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Dayton poet Paul Laurence Dunbar worked with the Hampton University camera club to illustrate his dialect poems.
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In Dayton and Cincinnati art exhibits, artist Erin Smith Glenn shows mastery of mixed media while celebrating Black hair and exploring mental health.
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Adam Alonzo has been taking photos every day for 20 years, and every day he shares five new photos on his website. Alonzo spoke with WYSO’s Jason Reynolds while taking pictures downtown on his lunch break.
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When Ralph Harrell died in 1979, he left behind a funny legacy. Harrell spent most of the 20th century clowning around with the Ringling Brothers and Shrine Circuses. Now, the Miamisburg History Center is celebrating the clown they call “The Original Bozo.”
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Culture Couch producer David Seitz visited the Glen Helen Forest preserve to bring us a story about a high school group called School Forest that grows and nurtures pine trees all year long. And they have been doing it for 75 years.
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Artists in Yellow Springs embrace creative connection through a year-long collaborative project.
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WYSO's Peter Day visits Dayton's premier silent disco to learn about a burgeoning nightlife activity.
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History makes you strong: The story of one painting and a Black family’s legacy in Springfield, OhioArtist Lelia Byron makes public murals and installations nationally and around the world. Before she begins each project, she interviews people in the community. Byron talked to people in Springfield, Ohio about the many meanings of home. Culture Couch producer David Seitz tells us the story of one painting and one family’s history in Black Springfield.
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Striving for the ideal body has always troubled ballet dancers. It can be even harder for Black dancers. However, this is changing. The new Artistic Director of the Dayton Ballet, Brandon Ragland, has been part of this shift. For Culture Couch, David Seitz went to a rehearsal and has this story.
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The Ohio Renaissance Festival is open now and runs till the end of October. WYSO traveled just south of Dayton to find out why thousands of people spend late summer and early fall traveling back to the 1500s.