Join us for these upcoming EVEnts!

*Saturday, August 30, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. Join Bette Lou Higgins at the Ritter Public Library Local Author Fair. Area writers will be spotlighted in this day-long event at the Ritter Library, 5680 Liberty Ave. in Vermilion, Ohio. LOST RESTAURANTS OF DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND will be featured at 3:10 p.m. For complete information contact the library at (440) 967-3798. Get the day's schedule of events.

*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.

*Saturday, September 13, 2025; 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.: Join us for a history writing conference at the Waugaman Gallery in the Avon Lake Public Library; 32649 Electric Blvd in Avon Lake, Ohio. If you're interested in writing about history but don't know how to get started, or you want tips on how to turn your genealogical research into a book, or you're looking to sharpen your history writing skills, then sign up for a FREE one-day conference. Join Eden Valley's Artistic Director, Bette Lou Higgins and local authors Kelly Boyer Sagert, Sherry Spenzer and, Kristine Meldrum Denholm for this informative workshop. Registration is required prior to September 12, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. For more information, call the library at 440-933-8127 or e-mail them.

*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.

*September 25, 2025 & Monday, September 29, 2025: Join us for screenings of TRAIL MAGIC: THE GRANDMA GATEWOOD STORY and VICTORIA WOOHULL: SHATTERING GLASS CEILINGS as part of the Cuyahoga Community College Encore program. COMPLETE REGISTRATION INFORMATION.

*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.

*Tuesday, October 21, 2025: Members of the B J Sisterhood will tet in the spirit with OHIO GHOST STORIES.

*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.

*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

 

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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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