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Come learn about Ohio in the Civil War at the Dover Public Library with Mark Holbrook!

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 50 perspectives from across Ohio, … Read More

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 square miles, using more than … Read More

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 Station – Ohio’s longest-running lesbian … Read More

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 look at the contributions of … Read More

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 scene to contemporary music styles … Read More

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 to contemporary music styles such … Read More

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 than seven million cubic feet … Read More

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 million cubic feet of earth. … Read More

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 state. The barn builders have … Read More