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EDISON: CODY YORK; SKIING: NATE WOLLESON; BURGER: COURTESY OF MASS MEDIA DESIGNS; BEER: SAM KENDALL

40 FEATURES //

30 Winter Getaways Enjoy scenic hikes, frozen waterfalls and cozy cottages.

Here are ideas for making the most of the season.

40 A Bright Future The Thomas Edison Birthplace Museum tells how one of the world’s greatest inventors got his start here.

46 The Style Masters From hop heroes to lager champs, these five Ohio breweries are doing craft beer right.

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14 Calendar of Events

2 Connect

23 Farm & Table

4 Editor’s Note 5 1803 Chagrin Valley Soap & Salve makes organic skin-care products, and Austin Carr talks about the All-Star Game.

9 Datebook

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See wood-turned artistry in Zanesville, and explore connections between classic and present-day art in Akron.

Swig in Perrysburg serves great from-scratch eats, and Belle of Dayton’s cozy bar stirs up signature cocktails.

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28 LiveWell Help make a difference by supporting blood drives. Plus, learn three ways to make an impact on your heart health.

72 Milestones A late-January snowstorm that hit the Ohio Valley is infamously remembered as The Blizzard of ’78.

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53 Underground Railroad

ON THE COVER: Upper Falls in the Old Man’s Cave area of Hocking Hills State Park PHOTO BY GABE LEIDY

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Located in the highest valley east of the Mississippi River at an elevation of 3,300 feet and with an abundant yearly snowfall average of 150 inches, Tucker County, West Virginia’s Canaan Valley boasts breathtaking natural sights that makes for a memorable winter getaway. Here, visitors will find three impressive ski resorts, all within a few miles of one another.

Canaan Valley Resort is a great destination for families and those who are just learning to ski. It also offers the thrilling experience of snow tubing. Timberline Mountain has seen more than $10 million in upgrades to its snowmaking system and ski lodge, and it offers the only six-person, high-speed chairlift in the state. The White Grass Ski Touring Center is known for its scenic snowshoe trails and has an excellent cafe that serves soups, sandwiches and freshly baked cookies.

Another winter favorite is the sled run at Blackwater Falls State Park. It is the perfect destination for both adults and children of all ages who want to ride over a quarter mile of fresh mountain snow on what is billed as the East Coast’s

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West Virginia’s Canaan Valley offers a great winter getaway thanks to three ski resorts that cater to a range of ages.

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After your day outside, explore the trendy restaurants, breweries and art galleries found in the nearby mountain towns of Davis and Thomas, located just 10 miles away from the ski resorts. For more information, visit canaanvalley.org.

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Ohio Eats: Known for its fun and inviting roadside signs, Mom Wilson’s Country Sausage Mart has been selling meats since 1959. We stepped inside the third-generation family business in Delaware to see what has made it a local landmark, from the sausage, bratwurst and bologna to the folksy knickknacks and kitchen items. ohiomagazine.com/momwilsons

from the archive: It’s the season of snuggling up! When it comes to great winter escapes, these five cozy cabins offer a mix of quiet seclusion, rustic charm and fun features. Enjoy a weekend retreat at a charming treehouse perfect for adults, disconnect in a cool A-frame, relax at a woodsy sanctuary and more. ohiomagazine.com/ cozycabins

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Ohio Craft Beer @ohiocraftbeer Ohio’s craft brewery scene is booming, so stay up to date on new releases and fun collaborations.

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instagram shoutout: @caramelladura Diane Lupo Rolfe captures beautiful photos across northeast Ohio — of landscapes, Lake Erie sunsets, and even a cast of adorable creatures, like this American robin. “Wildlife photography is like an exercise in empathy,” she says. “My tips for wildlife photography are to be patient, observant and respectful of the animals and their homes. A long lens doesn’t hurt, either.”

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Embrace Winter A

fter I first moved to Cleveland, it took me longer than I care to admit before I figured out exactly how to deal with the winds whipping in from Lake Erie and the mounds of snow that piled up each winter. The solution was as simple as it was effective: Buy some warmer clothes.

There is no way to beat old man winter, but he’s not your enemy either. Once you accept the season of low temperatures (and prepare properly), you start to see the beauty of it all. There’s a sense of solitude that comes from standing in a steady snowfall, listening to the faint hum of the flakes gently hitting the ground.

Then, there’s the undeniable beauty of walking out across a field of snow on a clear and moonlit winter night.

Being an Ohioan means a lot of things, but one of them means embracing winter, and that’s just what we’ve done in this issue. Starting on page 30, we offer ideas and inspiration for planning a winter getaway. If skiing, snowshoeing and hiking are your types of fun, we’ve included great places to do all three. For those whose idea of a perfect winter weekend is being cozied up in a cottage, we share a few destinations we think you’ll love.

Foodies can learn about three Ohio inns where great meals are part of the experience.

We also found a trio of waterfalls that become more beautiful once temperatures fall, as well as an ice fishing operation in northwest Ohio that — when conditions are right — will take you out on Lake Erie via heated airboat for a day you won’t soon forget.

Winter is also the time of year when we traditionally highlight Ohio’s booming craft beer industry. What started as several dozen beer-makers when we first began featuring Ohio brewers each year has now mushroomed into an industry with hundreds of breweries that make an incredible range of styles.

We asked contributing writer and our go-to beer guy David Nilsen to select a handful of Ohio breweries that shine when it comes to a particular style. (Read “The Style Masters” starting on page 46.) Whether you prefer sours, stouts or hoppy beers, David introduces us to five places (and 20 other great beers from across the state) that fans of craft brews will want to try.

We hope this issue helps warm up your winter. Just keep in mind, it also won’t hurt to put on an extra layer and invest in some better gloves.

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Final Tribute n Oct. 11, 1923, two months after President Warren G. Harding’s death, the Harding Memorial Association unveiled a plan to create a monument in his honor, more than a million contributors donated the $977,821 to build it. Located less than a mile and a half from Harding’s home in Marion, the white marble memorial is built to suggest a Greek temple with no roof, fulfilling the former president’s wish to be buried beneath the open sky. 966-870 Delaware Ave., Marion 43302, hardingpresidentialsites.org

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Pure and Simple: The family-owned Chagrin Valley Soap

Game On: Every Wilson football that you’ve seen passed,

& Salve makes organic skin-care products by hand, with a focus on sustainability and authenticity.

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The family-owned Chagrin Valley Soap & Salve makes organic skin-care products by hand, with a focus on sustainability and authenticity.

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hen Chagrin Valley Soap & Salve founder Ida Friedman Kasdan spent 2002 trying to solve her family’s eczema issue, she never envisioned she would be laying the groundwork for a family business.

Her research found that the recommended steroid creams on the market only worsened skin problems, so she began crafting her own using organic ingredients.

“She made a couple products in the kitchen on the stove with a pot and spoons,” says Sam Friedman, Ida’s son and brand director for Chagrin Valley Soap & Salve. “One was a soap bar, and one was an ointment that we called a salve. It completely cleared up the eczema, and, lo and behold, an idea was born.”

Today, more than 300 handmade products are crafted at the company’s facility in Solon. In addition to soaps and salves, the product lineup also includes dry hair shampoo, cuticle cream and deodorant in three different forms.

Some of Chagrin Valley Soap & Salve’s most popular products include its whipped squalane face and eye cream, a revitalizing mousse designed for sensitive skin and a candle filled with hand-poured lotion that, when lit, melts into a warm body oil for soothing all types of skin.

The Friedmans also craft their products using local ingredients, be it oats from Stutzman Farms in Millersburg or goat milk from Hiram’s Mackenzie Creamery.

“Real, organic skincare is very rare,” Friedman explains. “… The most important thing for us is to always buy direct and to ensure the quality of the thing you’re getting, whether it’s a makeup brush or hand-grown sea buckthorn.”

Friedman says any company decision that would not support the missions of sustainability and authenticity is not even a consideration.

“Most businesses tend to chase the dollar. … That’s just not what we do here,” he adds. “We are so true to our process of slow, handcrafted skincare … we’re hopefully [showing] other companies that there’s a value in sticking to that important set of core morals.”

— Sarah Druhan

COURTESY OF CHAGRIN VALLEY SOAP & SALVE

For more information, visit chagrinvalleysoapandsalve.com.

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OHIO FINDS

FASCINATING OBJECTS FROM OUR PAST

LEVENT ISIK’S “MARBLE GAME NO. 2” Signed by the artist and dated 2003

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Game On Every Wilson football that you’ve seen passed, kicked and punted by an NFL team this season had its start in the northwest Ohio town of Ada. FOOTBALL: COURTESY OF WILSON; OHIO FINDS: COURTESY OF GARTH’S AUCTIONEERS & APPRAISERS

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hio’s ties to the National Football League run deep. It grew out of the Ohio League, a semipro circuit that included teams scattered across the Buckeye State. Documents forming the NFL’s forerunner, the American Professional Football Association, were signed at a Canton car dealership in 1920. And since 1955, the Wilson factory in Ada has manufactured “The Duke” — the official football of the NFL.

Wilson began making “The Duke” (which got its name from New York Giants owner Tim Mara’s nickname for his son Wellington) in 1941. The relationship is the longest continuous agreement with a major league sport for a piece of equipment, and “The Duke” has become legendary, says Andy Wentling, manager of the Wilson factory in Ada. “When I got here, I figured it was just a football,” explains the Carey native, who was hired as an engineer at the plant in 2015. “I mean, I played football. My boys play football. I know football … It’s not just a football. So much goes into this thing.”

Leather footballs are the only thing the Ada plant makes — from “The Duke” all the way down to youth footballs. (In 2021, Wilson got the contract for official NBA basketballs following a 37-year hiatus. They’re made overseas, Wentling says, but come to Ada for quality control and for logos to be laser etched on.) Each official NFL football is made with leather from Horween Leather in Chicago and outfitted with a Zebra sensor, which measures spiral rate and speed.

Following the NFL’s conference championship games each year, workers arrive at the plant on Sunday night to start making the official game balls for the Super Bowl to be held two weeks later. Wilson also takes its factory on the road to the big game (and has previously appeared at Pro Football Hall of Fame induction festivities) as part of the NFL Experience.

The company sets up a workshop and demonstrates how footballs are made.

Wentling says his friends teasingly call him “the face of Wilson,” but he knows he’s just a supporting player. As he says, “It’s almost like the game ball is the rock star.” — Vince Guerrieri

hio’s tradition of self-taught artists is a long one, but there are more recent names that have gained recognition as well. Levent Isik is among them. Born in Istanbul, Turkey, in 1961, Isik grew up in Montreal, Canada, before moving to Ohio. He lived in Akron and Cleveland, then settled in Columbus in the late 1980s, leaving behind a job and friends. Art helped fill the void.

As with his involvement in the punk music scene, playing guitar for two bands in Akron, his art had an edge to it. He liked three-dimensional looks and often incorporated found materials into his works. Color was key, and the bright, high-gloss enamel house paint he used was often topped with polyurethane for extra shine. Subjects ranged from animals to heroes real (emergency nurses) and imagined (Wonder Woman).

Production was slow due to the time spent crafting each piece.

The discovery of Isik’s talent is credited to a door-to-door canvasser for Greenpeace who was amazed by the artwork. Following that, Isik began selling his creations, describing his art as “eye candy for the masses.” Isik’s sculpture “Marble Game No. 2,” which is signed by the artist and dated 2003, incorporates a baby bottle and a tin can.

— Richard “Jeff” Jeffers

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SOLD AT AUCTION Richard Jeffers is the owner of Garth’s Auctioneers & Appraisers in Columbus.

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Starring Role Austin Carr was a Cavaliers standout before becoming the team’s TV analyst. As the NBA All-Star Game returns to Cleveland, we talk to the man known as “Mr. Cavalier.”

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f you’re a Cleveland Cavaliers fan, Austin Carr has starred in your highs and lows.

The Cavs took Carr, a scoring machine out of Notre Dame, with the number-one pick in the 1971 NBA Draft, and ultimately retired his number 34. Carr made the 1974 All-Star team and was a member of the upstart 1976 squad that beat the star-heavy Austin Carr became a full-time TV analyst Washington Bullets in the playoffs. That was for the Cleveland Cavaliers in 1997, the last the Cavs’ signature postseason moment of time the city hosted the NBA All-Star Game. glory before its 2016 championship.

Carr, a full-time TV analyst for the Cavs since 1997, is a legitimate state treasure. His enthusiastic homerism features a signature phrase “Get that weak stuff outta here” that even inspired a local beer. Nobody is complaining, and he wouldn’t care if they did.

“The one thing I’ve learned the most is you have to be yourself,” says Carr. “When you try to be somebody else it never works.”

With the NBA All-Star Game returning to Cleveland in February after 25 years, we asked Carr about the All-Star Game’s significance to the city in 1997, his NBA career and what being “in the zone” means now. — Pete Croatto What did having the NBA All-Star Game mean to Cleveland in 1997?

A: It meant a lot, because it really brought eyes on the city. At that time the city was trying to really get themselves back going in the right direction. [Now] the city has done an awful lot to make itself look more modern. … It’s definitely become a destination. When I first came to Cleveland, I never thought that it would be that way. Downtown was really not in good shape. I understood that it was going to be a football town, and I wanted to put basketball on the map there. To have it where it is now, it feels good that I was part of the renaissance.

Many Cavs fans know you as a broadcaster. How would you describe yourself as a player to someone who didn’t see you play?

A: You know what that means? That means I’m old! [Laughs]. The only regrets I have is that I couldn’t stay healthy enough to be myself in the professional rank. After my fourth year and all the operations, man, it was just hard being who I really wanted to be. I’d say I was like Donovan Mitchell [of the Utah Jazz], a physical player who could score from anywhere — and I loved to attack the hoop.

Basketball players get “in the zone.” When do you know you’re “in the zone” calling a game?

A: Usually, it happens when the team is playing well, and you just feel it. They’re making plays.

It’s up and down, fast tempo. What I noticed is it just comes out. That’s when I know I’m in the zone. It flows. You don’t have to think about what’s going on. You just let it happen.

For more information, visit cavs.com.

