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# Ohio Humanities

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- [Ohio Humanities Alliance Hiring Operations Coordinator (Part-Time)](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2026/06/26/ohio-humanities-alliance-hiring-operations-coordinator-part-time/) - Ohio Humanities Alliance Location: Columbus, Ohio (hybrid)Reports to: Director of Programs & GrantsStatus: Part-time (up to 25–29 hours/week)Compensation: $25/hour Position Description The Operations Coordinator is a highly organized, detail-oriented professional who provides essential administrative and operational support across the organization. This role focuses on maintaining strong systems, coordinating logistics, and supporting execution across development, programs
- [Cultural Organizations Across Ohio Call for All NEH Funds to be Released](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2026/05/15/cultural_organizations_call_for_neh_funds_released/) - FOR RELEASE May 14, 2026 Columbus, Ohio — More than 100 local history, humanities and cultural leaders across Ohio have signed and delivered a letter to Ohio U.S. Sen. Jon Husted urging the government to release all National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) funds to Ohio Humanities and other state humanities councils as appropriated by
- [Contact Congress: Fund Culture Here in Ohio](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2026/05/14/contact-congress-fund-culture-here-in-ohio/) - - Federal humanities funding supports museums, libraries, archives, educational programs, documentaries, festivals, historic preservation, and cultural organizations serving communities all across Ohio. In January, Congress approved funding for state humanities councils, but Ohio communities still need those funds released! As Congress considers FY27 funding this spring, continued support for the state humanities councils remains critical. We
- [Ohio Launches Yearlong Celebration of Toni Morrison with February 18 Kickoff Event](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2026/01/12/ohio-launches-yearlong-celebration-of-toni-morrison-with-february-18-kickoff-event/) - On Wednesday, February 18, 2026, Ohio will officially launch Beloved: Ohio Celebrates Toni Morrison—a yearlong, statewide celebration honoring the life, work, and legacy of Toni Morrison—with a kickoff event at The Columbus Foundation. About Toni Morrison and her Ohio Connections Born in Lorain, Ohio, on February 18, 1931, Toni Morrison became the first African American woman
- [U.S. Senate Votes to Fully Restore Humanities Councils Funding in Bill That Now Awaits President’s Signature](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2026/01/16/u-s-senate-votes-to-fully-restore-humanities-councils-funding-in-bill-that-now-awaits-presidents-signature/) - On January 15, the Senate passed the 2026 Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, which includes level funding for the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the humanities councils—$207 million for the NEH, with $65 million of that budget allocated to the 56 state and territorial humanities councils. The bill will now go
- [Ohio Humanities and the Wexner Center for the Arts Announce the Ohio Humanities Film Fellow for 2025-2026](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2025/12/18/ohio-humanities-and-the-wexner-center-for-the-arts-announce-the-ohio-humanities-film-fellow-for-2025-2026/) - In early 2023, Ohio Humanities and the Wexner Center for the Arts at The Ohio State University partnered on a three-year fellowship program to support the sharing of Ohio stories through humanities-informed documentary film. The collaboration centered on projects that can help strengthen communities, bridge divides, and foster a shared sense of human experience. This
- [Ohio to host statewide celebration of writer and Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2025/08/22/ohio-to-host-statewide-celebration-of-writer-and-nobel-prize-winner-toni-morrison/) - Ohio Humanities is today announcing an upcoming statewide, yearlong celebration of Ohio native Toni Morrison—one of the most noteworthy authors of the last century and the first Black woman to win a Nobel Prize. “Beloved: Ohio Celebrates Toni Morrison” will run from February 18, 2026 to February 18, 2027, beginning on Morrison’s birthday with a
- [Federation of State Humanities Councils granted preliminary injunction in lawsuit against NEH](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2025/08/06/federation-of-state-humanities-councils-granted-preliminary-injunction-in-lawsuit-against-neh/) - A federal judge in Oregon today issued a preliminary injunction ruling that the termination of humanities councils’ operating grants in April by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) was unlawful. The lawsuit was initiated by Oregon Humanities and the Federation of State Humanities Councils (on behalf of its member councils). The full decision can
- [Federation of State Humanities Councils and Oregon Humanities file lawsuit against NEH and DOGE alleging illegal termination of grants to 56 state and jurisdictional humanities councils](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2025/05/19/federation-of-state-humanities-councils-and-oregon-humanities-file-lawsuit-against-neh-and-doge-alleging-illegal-termination-of-grants-to-56-state-and-jurisdictional-humanities-councils/) - The Federation of State Humanities Councils (Federation) and Oregon Humanities jointly filed a lawsuit on Thursday, May 15 in federal district court in Oregon against the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). This lawsuit challenges the disruption and attempted destruction, spearheaded by DOGE, of the congressionally established federal-state
- [Mellon Foundation announces $15 Million emergency funding for humanities councils, including up to $250,000 for Ohio Humanities in response to federal funding cuts](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2025/04/30/mellon-foundation-announces-15-million-emergency-funding-for-humanities-councils-including-up-to-250000-for-ohio-humanities-in-response-to-federal-funding-cuts/) - This investment by the Mellon Foundation will help stabilize Ohio Humanities after the sudden cancellation of its federal operating grants by NEH earlier this month The Mellon Foundation has announced a $15 million emergency funding commitment to the Federation of State Humanities Councils in response to federal funding cuts that have devastated state humanities councils.
- [Breaking news: federal cultural funding cut in Ohio](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2025/04/03/breaking-news-federal-cultural-funding-cut-in-ohio/) - Last night, all state humanities councils, including Ohio Humanities, received word that DOGE—the Department of Government Efficiency—has terminated our operating grants. While we don’t yet know the full scope of the damage, we believe most grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) have been or will soon be canceled. Many institutions also received grant
- [Ohio Humanities honors four Ohioans and a media outlet with inaugural awards for excellence in the humanities](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2025/02/26/ohio-humanities-honors-four-ohioans-and-a-media-outlet-with-inaugural-awards-for-excellence-in-the-humanities/) - Ohio Humanities, state legislators honor people and organizations making positive impact across Ohio COLUMBUS, OH—On Wednesday in a ceremony at the Ohio Statehouse, Ohio Humanities honored one organization and four individuals with its inaugural awards for excellence in the public humanities. Toledo-based educational media organization Midstory received the inaugural David Descutner and DeLysa Burnier Award
- [ArtistYear launches first Ohio program at Columbus Global Academy with support from ServeOhio and Ohio Humanities](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2025/01/21/artistyear-launches-first-ohio-program-at-columbus-global-academy-with-support-from-serveohio-and-ohio-humanities/) - COLUMBUS, OH—ArtistYear, the first national AmeriCorps program dedicated to the arts, is launching its first Ohio program at Columbus Global Academy thanks to support from Ohio Humanities and ServeOhio. Through the program, three AmeriCorps Resident Teaching Artists (RTAs) will spend four days a week using art and creative engagement to teach students at Columbus Global
- [Cobra: A Life of Baseball and Brotherhood by Dave Parker and Dave Jordan](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2021/12/17/cobra-a-life-of-baseball-and-brotherhood-by-dave-parker-and-dave-jordan/) - Review by David Merkowitz As a Cincinnati Reds fan in the 1980s and 1990s, the experience was almost like a fable out of Greek mythology. Once, giants strode the earth, but that was in the time before. Now, our ballplayers were mere humans. In the 1970s, Cincinnati’s Big Red Machine dominated the National League, winning two World
- [Ohio Humanities, Wexner Center for the Arts seek submissions for the 2025 Ohio Humanities Film Fellowship](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2024/11/05/ohio-humanities-and-the-wexner-center-for-the-arts-seek-submissions-for-the-2025-ohio-humanities-film-fellowship/) - COLUMBUS, OH—The three-year partnership between Ohio Humanities and the Wexner Center for the arts to support Ohio’s robust filmmaking community continues with a call for entries for the 2025 Ohio Humanities Film Fellowship. The fellowship program assists independent filmmakers working on documentaries informed by the humanities around and about Ohio. It provides funding of up
- [Sacred Soul](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2024/11/19/sacred-soul/) - Aaron Rovan | The descendants of American Indian Nations removed from their Ohio homelands reflect on the sacredness of ancient earthworks – and say they have much to teach us even today.
- [Ghoulish reads](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2022/10/31/ghoulish-reads/) - Our work often invokes serious topics or discussions, so here are our favorite spooky books--including some set in Ohio and written by authors from or with ties to Ohio--to help you enjoy the haunted humanities in celebration of All Hallows' Eve! Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt The Haunted History of the Ohio State Reformatory by Sherri Brake House of
- [Humanities at Play: Wilfried Nancy](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2024/10/23/humanities-at-play-wilfried-nancy/) - The expressive Frenchman – a one-time professional footballer now coaching the Columbus Crew – stood beaming on the pitch at Lower.com Field, basking in the overwhelming joy of his team’s Major League Soccer championship. On that night in late 2023, in his first year with the Crew, Wilfried Nancy had just become the first Black
- [Humanities at Play: Toni Shorter Smith](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2024/10/17/humanities-at-play-toni-shorter-smith/) - Toni Shorter Smith has championed African-American culture in Ohio in profound ways. Among other work, she mobilized and trained a team of 30 volunteers to research and document African-American settlements in Central Ohio for Columbus Landmarks. She was instrumental in creating the Aminah Robinson Legacy Project with the Columbus Museum of Art, which honors the
- [Humanities at Play: Mike Carey](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2024/10/10/humanities-at-play-mike-carey/) - Mike Carey was raised on a family farm in Sabina, Ohio, which he credits for instilling in him the values of hard work and community. He earned his history degree from The Ohio State University and followed family tradition by serving as a military officer before spending more than two decades as an advocate for
- [Ohio Humanities announces Descutner-Burnier Awards for Excellence in the Humanities](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2024/10/09/ohio-humanities-announces-descutner-burnier-awards-for-excellence-in-the-humanities/) - Annual awards to honor people and organizations making positive impact across the state COLUMBUS, OH—Ohio Humanities is launching a new annual awards program to celebrate people and organizations achieving remarkable success in the humanities in Ohio. The David Descutner and DeLysa Burnier Award for Excellence in the Humanities will recognize individuals and organizations whose outstanding
- [Saving history through public art](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2024/09/11/saving-history-through-public-art/) - By Alex Corpuz On Juneteenth this year, I made a trip to Athens, Ohio, to see the unveiling of a mural depicting the history of the founding of Mount Zion Baptist Church. Now the Mount Zion Black Cultural Center, the former church is a prominent landmark for the Black community of Athens County. The mural—painted
- [Ohio Holocaust and Genocide Memorial and Education Commission Awards $75,000 in Grants for Holocaust and Genocide Education](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2024/07/12/ohio-holocaust-and-genocide-memorial-and-education-commission-awards-75000-in-grants-for-holocaust-and-genocide-education/) - COLUMBUS, OH—The Ohio Holocaust and Genocide Memorial and Education Commission (OHGMEC) has awarded $75,000 in grants to support Holocaust and genocide education across the state. Administered in partnership with Ohio Humanities, a nonprofit organization that shares stories to spark conversations and inspire ideas, this grant program supports eligible non-profit, educational, and governmental organizations in Ohio.
- [New WYSO podcast tells Ohio history from Indigenous perspective](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2024/06/27/new-wyso-podcast-tells-ohio-history-from-indigenous-perspective/) - YELLOW SPRINGS, OH—Ohio’s Indigenous people have been largely left out of Ohio history narratives. In WYSO’s latest podcast, “The Ohio Country,” the perspectives of Ohio’s tribal nations are at the center of a refreshed version of Ohio’s complicated history. The 12-episode series, which launches July 2 with a preview, introduces citizens of federally recognized tribes,
- ["Nothing about us, without us"](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2024/06/27/nothing-about-us-without-us/) - By Aaron Rovan Ohio Humanities Program Officer Aaron Rovan attended the opening of Great Council State Park earlier this month. Below, he reflects on the event—and previews a new Ohio Humanities-funded podcast that shares the stories of Native Ohioans. On a clear morning in early June, I stood shoulder-to-shoulder in a crowd of hundreds of people in
- [Our 2023 impact](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2024/03/26/our-2023-impact/) - At Ohio Humanities, we envision an Ohio where people's unique stories are heard, the past is linked to the present, and a better future is realized together. In 2023, we invested $488,858 in grant funding in Ohio's stories and storytellers, sparking conversations and inspiring ideas across the state. Our 2023 Impact Report highlights the ways
- [Ohio Humanities, Wexner Center for the Arts Announce the Recipients of 2024–25 Ohio Humanities Film Fellowships](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2024/03/14/ohio-humanities-wexner-center-for-the-arts-announce-the-recipients-of-202425-ohio-humanities-film-fellowships/) - COLUMBUS, OH—Ohio Humanities and the Wexner Center for the Arts at The Ohio State University are excited to share information about the second group of filmmakers and projects to receive funding through a three-year partnership to support independent filmmaking. “We are honored to continue our longstanding tradition of supporting Ohio’s stories and storytellers alongside our
- [Five takeaways from The Lincoln School Story](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2024/02/28/five-takeaways-from-the-lincoln-school-story/) - Thanks for joining Ohio Humanities and the Social Justice Law Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Law for a screening of The Lincoln School Story last week! We're grateful to the Social Justice Institute, the Black Law Student Association, and the Black History Exhibit Planning Committee at CWRU for cosponsoring the program.Jenny Hamel, host of Sound
- [Honoring Black Stories](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2022/02/08/honoring-black-stories/) - This month, we join the rest of the country in celebrating Black History Month. Black Ohioans have made invaluable contributions to our state and our nation. There are countless ways to share Black stories, and we strive to highlight this crucial history in our programming throughout the year. Here is a list of some of
- [How I became a "book bartender"](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2024/02/21/how-i-became-a-book-bartender/) - By Rebecca Brown Asmo The first time a teacher assigned a book written by a Black author to me, I was a junior in college. Before that, everything assigned to me was written and taught to me by White people. While I occasionally stumbled upon a book by a Black author in my personal time,
- [Ohio Holocaust and Genocide Memorial and Education Commission Announces 2024 Grant Cycle](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2024/02/14/ohio-holocaust-and-genocide-memorial-and-education-commission-announces-2024-grant-cycle/) - COLUMBUS, OH—Applications for the second year of Ohio Holocaust and Genocide Memorial and Education Commission (OHGMEC) grants will be available this week to support projects and programming in communities across the state about the Holocaust and genocide. “The Commission is pleased to again offer financial support to so many institutions that are creating sustainable and
- [Stories that make our hearts beat faster](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2024/02/13/stories-that-make-our-hearts-beat-faster/) - This Valentine’s Day, we're excited to highlight our love for Ohio's stories and storytellers. Stories connect Ohioans, strengthen communities, and foster democracy. From a bilingual podcast series highlighting Central Ohio's rich Bhutanese-Nepali community, to a documentary about our state's longest-running lesbian bar, to a month-long festival in Cleveland celebrating the world's first superhero, Ohio Humanities is proud
- [The Story of Cory](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2023/09/13/the-story-of-cory/) - Cleveland’s Cory United Methodist was born a Jewish synagogue and community center. Then, it evolved into a Christian church and became one of the nation’s most noteworthy centers of civil rights activism. Now, led by a passionate young pastor, the landmark that hosted crusaders from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to Malcolm X is fighting not for equality but for its life.
- [Ohio Humanities funds narrative medicine research at Akron Children’s Hospital](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2024/01/19/ohio-humanities-funds-narrative-medicine-research-at-akron-childrens-hospital/) - Akron Children’s received a $20,000 Ignite Grant from Ohio Humanities for the second phase of a study on the use of narrative medicine to help families who have a child in the hospital’s pediatric critical care unit (PICU). Narrative medicine uses the literary arts to help patients, families, and providers tell and listen to stories.
- [Nearly $400,000 in America 250-Ohio Grants Awarded to Ohio Communities and Organizations](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2024/01/23/nearly-400000-in-america-250-ohio-grants-awarded-to-ohio-communities-and-organizations/) - America 250-Ohio announces funding for 23 community-based projects as part of $1 million grants program to mark America’s 250th anniversary As Ohio prepares to celebrate and commemorate America’s 250th anniversary, America 250-Ohio, the official state commission charged with leading Ohio’s recognition of the semiquincentennial, awarded $398,240 in grants to 23 communities and organizations across 15 Ohio counties
- [Ohio's Native stories](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2023/11/23/ohios-native-stories/) - Celebrating Thanksgiving often means going home, but for many of our Native neighbors, the concept of home is a painful reminder of what was taken from them during campaigns of forced assimilation and removal from their homelands. Nothing we do today can reverse this painful history and its aftermath, but the humanities provide a long overdue
- [Ohio Humanities, Daydreamers Press release children’s book](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2023/11/06/ohio-humanities-daydreamers-press-release-childrens-book/) - Nonfiction picture book tells the story of a civil rights demonstration through the eyes of a real-life child activist Ohio Humanities and Daydreamers Press announce the release of Step by Step: How the Lincoln School Marchers Blazed a Trail to Justice, a new nonfiction picture book for young readers. Written by New York Times bestselling
- [Ohio Humanities and Wexner Center for the Arts announce a call for entries for the 2024 Ohio Humanities Film Fellowship](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2023/10/19/ohio-humanities-and-wexner-center-for-the-arts-announce-a-call-for-entries-for-the-2024-ohio-humanities-film-fellowship/) - Ohio Humanities and the Wexner Center for the Arts continue their three-year partnership to support nonfiction storytelling around and about Ohio with a call for entries for the 2024 Ohio Humanities Film Fellowship. The fellowship program assists independent filmmakers working on documentaries informed by the humanities. It provides funding of up to $5000 as well
- [America 250-Ohio Partners with Ohio Humanities to Launch Grants Program](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2023/10/16/am250-oh-grants-now-available/) - $1 million fund will help Ohio nonprofits commemorate America’s 250th anniversary The America 250-Ohio Commission, Ohio’s official state commission charged with creating the celebration of the country’s semiquincentennial, announced it will offer grants up to $50,000 to nonprofit, education, and local government organizations. America 250-Ohio will work in unison with Ohio Humanities, a statewide nonprofit,
- [Senator Stephanie Kunze honored as 2021 Ohio Humanities Hero](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2021/11/09/senator-stephanie-kunze-honored-as-2021-ohio-humanities-hero/) - Award highlights Kunze’s work on Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission, COVID relief Ohio Humanities honored State Senator Stephanie Kunze today with the inaugural Humanities Hero award, presented for outstanding effort to promote the public humanities in Ohio. The award recognizes Senator Kunze for her leadership on the Ohio Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission and in securing relief
- [My North Star](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2023/09/19/my-north-star-rebecca-asmo/) - By Rebecca Brown Asmo I have a confession to make. Until 2020, I didn’t really know what the humanities were. Yes, that’s correct. I’m the leader of our state’s humanities council, the “boots on the ground” in Ohio for the National Endowment for the Humanities and I didn’t really know what the humanities were until
- [Never Lost, Always Found: Ashton Colby](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2023/09/12/never-lost-always-found-ashton-colby/) - The number of places of worship nationwide is decreasing, but faith remains. What role does faith play in the modern world? We asked five Ohioans to share what it means in their daily lives. Ashton Colby is a trans spirituality advocate, keynote speaker and the founder of Gender YOUphoria, a social enterprise on a mission
- [A Quiet Faith: Lucy Enge](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2023/09/12/a-quiet-faith-lucy-enge/) - The number of places of worship nationwide is decreasing, but faith remains. What role does faith play in the modern world? We asked five Ohioans to share what it means in their daily lives. Lucy Enge is a member of Wilmington Friends Meeting and a graduate of Wilmington College, where she concentrated in food policy
- [If I Am Catholic: David Merkowitz](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2023/09/13/if-i-am-catholic-david-merkowitz/) - The number of places of worship nationwide is decreasing, but faith remains. What role does faith play in the modern world? We asked five Ohioans to share what it means in their daily lives. David J. Merkowitz is the Director of Grants and Programs at Ohio Humanities. He has a PhD in History with a
- [Humanities at Play: Dr. Carlotta Penn](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2023/09/13/humanities-at-play-dr-carlotta-penn/) - Carlotta Penn is a creator—an author, a songwriter and a poet. She’s a learner—a thirsty student with a bachelor’s degree in communication, a master’s degree in comparative studies and a doctorate in education. She’s an educator—a longtime teacher who is now a senior director at the Ohio State University, overseeing partnerships and engagement activities in
- [Humanities at Play: Dr. Jeremy Taylor](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2023/09/13/humanities-at-play-dr-jeremy-taylor/) - When Northwest Ohio’s Defiance College established an Institute for Career Readiness and Lifelong Learning, it tapped Dr. Jeremy Taylor to lead the institute as dean. Taylor is a tenured history professor who holds bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees in history—and who has compiled an armful of awards in his career across Texas, Arkansas and Ohio.
- [Humanities at Play: Dr. Clay Johnson](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2023/09/13/humanities-at-play-dr-clay-johnson/) - American sharpshooter Annie Oakley was born in Darke County, Ohio—a rural spot nestled against the Indiana border along the state’s western edge. Preserving her legacy is, among other things, Clay Johnson’s job. He is the first professionally trained CEO of the Garst Museum, home of the National Annie Oakley Center. The task before him was
- [The Film Fellows](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2023/09/12/the-film-fellows/) - By Taylor Starek Backed by a rich history of uplifting documentary filmmaking—and energized by what’s possible—Ohio Humanities has launched a partnership with Ohio State University’s Wexner Center for the Arts to support independent filmmakers. The three-year film fellowship will help fund as many as five filmmakers-in-residence at the Wex each year who are working on
- [Faith as a Compass: Representative Ismail Mohamed](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2023/09/12/faith-as-a-compass-representative-ismail-mohamed/) - The number of places of worship nationwide is decreasing, but faith remains. What role does faith play in the modern world? We asked five Ohioans to share what it means in their daily lives. Ismail Mohamed is an Ohio State Representative and the first Somali-American attorney to practice in Ohio. A refugee from Somalia, he
- [God Haunted: Joe Mackall](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2023/09/12/god-haunted-joe-mackall/) - The number of places of worship nationwide is decreasing, but faith remains. What role does faith play in the modern world? We asked five Ohioans to share what it means in their daily lives. Joe Mackall is the author of The Last Street Before Cleveland, Plain Secrets: An Outsider Among the Amish and Yesterday’s Noise.
