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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

The five plaintiffs in Clemons v. Board of Education and their attorneys stand in court on Sept. 29, 1954 while on their precedent-shattering mission. Front row, left to right: Plaintiffs Elsie Steward, Roxie Clemons, Zella Cumberland and Gertrude Clemons. Back row, left to right: Attorney Russell L. Carter, plaintiff Norma Rollins and attorneys Constance Baker Motley and James H. McGee. Photo by Harvey Eugene Smith of AP

‘The Lincoln School Story’ Documentary Screening and Discussion

Community Christian Church 210 N Main St, North Canton, Ohio

Join Ohio Humanities Program Officer Dr. Melvin Barnes, Jr. and The College Club of Canton for a documentary screening and discussion of The Lincoln School Story. The story of the Lincoln School Marchers honors the brave actions of 19 courageous African American mothers in Hillsboro, Ohio. Follow Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, these mothers marched with their 37 ... Read More

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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

Brandon Downing

Why the West Went to War in 1812

Bellaire Public Library 330 32nd St., Bellaire, Ohio

Come visit the Bellaire Public Library with the Great Stone Viaduct Historical Education Society for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers’ Bureau event with Brandon Downing about the history of the War of 1812! This talk is part of the Bellaire Library's Great Stone Viaduct Winter Lecture Series, come check it out! This talk answers the question: What was the link between ... Read More

Valerie Boyer

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

Valerie Boyer

Coded Language of Negro Spirituals during the Underground Railroad

St. Paul United Church of Christ 101 Perry St, Wapakoneta, Ohio

Come visit St. Paul's United Church of Christ with the Auglaize County Historical Society for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers’ Bureau event with Valerie Boyer about the spirituals during the Underground Railroad in Ohio! Negro Spirituals, which have since been renamed African American Spirituals, have been sung by enslaved people and their descendants since as early as the 18th century, and ... Read More

Ilan Evyatar at Cleveland Jewish Book Festival

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 Daniel Schulman at the Cleveland Jewish Book Festival

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
Jonathan Sanflofer at the Cleveland Jewish Book Festival

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

Author Jennifer Lang at the Cleveland Jewish Book Festival

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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Aldus Society Speaker Series: Alan Farmer

Thurber Center 91 Jefferson Avenue, Columbus, Ohio

Join the Aldus Society of Central Ohio at the Thurber Center for a speaker event with Alan Farmer! Farmer will discuss recent advances in estimating the numbers of lost books to consider how lost books might reshape our view of the early modern English book trade and the cultural history of England from the mid-16th to the mid-17th century. The ... Read More

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