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he city of Vermilion’s Ice-A-Fair returns with more than 60 ice sculptures displayed throughout town along with ice-carving demonstrations and tours of historic neighborhoods throughout the day. The finale of the evening is Fire & Ice, which showcases fire dancers and music and features an intricately built chimney made of ice blocks and a blazing fire. Children will love the opportunity to explore a frozen playground that includes an ice slide. 11 a.m.–7 p.m., mainstreetvermilion.org

Fresh Perspective: Akron Art Museum’s “Continuum:

Calendar of Events: Your winter plans start here. Check

Historical Resonances in Contemporary Art” examines the connections between classic works and present-day ones.

out our guide to exhibitions, shows and other happenings scheduled between now and the end of February.

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The Wood-Turned Artistry of Wilber C. “Wib” Mock Ongoing: Zanesville, zanesvilleart.org

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uskingum County native Wilbur C. Mock began his woodworking career in 1950. The then-20-year-old apprenticed at Schrock’s Woodcraft and worked at Taylor Woodcraft, all the while studying architectural drawing. In 1954, he opened his own woodworking shop, Mock Woodworking Co. in Zanesville, and ran it for decades before retiring in the 1990s.

Soon after his retirement, Mock took up the hobby of woodturning, creating a variety of beautiful and intri-

cate pieces in the years that followed. Thirty of his works are on display at the Zanesville Museum of Art in “The Wood-Turned Artistry of Wilber C. ‘Wib’ Mock,” an exhibition arranged with the help of Doug Mock, Wilbur’s son, who took over his father’s business and is now himself in the process of retiring.

“Doug Mock reached out to me with an idea to celebrate his father’s artistry with the community,” says Laine Snyder, executive director and chief curator at Zanesville Museum of Art. “Within 24 hours I said, ‘yes.’

I was blown away. His work is so different from others.”

Pieces on display as part of the exhibition include plates, vases, lidded vessels, boxes, a candleholder and bowls in intricate patterns that bring out the natural, earthy look of the wood. Mock created his pieces using both exotic woods as well as those native to Ohio, like cherry, maple, oak and walnut. Snyder says the exhibition is part of the institution’s legacy of recognizing the artistry of the region as well as works by nationally and internationally known artists.

“Zanesville Museum was started in 1936 by philanthropists,” she adds. “It has a long history exhibiting local work.” — Rebecca Vernak

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POP!

Through April 3: Canton

Dive into the world of artists such as Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, Corita Kent and Roy Lichtenstein at the Canton Museum of Art. Emerging first in London in the 1950s, the pop art movement challenged the traditions of fine art, drawing inspiration from popular and mass culture rather than traditional subjects. Along with capturing common household objects and consumer products, the genre features bright colors, humor and irony, as well as innovative techniques like printmaking and mixed media.

The museum’s additional winter exhibitions include “Marvelocity: The Art of Alex Ross,” featuring the work of the world-renowned comic book artist. cantonart.org

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Jan. 11–16: Columbus One magical night, an extraordinary tribe of cats gathers for its annual ball to rejoice and decide which cat will be reborn.

From “Memory” to “Mr. Mistoffelees,” Andrew Lloyd Webber’s seven-time Tony Award winner continues to enchant audiences. capa.com

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Hamilton Jan. 26–Feb. 6: Dayton You’ll want to be in “The Room Where It Happens” when this musical sensation comes to Dayton. With music and lyrics by LinManuel Miranda, experience the story of one of our nation’s founding fathers, propelled by a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, R&B and Broadway. daytonlive.org

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Akron Art Museum’s “Continuum: Historical Resonances in Contemporary Art” examines the visual connections between classic works and present-day ones.

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ayers of color span the canvas, plunging down in the center like a valley between mountain peaks. Artist Marcel Rozek created the abstract work by thinning oil paints with solvent and dripping them on the canvas.

Simply numbered “#57,” the piece is part of the Akron Art Museum exhibition “Continuum: Historical Resonances in Contemporary Art,” which runs through Feb. 27.

“I number the paintings so they don’t give any type of preconceived notion of what it might be,” Rozek says. “Each viewer is invited to really find their own experience within the work.”

His approach fits well in the exhibition, which pairs works by five contemporary artists with pieces from the museum’s historical collections. “Continuum” also features works by Diana al-Hadid, Hildur Ásgeirsdóttir Jónsson, Lori Kella and Antwoine Washington — all artists with ties to northeast Ohio.

Each piece is reminiscent of the historical work it is displayed alongside. The colors in Rozek’s “#57” echo those in “Landscape with Yellow Clouds” and “Bordner Mural,” two paintings created by Cleveland-based artist William Sommer during the first half of the 20th century.

The exhibition strives to achieve two goals, says Seema Rao, deputy director and chief experience officer at the Akron Art Museum, who co-curated the show with assistant curator Jeffrey Katzin. It shows how paintings and styles of generations ago influenced contemporary ones, like the color connections in Rozek’s and Sommer’s pieces or the similarly detailed portraiture present in both contemporary artist Antwoine Washington’s “Powernomics (Woman)” and “Powernomics (Man)” and Elmer Novotny’s 1938 oil painting “The Artist and His Wife.” It also adds a diversity of perspectives to a historical-focused gallery that held only paintings by white men prior to “Continuum.”

“Art is relevant on so many levels and sometimes you see something different by putting it with a different work,” says Rao. “You might have any ingredient in your house, but when you put it with something else, it changes the flavor of it. It’s all about finding new ways to contextualize artworks.” — Ilona Westfall 1 S. High St., Akron 44308, 330/376-9186, akronartmuseum.org

Marcel Rozek’s “#57” (opposite page) is featured in the Akron Art Museum exhibition, as is Hildur Ásgeirsdóttir Jónsson’s “Rainbow Fragment #11” (above).

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JANUARY Central

Festivals JAN 21–22

Columbus Winter Beerfest

Columbus’ largest craft beer festival returns with more than 400 craft beers and cocktails as well as food from local restaurants and food trucks.

Greater Columbus Convention Center, 400 N. High St., Columbus, columbusbeerfest.com.

Visit website for times and prices.

Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, 1813 N. High St., Columbus, 614/292-0538. cartoons. osu.edu. Tues–Sun. 1–5 p.m. Free.

JAN 29–APR 24

Highsight: The Art of Looking Back

See works by the Ohio folk artists known as the memory painters, who offer nostalgic interpretations of Ohio’s past in vivid colors and unassuming lines. Decorative Arts Center of Ohio, 145 E. Main St., Lancaster, 740/681-1423. decartsohio.org. Wed.–Fri. 11 a.m.–4 p.m., Sat.–Sun. 1–4 p.m. Free.

Music + Theater JAN 7–8

JAN 29

Buckeye Lake Winterfest

Arrive at dawn in Buckeye Lake Village to see if Benny The Bass predicts an early spring by eating the bait, followed by predawn fireworks.

Then enjoy the day shopping for specials at the many Winterfest sponsors. 5192 Walnut Rd. SE, Buckeye Lake, buckeyelakecc.com. Visit website for times. Free.

Museums + Exhibits THRU FEB 6

Through Vincent’s Eyes: Van Gogh and His Sources

Examine paintings, drawings and prints by the artists most beloved by Vincent van Gogh. To visually narrate the impact of Van Gogh’s sources, more than 15 signature paintings and drawings by the artist himself are juxtaposed with more than 100 works of art that fed his voracious imagination, from impressionist works to 19thcentury Japanese woodblock prints. Columbus Museum of Art, 480 E. Broad St., Columbus, 614/221-6801. columbusmuseum.org. Visit website for times and prices.

THRU FEB 27

Libbey Glass: 1818-2021

This exhibition celebrates 200 years of the Libbey Glass Co. by way of displays highlighting the products and the history of this glass company that remains in business today. Ohio Glass Museum, 124 W. Main St., Lancaster, 740/6870101. ohioglassmuseum.org. Tues.–Sun. noon–4 p.m. Adults $6, seniors $5, students $3, children under 6 free.

THRU MAY 8

Power Lines: Comics and the Environment

This exhibition surveys over 100 years of comics that depict the pleasures and dangers of human interaction with the environment — including fears about pollution, the celebration of nature preserves, the ways global warming disproportionately affects people of color and more. Billy 14

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Russian Winter Festival I

The seventh annual Russian Winter Festival presents Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” in a program that displays the virtuosity and talents of the Columbus Symphony musicians. Russian Winter Festival II follows on Jan. 21 to 23 with Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff. Ohio Theatre, 39 E. State St., Columbus, 614/469-0939. columbussymphony.com. Fri. 10 a.m. & 7:30 p.m., Sat. 7:30 p.m. Visit website for prices.

JAN 11–16

Cats

The winner of seven Tony Awards including best musical, “Cats” tells the story of an extraordinary tribe of felines that gathers to decide which one will be reborn. Rediscover this beloved musical with breathtaking music, including one of the most treasured songs in musical theater, “Memory.” Ohio Theatre, 39 E. State St., Columbus, 614/469-0939. capa.com. Visit website for times and prices.

Northeast Festivals JAN 15

Winter Wine Affair

Experience wine samples from a multitude of wineries, with bottles available to purchase and take home. Both sessions (afternoon and evening) offer VIP options. Enjoy live music, cheese plates, vendors and more while sipping reds, whites and blushes. Stambaugh Auditorium, 1000 Fifth Ave., Youngstown, 440/466-4417. ohiowines.org. 1–8 p.m. Adults $35, other $25.

Museums + Exhibits THRU JAN 30

Revealing Krishna: Journey to Cambodia’s Sacred Mountain

This exhibition presents the story, context and new restoration of a masterwork in the museum’s collection, “Krishna Lifting Mount

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Govardhan,” a 1,500-year-old stone sculpture from Cambodia. Featuring an immersive, mixedreality HoloLens 2 tour, the exhibition visually places the sculpture in the southern Cambodian landscape and sacred space from which it came.

The museum is displaying the restored work alongside other large-scale early sculptures from Phnom Da, or “Stone Mountain.” Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Blvd., Cleveland, 216/421-7350. clevelandart.org. Visit website for times and prices.

THRU FEB 27

Continuum: Historical Resonances in Contemporary Art

Even while trying new things, artists draw on deep traditions. Five pairings of artworks in this gallery encourage enjoyment of the past alongside the present. These combinations invite you to see the old anew and the new afresh. Akron Art Museum, 1 S. High St., Akron, 330/3769186. akronartmuseum.org. Visit website for times and prices.

THRU MAR 6

Marvelocity: The Art of Alex Ross

Considered one of the greatest artists in the field of comic books, Alex Ross has created some of the most iconic images known to fans today. He has revitalized classic superheroes into works of fine art by illustrating characters including Captain America, Black Panther and more. In addition to seeing original art from his book, Marvelocity, visitors also learn how Ross developed into an illustrator through his childhood drawings, preliminary sketches, paintings and head busts of characters in the Marvel Universe. Canton Museum of Art, 1001 Market Ave. N., Canton, 330/453-7666. cantonart.org. Tues.– Thur. 10 a.m.–8 p.m., Fri.–Sat. 10 a.m.–5 p.m., Sun. 1–5 p.m. Adults $8, children 12 and under free. Free admission for all every Thursday.

THRU APR 3

POP!

Pop art emerged in London in the 1950s, followed by the United States shortly after. The genre challenged fine art traditions by drawing inspiration from popular and mass culture and developed because artists didn't think traditional art reflected their everyday lives. By using common objects and recognizable imagery, the pop artists made their work relatable to everyone. Canton Museum of Art, 1001 Market Ave.

N., Canton, 330/453-7666. cantonart.org. Visit website for times and prices.

Music + Theater ONGOING

Open Mic Nights

Whether you go to participate or lend your ears, enjoy open mic night every Wednesday at Sonnets Coffee & Whiskey Bar. Sign up begins at 6 p.m., and music starts at 7 p.m. More events may be added throughout the year, as conditions allow. Sonnets Coffee & Whiskey Bar, 117 College St., Wadsworth, 330/336-5557. sonnetscoffee.com. 7 p.m. Free.

JAN 25

Dancing with the Stars: Live

Your favorite dancers from this television series hit the stage with an all new show. Fans can see time-honored dances like the cha cha, foxtrot, salsa, tango and everything in between.

Akron Civic Theatre, 182 S. Main St., Akron. akroncivic.com. 7:30 p.m. $45–$79.50.

JAN 27

The Simon & Garfunkel Story

This critically acclaimed concert-style theater show follows two young boys from Queens, New York, who went on to become the most successful music duo of all time. Using state-ofthe-art video projection, incredible lighting and a full live band, this moving and powerful concert features all the hits, such as “Mrs. Robinson,” “Homeward Bound,” “Scarborough Fair,” “The Boxer” and “The Sound Of Silence.” Connor Palace, 1615 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, 216/2416000. playhousesquare.org. 7:30 p.m. $49–$59.

OTHER EVENTS JAN 18

Winter Wine Pairing Dinner

Celebrate winter and warm up at Gervasi Vineyard for this wine pairing event. Enjoy an exclusive five-course meal paired with awardwinning Gervasi wines in the Villa Grande.

Gervasi Vineyard, 1700 55th St. NE, Canton, 330/497-1000. gervasivineyard.com. 6–8:30 p.m. $90 per ticket. Guests will be seated at tables of eight with other groups.

Northwest Museums + Exhibits ONGOING

National Museum of the Great Lakes

The Great Lakes are not only the most important natural resource in the world, but they also represent thousands of years of history. The National Museum of the Great Lakes tells the awe-inspiring stories of our Great Lakes through breathtaking photography, more than 300 incredible artifacts, a number of powerful audiovisual displays and 40 hands-on interactive exhibits, including the 617-foot iron ore freighter Col. James M. Schoonmaker and the historic Museum Tug Ohio. National Museum of the Great Lakes, 1701 Front St., Toledo, 419/214-5000. nmgl.org. Visit website for times and prices.

THRU FEB 27

The Age of Armor: Treasures from the Higgins Armory Collection at the Worcester Art Museum

Suits of armor, and the warriors who wore them, have fueled the human imagination since they first appeared in the ancient world. This exhibition explores how these compelling exoskeletons have been used in various forms around the globe, from antiquity to modern times, and examines how armor played an important role in military, technological and cultural life throughout history. Toledo Museum of Art, 2445 Monroe St., Toledo, 419/255-8000. toledomuseum.org.

