Join us for these upcoming EVEnts!

*Wednesday, May 7, 2025; 6:00 p.m.: Take a trip AROUND LORAIN COUNTY at the Elyria Central Branch Library at 211 Second Street in Elyria. Travel 923 square miles in 30 Minutes (more or less) on this lightning-fast storytelling program celebrating Lorain county history. The program is FREE and open to the public. Registration is required. Call the library at 440-322-0461 for more information.

*Friday, May 9, 2025: Members of the Akron Women's City Club will celebrate Grandma Gatewood's 70th Anniversary with a presentation of .

*Monday, May 12, 2025: Residents of Pioneer Ridge take a LIGHTNING-FAST LOOK AT LORAIN COUNTY.

*Saturday, June 7, 2025; 10:30 a.m.: Hear the story of our first female Presidential Candidate when the Ashland BPW hosts a presentation of MADAM PRESIDENT: THE STORY OF VICTORIA WOODHULL. Bette Lou Higgins will tell the story of this ahead-of-her-time woman who supported an eight-hour work day, minority representation in Congress, universal suffrage for women, public housing for the poor, a national education system, and the creation of an international body to help prevent war around the world. This event is open to the public. Tickets are $20/person and includes lunch and the show.

*Thursday, June 19, 2025; 7:00 p.m.: Take A TOUR OF CLEVELAND RESTAURANTS IN 30 MINUTES -- MORE OR LESS! at the Parma Hts. Public Library; 6206 Pearl Rd.; Parma Hts., Ohio. Based on Bette Lou Higgins' book, Lost Restaurants Of Downtown Cleveland you'll be transported back in time to find out what it was like at these historic restaurants in their heyday. This storytelling program is FREE and open to the public, but registration is required. For information and registration, contact the library at 440-884-2313.

*Monday, July 14, 2025: Residents of Pioneer Ridge will find out about VICTORIA WOODHULL: SHATTERING GLASS CEILINGS.

*Saturday, July 19, 2025; 6:30 p.m.: Take a trip back in time with Foster Brown and Bette Lou Higgins when they present CANAL SONGS AND STORIES for the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Ohio-Erie Canal. The canal brought prosperity to the state by providing a faster transportation route through the frontier. Farmers could get their produce out for sale and they could purchase goods from the East. Progress! The program will be presented at The Cleveland Metroparks Brecksville Nature Center, 9000 Chippewa Creek Dr. in Brecksville, Ohio. Tickets are $5.00/person. Contact the Nature Center at 440-526-1012 for information and reservations.

*Thursday, July 31, 2025; 6:30 p.m.: City Of Johnson City Senior Center will host a screening of our newest documentary, VICTORIA WOODHULL: SHATTERING GLASS CEILINGS about our first female presidential candidate from 1872. The event includes dinner and the movie. Tickets are $5.00 and can be purchased by registering with Jessica Thomas at the center at 423-434-6237 or going in person to the center at 510 Bert Street, Johnson City, Tennessee. This program is open to Seniors age 50+ and registration is required.

*Wednesday, September 10, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. See our newest documentary, VICTORIA WOODHULL: SHATTERING GLASS CEILINGS at the downtown Newark Library; 101 West Main Street in Newark, OH. Victoria was the first woman to run for President in 1872 -- at a time when she couldn't even vote for herself AND she was in jail on election day! The program is FREE and open to the public. For more information, contact the library at 740-349-5500.

*Monday, September 14, 2025: Residents of Pioneer Ridge will hear some TALES OF THE WESTERN RESERVE.

*Friday, September 19, 2025; 12:30 p.m.: Hear the story of Cleveland Browns Hall-Of-Famer, Dante Lavelli when the Independence Library at 6361 Selig Drive in Independence, Ohio hosts a presentation of DANTE LAVELLI: HE JUST WANTED TO PLAY BALL. This storytelling program is FREE and open to the public. For more information call the library at 216-447-0160.

*Thursday, October 30, 2025; 6:30 p.m.: Get in the spirit with OHIO GHOST STORIES at the Milan-Berlin Library; 19 East Church Street; Milan, OH. Hear some stories from the state's haunted past in this storytelling program that is FREE and open to the public. For more information call the library at 419-499-4117

*Monday, November 10, 2025: Residents of Pioneer Ridge will commemorate Veteran's Day with the storytelling program, MEET MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE.

*Thursday, March 26, 2026; 6:30 p.m.: See the new documentary, VICTORIA WOODHULL: SHATTERING GLASS CEILINGS about our first female Presidential Candidate. The South Newbury Union Chapel will host this screening at the Kent State University Geauga Campus at 14111 Claridon-Troy Road in Burton, Ohio at the Clark Commons. Ohioan Victoria Woodhull ran in 1872 at a time when women didn't even have the right to vote. As if that isn't bad enough -- she wasn't even old enough to BE president if she had won! The presentation is FREE and open to the public. For more information, e-mail the South Newbury Union Chapel

 

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For additional information arts and history related information and on other events in Northern Ohio, visit

• That Woman's Blog
• Vermilion Views
• The Oberlin Heritage Center
• The Lorain County Historical Society
• The Lorain Historical Society
  
• The Rocky River Historical Society

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