- [Ohio Holocaust and Genocide Memorial and Education Commission Announces Grant Awards](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2023/07/05/ohio-holocaust-and-genocide-memorial-and-education-commission-announces-grant-awards/) - The Ohio Holocaust and Genocide Memorial and Education Commission (OHGMEC) has awarded $100,000 in grants to support Holocaust and genocide education throughout the state. The inaugural grant program was administered by OHGMEC in partnership with Ohio Humanities, a nonprofit organization that shares stories to spark conversations and inspire ideas. Eligible grant applicants were not-for-profit, educational
- [Ohio's role in the nationwide fight for school integration](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2023/05/17/ohios-role-in-the-nationwide-fight-for-school-integration/) - When their school district refused to integrate after Brown v. Board of Education was decided in 1954, a group of Black mothers in Southwest Ohio marched their children to the white school, demanding admission, only to be turned away every day for two years. Their activism resulted in one of the longest sustained protests of the civil
- [Ohio Humanities hiring Digitization Intern](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2023/05/04/ohio-humanities-hiring-digitization-intern/) - Ohio Humanities, the state-based partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities, is hiring an intern to assist in digitizing and cataloguing the organization’s archives. The intern will assist in all parts of the project, including sorting through archived files to select documents to be digitized, scanning those documents, creating the finding aid, and preparing
- [Celebrating Asian and Pacific Ohioans' Stories](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2022/05/25/celebrating-asian-and-pacific-ohioans-stories/) - From awarding grants to organizations like Midstory to develop a virtual gallery highlighting the experiences of AAPI individuals and communities across Ohio to listening to the fifth episode of Amended, a podcast from our friends at Humanities New York that tells the story of Mabel Lee, a teenaged immigrant from China who led a New York
- [A Vibrant Appalachia](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2022/08/29/a-vibrant-appalachia/) - Ohio Humanities is a proud supporter of humanities work throughout Ohio's Appalachian communities, where funds are in high demand and other support is much less common than in larger cities. From a walkable outdoor exhibit in an Athens park that highlights the important role the humanities have played in the region to LatinX storytelling by
- [Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2021/02/17/stamped-racism-antiracism-and-you-by-jason-reynolds-review-by-diane-schroeder/) - Review by Diane Schroeder Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You is a reimagining of Dr. Ibram X. Kendi’s Stamped from the Beginning. Author Jason Reynolds provides historical context for the ingrained racism in America, exploring our history from the formation of the United States to the 21st century. Despite his assertion that Stamped is “not a history book,” Reynolds invokes
- ["The Prettiest Star" by Carter Sickels, and other queer stories](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2022/06/30/the-prettiest-star-by-carter-sickels-and-other-queer-stories/) - Review by Rebecca Brown Asmo In The Prettiest Star, Carter Sickels tells the story of Brian, a gay man living in 1980s New York City who, dying from AIDS and no longer able to care for himself, is forced to return to his small hometown in Ohio. Told from the perspectives of Brian himself, his younger
- [Reading Women's History Month, in Ohio and beyond](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2023/03/15/reading-womens-history-month-in-ohio-and-beyond/) - We're bookworms at Ohio Humanities. In celebration of Women's History Month, here are some of our favorite books that tell women's stories, in Ohio and beyond: Stay and Fight by Madeline Ffitch Sisters In Law: How Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World by Linda Hirshman When Grandma Gatewood
- [Storyteller Spotlight: Dr. Carlotta Penn](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2023/04/21/storyteller-spotlight-dr-carlotta-penn/) - Dr. Carlotta Penn is Senior Director of Partnerships and Engagement for the Office of Equity, Diversity, and Global Engagement in the College of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University. She holds a PhD in Education and an MA in Comparative Studies from The Ohio State University, a BA in Mass Communication from Wright State University,
- [Ohio Holocaust and Genocide Memorial and Education Commission, Ohio Humanities Announce Grant Program](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2023/04/06/ohio-holocaust-and-genocide-memorial-and-education-commission-ohio-humanities-announce-grant-program/) - COLUMBUS, OH—The Ohio Holocaust and Genocide Memorial and Education Commission (OHGMEC) is partnering with Ohio Humanities to launch an inaugural grant program funding educational projects and programming in communities across the state about the Holocaust and genocide. “The Commission will enable institutions both large and small to receive funding that will support Holocaust and genocide
- [The Storytellers: Amanda Page](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2023/02/07/the-storytellers-amanda-page/) - By Taylor Starek Amanda Page didn’t set out to be a filmmaker. The 46-year-old is a Columbus-based writer and founder of Scioto Literary, a nonprofit that supports storytellers in Scioto County. She found her way to filmmaking thanks to a case of writer’s block. She was struggling to pen an essay on her hometown of
- [The Storytellers: Yemi Oyediran](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2023/02/07/the-storytellers-yemi-oyediran/) - By Taylor Starek Secret American lives. That’s what Yemi Oyediran calls the often-overlooked experiences of racial and cultural minorities. And those stories matter. So Oyediran, the child of immigrants from Nigeria, co-founded a company to tell them. Oyediran—alongside friend and business partner JP Leong, who is Chinese American—runs AfroChine, a production company that not only
- [The Storytellers: Shawn Rech](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2022/10/12/ohio-documentary-filmmakers-to-watch-for-the-love-of-truth/) - By Taylor Starek Everyone told Shawn Rech it wouldn’t work in Cleveland. He couldn’t be a filmmaker here—he’d have to go to Hollywood. Rech was unphased. His first project, a local TV program, focused on unsolved crimes. “People told us we’d never have the production values,” he said. “[They said] we’d never get it on
- [Spotlight on Local History: Alex Corpuz](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2023/01/18/spotlight-on-local-history-alex-corpuz/) - Alex Corpuz enjoys tackling complex—and sometimes knotty—issues and ideas. They began college at the Ohio State University in August 2018 as a physics and engineering student. During their sophomore year, they realized they were having more fun doing their German homework than their physics homework. This past spring, they graduated with degrees in German and
- [Ohio Humanities Announces New Chair, Member of Board of Directors](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2023/01/13/ohio-humanities-announces-new-chair-member-of-board-of-directors/) - COLUMBUS, OH—Ohio Humanities Executive Director Rebecca Brown Asmo announced this week the selection of Sarah Sisser of Findlay as Chair of the Ohio Humanities Board of Directors. Dr. Annie Bezbatchenko of Bexley will also join the Board. “Sarah brings a wealth of organizational leadership and a fresh perspective to the helm of Ohio Humanities, and
- [Ohio Humanities, Wexner Center for the Arts Announce Film Fellowship Partnership](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2023/01/09/ohio-humanities-wexner-center-for-the-arts-announce-film-fellowship-partnership/) - COLUMBUS, OH—Ohio Humanities and the Wexner Center for the Arts at The Ohio State University are thrilled to announce a three-year partnership to support independent filmmakers-in-residence at the Wex who are working on humanities-informed documentary films. The collaboration will support up to five Ohio Humanities Film Fellows at the Wex each year.“For 50 years, Ohio
- [The Art of Perception: Hometown Juxtaposition](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2022/11/16/the-art-of-perception-hometown-juxtaposition/) - By Amanda Page Portrayals in films, on TV shows, in magazines and across other media can dramatically affect how humans see themselves and each other. We asked three different Ohioans to share how media portrayals impacted their own sense of identity. Life magazine reporter Peter Meyer arrived in Portsmouth, Ohio, in 1989 to write about
- [The Art of Perception: Some Kind of Wonderful](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2022/11/16/the-art-of-perception-some-kind-of-wonderful/) - By Melanie Korn Portrayals in films, on TV shows, in magazines and across other media can dramatically affect how humans see themselves and each other. We asked three different Ohioans to share how media portrayals impacted their own sense of identity. As a Gen-X kid, popular culture—Saturday morning cartoons, music videos on MTV, Atari and
- [The Art of Perception: Almost Home](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2022/11/09/the-art-of-perception-almost-home/) - By Ruth Chang Portrayals in films, on TV shows, in magazines and across other media can dramatically affect how humans see themselves and each other. We asked three different Ohioans to share how media portrayals impacted their own sense of identity. “4 5 ‘00.” In a photograph, my father, my mother, my brother and I
- [Built on Broken Promises](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2022/10/10/built-on-broken-promises/) - Wyandots in Ohio Image courtesy of the Wyandot County Historical Society. Original painting on display at the Wyandot County Museum, Upper Sandusky, Ohio 235 years ago, the American government began experimenting with new land policies, vowing to never displace Indigenous tribes without their consent. Ohio became the testing ground—and one of the first sites of
- [Ohio's Fight for School Integration](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2022/09/28/ohios-fight-for-school-integration/) - When their school district refused to desegregate after Brown v. Board of Education was decided in 1954, 55 Black women and children in a small Ohio town fought to desegregate a local elementary school by marching to the white school, demanding admission. Upon being rejected, they woke up the next morning and marched again. And
- [Ohio Humanities awards over $1M in grants to elevate diverse stories statewide](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2022/01/01/ohio-humanities-awards-over-1m-in-grants-to-elevate-diverse-stories-statewide/) - COLUMBUS, OH—Ohio Humanities has awarded $2.8M in COVID recovery grants statewide, including over $1M in grants to elevate diverse stories, BIPOC-led organizations and women-led organizations. Over $625,000 of that grant money is helping elevate Black voices, Black stories and Black-led organizations across the state. "Ohio is filled with diverse stories and experiences, and Ohio Humanities
- [In Conversation: Dr. Deondre Smiles](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2021/11/30/in-conversation-dr-deondre-smiles/) - Dr. Deondre Smiles is a Black and Ojibwe scholar originally from occupied Dakota territories (Minneapolis). A geographer whose research interests include Indigenous geographies and epistemologies, science and technology studies, and tribal cultural resource preservation and protection, Dr. Smiles earned his PhD in Geography from The Ohio State University in 2020. He currently serves as an Assistant Professor
- [Ohio Humanities to sponsor Chagrin Documentary Film Festival](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2022/05/23/ohio-humanities-to-sponsor-chagrin-documentary-film-festival/) - CHAGRIN FALLS, OH— Ohio Humanities is pleased to announce a three-year partnership with the Chagrin Documentary Film Festival. In addition to serving as a lead sponsor of the annual festival, Ohio Humanities will sponsor films for distribution and awards at the festival, free public access across the state to sponsored films and panel discussions, and
- [Black American Tree Project Launches New Website](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2021/02/08/black-american-tree-project-launches-new-website/) - The Black American Tree Project (BATP), a joint collaboration of Public Allies Cincinnati and Starfire, has received a 12-month, $20,000 grant to further develop the project and expand its reach in Ohio. The Ohio Humanities grant has allowed the BATP founders to build a website (www.theblackamericantreeproject.org) so that more Ohioans can book the experience for
- [Ohio Humanities Launches Recovery Grant Program](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2021/02/22/ohio-humanities-launches-recovery-grant-program/) - Ohio Humanities to award $150,000 to nonprofit organizations to help meet continuing pandemic challenges Ohio Humanities announced the Public Humanities Recovery Grant Program, a special one-time funding opportunity to provide support to public humanities organizations across the state seeking to serve public audiences in 2021. Eligible projects include public humanities events, digital projects, efforts to
- [Ohio Humanities Names Rebecca Brown Asmo as New Executive Director](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2021/05/20/ohio-humanities-names-rebecca-brown-asmo-as-new-executive-director/) - After national search, Brown Asmo brings strong fundraising and advocacy background to organization’s helm Ohio Humanities announced today the appointment of Rebecca Brown Asmo as the organization’s newest Executive Director. Brown Asmo comes to Ohio Humanities with a breadth of experience in the nonprofit sector, including a decade as Chief Executive Officer for the Boys
- [Visual Art, Clinical Mastery, and the Challenge of Uncertainty in Medicine](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2021/06/22/visual-art-clinical-mastery-and-the-challenge-of-uncertainty-in-medicine/) - How a clinician performs in uncertainty has the potential to include them in medicine’s best moments, or its deep entanglement with unwellness. It has the potential to make or break a patient’s life. In this talk, artist and educator Alexa Miller identifies uncertainty as a profound lever for transformation in, and the unexpected ways in
- [Ohio Humanities hiring Executive & Grants Support Coordinator](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2021/06/28/ohio-humanities-hiring-executive-grants-support-coordinator/) - Ohio Humanities is seeking a passionate and detail-oriented entry level professional to support our grantmaking process and executive leadership team. Starting your career at Ohio Humanities is a great way to grow a career in the humanities sector and non-profit leadership. This position will interact with members of the public, funded partners and internal and
- [Honoring Stories through Narrative Medicine](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2021/06/29/honoring-stories-through-narrative-medicine/) - In this talk, Akron Children’s Hospital Narrative Medicine Coordinator Nicole Robinson introduces us to the emerging field of narrative medicine and how it provides a path for all to engage in the human experience of illness, health, and healing. We look at the ways that stories, through close reading and reflective writing, have the ability
- [Ohio Humanities Receives $1 Million in State Funding](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2021/07/01/ohio-humanities-receives-1-million-in-state-funding/) - Ohio Humanities announced that it will receive $1 million in state CARES funding allocated in Ohio House Bill (HB) 110, the state’s biennial budget for 2022-2023, to provide relief grants for cultural organizations and programs impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. “As Ohio’s public humanities sector leader, we are grateful to House Speaker Robert Cupp, Senate
- [Ohio Humanities to Award $1.3 Million in American Rescue Plan Funds to Ohio Nonprofits](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2021/07/06/ohio-humanities-to-award-1-3-million-in-american-rescue-plan-funds-to-ohio-nonprofits/) - Emergency relief grants available to nonprofit organizations with a public humanities mission affected by the COVID-19 pandemic With support from Congress through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and the National Endowment for the Humanities’ (NEH) Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan (SHARP) program, Ohio Humanities will award over $1 million in
- [My Ohio with poet and educator David Baker](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2021/07/07/my-ohio/) - Poet and educator David Baker has lived in Ohio for more than thirty years, and his poetry springs directly out of his life and experiences here. These poems illuminate our villages and farms—from Lake Erie to the Ohio River—our big-city gardens, small-town neighborhoods, and family life. David is also one of the country’s leading eco-poets,
- [Ohio Humanities Announces New Members of Board of Directors](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2021/10/08/ohio-humanities-announces-new-members-of-board-of-directors/) - Ohio Humanities Executive Director Rebecca Brown Asmo announced this week the addition of Dr. Vladimir Kogan, Dr. Kevin Scott Miller, and Mary Jane Pajk to the organization’s Board of Directors. “Ohio Humanities is excited to add these three new board members to support the strategic direction and mission of the organization,” said Brown Asmo. “We
- [Governor DeWine recognizes October as Arts and Humanities Month in Ohio](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2021/10/13/governor-dewine-recognizes-october-as-arts-and-humanities-month-in-ohio/) - Ohio Humanities and the Ohio Arts Council announced this month the recognition of October as Arts and Humanities Month in Ohio by Governor Mike DeWine and Lieutenant Governor Jon Husted. “The arts and the humanities can exist on their own. You can find pleasure in a work of art without understanding its meaning or study
- [Ohio Humanities Announces “Covid Conversations” Podcast Series from the OSU Center for Folklore Studies](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2021/01/25/ohio-humanities-announces-covid-conversations-podcast-series-from-the-osu-center-for-folklore-studies/) - Ohio Humanities announced the release of “Covid Conversations,” a new podcast series from the Center for Folklore Studies at the Ohio State University, in which artists and humanities professionals from Ohio and their counterparts elsewhere in the world discuss how their lives and work have been affected by the Coronavirus pandemic. “We are thrilled to
- [Ohio Humanities hiring Senior Development Officer](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/2022/01/03/ohio-humanities-hiring-senior-development-officer/) - The Ohio Humanities Council, a state-based partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities, located in Columbus, Ohio, seeks a Senior Development Officer. This position will play an important role in developing and implementing a donor-centered fund development plan that will diversify sources of revenue from individual, corporate, and foundation donors throughout the state. Position

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## Speakers

- [Valerie Boyer](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/speaker/valerie-boyer/) - Valerie Boyer is a woman of many callings. She is a vocalist, musician, dancer, poet, activist, minister, historian, and most of all an educator. In every space, she breathes knowledge. Born and raised in Galveston, TX, Valerie Boyer was groomed in southern hospitality and shares that kindness everywhere she goes. Her life’s work reflects the
- [Barbara Palmer](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/speaker/barbara-palmer/) - TO SCHEDULE A PRESENTATION , PLEASE CONTACT: Barbara Palmerbpalmer119@gmail.com202-413-3526
- [Mark Holbrook](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/speaker/mark-holbrook/) - Mark Holbrook is recently retired as the executive director for the Marion Area Convention and Visitors Bureau. Prior to that, Mark served as the marketing director at the Ohio History Connection for nine years where he also served as Civil War Historian. He has been a consultant for tourism and history-based organizations for 20 years.
- [Mindy McGinnis](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/speaker/mindy-mcginnis/) - Mindy McGinnis is a YA author who has worked in a high school library for thirteen years. Her debut, Not A Drop to Drink, a post-apocalyptic survival story set in a world with very little freshwater, has been optioned for film by Stephenie Meyer’s Fickle Fish Films. The companion novel, In A Handful of Dust was released in
- [Carol Lasser](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/speaker/carol-lasser/) - Carol Lasser, Executive Director of the Wilson Bruce Evans Home Historical Society, is Emerita Professor of History at Oberlin College. She speaks and writes on Oberlin’s rich history, and on women, gender and race in American history. Her books include: Elusive Utopia: The Struggle for Racial Equality in Oberlin, Ohio (with Gary Kornblith, 2018), Antebellum American
- [Zeb Larson](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/speaker/zeb-larson/) - Zeb Larson is a writer, historian, and software developer in Columbus. He graduated from The Ohio State University with a PhD in History in 2019. His research focused on the anti-apartheid movement in the United States and the passage of sanctions against South Africa. He writes about 20th-century U.S. history, food history, and politics The
- [LuSter P. Singleton](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/speaker/luster/) - LuSter P. Singleton is a native of Zanesville, Ohio and is proud to be from ‘Y-bridge river country.’ They are fascinated by the intersections of ‘isms’ and how -isms inform/instruct positive perceptions of “faith” and gender in our daily lives. LuSter’s passion for creating space that allows people to truly be is evident in their
- [Julia Applegate](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/speaker/julia-applegate/) - Julia M. Applegate, MA, MPH (she/her pronouns) holds a Master of Arts in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies and a Master of Public Health, both from The Ohio State University. She holds a BA in Political Science with minors in History and German from Ohio University. Julia was a founding member of H.I.S. Kings (1996)
- [Barry Jackisch](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/speaker/barry-jackisch/) - Barry Jackisch is an associate professor at the University of Toledo and Director of UToledo’s Roger Ray Institute for the Humanities. He received his Ph.D. in history from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo in 2000. He is an historian of modern central and eastern Europe with research interests (including one book and
- [Ric Sheffield](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/speaker/ric-sheffield/) - Ric Sheffield is Professor Emeritus of Legal Studies and Sociology at Kenyon College. In addition to having served as Associate Provost of the College, he is the Director of Kenyon’s Law & Society Program and the John Adams Summer Scholars Program in Socio-legal Studies. His research has focused upon the relationship between law and issues
- [Fred Andrle](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/speaker/fred-andrle/) - Fred Andrle from Ohio Humanities on Vimeo. Poetry Kaleidoscope An hour-long workshop celebrating the diversity of worldwide poetic expression, with an emphasis on poetry by women, and minority voices. We’ll read poems that are inspiring, thought-provoking, challenging, fun. We’ll all participate in a short poetry writing exercise and share our work. Among the selected authors: Rita Dove, Naomi Shihab
- [William Trollinger](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/speaker/william-trollinger/) - William Trollinger is professor of history in the History and Religious Studies Departments at the University of Dayton. He is also director of UD’s Core Integrated Studies Program, which features an innovative, five-semester interdisciplinary curriculum. He earned his B.A. in English and History from Bethel College (MN) and his M.A. and Ph.D. in History from
- [Linda Mizejewski](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/speaker/linda-mizejewski/) - Linda Mizejewski is a Distinguished Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the Ohio State University. She has published six books on women in popular culture, including a book about the romantic comedy It Happened One Night. In her 2002 book Hardboiled and High Heeled: the Woman Detective in Popular Culture,she analyzes the female investigator character in cinema, television, and best-selling
- [Tom O’Grady](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/speaker/tom-ogrady/) - Tom O’Grady sailed as a deck worker on an ore carrier on the Great Lakes aboard a sister-ship of the fated Edmund Fitzgerald, surveyed for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, launched the first comprehensive curbside recycling program in the state of Ohio and has been promoting waste reduction and sustainable economy for thirty years.
- [Susan Trollinger](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/speaker/susan-trollinger/) - Moving Off the Farm and Trying to Stay Amish 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 to a much slower pace of life than
- [David Hassler](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/speaker/david-hassler/) - David Hassler is the Director of the Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University and is the author of Growing Season: The Life of a Migrant Community. May 4th Voices: Speaking through the Wound of the Kent State Shootings On May 4, 1970, four students were killed and nine injured on the campus of Kent State University
- [Brandon Downing](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/speaker/brandon-downing/) - Brandon C. Downing is an Assistant Professor of History at Marietta College. He teaches early American history classes in Native and Colonial America, the American Revolutionary War, and in Public History. His primary interests are Native-White interactions in the Ohio Valley, the War of 1812, and the history of Marietta, OH. He is currently working
- [David Baker](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/speaker/david-baker/) - David Baker is author of twelve books of poetry, including Swift: New and Selected Poems (W. W. Norton, 2019), which gathers work from all his books and includes significant new poems. His Never-Ending Birds (Norton) won the Theodore Roethke Memorial Poetry Award in 2011. His six books of prose include Show Me Your Environment: Essays on Poetry, Poets, and Poems (Michigan, 2014).
- [Gary Zola](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/speaker/gary-zola/) - Gary Phillip Zola is the Executive Director of The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives (AJA) and the Edward M. Ackerman Family Distinguished Professor of the American Jewish Experience & Reform Jewish History at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) in Cincinnati. The AJA is the world’s largest free-standing research center
- [David Stradling](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/speaker/david-stradling/) - David Stradling is Professor of History at the University of Cincinnati. He teaches urban and environmental history and is the author of several books, including Smokestacks and Progressives: Environmentalists, Engineers and Air Quality in America, 1881-1951 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999), The Nature of New York: An Environmental History of the Empire State (Cornell University
- [Julie Rubini](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/speaker/julie-rubini/) - Julie K. Rubini is a children’s book author and founder of Claire’s Day, Ohio’s largest children’s book festival. She is the recipient of a Toledo Area Jefferson Award, YWCA Milestones Award and University of Toledo Distinguished Alumni award. Julie’s first book, Hidden Ohio, was featured as the Ohio Arts Council Governor’s Awards book. Three of Julie’s
- [William McDaniel](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/speaker/william-mcdaniel/) - William “Ted” McDaniel is Professor of African-American Studies and Professor of Music at the Ohio State University. A specialist in African-American music and jazz performance, he is noted for his analysis of the music of John Coltrane and Charlie Parker. He has published several works on black music and more than 300 music arrangements. Understanding
- [Kimberly Hamlin](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/speaker/kimberly-hamlin/) - Race, Racism, and the U.S. Women’s Movement: From Seneca Falls to the 2017 Women’s March The 19th-century women’s rights movement had close ties with abolitionism, and the women’s movement of the 1960s and 1970s grew out of the Civil Rights movement. Yet, mainstream women’s rights movements have often been critiqued for prioritizing the needs of
- [Matthew Donahue](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/speaker/matthew-donahue/) - Dr. Matthew Donahue is a Teaching Professor at the Department of Popular Culture at Bowling Green State University, specializing in topics related to popular culture, popular music, film, media and culture and popular culture and the arts. He has lectured on such topics regionally, nationally and internationally and has served as an authority on popular
- [Daniel Skinner](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/speaker/daniel-skinner/) - Daniel Skinner is a political scientist and health policy researcher who is currently Associate Professor of Health Policy in the Department of Social Medicine at Ohio University, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, on the Dublin, Ohio campus. He earned his Ph.D in political science from the City University of New York. Dan teaches, researches, and is
- [Kelly Mezurek](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/speaker/kelly-mezurek/) - Kelly D. Mezurek is a professor of history at Walsh University, where she teaches United States history. Her book, For their Own Cause: The 27th United States Colored Troops (The Kent State University Press, 2016), is a 2017 Ohioana Book Award Finalist in nonfiction. Mezurek has also published “‘The Colored Veteran Soldiers Should Receive the Same Tender
- [Bradley Lepper](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/speaker/bradley-lepper/) - Brad Lepper is the Senior Archaeologist for the Ohio History Connection’s World Heritage Program. In addition, he has occasionally been a Visiting Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Denison University. His primary areas of interest include North America’s Ice Age peoples, Ohio’s magnificent mounds and earthworks, and the history of Archaeology. Noteworthy research includes excavation

## Events

- [Advocacy Webinar: Help Us Fight for NEH Funding](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/advocacy-webinar-help-us-fight-for-neh-funding/) - Join Ohio Humanities for a webinar on Friday, May 1, at 9:00am to learn how you can help fight to demand an expedient and full release of Ohio's Congressionally appropriated state humanities council funding. For more than a year, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has not fulfilled its responsibility to direct Congressionally appropriated funds to Ohio Humanities and
- [Free Beer Tomorrow at the Cleveland International Film Festival](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/free-beer-tomorrow-at-the-cleveland-international-film-festival/) - In the aftermath of the Stonewall Riots, a Columbus neighborhood watering hole transitions from a go-go bar to a safe haven for five generations of lesbians. Travel back in time with the lesbians who made it happen in this heartwarming, inspirational and culturally historic documentary funded in part by Ohio Humanities.
- ["The Work of Revolution:" National Council on Public History & American Association for State and Local History Joint Annual Meeting](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/the-work-of-revolution-national-council-on-public-history-american-association-for-state-and-local-history-joint-annual-meeting/) - In September 2026, the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) and the National Council on Public History (NCPH) will hold a joint conference in Providence, Rhode Island to connect professionals across the public history field. The conference will feature joint program and host committees, joint sessions, joint tours, and many jointly-sponsored or -organized
- [Central Region Humanities Center Biennial Conference - 250 Years: The Promises and Legacy of the Declaration of Independence](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/central-region-humanities-center-biennial-conference250-years-the-promises-and-legacy-of-the-declaration-of-independence/) - The Central Region Humanities Center’s 2026 biennial conference celebrates 250 years of the Declaration of Independence on Sept. 10-13, 2026, in the Baker University Center at Ohio University, featuring conference sessions and a keynote event is a conversation with Dr. Colleen Shogan, 11th Archivist of the United States. This event has been made possible by a major grant from the
- [Beloved: Ohio Celebrates Toni Morrison](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/ohio-celebrates-toni-morrison/) - Beloved: Ohio Celebrates Toni Morrison is a yearlong celebration from February 2026 through February 2027, exploring the life, literature, and legacy of Toni Morrison, Lorain, Ohio, native and the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Led by Ohio Humanities and Literary Cleveland with support from Ohioana Library Association and the Toni Morrison
- [Beloved: Ohio Celebrates Toni Morrison -  Virtual Kickoff Event](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/beloved-ohio-celebrates-toni-morrison-virtual-kickoff-event/) - As part of Ohio’s America 250 celebration, join Ohio Humanities and Literary Cleveland for the official kickoff of Beloved: Ohio Celebrates Toni Morrison, a yearlong, statewide tribute honoring the life, words, and legacy of Toni Morrison, Lorain, Ohio native and one of the most influential American writers of all time. This special evening launches a historic
- [Advocacy Webinar: What to Expect in 2026](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/advocacy-webinar-what-to-expect-in-2026/) - Join Ohio Humanities Executive Director Rebecca Brown Asmo and representatives from Van Meter, Ashbrook & Associates for an update on the federal budget process and an overview of Ohio’s legislative and electoral landscape in 2026. Ohio History Connection Executive Director & CEO Megan Wood will also provide a brief update regarding changes at OHC. This
- [Rust Belt Studies: A Journal of Public and Emplaced Humanities Launch Reception](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/rust-belt-studies-a-journal-of-public-and-emplaced-humanities-launch-reception/) - Join the Rust Belt Humanities Lab at Ursuline College for a reception to celebrate the launch of Rust Belt Studies: A Journal of Public and Emplaced Humanities from 2-4pm on Friday, December 12 at Ursuline College. This event is free and open to the public; please RSVP to katharine.trostel@ursuline.edu for more details and informationWe hope
- [New Perspectives on the Northwest Ordinance](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/new-perspectives-on-the-northwest-ordinance/) - The Ohio State University is proud to collaborate with the America 250-Ohio Commission to host a two-day conference, January 30-31, 2026, focused on New Perspectives on the Northwest Ordinance. Ohio was the first state to emerge from the Northwest Ordinance, adopted in 1787 by the Continental Congress, at the same time the U.S. Constitution was
- [Ohio Celebrates Toni Morrison General Information Session](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/ohio-celebrates-toni-morrison-general-information-session/) - Join Ohio Humanities for an information session for faculty, scholars, and experts interested in developing and hosting an event as part of Beloved: Ohio Celebrates Toni Morrison, a year-long celebration, of the life, literature, and legacy of the Nobel laureate and Lorain native. Click here to register for the information session. Visit OhioCelebratesToniMorrison.org for more
- [Ohio Celebrates Toni Morrison Faculty/Scholars/Experts Information Session](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/ohio-celebrates-toni-morrison-faculty-scholars-experts-information-session/) - Join Ohio Humanities for an information session for faculty, scholars, and experts interested in developing and hosting an event as part of Beloved: Ohio Celebrates Toni Morrison, a year-long celebration, of the life, literature, and legacy of the Nobel laureate and Lorain native. Click here to register for the information session. Visit OhioCelebratesToniMorrison.org for more
- [Ohio Celebrates Toni Morrison Library Information Session](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/ohio-celebrates-toni-morrison-library-information-session/) - Join the Ohioana Library for an information session for libraries interested in developing and hosting an event as part of Beloved: Ohio Celebrates Toni Morrison, a year-long celebration, of the life, literature, and legacy of the Nobel laureate and Lorain native. Click here to register for the information session. Visit OhioCelebratesToniMorrison.org for more information about
- ['The Lincoln School Story' Screening & Panel Discussion](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/screening-of-the-lincoln-school-story-at-grandview-heights-high-school/) - The Bobcat Antiracism Collective presents an evening to explore the power of the arts and humanities to tell untold stories. In partnership with Ohio Humanities, the event includes a viewing of The Lincoln School Story, a documentary that tells the inspiring story of a group of courageous African American mothers who fought for school integration
- [Perceptions of Home: The Urban Appalachian Experience Opening Reception](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/perceptions-of-home-the-urban-appalachian-experience-opening-reception/) - Perceptions of Home: The Urban Appalachian Experience is a traveling exhibit of photographs by Malcolm J. Wilson paired with text from interviews conducted by Don Corathers three decades ago. Completed in 1996, Perceptions of Home features the images and stories of twenty-two families and individuals who through choice or circumstances made greater Cincinnati their home,
- [Navigating Ohio's Capital Budget Process](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/navigating-ohios-capital-budget-process/) - Join Ohio Humanities Executive Director Rebecca Brown Asmo and representatives from Van Meter, Ashbrook & Associates for a conversation about Ohio's 2026 Capital Budget, including tips for creating, submitting, and advocating for state capital budget funds. This virtual event is open to the public, but registration is required.
