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December 9, 2025

December Open Mic Night at the Harriet Beecher Stowe House

The world needs your words—and we can’t wait to hear them! Join new and seasoned poets for an evening of creativity, community and world-changing words at our Open Mic Night in the historic Edgemont Inn tavern at the Harriet Beecher Stowe House. Bring a poem, a song or something in progress. All voices are welcome. […]

December 9, 2025

Twelfth Night

Come join us for a historical afternoon at Adena Mansion and Gardens. Learn how the feast of the evening was prepared, 1800’s style, which celebrated the end of the holiday season and the start of a New Year. Enjoy a historical cooking demonstration presented by the First Ohio Regiment, located in the Tenant House, followed […]

December 1, 2025

Youngstown, Ohio Goes to the Movies

As part of the February theme for America's 250th Celebration, “Business, Innovation, and Work,” The Youngstown Historical Center of Industry & Labor, locally known as the Steel Museum, is proud to present this complimentary film screening of The Deer Hunter, through Ohio Goes to the Movies, a Signature Event of America 250-Ohio. 4:30 p.m. - […]

November 25, 2025

Speaking of History… Singing at Ohio’s Intersections: The Burnside Mennonaires and Civil Rights in the Mennonite Church

In the early 1950s, a Mennonite farmer from rural Plain City was out working in his field, when he realized he needed a drink of water. Too far from his home, he approached residents of the neighboring African-American community of Burnside Heights, then on the outskirts of Columbus. This chance meeting led Plain City’s United […]

November 7, 2025

Moving Stories Writing Circle

Come to a supportive creative writing circle led by Carnegie Center of Columbia Tusculum’s Artist-in Residence Sherry Cook Stanforth. Across generations and heritage identities, the idea of “home place” invites creative, diverse interpretations of historical and personal experiences. In the questing spirit of novelist and renown activist Harriet Beecher Stowe, we will explore the complexity […]

November 7, 2025

Trust and Teamwork On the Underground Railroad

Author Ann Hagedorn will discuss a few myths and truths about the networks of daring women and men, Black and white, who worked in the Underground Railroad throughout Ohio. Since the publication of Beyond the River, Hagedorn has given numerous lectures nationwide based on its themes, spreading the word about the importance of Ohio in […]

November 7, 2025

Yesteryear’s Essentials Revisited

Fads & Fashions in the Time of Jane Austen. This is Fort Meigs' biennial conference on historical clothing—a full weekend of lectures, fashion shows and hands-on workshops. The event broadens the understanding of historical garments and their study or recreation. Learn more at fortmeigs.org/yesteryear.

November 6, 2025

Deaf Day

Tours will be ASL Interpreted all day at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., 12 p.m., 1 p.m., 2 p.m. & 3 p.m. Visitors will encounter the history this house witnessed in two different time periods 100 years apart: 1840, when abolitionist author Harriet Beecher Stowe lived in Cincinnati as a young teacher and mother preparing to […]

November 5, 2025

Sensory Saturday

Join us for a one-hour tour that is a sensory-friendly time where families and guests can enjoy an environment that is tailored to their needs and desires. We will also have sensory bags available!

November 5, 2025

Voices for Truth: Imagining the Future

Join an intimate discussion of literature in one of Cincinnati's most iconic literary destinations—the Harriet Beecher Stowe House. Carry forward its legacy of social change and be part of its future. As 2025 draws to a close, we look to writers of fantasy and science fiction, not for stories of bug-eyed monsters, dazzling special effects […]