Reva Kay Hostetler, 74, of Fresno passed away at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus on Saturday September 25, 2021. Reva was born in West Lafayette, Ohio to the late Vernon and Doris (Bates) Green on November 9, 1946. She graduated from Ridgewood High School and was a member of the Church of Christ in Coshocton. […]
Arts & Entertainment
Theater auditions announced
The Coshocton Footlight Players are holding auditions for their upcoming play, “The View from Here.” Director Nathan Mayse will hold auditions at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 26 and at 7 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 27, at the Triple Locks Theater, 411 Hydraulic Ave. There are parts for three women and one man. COVID vaccines […]
Regional photography exhibit to open at museum
The Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum’s exhibition of regional photographers, Capture the Light, will be open to the public on Saturday, Sep. 25. Earlier this year, the Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum called upon photographers that either reside, work, go to school, or grew up in Coshocton, Muskingum, Licking, Holmes, or Tuscarawas counties to submit their photos; this special exhibit is […]
Entries due in November for writing contest
The Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum is pleased to announce The Mary Harris Prizes for non-fiction writing. All entries must be submitted to JHM by Monday, Nov. 1. Essays must be 1,000 – 3,000 words and relate to the Coshocton Frontier. The competition is open to persons of any age who reside or work in Coshocton County, including […]
Museum exhibit open until Sept. 6
The Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum’s exhibition of contemporary art quilts, Pushing the Surface, will be open to the public until Monday, Sept. 6. The exhibition is a dance of color, beauty, ingenuity, and story that showcases pieces made by 22 artists with national and international recognition. Although most of the works share the basic structural characteristics of […]
Community choir holding auditions
The Coshocton Community Choir will hold auditions for new members on Thursday and Friday, Aug. 26 and 27 prior to rehearsals beginning in September. Although the Coshocton Community Choir would technically have begun its 50th season in September 2020, the pandemic caused the choir to cancel three major concerts as well as two youth chorale […]
Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum offering virtual tour for special exhibit
The Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum is offering a virtual gallery tour of its exhibition of contemporary art quilts, Pushing the Surface. The virtual tour will be available to view at http://www.jhmuseum.org/special-exhibit-gallery.html and a link to the 360 video will be provided on the museum’s social media (@jhmuseum31). This exhibition is a dance of color, beauty, ingenuity, and […]
Artist and author seeking old barns in Coshocton
Dr. Robert Kroeger, Cincinnati artist and author, is continuing his Ohio Barn Project and will visit the counties of Tuscarawas and Coshocton on Oct. 9 in search of old barns and compelling stories. Most of Kroeger’s paintings go into fundraisers for historical societies and museums – as do sales of his book, “Historic Barns of […]
73rd Annual West Lafayette Homecoming will be packed full of fun
The 73rd Annual West Lafayette Homecoming Parade will begin Friday evening at 7 p.m. on July 30. The theme this year is Down on the Farm. Wendell Waters with his wife Marcia from WenMar Farms will be Grand Marshall of the homecoming parade. They have farmed in the area for many years and in 2017 received the […]