- [Building Histories Plaque Unveiling](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/building-histories-plaque-unveiling/) - Join Findlay Market as they unveil brand new building history plaques on Sunday, September 21, from 1 - 3 PM! In partnership with local historian Alyssa McClanahan, we uncovered the long-running histories of 31 buildings in the Market District, and made them plaques that we’ve permanently mounted on each building so you can dive deep
- [Perceptions of Home: The Urban Appalachian Experience](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/perceptions-of-home-the-urban-appalachian-experience/) - Perceptions of Home: The Urban Appalachian Experience is a traveling exhibit of photographs by Malcolm J. Wilson paired with text from interviews conducted by Don Corathers three decades ago. Completed in 1996, Perceptions of Home features the images and stories of twenty-two families and individuals who through choice or circumstances made greater Cincinnati their home,
- [Advocating for the Humanities: State & Federal Funding Updates](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/advocating-for-the-humanities-state-federal-funding-updates/) - Join the Ohio Humanities team for a webinar on Thursday, August 7, 2025 at 11:00am to learn more about our plans for the future, including potential carve-outs for cultural facilities in the state budget, developments at the NEH and in Congress, and examples of how other sectors have united to increase funding —even in challenging
- [Free Beer Tomorrow: Rough Cut](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/free-beer-tomorrow-rough-cut/) - Three years after work began to obtain a historical marker for legendary lesbian bar, Jack's/Summit Station, the team behind Free Beer Tomorrow is excited to host a rough cut screening of the film as part of Lesbian Visibility Month. Join us for our first public screening of the work in progress (essentially you will be
- [Crawford County Auctionfest](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/crawford-county-auctionfest/) - The Crawford County History Alliance is hosting an Auctionfest online! Join them online to be a part of Auctionfest 2025. 202 choice items are ready for bidding. Follow the link below to get registered and start bidding. Thank you in advance for your support! Bucyrus Rotary Auction Site. In addition to some items, this year
- [The History of Travel in America](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/the-history-of-travel-in-america-2/) - Come visit the Coshocton County District Library for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers Bureau event with Mark Holbrook: The History of Travel!
- [Moving Off the Farm and Trying to Stay Amish](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/moving-off-the-farm-and-trying-to-stay-amish-2/) - Come visit the Marvin Memorial 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
- [May 4th Voices: Speaking Through the Wound of the Kent State Shootings](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/may-4th-voices-speaking-through-the-wound-of-the-kent-state-shootings/) - Come visit the Tremont Road Branch of the Upper Arlington Public Library for an Ohio Humanities Speakers’ Bureau event with David Hassler about the Kent State Shootings. On May 4, 1970, four students were killed and nine injured on the campus of Kent State University by Ohio National Guard during a Vietnam War protest. Nearly
- [Coded Language of Negro Spirituals during the Underground Railroad](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/coded-language-of-negro-spirituals-during-the-underground-railroad/) - 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
- ['The Lincoln School Story' Documentary Screening and Discussion](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/the-lincoln-school-story-documentary-screening-and-discussion/) - 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
- [Learning from Dr. Joe Stahlman](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/learning-from-dr-joe-stahlman/) - Join the Institute for Human Science and Culture for their speaker series on reducing harms in museums for a talk with Dr. Joe Stahlman! Dr. Joe Stahlman (Tuscarora/Pennsylvania Dutch) is an anthropologist, historian, scholar, and researcher. He has over 30 years of research experience working with First Peoples and allies. His research focuses on culture
- [Statues, Flags, and the Ongoing Battle over the Meaning of the Civil War](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/statues-flags-and-the-ongoing-battle-over-the-meaning-of-the-civil-war-2/) - Come visit the Cleo Redd Fisher Museum for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers Bureau event with William Trollinger about how statues are used to interpret the history of the Civil War! The 2015 mass shooting in Charleston and now the recent events in Charlottesville have added fuel to the intense and sometimes heated debate in contemporary
- [Rebels in Corsets: The Embodied Rhetoric of the Women’s Suffrage Movement](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/rebels-in-corsets-the-embodied-rhetoric-of-the-womens-suffrage-movement-2/) - Come visit the Northwest Territory Museum for an Ohio Humanities Speakers' Bureau event with Susan Trollinger about the Women's Suffrage Movement! The story of the women’s suffrage movement is often told (even by US historians) as a peaceful transition by which white male politicians happily gave women the right to vote. This could not be
- [Why the West Went to War in 1812](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/why-the-west-went-to-war-in-1812/) - 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:
- [Shepard History Day](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/shepard-history-day/) - 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
- [Broadcast Premier of "Capturing Life"](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/broadcast-premier-of-capturing-life/) - 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
- [The Lincoln School Story with Melvin Barnes of Ohio Humanities](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/the-lincoln-school-story-with-melvin-barnes-of-ohio-humanities/) - In honor of Black History Month, the Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board is hosting a series of free, 45-minute presentations every Tuesday at noon in the Atrium in collaboration with different groups. Each session will include up to 15 minutes for Q&A with the speaker or performer. It is free and open to the
- [Closing Night with Rabbi Sharon Brous](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/closing-night-with-rabbi-sharon-brous/) - The Cleveland Jewish Book Festival is back for its 25th year! Join Rabbi Sharon Brous to discuss her book, The Amen Effect. In a time of loneliness and isolation, social rupture and alienation, what will it take to mend our broken hearts and rebuild our society? Brous makes the case that the spiritual work of
- [Author Talk with Margalit Fox](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/author-talk-with-margalit-fox/) - The Cleveland Jewish Book Festival is back for its 25th year! Join Margalit Fox to discuss her book, The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum. In 1850, Fredericka Mandelbaum came to New York in steerage and worked as a peddler on the streets of Lower Manhattan. By the 1870s she was a fixture of high society and an
- [YogaProse: Using Your Practice to Write Your Story](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/yogaprose-using-your-practice-to-write-your-story/) - 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
- [Author Talk with Jonathan Sanflofer](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/author-talk-with-jonathan-sanflofer/) - 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
- [Author Talk with Daniel Schulman](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/author-talk-with-daniel-schulman/) - 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
- [Virtual Author Talk with Ilan Evyatar & Yonah Jeremy Bob](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/virtual-author-talk-with-ilan-evyatar-amp-yonah-jeremy-bob/) - 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.
- [Author Talk with Pam Jenoff](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/author-talk-with-pam-jenoff/) - The Cleveland Jewish Book Festival is back for its 25th year! Join Pam Jenoff to discuss her book, Last Twilight in Paris. In Last Twilight in Paris, Louise is still adjusting to her postwar role as a housewife in 1953 London, when she discovers a necklace in a box at a secondhand shop. The box is
- [How Did We Get Here? (Re)Building Community](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/how-did-we-get-here-rebuilding-community/) - Come visit the Columbus Metropolitan Library's Main Branch to explore how race and racism have shaped Ohio over time with Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries as part of the Library's Authors at the Library series! Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries, professor of history at The Ohio State University, will discuss how race and racism have shaped Ohio
- [Vietnam 101: Performed by the Children's Theatre Workshop of Toledo](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/vietnam-101-performed-by-the-childrens-theatre-workshop-of-toledo/) - Come visit the Children's Theatre Workshop in Toledo (CTW) to see students perform the play Vietnam 101! Vietnam 101 is a historically based play by Rich Orloff. This play is a documentary theatre piece about the events of the Vietnam War from the perspective of the students at the Oberlin College campus, and was written
- [The Woman Detective in Pop Culture](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/the-woman-detective-in-pop-culture/) - Come visit the Stark County Main Library for an Ohio Humanities Speakers Bureau event with Linda Mizejewski about women detectives! Generations of readers have enjoyed Nancy Drew, Miss Marple, and legions of spunky amateur female sleuths who picked up a flashlight to creep through the attic. But the 1980s brought a new heroine to the best seller list:
- [Modern Art and Popular Culture](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/modern-art-and-popular-culture/) - Come visit Earnest Brew Works for an Ohio Humanities Speakers' Bureau event with Matthew Donahue about modern art and pop culture! This presentation examines the way in which popular culture has been used in the world of visual arts. This tradition goes back to Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque during the cubist era, to the
- [Ohio In the Civil War](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/ohio-in-the-civil-war-3/) - Come learn about Ohio in the Civil War at the Stark County Civil War Roundtable with Mark Holbrook!
- [Moving Off the Farm and Trying to Stay Amish](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/moving-off-the-farm-and-trying-to-stay-amish/) - 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,
- [In These Hills](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/in-these-hills/) - The Over-the-Rhine Museum is excited to display its latest project: "In These Hills." Come check it out March through June 2025! "In These Hills" is an examination of the Appalachian families who came to the neighborhood in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s in search of work. Dr. Deborah R. Weiner is working with past residents
- [George Bellows: American Life in Print](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/george-bellows-american-life-in-print/) - Come visit the Cincinnati Art Museum to see their newest exhibition, George Bellows: American Life in Print! George Bellows: American Life in Print is an exhibition of one of the most accomplished and celebrated artists from Ohio. Born in Columbus in 1882, Bellows' early life was deeply influenced by his home state: from his time
- [Underground Railroad in Ohio](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/underground-railroad-in-ohio-2/) - 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
- [Underground Railroad in Ohio](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/underground-railroad-in-ohio/) - Come visit the Coshocton County District Library 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
- [Looking Back at Being Black in Rural Ohio](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/looking-back-at-being-black-in-rural-ohio/) - Join the Warren Branch of the Warren-Trumbull County Public Library for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers Bureau event with Ric Sheffield about his experience growing up Black in rural Oho. This program presents a glimpse into the Black experience in small town America as reflected in Sheffield’s book “We Got By: A Black Family’s Journey in the
- [The Newark Earthworks: One of the World's Ancient Wonders](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/the-newark-earthworks-one-of-the-worlds-ancient-wonders-8/) - Come visit the Cleo Redd Fisher Historical Museum 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
- [The Burning Tree Mastodon and Ohio's Ice Age](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/the-burning-tree-mastodon-and-ohios-ice-age-2/) - Come visit the Tremont Rd. Branch of the Upper Arlington Library for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers Bureau event with Brad Lepper about the mastodon discovery that sparked a knowledge revolution. The 1989 discovery of this giant, ancient elephant-like creature opened an unprecedented window onto Ohio’s Ice Age. Archaeologists, biologists, and geologists studied the mastodon’s nearly complete
- [Visions of the New Nation in the Northwest Territory](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/visions-of-the-new-nation-in-the-northwest-territory/) - Come visit Muskingum County History for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers Bureau event with Brandon Downing about how the Northwest Territory shaped the development of early America! This talk examines Marietta as a cultural heritage site that serves a crucial role in redefining American collective history by reconstructing a national identity based on the Northwest Ordinance, one
- [From the Nuremberg Laws to the Night of Broken Glass: Race, Law, and the Foundations of the Holocaust](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/from-the-nuremberg-laws-to-the-night-of-broken-glass-race-law-and-the-foundations-of-the-holocaust/) - Come visit the Marvin Memorial Church for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers Bureau event with Barry Jackisch about the history that led up to Night of Broken Glass. This presentation explores the increasing persecution of Jews and other targeted groups in Nazi Germany. Far from a random process, this persecution developed with the entire weight of the
- [The Life and Art of Barbara Shermund: DACO Curator Series and Author Event with Caitlin McGurk](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/the-life-and-art-of-barbara-shermund-daco-curator-series-and-author-event-with-caitlin-mcgurk/) - Join Curator Caitlin McGurk at the Bexley Public Library for a talk about the art and life of trailblazing feminist cartoonist Barbara Shermund, who is featured in the exhibition and McGurk's new book Tell Me a Story Where the Bad Girl Wins: The Life and Art of Barbara Shermund, on display at the Decorative Arts Center
- [Unsettling Museums and Re-Story-ing Indigeneities](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/unsettling-museums-and-re-story-ing-indigeneities/) - Join the Institute for Human Science and Culture for their speaker series on reducing harms in museums for a talk with Dr. Paul Edward Montgomery Ramírez! Dr. Montgomery Ramírez is a Monimboseño person from what is currently Nicaragua, raised in diaspora in the United States. He is a decolonial heritage specialist and Indigenous public archaeologist,
- [Transcending NAGPRA: Indigenizing Collections Care and Repatriation](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/transcending-nagpra-indigenizing-collections-care-and-repatriation/) - Join the Institute for Human Science and Culture for their speaker series on reducing harms in museums for a talk with Courtney Little Axe! The University of Montana Anthropological Curation Facility (UMACF) has been working in collaboration with the Tribal Historic Preservation Officers from each Montana tribe to formulate policies and procedures in accordance with
- ["A Death in the City" Film Screening and Community Conversation](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/a-death-in-the-city-film-screening-and-community-conversation/) - 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
- [Jefferson's America: Divided but ONE | Interview with Jefferson for Adult Audiences](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/jeffersons-america-divided-but-one-interview-with-jefferson-for-adult-audiences/) - Thomas Jefferson makes his debut in Cleveland, OH to discuss his life’s purpose as founding father, profound thinker, inquisitive innovator, and author of freedom. Northeast Ohio will learn how one man’s intellectual ambition shaped a nation in the midst of strong national division. This event is a Living History program for the general public, college
- [Jefferson's America: Divided but ONE | Family Program for Young Audiences](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/jeffersons-america-divided-but-one-family-program-for-young-audiences/) - Thomas Jefferson makes his debut in Cleveland, OH to discuss his life’s purpose as founding father, profound thinker, inquisitive innovator, and author of freedom. Northeast Ohio will learn how one man’s intellectual ambition shaped a nation in the midst of strong national division. This event is a Living History program for the general public, college
- [Author Talk with R. Derek Black](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/author-talk-with-r-derek-black/) - The Cleveland Jewish Book Festival is back for its 25th year! Join R. Derek Black to discuss their memoir, The Klansman's Son. The Klansman’s Son is an astonishing memoir of a childhood built on fear and of breaking from a community of hate. Derek Black was raised to take over the white nationalist movement in
- [Author Talk with Robin Judd](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/author-talk-with-robin-judd/) - The Cleveland Jewish Book Festival is back for its 25th year! Join Robin Judd to discuss her book, Between Two Worlds. Historian Robin Judd, whose grandmother survived the Holocaust and married an American soldier after liberation, introduces us to the Jewish women who lived through genocide and went on to wed American, Canadian and British
- [Author Talk with Dr. Alex Kor](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/author-talk-with-dr-alex-kor/) - The Cleveland Jewish Book Festival is back for its 25th year! Join Dr. Alex Kor to discuss his memoir, A Blessing, Not a Burden. By all accounts, Dr. Alex Kor’s life has been a miracle. The son of two Holocaust survivors who narrowly escaped death, Kor grew up in Indiana – a state with Midwestern
- [Kid's Day at The J with "Challah For Shabbat"](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/kids-day-at-the-j-with-challah-for-shabbat/) - The Cleveland Jewish Book Festival is back for its 25th year! Join Sara Holly Ackerman for a kids' day centered on her book, Challah For Shabbat! This sweet, rhyming, beautifully illustrated picture book celebrates Jewish joy and intergenerational love as it follows a girl and her grandmother preparing for Shabbat dinner by baking traditional challah
- [Author Talk with Yardena Schwartz](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/author-talk-with-yardena-schwartz/) - 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
- [Author Talk with Lauren Grodstein](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/author-talk-with-lauren-grodstein/) - The Cleveland Jewish Book Festival is back for its 25th year! Join Lauren Grodstein to discuss her book, We Must Not Think of Ourselves. A story inspired by a little-known piece of history in the lives of Jewish occupants of the Warsaw Ghetto in World War II, a project with the code name “Oneg Shabbat.”
- [Opening Night featuring Stuart Eizenstat](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/opening-night-featuring-stuart-eizenstat/) - 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
- [Ohio Humanities Grants Program Informational Webinar](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/ohio-humanities-grants-program-informational-webinar/) - Join the Ohio Humanities program staff for an overview of the grants program and what funding opportunities are available to humanities-based organizations across Ohio. Register for the event using this link!
- [A Reading by David Lucas](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/a-reading-by-david-lucas/) - The Literary Club of Cincinnati invites you to its Poet Laureate Series! Dave Lucas was born and raised in Cleveland. He studied literature and poetry at John Carroll University (BA, 2002), the University of Virginia (MFA, 2004), and the University of Michigan (PhD, 2014). His first book of poems, Weather (VQR / Georgia, 2011), received the 2012 Ohioana Book Award
- [DACO Book Launch and Signing!](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/daco-book-launch-and-signing/) - Celebrate the release of exhibition curator Caitlin McGurk’s Tell Me a Story Where the Bad Girl Wins: The Life and Art of Barbara Shermund (Fantagraphics, 2024). In her book, McGurk honors the life and art of pioneering cartoonist Barbara Shermund, whose career spanned the heyday of American magazines and helped shape the visual style of The New Yorker.
- [Northside Neighborhood Walking Tour with Columbus Metro Library](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/northside-neighborhood-walking-tour-with-columbus-metro-library-2/) - 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,
- [Parsons Neighborhood Walking Tour with Columbus Metro Library](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/parsons-neighborhood-walking-tour-with-columbus-metro-library/) - Explore Columbus’ neighborhoods with historians Doreen Uhas-Sauer and Tom Betti. This tour will start at the Parsons 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,
- [Northside Neighborhood Walking Tour with Columbus Metro Library](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/northside-neighborhood-walking-tour-with-columbus-metro-library/) - 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,
- [<em>Tell Me a Story Where the Bad Girl Wins: The Life and Art of Barbara Shermund</em>](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/tell-me-a-story-where-the-bad-girl-wins-the-life-and-art-of-barbara-shermund/) - Tell Me a Story Where the Bad Girl Wins: The Life and Art of Barbara Shermund showcases the work of Barbara Shermund, the trailblazing feminist cartoonist who, as one of the first women cartoonists for The New Yorker magazine, brought her outspoken women characters to life in a distinctive flowing style that helped shape the visual
- [<strong>Graphic Humor: Cartoons and Other Jokes in <em>The New Yorker</em></strong>](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/graphic-humor-cartoons-and-other-jokes-in-the-new-yorker/) - 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:
- [Aldus Society Speaker Series: Sarah Castro](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/aldus-society-speaker-series-jennifer-weinbrecht/) - Join the Aldus Society of Central Ohio at the Thurber Center for a speaker event with Sarah Castro! Sarah Castro, Paper and Photograph Conservator at The Ohio State University Libraries, will discuss the conservation and care of paper-based and photographic materials. The Aldus Society brings literary events and programming to book lovers and educational opportunities
- [History & Genealogy Day: Featuring Chief Glenna Wallace of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/history-genealogy-day-featuring-chief-glenna-wallace-of-the-eastern-shawnee-tribe/) - 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
- [Defining American Liberty: New Perspectives on the Fort Gower Resolves](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/defining-american-liberty-new-perspectives-on-the-fort-gower-resolves/) - 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,
- [Two Hillbillies and a Queered Conversation](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/two-hillbillies-and-a-queered-conversation-2/) - Come visit the Miami Township Branch of the Dayton Public Library for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers Bureau event with LuSter Singelton and Julia Applegate!
- [Terrorizing Immigrants and Catholics: The Ohio Ku Klux Klan in the 1920's](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/terrorizing-immigrants-and-catholics-the-ohio-ku-klux-klan-in-the-1920s/) - Come visit the Campus Martius Museum in Marietta for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers Bureau event with William Trollinger about the influence of the Ku Klux Klan in Ohio in the 1920's. Having virtually disappeared in the late nineteenth century, the Ku Klux Klan exploded onto the national in the early 1920s, with perhaps five million
- [Rhetoric of the Rainbow: Living Between the Gay Movement and Civil Rights Movement](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/rhetoric-of-the-rainbow-living-between-the-gay-movement-and-civil-rights-movement-2/) - 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
- [A Room of Her Own: Christine de Pizan's Defense of Women](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/a-room-of-her-own-christine-de-pizans-defense-of-women-2/) - Come see Trobár perform music by Christine de Pizan, capturing the image of women's experience in the early 15th century!
- [A Room of Her Own: Christine de Pizan's Defense of Women](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/a-room-of-her-own-christine-de-pizans-defense-of-women/) - Come see Trobár perform music by Christine de Pizan, capturing the image of women's experience in the early 15th century!
- [MuckAbout with Trobár!](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/muckabout-with-trobar/) - Trobár of the Greater Cleveland Area welcomes you to come obsess with them about medieval author Christine de Pizan and the music of her era. As a teaser for their upcoming shows on October 25th and 26th featuring her proto-feminist work, they will introduce you to some of the musical practices prevalent in early 15th
- ['Capturing Life' Film Premiere](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/capturing-life-film-premier/) - Come visit the Cincinnati Museum Center to see the premiere of Voyageur Media Group's latest documentary, "Capturing Life!" The screening will be on October 9th from 6-7pm. Following the film at 7pm there will be a panel discussion focusing on visual heritage. Over the past three decades, Voyageur’s production team has conducted research at dozens
- [Appalachian Flow Homecoming](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/appalachian-flow-homecoming/) - The Urban Appalachian Community Coalition and A Picture’s Worth invite you to participate in paid opportunities to interview folks about their lives, including interviews for UACC’s Kith and Kin Project, focusing on the experiences of Cincinnati-area residents with Appalachian Roots. You’re invited to our next Kith & Kin Story Gathering Opportunity! Bring a photo or
- [15th Annual Chagrin Documentary Film Festival](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/15th-annual-chagrin-documentary-film-festival/) - The Chagrin Documentary Film Festival is dedicated to educating audiences and empowering talented filmmakers to tell their stories. The Festival is a five day celebration of the art of documentary film, at venues in and around the century village of Chagrin Falls, Ohio. This inspiring event draws audiences from all over Northeast Ohio, the US
- [Every Night is Ladies Night (Again!): A Sneak Peek and More!](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/every-night-is-ladies-night-again-a-sneak-peek-and-more/) - Every Night is Ladies Night (AGAIN): A Sneak Peek and More! In 1980 there were over two hundred lesbian bars in the United States. In 2023, only 25 remain. Summit Station (also known as Jack's), located at 2210 Summit Street in Columbus was Ohio’s longest running lesbian bar, serving as the soul of the
- [Statues, Flags, and the Ongoing Battle over the Meaning of the Civil War](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/statues-flags-and-the-ongoing-battle-over-the-meaning-of-the-civil-war/) - Come visit the South Dayton Church of Christ with the Springboro Area Historical Society for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers Bureau event with William Trollinger about how statues are used to interpret the history of the Civil War! The 2015 mass shooting in Charleston and now the recent events in Charlottesville have added fuel to the intense
- [Freedom a la Carte Open Mic Night](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/freedom-a-la-carte-open-mic-night-5/) - 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
- [Blood, Brains, and Lobotomies](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/blood-brains-and-lobotomies-2/) - Come visit the Heritage Golf Club with the Friends of Nursing History for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers’ Bureau event with Mindy McGinnis! She will share the research behind her Edgar Award-Winning Gothic historical thriller, A MADNESS SO DISCREET. Learn about how doctors treated brain injuries in the 1890’s and the different aspects of care for
- [Terrorizing Catholics, Jews and immigrants: The Ku Klux Klan in 1920's Dayton](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/terrorizing-catholics-jews-and-immigrants-the-ku-klux-klan-in-1920s-dayton/) - Come visit the Roger Glass Center for the Arts at the University of Dayton for a public humanities event featuring a public talk and round table on the Ku Klux Klan in 1920’s Dayton and the state of the fight against hate in Ohio today. The keynote address will be given by University of Dayton
- [Lumen Launch Party](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/humanities-happy-hour-6/) - Join Ohio Humanities to celebrate the publication of our third volume of Lumen magazine! This issue of Lumen, which explores the idea of being seen, is our most courageous yet. The stories evoke a range of emotions. There’s thoughtfulness and joy in the way Columbus Crew Coach Wilfried Nancy defines and approaches winning. There’s an
- [Historic Landscapes Virtual Series: Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/historic-landscapes-virtual-series-stan-hywet-hall-gardens/) - 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
- [Historic Landscapes Virtual Series: Kingwood Center Gardens](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/historic-landscapes-virtual-series-kingwood-center-gardens/) - 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
- [Historic Landscapes Virtual Series: Adena Mansion](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/historic-landscapes-virtual-series-adena-mansion/) - 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
- [The Anti-Apartheid Movement in the United States](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/the-anti-apartheid-movement-in-the-united-states/) - 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
- [Invisible Ground Immersive Historic Markers Tour](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/invisible-ground-immersive-historic-markers-tour/) - Invisible Ground will host a full tour of all eight of their Ground Immersive Historic Markers on Saturday, August 17th. Athens-based multimedia project Invisible Ground utilizes audio, augmented reality, visual elements, and place-based storytelling to engage people in the history of their communities. The project does this through its series of Immersive Historic Markers around
- [Historic Landscapes Virtual Series: The Dawes Arboretum](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/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
- [Untold Stories of Flight @ Ingenuity Cleveland](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/untold-stories-of-flight-ingenuity-cleveland/) - Join Ingenuity Cleveland September 27-29 at IngenuityLabs for IngenuityFest 2024: Era of Ascent as they spread their wings and Take Flight in celebration of their 20th anniversary season of programming and 100,000 sq. ft. expansion of IngenuityLabs, a permanent home for creativity and innovation in Cleveland! The weekend-long festival will feature a mix of hands-on
- [Aldus Society Speaker Series: Kari Gunter-Seymore](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/aldus-society-speaker-series-kari-gunter-seymore/) - Join the Aldus Society of Central Ohio at the Thurber Center for a speaker event with Kari Gunter-Seymore! Ohio Poet Laureate Kari Gunter-Seymour will discuss literature derived from the 32 Ohio counties “nestled within the western foothills of the Appalachian Mountains.” The Aldus Society brings literary events and programming to book lovers and educational opportunities
- [Aldus Society Speaker Series: Rhiannon Knol](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/aldus-society-speaker-series-rhiannon-knol/) - Join the Aldus Society of Central Ohio at the Thurber Center for a speaker event with Rhiannon Knol! Rhiannon Knol will speak about the role wrong ideas have played in Renaissance and early modern science, focusing on the writings of Aristotle, Christopher Columbus, and Athanasius Kircher—and reactions by their readers, from Galileo and Harvey to
- [Aldus Society Speaker Series: Alan Farmer](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/aldus-society-speaker-series-alan-farmer/) - 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
- [Aldus Society Speaker Series: Roger Jerome](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/aldus-society-speaker-series-roger-jerome/) - Join the Aldus Society of Central Ohio at the Thurber Center for a speaker event with Roger Jerome! Roger Jerome will speak about Charles Dickens in Ohio. Few people know that the great novelist visited most parts of Ohio in 1842 and wrote about it. Roger has studied his travels in detail and promises original
- [Aldus Society Speaker Series: Angus Fletcher](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/aldus-society-speaker-series-angus-fletcher/) - Join the Aldus Society of Central Ohio at the Thurber Center for a speaker event with Angus Fletcher! Angus Fletcher, professor of story science at Ohio State’s Project Narrative, combines neurology and literary analysis to explore the psychological effects of different narrative technologies. The Aldus Society brings literary events and programming to book lovers and
- [Aldus Society Speaker Series: Dan Sinykin](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/aldus-society-speaker-series-dan-sinykin/) - Join the Aldus Society of Central Ohio at the Thurber Center for a speaker event with Dan Sinykin! Sinykin will speak about his blockbuster book Big Fiction, examining how changes in the publishing industry have affected fiction, literary form, and what it means to be an author. The Aldus Society brings literary events and programming
- [Ohio Statewide Underground Railroad Gathering](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/ohio-statewide-underground-railroad-gathering/) - Calling all individuals involved with or in support of preserving and sharing Underground Railroad history! Join partners from around the state as we gather to learn about and discuss the Underground Railroad in Ohio and how to share these stories. The Ohio Statewide Underground Railroad Gathering aims to unite current and potential future Network to
- [Rhetoric of the Rainbow: Living Between the Gay Movement and Civil Rights Movement](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/rhetoric-of-the-rainbow-living-between-the-gay-movement-and-civil-rights-movement/) - Come visit Elizabeth's Bookshop and Writing Centre 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
- [The Newark Earthworks: One of the World's Ancient Wonders](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/the-newark-earthworks-one-of-the-worlds-ancient-wonders-7/) - Come visit Case Western Reserve University with the Cleveland Archaeological Society 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
- ['Capturing Life' Community Screening](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/capturing-life-community-screening/) - Come visit the Downtown Branch of the Cincinnati Public Library to see a community screening of Voyageur Media Group's latest documentary, "Capturing Life!" The screening will be on October 29th from 6-8pm. Following the film at 7pm there will be a panel discussion focusing on photography and preservation. Over the past three decades, Voyageur’s production
- [Blood, Brains, and Lobotomies](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/blood-brains-and-lobotomies/) - Come visit the Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers’ Bureau event with Mindy McGinnis! She will share the research behind her Edgar Award-Winning Gothic historical thriller, A MADNESS SO DISCREET. Learn about how doctors treated brain injuries in the 1890’s and the different aspects of care for the mentally ill – for
- [Lincoln School Screening at Muskingum University](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/lincoln-school-screening-at-muskingum-university/) - Ohio Humanities' documentary, the Lincoln School Story will be screening at Muskingum University! The film tells the inspiring story of a group of courageous African American mothers’ fight for school integration in 1954 in the town of Hillsboro, Ohio. Their lawsuit against the school board was one of the first test cases of the historic
- [Second Annual Beyond the Battlefield: Interpreting St. Clair's Defeat through the Eyes of Tribal Citizens](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/second-annual-beyond-the-battlefield-interpreting-st-clairs-defeat-through-the-eyes-of-tribal-citizens/) - This event gives visitors the opportunity to experience Native cultures, past and present, from citizens of Federally Recognized Tribes whose ancestors were victorious in St. Clair’s Defeat (1791). This unique 2-day event will showcase interactive historic programming featuring Shawnee, Miami, Ottawa, and Wyandotte history and culture, with special children’s programming. Presentations will include discussions about
- ['Capturing Life' Academic Screening](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/capturing-life-academic-screening/) - Come visit Northern Kentucky University's Steely Library to see an academic screening of Voyageur Media Group's latest documentary, "Capturing Life!" The screening will be on October 17th from 5-7pm. Following the film at 7pm there will be a panel discussion focusing on photography and education. Over the past three decades, Voyageur’s production team has conducted
- [Serpent Mound — an Icon of Ancient Ohio](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/serpent-mound-an-icon-of-ancient-ohio-3/) - Join the Firelands Archeological Research Center at the Ritter Public Library for an Ohio Humanities' Speakers' Bureau event with Brad Lepper! Lepper will talk about the fascinating archeology and history of the Serpent Mound. Serpent Mound in Adams County is one of the largest and most spectacular earthen sculptures in the world. The age of
- [From Mrs. Satan to Madame Speaker:  150 Years of Ohio Women Running for Public Office](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/from-mrs-satan-to-madame-speaker-150-years-of-ohio-women-running-for-public-office/) - Come visit the Silver Lake Historical Society in Silver Lake for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers Bureau event with Barbara Palmer! Dr. Palmer will discuss the fascinating history of Ohio women running for public office. In 1872, Victoria Woodhull, an Ohio native, was the first woman to ever run for president. In the early 20th century,
- [Why Ohio? Understanding the Opioid Crisis](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/why-ohio-understanding-the-opioid-crisis/) - 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
- [The Story of Ohio's Canals](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/the-story-of-ohios-canals/) - 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
- [2024 Heritage Ohio Annual Conference](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/2024-heritage-ohio-annual-conference/) - The 2024 Heritage Ohio Annual Conference is in Newark this year, from October 15 to October 17! The theme this year is "World Heritage throughout the Heartland," in recognition of the recent UNESCO World Heritage designation of various sites throughout Ohio. Chief Billy Friend, of the Wyandot Nation, will present the opening keynote address, which
- [Ohio Local History Alliance Annual Meeting: Truth and Consequences](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/ohio-local-history-alliance-annual-meeting-truth-and-consequences/) - Join OLHA on October 4-5 for their Annual Meeting, organized around the theme "Truth and Consequences." Sessions will discuss a wide array of ways in which collecting, sharing, and commemorating Ohio’s local history can, and perhaps should, become more central in the operations of organizations. The full schedule will be posted on this page when
- [Frankenstein! Myth, Monster, and Popular Culture](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/frankenstein-myth-monster-and-popular-culture-2/) - Come learn about Frankenstein in film and pop culture at the Delaware Library with Linda Mizejewski!