Visit website for times and prices.

Music + Theater JAN 4–9

Come From Away

This New York Times Critics’ Pick takes you into the heart of the remarkable true story of 7,000 stranded passengers and the small town in Newfoundland that welcomed them. Cultures clashed and nerves ran high, but uneasiness turned into trust, music soared into the night, and gratitude grew into enduring friendships.

Stranahan Theater, 4645 Heatherdowns Blvd., Toledo, 419/381-8851. americantheatreguild. com. Visit website for times and prices.

JAN 29

Queens of Soul

Enjoy an evening featuring hits made famous by the reigning divas of soul and R&B: Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston, Alicia Keys and Adele. Shayna Steele takes center stage to perform popular hits made famous by these powerful and soulful songstresses. Toledo Museum of Art Peristyle, 2445 Monroe St., Toledo, 419/246-8000. toledosymphony.com. 8 p.m.

Visit website for prices.

JAN 30

The World of Musicals

See the best of musical theater come to life.

With beautiful and emotional ballads from “Evita,” “Les Miserables” and “Phantom of the Opera,” along with upbeat favorites from “Dirty Dancing,” “We Will Rock You” and “Mamma Mia,” this production has something for every

lover of musical theater. Marathon Center, 200 W. Main Cross St., Findlay, 419/423-2787 ext.

100. mcpa.org. 3 p.m. $22–$42.

Other Events THRU JAN 2

Winterfest in Toledo

For the first time in seven years, outdoor hockey returns to Fifth Third Field. Don’t miss an unforgettable Winterfest celebration with open skating and lots of hockey, including a Toledo/Detroit Red Wings alumni game. Marathon Outdoor Rink at Fifth Third Field, 406 Washington St., Toledo, 419/725-9255. toledowalleye.com/en/ winterfest. Visit website for times and prices.

Southeast Festivals JAN 15

Logan Frozen Festival

Take a hike in the Hocking Hills, then head downtown for frozen fun. This sixth annual festival returns with ice sculptures, carving demonstrations, ice games, food and more. Downtown Logan, 740/385-2750. explorehockinghills.com.

Visit website for times. Free.

JAN 15

Marietta Ice Festival

A quickly growing local favorite, the Marietta Ice Festival brings thousands of locals and tourists downtown to adore nearly 20 ice sculptures on display throughout the historic commercial district. In addition to ice sculptures, highlights include a live ice sculpture carving, shops and restaurants and more. Downtown Marietta, 740/885-8194. mariettamainstreet.org.

Noon–6 p.m. Free.

Museums + Exhibits ONGOING

Ohio River Museum

Explore the story of the Ohio River and step aboard the W.P. Snyder Jr., the nation’s last intact steam-powered, stern-wheeled towboat.

The museum consists of multiple exhibit buildings, including one chronicling the natural history of the Ohio River. Another features the history of the steamboat on the Ohio River system.

Ohio River Museum, 601 Front St., Marietta, 800/860-0145. campusmartiusmuseum.org/ river. Visit website for times and prices.

THRU MAR 27

The Van Gogh Effect

“The Van Gogh Affect” is an exhibition of work by award-winning photographers Lynn Johnson and Patricia Lanza, addressing Vincent Van Gogh’s profound and ever-present influence on contemporary perceptions of the world.

Simultaneously contemplating and reaffirming Van Gogh’s resounding influence over art and culture of the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries, Johnson and Lanza offer evocative insight into the artist’s uniquely sensitive lived experience of place and light. Kennedy Museum of Art, 100 Ridges Circle, Athens, 740/593-1304. ohio.edu/ museum. Visit website for times. Free.

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Music + Theater ONGOING

Live Music at Hocking Hills Winery

Visit Hocking Hills Winery for an evening of live music and wine on Fridays and Saturdays. Bring your own food, call for a pizza delivery or just enjoy the music. Hocking Hills Winery, 30402 Freeman Ranch Rd., Logan, 740/385-7117. hockinghillswinery.com. Fri.–Sat. 6–9 p.m. Free.

JAN 29

Dwight Icenhower

Dwight Icenhower was raised in Ohio and began his Elvis career by singing karaoke at a local fair when he was only 16 years old. He is one of the few Elvis tribute artists who have made a full-time career out of keeping the legend alive.

Stuart’s Opera House, 52 Public Square, Nelsonville, 740/753-1924. stuartsoperahouse.org.

7 p.m. Visit website for prices.

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THRU FEB 13

Norman Rockwell: Stories of Emotion

Museums + Exhibits THRU JAN 30

American Painting: The Eighties Revisited

Reconstituting the landmark exhibition “American Painting: The Eighties” from New York University’s Grey Art Gallery in 1979, this exhibition captures a pivotal moment in 20th-century art. It features abstract paintings by artists who were new to the New York art scene at the time.

“American Painting: The Eighties” toured to Houston, Texas, then to 13 cities abroad. Along the way, a lively argument ensued about the direction art was headed. Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Dr., Cincinnati, 513/721-2787. cincinnatiartmuseum.org. Visit website for times. Free.

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JAN 15

Annual Hocking Hills Winter Hike

Enjoy winter’s splendor on this 6-mile trek from Old Man’s Cave to Ash Cave. Layered clothing and good footwear are recommended. Logan Kiwanis Club’s famous bean soup and cornbread muffins are served at Cedar Falls (donations appreciated). A shuttle bus returns hikers to the Old Man’s Cave parking area. Old Man’s Cave, state Route 664 S., Logan, 740/385-6841. explorehockinghills.com. Continuous starts from 9 to 11 a.m. Free.

Simply Brilliant: Artist-Jewelers of the 1960s and 1970s

Jewelry of the 1960s and 1970s was as groundbreaking as the era itself. Social deviations set the stage for what jewelers had to offer, expressing individuality, nonconformity, and the aesthetic, political and intellectual values of those who wore it. This exhibition features approximately 120 pieces by makers who referred to themselves as artists first, jewelers second.

Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Dr., Cincinnati, 513/721-2787. cincinnatiartmuseum. org. Visit website for times. Free.

This intimate exhibition features paintings and drawings by America’s beloved artist and illustrator, Norman Rockwell. A master at picturing the poignant moment that can tell a complete story, Rockwell has long been celebrated for his humor and artistic skill. The works featured highlight his ability to express emotion to showcase universal human themes. Additional works by other artists help put Rockwell’s work in a broader, art-historical context. Dayton Art Institute, 456 Belmonte Park N., Dayton, 937/2234278. daytonartinstitute.org. Visit website for times and prices.

THRU FEB 27

Black Life as Subject Matter II

Curated by Willis Bing Davis, this exhibition views all aspects of the Black experience as valid subject matter for creative expression.

The visual voices presented reflect on the joy, pain, sorrow, visions and hopes for today and tomorrow. More than 25 artists from across the state are featured, including several from the Dayton and Springfield areas. Springfield Museum of Art, 107 Cliff Park Rd., Springfield, 937/325-4673. springfieldart.net. Visit website for times and prices.

THRU MAY 1

In a New Light: Treasures from the Taft

“In a New Light” explores a broad range of eras, cultures and art forms through their historical context, subject matter, materials and makers.

European decorative arts and Chinese porce-

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lains dazzle the eye. European and American portraits and landscape paintings show off the mastery of great artists. Through select works, the exhibition reveals centuries-old social concerns such as the distribution of wealth, environmental destruction, and gender and racial inequality. Taft Museum of Art, 316 Pike St., Cincinnati, 513/241-0343. taftmuseum.org.

Visit website for times and prices.

THRU AUG 28

Queens of the Heartland

Since the 1800s, Ohio was at the heart of social change led by Black women. Not only was it the first free state established from the Northwest Territory, but it was also home to some of the earliest universities for African Americans and women. Ohio drew Black women from across the country who found there wasn’t space for them in their chosen professions, in education or society at large, and so they built them here.

“Queens of the Heartland” features 30 of these pioneering women. Learn their stories through panel text as well as three-dimensional objects.

National Afro-American Museum & Cultural Center, 1350 Brush Row Rd., Wilberforce, 937/3764944. ohiohistory.org/naamcc. Visit website for times and prices.

Music + Theater JAN 14–16

The Addams Family

The Addams family faces many of the same challenges faced by any other — their kids are growing up! Their beloved and macabre daugh-

ter Wednesday has fallen in love with a sweet boy from a respectable Ohio family — what could be worse? In one hilarious night, secrets are disclosed and the Addamses must face up to the one terrifying thing they’ve managed to avoid for generations: change. A story of love and friendship through adversity, “The Addams Family” is funny, poignant and altogether ooky.

Victoria Theatre, 138 N. Main St., Dayton, 937/228-3630. daytonlive.org. Visit website for times. $27–$65.

JAN 21–23

Cirque Goes Broadway

Dizzying heights and Broadway lights come together for a captivating Pops and Cirque mashup. Marvel at the feats of Cirque’s mesmerizing acrobats with the Cincinnati Pops performing top Broadway hits to accompany contortionists, balancers, tumblers and athletes on aerial silks defying gravity and doing the seemingly impossible. Music Hall, 1241 Elm St., Cincinnati, 513/621-2787. cincinnatiarts.org. Fri.–Sat. 7:30 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. Visit website for prices.

JAN 26–FEB 6

Hamilton

Get the story of America then, told by America now. Featuring a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, R&B and Broadway, “Hamilton” has taken the story of founding father Alexander Hamilton and created a revolutionary moment in theater: a musical that has had a profound impact on culture, politics and education. Schuster Center, 1 W. Second St., Dayton, 937/228-3630. daytonlive. org. Visit website for times. $49–$349.

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Music + Theater FEB 8–13

Come From Away

Journey into the heart of the remarkable story of 7,000 stranded passengers and the small town in Newfoundland that welcomed them. Cultures clashed and nerves ran high, but uneasiness turned into trust, music soared, and gratitude grew into enduring friendships. Ohio Theatre, 39 E. State St., Columbus, 614/469-0939. capa. com. Visit website for times. $39–$119.

FEB 10–13

Valentine Romance

Enjoy the perfect romantic soundtrack for your Valentine’s Day weekend with the Jazz Arts Group featuring vocalist Carly Thomas Smith.

Southern Theatre, 21 E. Main St., Columbus, 614/294-5200. jazzartsgroup.org. Visit website for times. $10–$68.

FEB 11–19

BalletMet presents Giselle

This timeless ballet tells the haunting tale of a peasent girl’s quest for love. Edwaard Liang’s “Giselle” will leave audiences inspired and awed. Davidson Theatre, 77 S. High St., Columbus, 614/229-4848. balletmet.org. Visit website for times and prices.

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Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue

The virtuosic William Eddins performs as both conductor and soloist in Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5. Ohio Theatre, 39 E. State St., Columbus, 614/4690939. columbussymphony.com. Fri.–Sat. 7:30 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. Visit website for prices.

FEB 26

Get The Led Out

From the bombastic and epic to the folky and mystical, Get The Led Out captures the essence of the recorded music of Led Zeppelin and brings it to the concert stage. Midland Theatre, 36 North Park Place, Newark, 740/345-5483. midlandtheatre.org. 8 p.m. $34–$50.

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and the beginning of spring. Cleveland Kurentovanje is filled with cultural and festive events and culminates in a parade and day-long festival celebration complete with costumes, ethnic food and drink, musical and cultural performances and Kurents: mythical creatures who are believed to chase away winter and usher in spring. Slovenian National Home, 6417 St. Clair Ave., Cleveland, clevelandkurentovanje.com.

Visit website for times. Free.

FEB 26

Brite Winter

Cleveland’s wintertime music and art festival brings the community together to celebrate the talented musicians and artists from across northeast Ohio, offering live music, art installations, food and more fun. Downtown Cleveland, britewinter.com. Visit website for times. Free.

Music + Theater

Festivals

Cleveland, 216/241-6000. playhousesquare.org.

Visit website for times. $59–$159.

FEB 11

Music of Billy Joel and Elton John Starring Michael Cavanaugh

Hear the greatest hits of these two rock piano legends, including “Piano Man,” “Rocket Man,” “Bennie and the Jets,” “My Life” and more.

Cleveland native Michael Cavanaugh stars in this production. Cavanaugh was handpicked

by Billy Joel to star in the hit Broadway musical “Movin’ Out.” State Theatre, 1519 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, 216/241-6000. playhousesquare.org.

8 p.m. $39–$100.

OTHER EVENTS FEB 14–19

Berlin’s Sweet On You

FEB 2–20

Jesus Christ Superstar

FEB 5

Geneva Winterfest

Enjoy horse-drawn carriage rides, a chili cookoff, a parade, kids events, a wine ice bar and ice carvings. Visit website for festival updates.

Downtown Geneva, genevawinterfest.com.

Visit website for times. Free.

FEB 26

10th Annual Cleveland Kurentovanje Festival and Parade

Cleveland Kurentovanje is a Slovenian Mardi Gras-type festival, celebrating the end of winter

“Jesus Christ Superstar” is an iconic musical phenomenon. In celebration of its 50th anniversary, a new mesmerizing production comes to North America. With music and lyrics

by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, “Jesus Christ Superstar” is set against the backdrop of an extraordinary series of events during the final weeks in the life of Jesus Christ as seen through the eyes of Judas. Reflecting the rock roots that defined a generation, the legendary score includes “I Don’t Know How to Love Him” and “Superstar.” Connor Palace, 1615 Euclid Ave.,

Shop these sweet sales through the town of Berlin. Spend the week showering your love with delightful treats. Multiple venues, Berlin, 330/674-3975. visitamishcountry.com. 10 a.m.– 5 p.m. Free.

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Bourbon and Bites

Try three of Gervasi’s bourbons paired with four delicious chef-inspired bites from Gervasi’s own culinary team. Before or after the event, enjoy lunch or dinner at one of the three on-site restaurants. Gervasi Vineyard, 1700 55th St. NE, Canton, 330/497-1000. gervasivineyard.com.

2–3 p.m. $39 per ticket.

Northwest Festivals FEB 5

Vermilion Ice-A-Fair

Vermilion’s winter festival returns with ice carving demonstrations, glittering sculptures, entertainment and more frosty fun. Downtown Vermilion, 440/963-0772. mainstreetvermilion. org. Visit website for times. Free.

