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Fort Ancient Open Houses

Fort Ancient Earthworks and Nature Preserve 6123 State Route 350, Oregonia, Ohio

Come visit Fort Ancient in Oregonia, Ohio to celebrate its designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site! Fort Ancient Earthworks & Nature Preserve is Ohio’s first state park. In April 1891, the state legislature authorized the Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society (now the Ohio History Connection) to care for the site. In 1966, Fort Ancient became nationally recognized when it was named a National Historic Landmark. Learn more ... Read More

Voices From Krypton: A Conversation with Edward Gross & Mark Waid

Online

Join Superman writer Mark Waid for a live online conversation with Edward Gross, author of Voices from Krypton. 'Hailed as possibly the most comprehensive oral history of Superman to be committed to print, Voices From Krypton combines over 85 years of Superman's legacy into a sweeping tale of how the champion of the oppressed became one of the world's most ... Read More

School’s Out Free Mondays “Family Memory Making”

Canton Museum of Art 1001 Market Ave N, Canton, Ohio

Embark on a journey of personal discovery as we delve into family histories and cherished memories during the "Family Memory Making" event. In collaboration with various community organizations, including the Library Genealogy Department and Jobs and Family Services, this hands-on program celebrates the theme of family and offers opportunities for participants to create tangible mementos reflecting their family stories through ... Read More

Bending to the Color Line: The Fight For Women’s Suffrage in Ohio

Dayton Metro Library Electra C Doren Branch 701 Troy St., Dayton, Ohio

Come visit the Dayton Metro Library's Doren Branch for an Ohio Humanities' Speakers Bureau event with Carol Lasser! In the final years of the suffrage struggle, Ohio women’s efforts to gain the vote took place in a national movement that accepted the regional disenfranchisement of African Americans as part of a bargain to overcome Southern resistance.  Yet in Ohio, the ... Read More

Meet the Sheroes: A Night of Jack’s/Summit Station Nostalgia

Ohio History Connection 800 E. 17th Ave., Columbus, Ohio

Join us for an amazing stroll down memory lane with 4 of the featured storytellers from the documentary #Free Beer Tomorrow. On this particular journey we are going to open the vaults of the 1970s and 80’s Jack’s/Summit Station communities. Learn first hand about the courageous women (and a few guys) who were fight-the-power rabble rousers, first lovers, trailblazers and ... Read More

Bending to the Color Line: The Fight For Women’s Suffrage in Ohio

Dayton Metro Library Brookville Branch 120 Blue Pride Drive, Brookville, Ohio

Come visit the Dayton Metro Library's Brookville Branch for an Ohio Humanities' Speakers Bureau event with Carol Lasser! In the final years of the suffrage struggle, Ohio women’s efforts to gain the vote took place in a national movement that accepted the regional disenfranchisement of African Americans as part of a bargain to overcome Southern resistance.  Yet in Ohio, the ... Read More

Book Signing & Superhero Trivia with Mark Waid

Carol and John's Comic Book Shop 17462 Lorain Ave, Cleveland, Ohio

Stop by Carol and John's Comic Book Shop in Cleveland for trivia and book signings with Mark Waid, author of Superman: Birthright and Batman/Superman: World's Finest! This event, and all events for Superman’s Cleveland, is funded in part by an Ohio Humanities Ignite Grant. Find out more about this event series here!

Hopewell Culture National Historic Park Commemoration Ceremony

Hopewell Culture National Historic Park 16062 State Route 104, Chillicothe, Ohio

Come visit the Hopewell Culture National Historic Park to celebrate its designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site! Stay tuned for updates about programming for this event.

Superman’s Cleveland Conference: It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s a Cultural Icon!

Cleveland Public Library 525 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio

In honor of the 85th anniversary of the creation of Superman in Cleveland, Ohio, Ursuline College and the Ohio Center for the Book at Cleveland Public Library are hosting a conference dedicated to exploring the first superhero’s connections to the city of Cleveland, his relationship to the broader cultural environment, and Superman’s legacy within the medium of comics itself. The ... Read More

Newark Earthworks Open House

Newark Earthworks 455 Hebron Road, Heath, Ohio

Come visit the Newark Earthworks to celebrate its designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site! During the Newark Earthworks Open House, visitors are invited to explore and experience fully all three segments of these ancient, expansive earthworks built masterfully by American Indians.  The site will be open daylight to dusk, with staff on site to answer questions from Noon–4 p.m. ... Read More

For their Own Cause

Spring Hill Historic Home 1401 Springhill Lane NE, Massillon, Ohio

Come visit the Spring Hill Historic Home for an Ohio Humanities' Speakers' Bureau event with Kelly Mezurek! Dr. Mezurek will be discussing her book, For their Own Cause: The 27th United States Colored Troops (The Kent State University Press, 2016), which explores the story of the 27th USCT in the Civil War. From the inside cover: "The men faced daily battles ... Read More

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

Rowfant Club 3028 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio

Come visit the Rowfant Club 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 ... Read More

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