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Jordan Strauss/Invision/APNot only is Ohio birthplace to dozens of famous actors -- from Lillian Gish, known as the First Lady of the Screen, to Clark Gable, Paul Newman, Martin Sheen, Tom Hanks, Halle Barry, Rob Lowe and Janelle Monae 鈥� but it's also home to celebrated director Steven Spielberg, Oscar-winning composer Henry Mancini and the Warner brothers. -
Erin Gottsacker/The Ohio NewsroomA once abandoned underground mine in southern Ohio鈥檚 Scioto County now has a new purpose. A local couple decorates the cavern each Christmas to tell the story of Jesus鈥檚 birth.
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Ohio manufacturers are responsible for some of the most popular toys from Christmases past. -
The Sons and Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen recently announced plans to open the state鈥檚 first river maritime academy in eastern Ohio鈥檚 Monroe County. It鈥檚 an effort to address a need for tug boat operators and deckhands. -
To celebrate the holidays, Steubenville decorates its downtown streets with hundreds of giant nutcrackers. The display attracts tens of thousands of visitors to the city. -
On Dec. 15, the public gets to see the final phase of the museum's $150 million transformation of the University Circle campus. -
The sync placement is the first such deal with DC Comics and HBO to be landed by musicians and Columbus natives Taylor Nixon and London Elixir. -
The newly-opened Cedar Point Historical Museum in Downtown Sandusky features memorabilia from the park鈥檚 more than 150 years in operation. -
鈥淲e have something uncomfortable to share with you: Thurber House is struggling to remain open and fulfill our mission,鈥� reads the organization鈥檚 fundraiser page. -
EnterTrainment Junction, a train-themed attraction in West Chester, Ohio, has housed what the owners call the world's largest indoor model train display. It's closing in January. -
Classical 101Thereminist Caroline Scruggs performs a classic song on the electronic instrument she calls her 鈥渟econd voice" in the 星空无限传媒 Performance Studio. Scruggs also shares some thoughts about the theremin's history and what she describes as the instrument's 鈥渄eep humanity.鈥� -
TruBlues975 in Marion bills itself as one of the last remaining radio stations where you can hear the blues. The station hopes it can preserve Ohio鈥檚 history and passion for soul music.
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Stuart鈥檚 Opera House in Nelsonville will be filled with toe-tapping tunes Friday night, as musicians gather to compete in the Ohio State Old Time Fiddlers Contest. -
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. -
Columbus City Council will spend up to $15,000 to pay for the movies so people can stay cool during the heat wave. -
Darius Golds and Magnus Juliano got engaged in 2019 at the 50th anniversary of New York City's Stonewall Uprisings. -
Don MacRostie has been hand crafting mandolins in southeast Ohio for nearly 50 years. -
The Columbus Symphony and CAPA believe new, specific performance spaces are needed because demand for the arts will rise along with projected population growth. -
Two decades after the completion of the flood wall, Franklinton is seeing explosive development. Now gentrification threatens to displace the neighborhood's families. -
The contract is scheduled to take effect on Feb. 5 and will go through June 30, 2026. -
Cleveland Scene music writer Jeff Niesel shares his advice on how to discover more local music in the new year. -
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.
