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Inkcarceration Day Two: Unspoken camaraderie through the haunted prison and spontaneous tarot readings
MANSFIELD — The shuttle (a big, yellow school bus) blasted songs from “Journey” and “Alice In Chains,” causing a group sing-a-long, including the bus-driver, as it took me and about 30 other campers from the Richland County Fairgrounds to The Ohio State Reformatory on Saturday. I was still giddy, recovering from Jacoby Shaddix (lead singer […]
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Inkcarceration 2020 canceled at Ohio State Reformatory
MANSFIELD — The Inkcarceration Tattoo and Music Festival has canceled its July 2020 festival. “Let us be clear, this is heartbreaking for us,” organizers of the event said in a press release. “We held out as long as we could and worked extremely hard to find a way to make Inkcarceration happen this year. “But […]
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DMI still holds out hope for Final Fridays, faces financial obstacles
MANSFIELD — Jennifer Kime and her crew still hold out hopes for Season XII of Final Fridays to start on May 29. “It’s definitely possible,” said Kime, chief executive officer of Downtown Mansfield Inc. “We’ll just have to keep waiting to see.” Final Fridays, which began as a way to bring residents downtown on the […]
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Madison grad’s ‘Savage’ dance goes viral on TikTok, helps musician reach no. 1 on iTunes
MANSIFELD — Keara Wilson’s happiest day in recent memory began with several notifications buzzing her phone. Wilson, trained as a freestyle dancer at Sophistication Dance Company and cheerleader at Madison Comprehensive High School, had been posting her original dance moves to her new-found favorite app, TikTok. “I saw all of these people dancing, and I […]