FEB 11–12

Winterfest BG Chillabration

Enjoy the Frozen Swamp Tent, an ice garden, carving demonstrations, a Winter Market, live entertainment, snacks, craft beer and wine, and carriage rides. Find more family events at City Park, Slater Family Ice Arena, the Curling Center and Wood County Library. Downtown Bowling Green, 800/866-0046. winterfestbgohio.com.

Visit website for times. Free.

Music + Theater FEB 11–13

Toledo Opera: Blue

An African American couple in Harlem anticipates the birth of their firstborn with both hope and fear. As the baby grows into a young man, the mother worries for his future and the father tries to prepare his son for the realities of 21stcentury America. When their deepest fears come true, the family is forced to navigate a devastating reality seeking answers and support. Influenced by gospel music and using flashbacks, “Blue” places timely issues at the forefront of modern opera. Valentine Theatre, 410 Adams St., Toledo, 419/255-7464. toledoopera.org. Fri 7:30 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. Visit website for prices.

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FEB 12

An American In Paris

Inspired by the Academy Award-winning film, this musical visits postwar Paris, where romance is in the air, youthful optimism reigns and Gershwin’s melodies soar. Niswonger Performing Arts Center, 10700 St. Rte. 118 S., Van Wert, 419/238-6722. vanwertlive.com. 7 p.m. Visit website for prices.

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Waitress

Waitress and expert pie-maker Jenna dreams of a way out of her small town and loveless marriage. A baking contest in a nearby county and the town’s new doctor may offer Jenna a chance at a fresh start, while her fellow waitresses offer their own recipes for happiness. Stranahan Theater, 4645 Heatherdowns Blvd., Toledo, 419/381-8851. americantheatreguild.com.

Visit website for times and prices.

Other Events FEB 19–21

Sleigh Rides at Spiegel Grove

Celebrate Presidents Day by taking a horsedrawn sleigh ride through Spiegel Grove, as President Rutherford B. Hayes once did. Sleighs are pulled by South Creek Clydesdales. Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums, Spiegel Grove, Fremont, 419/332-2081. rbhayes.org. Visit website for times. $5.50 per person, 2 and under free.

Southeast Music + Theater FEB 9

Russian National Ballet

Direct from Moscow, the Russian National Ballet presents the “Romeo & Juliet” and “Carmen” ballets during the same performance. Secrest Auditorium, 334 Shinnick St., Zanesville,

740/588-0871. zanesvilleconcertassociation.org.

7–9 p.m. Adults $55, children free, season $65.

FEB 10

The Oak Ridge Boys

See the Grand Ole Opry members and Country Music Hall of Famers on tour. Peoples Bank Theatre, 224 Putnam St., Marietta, 740/371-5152. peoplesbanktheatre.com. 8 p.m. $54–$138.

Other Events

FEB 8–20

My Fair Lady

Boasting classic songs such as “I Could Have Danced All Night,” “My Fair Lady” tells the story of Eliza Doolittle, a young Cockney flower seller, and Henry Higgins, a linguistics professor who is determined to transform her into his idea of a proper lady. But who is really being transformed? Aronoff Center, 650 Walnut St., Cincinnati, 513/621-2787. cincinnatiarts.org.

Visit website for times. Tickets start at $34.

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FEB 18–19

Grab a loved one and get out on the town. Love is the theme as downtown businesses offer sweet treats and nod to romance throughout the night. Downtown Marietta, 740/885-8194. mariettamainstreet.org. 5–9 p.m. Free.

The Dayton Philharmonic and guest vocalist Carmen Bradford deliver a program featuring hits performed and recorded by the great swing legends Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan and more. Bradford uses this collection of timeless standards and songs to guide the audience with her dazzling vocal style and honor these incredible vocal songstresses. Schuster Center, 1 W. Second St., Dayton, 937/228-3630. daytonlive.org. Fri.–Sat. 8 p.m. $26–$85.

First Friday: Downtown Date Night

Southwest Music + Theater

The Ladies Of Swing

FEB 4–6

FEB 25–27

Pops principal guest conductor Damon Gupton and the Pops treat you to a slice of John Williams’ most beloved scores, just in time for his 90th birthday. Experience selections from “Superman,” “Star Wars,” “Jaws,” “Witches of Eastwick” and more by one of the greatest composers. Music Hall, 1241 Elm St., Cincinnati, 513/621-2787. cincinnatiarts.org. Fri.–Sat. 7:30 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. Visit website for prices.

“Finding Wright” centers on the life of Katharine Wright, sister of brothers of flight Orville and Wilbur. With music by award-winning composer Laura Kaminsky, the Dayton Philharmonic performs the first full-length opera commissioned for and presented by Dayton Opera. Schuster Center, 1 W. Second St., Dayton, 937/228-3630. daytonlive.org. Fri. 8 p.m., Sun. 3 p.m. $32–$100.

Music of John Williams

Finding Wright: A Dayton Opera World Premiere

Here’s where to find him.

Open through April 24, 2022 cincymuseum.org/pixar

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FARM & TABLE Comfort Mood

A selection of great handcrafted sausages, burgers, sandwiches and sides make Swig: Charcuterie & Suds for the Curious a must-visit spot.

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Heat Check: After experimenting with serving ramen

Van Buren Room: Belle of Dayton’s cozy bar serves a

during the winter months, Mason’s Creamery in Cleveland has now made it an annual tradition.

variety of signature and classic cocktails crafted from the distillery’s lineup of spirits.

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why we do the ‘curious’ in there.”

From great craft beers and specialty mixed drinks to gourmet hot dogs, sausages and sides, Swig is a place where anyone can enjoy a favorite dish with the drink of their choice inside a cozy restaurant and bar.

“We have a way of putting a whole meal between two pieces of bread,” Bilancini says. “You don’t have to wear a tie to eat it, although you can.”

Nearly every item that comes out of Swig’s kitchen is made from scratch. The restaurant regularly offers weekly specials that have included sausages made from elk, rabbit and even lobster. Customers love the sausages, hot dogs, burgers and sandwiches as well as sides that include pierogies, garlic fries and sweet potato tots.

The Cleveland hot dog is one of Swig’s most popular items. The beef hot dog is smothered in all-beef coney sauce then topped with bacon, shredded cheddar and Cleveland’s own Stadium Mustard. Twenty-one taps line the bar. Most are craft beers, but Pabst Blue Ribbon has been on tap since the restaurant opened. Swig prides itself on its openness to all.

“They like our genuineness,” Bilancini says of his customers. “People feel comfortable here. It’s got some soul in it.”

— Kristina Smith 219 Louisiana Ave., Perrysburg 43551, 419/873-6224, swigrestaurant.com

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esse Mason and Helen Qin really use their noodle to make Mason’s Creamery a year-round experience. After their Cleveland small-batch ice cream shop opened in 2014, the couple wanted more ways to treat their customers during the winter. The answer?

Steaming bowls of house-made ramen.

They took it slow at first, only offering ramen one weekend a month from November to April. “We’d be sold out in an hour,” says Qin. “We saw the excitement it generated, and we knew we were on to something.”

Since 2018, the couple has converted their tiny ice cream shop into a full-fledged ramen operation during the winter months (available through mid-April this year). Customers can slurp up versions of ramen such as the pork tonkotsu made with pork broth, char-siu (Chinese barbecue pork), soft-boiled egg, corn, nori and pickled radish.

“If you’re doing it the traditional way, it can take upwards of 12 hours at a roiling boil to get the broth going,” says Mason. “We’ve come up with a couple of different methods to trim that time down, but not sacrifice any of the richness of the broth.”

Inspired by how other countries embrace eating outside year-round, you’ll find an outdoor tent with picnic tables and heaters.

“There’s a sense of community of being out there ... having a nice warm bowl of broth,” says Mason. “It’s such a fun experience.”

— Kim Schneider 4401 Bridge Ave., Cleveland 44113, 216/762-1095, masonscreamery.com

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ony Bilancini and Jim Hodulik grew up eating homemade traditional Eastern European and Italian foods, from sausages and hot dogs to the condiments that went on them. When the friends were starting their own bar, they decided to make it a restaurant that served handcrafted favorites, like the charcuterie their parents and grandparents made.

“We started throwing all these things together and coming up with our own recipes for sausages,” says Bilancini, a trained chef and Vermilion native. “Our goal was to make fine food accessible, to keep our humble upbringing about us, but still offer top-notch food. It’s elevated comfort food that gets funky.”

Their vision became Swig: Charcuterie & Suds for the Curious, a popular gastropub and mainstay in downtown Perrysburg since 2008.

“Back then, America had no idea what charcuterie was,” Bilancini says. “That’s

Van Buren Room Belle of Dayton’s cozy bar serves a variety of signature and classic cocktails crafted from the distillery’s lineup of spirits.

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hen you walk into Belle of Dayton’s cocktail bar, the Van Buren Room, you’re greeted by a portrait of Sarah Angelica Singleton Van Buren, daughter-in-law to President Martin Van Buren. Because of his widower status, she took on the mantle of First Lady during his time in office and served as the White House’s official host. Now she welcomes guests to the bar, located on Van Buren Street in Dayton’s historic Oregon District.

The Van Buren Room occupies a cozy single room, with windows looking into the distillery. Friendly and knowledgeable bartenders walk you through the menu spanning eight signature cocktails and more than a dozen classics. Customers can snag a seat at the bar, a cab table or one of the high-backed booths. In warmer months, a covered patio more than doubles the amount of seating.

Brothers Mike, Murphy and Tim LaSelle first conceived the distillery in 2009, creating their first spirit in 2014 and opening the bar in October 2018.

“Everything about it has got that old steakhouse experience, but you’re doing it with cocktails,” says Mike. “In Dayton three

years ago, there weren’t a lot of good places to get a high-end, elevated cocktail with quality spirits.”

Belle of Dayton draws its name from a pre-Prohibition distillery about which very little is known. The only hints are old bottles excavated nearby; they now grace the top of the bar. Likewise, the rye whiskey is packaged under the Detrick name, another throwback to a long-gone distillery in Tipp City. Belle of Dayton has produced five spirits: a gin, two vodkas (one regular and one spiked with peppers), a rye whiskey and a spiced rum. All five are featured on the menu, in addition to a robust collection of spirits, plus wine and local beer.

The Witching Hour is a creamy concoction marrying Belle of Dayton’s vodka with Averna, cacao liquor, cold-brew coffee, mole bitters and whipped egg white. Served in a stemmed glass, it drinks like an upscale white Russian, overlaid with dark chocolate and coffee flavors. By contrast, The Elder is a refreshing and herbal drink built on Belle of Dayton gin, plus a house-made amaro, green chartreuse, honey, lemon and sage.

Mike says the goal of the bar is to highlight Belle of Dayton’s products in the place where they’re made. “We wanted to show what a Manhattan or old fashioned or martini would taste like with our spirits.”

— Nicholas Dekker

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3946 Broadway Grove City, OH 614-991-0338 plumrunwinery.com

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Gervasi Vineyard

Located in Grove City’s historic Town Center, we offer many varieties of red, white, and fruit wines, house-made ciders, craft beers & cocktails, and a full service food menu. Perfect for the holidays, we have gift cards, custom gift baskets, complete gift shop, and space for private events. Support Local this holiday season!

This winter, escape to Gervasi Vineyard and experience the beauty of a unique, Tuscan-inspired winery resort. Three distinct restaurants offer casual and upscale cuisine paired with award-winning wines and spirits. Retreat to a luxurious suite and enjoy the comforts of heated floors, plush linens and a cozy fireplace. A complimentary continental breakfast is delivered each morning of your stay.

1700 55th St. NE Canton, OH 330-497-1000 gervasivineyard.com

Red Fern Inn at Rocky Point Winery

Winery at Versailles

6572 OH-47 Versailles, OH 45380 937-526-3232 wineryatversailles.com

Located deep within the rural agricultural community of Darke County, The Winery at Versailles offers rustic elegance combined with small town hospitality. We feature more than 30 different types of wines, delicious bistro-style appetizers and gourmet pizzas, and special events. Bring your friends and enjoy a great day at the winery.

Come for the wine, stay for the experience! Home of Rodeo Red: No bull, just good wine!

111 West Main Street Marblehead, OH 419-967-5344 redferninn.com

Hocking Hills Winery

Dutch Creek Winery

12157 State Route 690 Athens, OH 740-818-4699 dutchcreekwinery.com

Dutch Creek Winery creates artisanal, small-batch honey wines, ciders and fruit wines.

Enjoy ciders and wine tastings with charcuterie boards in our tasting room, on our covered patio, or in our picnic grove.

30402 Freeman Road Logan, OH 740-385-7117 hockinghillswinery.com

The Lumberyard Winery & Supply The Lumberyard Winery & Supply is situated along the scenic Maumee River in a historic lumberyard in Napoleon, Ohio. With a combined 40 years of winemaking experience, 118 West Front Street, Suite G our winemakers are producing a variety of wines. Come in and enjoy Napoleon, OH an appetizer with your favorite wine 419-599-WINE (9463) or try something new in a tasting thelumberyardwinery.com or flight.

Located in the historic Marblehead Schoolhouse just steps from Lake Erie and down the street from the Marblehead Lighthouse, the Red Fern Inn is the perfect getaway. Guests have access to complimentary bicycles, a private lounge and several fire pits. We’re open year-round, with live music and special events April-October.

The family-owned Hocking Hills Winery provides the region a friendly gathering place for visitors to enjoy family-produced, quality wines. Come by for a tasting and stay to enjoy a glass or bottle by the fire or on our patio. No reservations necessary. Live music on the weekends.

Merry Family Winery

2376 OH-850 Bidwell, OH 740-245-9463 merryfamilywinery.com

Come Sip, Sit, Relax at Gallia County’s first winery/brewery.

Take in the picturesque views of the countryside, stroll through the vineyard. Sample handcrafted wines and beers, try our homemade root beer soda.

With so many great varieties to choose from you are sure to find something to love!

L’uva Bella Winery

6597 Center Road Lowellville, OH 330-536-6450 luvabella.com

L’uva Bella Winery has grown to become the largest wine and wine juice producer in Ohio, offering retail brands, commercial & custom crush services, and juice products.

L’uva Bella’s brands consist of Red’s, Passion, and Purple Rain.

