*Monday, September
15, 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
9, 2025; 6:00 p.m.:
Take a LIGHTNING FAST LOOK AT LORAIN COUNTY at the annual dinner of
the Spirit
of 76 Museum at the Wellington Eagles #2051 at 631 South Main
St. in Wellington, Ohio. This storytelling program will take the group
on a trip through time with fun facts, trivial tidbits and surprising
stories. Tickets will include the program and dinner and will be available
in September. Watch this space for information!
*Friday, October 10,
2025; 6:00 p.m.:
See the Emmy-nominated documentary, TRAIL
MAGIC: THE GRANDMA GATEWOOD STORY,
when the
Logan
Theater at 88 Main St. in Logan, Ohio presents this film about
the first woman to solo thru-hike the Appalachian Trail. The screening
is open to the public and tickets are $5.00/person. For more information,
call the theater at 740-385-3012.
*Saturday, October
18, 2025; 12:00 p.m.: Get
in the spirit with OHIO GHOST STORIES at the Baseball
Heritage Museum, 6601 Lexington Avenue in Cleveland. Hear the
story of Shoeless Joe Jackson, the Collinwood fire and other ghostly
events at this special storytelling event. The presentation is open
to the public. Tickets are $10/person and includes museum admission
and the show. For more information, call the museum at 216-789-1083
or e-mail them.
*Tuesday, October
21, 2025: Members
of the B J Sisterhood will get in the spirit with OHIO GHOST STORIES.
*Monday, October 27,
2025; 10:00 a.m.: Enjoy
meeting some ghosts at the Stow Community & Senior Center at 3544
Fishcreek Rd. in Stow, Ohio. Bette Lou Higgins will tell OHIO GHOST
STORIES that will put some spirit in our history. Tickets are $5.00/person.
For information contact the Senior Center at 330-689-5153.
*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.
*Saturday, December
20, 2025; 12:00 p.m.: Get
in the holdiay spirit with STORIES FROM A CHRISTMAS PAST at the Baseball
Heritage Museum, 6601 Lexington Avenue in Cleveland. Hear the
story of Cleveland's first Christmas Tree; meet the Ohioan who gave
us "Up On The Housetop" and find out why the school teachers
in the 1800s dreaded Christmas day. The presentation is open to the
public. Tickets are $10/person and includes museum admission and the
show. For more information, call the museum at 216-789-1083 or e-mail
them.
*Wednesday, March
11, 2026; 7:00 p.m.: GRANDMA
GATEWOOD: OHIO'S LEGENDARY HIKER will
be presented by
the Mayfield Township Historical Society at 6621 Wilson Mills Rd.
in Mayfield Village, Ohio. Travel back to 1955 an take a journey with
the first woman to solo thru-hike the 2,050-mile Appalachian Trail
as Bette Lou Higgins presents storytelling program that is free and
open to the public. For more information contact the society at (440)
461-0055 or e-mail
them.
*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