Join cartoonist and author Emily Flake for a brief history of cartoons and illustrated humor in the pages of The New Yorker magazine. Emily Flake is a cartoonist, writer, illustrator and performer. She is a regular contributor to The New Yorker, McSweeney’s and many other publications. She is the author of Joke in a Box: How to Write and Draw ... Read More
Explore Columbus’ neighborhoods with historians Doreen Uhas-Sauer and Tom Betti. This tour will start at the Northside Branch of the Columbus Metro Library! Learn how our communities were shaped by political, social, economic and environmental forces. Tours start from and end at a library location. Water and light snacks will be provided. Remember your sunscreen, hat, sunglasses and comfortable walking ... Read More
Come visit the University of Akron's Sociology Club for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers’ Bureau event with LuSter Singleton! LuSter will discuss the intersections and departures of both the gay and Civil Rights Movement. In the early 2000s, LuSter disclosed their long-time struggle with finding a place of belonging within the so-called “gay movement” and the civil rights movement. With both ... Read More
Explore Columbus’ neighborhoods with historians Doreen Uhas-Sauer and Tom Betti. This tour will start at the Northside Branch of the Columbus Metro Library! Learn how our communities were shaped by political, social, economic and environmental forces. Tours start from and end at a library location. Water and light snacks will be provided. Remember your sunscreen, hat, sunglasses and comfortable walking ... Read More
Come visit Bristol Village for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers’ Bureau event with Zeb Larson! Larson will speak about the anti-apartheid movement as it appeared in the United States. Activists today look back on the anti-apartheid movement as an inspiration, ranging from climate change activists to the BDS Movement. The movement had humble beginnings; how did it take off so successfully? ... Read More
The Cleveland Jewish Book Festival is back for its 25th year! Join Stuart Eizenstat for the opening night! Based on interviews with over 60 key figures in American diplomacy, including former presidents and secretaries of state, and major political figures abroad, Eizenstat covers every major contemporary international agreement, from the treaty to end the Vietnam War to the Kyoto Protocols ... Read More
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 November 8th 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
Join the Southeast Ohio History Center for a one-day conference commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Fort Gower Resolves! On November 5, 1774, six months before the first shots of the American Revolution were fired at Lexington and Concord, a group of Virginian officers who had served in Lord Dunmore’s Army gathered at Fort Gower, above the confluence of the ... Read More
Columbus Metropolitan Library presents a full day of FREE genealogy and history activities on Saturday, Nov. 9. Complimentary boxed lunch included! They'll welcome keynote speaker Chief Glenna Wallace to share her journey to reconnect the citizens of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma back to their historical homelands. Attend sessions and roundtables to learn research tips and bring your genealogy research questions to get help from Main ... Read More
The Cleveland Jewish Book Festival is back for its 25th year! Join Yardena Schwartz to discuss her book, Ghosts of a Holy War. The 1929 massacre of the ancient Jewish community of Hebron was one of the most seminal events in the Arab-Israeli conflict–until October 7, 2023. One century apart, the echoes of 1929 in 2023 are key to understanding the complexities ... Read More
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
Teaching Cleveland, in association with playwright Faye Sholiton and filmmaker Marquette Williams, with generous support from America250 and the Ohio Humanities Council, is offering facilitated community conversations to accompany the viewing of “A Death in the City: In the Wake of Segregation" as a part of the project called "On Our Watch" focused on using history to empower individuals to create ... Read More