- [Freedom a la Carte Open Mic Night](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/freedom-a-la-carte-open-mic-night-4/) - 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
- [Ohio In the Civil War](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/ohio-in-the-civil-war-2/) - Come learn about Ohio in the Civil War at the Dover Public Library with Mark Holbrook!
- [Juneteenth Celebration in Hillsboro](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/juneteenth-celebration-in-hillsboro/) - Join the African American Awareness Research Council (AAARC) of Hillsboro and Ohio Humanities for a celebration of Juneteenth Freedom Day on Saturday, June 22, 2024, from 1:00-3:00 p.m. at New Hope Baptist Church in Hillsboro. Juneteenth National Independence Day is a federal holiday celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the ending of slavery. The
- [Freedom a la Carte Open Mic Night](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/freedom-a-la-carte-open-mic-night-3/) - 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
- [The Newark Earthworks: One of the World's Ancient Wonders](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/the-newark-earthworks-one-of-the-worlds-ancient-wonders-6/) - 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
- [The History of Travel in America](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/the-history-of-travel-in-america/) - Come visit the Coshocton County District Library for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers Bureau event with Mark Holbrook: The History of Travel!
- [Marion Voices: CHAMP Community Workshops](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/marion-voices-champ-community-workshops-5/) - In 2024, Marion Voices is proud to be launching the Cultural Heritage Assets Mapping Project (CHAMP): a participatory, community effort to map & share our prizes cultural, arts, & heritage resources, to collectively write the blueprint for future culture-sector investments locally, & across the wider region. Join the South Marion session at Prospect Community Park
- [Marion Voices: CHAMP Community Workshops](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/marion-voices-champ-community-workshops-4/) - In 2024, Marion Voices is proud to be launching the Cultural Heritage Assets Mapping Project (CHAMP): a participatory, community effort to map & share our prizes cultural, arts, & heritage resources, to collectively write the blueprint for future culture-sector investments locally, & across the wider region. Join the East Marion session at Terradise Nature Center
- [Marion Voices: CHAMP Community Workshops](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/marion-voices-champ-community-workshops-3/) - In 2024, Marion Voices is proud to be launching the Cultural Heritage Assets Mapping Project (CHAMP): a participatory, community effort to map & share our prizes cultural, arts, & heritage resources, to collectively write the blueprint for future culture-sector investments locally, & across the wider region. Join the African American community session at MLK Park
- [Marion Voices: CHAMP Community Workshops](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/marion-voices-champ-community-workshops-2/) - In 2024, Marion Voices is proud to be launching the Cultural Heritage Assets Mapping Project (CHAMP): a participatory, community effort to map & share our prizes cultural, arts, & heritage resources, to collectively write the blueprint for future culture-sector investments locally, & across the wider region. Join the LGBTQIA+ session at McKinley Park on June
- [Marion Voices: CHAMP Community Workshops](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/marion-voices-champ-community-workshops/) - In 2024, Marion Voices is proud to be launching the Cultural Heritage Assets Mapping Project (CHAMP): a participatory, community effort to map & share our prizes cultural, arts, & heritage resources, to collectively write the blueprint for future culture-sector investments locally, & across the wider region. Join the Marion Cities and Suburbs session at McKinley
- [Community Mural Unveiling at Mount Zion Baptist Church](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/mural-unveiling-at-mount-zion-baptist/) - Join the Mount Zion Black Cultural Center for their unveiling of their new mural at Mount Zion Baptist Church!
- [History Days Speaker's Series @ the Cleveland Public Library](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/history-days-speakers-series-the-cleveland-public-library/) - Enjoy a full day of author talks, presentations and discussions presented by Cleveland History Days in the Stokes Auditorium of the beautiful and historic Cleveland Public Library, Main Library. Conversations will be moderated by Tom Yablonsky, Cleveland History Days co-founder and Historic Preservation & Environmental Affairs Advocate. - 11:00 am – 12:00 pm: Mark Duskey
- [<strong><em>Two Hillbillies and a Queered Conversation</em></strong>](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/two-hillbillies-and-a-queered-conversation/) - Come visit the Miami Township Branch of the Dayton Public Library for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers Bureau event with LuSter Singelton and Julia Applegate!
- [Ashland Chautauqua: A Trip Down Memory Lane](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/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: Karen Vuranch as Julia Child Hasan Davis as Joe Lewis Ilene Evans as Ethel Waters Jeremy Meier as John Dillinger Elsa Wolff as
- [Free Beer Tomorrow: Documenting the History and Culture of Ohio's Longest Running Lesbian Owned and Operated Bar](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/free-beer-tomorrow-documenting-the-history-and-culture-of-ohios-longest-running-lesbian-owned-and-operated-bar/) - 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
- [Lincoln School Story Showing at CDFF's New Location!](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/lincoln-school-story-showing-at-cdffs-new-location/) - The Chagrin Documentary Film Festival's new home is now open! Stop in Wednesday - Saturday 11:00 am - 5:00 pm to check out the latest CDFF merch, history wall, donor appreciation wall, and upcoming monthly programming. As part of May's programming to celebrate Women's Health Month, the CDFF is screening The Lincoln School Story! The
- [Lincoln School Screening at the Athena Cinema](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/lincoln-school-screening-at-the-athena-cinema/) - Ohio Humanities' documentary, the Lincoln School Story will be screening at the Athena Cinema! In partnership with the Mount Zion Black Cultural Center, WOUB Public Media is screening the new documentary called THE LINCOLN SCHOOL STORY as part of the kick-off event for Berry Day Week in Athens on May 20 at 5:30 p.m. at the Athena. The production, created
- [Columbus Book Festival: Celebrating a Community of Book Lovers](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/columbus-book-festival-celebrating-a-community-of-book-lovers/) - 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
- [Ohio In the Civil War](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/ohio-in-the-civil-war/) - 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
- [Freedom a la Carte Open Mic Night](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/freedom-a-la-carte-open-mic-night-2/) - 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
- [The History of Rock and Roll](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/the-history-of-rock-and-roll-3/) - 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
- [The History of Rock and Roll](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/the-history-of-rock-and-roll-2/) - 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
- [Cincinnati's Lost Founders: Opening Event](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/cincinnatis-lost-founders-opening-event/) - Come visit the Walnut Hills Branch of the Cincinnati Public Library for the opening event of "Cincinnati's Lost Founders," an exhibit created with support from the Harriet Beecher Stowe House and Ohio Humanities. Sometimes, important history is easy to find. Large monuments tell us about someone's brave deeds. A beautifully preserved building shows secrets about
- [The Newark Earthworks: One of the World's Ancient Wonders](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/the-newark-earthworks-one-of-the-worlds-ancient-wonders-5/) - Come visit the Old Worthington Library 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
- [Brown @ 70 Commemoration at the Lincoln Theatre](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/brown-70-at-the-lincoln-theatre/) - Join Ohio Humanities at the Lincoln Theatre in Columbus, Ohio, for our highlight Brown @ 70 commemoration event! The celebration will include a screening of The Lincoln School Story, performances by the Grammy-nominated Central State University Chorus, and a panel discussion with scholars, educators, and community leaders about the impact and legacy of the landmark
- [Lincoln School Documentary Airs on CET](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/lincoln-school-documentary-airs-on-cet-3/) - Ohio Humanities' documentary film The Lincoln School Story airs on CET in Cincinnati! When their school district refused to integrate after Brown v. Board of Education was decided in 1954, a group of Black mothers in Southwest Ohio marched their children to the white school, demanding admission, only to be turned away every day for
- [Lincoln School Documentary Airs on ThinkTV](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/lincoln-school-documentary-airs-on-thinktv-3/) - Ohio Humanities' documentary film The Lincoln School Story airs on ThinkTV in Dayton! When their school district refused to integrate after Brown v. Board of Education was decided in 1954, a group of Black mothers in Southwest Ohio marched their children to the white school, demanding admission, only to be turned away every day for
- [Movie Premier: Family White Elephants](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/movie-premier-family-white-elephants/) - Columbus-based artist Mary Jo Bole’s first feature film, Family White Elephants, explores her family’s history in Cleveland through their eccentric family archive. Artist and director Mary Jo Bole’s documentary explores the two sides of her family tree, a trove of inherited possessions, and a preoccupation with death, all of which have informed her artistic practice.
- [The Newark Earthworks: One of the World's Ancient Wonders](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/the-newark-earthworks-one-of-the-worlds-ancient-wonders-4/) - 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
- [Cincinnati's Lost Founders](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/cincinnatis-lost-founders/) - Come visit the Walnut Hills Branch of the Cincinnati Public Library to see "Cincinnati's Lost Founders," an exhibit created with support from the Harriet Beecher Stowe House and Ohio Humanities. The exhibit will consist of panels that include text and photos of family documents that encompass information on the Fossett family’s roots at Monticello, the
- [Songs of Sancho's London: Sancho's Songbook Airs](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/songs-of-sanchos-london-sanchos-songbook-airs/) - Tune in for the sixth episode of SalonEra Season 4: Sancho's Songbook! A man of letters, merchant, abolitionist, theater lover, and musician, Charles Ignatius Sancho made history as the first British man of African descent to vote in a general election. This episode features insights from countertenor Reginald Mobley, who is on a mission to
- [Songs of Sancho's London: Performance and Panel](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/songs-of-sanchos-london/) - Loganberry books, located the historic Larchmere neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, is delighted to host a performance by acclaimed early music ensemble Les Delices, performers from Cleveland’s Contemporary Youth Orchestra, and a panel discussion by guest speakers from the Ohio Center for the Book centered around Black cultural life in 18th Century London, in particular, composer and activist
- [Freedom a la Carte Open Mic Night](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/freedom-a-la-carte-open-mic-night/) - 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 May 10 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
- [The Barnbuilders: An Architectural Legacy in Ohio’s Rural Landscape](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/the-barnbuilders-an-architectural-legacy-in-ohios-rural-landscape-3/) - Come visit the Brunswick Area Historical Society for an Ohio Humanities Speakers' Bureau event with Tom O'Grady! Culture groups migrating from New England, Middle Atlantic states and from the South settled in various regions of Ohio, and their distinct farms and barns can be observed when travelling throughout the state. The barn builders have left
- [The Barnbuilders: An Architectural Legacy in Ohio’s Rural Landscape](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/the-barnbuilders-an-architectural-legacy-in-ohios-rural-landscape-4/) - Come visit the Crown Point Ecology Center with the Bath Township Historical Society for an Ohio Humanities Speakers' Bureau event with Tom O'Grady! Culture groups migrating from New England, Middle Atlantic states and from the South settled in various regions of Ohio, and their distinct farms and barns can be observed when travelling throughout the
- [Florida Humanities: Separate Is Not Equal: St. Petersburg Community Conversation](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/florida-humanities-separate-is-not-equal-st-petersburg-community-conversation/) - Community conversation with Florida Press Educational Services, the Tampa Bay Times Newspaper in Education program, Community Tampa Bay, and Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg in St. Petersburg.
- [Florida Humanities: Separate Is Not Equal: Jacksonville Community Conversation](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/florida-humanities-separate-is-not-equal-jacksonville-community-conversation/) - Community conversation with OneJax, 904ward, the NAACP, the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, and the Florida Press Educational Services in Jacksonville.
- [Florida Humanities: Teaching Brown v. Board of Ed. Webinar](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/florida-humanities-teaching-brown-v-board-of-ed-webinar/) - Professional development webinar for Florida teachers on teaching Brown vs. Board of Education using newspapers and other primary sources.
- [Cannabis Americana Exhibit Opening](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/cannabis-americana-exhibit-opening-2/) - Visit the Cannabis Museum in Athens, Ohio for the opening of their exhibit, "Cannabis Americana pt. 2, Reefer Madness: Propaganda & Prohibition" on June 21st!
- [Cannabis Americana Exhibit Opening](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/cannabis-americana-exhibit-opening/) - Visit the Cannabis Museum in Athens, Ohio for the opening of their exhibit, "Cannabis Americana: The Golden Age of Cannabis Medicine & The End of the Hempire" on April 20th!
- [2024 Ohioana Book Festival: Celebrating Ohio's Books](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/2024-ohioana-book-festival-celebrating-ohios-books/) - The 2024 Ohioana Book Festival will be the 18th annual celebration of reading, writing, and Ohio literature. The festival, first presented in 2007, is free and open to the public. More than 120 Ohio authors and illustrators will take part. Programming will be include panel discussions and live podcast recordings, a book fair; plus story
- [Screening and Conversation: The Art of Un-War](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/screening-and-conversation-the-art-of-un-war/) - An exploration of the healing power of art: "Krzysztof Wodiczko: The Art of Un-War" film screening followed by a conversation and Q&A with artist Krzysztof Wodiczko and director/producer Maria Niro at the main branch of the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library. Krzysztof Wodiczko: The Art of Un-War (1hr 4min), a film directed and produced by Maria Niro,
- [Ohio Goes to the Movies Launch](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/ohio-goes-to-the-movies-launch/) - Come learn more about the statewide celebration that will be Ohio Goes To The Movies, part of Ohio's America 250 celebration, and about the countless contributions Ohio and Ohioans have made and continue to make today toward America being the world leader in the film industry! The evening includes a special screening of the international
- [Humanities Happy Hour](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/humanities-happy-hour-5/) - Calling all humanists! Stop by the Ohio Humanities office at 541 W Rich St in Franklinton to enjoy a happy hour drink and network with humanities professionals from across Central Ohio on Thursday, April 18 from 4:30-6:00pm. Humanities Happy Hour is a quarterly gathering hosted by Ohio Humanities. Anyone who is passionate about the humanities
- [Lincoln School Documentary Airs on WOSU TV](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/lincoln-school-documentary-airs-on-wosu-tv-5/) - Ohio Humanities' documentary film The Lincoln School Story airs on WOSU TV in Columbus! The Lincoln School Story examines the little-known fight for school desegregation led by a handful of Ohio mothers and their children in 1954. In the wake of Brown v. Board of Education, school districts nationwide were mandated to integrate. But when
- [Lincoln School Documentary Airs on WOSU TV](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/lincoln-school-documentary-airs-on-wosu-tv-4/) - Ohio Humanities' documentary film The Lincoln School Story airs on WOSU TV in Columbus! The Lincoln School Story examines the little-known fight for school desegregation led by a handful of Ohio mothers and their children in 1954. In the wake of Brown v. Board of Education, school districts nationwide were mandated to integrate. But when
- [Lincoln School Documentary Airs on WOSU TV](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/lincoln-school-documentary-airs-on-wosu-tv-3/) - Ohio Humanities' documentary film The Lincoln School Story airs on WOSU TV in Columbus! The Lincoln School Story examines the little-known fight for school desegregation led by a handful of Ohio mothers and their children in 1954. In the wake of Brown v. Board of Education, school districts nationwide were mandated to integrate. But when
- [Sustaining Museums for Future Climates-- OMA 2024 Conference](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/sustaining-museums-for-future-climate-oma-2024-conference/) - The Ohio Museums Association will hold its 2024 annual conference, 'Sustaining Museums for Future Climates,' April 13-15, 2024 in Sandusky. In so many areas of our regular life the climates are changing from what was usual in the past. In the museum world, sustainability and shifts in climates are happening too, and encompass a broad
- [Joy Harjo and Maggie Smith with the Women's Fund](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/joy-harjo-and-maggie-smith-with-the-womens-fund/) - Come see Joy Harjo in conversation with Maggie Smith at the Mershon Auditorium! 4:30 PM pre-party | 6:30 PM program | After-party begins post-show Keyholder is The Women’s Fund’s signature annual fundraiser. Keyholder brings together 1,000+ champions for gender equity each year to hear from guest speakers who are paving the way for change. It’s
- [Virtual Author Visit with Jerry Craft](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/virtual-author-visit-with-jerry-craft/) - After discussing the book New Kid all this month, enjoy a virtual chat with Jerry Craft, the author! Register for this event here. Space may be limited. Brought to you by WeRISE for Greater Westerville.About this Initiative: WeREAD is a community-wide read initiative with the goal of bringing our community together through dialogue and activities while also inspiring us to advance
- [Online WeREAD Book Discussion: New Kid (part 2)](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/online-weread-book-discussion-new-kid-part-2/) - 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.
- [WeREAD Book Discussion: New Kid (part 1)](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/weread-book-discussion-new-kid/) - 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.
- [Online WeREAD Book Discussion: New Kid (part 1)](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/online-weread-book-discussion-new-kid-part-1/) - 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.
- [WeREAD Book Discussion: New Kid (part 2)](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/weread-book-discussion-new-kid-part-2/) - 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.
