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Festivities at the Ohio State Fair officially kicked off in Columbus on Wednesday morning with a ceremonial ribbon cutting by Gov. Mike DeWine and his family and the blasting of confetti cannons held by state officials.
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A once vibrant amusement park in Northeast Ohio closed almost 50 years ago. Now, efforts are underway to restore the history of Chippewa Lake.
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Classical 101However we define it, home is something that lives in us as much as we live in it. In its most recent recording, the Austin-based Miró Quartet showcases beguiling American works that explore the meaning of home.
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The podcast explores hundreds of years of history of the Shawnee tribes of Ohio and how they're reconnecting to the land today.
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Dayton-native and Academy Award-winner David Berry pioneered special effects for hit films of the late 1970s and 1980s, such as Star Wars, Star Trek and Indiana Jones.
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Brown-Harris Cemetery was lost for years before a headstone was found in 2004. Even then, the cemetery was untouched until the city of Dublin surveyed the land in 2020.
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Classical 101A new recording of two of Mozart’s most popular piano concertos is a reminder of the remarkable dynamism of Mozart’s gift for improvisation. It's the culmination of a 30-year project to record Mozart’s complete works in historically informed performances that showcase pianist, Mozart scholar and Harvard University professor emeritus Robert Levin’s improvised cadenzas.
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The documentary "Free Beer Tomorrow" will come out in 2025, telling the story of Jack's/Summit Station, a Columbus lesbian bar that opened in the 1970s and was in business until 2008.
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Beverly Grant hitchhiked to the Woodstock festival in August 1969 without a ticket and slept on straw. Ellen Shelburne arrived in a VW Microbus and pitched a pup tent.
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For the second year, the Woodstock Oral History Initiative will be gathering stories at ComFest. The accounts will become part of the Museum at Bethel Woods' collection.
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The Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts will visit Ohio this week in an effort to better understand how to serve the state’s rural communities.
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Come mid-July, CAPA is rolling out “all-in” pricing that show the total, including fees, up front. CAPA CEO Chad Whittington said the effort is about transparency.
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Columbus City Council will spend up to $15,000 to pay for the movies so people can stay cool during the heat wave.
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Darius Golds and Magnus Juliano got engaged in 2019 at the 50th anniversary of New York City's Stonewall Uprisings.
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Don MacRostie has been hand crafting mandolins in southeast Ohio for nearly 50 years.
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The Columbus Symphony and CAPA believe new, specific performance spaces are needed because demand for the arts will rise along with projected population growth.
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Two decades after the completion of the flood wall, Franklinton is seeing explosive development. Now gentrification threatens to displace the neighborhood's families.
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The contract is scheduled to take effect on Feb. 5 and will go through June 30, 2026.
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Cleveland Scene music writer Jeff Niesel shares his advice on how to discover more local music in the new year.
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Actors Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan give warm, deeply sympathetic performances as wide-ranging musician Leonard Bernstein and his wife, Felicia Montealegre Cohn, in a biopic directed by Cooper.
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Business & EconomySome in the Columbus film industry say there's less work to go around, while others note steady business that leaves Columbus poised to tackle a new part of the market.
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More concerts and events are scheduled to be announced over the next two weeks.