Even as we grow, our philosophy remains the same; we believe in crafting high-quality, unique wines for the everyday consumer.

Heineman Winery

978 Catawba Avenue Put-In-Bay, OH 419-285-2811 heinemanswinery.com

Lincoln Way Vineyards

Gillig Winery

Find Your Wine Time® with us.

A relaxing environment to wine and dine, all wines are produced and bottled in-house. An extensive wine menu consisting of a broad range of wines for every wine-lover to try. Full menu options for lunch and dinner.

Conveniently located off I-75 on Northridge Road, with hotels nearby to have a nice stay. Check website for hours.

Come sit in the tasting room, on the patio, picnic area or our event space, relax and enjoy our wine, hard cider, fruit-based wine slushies and more. Check out our website or like us on 9050 West Old Lincoln Way Facebook to see our year-round Wooster, OH food truck and entertainment 330-804-9463 schedule.

lincolnwayvineyards.com

1720 Northridge Road Findlay, OH 419-408-3230 gilligwinery.com

Buccia Vineyard Winery and Bed & Breakfast

Vinoklet Winery & Restaurant

11069 Colerain Ave. Cincinnati, OH 513-385-9309 vinokletwines.com

Perched on top of picturesque rolling hills, Vinoklet’s glass enclosed solarium and fresh air gazebo provide a perfect view of the surrounding vineyard & lakes.

Located conveniently in Colerain Township, Vinoklet is a beautiful, relaxing place for weddings, rehearsal dinners, corporate events, & much more.

518 Gore Road Conneaut, OH 440.593.5976 bucciavineyards.com

We are a farm winery and brewery located in Providence Twp near Neapolis, Ohio. Open year round Thursday 2–8 pm, Friday and Saturday 12–9 pm and Sunday 1–5 pm. You are welcome to roam our vineyards and enjoy a glass under our majestic oak. We continue to work hard to make Majestic Oak a place for you to relax and enjoy.

Cool climate, hand-crafted artisanal wines. Casually elegant lodging. Live music. Weddings and Special events.

Buccia Vineyard Winery and Bed & Breakfast is conveniently located minutes from beautiful beaches, lighthouses, covered bridges, fishing and excellent restaurants. Right in the heart of Ohio wine country. Stop by for wine tastings, live music and wine-friendly appetizers. Book a spa suite in our cozy B&B, or plan your wedding or special event surrounded by our picturesque vineyards. Memories are made at Buccia.

Three Rivers Wine Trail

Majestic Oak Winery & Neon Groundhog Brewery

13554 Mohler Road Grand Rapids, OH 419-875-6474 majesticoakwinery.com

Celebrating 134 years of family traditions, Heineman’s is the oldest family-owned and -operated winery in Ohio. This award-winning winery is also home to the world’s largest known Celestite geode and offers combined tours of the winery and Crystal Cave. Visit the tasting room featuring wines made on-site, while enjoying a fresh-cut cheese plate. Check our website for hours.

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Fill Your Glass on the Three Rivers Wine Trail!

Enjoy the wide-open spaces of the Appalachian foothills and explore the eclectic mix of seven unique wineries and a craft brewery, all 432 North Whitewoman Street within a short drive of one another in beautiful Coshocton County. It's Coshocton, OH the perfect romantic getaway or 740-622-4877 girlsʼ weekend adventure.

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LIVEWell Gift of Life

Inventory is low at blood centers across the country. If you’re able to donate, your generosity will make a difference in many lives.

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ccording to the American Red Cross, one blood donation can save up to three people’s lives, and someone in the United States needs a blood product every two seconds.

“Probably every single person knows someone who has had a transfusion, whether a cancer patient going through chemotherapy or someone who was victim of a trauma or car accident,” says Adam McGonigle, director of laboratory services at Adena Health System in Chillicothe.

Blood product availability has always been an issue, but the pandemic has created new barriers to donation, and McGonigle says it is now at a “panic level,” meaning there is dwindling inventory at centers with some having only a day’s worth of blood on hand at times. Event cancellations, staffing challenges at donation centers and heightened demand are stressing the system. Less than 38 percent of people can give blood or platelets, and blood donation is a completely voluntary process.

“It’s a fragile system … It’s fully run off of people’s kindness and capability to donate,” McGonigle says.

Those with the blood type O Negative are universal donors in high demand because their blood can be used by anyone, but those of any blood type who can donate will make a marked impact on many people’s lives. If you can’t donate blood, you can give your time. Volunteers are needed to transport blood from donation centers to healthcare facilities, and centers need help with blood drives.

“There are instances where we could get donations, but there aren’t the caregivers there to help do it,” McGonigle says, “so consider volunteering for your local blood center.”

— Kristen Hampshire

Take Heart

STRESS LESS. A packed schedule

Aside from the usual advice we hear, these lifestyle adjustments can make a long-term impact on your ticker.

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top smoking. Stay active. Get your rest.

We know there are certain habits like exercising and getting a good night’s sleep that improve overall health and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. But did you know that social isolation, stress and eating too quickly can also have a negative cumulative effect?

“By making small, incremental changes you can make an enormous impact on your longevity and quality of life,” says Dr. Leslie Cho, director of the Cleveland Clinic Women’s Cardiovascular Center.

Here are three ways to make a positive, long-term impact on your heart health.

— KH ISTOCK

STAY CONNECTED. There is

such a thing as a lonely heart. “Depression and social isolation can increase the risk

of heart attack by 40 to 50 percent, and there are multiple studies that assess loneliness as a risk factor for heart attack and mortality,” Cho says. Specifically, research published in Heart Journal highlights these risk factors. Especially amid the pandemic, more of us have hunkered down at home and avoided social activities. Set aside time to call a friend or family member. Or connect with a work colleague by phone rather than text or email. Take advantage of tech tools like video chat.

can increase the risk of cardiovascular disease and further complicates outcomes of those who have stable coronary heart disease, according to a November 2021 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association. So, how do you take a load off and help your heart in the long run? Cho suggests a free app called Breathe2Relax, which offers one-minute calming sessions.

“Most people breathe 16 to 20 times per minute, and the app teaches you to breathe 10 times per minute to calm you down,” she says. “This slows down your heart rate and really lowers your blood pressure, and it’s a way to be more intentional in your day.”

EAT SLOWLY. “Most Americans eat

super-fast,” Cho says. Also, most Americans gain one pound per year starting at age 30.

“That’s an extra 20 pounds by age 50,” she points out. Try eating more slowly and tasting every bite. “Your stomach then has time to send information to your brain that you are full,” she says. “You’ll enjoy your food and actually eat much less.” Even a fivepound weight gain can increase your risk for diabetes and heart issues.

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Built in 1965, this Geauga County resort prides itself on gentle slopes, lots of space and beginner lessons for those new to skiing and snowboarding. The environment is inviting to the inexperienced, and the 72 skiable acres allow visitors to spread out. Alpine Valley has four lifts, six trails and a terrain park. More advanced skiers can have fun here, too, as the trails vary in difficulty. After you’re done skiing, hit the lodge for coffee or hot chocolate. 10620 Mayfield Rd., Chesterland 44026, 440/2852211, alpinevalleyohio.com

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BOSTON MILLS/BRANDYWINE These twin ski areas are just a few miles away from each another in Cuyahoga Valley National Park.

Together, they offer 84 skiable acres, 17 ski and snowboarding trails, three terrain parks (one at Boston Mills, two at Brandywine) and 16 lifts. Brandywine also has the Polar Blast Snow Tubing Park.

Tickets allow for admission to both ski areas (as well as Alpine Valley), although snow tubing requires a separate fee. Lessons are available, and both areas have lodges with a bar and cafeteria-style restaurants. Visit website for addresses of each ski resort.

800/875-4241, bmbw.com

SNOW TRAILS: NATE WOLLESON; ALL OTHER SKI PHOTOS COURTESY OF VAIL SKI RESORTS; POSTAL COTTAGE: COURTESY OF DORRIE KEOUGH

HIT THE SLOPES

These four favorites across northeast and central Ohio offer downhill thrills without ever leaving the state. By Macy Kile

ALPINE VALLEY

▲ SNOW TRAILS Located just a mile and a half from I-71 near Mansfield, this family-owned and -operated business opened in 1961 as the first North American ski resort as far south as Ohio. Skiers and snowboarders can tackle a total of 19 trails, including the Timberline Trail, which is the longest in the state at 2,200 feet. Five terrain parks are on-site, including one for beginners. Afterward, grab a snack and drink at The Last Run Bar and Deli.

3100 Possum Run Rd., Mansfield 44903, 800/6446754, snowtrails.com

STAYS MAD RIVER MOUNTAIN Mad River Mountain in Logan County is the state’s largest ski resort. With 15 trails, nine lifts and a vertical drop of 300 feet, it caters to skiers and snowboarders alike. Newbies can book lessons or opt for the thrill of Ohio’s largest tubing park. Mad River Mountain has trails for all skill levels and a terrain park crafted for all abilities. After a day on the slopes, warm up inside Ohio’s largest ski lodge, where you can grab a snack from the cafe or cocktail at the bar. 1000 Snow Valley Rd., Zanesfield 43360, 937/5991015, skimadriver.com

Old Postal Cottage Originally built as the local post office, this spot offers a cozy getaway in Geauga County.

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n 1848, this charming brick structure served as the local post office. The layout was designed so the postmaster could live in one portion of the property and work out of the other. In 1981, Dorrie Keough bought the building and, in 2018, she and her husband, Joe, updated the interior while keeping it as period appropriate as possible. “[Joe] said, ‘When we get this all fixed up, it would be a great Airbnb,’ ” Dorrie Keough recalls.

Today, the Old Postal Cottage promises a respite from city life. It’s located in the rural Geauga County community of Parkman, where about half of the surrounding residents are Amish.

The Keoughs stock the kitchen with milk, coffee, tea, pancake mix, syrup, cereal, energy bars and other necessities, while travelers can use the pots, pans, toaster oven, stovetop and microwave to prepare their own meals. The cozy, 336-square-foot space has one full bed and one twin sofa bed.

“We prefer to greet the people [who stay] so we know who’s coming into our space and also so they know that we’re not a management company,” says Keough. “We’re real people.”

One of those guests surprised her great aunt, a former Parkman postmaster, with a stay at the cottage.

“We had the best time talking with her,” Keough says. “Every guest has been special in their own way, but that one was once in a lifetime.” — Kelly Powell For more information, search for this property on airbnb.com.

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Frozen Beauties The Hocking Hills region is filled with waterfalls, and these three are particularly incredible once temperatures fall.

By Sarah Druhan

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CEDAR FALLS Cloaked in blankets of frost and ice during winter, this 50-foot waterfall is a magnificent feature of the Hocking Hills’ landscape. Before the falls are completely frozen, the sound of water trickling through the layers of ice offers an added sense of tranquility. Travelers need only make their way down a half-mile trail to be rewarded by the sight of this beauty, which holds the most volume of water of any of the region’s waterfalls.

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The waterfall is surrounded by hemlock trees and located below the landmark Stone Arch Bridge. Because of the numerous waterfalls in the Old Man’s Cave area, the trail can become slippery, so winter gear such as ice cleats and trekking poles are recommended when traversing this area.

UPPER FALLS & ASH CAVE: GABE LEIDY; CABOOSE: COURTESY OF HOCKING HILLS CABOOSE

The Hocking Hills Caboose Unplug and connect with family and friends at this 1950s train caboose located in the heart of the Hocking Hills region.

ASH CAVE The 83-foot drop of Ash Cave’s waterfall makes it one of the region’s most popular sights, but it is equally stunning during the coldest months of the year.

(The waterfall is easy to get to as well — about one-third of a mile from Ash Cave’s parking area.) In January and February, water flows over the edge of the park’s largest recess cave and then freezes at the bottom to create an impressive dome of ice that grows thicker throughout the winter season.

For more information about these sites, visit explorehockinghills.com or ohiodnr.gov.

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rian Duffy knew he wanted to buy land in the Hocking Hills, but he initially wasn’t sure what to do with the 1950s train caboose located on the cabin plot he purchased. After Duffy bought the property in 2015, he took a year to clean the train car up and bring it back to life.

“I always owned old houses and kind of viewed owning an older house as a stewardship,” Duffy says. “You’re just taking care of it for the future because you can’t replicate that … the caboose is kind of the same thing.”

Those who book a stay at The Hocking Hills Caboose are often surprised by how much the 250-square-foot space contains. It holds five twin beds, a full bathroom and a kitchenette. Outside, there is a deck, grill and a spot for a campfire. Duffy sees the caboose as an opportunity for families and friends to enjoy one another’s company. When he was faced with the decision of whether to install Wi-Fi, he opted not to in favor of creating an oasis where visitors are inspired to interact rather than stare at their phones.

“We do get a lot of comments where people say, ‘You know what, it was really nice not to have that distraction and be able to just focus on our family,’ ” Duffy says.

— Kelly Powell For more information, visit hockinghillscaboose.com.

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Enjoy a visit to Ohio’s Grand River Valley with a stay at this cottage at the Lost Pearl Bed & Breakfast.

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he beginnings of The Lost Pearl reach back to the early 1820s, when 25-year-old Almeron Follett settled on 57 acres in northeast Ohio’s Grand River Valley and built a one-room home. He made a major addition to it during the 1850s and constructed additional outbuildings on the property including barns and a smokehouse.

After Follett died in 1896, the home passed to his son and then to other families before it fell into disrepair. Current owner and innkeeper Daniel Wikki purchased it in 2011.

“After we bought it, we started checking the history and

found one of the previous owners,” he says. “She told us a little about the history.”

In 2013, the home opened as The Lost Pearl, with three rooms plus The Carriage House, a small barn that has been remade as a beautiful private retreat. The 600-square-foot space has a gas fireplace, spa-styled bathroom, living area with a comfy sofa, a small kitchen and game room with pool and foosball tables and a dartboard. A gourmet breakfast upgrade features chef’s choice dishes such as bacon frittata or Dutch babies.

(Travelers can also book a stay in The Caboose, but it is closed during the winter.)

