Category Archives: Events to attend

October 24 Comedy special

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Doug Dangler

Back by unpopular demand: an hour of Craft on the mighty WCBE! Featuring Sarah Vowell, performers from the 2015 Columbus Improv Festival, and Ohio State University comics, it will broadcast at 3 pm on October 24 – unless you know … Continue reading →

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How to Make Money with a 1973 Dodge Polara: Author/Director Eric Dean Seaton

Posted on October 2, 2015 by Doug Dangler

When author/director Eric Dean Seaton attended the Ohio State University, he had a big car and big plans. The first paid off when he rented it out for football players to take dates around town and the second paid off … Continue reading →

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Stewart Huff – On the Road and in Danger

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Doug Dangler

Comedian Stewart Huff, also in town September 3-5 with the Arch City Comedy Festival, has an unusual approach to comedy. First he’s on the road for hundreds of dates per year, hitting comedy clubs across the US. Second, he describes it … Continue reading →

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The Speakeasy Saturday afternoon special

Posted on June 21, 2015 by Doug Dangler

Tune into WCBE on Saturday, June 27, to hear my talk with the fine folks from Columbus Speakeasy.   Jillian Corron, Barbara Allen, Karl Boettcher, Pam Cummings, and Sarah Fulmer tell me about their stories, what being storytellers means to them, and how others can … Continue reading →

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The Complex Legacy of Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Doug Dangler

“‘That’s what presidents do these days,’ we think nowadays, ‘They cover things up.’” James Tobin, professor of Media, Journalism and Film at Miami University and speaker of the above quotation, offers The Man He Became: How FDR Defied Polio to Win … Continue reading →

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Jeff Shaara’s History of Writing

Posted on May 17, 2015 by Doug Dangler

All fourteen of Jeff Shaara’s novels have been New York Times bestsellers, starting with his first, Gods and Generals, in 1996. It’s an impressive track record and he’s got an impressive family history, too. His father, Michael Shaara, won a … Continue reading →

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Journalist makes the supernatural personal

Posted on May 16, 2015 by Doug Dangler

-Tyler Clementi Do you believe in ghosts? First time and Thurber House guest author Janis Heaphy Durham does. Listen to our interview with her, and you might too. Durham is the author of the story of her husband’s passing, the seemingly impossible events … Continue reading →

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John Lescroart: I’m Sorry But I Have to Kill You

Posted on May 5, 2015 by Doug Dangler

He’s killed 70+ people across 25 books, but that doesn’t mean he enjoys it. “I’m going through what’s on that page. Even if someone is getting killed, maybe I’m getting killed, or maybe I’m feeling what occurs before I’m going to … Continue reading →

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Authors Ng, Logsdon, and Umrigar Bring Practical, Tough, Ohioan Writing to Ohioana Book Festival

Posted on April 25, 2015 by Doug Dangler

Tyler Clementi What makes an Ohio writer? What style do Ohio writers use? Broad questions like these invite generalizations, generalizations which might be wildly different from one another. However, authors Celeste Ng, Gene Logsdon, and Thrity Umrigar, all visiting Columbus … Continue reading →

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Marisa de los Santos and writing “minute by minute”

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Doug Dangler

Bestselling author Marisa de los Santos knows about more than just writing books. The bestselling author joined us ahead of her April 1 visit to Columbus’s Thurber House to talk about her successful transition from poetry to prose, the struggle of returning … Continue reading →

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