‘The Color Purple’ to exhibit a meaningful story during Black History Month
By Hannah Burkhart | Feb. 13, 2020The national broadway tour will come to OU on Sunday.
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Athena Cinema to screen Metropolitan Operas throughout spring semester
By Riley Runnells | Jan. 30, 2020The live broadcasts range from Porgy and Bess to Maria Stuarda.
#SpeakUp organization provides poetry workshops to unlock trauma through writing
By Lauren Serge | Jan. 28, 2020#SpeakUp works to promote gender equality and has formed a #HealingWords event where poetry can be taught and openly discussed.
Family Art Encounters program educates at an early age
By Riley Runnells | Jan. 26, 2020The January program features a craft inspired by photographer Burhan Dogancay.
Annual Holiday Bazaar to feature local artisans
By Baylee DeMuth | Dec. 4, 2019The annual Holiday Bazaar in the Dairy Barn Arts Center is the perfect place to holiday shop.
Debating the right time to play Christmas music
By Jack Hiltner | Oct. 28, 2019Just how early is too early for Christmas music?
‘Jersey Boys’ musical has audience members saying ‘Oh, What A Night’
By Riley Runnells | Oct. 22, 2019The actors and technicians were all at the top of their game.
Local artist makes resin art
By Lily Roby | Oct. 1, 2019Sarah Melaragno, a senior studying interactive multimedia, makes trash into art.
Athens MakerSpace to hold Abstract Metal Art and Sculpture workshop
By Keri Johnson | Sep. 16, 2019Athens MakerSpace will hold a scrap metal art workshop this fall.
Quilt Fest to celebrate fiber arts with exhibitors from across Ohio and surrounding states
By Baylee DeMuth | Aug. 28, 2019The Dairy Barn Arts Center is partnering with the Athens Area Fiber Fair to form Athens’ first Quilt Fest.
Student film organization to showcase a year’s worth of productions at end of the year premiere
By Baylee DeMuth | Apr. 23, 2019Rough Cut Collective will showcase a variety of films and projects the organization has been working the past two semesters.
Ohio University to perform fun and accessible rendition of Mozart’s ‘The Magic Flute’ on Tuesday
By Joseph Stanichar | Apr. 21, 2019With more than one hundred combined musicians and singers onstage, the performance aims to show how opera can be fun for everyone.
Playwrights festival to feature three fully produced plays
By Baylee DeMuth | Apr. 15, 2019Six plays written by graduate students will be presented in semi-staged readings, and three will be performed in rotating repertory.
Interactive movies are a great addition to the film industry, but not revolutionary
By Riley Runnells | Apr. 11, 2019After ‘Black Mirror: Bandersnatch’ gained popularity, the question remained whether interactive movies would become the next big thing.
Weekender Briefs: Head to 17Fest; see which drag queen will be crowned the first-ever Miss Uncorked
By Megan Gordin | Apr. 10, 2019Need weekend plans? We’ve got you covered.
Annual spring senior dance concert to showcase five senior choreographed works
By Baylee DeMuth | Apr. 9, 2019The School of Dance presents the annual spring senior dance concert, the culminating project for dance majors.
‘Romeo and Juliet’ defy the stars in '90s Berlin during OU School of Theater production
By Joseph Stanichar | Apr. 4, 2019The star-crossed lovers ‘Romeo and Juliet’ meet in post-Berlin Wall Germany for OU’s performance of the Shakespeare classic.
Southeast Ohio’s haunted theater intrigues visitors and ghosts alike
By Ashton Nichols | Apr. 3, 2019The old opera house was built in 1892 and houses 14 spirits, according to a ghosthunter.
Charlie Haskins creates unorthodox, award-winning artwork
By Maisie FItzmaurice | Apr. 3, 2019Haskins is a Southern Ohio native.
Weekender Briefs: Experience the International Street Fair; laugh with your mom at the Demetri Martin stand up show
By Megan Gordin | Apr. 3, 2019Here’s what’s going on in Athens this weekend.