- [Ohio Black Judges Association Annual Meeting](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/ohio-black-judges-association-annual-meeting/) - 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
- [America 250 Grants Webinar II](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/america-250-grants-webinar-ii-2/) - Join Ohio Humanities and Ohio's America 250 commission for a webinar about the grant opportunities available to support projects building towards America's sesquicentennial anniversary! This is the second round of grants. The America 250-Ohio Commission, Ohio’s official state commission charged with creating the celebration of the country’s semiquincentennial, announced it will offer grants up to
- [Self-Determination Strategies of Free Black Communities in the Old Northwest](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/self-determination-strategies-of-free-black-communities-in-the-old-northwest/) - For the final installment of the lecture series, Migration and Removal: Documenting the Historically Underrepresented Voices of Westward Expansion, the Litchfield Historical Society is excited to be hosting Jill Rowe for a virtual discussion on her book, Invisible in Plain Sight: Self-Determination Strategies of Free Blacks in the Old Northwest on Sunday, April 14th at
- [Talking Women: A Conversation about Women in the Western Reserve](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/talking-women-a-conversation-about-women-in-the-western-reserve/) - 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
- [The History of Rock and Roll](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/the-history-of-rock-and-roll/) - Come visit the Norwalk Public 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
- [Installation Of Faux Stained Glass Mural Panels @ Mount Zion Baptist](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/installation-of-faux-stained-glass-mural-panels-mount-zion-baptist/) - Muralist Keith Wilde will be installing the faux stained-glass panels created during the Faux Stained Glass Community Workshops, on to the plywood window plugs at the Mount Zion Black Culture Center. The faux stained-glass panels will be glued to the plywood plugs on all seven windows. This will be followed by the installation of the
- [Helen Hamilton Gardener and the Secret History of Women’s Suffrage in America](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/helen-hamilton-gardener-and-the-secret-history-of-womens-suffrage-in-america/) - Come visit the South Dayton Church of Christ with the Springboro Area Historical Society for an Ohio Humanities Speakers' Bureau event with Kimberly Hamlin! This talk reveals the remarkable story of the “fallen woman” who became the “most potent factor” in Congressional passage of the 19th Amendment and the highest-ranking woman in federal government. After
- [Manifestation of Light Exhibit](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/manifestation-of-light-exhibit-opening-2/) - Inspired by the 2024 solar eclipse, 'Manifestation of Light: Exploring the Shakers' Celestial Inspiration' is an ambitious exhibition that delves into the Shaker religious sect's use of celestial light sources, such as the sun, moon, and stars, in their artwork, writings, and worship. This exhibition is on view at the Shaker Historical Society from March
- [<strong>Laura Meckler in Conversation</strong>](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/laura-meckler-in-conversation/) - Ohio Humanities and WOSU are co-sponsoring a special virtual program with reporter and author Laura Meckler on Thursday, March 7th, 2024. Laura will be in conversation about her new book, Dream Town: Shaker Heights and the Quest for Racial Equity with Dr. Marilyn Mobley, emerita professor of English and Africana Studies at Case Western Reserve
- [Lincoln School Screening @ the Esquire Theater](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/lincoln-school-screening-the-esquire-theater/) - Join us a screening of our Lincoln School documentary with a panel discussion at the Esquire Theater in Cincinnati! Introductory remarks will be given by Prof. Omotayo Banjo, the documentary will be screened, and then the panel will start with Prof. Banjo moderating, and Ahmed Lavalais (Prof. of Law at the UC College of Law),
- [Shrapnel Maps: Voices in Dialogue](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/shrapnel-maps-voices-in-dialogue-2/) - 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
- [Shrapnel Maps: Voices in Dialogue](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/shrapnel-maps-voices-in-dialogue/) - 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
- [Heritage Tourism: More Than Museums](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/heritage-tourism-more-than-museums/) - Come join the East Cuyahoga County Genealogical Society and visit the Mayfield Branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library for an Ohio Humanities' Speakers Bureau event with Mark Holbrook! With boundless technology and more forms of entertainment than anyone can possibly take in, why is it that travelers continue to consistently identify heritage destinations as
- [Not Since Tecumseh: Darkness at Midday over the Ohio Country - Total Eclipse of the Sun - April 8, 2024](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/not-since-tecumseh-darkness-at-midday-over-the-ohio-country-total-eclipse-of-the-sun-april-8-2024-6/) - 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
- [The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/the-last-truck-closing-of-a-gm-plant/) - Join the Contemporary Theater of Ohio at Studio 35 for the screening of a deeply moving documentary, The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant, by Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar. This Academy Award-nominated film provides a firsthand look at the relationships and emotions surrounding the closure of a GM factory in Moraine, Ohio. The film
- [Lincoln School Showing @ Atlanta Black History Film Festival](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/lincoln-school-showing-atlanta-black-history-film-festival/) - Ohio Humanities' documentary, the Lincoln School Story, has been accepted into the Black History Film Festival! Fulton County District 5 Commissioner Marvin S. Arrington, Jr., commemorates Black History Month by inviting residents to view films featuring African American actors, producers, and directors, and filmmakers. The Opening Reception, which kicks off the 2024 Black History Film
- [Once a Synagogue, Now a Church, Always a Place for Community](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/once-a-synagogue-now-a-church-always-a-place-for-community/) - Make sure to attend this panel discussion featuring Joe Blundo, columnist at the Columbus Dispatch, Rev. Gregory Kendrick, Jr., Executive Director of the Cory Glenville Community Center, and Reginnia Williams, Ph.D., the Distinguished Scholar of African American History & Culture at the Western Reserve Historical Society. The focus of the talk will be the activities
- [Lincoln School Screening @ New Parkway Theater](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/lincoln-school-screening-new-parkway-theater/) - Join the director of the Lincoln School Story, Andrea Torrice, for the California premier of her documentary! After the screening, Andrea will be in conversation with Waldo E. Martin, Jr., the Alexander F. and May T. Morrison Professor of American History and Citizenship at UC Berkeley, about the film! When their school district refused to
- [Not Since Tecumseh: Darkness at Midday over the Ohio Country - Total Eclipse of the Sun - April 8, 2024](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/not-since-tecumseh-darkness-at-midday-over-the-ohio-country-total-eclipse-of-the-sun-april-8-2024-5/) - Come visit the St. Paul United Church of Christ with the Auglaize County Historical Society 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
- [Pretty Funny: Women Comedians and Body Politics](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/pretty-funny-women-comedians-and-body-politics/) - Come visit the Columbus Metro Library's Hilliard Branch with the National League of American Pen Women branch of Central Ohio for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers Bureau event with Linda Mizejewski! Guest Speaker Linda Mizejewski is a Distinguished Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at The Ohio State University. Linda has been a Fulbright Lecturer in Slovakia
- [Showing of "Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am" at Lorain Library](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/showing-of-toni-morrison-the-pieces-i-am-at-lorain-library/) - The Lorain Public Library System has announced several programs planned in celebration of Toni Morrison Day! In 2020, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed House Bill 325, which officially designates Feb. 18, the birthday of the Nobel-prize-winning author, as Toni Morrison Day in Ohio. Morrison was born and raised in Lorain and worked for Lorain Public
- [Jazz Concert at Lorain Library](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/jazz-concert-at-lorain-library/) - The Lorain Public Library System has announced several programs planned in celebration of Toni Morrison Day! In 2020, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed House Bill 325, which officially designates Feb. 18, the birthday of the Nobel-prize-winning author, as Toni Morrison Day in Ohio. Morrison was born and raised in Lorain and worked for Lorain Public
- [Shutdown, a Documentary at Gahanna Library](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/shutdown-a-documentary-at-gahanna-library/) - Join the Gahanna Branch of the Columbus Metro Library for a screening of Shutdown, a documentary created to tell the story of how Linden McKinley High School was repeatedly shut down in May 1971 due to racial tensions. Linden-McKinley High School was shut down multiple times in May 1971 due to escalating racial tensions at
- [Understanding Black History Through Black Music](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/understanding-black-history-through-black-music-3/) - Come visit the Lorain Public Library Main Branch for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers Bureau event with William McDaniel as part of the Lorain County's Public Library celebration of Toni Morrison! Black music has often served as a barometer of the times and lives of black people. This program, utilizing recorded music, explores various aspects and
- [Toni Morrison Book Discussion: "Jazz"](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/toni-morrison-book-discussion-jazz/) - The Lorain Public Library System has announced several programs planned in celebration of Toni Morrison Day! In 2020, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed House Bill 325, which officially designates Feb. 18, the birthday of the Nobel-prize-winning author, as Toni Morrison Day in Ohio. Morrison was born and raised in Lorain and worked for Lorain Public
- [Toni Morrison Book Discussion: "Jazz"](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/lorain-public-library-open-mic-night-2/) - The Lorain Public Library System has announced several programs planned in celebration of Toni Morrison Day! In 2020, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed House Bill 325, which officially designates Feb. 18, the birthday of the Nobel-prize-winning author, as Toni Morrison Day in Ohio. Morrison was born and raised in Lorain and worked for Lorain Public
- [Lorain Public Library Open Mic Night](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/lorain-public-library-open-mic-night/) - The Lorain Public Library System has announced several programs planned in celebration of Toni Morrison Day! In 2020, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed House Bill 325, which officially designates Feb. 18, the birthday of the Nobel-prize-winning author, as Toni Morrison Day in Ohio. Morrison was born and raised in Lorain and worked for Lorain Public
- [Humanities Kansas: "The Power of Photography in the Civil Rights Era"](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/humanities-kansas-the-power-of-photography-in-the-civil-rights-era/) - Humanities Kansas is also hosting a series of programming celebrating the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Ed! Photographer Ann Dean joins Dr. Valerie Mendoza to delve into the impact of photography on the civil rights movement in the aftermath of the landmark Supreme Court case, Brown v. Board of Education, tracing the evolution of
- [Humanities Kansas: "Beyond Brown: Mexican Struggles for Equality Before and After Brown v. Board"](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/humanities-kansas-beyond-brown-mexican-struggles-for-equality-before-and-after-brown-v-board/) - Humanities Kansas is also hosting a series of programming celebrating the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Ed! Dr. Valerie Mendoza, historian and adviser at Kansas City Kansas Community College, will look at the ways the Latino communities banded together to fight discrimination and demand equal protection under the law, focusing special attention on
- [Humanities Kansas: "The Women of Brown"](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/humanities-kansas-the-women-of-brown/) - Humanities Kansas is also hosting a series of programming celebrating the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Ed! Donna Rae Pearson, Collection Development and Museum Specialist at the Kansas Historical Society, joins Dr. Valerie Mendoza for “The Women of Brown.” Twelve Black women were plaintiffs in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case, but their contributions
- [Humanities Kansas: "Will We Overcome? Brown at 70"](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/humanities-kansas-will-we-overcome-brown-at-70/) - Humanities Kansas is also hosting a series of programming celebrating the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Ed! Join Cheryl Brown Henderson, Founding President of Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, in conversation with Dr. Valerie Mendoza as they discuss the legacy of her family and what the Brown v. Board Supreme Court decisions means today, 70
- [Step by Step Read-Along](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/step-by-step-read-along/) - Get your free book and read along with the Clinton County Literacy Foundation on Facebook Live! The director of the Clinton County History Center will be the guest reader for Read Aloud Monday reading the book Step by Step: How the Lincoln School Marchers Blazed a Trail to Justice! Books were graciously donated to the
- [Lincoln School Showing @ D.C. Black History Film Festival](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/lincoln-school-showing-d-c-black-history-film-festival/) - Ohio Humanities' documentary, the Lincoln School Story, has been accepted into the D.C. Black History Film Festival! The DC Black History Film Festival is an annual celebration of Black film, arts, and culture. The Lincoln School Story will be showing at the Alamo Cinema Drafthouse in Washington, D.C. alongside the following films: A Race in
- [America 250 Grants Webinar I](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/america-250-grants-webinar-i-2/) - Join Ohio Humanities and Ohio's America 250 commission for a webinar about the grant opportunities available to support projects building towards America's sesquicentennial anniversary! This is the second round of grants. The America 250-Ohio Commission, Ohio’s official state commission charged with creating the celebration of the country’s semiquincentennial, announced it will offer grants up to
- [The Lincoln School Story at the Ohio Statehouse](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/the-lincoln-school-story-at-the-ohio-statehouse/) - The Ohio Statehouse celebrates Black History Month in 2024 with public events on Tuesdays. On February 6, at noon in the Statehouse Atrium, Melvin Barnes with Ohio Humanities will show the new documentary, The Lincoln School Story. The documentary follows a group of mothers and their children, The Lincoln School Marchers, in Southwest Ohio. They
- [<strong>Deliber8: A Business and Corporate Ethics Training Program</strong>](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/deliber8-a-business-and-corporate-ethics-training-program/) - The Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE) will hold its 33rd annual international conference in Cincinnati, February 22-25 at the Hilton Netherland Plaza. Registration is now open for the conference, which will include a business ethics workshop, and an opening plenary called “Standing in the Gap: Doing Black History in Public,” featuring local curators
- [Standing in the Gap: Doing Black History in Public](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/standing-in-the-gap-doing-black-history-in-public/) - The Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE) will hold its 33rd annual international conference in Cincinnati, February 22-25 at the Hilton Netherland Plaza. Registration is now open for the conference, which will include a business ethics workshop, and an opening plenary called “Standing in the Gap: Doing Black History in Public,” featuring local curators
- [Lincoln School Screening @ Case Western](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/lincoln-school-screening-case-western/) - Join Ohio Humanities' staff and board for a screening of our Lincoln School documentary with a panel discussion at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland! The documentary screens at 4:30 pm, followed by a panel discussion featuring: Dr. Melvin Barnes, Jr., Historian and Ohio Humanities Program Officer; James Hardiman, civil rights attorney; Dr. Marilyn Sanders
- [3rd Annual Black History CLE Program: Recognizing The 70th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/3rd-annual-black-history-cle-program-recognizing-the-70th-anniversary-of-brown-v-board-of-education/) - Join the Ohio Black Judges Association in partnership with Ohio Humanities for a panel discussion about the legacy of Brown v. the Board of Education! This panel a continuing legal education event open to the public. It will feature: Dr. Marilyn Sanders Mobley, Emerita Professor of English and Africana Studies at Case Western Reserve; Melvin
- [Lincoln School Documentary Public Broadcast Premiere](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/lincoln-school-documentary-public-broadcast-premier/) - Ohio Humanities' documentary film The Lincoln School Story premiers on WOSU TV in Columbus! When their school district refused to integrate after Brown v. Board of Education was decided in 1954, a group of Black mothers in Southwest Ohio marched their children to the white school, demanding admission, only to be turned away every day
- [Lincoln School Story Screening in Wilmington](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/lincoln-school-story-screening-in-wilmington/) - The Lincoln School Story is screening at the Murphy Theatre in Wilmington on February 10th! Following the screening will be a Q & A session with some of the marchers. The Lincoln School Story follows a group of Black mothers in Hillsboro, Ohio as they heroically fight for school desegregation. For over two years, they
- [Not Since Tecumseh: Darkness at Midday over the Ohio Country - Total Eclipse of the Sun - April 8, 2024](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/not-since-tecumseh-darkness-at-midday-over-the-ohio-country-total-eclipse-of-the-sun-april-8-2024-4/) - 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
- [The Barnbuilders: An Architectural Legacy in Ohio’s Rural Landscape](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/the-barnbuilders-an-architectural-legacy-in-ohios-rural-landscape/) - Come see Tom O'Grady, a member of Ohio Humanities Speakers' Bureau, give a talk on the legacy of barn architecture at Trinity Lutheran Church in Delta, Ohio! Culture groups migrating from New England, Middle Atlantic states and from the South settled in various regions of Ohio, and their distinct farms and barns can be observed
- [Letters From Home: Ohioans & Their Wartime Correspondence](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/letters-from-home-ohioans-their-wartime-correspondence/) - Attend the "Letters from Home: Ohioans & Their Wartime Correspondence" program at the Local History Center on Monday, May 15th at 5pm. Speaker Kelly D. Mezurek will talk on how letters served as the main source of communications between soldiers, nurses, and other military support personnel and their communities during the American wars of the
- [The Tedious March](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/the-tedious-march-2/) - A light-hearted talk about the travel narratives of John May's journey to the Ohio Country. In comparing the modern-day luxuries of travel to the difficulties of nineteenth-century travel, this talk provides perspective on what settlers had to overcome in order to make it to their destination. Listeners will receive insight about what it was like
- [The Burning Tree Mastodon and Ohio's Ice Age](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/the-burning-tree-mastodon-and-ohios-ice-age/) - The 1989 discovery of this giant, ancient elephant-like creature opened an unprecedented window onto Ohio’s Ice Age. Archaeologists, biologists, and geologists studied the mastodon’s nearly complete remains (including its last meal) and other Ice Age animals and plants. This presentation will describe their findings and address the question of whether ancient human hunters or environmental
- [The Barnbuilders: An Architectural Legacy in Ohio’s Rural Landscape](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/the-barnbuilders-an-architectural-legacy-in-ohios-rural-landscape-2/) - Come visit the Upper Arlington Public Library for an Ohio Humanities Speakers' Bureau event with Tom O'Grady! Culture groups migrating from New England, Middle Atlantic states and from the South settled in various regions of Ohio, and their distinct farms and barns can be observed when travelling throughout the state. The barn builders have left
- [For their Own Cause](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/for-their-own-cause/) - 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 Newark Earthworks: One of the World's Ancient Wonders](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/the-newark-earthworks-one-of-the-worlds-ancient-wonders/) - 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
- [The Newark Earthworks: One of the World's Ancient Wonders](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/the-newark-earthworks-one-of-the-worlds-ancient-wonders-2/) - 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
- [Rebels in Corsets: The Embodied Rhetoric of the Women’s Suffrage Movement](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/rebels-in-corsets-the-embodied-rhetoric-of-the-womens-suffrage-movement/) - Come visit the Columbus chapter of the Ohio Daughters of the American Revolution for an Ohio Humanities Speakers' Bureau event with Susan Trollinger! The story of the women’s suffrage movement is often told (even by US historians) as a peaceful transition by which white male politicians happily gave women the right to vote. This could
- [To Save Lake Erie: Engineers in the Age of Ecology](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/event-2/) - David Stradling, professor of urban and environmental history at the University of Cincinnati, describes the city of Cleveland’s late 1960s and early 1970s efforts to improve water quality in Lake Erie. Engineers proposed a variety of solutions, some of them remarkably fanciful, even as the persistence of combined sewers ensured lasting – and ongoing –
- [The First Ohioans and Climate Change](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/the-first-ohioans-and-climate-change/) - Join archaeologist Brad Lepper for a discussion of how humans became active agents in a changing climate. 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. Through forest clearing along
- [The Newark “Holy Stones”: Science, Politics, and Religion in 19th Century Ohio](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/the-newark-holy-stones-science-politics-and-religion-in-19th-century-ohio/) - The Auglaize County Historical Society will present The Newark “Holy Stones”: Science, Politics, and Religion in 19th Century Ohio with Bradley Lepper as a Facebook Live event on Thursday, Jan. 26, at 7 p.m. The program is free and open to the public, and is made possible by the Ohio Humanities Council’s Speakers Bureau. The
- [Serpent Mound — an Icon of Ancient Ohio](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/serpent-mound-an-icon-of-ancient-ohio/) - Serpent Mound in Adams County is one of the largest and most spectacular earthen sculptures in the world. The age of the serpent is a subject of current debate with some archaeologists arguing that it was built by the Adena culture at around 300 B.C.E. and others favoring the Fort Ancient culture at around 1100
- [Bending to the Color Line: The Fight For Women’s Suffrage in Ohio](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/bending-to-the-color-line-the-fight-for-womens-suffrage-in-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
- [Bending to the Color Line: The Fight For Women’s Suffrage in Ohio](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/bending-to-the-color-line-the-fight-for-womens-suffrage-in-ohio-2/) - 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
- [The Great Hopewell Road: Ohio’s Ancient Superhighway](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/the-great-hopewell-road-ohios-ancient-superhighway/) - Come visit the Cheers Chalet with the Fairfield County Heritage Association for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers’ Bureau event with Brad Lepper! The Great Hopewell Road was a set of parallel earthen walls built by the Hopewell people who lived in Ohio circa A.D. 1- 400. They began at the monumental Newark Earthworks and ran southwest
- [Frankenstein! Myth, Monster, and Popular Culture](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/frankenstein-myth-monster-and-popular-culture/) - Come visit the Upper Arlington Public Library for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers Bureau event with Linda Mizejewski! Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein towers over Western literature as one of the most influential novels ever written and science’s most enduring myth. Technologies of artificial intelligence, laboratory fertilization, cloning, and titanium body parts make Shelley’s monster more relevant with each
- [Photography during the Civil War](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/photography-during-the-civil-war/) - Come join the Quincy Gillmore Civil War Round Table and visit Lorain County Community College for an Ohio Humanities' Speakers Bureau event with Mark Holbrook! The American Civil War prompted photographers to take their cameras out of their studios in an effort to capture images of the war. The results changed perceptions of war and
- [Not Since Tecumseh: Darkness at Midday over the Ohio Country - Total Eclipse of the Sun - April 8, 2024](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/not-since-tecumseh-darkness-at-midday-over-the-ohio-country-total-eclipse-of-the-sun-april-8-2024/) - Come visit the Upper Arlington Public 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
- [Not Since Tecumseh: Darkness at Midday over the Ohio Country - Total Eclipse of the Sun - April 8, 2024](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/not-since-tecumseh-darkness-at-midday-over-the-ohio-country-total-eclipse-of-the-sun-april-8-2024-2/) - Come visit the Milan-Berlin Township Public 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
- [Understanding Black History Through Black Music](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/understanding-black-history-through-black-music-4/) - Come visit the Delaware County Historical Society for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers Bureau event with William McDaniel! Black music has often served as a barometer of the times and lives of black people. This program, utilizing recorded music, explores various aspects and periods of black history by examining the music of each era. It ranges
- [The Newark Earthworks: One of the World's Ancient Wonders](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/the-newark-earthworks-one-of-the-worlds-ancient-wonders-3/) - Come visit the Powell Liberty Historical Society 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
- [Not Since Tecumseh: Darkness at Midday over the Ohio Country - Total Eclipse of the Sun - April 8, 2024](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/not-since-tecumseh-darkness-at-midday-over-the-ohio-country-total-eclipse-of-the-sun-april-8-2024-3/) - Come visit the Tri-Rivers Career Center 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
- [The First Ohioans and Climate Change](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/the-first-ohioans-and-climate-change-3/) - 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
- [My Ohio](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/my-ohio/) - Come visit the HeART Gallery in Toledo for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers Bureau event with David Baker! David has lived in Ohio for more than thirty years, and his poetry springs directly out of his life and experiences here. These poems illuminate our villages and farms—from Lake Erie to the Ohio River—our big-city gardens, small-town
- [Serpent Mound — an Icon of Ancient Ohio](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/serpent-mound-an-icon-of-ancient-ohio-2/) - Join the Richland County Genealogical Society online for a virtual Ohio Humanities' Speakers' Bureau event with Brad Lepper! Serpent Mound in Adams County is one of the largest and most spectacular earthen sculptures in the world. The age of the serpent is a subject of current debate with some archaeologists arguing that it was built
- [Lincoln School Documentary Airs on WOSU Plus](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/lincoln-school-documentary-airs-on-wosu-plus/) - Ohio Humanities' documentary film The Lincoln School Story airs on WOSU Plus in Columbus! When their school district refused to integrate after Brown v. Board of Education was decided in 1954, a group of Black mothers in Southwest Ohio marched their children to the white school, demanding admission, only to be turned away every day
- [Lincoln School Documentary Airs on ThinkTV](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/lincoln-school-documentary-airs-on-thinktv/) - Ohio Humanities' documentary film The Lincoln School Story airs on ThinkTV in Dayton! When their school district refused to integrate after Brown v. Board of Education was decided in 1954, a group of Black mothers in Southwest Ohio marched their children to the white school, demanding admission, only to be turned away every day for
- [Lincoln School Documentary Airs on WOSU Plus](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/lincoln-school-documentary-airs-on-wosu-plus-2/) - Ohio Humanities' documentary film The Lincoln School Story airs on WOSU Plus in Columbus! When their school district refused to integrate after Brown v. Board of Education was decided in 1954, a group of Black mothers in Southwest Ohio marched their children to the white school, demanding admission, only to be turned away every day
- [Lincoln School Documentary Airs on CET](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/lincoln-school-documentary-airs-on-cet/) - Ohio Humanities' documentary film The Lincoln School Story airs on CET in Cincinnati! When their school district refused to integrate after Brown v. Board of Education was decided in 1954, a group of Black mothers in Southwest Ohio marched their children to the white school, demanding admission, only to be turned away every day for
- [Lincoln School Documentary Airs on ThinkTV](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/lincoln-school-documentary-airs-on-thinktv-2/) - Ohio Humanities' documentary film The Lincoln School Story airs on ThinkTV in Dayton! When their school district refused to integrate after Brown v. Board of Education was decided in 1954, a group of Black mothers in Southwest Ohio marched their children to the white school, demanding admission, only to be turned away every day for
- [Lincoln School Documentary Airs on WOSU TV](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/lincoln-school-documentary-airs-on-wosu-tv/) - Ohio Humanities' documentary film The Lincoln School Story airs as part of WOSU TV's Sunday Showcase in Columbus! Tune in on Feb. 18th for this and other Black History Month programming. When their school district refused to integrate after Brown v. Board of Education was decided in 1954, a group of Black mothers in Southwest
- [Lincoln School Documentary Airs on WOSU TV](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/lincoln-school-documentary-airs-on-wosu-tv-2/) - Ohio Humanities' documentary film The Lincoln School Story airs on WOSU TV in Columbus! When their school district refused to integrate after Brown v. Board of Education was decided in 1954, a group of Black mothers in Southwest Ohio marched their children to the white school, demanding admission, only to be turned away every day
- [Lincoln School Documentary Airs on CET](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/lincoln-school-documentary-airs-on-cet-2/) - Ohio Humanities' documentary film The Lincoln School Story airs on CET in Cincinnati! When their school district refused to integrate after Brown v. Board of Education was decided in 1954, a group of Black mothers in Southwest Ohio marched their children to the white school, demanding admission, only to be turned away every day for
- [The Sky Has No Borders: Perspectives on Astronomical Knowledge from Canada, Mexico and the United States: 2024 Reddin Symposium in Canadian Studies](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/reddin-symposium-the-great-eclipse-of-2024-north-american-pathways-to-astronomical-knowledge/) - The April 8, 2024, Total Solar Eclipse will stretch across North America, with the path of totality crossing Mexico, the USA, and Canada. Eclipse-watching has a rich cultural and scientific history that stretches back thousands of years to many pre-contact North American cultures and continues to inspire imaginations down to the present day. In conjunction with the 'Eclipsing History'
- [Manifestation of Light Exhibit Opening](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/manifestation-of-light-exhibit-opening/) - Inspired by the 2024 solar eclipse, 'Manifestation of Light: Exploring the Shakers' Celestial Inspiration' delves into the Shaker religious sect's use of celestial light sources, such as the sun, moon, and stars, in their artwork, writings, and worship. Join the Shaker Historical Society for the opening of this ambitious exhibition with a reception at the
- [Eclipsing History at the Wood County Museum](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/eclipsing-history-at-the-wood-county-museum/) - In conjunction with the podcast series 'Eclipsing History,' museums across Western Ohio will host a physical exhibit about the history of eclipses in the region in connection to the main themes explored in the podcast series. This exhibit will also feature replicas of historical astronomy objects. Hosting museums include the Wood County Museum, Fort Meigs
- [Marion County Cultural Heritage Assets Mapping Project (CHAMP) Kick-Off & Launch](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/marion-county-cultural-heritage-assets-mapping-project-champ-kick-off-launch/) - This 1.5-hour-long Zoom kickoff event -- offered remotely to accessibly bring together diverse Marion County communities & participants -- will introduce the wider Marion County community to Marion Voices' Marion County Cultural Heritage Assets Mapping (CHAMP) Project: sharing project methodology, goals, & the core program team to the community, & collaboratively planning for our upcoming
- [Faux Stained Glass Community Workshop](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/faux-stained-glass-community-workshop/) - Artist Keith Wilde will meet with Scholars and Cultural Bearers to conduct research for 'narratives' to be rendered. Follow up w/ scholars to review 'narratives' and adjustments made if necessary. Volunteers will be oriented to the space & art making tools, learn about their role in the MZ project & receive a lesson in making
- [Ohio History Day Research Day-- Columbus Library](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/ohio-history-day-research-day-columbus-library/) - Are you ready to elevate your research skills to new heights? Looking for some expert advice on your History Day project? Join Ohio History Day at the Columbus Metropolitan Library’s Downtown Branch where we’ll help you master the art of research, connect with experts and gain valuable History Day skills. Whether you’re researching or ready
- [Step by Step Release Party and Author Spotlight](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/step-by-step-release-party-and-author-spotlight/) - Join us Saturday, December 2nd at 3 p.m. at the Whitehall Branch of Columbus Metropolitan Library at 4445 E Broad St. for the book release party of Step by Step: How the Lincoln School Marchers Blazed a Trail to Justice, by Carlotta Penn and Debbie Rigaud. At 3:30pm, Debbie Rigaud and Carlotta Penn will host a
- [Bhutan Memory Podcast Premier](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/bhutan-memory-podcast-premier/) - The bilingual "Bhutan Memory" podcast is having a premier event at the Karl Road branch of the Columbus Metro Library! Come meet some of the students who worked on this youth-produced podcast featuring stories from the Bhutanese Nepali community for a discussion of their work. You can learn more about the students and listen to
- [Mounds, Moon & Stars: The Legacy of Ohio's Magnificent Earthworks](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/mounds-moon-stars-the-legacy-of-ohios-magnificent-earthworks-2/) - The touring exhibition 'Mounds, Moon & Stars: The Legacy of Ohio's Magnificent Earthworks' will open at the Southern Ohio Museum and Cultural Center in Portsmouth, Ohio, February 3, 2024. Two thousand years ago Ohio was the epicenter of a flourishing and sophisticated cultural outpouring. The visionary Hopewell era peoples have moved on but their presence
- [National Veterans' Memorial and Museum Open Mic Night](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/national-veterans-memorial-and-museum-open-mic-night/) - Join the National Veterans' Memorial and Museum in Columbus for a night of creative expression hosted by Ohio Poet Laureate, Kari Gunter-Seymour. This is an opportunity for all ages to connect in a place of inspiration for an open forum where all voices are welcome and celebrated. Anyone interested in sharing their poetry, written works,
- [Laura Meckler author of "Dream Town"](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/laura-meckler-author-of-dream-town/) - Come participate in the Cleveland Jewish Book Festival and see Laura Meckler, author of Dream Town! In this searing and intimate examination of the ideals and realities of racial integration, award-winning Washington Post journalist Laura Meckler tells the story of a decades-long pursuit in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and uncovers the roadblocks that have threatened progress time and
- [Nina Siegal author of 'The Diary Keepers'](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/nina-siegal-author-of-the-diary-keepers/) - 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
- [Virtual author event featuring Elizabeth Graver and Aaron Hamburger](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/virtual-author-event-featuring-elizabeth-graver-and-aaron-hamburger/) - 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
- [Joseph Posnanski author of 'Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments'](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/joseph-posnanski-author-of-why-we-love-baseball-a-history-in-50-moments/) - 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
- [Dalia Feldheim author of 'Lead Like a Girl: How to Survive in the Corporate Jungle'](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/dalia-feldheim-author-of-lead-like-a-girl-how-to-survive-in-the-corporate-jungle/) - Come participate in the Cleveland Jewish Book Festival and see Dalia Feldheim, author of Lead Like a Girl: How to Survive in the Corporate Jungle! Lead Like a Girl is a holistic look at how to achieve purpose and joy at work. It is about turning the world of work into a place where empathy,
- [Women in history that you may never have heard of but should!](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/women-in-history-that-you-may-never-have-heard-of-but-should/) - Be a part of a 3 author virtual panel in commemoration of Women's History Month featuring Allison Gilbert, Christopher Gorham and Linda Kass as part of the Cleveland Jewish Book Festival! 1) Listen, World! How the Intrepid Elsie Robinson Became American’s Most-Read Woman is about the most-read woman in America and the highest-paid woman writer
- [Marjorie Ingall author of 'Sorry, Sorry, Sorry: The Case for Good Apologies'](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/marjorie-ingall-author-of-sorry-sorry-sorry-the-case-for-good-apologies/) - Come participate in the Cleveland Jewish Book Festival and see Marjorie Ingall, author of Sorry, Sorry, Sorry: The Case for Good Apologies! Drawing on a deep well of studies in brain science, sociology, psychology, law, and medicine, Marjorie Ingall (author of Mamaleh Knows Best, the former columnist for Tablet and the Forward) and Susan McCarthy
- [Peter Blauner author of 'Picture in the Sand'](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/peter-blauner-author-of-picture-in-the-sand/) - Come participate in the Cleveland Jewish Book Festival and see Peter Blauner, author of Picture in the Sand! Picture in the Sand is a historical suspense novel about faith, hope, terror, and the movies. In 1954, a young movie fan named Ali Hassan gets a dream job working for Cecil B. DeMille on a film
- [FilmSlam® Road Trip: Extending the Legacy of Jesse Owens](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/filmslam-road-trip-extending-the-legacy-of-jesse-owens-2/) - Come see Olympic Oaks: Continuing Jesse Owens’ Legacy at the Woodland Branch of the Cleveland Public Library as part of the Cleveland International Film Festival's FilmSlam® Road Trip! FilmSlam® Road Trip allows students, educators, and community members to engage around topics presented in films by taking a CIFF film and special guest speakers directly into
- [FilmSlam® Road Trip: Extending the Legacy of Jesse Owens](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/filmslam-road-trip-extending-the-legacy-of-jesse-owens/) - Come see Olympic Oaks: Continuing Jesse Owens’ Legacy at the Rice Library Branch of the Cleveland Public Library as part of the Cleveland International Film Festival's FilmSlam® Road Trip! FilmSlam® Road Trip allows students, educators, and community members to engage around topics presented in films by taking a CIFF film and special guest speakers directly
- [Stained Glass, the Language of Light](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/stained-glass-the-language-of-light/) - Did you know Columbus played a pivotal role in the U.S. stained-glass industry? Don’t miss the chance to explore stained glass history, science, and evolution, gain insights into stained window restoration, and delve into case studies of completed projects. Our featured speaker, Megan McElfresh, Executive Director of the Stained-Glass Association of America and a respected
- [America 250 Grants Webinar II](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/america-250-grants-webinar-ii/) - Join Ohio Humanities and Ohio's America 250 commission for a webinar about the grant opportunities available to support projects building towards America's sesquicentennial anniversary! The America 250-Ohio Commission, Ohio’s official state commission charged with creating the celebration of the country’s semiquincentennial, announced it will offer grants up to $50,000 to nonprofit, education, and local government
- [America 250 Grants Webinar I](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/america-250-grants-webinar-i/) - Join Ohio Humanities and Ohio's America 250 commission for a webinar about the grant opportunities available to support projects building towards America's sesquicentennial anniversary! The America 250-Ohio Commission, Ohio’s official state commission charged with creating the celebration of the country’s semiquincentennial, announced it will offer grants up to $50,000 to nonprofit, education, and local government
- [<em>It's an Honor to Be Here: Ohio Nature Artists in Their Natural State</em>](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/its-an-honor-to-be-here-ohio-nature-artists-in-their-natural-state/) - Exploring the eclectic backgrounds and relationships between artists and the natural world, It’s an Honor to Be Here inspires curiosity and respect for the natural diversity found throughout Ohio and the talented artists that dedicate their craft to interpreting it. Ohio-based artists from all corners of the state will share their interpretations of the breadth of nature
- [Chronicles: The Great Depression and the Pandemic](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/chronicles-the-great-depression-and-the-pandemic/) - Featuring two series of photographs taken a century apart, this exhibition explores how resilience can be born out of times of national tragedy and how documentary photographers are a valuable part of capturing the past and present. Chronicles originated at the Decorative Arts Center of Ohio and was co-curated by Dr. Christine Fowler Shearer and
- [TEMPEST: Music and Poetry for a Regenerative Earth](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/tempest-music-and-poetry-for-a-regenerative-earth-2/) - What can we learn from the music of 300-500 years ago that might reconnect us with the earth? And what does the poetry of our era concerning our own connection or disconnection from the planet in an era of climate crisis have to answer back? Two musicians from the Early Interval ensemble will perform nature-based
- [Opening Reception for Chronicles: The Great Depression and the Pandemic](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/opening-reception-for-chronicles-the-great-depression-and-the-pandemic/) - Join the Springfield Museum of Art on Saturday, Nov 4 for the opening reception for Chronicles: The Great Depression and the Pandemic. Members Free | Non-members $5. Featuring two series of photographs taken a century apart, this exhibition explores how resilience can be born out of times of national tragedy and how documentary photographers are a
- [Humanities Happy Hour](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/humanities-happy-hour-4/) - Calling all humanists! Stop by the Ohio Humanities office at 541 W Rich St in Franklinton to enjoy a happy hour drink and network with humanities professionals from across Central Ohio on Thursday, December 7 from 4:30-6:00pm. Humanities Happy Hour is a quarterly gathering hosted by Ohio Humanities. Anyone who is passionate about the humanities
- [2024 National Council for History Education Conference: History at the Crossroads](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/2024-national-council-for-history-education-conference-history-at-the-crossroads/) - History educators work at the juncture of past and future, building the historical skills and knowledge that will equip young people to engage fully in the world they inherit. History teachers also work at the nexus of education, policy, and politics, a crossroads that has become increasingly challenging since 2020. At the same time, history
- [TEMPEST: Music and Poetry for a Regenerative Earth](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/tempest-music-and-poetry-for-a-regenerative-earth/) - As the second part of this segment of the Bluffton University Forum series, we will conclude our project with a full performance of “Tempest: Music and Poetry for a Regenerative Earth” on Tuesday evening, November 14th, in Yoder Performance Hall on the Bluffton University campus, inviting the whole college and the wider community, and reaching
- [TEMPEST: Music and Poetry for a Regenerative Earth: Panel Discussion](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/tempest-music-and-poetry-for-a-regenerative-earth-panel-discussion/) - As part of the Bluffton University Forum series, Medieval historian Dr. Ellen Arnold from the Ohio State University and musicologist Dr. Jim Bates from Otterbein University will join with poets Jeff Gundy from Bluffton University and Terry Hermsen from Otterbein for a panel discussion raising the question of what can we learn about our current
- [Opening Night: 'Signed, Sealed, Delivered?' a program of The Israel Story Podcast](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/opening-night-signed-sealed-delivered-a-program-of-the-israel-story-podcast/) - Israel Story is an award-winning podcast that tells extraordinary tales about ordinary people living in this corner of the world. This program, specially created for Israel’s 75th anniversary, is a live, literary, multi-media performance - part history lesson, part contemporary social commentary, all in one night. It is based on the story around Israel’s original
- [Keynote Speaker Event with Former Ambassador Dr. Michael Oren, author of '2048: The Rejuvenated State'](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/keynote-speaker-event-with-former-ambassador-dr-michael-oren-author-of-2048-the-rejuvenated-state/) - In 2048: The Rejuvenated State, Ambassador Michael Oren sets out his vision for Israel in honor of Israel's 75th Independence Day 25 years in the future. Oren's fantastic work is presented here in three languages: English, Hebrew & Arabic all in one volume, a wonderful metaphor for the peace and unity we all hope for.
