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The University of Dayton has one of the largest collections of nativities in the country.
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A decade ago, artists broke into Springfield’s crumbling industrial buildings to create images that might appear in a Rust Belt autopsy. They’re now creating vibrant murals adding splashes of color to a reviving downtown and elsewhere. WYSO Clark County reporter Tom Stafford tells us the transformation began on a chance bike ride through a town on Hudson River.
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Mention Maurice Sendak, and people think of Where the Wild Things Are. Max and his sailboat and those giant creatures. A new exhibit at the Columbus Museum of Art aims to show that Maurice Sendak was much more than a beloved children’s book author. He is a great American artist of the twentieth century. David Seitz talked with two people who knew Sendak well, and they told him about his creative process.
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The influx of huge multiplex cinemas in the 80’s and 90’s marked the end for many struggling, independent movie theaters. Now the tide is turning. As industry behemoths AMC and Cineworld contemplate drastic measures to stay afloat, small town theaters in the Miami Valley are experiencing a renaissance.
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People are racing power tools in downtown Dayton, Ohio.
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Discover a studio in Miamisburg, where a local group of aerial artists train and share their love of aerial silks.
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Filmmaker Deborah Shaffer will be at The Neon tonight (Thursday, September 8) for a screening of her 1979 film “The Wobblies” with a Q&A session afterwards. It’s about the Industrial Workers of the World–the labor union that had over one hundred and fifty thousand members during its heyday in 1917. The IWW’s mission then and now is to organize “One Big Union” for workers across all industries.
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Over the course of a lifetime, an artist may produce hundreds of works. And if they don’t make it big, what happens to it all when the artist dies? Culture Couch producer Susan Byrnes finds out as she follows the story of the late Dayton painter Curtis Barnes.
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In this excerpt from WYSO Weekend, long-time music host on WYSO, Dave Barber, talks about his early days at the station. He also talks about his current show, NiteTrane, and offers up one of the tracks he first heard on WYSO.
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Long before food trucks became trendy, a horse drawn cart in Miamisburg was a favorite spot for hungry residents and visitors. The horse is long gone, but the century-old recipe has been ranked one of the top 100 hamburgers in the United States by the book “Hamburger America.”
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On Saturday, September 10, Ira Glass will be in Dayton. WYSO’s general manager, Luke Dennis, talks about the creator, producer & host of This American Life - including his influence in the development of the Eichelberger Center for Community Voices.
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They’re called Shovel Bums -- the oddballs and vibrant souls who do under-the-radar archaeology at construction projects all over the world.