“In the wintertime, there are ice wine tours available at beautiful winery properties, and we’re just minutes away from them,” Wikki says. “We were wanting to be a place for people to get away from the world and reconnect with what’s important.” 419 Dayton Rd., Madison 44057, 440/299-8301, thelostpearl.com

— Tyler Saunders

SNOWSHOE IN OUR NATIONAL PARK Once the white stuff piles up, borrow a pair of snowshoes for free at Cuyahoga Valley National Park’s Boston Mill Visitor Center. Rentals for those ages 16 and older are first come, first served, starting at 10 a.m. daily and the shoes must be returned by 4 p.m. (A driver’s license is required for rentals.) A variety of sites within the 33,000-acre national park are great for snowshoeing. Take on a portion of the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail near the visitor center or drive to another location. Park at the Octagon Shelter to hit the half-mile Forest Point Trail or head to the Kendall Lake lot to walk the Cross Country Trail (2.5 miles). There must be at least 4 inches of packed snow on the ground, so be sure to call the visitor center to check before traveling. 6947 Riverview Rd., Peninsula 44264, 440/717-3890, nps.gov/cuva — Rebecca Vernak

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BLACKHAND GORGE: OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES; LYONS FALLS: MATTHEW HOFFMAN; BRANDYWINE: TOM BILCZE

Take a Hike Snow-covered scenery makes winter a great time for one of these treks. By Sarah Druhan BLACKHAND GORGE TRAIL Blackhand Gorge State Nature Preserve’s main trail invites hikers to embark on a 4.3-mile multiuse path that offers sights of enormous black hand sandstone formations. Formerly used as a rail corridor, the paved trail passes between portions of blasted rock that tower over hikers. The pathway also follows the course of the Licking River, which carved out the preserve’s narrow, east-west gorge. Leashed dogs are allowed on this trail, but not the others within the preserve. 2200 Gratiot Rd., Newark 43056, ohiodnr.gov LYONS FALLS TRAIL This 2-mile, point-to-point trail at Mohican State Park follows the Clear Fork of the Mohican River. The trail’s highlight is its namesake waterfall that tumbles 80 feet over the edge of a black hand sandstone recess cave. Hikers can spot geologic features typical to black hand sandstone, such as honeycomb weathering, natural fault lines and fresh sand created by erosion from the water that flows over the rock. 3116 St. Rte. 3, Loudonville 44842, ohiodnr.gov BRANDYWINE GORGE TRAIL The dramatic, 60-foot Brandywine Falls is a Cuyahoga Valley National Park landmark, but don’t miss the 1.5-mile loop trail that runs from the top of the falls, down into Brandywine Gorge and back. A bridge crossing Brandywine Creek takes hikers from one side of the gorge to the other, and while the hike is a bit hilly and has a steep set of stairs in one part, it is suited to a variety of ages. 8176 Brandywine Rd., Northfield 44067, nps.gov/cuva J A N U A R Y / F E B R U A R Y 2022

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Stone Cottage Inn This charming spot in the Holmes County village of Winesburg offers a taste of rural, small-town living.

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ulie Rastetter and her husband, Tim, grew up near the Holmes County village of Winesburg. The town is also where you’ll find the Stone Cottage Inn. Built in 1834, the property has been under the Rastetters’ care since 2020. The 1,500-square-foot home has two bedrooms, a screened-in porch, a spacious living room and a sleeping loft. Guests also rave about the full kitchen, which is stocked with cooking and baking essentials.

“I love to cook, and I love to bake, so we’ve completely outfitted the kitchen as a chef’s kitchen,” says Julie Rastetter. “There’s a stand mixer now, doughnut pans — a lot of things that you don’t normally find in a rental stay.”

Outside, there’s a fenced-in dog run so guests can bring their pets. Inside, the quiet space offers a welcoming place to warm up and chill out, with the stone walls serving as both an aesthetically beautiful choice and a noise canceler.

“The charm of it is those stone walls in the living room … and the open beams,” Rastetter says. “When there’s a fire going, it’s just extremely cozy in there.”

Located along West Old Main Street, the cottage also provides the opportunity to explore Winesburg.

“It’s just this really small-town vibe,” Rastetter says. “It’s got this beautiful, picturesque church on the corner. … There’s a butcher shop, there’s a general store, there’s a coffee shop, there’s a couple retail places. It’s a pretty, quiet little place.” — Kelly Powell To learn more, visit amishcountrystonecottage.com.

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As a thick crust of ice covers Lake Erie, Toni Muscioni, a United States Coast Guard licensed captain, takes customers out on private fishing excursions in his heated and enclosed airboat. The ice-fishing trips for groups of up to six people run from 6:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. seven days a week (as ice permits), starting at Catawba Island State Park and heading through the western basin of Lake Erie to as far as West Sister Island. “I go out there with the customers, drill holes, supply bait, and show them different tactics,” says Muscioni. One such tactic includes jigging, a kind of fishing lure used for catching large fish like walleye. Although ice fishing is popular for men (around 85% of his customer base), many women book trips as well. After a day of fishing, customers can keep the walleye they catch. Charters run January through March when conditions allow. Call 419/366-8472 for reservations. icefishinglakeerie.com

— Rebecca Vernak

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ICE FISHING ON LAKE ERIE

Whether you’re looking for lake views or a forest retreat, these inns promise cozy winter getaways and great meals. By Rebecca Vernak

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THE LAKEHOUSE INN Picnics aren’t just for summer anymore. The Lakehouse Inn offers a two-hour picnic experience in its Lakeside Room. Take in views of the winter waves while enjoying comfy chairs with pillows and blankets, a charcuterie board and a bottle of wine. Another foodie favorite is the Chef’s Table, in which guests enjoy a four-course meal from a menu of their choice, as well as a gourmet breakfast basket. Overnight options include inn rooms, cottages or the beach house. The main inn is closed for renovation from Jan. 2–Feb. 11. 5653 Lake Rd. E., Geneva 44041, 440/466-8668, thelakehouseinn.com

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This Scottish-themed inn treats its guests to a three-course breakfast that includes freshly made scones, porridge with brown sugar and cream, and eggs, waffles or pancakes served with bacon or sausage, fruit and yogurt. Seven-course dinners are offered on Saturday evenings and six-course dinners are offered the rest of the week. Book a room at the inn or a stay in one of the cozy cottages or slightly smaller crofts. 14940 Mount Olive Rd., Rockbridge 43149, 800/8097378, glenlaurel.com

THE INN AT HONEY RUN This boutique hotel’s fine dining restaurant, Tarragon, features a seasonal menu of contemporary American cuisine based on what’s fresh and local from producers throughout Holmes County and the region. (There are also 15 beehives and a 1.5-acre garden on-site.)

Those looking for a cozy getaway can book one of the Club-Level Honeycomb rooms, which are built directly into a hillside. Each has a great view, gas fireplace and private patio. Other room options are available as well. Be sure to take a walk through the Open Air Art Museum, a forest dotted with outdoor sculptures. 6920 County Rd. 203, Millersburg 44650, 330/674-0011, innathoneyrun.com

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The Thomas Edison Birthplace Museum welcomes visitors to the inventor’s boyhood home (opposite page). Edison inventions, including the Triumph phonograph, are displayed next door.

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most famous inventors got his start

tells the story of how one of the world’s in the Erie County town of Milan.

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His grandfather John was a Tory and had been forced to leave New Jersey for Canada during the American Revolution. Samuel Edison was part of the Papineau-McKenzie Rebellion, an unsuccessful uprising in Canada — then another British colony — and decamped for America. Milan, Ohio, was booming at the time thanks to its canal, making it the second-largest inland grain port in the world, behind only Odessa, Ukraine.

Samuel, his wife Nancy and their children moved to the Erie County community in 1841, purchasing a lot and building a house not far from the canal path, which ran next to the less passable Huron River. In that house, on Feb. 11, 1847, their seventh and last child was born.

He was named Thomas, after his uncle, while his middle name, Alva, was taken from Cleveland ship captain Alva Bradley, Samuel Edison’s friend and benefactor. (Alva Bradley would become a noted shipping magnate; his grandson and namesake owned the Cleveland Indians in the 1920s and 1930s, and another grandson Charles was one of the owners of Higbee’s Department Store.)

Eventually, the railroads came and bypassed Milan, turning it back into the sleepy small town it remains today. In 1854, the Edisons sold the house and moved to Port Huron, Michigan. But while Milan’s stay in the spotlight was brief, Thomas Edison would shine brightly beyond his lifetime. He became one of the most famous and prolific inventors in history, with 1,093 patents, including the incandescent lightbulb, phonograph, movie camera and batteries.

His sister, Marion Edison Page, who was married in the parlor of the home in 1849 and stayed in Milan after the family left, bought the home in 1894, and after her death it passed into Edison’s hands. He held on to it until his death, and on the centennial of his birth, in 1947, it opened as the Thomas Edison Birthplace Museum.

The home was restored to look like the simple farmhouse it was when Edison lived there as a boy, humanizing the man known as the Wizard of Menlo Park.

“He’s almost seen as a demigod who descended to Earth,” says Robert Wheeler, direct descendant of Marion Edison Page and president of the museum’s board of trustees. “But he’s just a person. Great people can come from modest beginnings.”

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The town of Milan’s prosperity is what led Samuel Edison there in 1840, after his family had once again found themselves on the wrong side of political upheaval.

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(Clockwise from opposite page): Display of Thomas Edison inventions, including a talking doll; Edison electric lamp and original patent; Amberola phonograph from around 1917

When Marion Page bought the house, she updated it to reflect modern sensibilities, adding indoor plumbing. (Although it was not until well after she died that Edison’s most famous invention, electric lights, was added. Supposedly, the inventor visited the home in 1923, while he was in Ohio for President Warren G. Harding’s funeral and was aghast to find that his boyhood home still had gas lights.)

While Edison himself owned the house, he had little interest in making it a museum, resisting entreaties to donate it to Ohio to do so. But after his death, his wife Mina and their daughter, Madeleine Sloane, wanted it to serve as more than just a memorial.

“We especially want children to get the inspiration that a true picture of him should provide,” Sloane remarked when the site was named a National Historic Landmark.

Edison’s formative years in Milan were no different than those of any other children of modest working-class means. He was not a gifted student (in parlance of the time, he was described as “addled,” and more recently, people have speculated that he had some variety

of a learning disability), and ultimately, he was educated at home by his mother, a former teacher. Edison himself later said, “My mother was the making of me.” A statue of Edison’s mother with her youngest child stands in the square in Milan.

Young Thomas likely spent time in the sitting room of the home (the warmest room of the house because it had a stove) figuring out letters and words and asking his father innumerable questions.

The home essentially has three stories: a ground floor at street level, an upper floor with two bedrooms, which seems hardly big enough for a family the size of the Edisons’, which included seven children (four of whom lived to adulthood) and a basement with a kitchen that opened out into a sloping backyard that led down to the canal. Sometimes, young Thomas would venture along the canal to talk to the craftsmen, businessmen and sailors that populated the area.

“As young as he was, he was able to go to the warehouses and the other side of the basin where ships were being built,” says Lois Wolf, director of the museum. “He was just so enriched with things going on all the time.”

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a young shipping clerk who grew rich in the nascent oil refining industry in Cleveland: John D. Rockefeller.)

But Ohio never forgot Edison, and the feeling was mutual.

“Here is a man who is in the closing years of his life, who has friends all over the world. A man whose associates are millionaires, great scientists, industrial kings and yet he remembers and loves the place of his youth,” The Chronicle-Telegram of Elyria noted in a 1929 editorial.

“Mr. Edison has not forgotten old friends and old associates here in Ohio.”

The museum is closed in January, but it will reopen in February. It is open for tours Friday through Sunday and reservations can be made online. For more information, call 419/499-2135 or visit tomedison.org.

The “Edison on a Bench” statue outside the Edison home was dedicated in 2020 (left). The house next door holds a small office and museum (below).

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A fire destroyed most of the Edisons’ possessions while they were living in Michigan, but there are some items in the home that are original to the Edison family at the time they lived there, including the kitchen clock and upstairs decor, like the thousand-shell bedspread (believed to have been sewn by Nancy Edison), painted pine furniture and Sam the pig, a porcine footstool. Most other furniture, including the black horsehair sofa in the fancy sitting room, is at least authentic to the period, with some donated by residents when the house was being prepared to become a museum. Others Sloane bought with the intention of remaking the space as close as she could to what it looked like when her father lived there, according to Wolf.

Next door, in another home believed to be contemporary to the Edisons’, is a small office and museum.

Among the items on display are one of the Grammys won by Edison posthumously. (Ironically, Grammy is short for Gramophone, produced by Victor, a competitor of Edison’s.) Some of Edison’s inventions are also on display, from motion picture cameras to phonographs to his infamous talking doll, a heavy child’s toy whose voice is the stuff of nightmares. (Edison called them “little monsters,” not for their creepiness, but because they were a commercial failure.)

Edison’s greatest fame came after his relocation to his ancestral home, New Jersey. He moved there, Wheeler says, to have greater access to capital. (Similar needs led one of Edison’s contemporaries to do the same. He was

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THE from hop heroes to lager champs, these five Ohio breweries are doing it right. plus, try 20 other beers we love.

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olf’s Ridge Brewing in downtown Columbus takes its name from a bend on the Scioto River that historical records refer to as Wolf’s Ridge. Wolves once ran wild in Ohio, and there is certainly something untamed about this brewery’s barrel-aged beers. Head brewer Chris Davison oversees a prolific brewing program, but his biggest passion — and challenge — is the brewery’s range of barrel-aged stouts, barley wines and sour ales.

“The biggest challenge is that you can put the same beer into six different barrels from the same source on the same day, and a year later, you’ll have six very different beers,” he explains.

These variations can make blending barrels for a finished beer tricky, but also provide plenty of exciting possibilities. While fans are intimately familiar with barrel-aged versions of the brewery’s Dire Wolf Imperial Stout aged in everything from bourbon to rum to port barrels, Davison is equally devoted to his mixed-fermentation barrel-aged beers. Terre du Sauvage Green, a 6.8% mixed-fermentation ale dry-hopped with Ekuanot hops, recently won a gold medal in its category at the prestigious Festival of Barrel-Aged Beer in Chicago, where it has medaled twice previously.

While the time in barrels and the skill of blending is important, Davison is quick to emphasize the work begins with the right recipe and good brewing practices.

