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By: Laila Schwin and Valery Warner April 28, 2022 The fifteenth annual Lakewood Zombie Walk will be taking place this Saturday (April 30) at The Five O’Clock Lounge in Lakewood. The event features a unique parading experience in which everyone is dressed up as zombies. This is a fun for all-ages event for the wholeContinue reading “Annual Lakewood Zombie Walk “

By: Laila Schwin and Valery Warner April 21, 2022 Every year, there are plenty of events to celebrate Earth Day.  Earth Day is about the conservation of our planet and the things that we, as individuals, can do to benefit our planet. Knowing this, there are several fun events that you should consider attending thisContinue reading “Earth Day Agenda”

By: Laila Schwin and Valery Warner April 14, 2022 During the third Friday of every month, 78th Street Studios will be opening their facilities to the public for free art walks and events. Every event will feature the base art of the studio but also the works, experiences, and shops of many other businesses andContinue reading “78th Street Studios Art Walks”

By: Laila Schwin and Valery Warner April 7, 2022 Have you ever wanted to take a walk through an alien realm and explore all of the possibilities of a new land? Well, Otherworld can provide all of that and maybe even more. Otherworld is a Columbus-based, immersive art experience that leads the viewer through aContinue reading “Otherworld Immersive Art “

By: Laila Schwin and Valery Warner March 24, 2022 Clarissa Harlowe Barton was an American nurse and the founder of the American Red Cross. She served as a hospital nurse during the Civil War as well as a teacher and a patent clerk. She is well-known for her humanitarian work and for advocating for civilContinue reading “Women’s History Month: Clara Barton”

By: Laila Schwin and Valery Warner March 17, 2022 Elizabeth Jane Cochran, more commonly known by her pen name, Nellie Bly, was a journalist, charity worker, and inventor. She is well-known for taking a trip around the world in 72 days and for the way that she shaped the concept of investigative journalism.  Bly wasContinue reading “Women’s History Month: Nellie Bly”

By: Laila Schwin and Valery Warner March 10, 2022 Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was an activist as a suffragist and abolitionist, along with being a poet, teacher, public speaker, and writer. She was one of the first African American women able to get her literature published in The United States of America.  Harper was bornContinue reading “Women’s History Month: Frances Harper”

By: Laila Schwin and Valery Warner March 3, 2022 As of March 1, 2022, Women’s History Month began. The theme for this year is “Women who  provide healing and promote hope”. This theme is meant to recognize how women have contributed throughout the world as caretakers, particularly in the medical field as nursing tends toContinue reading “Preview: Women’s History Month”

By: Laila Schwin and Valery Warner February 24, 2022 Alvin Ailey is known for being a choreographer, dancer, and director for various dance companies and later for founding his own dance company, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT). His theater (and later the Ailey School) were created with the focus of highlighting black dancersContinue reading “Black History Month: Alvin Ailey”

By: Laila Schwin and Valery Warner February 17, 2022 Bessie Coleman was the first African American woman to hold a pilot’s license. Equally important, she was the first Native American person to hold one, as well. She excelled greatly as a civilian aviator and spent much of her flight career performing airshows.  Elizabeth (Bessie) ColemanContinue reading “Black History Month: Bessie Coleman”

By: Laila Schwin and Valery Warner February 11, 2022 Jesse Owens is considered to be one of the best track and field athletes of all time and is well-known for earning four gold medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. He also broke several world records for various track and field events throughoutContinue reading “Black History Month: Jesse Owens”

By: Laila Schwin and Valery Warner February 8, 2022 Dorothy Height was an activist for both African American civil rights and women’s rights for most of her life. She focused on issues that greatly-affected African American women such as illiteracy, unemployment, voting rights, and awareness, among other things. Height was considered to be the firstContinue reading “Black History Month: Dorothy Height”