- [Kids' Day at the J with Sari Kopitnikoff, author of 'Only Kidding! My First Book of Jewish Jokes'](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/kids-day-at-the-j-with-sari-kopitnikoff-author-of-only-kidding-my-first-book-of-jewish-jokes/) - Tucked somewhere between your kishkes (intestines) is an important part of your body that doesn't always get the attention it needs: your funny bone. It's time you strengthen it! In this one-of-a-kind illustrated Jewish joke book for kids, laugh about all things Jewish: Jewish holidays, Jewish food, Hebrew letters, Jewish celebrations, and even some holy
- [Mitch Albom author of 'The Little Liar'](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/mitch-albom-author-of-the-little-liar/) - A moving new novel from the beloved author of Tuesdays with Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven. When the Nazis invade Salonika, Greece, eleven-year-old Nico Crispi is offered a chance to save his family. He is instructed to convince his fellow Jewish residents to board trains heading towards the east, where they
- [Adam Mansbach author of 'The Golem of Brooklyn: A Novel'](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/adam-mansbach-author-of-the-golem-of-brooklyn-a-novel/) - A hilarious, satirical, and poignant reimagination of the golem, whose justice-seeking adventure takes him through modern-day bodegas, sitcoms, and fast food as he and his creator wrestle with questions of existence and Jewish identity—from the bestselling author of the Go the F*ck to Sleep series. Len is a Brooklyn art teacher with a large amount
- [Jeremy Eichler: author of 'Time’s Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance'](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/jeremy-eichler-author-of-times-echo-the-second-world-war-the-holocaust-and-the-music-of-remembrance/) - A stirring account of how the flowering of the European Enlightenment, two world wars, and the Holocaust can be remembered through the poignant works of music created in their wake. When it comes to how societies remember these increasingly distant dreams and catastrophes, we often think of history books, archives, documentaries, or memorials carved from
- [Uri Kaufman author of 'Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle East'](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/uri-kaufman-author-of-eighteen-days-in-october-the-yom-kippur-war-and-how-it-created-the-modern-middle-east/) - October 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War, a conflict that shaped the modern Middle East. The War was a trauma for Israel and following the oil embargo, a pivotal reordering of the global economic order. The Jewish State came shockingly close to defeat. A panicky cabinet meeting debated the use of
- [Book discussion of <em>Superman: The Harvests of Youth </em>by Sina Grace](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/book-discussion-of-superman-the-harvests-of-youth-by-sina-grace/) - Come join the Ohio Center for the Book's Graphic Novel Book Club for a book discussion on Superman: The Harvests of Youth by Sina Grace at Bookhouse Brewing! This event, and all events for Superman’s Cleveland, is funded in part by Ohio Humanities. Find out more about this event series here!
- [Roy Schwartz at the Temple-Tifereth Israel ](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/roy-schwartz-at-the-temple-tifereth-israel/) - Roy Schwartz, author of Is Superman Circumcised? The Complete Jewish History of the World's Greatest Hero, will be giving a talk at the Temple-Tifereth Israel in Beechwood. Roy has written for a wide range of publications, including New York Daily News, Jerusalem Post and Philosophy Now. He currently writes about pop culture for The Forward and CNN.com. His professional writing is similarly
- [Screening of Superman II, introduction by Laurel Spiegel](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/screening-of-superman-ii-introduction-by-laurel-spiegel/) - Laura Siegel Larson, daughter of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel, will introduce the first sequel to the 1978 Superman starring Christopher Reeve. Despite a troubled and tortuous production history that saw the firing of the original director (Richard Donner) and the hiring of Richard Lester (A Hard Day’s Night) to replace him, this follow-up film is top-notch big-screen
- [Live Conversations: Sarah Kuhn and Laura Siegel Larson](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/live-conversations-sarah-kuhn-and-laura-siegel-larson/) - Come visit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum in Cleveland for two live conversations! At 1:00pm, Sarah Kuhn will be in conversation with Vera Camden and Valentino Zullo . At 2:00pm, Laura Siegel Larson will talk with Samantha Baskind. Sarah Kuhn is an American author best known for her Heroine Complex Series, and has
- [Coffee and Comics with Tony Isabella](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/coffee-and-comics-with-tony-isabella/) - Come visit Rising Star Coffee Roastery in Cleveland for a comics-making workshop with Tony Isabella, creator of Black Lightning, Misty Knight, Black Goliath and more! This event, and all events for Superman’s Cleveland, is funded in part by Ohio Humanities. Find out more about this event series here!
- [CDFF's 14th Annual Opening Night VIP Reception & The Big Watch](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/cdffs-14th-annual-opening-night-vip-reception-the-big-watch/) - Come join Ohio Humanities at a Special VIP Reception prior to "The Big Watch". Join host Gabe Spiegel of Fox 8 as we open the 14th Annual CDFF and launch THE BIG WATCH, an Ohio Humanities partnership that brings families together to experience a heartwarming documentary for all ages. Walk the red carpet with filmmakers and local
- [Curator Talk for "It's an Honor to Be Here"](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/curator-talk-for-its-an-honor-to-be-here/) - This coming Sunday, October 1 at 2:00 pm the Decorative Arts Center of Ohio will be hosting a Curator Talk with Maria Burke and Maddy Beaumier. The curators will share insights into their curatorial process and the variety of works displayed in "It’s An Honor To Be Here: Ohio Nature Artists in Their Natural State."
- [Author Signing with Sarah Kuhn](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/author-signing-with-sarah-kuhn/) - Come to Carol and John's Comic Book Shop for an in-person signing with Sarah Kuhn, author of Lois Lane: Girl Taking Over, Heroine Complex and more. This event, and all events for Superman’s Cleveland, is funded in part by Ohio Humanities. Find out more about this event series here!
- [Artist in the Atrium: Sina Grace](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/artist-in-the-atrium-sina-grace/) - Every third Saturday of each month, stop by the Ames Family Atrium between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. to get a firsthand look at the art-making process. Each session provides the opportunity to engage and interact with a different Northeast Ohio maker during pop-up demonstrations and activities. See their work unfold and learn how artists
- [Author Signing with Sina Grace](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/author-signing-with-sina-grace/) - Come to Carol and John's Comic Book Shop for an in-person signing with Sina Grace, creator of Superman: Harvests of Youth, and writer of Iceman, Ghosted in LA, Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers and more. This event, and all events for Superman’s Cleveland, is funded in part by Ohio Humanities. Find out more about this event
- [Equity in the Arts: Preservation of Nostalgia & Articulation Arts Innovation](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/equity-in-the-arts-preservation-of-nostalgia-articulation-arts-innovation/) - “Equity in the Arts: Preservation of Nostalgia & Articulation Arts Innovation” is part of the Lincoln Theatre Association’s ongoing series Community Conversations and is designed to engage the public in discussion around a pressing issue in the arts and to foster civic engagement. Featuring an expert panel discussion and audience Q&A, we will examine who
- [Lunch on Fridays: Sina Grace in conversation with Zachary Savich](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/lunch-on-fridays-sina-grace-in-conversation-with-zachary-savich/) - Spend your lunch hour hearing from Sina Grace, writer and illustrator of the forthcoming book Superman: The Harvests of Youth, during Lunch on Fridays at 12:15pm Friday, October 20 in CIA's Peter B. Lewis Theater. Superman: The Harvests of Youth (Penguin Random House) is a grounded and heartbreakingly human story about the legendary Superman as a teenager finding
- [Superman’s Cleveland Conference: It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s a Cultural Icon!](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/supermans-cleveland-conference-its-a-bird-its-a-plane-its-a-cultural-icon/) - 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
- [Book Signing & Superhero Trivia with Mark Waid](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/book-signing-superhero-trivia-with-mark-waid/) - 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!
- [Voices From Krypton: A Conversation with Edward Gross & Mark Waid](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/voices-from-krypton-a-conversation-with-edward-gross-mark-waid/) - 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
- [Ohio Local History Alliance Annual Meeting: History as Necessity](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/ohio-local-history-alliance-annual-meeting-history-as-necessity/) - Join OLHA on October 6-7 for their Annual Meeting, organized around the theme "History as Necessity" and in partnership with the Society of Ohio Archivists. Sessions will discuss a wide array of ways in which collecting, sharing, and commemorating Ohio’s local history can, and perhaps should, become more central in the operations of organizations. View the
- [Book Discussion: Superman Birthright by Mark Waid and Leinel Yu](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/book-discussion-superman-birthright-by-mark-waid-and-leinel-yu/) - Get Graphic with the Ohio Center for the Book Graphic Novel Book Club discussion of Superman: Birthright by Mark Waid and Leinel Yu! This event, and all events for Superman’s Cleveland, is funded in part by Ohio Humanities. Find out more about this event series here!
- [Beyond Myths and Truths: Finding Native American Women in History](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/beyond-myths-and-truths-finding-native-american-women-in-history/) - Malinda Maynor Lowery is a historian and documentary film producer who is a member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. In July 2021 she joined Emory University as the Cahoon Family Professor of American History, after spending 12 years at UNC-Chapel Hill and 4 years at Harvard University. Her second book, The Lumbee Indians: An American
- [Mounds, Moon & Stars: The Legacy of Ohio's Magnificent Earthworks](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/mounds-moon-stars-the-legacy-of-ohios-magnificent-earthworks/) - Organized by the Great Circle Alliance and made possible with funding from Ohio Humanities, “Mounds, Moon and Stars: The Legacy of Ohio’s Magnificent Mound” will be exhibited temporarily at Campus Martius Museum in Marietta, beginning in October and closing December 31. The exhibit is available with regular admission to the museum. Campus Martius is open
- [Coffee and Comics with Terri Libenson](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/coffee-and-comics-with-terri-libenson/) - Join Terri Libenson, award-winning cartoonist and creator of The Pajama Diaries and the New York Times best-selling Emmie & Friends series. This interactive presentation for all ages and skill levels includes a conversation on the process of making comics, drawing practice with attendees, and a Q and A. Libsenson discusses her education, her career in cartooning, her card-writing background
- [Book discussion: Superman Son of Kal-El--The Truth](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/book-discussion-superman-son-of-kal-el-the-truth/) - Join Tri-C's Lambda Book Club for a book discussion of Superman: Son of Kal-El--The Truth, written by Tom Taylor and John Timms! This book explores the trials and tribulations of Clark Kent's and Lois Lane's son, Johnathan Kent, as he struggles to take up his father's mantel as Superman. This event, and all events for
- [Pop up Comics-making workshop with Chad Bilyeu and Superman Poster signing with Dan Gorman West Side Market in Cleveland](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/pop-up-comics-making-workshop-with-chad-bilyeu-and-superman-poster-signing-with-dan-gorman-west-side-market-in-cleveland/) - Chad Bilyeu, writer of Chad in Amsterdam will lead a drop in workshop at The West Side Market in Cleveland and Dan Gorman, the artist of the Superman's Cleveland Poster, will be signing free posters. This event, and all events for Superman’s Cleveland, is funded in part by Ohio Humanities. Find out more about this
- [Author Signing with Phillip Kennedy Johnson](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/author-signing-with-phillip-kennedy-johnson/) - Come to Carol and John's Comic Book Shop for an author signing event with Superman author and artist Phillip Kennedy Johnson! This event, and all events for Superman’s Cleveland, is funded in part by Ohio Humanities. Find out more about this event series here!
- [Superman, the Future of a Legend: A Live Interview with Phillip Kennedy Johnson](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/superman-the-future-of-a-legend-a-live-interview-with-phillip-kennedy-johnson/) - Join a live conversation with Phillip Kennedy Johnson, a comic artist best known for his Superman comics, among others! This event is taking place at the Cleveland Inkubator Conference, a special event part of Cleveland Book Week. The Cleveland Inkubator Conference is one of the largest free writing festivals in the country, with opportunities to
- [Meet the Sheroes: A Night of Jack's/Summit Station Nostalgia](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/meet-the-sheroes-a-night-of-jacks-summit-station-nostalgia/) - 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
- [Newark Earthworks Open House](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/newark-earthworks-open-house/) - 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
- [Hopewell Culture National Historic Park Commemoration Ceremony](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/hopewell-culture-national-historic-park-commemoration-ceremony/) - 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.
- [Fort Ancient Open Houses](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/fort-ancient-open-houses/) - 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
- [Superman Was Born at Glenville High](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/superman-was-born-at-glenville-high/) - Dr. Dennis Dooley, co-author of Superman at Fifty: The Persistence of a Legend, will recount the story of his groundbreaking research on Joe Siegel and Jerry Shuster's Glenville High School years (which originally appeared in the June 1973 issue of Cleveland Magazine under the title "The Man of Tomorrow and the Boys of Yesterday"). Dr. Dooley was arguably
- [Superman Zine Making Workshop with Zygote Press ](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/superman-zine-making-workshop-with-zygote-press/) - Come visit Zygote Press's space and explore the making of zines with this all-ages workshop! This event, and all events for Superman’s Cleveland, is funded in part by Ohio Humanities. Find out more about this event series here!
- [Book Discussion: Super Boys by Brad Ricca](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/book-discussion-super-boys-by-brad-ricca-2/) - This event is part of the celebration of Superman's 85th Anniversary! Join Brad Ricca at Ursuline College to discuss his book Super Boys, which explores the lives of Superman creators and Clevelanders Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster. Drawing on ten years of research in the trenches of Cleveland libraries, boarded-up high schools, and secret, private
- [Book discussion: <em>Superman--The One Who Fell</em> by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and more ](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/book-discussion-superman-the-one-who-fell-by-phillip-kennedy-johnson-and-more/) - This event is part of the celebration of Superman’s 85th Anniversary! Join the Ohio Center for the Book's Graphic Book Club at Bookhouse Brewing to discuss Superman -- The One Who Fell, a graphic novel by Phillip Kennedy Johnson exploring Superman's encounter with a nigh unbeatable foe, and other comics and graphic novels involving Superman! This
- [Book Discussion: Super Boys by Brad Ricca](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/book-discussion-super-boys-by-brad-ricca/) - This event is part of the celebration of Superman's 85th Anniversary! Join Brad Ricca at Ursuline College to discuss his book Super Boys, which explores the lives of Superman creators and Clevelanders Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster. Drawing on ten years of research in the trenches of Cleveland libraries, boarded-up high schools, and secret, private
- ["Family Photos Collage and Pattern Printmaking" with Amy Pleasant](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/family-photos-collage-and-pattern-printmaking-with-amy-pleasant/) - Join the Canton Museum of Art for this FREE hands-on workshop led by “Family Album: Our Stories,” exhibiting artist, Amy Pleasant! Engage in an exciting creative process as you explore collage making with an array of materials, including copies of your own photographs, special papers, watercolors, acrylics, inks, and liquid frisket techniques that mimic printmaking patterns. All
- ["The Stories We Tell," Writing Workshop with Amy Pleasant, Adult Class](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/the-stories-we-tell-writing-workshop-with-amy-pleasant-adult-class/) - Discover the art of storytelling in this FREE writing workshop with Amy Pleasant, the artist and writer behind her exhibit "Family Album: Our Stories." This workshop invites you to delve into a no-stress journaling process where you'll explore specific memories that can serve as a wellspring for poetry or narrative fiction. Amy Pleasant's captivating poetry
- [Artist Talk & Poetry Reading](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/artist-talk-poetry-reading/) - Join the Canton Museum of Art on September’s First Friday, in their Library, for a captivating artist talk and poetry reading by Amy Pleasant, the exhibiting artist and writer behind “Family Album: Our Stories.” Discover the intriguing origins of her exhibit and why it resonates with people. Immerse yourself in a journey through memory and
- [We Amplify Voices HQ Ribbon Cutting and Open House](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/we-amplify-voices-hq-ribbon-cutting-and-open-house/) - Join We Amplify Voices on Sat, Sep 23 from 2pm to 4pm at 1327 Sullivant Avenue, Columbus, OH 43223 for an afternoon of hands on art making, live music, refreshments, the celebration of a mural by artist Charlotte McGraw, and an official ribbon cutting ceremony as WAV inaugurates their new headquarters. Come explore the programming space and experience some
- [Humanities Happy Hour](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/humanities-happy-hour-3/) - Calling all humanists! Stop by the Ohio Humanities office at 541 W Rich St in Franklinton to enjoy a happy hour drink and network with humanities professionals from across Central Ohio on Thursday, September 7 from 4:30-6:00pm. Humanities Happy Hour is a quarterly gathering hosted by Ohio Humanities. Anyone who is passionate about the humanities
- [Books By The Banks Festival](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/books-by-the-banks-festival/) - The Books by the Banks Cincinnati Regional Book Festival is held annually in downtown Cincinnati. The day-long festival, which is free and open to the public, features national, regional, and local authors and illustrators; book signings; panel discussions; and activities for the entire family to enjoy. The 16th annual Books by the Banks Cincinnati Regional
- [Franklinton History Day](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/franklinton-history-day/) - Connect with local historians, bring documents for digitization and inclusion in our My History collection, and record your own oral history. Plus, view the complete “Downtown Franklinton” episode of WOSU’s Columbus Neighborhoods series, learn about the Franklinton library's history, play trivia for prizes, and more! 10am “Downtown-Franklinton” episode of WOSU’s Columbus Neighborhoods View the complete
- [School's Out Free Mondays "Family Memory Making"](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/schools-out-free-mondays-family-memory-making/) - 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
- [Saturday Painting Demos at the Canton Museum of Art](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/saturday-painting-demos-at-the-canton-museum-of-art/) - Professional artists demonstrate their painting techniques in the CMA Courtyard. These demonstrations provide an opportunity to witness the creative process firsthand and deepen your appreciation for the humanities in the context of visual arts.
- [Our Stories: Paintings and Poetry Merge](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/our-stories-paintings-and-poetry-merge/) - Experience an extraordinary fusion of visual and literary arts at the opening performance of "Our Stories: Paintings and Poetry Merge." This captivating event showcases paintings from the Family Album exhibit, at the Canton Art Museum brought to life through thought-provoking poetry written by the artist and performed by two actors representing different time periods from
- [Family History Help @ Hilltop](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/family-history-help-hilltop-2/) - Bring your family history and central Ohio history questions to your local branch for this drop-in program to meet with Local History and Genealogy staff.
- [Family History Help @ Hilltop](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/family-history-help-hilltop/) - Bring your family history and central Ohio history questions to your local branch for this drop-in program to meet with Local History and Genealogy staff.
