HAVANA, Cuba – – A U.S. delegation of cultural leaders and artists, including Usher and Kal Penn, arrived in Havana, Cuba on Monday, as part of a four-day artistic exchange. The 33-person cultural delegation visited Cuba’s famous University of the Arts, where musicians performed a concert with classical music and folkloric dance performances. Kal Penn, […]
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Rockapella will rock The Ren on Saturday
MANSFIELD — Famed a cappella group Rockapella will perform live in concert at the Renaissance Theatre on Saturday, April 23 at 8 p.m. Since the early ’90’s when they first achieved national television fame on PBS’s “Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?” Rockapella has toured the globe and provided a funky powerful soundtrack to […]
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Ohio Adrenaline Elite teams inspired by cancer-stricken coach
LEXINGTON — The Ohio Adrenaline Elite, a local cheer company in Lexington, brought home a pair of winners over the weekend at the national championships competition. The senior team won first place and the junior team took second. Below the teams and the staff offer a testimony to their inspiration. Our Inspiration By The Ohio […]
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Pour Your Support raises funds for Mansfield YMCA
MANSFIELD — On Friday, April 15, The Mansfield Area Y held its first Pour Your Support event at Ed Pickens’ Café on Main. The event kicked off the Mansfield Area Y’s annual campaign. Over 125 guests enjoyed hors d’oeuvres, a wine tasting and a silent auction. The event featured a testimonial by keynote speaker Bill Rogers, […]
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Mayflower Memorial Church 1905
At the turn of the last century Miss Susan Sturges felt very strongly that everyone in town needed the benefits of belonging to a Congregational Church. So, if folks in the north end of town weren’t going to travel down to Park Avenue West to attend First Congregational, then she would build a second Congregational […]
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Library to host musical tribute to Civilian Conservation Corps
MANSFIELD — Michigan based author Bill Jamerson will present an hour-long music and storytelling program about the Civilian Conservation Corps at the Mansfield-Richland County Public Library on Tuesday, April 19, at 6 pm. The program is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Dressed in uniform, Jamerson tells stories, shows a clip […]
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‘Art of the Brick’ exhibit returning to Mansfield Art Center
MANSFIELD — Prepare to be amazed — and maybe even inspired — by Nathan Sawaya’s complex LEGO building brick sculptures when “The Art of the Brick” returns to the Mansfield Art Center May 7 through Aug. 27. The exhibition features more than two dozen sculptures not displayed when “The Art of the Brick” had its […]
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Liederkranz offers expanding menu for public consumption
I like German food, but I don’t get to have it that often – my wife is a recovering vegetarian and heavy German sausage can give her the meat horrors. I have no such qualms, so with this in mind I decided to check out the Mansfield Liederkranz. Tucked away off 4th Street – down […]
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Student production of “Les Misérables” aims to amaze
MANSFIELD – The celebrated story of heartbreak, passion and resilience of the human spirit embodied by “Les Misérables” is coming back to the Renaissance Theatre in an all-youth production. The Mansfield Youth Theatre tackles a slightly abridged version of the challenging musical by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, based on Victor Hugo’s epic novel. But […]
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Richland Chronicles Chapter 6: A Blue Breakfast
Editor’s Note: This is an ongoing series which runs each Thursday morning titled the Richland Chronicles by author Paul Lintern. It is set in 1831 and tells the story of Richland County through the eyes of a young girl. Amelia woke up to an aroma that was foreign to her, but not unpleasant. Its warm aroma […]