“If you put good beer into the barrels, you’ll get barrel-aged good beer out of them,” he says.

Whiskey Rebellion Wolf ’s Ridge Brewing’s taproom is as wellWarped Wing Brewing Co., Dayton known for its excellent food as it is for the beer, with warpedwing.com a seasonal menu that regularly finds the restaurant Bourbon Barrel Brick Kiln on lists of the best fine dining in Columbus.

Jackie O’s Brewery, Athens So, what is this oak-loving brewer’s favorite beer jackieos.com from his barrels?

“Over the last few years, my favorite was our Barrel-Aged B.O.R.I.S. the Crusher Mocha Port Barrel Dire Wolf,” he says, referencing Hoppin’ Frog Brewery, Akron a beer brewed with ethically sourced cacao from hoppinfrog.com Ethereal Confections. “It was very chocolate-forward and married well with the red fruit character Barrel-Aged Gold on the Ceiling of the port barrels. We started playing with port Akronym Brewing, Akron barrels very early on.” 215 N. Fourth St., Columbus akronymbrewing.com 43215, 614/429-3936, wolfsridgebrewing.com

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Pretentious Barrel House, Columbus

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he first thing people notice when they enter Pretentious Barrel House is the smell, and that’s a good thing. This brewery on the east side of Columbus is filled with over 250 oak barrels for aging beer, and the scent of the wood and fermentation permeates the large space.

“People always say it smells so good in here,” says brewery founder Joshua Martinez.

The barrels are doing more than storing beer — they’re providing a breeding ground for various microorganisms to acidify and further ferment the brewery’s beers, adding funky complexity and sourness. Pretentious Barrel House is an all-sour brewery, and if its self-aware name isn’t fun enough, its cheeky motto is: “Making sour beers on purpose.”

And the brewery is good at it. Magnanimous, a dark sour aged in wine barrels, won best in show at the 2019 Ohio Craft Brewers Cup. Beers like Sybarite and the brewery’s anniversary beer, Cuvee de Josh, have medaled the last two years.

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Try some of these Pretentious Barrel House beers to get a feel for what the Columbus brewery is doing with sours.

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Martinez explains that although these sour beers undergo a standard fermentation initially, the real challenge of his craft occurs during blending, when he will taste multiple barrels to determine which vessels — and in which proportions — will be combined into a finished beer. Because the blending process is based on his sensory perception, each named beer might change somewhat year to year.

“That’s the magic of it,” he explains.

“We get to make impossible beers that can’t be manufactured. I change over time, and I’m the one creating the blends, so I don’t think everything can stay exactly the same. We get to make these small blends, and I think that’s where we shine.”

Visitors to the Pretentious Barrel House taproom get to sit and sip their beer surrounded by the vessels that hold this magic, and Martinez hopes to add even more barrels soon.

“The taproom has more of a winery feel,” he says. “There are just stacks and stacks and stacks of oak. It’s a very nuanced experience.” 745 Taylor Ave., Columbus 43219, 614/887-7687, pretentiousbarrelhouse.com

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here is a common misconception among beer drinkers that because lagers tend to be simpler, easier-drinking beers than many craft-ale styles, they must be easier and cheaper to brew. The exact opposite is true. Just ask Shaun Yasaki, founder and brewer at Dortmunder Gold Noble Beast Brewing Co., located a block from Lake Erie Great Lakes Brewing Co., in downtown Cleveland.

Cleveland “What appeals to me about lagers as a brewer is greatlakesbrewing.com they’re very technical,” he explains. “There’s a lot more process to them than ales. They’re such transparent beers Progress Pilsner that everything you do is evident.”

Market Garden Brewery, Lagers are brewed with a different species of yeast Cleveland than ales, and condition for longer before they’re ready marketgardenbrewery.com to release. The fact they’re often simpler in flavor makes it harder to hide flaws, and brewers must be on their game Dankel Munich Dunkel to brew them well. Yasaki uses traditional (and laborious) Devil Wind Brewing, Xenia techniques and equipment such as decoction mashing devilwindbrewing.com and horizontal lagering tanks to ensure beers like Union Pils and Embers Only Smoked Helles showcase that skill.

Rustic Helles The effort has paid off not only with popularity Wooly Pig Farm Brewery, among fans but with national award recognition. The Fresno brewery’s Murder Ballads Baltic Porter, a strong and dark woolypigfarmbrewery.com lager (other porter styles are brewed with ale yeast), has medaled twice at the Great American Beer Festival, the nation’s most prestigious beer competition.

“Brewing these beers stems from what I love to drink,” says Yasaki, explaining that these beers have proven quite popular with drinkers in this working-class city. “Cleveland has a well-established beer scene that appreciates these classic styles.”

Lagers can be great with food, and Noble Beast Brewing Co. is becoming well known for its upscale, seasonal food menu served in an airy but cozy taproom full of hanging plants.

“Everyone on our talented kitchen staff has a fine dining background,” Yasaki says. “We have such a great space for enjoying it, with an atmosphere that is going to pull you in immediately.” 1470 Lakeside Ave. E., Cleveland 44114, 216/417-8588, noblebeastbeer.com

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taproom pour a wide variety of beers, from lagers to barrel-aged sours.

“We’re known as a hop-forward brewery, but our taproom is the opportunity to experience the rest of what we do,” he says. “For us, it’s a beer wonderland.”

The taproom also serves Sicilian-style pizza, wings with house-made sauces and other excellent food options.

While Bean celebrates innovation in the world of IPAs and other hop-forward beers, at the end of the day she has a special fondness for her brewery’s classic brand.

“Columbus IPA is the beer I always come back to,” she says. “It’s just the perfect expression of what an IPA should be.” 2555 Harrison Rd., Columbus 43204, 614/224-3626, columbusbrewing.com

Citra High MadTree Brewing, Cincinnati madtreebrewing.com

The Final Countdown North High Brewing, Columbus northhighbrewing.com

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ince opening in 1988, Columbus Brewing Co. has been one of the most prolific and respected breweries in the state, and it has made its name with IPAs loaded with hops. These include Insane Wanderer, which showcases a different single hop variety with each release; Columbus IPA, the brewery’s flagship beer; and numerous seasonal and special releases, like Yakima Fresh Wet Hop IPA released each fall. The brewery is perhaps best known for Bodhi, one of the top-selling Double IPAs in Ohio.

“Everybody has a story about Bodhi because it drinks so smooth,” says Columbus Brewing Co. vice president of marketing Evan Magliocca.

The beer highlights the bright citrus and tropical aromas and flavors of the Citra hop variety and has previously medaled at the Great American Beer Festival.

Columbus Brewing Co. was making great IPAs long before the current popularity of hazy IPAs, and the brewery took its time getting the style right before releasing Endless Haze, a new year-round offering. For co-founder Beth Bean, new IPAs provide the chance to celebrate ongoing advances in the world of hops.

“The evolution of hops is happening so fast, and that’s really exciting,” she says. “New breeds and varieties with such vastly different profiles give us the ability to innovate and experiment with new ideas.”

While hops run the show here, Magliocca points out that the 24 taps in the Columbus Brewing Co.

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hen Third Eye Brew“There were a lot of tweaks I ing Co. won gold for wanted to make on Moozie, but its Higher Purpose when I was winning it didn’t Milk Stout at the 2021 Great feel right making them,” he says.

American Beer Festival, head “Higher Purpose has a bit more brewer Kelly Montgomery was caramel and richer flavor.” certainly excited. However, it Milk stout isn’t the only roasty wasn’t his first time winning the style where Montgomery shines. top prize in the category at the Third Eye Double Astral medaled nation’s biggest beer competition. at the 2021 Ohio Craft Brewers Or his second. Or third. A MontCup, along with its coffee variant. gomery-brewed beer has been “It’s this monstrous chocolate chosen as the best milk stout in oatmeal stout, and I put about a Double astral the country an astonishing four $1,000 worth of cocoa nibs from straight years, stretching back to Cincinnati’s Maverick Chocohis time at Brink Brewing Co. across town, where late in it. It’s super rich but not as crazy sweet as his Moozie Milk Stout won gold in 2018, 2019 some pastry stouts,” he explains. “The accountant and 2020. flipped when he saw the bill for the cocoa.”

After leaving to start Third Eye Brewing Co., Third Eye Brewing Co. is also becoming Montgomery could have just taken the recipe he known for its upscale food menu, regularly hostwrote with him, but he decided to make things ing steak dinners, low country shrimp boils and even harder for himself. other events. Despite his past success with the “Coming to a new brewery, I already had a classic milk stout, Montgomery is in love with his pretty good milk stout at Brink, and formulating most recent creation. a brand new milk stout was a challenge,” he says.

“I think Double Astral is my favorite I’ve brewed,” He clearly met the challenge, as he’s now he says. “It’s certainly the most expensive beer we’ve brewed two different milk stouts that have both ever brewed.” 11276 Chester Rd., Cincinnati 45246, earned gold on craft beer’s biggest stage.

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Walk in the footsteps of history at these five properties across the state that helped guide freedom seekers north to Canada. By Kristina Smith

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UNDERGROUND RAILROAD John Rankin House, Ripley The brick home of the Rev. John Rankin and his family was a beacon for people escaping slavery and crossing the Ohio River. The Rankins would put a light in the front window overlooking the river and village of Ripley. Freedom seekers knew to look for this light and to head up the hill to the home, says site manager Betty Campbell.

There, Rankin, his wife, Jean, and their 13 children would hide them under the floor of the family barn in a secret compartment. Then Rankin family members, often the teenage sons, would take them to meet the next “conductor” or to the next “station,” Campbell says.

Over 40 years, the family helped more than 2,000 people. Their story of a young freedom seeker who, while carrying her infant, crossed the Ohio River on ice floes to reach the Rankin home became an experience of the main character in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The Rankins knew the Stowe family and likely shared this story with them, Campbell says.

“We’ve had people just dissolve into tears because they’re standing on what they consider holy ground,” Campbell says. “To stand there and know what took place on the grounds and look out over the river and know how hard people had to work to get across the river and then secretly make it up to the Rankin house, it’s just a very special place.” Open April through October and by appointment in the winter. 6152 Rankin Hill Rd., Ripley 45167, 800/752-2705

Nelson T. Gant House, Zanesville

Kelton House Museum & Garden, Columbus In 1864, Sophia Kelton found two young girls standing in the back yard of her large Victorian home. Ten-year-old Martha Hartway, and her 14-year-old sister, Pearl, had escaped slavery in Richmond, Virginia, and were trying to get to freedom in Canada.

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When Nelson T. Gant and his wife, Anna Maria Hughes Gant, married, they were both enslaved by different people in Virginia. They had to live separately and couldn’t see each other unless their owners allowed it.

When his owner died, Nelson was freed in 1845, but Anna Maria remained enslaved. The couple fled to Washington, D.C., only to be caught and returned to Virginia. Nelson worked to raise money and borrowed from abolitionists until he had enough to buy Anna Maria’s freedom in 1847.

The Gants settled in a brick home in Zanesville. There, Nelson became a respected entrepreneur and philanthropist, says Anita Jackson, a founding member of the Nelson T. Gant Foundation that runs the Nelson T. Gant House. He sold crops he raised and rented some of the many acres of land he owned, among other business ventures.

“Not all freedom seekers who eventually became free were able to become as wealthy as he did and as highly respected as he was,” Jackson says. “That took a lot of ingenuity for him to do that, to come without anything, maybe 50 cents in his pocket, and be able to obtain all that land.”

Local stories passed down for generations also indicate that Gant was a “conductor” on the Underground Railroad, she says. He is believed to have hidden freedom seekers in his basement and then under his crop wagon to take them to their next “station.” Open by appointment. 1845 W. Main St., Zanesville 43701, 740/891-4838, nelsontgantfoundation.org

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John Rankin House (opposite page); Hubbard House Underground Railroad Museum (above left); Nelson T. Gant House (above right)

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Martha was very sick and couldn’t travel any farther. Sophia and her husband, Fernando, who was outspoken against slavery, took both girls in. Pearl later continued on the Underground Railroad to Wisconsin, but Mary stayed to recover. The Keltons ended up raising Mary with their own children, says Sarah Richardt, executive director of the Kelton House Museum & Garden.

“Normally, the freedom seekers don’t stay,” she says. “The story here is not the norm. That’s why Martha’s story is so important.”

Years later, Martha and her husband, Thomas Lawrence, married in the parlor of the Kelton House and settled near the rest of the Kelton family in Columbus. Martha’s son, Arthur Kelton Lawrence, was the first African American to graduate from Ohio State University’s medical school.

“It’s pretty amazing,” Richardt says. “We talk about the abolitionists, but we also need to talk about the freedom seekers.”

The Kelton and Hartway-Lawrence families remained close for generations, and their story is one visitors hear at Kelton House, which was built in 1852. A tour focusing on the Keltons and the Hartways is also offered by appointment. Open February through December.

586 E. Town St., Columbus 43215, 614/464-2022, keltonhouse.com

Follett House Museum, Sandusky Located on the Lake Erie shore, Sandusky was a pivotal stop on the Underground Railroad. Freedom seekers would catch steam ships to Canada or trains to Buffalo. Sites of importance, including homes of “conductors,” still stand throughout the city and can be seen on a walking tour created by the Erie County Historical Society. The Follett House Museum, run by the Sandusky Library, is the only one of these sites open to the public.

Oran Follett, a wealthy book publisher and railroad investor, built the stately limestone home in the 1830s. There, he and his wife, Eliza, are believed to have hidden freedom seekers in the outbuildings on their property that no longer stand, says Jeremy Angstadt, museum services manager.

“It allows us not only to talk about the Folletts but it also allows us to facilitate a conversation about Sandusky’s role in the Underground Railroad,” Angstadt says. “There are probably hundreds of

people in town who were active in helping people. There are lots of other stories we can talk about.”

The home is set up as a museum with interpretive panels and includes a cane presented to abolitionist Rush R. Sloane, an attorney and mayor of Sandusky, by African American citizens of the city for his work in helping escaped slaves. Sloane’s house still stands a few blocks away and is on the Underground Railroad walking tour. The Follett House is currently open by appointment only. 404 Wayne St., Sandusky 44870; to make an appointment, contact the Sandusky Library at 419/625-3834 or jangstadt@sanduskylib.org; Sandusky walking tour information is available at eriecountyohiohistory.com.

