • The History of Rock and Roll

    Marvin Memorial Library 29 W Whitney Ave., Shelby, Ohio, United States

    Come visit the Marvin Memorial Library for an Ohio Humanities Speakers' Bureau event with Matthew Donahue! This presentation highlights the history of rock and roll and popular music from the crossover of blues and country music in the 1950s leading to rock and roll through the many genres since the early rhythm and blues, rockabilly scene to contemporary music styles ... Read More

  • Columbus Book Festival: Celebrating a Community of Book Lovers

    Columbus Metropolitan Library Main Library 96 S Grant Ave, Columbus, Ohio, United States

    Book Lovers Unite! It's back for year two and the 2024 Columbus Book Festival will feature a whole new lineup of 200+ national and Columbus-based authors, panel discussions author talks, book signings and more! The Festival Marketplace will brim with dozens of bookish retailers, community exhibitors, an entertainment lineup, local food court and the popular Indie Author Alley pavilion and Friends of ... Read More

  • Ashland Chautauqua: A Trip Down Memory Lane

    The Ashland Chautauqua Committee is excited for their special 2024 Silver Celebration with the theme "A Trip Down Memory Lane." Join them for this year's special anniversary events, July 16-24, 2024, featuring: For more details, see the schedule or go to their Facebook page. In the tradition of the American Chautauqua, the Ashland, Ohio Chautauqua allows audiences to witness history in its most ... Read More

  • Freedom a la Carte Open Mic Night

    We Amplify Voices 1327 Sullivant Avenue, Columbus, Ohio

    Freedom a la Carte is excited to share they are partnering with friends at We Amplify Voices (WAV) for this year’s Open Mic Nights! The next Open Mic Night will be on July 19 at WAV’s building: 1327 Sullivant Ave. Doors open at 5:30pm and the event starts at 6pm and should conclude around 7:30pm. Come share your voice through poetry, song, ... Read More

  • Ohio In the Civil War

    G. W. Adams Educational Center Historic Prospect Place Estate 12150 Main Street, Trinway, Ohio, United States

    Come visit the Coshocton County District Library for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers Bureau event with Mark Holbrook about the Ohio in the Civil War! With troops, generals, factories and farms, Ohio and Ohioans helped to change the outcome of the Civil War. And that war changed Ohio and its people. We’ll explore those changes and take a look at the contributions of ... Read More

  • The Story of Ohio’s Canals

    The Adena Mansion and Gardens

    Come visit the Adena Mansion and Gardens for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers Bureau event with Tom O'Grady! Beginning in 1825, Ohio began constructing its canal system that eventually included nearly a thousand miles of channel and towpaths laced with stone locks and culverts, aqueducts, feeder lakes and slack water ponds. These canals opened up Ohio to world commerce allowing the ... Read More

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

    McKinley Memorial Library 40 N. Main Street, Niles, Ohio, United States

    Come visit the McKinley Memorial Library 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 more than ... Read More

  • Historic Landscapes Virtual Series: The Dawes Arboretum

    Inspired by this year's History Center Exhibit titled From Architecture to Beauty, The Dawes Arboretum will be hosting a four-part virtual series featuring Ohio historic landscapes and gardens, their designers, American landscape movements and historic land restorations. In addition to The Dawes Arboretum, this series will feature presentations from Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens, Adena Mansion & Gardens, and Kingwood ... Read More

  • Why Ohio? Understanding the Opioid Crisis

    Prevention Action Alliance 6171 Huntley Road Suite G, Columbus, Ohio, United States

    Come visit the Prevention Action Alliance in Columbus for an Ohio Humanities' Speakers Bureau event with Daniel Skinner! While the opioid crisis has swept across the entire United States, leaving no community untouched, it has hit Ohio particularly hard. But why Ohio, in particular? Drawing on his experience in compiling a collection of more than 50 perspectives from across Ohio, ... Read More