- [Ashland Chautauqua: History's Real Action Figures](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/ashland-chautauqua-historys-real-action-figures/) - In the tradition of the American Chautauqua, the Ashland, Ohio Chautauqua allows audiences to witness history in its most compelling form - first person historical portrayals. Nationally recruited scholar-actors take on the roles of historical figures, appearing in costume and presenting exciting living history performances. Concurrent with these performances, and again in keeping with the
- [Humanities Happy Hour](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/humanities-happy-hour-2/) - Humanities Happy Hour is a quarterly gathering hosted by Ohio Humanities. Anyone who is passionate about the humanities is welcome to attend, including cultural workers, museum professionals, humanities instructors, and graduate students. The June Happy Hour will be a networking event and include several mini-presentations from Ohio Humanities grantees. Networking starts at 4:30pm, with mini-presentations
- [Granville T. Woods Day](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/granville-t-woods-day/) - The inaugural class of 2023 Rickenbacker-Woods Foundation and Learning Center's Creators, Originators, and Innovators cordially invite you to celebrate Granville T. Woods Day! Honoring his legacy, the Rickenbacker-Woods Foundation will reveal new research on this prolific African American inventor's life and his connections to the city of his birth, Columbus. History in the making! This
- [Juneteenth Community Scanning Day](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/juneteenth-community-scanning-day/) - Join us to help document and preserve local history during this community event! Share your memories of Springfield by bringing family photos and records and get them digitized for free! We'll sit down with you to scan your photos and listen to the stories behind them. After the event, these digitized photos will be available
- [<strong>Jack’s/Summit Station Historical Marker Dedication</strong>](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/jacks-summit-station-historical-marker-dedication/) - In 1970, Petie Brown, a trumpeter and young lesbian, got a part-time bartending job at Jack's A Go-Go to support her aspiring singing career. Word spread fast that a lesbian was behind the bar, and soon Jack's began attracting lesbian women in scores. Petie left the bar along the way, but the word was out,
- [Beyond the Battlefield: Interpreting St. Clair's Defeat through the Eyes of Tribal Citizens](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/beyond-the-battlefield-interpreting-st-clairs-defeat-through-the-eyes-of-tribal-citizens-2/) - This is a cultural event featuring citizens from the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, and Wyandotte Nation. These young dynamic speakers will be available for two days to discuss and inform visitors about their tribal heritage and culture from a past a present-day perspective. Sunday’s programming will focus on exclusively modern
- [Beyond the Battlefield: Interpreting St. Clair's Defeat through the Eyes of Tribal Citizens](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/beyond-the-battlefield-interpreting-st-clairs-defeat-through-the-eyes-of-tribal-citizens/) - This is a cultural event featuring citizens from the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, and Wyandotte Nation. These young dynamic speakers will be available for two days to discuss and inform visitors about their tribal heritage and culture from a past a present-day perspective. Saturday’s events will include interactive historic programming
- [Dementia and Personhood: Facts and Myths](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/dementia-and-personhood-facts-and-myths/) - Where do negative perceptions about dementia and its impact on patients and families come from? Join us for a free virtual event that will explore how these perceptions come about, and if they line up with the real-life experiences of people living with dementia and their family members. Our goal is to increase people’s understanding
- [The Tedious March](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/the-tedious-march/) - This talk is part of the Educational Lecture Series at the Muskingum County Library System presented in partnership with the G.W. Adams Educational Center and Ohio Humanities. A light-hearted talk about the travel narratives of John May's journey to the Ohio Country. In comparing the modern-day luxuries of travel to the difficulties of nineteenth-century travel,
- [Commemoration of the Rwandan Genocide](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/commemoration-of-the-rwandan-genocide/) - The Rwandan Community in Ohio invites all Rwandans and friends of Rwandans in Ohio to this commemorative event recognizing the 29th anniversary of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
- [A Higher Law: The Oberlin-Wellington Rescue of 1858 Showing](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/a-higher-law-the-oberlin-wellington-rescue-of-1858-showing-2/) - The Oberlin–Wellington Rescue of 1858 was a key event in the history of abolitionism leading up to the Civil War in which a group of 37-white and black men in Ohio were charged with violating the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. This is the first time that a ‘higher law’ defense was used in a
- [Columbus Book Festival](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/columbus-book-festival/) - The Columbus Book Festival is in the heart of the city’s downtown Discovery District. Stay cool inside Main Library and hear 135 popular authors talk about their work. Check out over 50 panel discussions about your favorite genres and get your books signed. Shop local by buying featured authors’ new books from the Official Festival
- [A Higher Law: The Oberlin-Wellington Rescue of 1858 Showing](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/a-higher-law-the-oberlin-wellington-rescue-of-1858-showing-3/) - The Oberlin–Wellington Rescue of 1858 was a key event in the history of abolitionism leading up to the Civil War in which a group of 37-white and black men in Ohio were charged with violating the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. This is the first time that a ‘higher law’ defense was used in a
- [A Higher Law: The Oberlin-Wellington Rescue of 1858 Showing](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/a-higher-law-the-oberlin-wellington-rescue-of-1858-showing/) - The Oberlin–Wellington Rescue of 1858 was a key event in the history of abolitionism leading up to the Civil War in which a group of 37-white and black men in Ohio were charged with violating the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. This is the first time that a ‘higher law’ defense was used in a
- [A Higher Law: The Oberlin-Wellington Rescue of 1858 Premiere](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/a-higher-law-the-oberlin-wellington-rescue-of-1858-premiere/) - The Oberlin–Wellington Rescue of 1858 was a key event in the history of abolitionism leading up to the Civil War in which a group of 37-white and black men in Ohio were charged with violating the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. This is the first time that a ‘higher law’ defense was used in a
- [The First Ohioans and Climate Change](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/the-first-ohioans-and-climate-change-2/) - Come join the Coshocton Public Library as we host a partnership program provided with support from the Coshocton Friends of the Library and the Ohio Humanities Council to feature Dr. Bradley Lepper for his presentation on the First Ohioans and Climate Change. Humans first entered the Ohio Valley sometime after 20,000 years ago. These hardy
- [Every Night Is Ladies' Night: Stories from Summit Station](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/every-night-is-ladies-night-stories-from-summit-station/) - For decades, LGBTQ+ bars and nightclubs have served as safe havens for the queer community. Between 1970 and 1980, Summit Station, also known as Jack’s, morphed from a go-go bar into a lesbian owned and operated bar and de-facto community center. In recognition of Lesbian Visibility Day, long-time patrons and bartenders will gather for a
- [Humanities Happy Hour](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/humanities-happy-hour/) - Calling all humanists! Stop by to enjoy a happy hour drink and network with humanities professionals from across Central Ohio. Humanities Happy Hour is a quarterly gathering hosted by Ohio Humanities. Anyone who is passionate about the humanities is welcome to attend, including cultural workers, museum professionals, humanities instructors, and graduate students. The March Happy
- [Heroine](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/heroine/) - Mindy McGinnis is a YA author who has worked in a high school library for thirteen years. Her debut, Not A Drop to Drink, a post-apocalyptic survival story set in a world with very little freshwater, has been optioned for film by Stephenie Meyer’s Fickle Fish Films. The companion novel, In A Handful of Dust was released in
- [Screening of Trailblazing Women in Ohio Politics](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/screening-of-trailblazing-women-in-ohio-politics-3/) - Join us on March 7th at 7pm for TRAILBLAZING WOMEN IN OHIO POLITICS. Admission is free! In celebration of National Women’s History Month, a new documentary titled “Trailblazing Women in Ohio Politics” will premiere during a series of special public preview screenings hosted by League of Women Voters chapters throughout Ohio. A panel discussion will
- [Screening of Trailblazing Women in Ohio Politics](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/screening-of-trailblazing-women-in-ohio-politics-5/) - Come see Trailblazing Women in Ohio Politics at the Walnut Hills Branch of the Cincinnati a & Hamilton County Public Library! Trailblazing Women in Ohio Politics is a WBGU-PBS public television documentary and oral history project marking the electoral achievements of Democratic and Republican women who have broken electoral barriers in Ohio. Greeted with skepticism
- [Screening of Trailblazing Women in Ohio Politics](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/screening-of-trailblazing-women-in-ohio-politics-6/) - Come see Trailblazing Women in Ohio Politics at the Main Public Library of Dayton Metro Library! Trailblazing Women in Ohio Politics is a WBGU-PBS public television documentary and oral history project marking the electoral achievements of Democratic and Republican women who have broken electoral barriers in Ohio. Greeted with skepticism by voters beginning in the
- [Screening of Trailblazing Women in Ohio Politics](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/screening-of-trailblazing-women-in-ohio-politics-7/) - Come see Trailblazing Women in Ohio Politics at Bowling Green State University! This screening is accompanied by a reception to take place in the Theater Lounge at the Bowen-Thompson Student Union. Trailblazing Women in Ohio Politics is a WBGU-PBS public television documentary and oral history project marking the electoral achievements of Democratic and Republican women
- [Screening of Trailblazing Women in Ohio Politics](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/screening-of-trailblazing-women-in-ohio-politics-8/) - Trailblazing Women in Ohio Politics is a WBGU-PBS public television documentary and oral history project marking the electoral achievements of Democratic and Republican women who have broken electoral barriers in Ohio. Greeted with skepticism by voters beginning in the 1960s, each trailblazer overcame obstacles and sometimes hostility to get elected. Featured trailblazers include the first
- [2023 Ohioana Book Festival](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/2023-ohioana-book-festival/) - Yes, the Ohioana Book Festival will once again be LIVE and IN PERSON this April . . . and you’re invited! Join us as we present our 17th annual celebration of Ohio books and authors at the Columbus Metropolitan Library’s Main Library on Saturday, April 22, from 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. It will be a
- [Screening of Trailblazing Women in Ohio Politics](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/screening-of-trailblazing-women-in-ohio-politics-2/) - Come see Trailblazing Women in Ohio Politics at the Maumee Indoor Theater! The public is invited to a FREE Screening of the film Trailblazing Women in Ohio Politics, immediately followed by a Panel Discussion with Paula Hicks-Hudson, Ohio Senator and Donna Owens, former Mayor of Toledo. Trailblazing Women in Ohio Politics is a WBGU-PBS public
- [Screening of Trailblazing Women in Ohio Politics](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/screening-of-trailblazing-women-in-ohio-politics-4/) - In celebration of National Women’s History Month, a new documentary titled “Trailblazing Women in Ohio Politics” will premiere during a special preview screening hosted by Western Reserve Historical Society and the League of Women Voters of Greater Cleveland. The public is invited to watch the hour-long documentary, followed by a panel discussion moderated by Bowling
- [Understanding Black History Through Black Music](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/understanding-black-history-through-black-music-2/) - Black music has often served as a barometer of the times and lives of black people. This program, utilizing recorded music, explores various aspects and periods of black history by examining the music of each era. It ranges from the work-songs and spirituals of slavery through the rap of modern urban times. Delaware’s own Zion
- [Black Men in Blue: The Civil War, Ohioans, and the US Colored Troops](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/black-men-in-blue-the-civil-war-ohioans-and-the-us-colored-troops/) - The Delaware County Historical Society (DCHS) announced Friday its upcoming community event, “Black Men in Blue: The Civil War, Ohioans, and the US Colored Troops.” This event is free to the public and will take place at The Barn at Stratford (2690 Stratford Road, Delaware) on Wednesday, Feb. 22, at 7 p.m. This program will
- [<strong>History of Civil Rights in Cleveland Webinar with Dr. Nishani Frazier</strong>](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/history-of-civil-rights-in-cleveland-webinar-with-dr-nishani-frazier/) - Join Nishani Frazier, an Associate Professor of History and American Studies at the University of Kansas for a webinar on the civil rights movement in Cleveland. In conjunction with the Cleveland Civil Rights Trail, Frazier will cover the long arch of political activism among Black Clevelanders from around the city’s founding to the modern civil
- [9 to 5: The Musical](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/9-to-5-the-musical-9/) - Ohio Humanities is proud to support the Contemporary American Theatre Company’s (CATCO) production of 9 to 5, The Musical. Due to overwhelming response from audiences, the production has been extended through Sunday, Feb. 26. This empowering story uses humor to highlight important issues in our community. Richard Sanford from Columbus Underground says, “It’s a fun,
- [9 to 5: The Musical](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/9-to-5-the-musical-8/) - Ohio Humanities is proud to support the Contemporary American Theatre Company’s (CATCO) production of 9 to 5, The Musical. Due to overwhelming response from audiences, the production has been extended through Sunday, Feb. 26. This empowering story uses humor to highlight important issues in our community. Richard Sanford from Columbus Underground says, “It’s a fun,
- [9 to 5: The Musical](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/9-to-5-the-musical-7/) - Ohio Humanities is proud to support the Contemporary American Theatre Company’s (CATCO) production of 9 to 5, The Musical. Due to overwhelming response from audiences, the production has been extended through Sunday, Feb. 26. This empowering story uses humor to highlight important issues in our community. Richard Sanford from Columbus Underground says, “It’s a fun,
- [9 to 5: The Musical](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/9-to-5-the-musical-6/) - Ohio Humanities is proud to support the Contemporary American Theatre Company’s (CATCO) production of 9 to 5, The Musical. Due to overwhelming response from audiences, the production has been extended through Sunday, Feb. 26. This empowering story uses humor to highlight important issues in our community. Richard Sanford from Columbus Underground says, “It’s a fun,
- [9 to 5: The Musical](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/9-to-5-the-musical-5/) - Ohio Humanities is proud to support the Contemporary American Theatre Company’s (CATCO) production of 9 to 5, The Musical. Due to overwhelming response from audiences, the production has been extended through Sunday, Feb. 26. This empowering story uses humor to highlight important issues in our community. Richard Sanford from Columbus Underground says, “It’s a fun,
- [9 to 5: The Musical](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/9-to-5-the-musical-4/) - Ohio Humanities is proud to support the Contemporary American Theatre Company’s (CATCO) production of 9 to 5, The Musical. Due to overwhelming response from audiences, the production has been extended through Sunday, Feb. 26. This empowering story uses humor to highlight important issues in our community. Richard Sanford from Columbus Underground says, “It’s a fun,
- [9 to 5: The Musical](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/9-to-5-the-musical-3/) - Ohio Humanities is proud to support the Contemporary American Theatre Company’s (CATCO) production of 9 to 5, The Musical. Due to overwhelming response from audiences, the production has been extended through Sunday, Feb. 26. This empowering story uses humor to highlight important issues in our community. Richard Sanford from Columbus Underground says, “It’s a fun,
- [9 to 5: The Musical](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/9-to-5-the-musical-2/) - Ohio Humanities is proud to support the Contemporary American Theatre Company’s (CATCO) production of 9 to 5, The Musical. Due to overwhelming response from audiences, the production has been extended through Sunday, Feb. 26. This empowering story uses humor to highlight important issues in our community. Richard Sanford from Columbus Underground says, “It’s a fun,
- [Screening of Trailblazing Women in Ohio Politics](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/screening-of-trailblazing-women-in-ohio-politics/) - Come see Trailblazing Women in Ohio Politics at the Columbus Metropolitan Library Main Branch for the first day of Women's History Month! Trailblazing Women in Ohio Politics is a WBGU-PBS public television documentary and oral history project marking the electoral achievements of Democratic and Republican women who have broken electoral barriers in Ohio. Greeted with
- [<strong><em>Soul Food Junkies</em> Film Screening and Q&A with Filmmaker Byron Hurt</strong>](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/soul-food-junkies-film-screening-and-qa-with-filmmaker-byron-hurt/) - Enjoy a free screening of the documentary Soul Food Junkies and explore the emotional and health advantages of soul food, the quintessential American cuisine. A Q&A with filmmaker Byron Hurt will take place following the film. Reserve your free ticket via MassMu's Eventbrite page, www.MassillonMuseum.org/Tickets, or call 330-833-4061. A cash bar will be available during the event. Food
- [Latine in Southern Ohio: Presentation of Research](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/latine-in-southern-ohio-presentation-of-research/) - Join Southern Ohio Folklife for our presentation of research for the Latine in Southern Ohio project. We will discuss our historical and cultural research about Latine community members in the southern Ohio area drawn from census records, archives, scholarship, and oral histories of local residents. The new bilingual (English and Spanish) Latine in Southern Ohio
- [Urban Strings Community Concert](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/urban-strings-community-concert/) - Youth string ensembles perform inspiring music from popular African American composers and arrangers. All ages. Hosted at the Hilltop Branch of the Columbus Metro Library. This event is part of the Columbus Metropolitan Library’s celebration of Black History Month.
- [Making Sacred Drums with BabaaRitah](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/making-sacred-drums-with-babaaritah/) - Using your imagination, create a drum that is a unique and personal work of art! Then learn exciting drum patterns and songs. Ages 7-11. Hosted at the Franklinton Branch of the Columbus Metro Library. This event is part of the Columbus Metropolitan Library's celebration of Black History Month.
- [Ohio Statehood Day & a Showing of the Lincoln School Marchers](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/ohio-statehood-day-a-showing-of-the-lincoln-school-marchers/) - In commemoration of Ohio’s founding, Ohio History Connection and their partners invite you to join a broad coalition of history advocates for our annual Statehood Day event. The state’s birthday serves as an appropriate time each year for history advocates to come together to help showcase the importance of Ohio’s history and how history, historic preservation and
- [Documentary Film Screening: The Lincoln School Story](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/documentary-film-screening-the-lincoln-school-story/) - Join us for an exclusive screening of the Ohio Humanities documentary, The Lincoln School Story: The Battle for School Integration in Ohio. Watch this largely untold story about a group of Black mothers in Southwest Ohio who marched for two years, demanding the desegregation of their community’s elementary schools. Register here! Free & Open to
- [The River Speaks!](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/the-river-speaks/) - The Little Miami River speaks to all of us in one way or another. Join us to celebrate its 50th Anniversary as a National Scenic River. Learn why your neighbors love it, and how it adds recreational value to the area. This event will feature the first live showing of The River Speaks, an award
- [Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library and Museums Hosting Women's Suffrage Exhibit](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/rutherford-b-hayes-presidential-library-and-museums-hosting-womens-suffrage-exhibit/) - A Hayes Presidential Libraries & Museums exhibit explores the rich history behind women’s suffrage and activism. The “Ohio Women Vote: 100 Years of Change” display was created by Ohio History Connection and the League of Women Voters and is on display at the Fremont-based museum through Jan. 31. The exhibit highlights the women who fought
- [9 to 5, The Musical](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/9-to-5-the-musical/) - 9 TO 5, THE MUSICAL follows three unlikely friends who take control of their office by concocting a plan to get even with their egotistical boss. Together, the women learn there is nothing they can’t do, even in a man’s world. This hilarious story of friendship and revenge is outrageous, thought-provoking, and a whole lot of
- [STILL WORKING 9 TO 5](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/still-working-9-to-5/) - When the highest grossing comedy, 9 to 5, starring Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton, Dabney Coleman and Lily Tomlin, exploded on screens in 1980, the laughs hid a serious message about inequality in the workplace. Still Working 9 to 5 explores what has changed for working women over the last 40 years. 6-7 pm: mixer | 7-8:30 pm: film
- [Understanding Black History Through Black Music](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/understanding-black-history-through-black-music/) - Join Ted McDaniel, Professor of African-American Studies and Music at the Ohio State University, to learn how black music has often served as a barometer of the times and lives of black people. This program, utilizing recorded music, explores various aspects and periods of black history by examining the music of each era. It ranges
- [Chagrin Documentary Film Festival](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/chagrin-documentary-film-festival-2/) - The Chagrin Documentary Film Festival is dedicated to educating audiences and empowering talented filmmakers to tell their stories. The Festival is a five day celebration of the art of documentary film, at venues in and around the century village of Chagrin Falls, Ohio. This inspiring event draws audiences from all over Northeast Ohio, the US
- [Screening of "Peerless City" at Ohio University Southern](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/screening-of-peerless-city-at-ohio-university-southern/) - IRONTON — The multi-award-winning documentary film, “Peerless City,” which has screened atseveral regional film festivals, will be playing at Ohio University Southern Campus, in BowmanAuditorium, at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 10.The event is free, but registration is required.“Peerless City” documents the story of Portsmouth, Ohio, a once-booming port city on the SciotoRiver that later
- [Books by the Banks](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/books-by-the-banks/) - Mission The mission of Books by the Banks is to entertain and enrich the lives of people in Southwest Ohio and Northern Kentucky. The organization works throughout the year to present and promote authors, while celebrating the joy of literacy and lifelong learning through reading and writing. Festival The premiere event is the Books by
- [Noa Tishby: Opening Night](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/noa-tishby-opening-night/) - Born and raised in Tel Aviv, Israel, actress, producer, writer and activist Noa Tishby got her start in the Israeli entertainment industry. After years of speaking and writing about Israel, both publicly and privately, Tishby has deciphered how to explain the complexities of Israel in a clear and relatable way. This is her first book,
- [Benedetta Jasmine Guetta](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/benedetta-jasmine-guetta/) - Cooking alla Giudia is the ultimate tribute to the wonderfully rich, yet still largely unknown, culinary heritage of the Jews of Italy. With a collection of kosher recipes from all regions of Italy, including plenty of vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free options, author Benedetta Jasmine Guetta is on a mission to tell the story of how
- [Lisa Barr](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/lisa-barr/) - Lisa Barr’s newest novel is a New York Times bestseller. This is a gripping tale of a young, ambitious journalist embroiled in an international art scandal centered around a Nazi-looted masterpiece—forcing the ultimate showdown between passion and possession, lovers and liars, history and truth. Actress Sharon Stone is set to produce and star in the film adaptation
- [Jen Maxfield](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/jen-maxfield/) - Based on her two-decade career as a local TV news reporter in New York City, Jen Maxfield takes readers on a dramatic ride-along with her in the live truck, from the moment she gets the call to head to breaking news, to arriving at chaotic scenes, to knocking on doors of families who are grieving
- [Jonathan Dunsky](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/jonathan-dunsky/) - This historical mystery takes place in Jerusalem in January 1952. It is rich in historical background, including life in a Jerusalem divided in two, with barricades and walls between West and East Jerusalem. Israeli author Jonathan Dun­sky, is the author of the Adam Lapid his­tor­i­cal mys­ter­ies series and the stand­alone thriller The Pay­back Girl. Before turn­ing
- [Andy Dunn](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/andy-dunn/) - The co-founder of the menswear start­up Bono­bos opens up about the strug­gle with bipo­lar dis­or­der that near­ly cost him every­thing in this grip­ping, rad­i­cal­ly hon­est mem­oir of men­tal ill­ness and entrepreneurship. Andy Dunn co-found­ed the ecom­merce-dri­ven menswear brand Bono­bos in 2007 and served as CEO through its 2017 acqui­si­tion by Wal­mart. As an angel investor and through his ven­ture cap­i­tal firm
- [Bruce Henderson](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/bruce-henderson/) - A grip­ping true tale of courage, brav­ery and adven­ture from a mas­ter sto­ry­teller, his­to­ri­an and New York Times best­selling author. Bruce Henderson tells the untold saga of the Japan­ese Amer­i­can U.S. Army sol­diers who fought in the Pacif­ic the­ater, in Bur­ma, Iwo Jima, Oki­nawa, fight­ing two wars simul­ta­ne­ous­ly – their ances­tral nation and back home in Amer­i­ca, with their
- [Jessica Nordell](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/jessica-nordell/) - The End of Bias is a trans­for­ma­tive, ground­break­ing explo­ration into how we can erad­i­cate unin­ten­tion­al bias and dis­crim­i­na­tion, the great chal­lenge of our age. With nuance, com­pas­sion, and 10 years’ immer­sion in the top­ic, Jes­si­ca Nordell weaves grip­ping sto­ries with sci­en­tif­ic research to reveal how minds, hearts and behav­iors change. Jes­si­ca Nordell is a sci­ence and cul­ture jour­nal­ist
- [Scott Simon](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/scott-simon/) - By combining research on positive psychology with real-life stories of Scare Your Soul participants, international thought leader and happiness entrepreneur Scott Simon challenges you to confront your limited beliefs. With writing prompts, activities, and real-world challenges, Scare Your Soul is an interactive roadmap to building bravery. Scare Your Soul teaches you that the greatest antidote
- [Daniel Levin](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/daniel-levin/) - Daniel Levin's book explores master violin maker Amnon Weinstein’s effort to restore violins that survived the Holocaust. Levin is the first photographer to depict Weinstein’s workshop in Tel Aviv, his one-of-a-kind collection of violins and his artful process for restoring them, fulfilling his dream of transforming tragedy into triumph by bringing violins of the Holocaust
- [Shaunna J. Edwards & Alyson Richman](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/shaunna-j-edwards-alyson-richman/) - Inspired by the authors’ own fam­i­ly his­to­ries, The Thread Col­lec­tors is a rich his­tor­i­cal nov­el set dur­ing the Civ­il War about two women — one Black and yearn­ing for free­dom in New Orleans, the oth­er a Jew­ish abo­li­tion­ist in New York — whose resource­ful sewing to sup­port their com­mu­ni­ties leads them on unex­pect­ed, dan­ger­ous jour­neys as they fight to bring their beloveds home
- [Faith Kramer](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/faith-kramer/) - Join food columnist and author Faith Kramer for a book talk and Spice Workshop as you create exotic blends to enliven your cooking. Hear all about Kramer’s travels in Jewish communities the world over on her journey to discover the world’s best Shabbat recipes. Let Kramer’s book, 52 Shab­bats, be your guide if you have ever thought about start­ing,
- [Jean Metzler & Lynda Cohen Loigman](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/jean-metzler-lynda-cohen-loigman/) - 2 Authors 1 Event Mr. Per­fect on Paper is a wit­ty romance novel about one woman’s search for her per­fect man. However, the nov­el tack­les heav­ier sub­jects, such as gen­er­al­ized anx­i­ety dis­or­der and grief. What’s most remark­able is the fact that Jean Meltzer incor­po­rates humor in a way that brings lev­i­ty with­out dimin­ish­ing the grav­i­ty of the circumstances.
- [Dan Grunfeld](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/dan-grunfeld/) - Book talk, Q&A followed by a basketball clinic in the gym In By the Grace of the Game, Dan Grun­feld, once a bas­ket­ball stand­out him­self at Stan­ford Uni­ver­si­ty, shares the remark­able sto­ry of his fam­i­ly, a del­i­cate­ly inter­wo­ven nar­ra­tive that doesn’t lack in heart­break yet remains as deeply nour­ish­ing as his grandmother’s Hun­gar­i­an cook­ing, so lov­ing­ly described. The
- [Isabel Vincent](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/isabel-vincent/) - Schindler’s List meets The Sound of Music as best-sell­ing New York Post inves­tiga­tive jour­nal­ist Isabel Vin­cent delves into pre-World-War-II his­to­ry to recov­er the amaz­ing sto­ry of two British spin­sters who mas­ter­mind­ed a plan to spir­it dozens of Jew­ish stars and per­son­nel of the Ger­man and Aus­tri­an opera to Eng­land and save them from a ter­ri­ble fate under the Third Reich. An award-win­ning inves­tiga­tive
- [Margorie Margolies](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/margorie-margolies/) - Mar­jorie Mar­golies’s Jew­ish father always said that you should aspire to change another’s life. That con­cept of tikkun olam, was instilled in her from an ear­ly age and she was deter­mined to apply the con­cept to her own fam­i­ly, which s fam­i­ly grew expo­nen­tial­ly. She adopt­ed two girls from Viet­nam and Korea, mar­ried a Jew­ish Con­gress­man
- [Jane Rosen](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/jane-rosen/) - Esme Nash is eager to begin her post-grad life: A move to NYC, an apart­ment with her col­lege boyfriend and a job at an art gallery. But when tragedy strikes, she must leave her dreams behind. Sev­en years lat­er, Esme takes a dog-sit­ting job in Green­wich Vil­lage giv­ing her access to her long-buried hopes and dreams, and an epic
- [Premiere Screening of the First Franklintennial Video Podcast](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/premiere-screening-of-the-first-franklintennial-video-podcast/) - Produced by Gymfea Productions and Sweeney & Associates, this episode focuses on the stories and impact of the Great Flood of 1913 had on Franklinton. Noted local historian Doreen Uhas Saur and long-time Franklinton resident and cheerleader Peter Coccia are interviewed by Trent Smith, Executive Director of the Franklinton Board of Trade. After the screening,
- [New Grant Programs Webinar](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/new-grant-programs-webinar/) - Learn more about Ohio Humanities' new grant programs, Spark and Ignite. Sign up here.
- [Friends of Franklinton present SPOOKTACULAR TALES at the Harrison House](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/friends-of-franklinton-present-spooktacular-tales-at-the-harrison-house/) - Storytellers in costume will describe harvest and funeral traditions of the first occupants of the Harrison House in the early 1800s as well as the Halloween rituals practiced by occupants of the House in the Victorian era. There will also be a telling of early ghost stories, including “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”, featuring an
- [Franklinton Wellness Walk with the Franklinton Historical Society](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/franklinton-wellness-walk-with-the-franklinton-historical-society/) - Join us to commemorate Franklinton’s 225th anniversary with a historical walking tour of the neighborhood. Led by a representative from the Franklinton Historical Society, we will be visiting various sites in the neighborhood and learning about their significance for Franklinton today. We will start at the Healthy Living Center and walk for a total of
- [Franklinton: Floodwall to Future](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/franklinton-floodwall-to-future/) - In 1795, the Commonwealth of Virginia employed Lucas Sullivant to survey the Central Ohio portion of the Virginia Military District. Sullivant surveyed the western side of the Scioto River at the confluence of the Olentangy and Scioto Rivers. This area became known as Franklinton and is today the oldest part of Columbus. Franklinton’s mix of
- [Women in the Armed Forces: From WWII and Beyond](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/women-in-the-armed-forces-from-wwii-and-beyond/) - During World War II, 1,102 American women flew as part of the WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) - a blend of the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) and the Women's Flying Training Detachment (WFTD). During the war, women also served in various other roles as well – not just pilots. Now, more than 77 years
- [Quest for the Stars Opening Reception](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/quest-for-the-stars-opening-reception/)
- [Talking Tombstones: Sugar Grove Cemetery History Walk](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/talking-tombstones-sugar-grove-cemetery-history-walk/) - Experience the personal stories of some of Clinton County’s famous and historical citizens who now lie at rest among the landscape of this beautiful “outdoor museum” called Sugar Grove Cemetery. Join the Clinton County History Center for a self-guided walking tours to meet many of the people who made Clinton County what it is today.