Hubbard House Underground Railroad Museum, Ashtabula Ashtabula was another major stop on the Underground Railroad.

For freedom seekers moving north through what is today West Virginia, Ashtabula was the quickest route to Lake Erie and boats to freedom in Canada, says Richard Dana, docent and former board president at Hubbard House Underground Railroad Museum.

Hubbard House, home of Col. William and Katharine Hubbard, was a well-known safe haven for escaped slaves. A freedom seeker known only as Uncle Jake even helped to build the luxurious two-story home in the mid-1830s while he stayed in Ashtabula, Dana says.

The Hubbards, who worked in the shipping industry, would send freedom seekers to one of their boats docked a few blocks away in the harbor. A newspaper article about their work on the Underground Railroad that made the wire services and was published across the country led to their arrest on charges of violating the Fugitive Slave Law in 1839. The couple was charged with helping eight people escaping slavery. Ultimately, the case was dismissed.

“You can literally walk in the same footsteps here of where these freedom seekers were,” Dana says. “I think that is the most moving experience. People come from all over the world to walk that path.”

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Located in the highest valley east of the Mississippi River at an elevation of 3,300 feet and with an abundant yearly snowfall average of 150 inches, Tucker County, West Virginia’s Canaan Valley boasts breathtaking natural sights that makes for a memorable winter getaway. Here, visitors will find three impressive ski resorts, all within a few miles of one another.

Canaan Valley Resort is a great destination for families and those who are just learning to ski. It also offers the thrilling experience of snow tubing. Timberline Mountain has seen more than $10 million in upgrades to its snowmaking system and ski lodge, and it offers the only six-person, high-speed chairlift in the state. The White Grass Ski Touring Center is known for its scenic snowshoe trails and has an excellent cafe that serves soups, sandwiches and freshly baked cookies.

Another winter favorite is the sled run at Blackwater Falls State Park. It is the perfect destination for both adults and children of all ages who want to ride over a quarter mile of fresh mountain snow on what is billed as the East Coast’s

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After your day outside, explore the trendy restaurants, breweries and art galleries found in the nearby mountain towns of Davis and Thomas, located just 10 miles away from the ski resorts. For more information, visit canaanvalley.org.

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Visit a Tuscan-inspired winery resort in the heart of Canton. This 55-acre estate offers three distinct restaurants, a coffeehouse, craft cocktail lounge and luxurious accommodations that make for a perfect winter getaway.

The Bistro features rustic Italian cuisine with a menu that spans antipasti, salads, brick-fired pizzas, pastas, entrees and desserts. The Crush House offers a contemporary winery, wine bar and eatery housed in a modern, industrial-style building. Stop in for lunch or dinner to enjoy a variety of appetizers, soups, salads, sandwiches, pastas and select entrees. Enjoy award-winning Gervasi wines, signature cocktails and premium spirits.

The Still House is a coffeehouse by day and comes alive at night as an upscale lounge known for its variety of craft cocktails served alongside Gervasi wines, draft beers and a delectable appetizer menu. Cocktails range from classics of the Prohibition era to new creations featuring cutting-edge flavor combinations and techniques.

Plan your visit around one of Gervasi Vineyard’s unique experiences like a wine-pairing dinner or distillery tasting tour, or attend an event such as Bourbon and Bites or the Couples & Cocktails Valentine’s Dinner.

(Browse a complete list at the vineyard’s website.)

At the end of the evening, retreat to a luxurious suite and enjoy the comforts of heated floors, plush linens

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Sledding at Lake County’s Chapin Forest Reservation (above); The Still House at Gervasi Vineyard (opposite page)

and a cozy fireplace. A complimentary continental breakfast is delivered to guests’ rooms each morning of their stay. For more information, visit gervasivineyard.com.

Lake County

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While some folks look for warmer weather and sandy beaches when making winter travel plans, there are countless others who love and embrace outdoor adventures followed by hot chocolate or their favorite drink

next to a warm and cozy fire.

Situated along the shores of Lake Erie, Lake County offers visitors beautiful winter scenery at its numerous lakefront parks and the opportunity to explore dozens of Lake Metroparks properties to see waterfalls, scenic overlooks and other natural wonders.

Those looking to get out and explore can rent snowshoes or cross-country skis at Pine Lodge Ski Center at Chapin Forest Reservation or put on their boots and take a walk through the park’s spectacular, 1-mile lighted trail. Those more interested in a cozy fireplace come to Ohio’s Wine Country to visit some of the more than 30 wineries in the award-winning Grand River Valley.

While planning your trip, check out the area’s unique lodging options, such as the historic Steele Mansion or Candoren Guest House. The Victorian charm and hospitality of downtown Willoughby’s Homestead House, as well as its amazing breakfast, makes it a perfect spot for a weekend getaway. Or book your winery weekend at one of the beautiful, new hotels in Madison and hop on a wine shuttle to explore the nearby wineries. For more information, visit mylakeoh.com.

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Avoid post-holiday restlessness with a getaway to Grove City, where your safety is top of mind.

Stay at one of 18 hotels (check out the work nooks at the new Home2 Suites + TRU dual hotel) and treat your kids to hands-on adventures.

Learn about science and history at Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park, where kids can catch a glimpse of American bison and visit the nature center to see the 53-foot living stream representing biodiversity of the Big Darby Creek and Little Darby Creek, both national scenic rivers.

Level up physical education with a round of paintball at LVL UP Sports, and get some steps in with a hike on the REI River Trail at Scioto Grove Metro Park. Be sure to check out the rope bridge and add in a nature lesson as you search for eagles, hawks and other birds.

Elevate art courses with painting classes at Creative Clinic Center or AR Workshop. Decorate ceramics or throw your own pot at Coffee Break Pottery, and create a custom-scented candle at The Chandler.

While you’re in town, grab a Pizza Trek Guide at any participating restaurant and start earning your way to a free Pizza Trek T-shirt. For more information, go to visitgrovecityoh.com.

Dutchman Hospitality

Create warm family memories with a winter visit to one of Dutchman Hospitality’s hotels, shops and restaurants throughout the heart of Ohio’s Amish Country. Book a stay at The Carlisle Inn’s Walnut Creek or Sugarcreek locations for welcoming rooms (some of which come with cozy fireplaces and relaxing hot tubs) that allow you to

Grove City’s LVL UP Sports (above); The Houghton Library at The Carlisle Inn’s Sugarcreek location (opposite page)

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escape the hustle and bustle of daily life and embrace a taste of country living.

Also in Sugarcreek, you’ll find Dutch Valley Restaurant and Bakery, as well as Dutch Valley Gifts and the Dutch Valley Market, the latter of which sells specialty food items such as fresh meats, cheese and bulk foods.

The Ohio Star Theater, also located at the Dutch Valley location, hosts live performances throughout the year.

Dutchman Hospitality also operates Der Dutchman Restaurant and Carlisle Gifts in Walnut Creek (there are also locations in Bellville and Plain City for those who live closer to central Ohio), as well as the Berlin Farmstead Restaurant in the community of Berlin At each Dutchman Hospitality restaurant location, travelers are sure to find great soups, sandwiches and country-style dinners that offer all the delicious cooking that is a hallmark of the region. Adjoining bakeries at each restaurant offer the chance to enjoy a hot drink or pick up delicious baked goods such as doughnuts, apple fritters, cookies and, of course, homemade pies. For more information, visit dhgroup.com.

Pleasant Hill Lake Park

The Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District’s Pleasant Hill Lake Park in Perrysville has 10 new vacation cabins that are available year-round and provide all that

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The cabins are log homes with full kitchens, gas fireplaces and hot tubs on the deck. There are two sizes to accommodate either six or eight people, and they come with all the furnishings and accessories that make for a carefree stay, including bedding and linens, and pots and pans, so overnight guests can feel like they are getting away from home without having to spare any of the comforts of it.

Amenities also include Wi-Fi and satellite TV, but for travelers who want to shut down electronic devices in favor of a getaway in nature, Pleasant Hill Lake Park offers access to activities such as trail hikes, as well as winter outdoor fun like cross-country skiing. A visit makes for a great romantic getaway for couples, and cabin reservations can be made up to 340 days in advance.

Winter is also a great time to plan a day outside on any of the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District’s

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The 1819 Room at Hotel Versailles is served by Silas and is designed to host group sizes up to 200 with its own courtyard overlooking the historic town square. The space is equipped with its own bar, audio-visual technologies, private bathrooms, a coat room and an infant-care room, making it ideal for any occasion.

Ask about the date night package, which includes a $50 credit to Silas, late checkout at 2 p.m. and a surprise amenity upon arrival. Take advantage of the preopening

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Plan a stay at Hotel Versailles, a boutique hotel located in downtown Versailles, Ohio. The hotel offers 30 rooms, including six suites, enhanced amenities and a fitness room as well as a courtyard and patio.

Throughout the space, you will find locally sourced products, showcasing the wonderful items the region has to offer. Make sure to gather in the hotel’s restaurant and lounge, Silas, that serves an eclectic mix of cuisines, wines and cocktails inspired from around the world using fresh, locally sourced ingredients. The Silas culinary team prides itself on delivering the freshest dishes in unexpected ways — continuously updating the menu to reflect the latest local harvest.

Featuring an array of indoor, outdoor, lounge and private dining, as well as a consistent rotation of live

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There are plenty of winter lodging options in Holmes County and the surrounding area, whether you’re looking for luxurious treehouses, cozy cabins and cottages, or beautiful hotels not far from the shops and restaurants for which Ohio’s Amish Country is known.

Book a stay at the Inn at Honey Run in Millersburg, a secluded resort with a variety of room options. Or choose one of Amish Country Lodging’s treehouses and cabins with breathtaking views. Tiny Stays Berlin offers modern tiny homes that make the most of minimal space.

Sojourner’s Lodge in nearby Dundee offers log cabins and lodge suites among woodlands, hills and a 3-acre lake, while The Barn Inn Bed and Breakfast in Millersburg is housed in a beautiful property and known for its gourmet breakfasts. The Carlisle Inn in Walnut Creek sits atop a slightly sloped hill and has balconies and porches that look out over the valley and surrounding countryside, while the Guggisberg Swiss Inn in Millersburg offers another beautifully appointed place for guests to enjoy a winter respite.

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The Blizzard of ’78 A late-January snowstorm hit the Ohio Valley in a weather event that has been remembered ever since for its ferocity.

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hat originally started as two low-pressure weather systems colliding in the early hours of Thursday, Jan. 26, 1978, has gone down in history as one of the most extreme severe weather events to ever hit Ohio — forever known as The Blizzard of 1978.

Akron Beacon Journal staff writer Don Bandy wrote in the newspaper’s Jan. 27, 1978, edition that the previous days’ storm had left tens of thousands in the area without electricity and heat.

The Cincinnati Enquirer reported in its Jan. 27, 1978, edition that “the worst blizzard in Ohio’s recorded history,” even stopped U.S. mail carriers in their tracks.

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Cincinnati on Jan. 26, 1978, letter carriers did miss their appointed rounds,” the newspaper reported.

A retrospective on the 40th anniversary of the storm published in the Mansfield News Journal reported that the area received 14.7 inches of snowfall in one day, or slightly more than the city typically received each January.

“Forty-five national guard helicopters flew 2,700 missions across Ohio, rescuing thousands of stranded people,” the News Journal reported. “The entire area was shut down for days and many places were closed even longer as they recovered and repaired damage.”

A report from United Press International reporter Jay Gibian published in the Feb. 19, 1978, edition of The Coshocton Tribune reported that the blizzard had shut down the Ohio Turnpike for the first time in state history. “What occurred on Jan. 26, 1978, in Ohio was not a blizzard,” he wrote. “What did occur was even rarer and more dangerous: A severe blizzard — the worst of winter storms.”

The Blizzard of 1978 brought record snowfalls across Ohio. According to the National Weather Service, the storm claimed the lives of 51 Ohioans. — Nathan Havenner

A toboggan pulled behind a snowmobile is used as a makeshift stretcher in the blizzard’s aftermath.

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Blue Moon is a private contemporary one bedroom cabin with a King size bed and one full bath with tile surround shower. There are two stone wood burning fireplaces; one inside AND one outside. A well equipped kitchen to prepare your meals and a private hot tub to relax and enjoy after a long day of hiking. Private and secluded in the Hocking Hills and central to area attractions, shopping, and restaurants. You may also enjoy our in-cabin dining and spa services. cabinsbythecave.com 614-322-2283 | 877-322-2283

For over 90 years, ESTHER PRICE uses the highest-quality ingredients you’ve come to expect. Give the priceless gift this holiday season with Esther Price Candies assorted chocolates.

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Cherry Ridge Retreat features private romantic cabins. Secluded hot tubs, private pools and on-cabin massage just some of the unique features we can offer. cherryridgeretreat.com 740-380-7777

Plan your romantic escape to Gervasi Vineyard and experience the beauty of a unique, Tuscan-inspired winery resort. Three distinct restaurants offer both casual and upscale cuisine paired with award-winning wines and spirits. Retreat to a luxurious suite and enjoy the comforts of heated floors, plush linens, and a cozy fireplace. A complimentary continental breakfast is delivered each morning of your stay. gervasivineyard.com 330-497-1000

Give the gift of nature for the holidays this year. Lake Hope State Park has so many exciting things to offer. Stay in one of our cabins and enjoy the warmth of a woodburning fireplace, dine in our ever popular restaurant at the Lodge, hike one of our trail to experience the peace and serenity of our park and surrounding Zaleski State Forest.

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A Scottish Inn & Cottages Escape the ordinary for a romantic experience like no other! Glenlaurel, A Scottish Inn & Cottages is situated on 140-acres in the heart of Ohio’s Hocking Hills. The adult-only resort boasts luxurious accommodations, six and seven-course fine dining, private gorge/hiking trails, and more! Unplug from technology and reconnect with one another. Romance awaits! glenlaurel.com 800-809-REST (7378)

2022. Ask about the date night package, which includes a $50 credit to Silas, the hotel’s spirited restaurant and lounge, late checkout at 2:00PM and surprise amenity upon arrival. Rates for this package start at $199.

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