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Hip-Hop at 50

Season 25 Episode 30 | 26m 46s

Check out the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's exhibit celebrating 50 years of hip hop, and meet visual artist Holly Romano, who combines film photography with nature elements in unique ways. Plus meet Don MacRostie, the mandolin maker behind Red Diamond Mandolins, who has been crafting his handmade instruments in Athens for decades.

Aired: 07/20/23
Extras
Collectors from across the Buckeye State are united by a love of buttons.
We introduce you to a trio of comedians from Northeast Ohio.
Explore the exhibit "She Said, She Said" at the Akron Art Museum.
The filmmakers behind the indie comedy "Lost & Found in Cleveland" explain the inspiration.
Trumpeter Theresa May channels her childhood into her music.
Cleveland artists are in the spotlight at an exhibit inside city hall.
Cleveland Heights artist Lauren Pearce weaves her life into her art, one strip of paper at a time.
Djapo Cultural Arts Institute in Cleveland creates new choreography.
The STEM Guitar Lab shows students and teachers alike the technology used to build electric guitars.
Kelly Mangan takes us behind the scenes of BGSU Theatre department.
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Collectors from across the Buckeye State are united by a love of buttons.
We introduce you to a trio of comedians from Northeast Ohio.
Philately, the study of stamps, is the passion of the Garfield-Perry Stamp Club.
Explore the exhibit "She Said, She Said" at the Akron Art Museum.
The filmmakers behind the indie comedy "Lost & Found in Cleveland" explain the inspiration.
Trumpeter Theresa May channels her childhood into her music.
Cleveland artists are in the spotlight at an exhibit inside city hall.
Cleveland Heights artist Lauren Pearce weaves her life into her art, one strip of paper at a time.
A bevy of barbershop quartets from Northeast Ohio gather to share their passion.
A guitar class is all the rage at a Tuscarawas County school.