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Not Since Tecumseh: Darkness at Midday over the Ohio Country – Total Eclipse of the Sun – April 8, 2024

The Sandusky Library 114 W. Adams St., Sandusky, Ohio

Come visit the Sandusky Library for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers Bureau event with Tom O'Grady! The last time Ohio was witness to a total eclipse of the sun was on June 16, 1806. The 1806 eclipse has gone down in history as Tecumseh’s Eclipse. Tecumseh was working to create a confederation of Native tribes to resist continued losses of land ... Read More

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Joseph Posnanski author of ‘Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments’

Mandel JCC 26001 S. Woodland Road, Beachwood, Ohio

Come participate in the Cleveland Jewish Book Festival and see Joseph Posnanski, author of Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments! Why We Love Baseball is a love letter to baseball, a fresh and heartfelt look at the game's greatest moments and how they continue to grab at our hearts. Whether it's Willie Mays' over-the-shoulder catch, Babe Ruth's ... Read More

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Talking Women: A Conversation about Women in the Western Reserve

Virtual

In researching the exhibit on the Connecticut Western Reserve, the Litchfield Historical Society staff were captivated by the stories of women who migrated to Ohio, often told through their own words in letters and diaries. Join the Litchfield Historical Society on Sunday, March 17th at 3:00 p.m. for a candid conversation between the Litchfield Historical Society’s Curator, Alex Dubois; Archivist, ... Read More

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Virtual author event featuring Elizabeth Graver and Aaron Hamburger

Virtual

Be a part of a 2 author virtual panel featuring Elizabeth Graver, author of Kantika, and Aaron Hamburber, author of Hotel Cuba! A kaleidoscopic portrait of one family's displacement across four countries, Kantika—'song' in Ladino—follows the joys and losses of Rebecca Cohen, feisty daughter of the Sephardic elite of early 20th-century Istanbul. When the Cohens lose their wealth and are ... Read More

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Nina Siegal author of ‘The Diary Keepers’

Mandel JCC 26001 S. Woodland Road, Beachwood, Ohio

Come participate in the Cleveland Jewish Book Festival and see Nina Siegal, author of The Diary Keepers! Based on select writings from a collection of more than two thousand Dutch diaries written during World War II, The Diary Keepers illuminates a part of history we haven't seen in quite this way before, from the stories of a Nazi-sympathizing police officer ... Read More

Shrapnel Maps by Philip Metres and Eric Schmiedl

Shrapnel Maps: Voices in Dialogue

Marinello Little Theater 1 John Carroll Blvd, University Hts., Ohio

You're invited to a theatrical adaptation and staged public reading of Shrapnel Maps, a play written by Philip Metres and Eric Schmiedl that explores the predicament of the conflict between Palestine and Israel from a Cleveland point of view. Set in 2021, an Arab American poet and peacemaker is asked to speak at a rally in Cleveland for the people of Gaza. Will ... Read More

Shrapnel Maps by Philip Metres and Eric Schmiedl

Shrapnel Maps: Voices in Dialogue

Marinello Little Theater 1 John Carroll Blvd, University Hts., Ohio

You're invited to a theatrical adaptation and staged public reading of Shrapnel Maps, a play written by Philip Metres and Eric Schmiedl that explores the predicament of the conflict between Palestine and Israel from a Cleveland point of view. Set in 2021, an Arab American poet and peacemaker is asked to speak at a rally in Cleveland for the people of Gaza. Will ... Read More

Tom O Grady in front of lunar diagram

Not Since Tecumseh: Darkness at Midday over the Ohio Country – Total Eclipse of the Sun – April 8, 2024

Coshocton Public Library 655 Main St, Coshocton, Ohio

Come visit the Coshocton County District Library for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers Bureau event with Tom O'Grady! The last time Ohio was witness to a total eclipse of the sun was on June 16, 1806. The 1806 eclipse has gone down in history as Tecumseh’s Eclipse. Tecumseh was working to create a confederation of Native tribes to resist continued losses ... Read More

Jerry Craft, author of New Kid

WeREAD Book Discussion: New Kid (part 1)

Westerville Public Library Uptown 126 South State Street, Westerville, Ohio

Read the graphic novel New Kid by Jerry Craft, then dive into rich conversations about racial identity, code-switching, marginalizing behaviors, and the emotions associated with them. The first session will cover the first half of the book. The second session will cover the second half of the book. Attendance is welcome but not required for both sessions.  Register for this event here. ... Read More

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Ohio Black Judges Association Annual Meeting

Franklin County Hall of Justice 369 South High Street, Columbus, Ohio

Join the Ohio Black Judges Association in partnership with Ohio Humanities for their annual meeting in Columbus, which includes a screening of the Lincoln School Story! There will be two panels. Melvin Barnes, a historian and program officer at Ohio Humanities, will be in conversation with Mia Spells, Dayton Municipal Court Judge, about the Lincoln School Story documentary. The second ... Read More

Jerry Craft, author of New Kid

Online WeREAD Book Discussion: New Kid (part 1)

Virtual

Read the graphic novel New Kid by Jerry Craft, then dive into rich conversations about racial identity, code-switching, marginalizing behaviors, and the emotions associated with them. The first session will cover the first half of the book. The second session will cover the second half of the book. Attendance is welcome but not required for both sessions.  Register for this event here. ... Read More

The First Ohioans and Climate Change

Upper Arlington Public Library Lane Road Branch 1945 Lane Rd, Columbus, Ohio

Come visit the Upper Arlington Public Library Lane Road Branch for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers Bureau event with Brad Lepper! Humans first entered the Ohio Valley sometime after 20,000 years ago. These hardy American Indian pioneers adapted to the New World they found and, over the succeeding millennia, shaped many aspects of their environment. With the Industrial Revolution and the ... Read More

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