Life & Culture News

The Ashland County Parks District will hold its Maple Syrup Day event from 11:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Sunday, March 7 at Cooke Family Wildlife Conservation Park.

MANSFIELD -- The Rotary Club of Mansfield celebrated its 100th anniversary by setting up a scholarship fund at the Foundation. It is called the Mansfield Rotary Centennial Scholarship Fund.

COLUMBUS -- Spring is just around the corner, and fishing tackle is being pulled out of garages and attics all over north central Ohio.

MANSFIELD -- Mansfield’s Venus Lodge #152 had its annual Masonic Service Awards aanquet on Friday, Feb. 26 at the Masonic Complex building at 1250 Middle-Bellville Road.

MANSFIELD – The 10th annual Raising Richland Community Garden Summit will be held in a virtual format starting Thursday, March 11, 2021.

MANSFIELD — Meeting people where they’re at has been one of Richland Pregnancy Services’ goals since its inception. Now, this goal has taken on the literal sense with the organization’s expansion of services into downtown Mansfield. 

MANSFIELD -- Richland Public Health has released this week's statistics on COVID-19 data.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Ashland native Jeff Snook posted the story below on his Facebook page and agreed to allow Ashland Source to share it with his hometown community. Snook is a sports reporter now based in Florida who has worked at various outlets around the country and authored a number of books, some on Ohio State football.

MANSFIELD — Richland County Children Services (RCCS) is helping celebrate this year’s Social Work Month in March with the theme “Social Workers are Essential” to highlight the invaluable contributions social workers make in our society, especially as this nation addresses the Coronavirus pandemic.

MANSFIELD -- Kingwood Center Gardens will be hosting the Colonial America in cross-stitch Exhibit by Carol Snider on March 1 through 14.

MANSFIELD -- The Renaissance Theatre has announced its latest streaming production of the new film division, Ren Studios.

ASHLAND -- Ashland University Theatre continues its 2020-2021 season celebrating the wonder of human connection with The Theory of Relativity.

Damien Beauford sat next to him and shared a prison meal. Chris Hahn beat him with a baton outside a cell.

MANSFIELD – It all started several years ago, from the back of Angie Henke’s car. Motivated by a strong drive to help locals who were struggling financially, Henke regularly met individuals in parking lots to distribute donated essentials like formula, school uniforms and diapers.

SHELBY -- Hungry for some Girl Scout cookies?

Jean Taddie is a community involved person. She worked as a director over at the North Central Ohio Land Conservancy, and before that, a program manager for the North End Community Improvement Collaborative, which started as a community organizer role. She’s also served part-time on the Mans…

MANSFIELD -- CrossRiver Media has announced its newest book, An Unnatural Beauty: Rediscovering the Beauty of Holiness, by Mansfield author M. Esther Lovejoy.

A project led by the Medina County Park District and funded largely through the H2Ohio initiative may one day allow the public to enjoy the site again -- as wetlands and a park. 

ASHLAND -- Fostering Family Ministries has been awarded a 20,000 Outreach Fund Grant through Trinity Lutheran Church of Ashland.

MANSFIELD -- The Renaissance Theatre has announced virtual auditions for its 2021 Summer musical, Hairspray.

BELLVILLE -- A giant American flag is fluttering in the wintry breeze above Love’s Travel Stop in Bellville once again.

CLEVELAND -- The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announced this week its nominees for induction into the 2021 class at the Cleveland museum.

Editor's Note: This is the fourth and final of an ongoing series on mental health through the campaign KnowItB4UNeedIt, which encourages community members to educate themselves on the social services Richland county has to offer. These stories encompass local mental health services and ways …

SHELBY -- The family of Alexa Robinson has turned to The Shelby Foundation to establish a scholarship fund in her memory. 

MANSFIELD -- The Renaissance Theatre’s popular production of Always...Patsy Cline, starring Kelly Knowlton, is set to be filmed by the new division of the Renaissance Theatre, Ren Studios, for at-home streaming.