- [Lit Youngstown Fall Literary Festival](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/lit-youngstown-fall-literary-festival/) - The in-person, 6th annual Fall Literary Festival will be centered around the theme “The Places That Make Us,” a conversation about writing, publishing, teaching, community outreach, and inclusion. Supported by Ohio Humanities, the conference aims to sustain and enhance discussion on real and imagined literary places that shape our memory, experience and identity. This year's
- [Hanif Abdurraqib Presents: A Celebration of Black Performance](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/hanif-abdurraqib-presents-a-celebration-of-black-performance/) - 2022 MacArthur Genius Award Winner Hanif Abdurraqib will visit Central State University on September 20, 2022, at 6:30 p.m. to give a public reading, participate in a fireside chat, and answer questions from the audience. This event is sponsored by Ohio Humanities. For more information, visit Central State's website.
- [Portage Path Community Archaeology Project Opening Reception](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/portage-path-community-archaeology-project-opening-reception/) - Do you enjoy art, archaeology, or Akron history? If so, then don’t miss the Portage Path Community Archaeology Project exhibition, which will be on display at Summit ArtSpace (located at 140 E. Market Street) from October 7 through December 17, 2022. This exhibition is free and open whenever Summit ArtSpace is open. The exhibition will
- [Explore the Little Smokies with Scioto Historical 4.0](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/explore-the-little-smokies-with-scioto-historical-4-0/) - Celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the creation of Roosevelt Game Preserve and explore the history of Ohio’s Little Smokies. This free, public program marks the official launch of the new Scioto Historical Little Smokies Tour and will be led by Dr. Andrew Feight, professor of History at Shawnee State University, and Jenny Richards, Park Naturalist
- [Life Stories: A Mixed Media Gallery](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/life-stories-a-mixed-media-gallery/) - Join We Amplify Voices for ImageOhio presented by ROY G BIV gallery. Life Stories features the intimate stories of 10 women serving life or long sentences at the Ohio Reformatory in Marysville. This project took place over the course of six months and was crafted completely within the prison itself. Through generous support from Warden
- [Inkubator Writing Conference](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/inkubator-writing-conference/) - Sponsored in part by Ohio Humanities, Literary Cleveland's Inkubator Writing Conference is one of the largest free writing conferences in the country. From September 6-8, the conference will feature virtual panel discussions with national authors all leading up to the big two-day in-person conference at the Cleveland Public Library on September 9-10. The in-person conference
- [CDFF On Demand](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/cdff-on-demand/) - Ohio Humanities is proud to serve as the presenting sponsor for this year's virtual Chagrin Documentary Film Festival. The virtual festival, held on the Festival's online streaming platform, will open the festival to nationwide and global audiences, allowing a virtual glimpse into the 91 films presented during the annual in-person festival in early October.For more
- [Chagrin Documentary Film Festival](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/chagrin-documentary-film-festival/) - Ohio Humanities is proud to serve as the presenting sponsor of the 13th annual Chagrin Documentary Film Festival. The Festival is a five day celebration of the art of documentary film, at venues in and around the century village of Chagrin Falls, Ohio. This inspiring event draws audiences from all over Northeast Ohio, the US
- [Franklinton Friday Open House](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/franklinton-friday-open-house/) - Stop by the Ohio Humanities office during September Franklinton Fridays, a neighborhood-wide celebration of art, performance, and community. Mingle from location to location and come to know all that the Franklinton Arts District has to offer.
- ["Blue," presented by Toledo Opera](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/blue-presented-by-toledo-opera/) - The Toledo Opera presents Blue, an innovative new opera about an African American family in Harlem. As the couple anticipates the birth of their firstborn, a son, with both hope and fear. As the baby grows into a young man, the mother worries for his future, and the father tries to prepare his son for
- [WGTE on the Road: Blue Day](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/wgte-on-the-road-blue-day/) - Join the Toledo Opera, WGTE Public Media, and the Toledo Lucas County Public Library on Thursday, August 18 from 9 AM until 4 PM for WGTE on the Road: Blue Day at Mott Branch Library for a full day of free events in anticipation of this month's production of Blue! Stop in at Mott Branch Library for live
- ["Blue" Tuesday Talk](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/blue-tuesday-talk/) - Join the Toledo Opera on Facebook or YouTube for their Blue Tuesday Talk on Tuesday, August 16 at 6:30 p.m. This free, virtual public panel discussion composed of artists, scholars, and Toledo community members goes beyond what’s on stage and delves into the themes found in Blue that can be seen in today’s contemporary society. Panelists include: Tazewell Thompson
- [Pretty/Funny: Women Comedians and Body Politics with Linda Mizejewski](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/pretty-funny-women-comedians-and-body-politics-with-lisa-mizejewski/) - Women’s comedy has long been a prime spot for women to talk back and break taboos in mainstream popular culture. But women in comedy have traditionally been pegged as either “pretty” or “funny.” Attractive actresses with good comic timing such as Katherine Hepburn and Lucille Ball have always gotten plum roles in romantic comedies and television sitcoms. In contrast, women
- [Expo Community Conversation](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/expo-community-conversation/) - Join us for this Expo Community Conversation event brought to you in partnership with the World Affairs Council – Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky, Global Ties, the U.S. Department of State and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Join us for a discussion on how we bring Expos back to the United States and do so
- [Cleveland Civil Rights Trail Marker Ceremony for Mayor Carl B. Stokes](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/cleveland-civil-rights-trail-marker-ceremony-for-mayor-carl-b-stokes/) - Join the Cleveland Restoration Society for the unveiling of the second historical marker on Cleveland’s Rights Trail. This marker honors former Cleveland Mayor Carl B. Stokes, the city's first Black mayor and the first Black mayor of a major American city. Immediately following the ceremony, the Cleveland Restoration Society will be serving a 50th birthday
- [Book Discussion: "On Juneteenth" with author Annette Gordon-Reed](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/book-discussion-on-juneteenth-with-author-annette-gordon-reed/) - Join the Hudson Library and Historical Society and Pulitzer-prize winning historian and author Annette Gordon-Reed for a live virtual discussion on the holiday and her book On Juneteenth. The book tells the sweeping story of Juneteenth’s integral importance to American history, and was named one of the Times Critics’ Top Books of 2021 and one of the best books of the
- [Curators of our Art: From Africa to the Arts of American Freedom](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/curators-of-our-art-from-africa-to-the-arts-of-american-freedom/) - Join Dr. Micala Evans and Dr. Imelda Hunt of the New Works Writers Series for a storytelling presentation entitled “Curators of our Art: From Africa to the Arts of American Freedom” that will include an introduction of Juneteenth, a sobering historical storytelling of the holiday's history, and conclude with stories of resilience among Africans who endured
- [Blood, Brains, and Lobotomies with Mindy McGinnis](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/blood-brains-and-lobotomies-with-mindy-mcginnis/) - Author Mindy McGinnis shares the research behind her Edgar Award-Winning Gothic historical thriller, A Madness So Discreet. Learn about how doctors treated brain injuries in the 1890’s and the different aspects of care for the mentally ill – for better or for worse. Also included is a brief history of the Athens Lunatic Asylum, the
- [The Newark Earthworks: One of the World's Wonders with Brad Lepper](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/the-newark-earthworks-one-of-the-worlds-wonders-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. Why did the Hopewell build such monumental works? Were
- [Letters Home: Ohioans and Their Wartime Correspondence with Kelly Mezurek](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/letters-home-ohioans-and-their-wartime-correspondence-with-kelly-mezurek-2/) - Letters served as the main source of communications between soldiers, nurses, and other military support personnel and their communities during the American wars of the 18th through mid-20th centuries. The written word connected the individuals far from home to their families and friends, providing comfort, support, and the exchange of news. This talk illuminates how
- [Understanding Black History Through Black Music with Ted McDaniel](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/understanding-black-history-through-black-music-with-ted-mcdaniel-2/) - Black music has often served as a barometer of the times and lives of black people. This program, utilizing recorded music, explores various aspects and periods of black history by examining the music of each era. It ranges from the worksongs and spirituals of slavery through the rap of modern urban times.
- [Let Ohio Women Vote with Kimberly Hamlin](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/let-ohio-women-vote-with-kimberly-hamlin-2/) - Professor Hamlin served as the historical consultant for the CET/Think-TV documentary Let Ohio Women Vote, which chronicles the role of Ohio women in securing the vote — from Frances Wright, who in 1828 became the first woman to speak in public in Cincinnati, to Oberlin graduate Mary Church Terrell who became the founding president of
- [Freedom Film Series: "Apart" Screening & Panel Discussion](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/freedom-film-series-apart-screening-panel-discussion/) - The Over-the-Rhine International Film Festival is the nation’s first diversity film festival led by people in the disability community. The OTR Film Festival has partnered with the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center and created the Freedom Film Series. Sponsored by Ohio Humanities, the second film in the series, Apart, from Academy Award® nominee Jennifer Redfearn
- [Central Ohio Restored Citizens Collective: "Apart" Film Screening](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/central-ohio-restored-citizens-collective-apart-film-screening/) - Join the Central Ohio Restored Citizens Collective for a screening of Apart, an Ohio Humanities-funded documentary about three formerly incarcerated mothers jailed for drug-related charges, fighting to overcome alienation—and a society that labels them “felons”—and readjust to life with their families. Click here to register.
- [A Symposium for "TEXTURES: the history and art of Black hair"](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/a-symposium-for-textures-the-history-and-art-of-black-hair/) - This Kent State University Museum symposium is convened in conjunction with the exhibition TEXTURES: the history and art of Black hair. The exhibition runs from September 10, 2021 - August 14, 2022, and synthesizes research in history, fashion, art, and visual culture to reassess the “hair story” of peoples of African descent. This symposium surrounds
- ["Wildlife Photographer: The Life of Karl Maslowski" Premiere](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/wildlife-photographer-the-life-of-karl-maslowski-premiere/) - Wildlife Photographer: The Life of Karl Maslowski is a one-hour documentary about one of Cincinnati’s most acclaimed nature writers, photographers, and filmmakers. Karl Maslowski (1913 – 2006) helped introduce generations of Americans to the natural world through his newspaper columns, wildlife photographs, and pioneering films. The documentary combines archival photographs and film, interviews, and HD video
- [Ohioana Book Festival](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/ohioana-book-festival/) - The 2022 Ohioana Book Festival will bring readers of all ages and Ohio writers together virtually for a series of educational and entertaining programs that celebrate Ohio literature and literary culture. The main festival will be held April 29 to May 1, with 112 Ohio authors participating in both live and recorded panel discussions and
- [Sempre Libera: Finding Freedom and Feminism in La Traviata](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/sempre-libera-finding-freedom-and-feminism-in-la-traviata/) - This panel offers a fresh perspective on La Traviata, and explores thematic connections to contemporary life in Toledo, by examining the character arc of Violetta, a powerful woman in a culture dominated by men, in the bloom of her life yet facing impending death. Violetta's lifelong pursuit of freedom on her own terms is reflected in the opportunities
- [Finding Harmony](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/harmony-project-bring-your-outside-voice/) - David Brown, founder and creative director of the Columbus-based Harmony Project, will turn thousands of voices in the stadium into a united chorus within a matter of minutes as ABC, Disney, and John Legend's Get Lifted Film Company will tape the pilot finale for a new music-based reality show. No musical experience is required to
- [This Land is Whose Land?](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/this-land-is-whose-land/) - Cynthia Connolly, Director of Programming at City Club of Cleveland will speak at YWCA for This Land is Whose Land?, a talk on Indigenous “erasure” and Native American representation. Register here.
- [After the Lines Are Drawn](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/after-the-lines-are-drawn/) - YWCA’s lunch & learn series continues with After the Lines Are Drawn, a virtual talk with Kathleen Chaffee Gaige, Chair of the Voter Services Committee at League of Women Voters Greater Youngstown on redistricting. Register here.
- [Stand Against Racism](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/stand-against-racism/) - Join YWCA Mahoning Valley as we define and discuss topics from the Stand Against Racism Challenge. Enjoy light refreshments, ask questions and learn ways to take action for racial equity. Register here.
- [Book Discussion: "THE GREAT DISSENTER: The Story of John Marshall Harlan, America's Judicial Hero" by Peter S. Canellos](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/book-discussion-the-great-dissenter-the-story-of-john-marshall-harlan-americas-judicial-hero-by-peter-s-canellos/) - Join the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center, the Ohio History Connection, and Ric Sheffield, the Director of Kenyon's Law & Society Program and the John Adams Summer Scholars Program for an engaging book talk featuring award-winning author Peter S. Canellos. Learn more about his newest release, THE GREAT DISSENTER: The Story of John Marshall
- ["A Quest Toward Liberation: Examining Angela Y. Davis" with Dr. Sharon Lynette Jones](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/a-quest-toward-liberation-examining-angela-y-davis-with-dr-sharon-lynette-jones/) - Join the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center and Wright State University Professor of English Language and Literature Dr. Sharon Lynette Jones for "A Quest Toward Liberation," during which Dr. Jones will share her research on renowned scholar Angela Davis. Dr. Jones is the editor of Conversations with Angela Davis, a book exploring Davis's role
- [Ohio & Erie Canal “Southern Descent” Heritage Trail Circleville Kickoff](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/ohio-erie-canal-southern-descent-heritage-trail-circleville-kickoff/) - The Scenic Scioto Heritage Trail and its canal partners are excited to announce the long-awaited Ohio & Erie Canal “Southern Descent” Heritage Trail. This new trail is made possible in part by Ohio Humanities and is the result of an extraordinarily, successful multi-year collaboration of communities in six South Central Ohio counties to recognize, document,
- [Ohio & Erie Canal “Southern Descent” Heritage Trail Carroll Kickoff](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/ohio-erie-canal-southern-descent-heritage-trail-carroll-kickoff/) - The Scenic Scioto Heritage Trail and its canal partners are excited to announce the long-awaited Ohio & Erie Canal “Southern Descent” Heritage Trail. This new trail is made possible in part by Ohio Humanities and is the result of an extraordinarily, successful multi-year collaboration of communities in six South Central Ohio counties to recognize, document,
- [Ohio Artist Sala Bosworth Symposium](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/ohio-artist-sala-bosworth-symposium/) - Join the Dawes Arboretum and Ohio Humanities for a symposium on 19th century Ohio artist Sala Bosworth. Learn about Bosworth’s connection to the Dawes family, his artistic legacy in early Ohio history and the painting restorations in preparation for the exhibit held at The Dawes Arboretum. 12:30pm- Introduction12:35pm- Leslie Wagner, Historian, The Dawes Arboretum1:30pm- Break1:45pm-
- ["Diary of an Apprentice Astronaut" Virtual Book Discussion](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/diary-of-an-apprentice-astronaut-virtual-book-discussion/) - Join the International Women's Air and Space Museum (IWASM) and Loganberry Books as they welcome Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti for a special virtual event on Sunday, October 17, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. EDT. She will discuss her book Diary of an Apprentice Astronaut in a conversation moderated by IWASM Trustee and Space Advisor, Marcy Frumker. Selected in the 2009
- [Virtual Book Launch: "Teresa James WAFS Pilot" by Sarah Rickman](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/virtual-book-launch-teresa-james-wafs-pilot-by-sarah-rickman/) - During World War II, the WASP – Women Airforce Service Pilots included a blend of two groups - the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) and the Women's Flying Training Detachment (WFTD). Hear from critically-acclaimed author, Sarah Rickman as she releases her newest book Teresa James WAFS Pilot: Gear Up/Gear Down - a P-47 to Newark on October 20, 2021
- [Virginia Hamilton and the Transformation of American Children’s Literature](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/virginia-hamilton-and-the-transformation-of-american-childrens-literature/) - Winner of the National Book Award, the Newbery Medal, and a MacArthur Foundation “genius” grant, Virginia Hamilton (1934–2002) wove Black folktales and narratives of African American life and history into a body of work that forever changed American children’s writing and made her its most honored writer. Join Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden and award-winning children’s book author and
- [Cleveland Civil Rights Trail Marker Ceremony for Cory United Methodist Church](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/cleveland-civil-rights-trail-marker-ceremony-for-cory-united-methodist-church/) - Join the Cleveland Restoration Society and the Ohio History Connection for the unveiling of the first historical marker on Cleveland’s Rights Trail. This marker honors the significant role that Cory United Methodist Church played in the struggle for Civil Rights. Cory UMC was host to both grassroots organizations and nationally recognized leaders such as Rev.
- ["Blue: Stories From Toledo" Screening and Panel Discussion](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/blue-stories-from-toledo-screening-and-panel-discussion/) - Toledo Opera’s public programming series around the upcoming performance of Blue, an opera about an African American family in Harlem, includes a collaboration with Madhouse on Blue: Stories from Toledo, a 30-minute documentary film featuring interviews with Toledoans and opera experts. The Toledo Opera, the University of Toledo and the City of Toledo Human Relations
- [Researching Black Women in Aviation: Barriers & Breakthroughs](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/researching-black-women-in-aviation-barriers-breakthroughs/) - The International Women’s Air & Space Museum (IWASM) will host its next “Dinner with a Slice of History” program both in-person and via Zoom on March 25, 2022, entitled “Researching Black Women in Aviation: Barriers & Breakthroughs.” The program features U.S. Air Force Lt. Colonel (ret.) and cultural historian Monica Smith. When Bessie Coleman made
- ["Allure & Illusion: A Rose-Colored Romance" Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/allure-illusion-a-rose-colored-romance-grand-opening-ribbon-cutting/) - Join the Wood County Museum for a ribbon cutting and open house reception for a new exhibit showcasing beautiful wedding dresses once worn by local community members. Featuring the Frank Kalan Harlequin Romance Cover Art collection from BGSU Browne Popular Culture Library, this exhibit presents the foundation of marriage culture and how modern ideology is
- [Virtual Book Discussion: "Madame Curie: A Biography" with Susan Marie Frontczak](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/virtual-book-discussion-madame-curie-a-biography-with-susan-marie-frontczak/) - Join Ashland Chautauqua on Thursday, March 24th at 7:00 p.m. when Chautauqua scholar Susan Marie Frontczak will lead a discussion on Madame Curie: A Biography by Eve Curie. The book discussion will center on the tenacious trailblazing scientist who won a Nobel Prize twice, first for physics and then for chemistry. Frontczak is an experienced Chautauquan who
- [Virtual Book Discussion: "The Colonel and Little Missie Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, and the Beginnings of Superstardom in America" with Elsa Wolff](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/virtual-book-discussion-the-colonel-and-little-missie-buffalo-bill-annie-oakley-and-the-beginnings-of-superstardom-in-america-with-elsa-wolff/) - Join Ashland Chautauqua on Thursday, April 28th at 7:00 p.m. when Chautauqua scholar Elsa Wolff will be leading a discussion on The Colonel and Little Missie Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, and the Beginnings of Superstardom in America by Larry McMurtry. The book discussion centered on historical character Annie Oakley, the American sharpshooter who starred in Buffalo Bill's
- [Living and Working in Space](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/living-and-working-in-space/) - What is life like for astronauts in space? In honor of Women’s History Month, two international border neighbors will unite to learn about Living and Working in Space. Join the City of Waterloo Museum (Canada) who will feature their current exhibition, Health in Space, and the International Women’s Air & Space Museum (United States) as
- [Letters Home: Ohioans and Their Wartime Correspondence with Kelly Mezurek](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/letters-home-ohioans-and-their-wartime-correspondence-with-kelly-mezurek/) - Letters served as the main source of communications between soldiers, nurses, and other military support personnel and their communities during the American wars of the 18th through mid-20th centuries. The written word connected the individuals far from home to their families and friends, providing comfort, support, and the exchange of news. This talk illuminates how
- [Understanding Black History Through Black Music with Ted McDaniel](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/understanding-black-history-through-black-music-with-ted-mcdaniel/) - Black music has often served as a barometer of the times and lives of black people. This program, utilizing recorded music, explores various aspects and periods of black history by examining the music of each era. It ranges from the worksongs and spirituals of slavery through the rap of modern urban times.
- [Serpent Mound — An Icon of Ancient Ohio with Brad Lepper](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/serpent-mound-an-icon-of-ancient-ohio-with-brad-lepper/) - Serpent Mound in Adams County is one of the largest and most spectacular earthen sculptures in the world. The age of the serpent is a subject of much current debate with some archaeologists arguing that it was built by the Adena culture at around 300 B.C.E. and others favoring the Fort Ancient culture at around
- ["Let Ohio Women Vote" with Kimberly Hamlin](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/let-ohio-women-vote-with-kimberly-hamlin/) - The League of Women Voters of Oxford will host a virtual program titled “Let Ohio Women Vote!” 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 16. Kimberly Hamlin, Miami University professor of history and global & intercultural studies, will cover the highlights of the fight for women’s suffrage. It is based on the film Let Ohio Women Vote, which
- ["The Dyatlov Pass: Theories on the Outdoor's Greatest Cold Case" with Adam Fox](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/the-dyatlov-pass-theories-on-the-outdoors-greatest-cold-case-with-adam-fox/) - In February of 1959, nine hikers died while on an expedition in Siberia. When their bodies were found, no one could make sense of the injuries and no theory could explain what had happened -- 63 years later the tragedy remains one of the greatest outdoor cold cases. Known as the Dyatlov Pass Incident, the event
- [The Civilian Conservation Corps & the Origins of Mohican State Park](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/the-civilian-conservation-corps-the-origins-of-mohican-state-park/) - In July of 1935, the Civilian Conservation Corps started work at Camp Mohican. Housed at the newly established camp five miles southwest of Loudonville, members of CCC Company 1570 worked on a State Forest project that in time would restore the land to what it might have looked like before settlement and farming. CCC historian,
- [Ohio Book Talks- “How Was Ohio Crucial to the Underground Railroad?”](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/ohio-book-talks-how-was-ohio-crucial-to-the-underground-railroad/) - Author Nancy Stearns Theiss talks about the role Ohio played in the Underground Railroad and more!Register Here: REGISTER Buy a signed copy of the book here: PURCHASE All of these events are free but early registration is required.
- [Cleveland Voices: Exploring City and Region through Oral History](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/cleveland-voices-exploring-city-and-region-through-oral-history/) - We all have stories in our lives, and the Cleveland area has a wealth of information stored in a publicly accessible archive online! Dr. Mark Souther, Director of the Center for Public History + Digital Humanities at CSU, reflects on 15 years of the Cleveland Voices project, which frames the history of Greater Cleveland through
- [The Politics of Historic Preservation: From Charleston to Cleveland](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/the-politics-of-historic-preservation-from-charleston-to-cleveland/) - As home to the nation’s first Historic Zoning Ordinance, Charleston, South Carolina serves as a rich case study for understanding the motivations and challenges of the historic preservation movement. Led by elite white woman, Charleston’s preservation story enables us to explore the tensions among history and heritage, personal memory and personal politics, and inclusion and
- [SHARP Grants Webinar](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/sharp-grants-webinar/) - Find out how to apply for an Ohio Humanities Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant. Ohio Humanities staff will provide an overview of eligibility and application guidelines for the Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant Program. The webinar will open with a presentation about this emergency relief grant
- [SHARP Grants Webinar](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/sharp-grants-webinar-2/) - Find out how to apply for an Ohio Humanities Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant. Ohio Humanities staff will provide an overview of eligibility and application guidelines for the Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant Program. The webinar will open with a presentation about this emergency relief grant
- [SHARP Grants Webinar](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/sharp-grants-webinar-3/) - Find out how to apply for an Ohio Humanities Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant. Ohio Humanities staff will provide an overview of eligibility and application guidelines for the Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan (SHARP) Grant Program. The webinar will open with a presentation about this emergency relief grant
- [Women's Suffrage Centennial Family Day Festival](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/womens-suffrage-centennial-family-day-festival/) - Join the Ohio Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission for Family Day Festival at the Ohio Statehouse. Live entertainment will occur throughout the day, culminating with a free concert by the Columbus Symphony Orchestra at 5:30pm. Other activities include free Ohio Statehouse tours, food trucks and the Ohio Women’s Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Confirmed Booths: Ohio
- [Ohio & Erie Canal “Southern Descent” Heritage Trail West Portsmouth Kickoff](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/ohio-erie-canal-southern-descent-heritage-trail-west-portsmouth-kickoff/) - The Scenic Scioto Heritage Trail and its canal partners are excited to announce the long-awaited Ohio & Erie Canal “Southern Descent” Heritage Trail. This new trail is made possible in part by Ohio Humanities and is the result of an extraordinarily, successful multi-year collaboration of communities in six South Central Ohio counties to recognize, document,
- [Ohio & Erie Canal “Southern Descent” Heritage Trail Groveport Kickoff](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/ohio-erie-canal-southern-descent-heritage-trail-groveport-kickoff/) - The Scenic Scioto Heritage Trail and its canal partners are excited to announce the long-awaited Ohio & Erie Canal “Southern Descent” Heritage Trail. This new trail is made possible in part by Ohio Humanities and is the result of an extraordinarily, successful multi-year collaboration of communities in six South Central Ohio counties to recognize, document,
- [Ohio & Erie Canal “Southern Descent” Heritage Trail Lockbourne Kickoff](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/ohio-erie-canal-southern-descent-heritage-trail-lockbourne-kickoff/) - The Scenic Scioto Heritage Trail and its canal partners are excited to announce the long-awaited Ohio & Erie Canal “Southern Descent” Heritage Trail. This new trail is made possible in part by Ohio Humanities and is the result of an extraordinarily, successful multi-year collaboration of communities in six South Central Ohio counties to recognize, document,
- ["Let Ohio Women Vote" Virtual Preview](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/let-ohio-women-vote-virtual-preview/) - Let Ohio Women Vote tells the story of the long fight for women’s suffrage in our state – a fight which created unpredictable alliances as well as surprising connections to national events. The documentary will premiere in the fall of 2021. Click here to register or call Kate Spencer at 937-220-1669 by August 18 to join
- [Trauma, Love, & Motherhood: Contemporary Themes in Verdi's Il Trovatore](https://www.ohiohumanities.org/event/trauma-love-motherhood-contemporary-themes-in-verdis-il-trovatore/) - Join the Toledo Opera for a panel offering a fresh perspective on Il Trovatore, and explores thematic connections to contemporary life in Toledo, by examining the character arc of Azucena, a Roma woman who avenges her mother's murder through an unspeakable act. Deep-rooted issues of mental health, trauma, motherhood, and resilience are prevalent throughout the opera

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