It’s back to school time, so this week, let’s learn about the history of the Ohio State School for the Blind. Established by the State of Ohio in 1837, the Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind was founded in order to educate any blind students living in the state, and was the first […]
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ODN Item of the Week: Songs Without Words
We’ve talked about Akron and the Ohio Ballet in a previous blog post, but not about the annual Akron Dance Festival, also known as the Heinz Poll Summer Dance Festival. Now in its 13th year, the Festival honors the legacy and work of Ohio Ballet’s co-founder, Heinz Poll. Spread out over several weeks of the […]
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Kent State University has done an extremely thorough job of documenting, reflecting on, and memorializing the events of May 1-4, 1970 that culminated in members of the Ohio Army National Guard firing into a group of unarmed students, killing 4 and injuring 9. Some of the students were taking part in a protest of U.S. […]
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The September 1919 issue of the Norwester includes a feature article on the newly-opened Scioto Country Club. Located at the intersection of Riverside Drive and Lane Avenue in Upper Arlington, the Club was originally accessible by two of the city’s trolley lines. Designed as a community and recreation hub, the Club is still going strong […]
Read The Full ArticleODN Item of the Week: Cleveland Public Library
Happy 150th birthday to Cleveland Public Library! Opened in 1869 as a venture of the Cleveland Department of Education, the library has grown from one branch to 27 and from 5,800 to over 10 million items in its collection. CPL began in the 3rd floor of the Northrup and Harrington Building on Superior Ave, but […]
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