MANSFIELD – The Richland County Foundation Board of Trustees approved grants totaling $1,775,600 during its February meeting.

COLUMBUS -- CAPA and Broadway in Columbus announced this week the lineup for the 2021-22 Broadway season.

Climate change is not just an environmental issue to retired psychology professor Paul Robinson. It’s a moral and a spiritual one. 

MANSFIELD -- The Mansfield Art Center will present the first solo exhibition and first artist, Braxton C. Daniels III, on Saturday, Feb. 6 in a new “small space gallery” on the foundation floor, named the REACH Gallery.

As Catalyst Life Services celebrates its upcoming virtual 30th annual telethon on Feb. 6, individuals that have benefitted from their services take part in remembering how Catalyst helped save them. 

The National Endowment for the Arts has announced  the Emerging Artists Program of Mansfield’s Renaissance Theatre has been awarded a funding grant for the 2021-2022 season.

MANSFIELD — The Richland County Youth Substance Use Coalition is asking the public to help create a healthier community and prevent substance abuse by properly disposing of all unused or expired medications.

MANSFIELD – The Richland Academy of the Arts Board of Directors have decided under the guidance of the Richland County Health Department to close the Richland Academy building for 2 weeks because of COVID-19.

MANSFIELD -- Author Willie Davis has written a historical fiction novel on how one small Appalachian Kentucky town can lay claim to helping build the United States.

COLUMBUS -- Recently allocated $1.25 million of the State of Ohio’s 2020 capital budget, the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts (CAPA) has combined a portion of the State funds — which must be used for the repair, reconstruction, or construction of physical property — with donations from private sources to begin a $900,000 renovation of the historic Ohio Theatre’s loge, mezzanine, and balcony.

MANSFIELD -- Venus Lodge #152 Freemasons of Mansfield had its 173rd annual installation of officers on Friday, Jan. 22 at the Masonic Complex building at 1250 Middle-Bellville Road.

MANSFIELD -- The Guidestar Platinum Seal allows donors to focus on progress and results. Little Buckeye Children's Museum in Mansfield has earned the 2021 Platinum Seal of Transparency, the highest level of recognition offered by GuideStar.

MANSFIELD – Like most establishments in the past year that remain on the brink of temporary closure due to COVID-19, workout facilities also face that challenge. 

MANSFIELD -- The Renaissance Theatre and Mansfield Symphony announce virtual auditions for the 2021 West Side Story in Concert which will take place live on stage March 20, 2021 at the Renaissance Theatre, 138 Park Avenue West in Mansfield.

MANSFIELD -- Richland Newhope/Richland County Board of Developmental Disabilities is now seeking nominations for its CARE awards.

MANSFIELD -- The Ohio State University Mansfield is putting out the call for those interested in drama.

MANSFIELD — If you're "looking for something" to do this weekend, the Renaissance Theatre presents a pandemic-friendly entertainment option that you can enjoy at home.

MANSFIELD -- After canceling its July 2020 festival, the Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival appears to be back on track for 2021 as new dates were officially announced Tuesday. 

MANSFIELD -- Richland Academy of the Arts has recently expanded their music department with new private lesson options available.

CUMBERLAND, Ohio – Six cheetah cubs born at The Wilds on Oct. 31, 2019 have been trailblazers since their arrival, as they are quite a large litter for a first-time mother and are a part of significant conservation efforts to save this vulnerable species.

MANSFIELD — Please join Richland Soil & Water Conservation District (Richland SWCD) and the Mansfield/Richland County Public Library (MRCPL) for free Virtual Conservation Story Times.

BELLVILLE -- The 15th annual “Will Tube for Food” event to benefit Catalyst Life Services, will be held at Snow Trails Vertical Descent Tubing Park during Glow Tubing on Wednesday, Jan. 20 from 5 to 10 p.m.