Events

Here is a startling fact: An estimated 45% of American seniors 85 and older suffer from Alzheimer’s, according to the Alzheimer’s Association’s Facts and Figures report.

The bioscience industry is making great strides in our state and that expertise is on display at the upcoming Ohio Bioscience Expo in Columbus. The free expo will be held on October 1 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Center of Science and Industry (COSI) in Columbus.

Enjoy the heritage and festivities at the Great Mohican Pow-Wow set for Sept. 20-22 at Mohican Campgrounds in Loudonville. Pow-Wow time is the Native American’s way of coming together to join in dancing, singing, visiting, renewing old friendships and making new ones

The Akron-Canton Airport (CAK) is hosting an interactive travel forum for business travelers looking for smarter, healthier travel and insights into the airline industry. The no-cost event will run 9-11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 24 at the airport.

This upcoming Labor Day weekend heralds the start of the long-standing Ohio Renaissance Festival, which brings together hundreds of actors and skilled artisans in a re-created 16th-century English village. The festival is held in Harveysburg near Cincinnati.

Every summer, owners of a unique vehicle called an Amphicar gather in Celina for their ritual “splash-in” and take visitors for rides on water. The 2019 edition of the Celina Lake Festival is set for July 24-28 at Grand Lake St. Mary’s State Park.

Cleveland will host its first-ever Water Lantern Festival on June 15. The festival will bring hundreds of people together to watch the lanterns light up Lake Erie.

During the days of Prohibition, the town of New Straitsville, near Columbus, churned out more moonshine than anywhere else in the country. Even Al Capone had a leading role in smuggling the “Straitsville Special” to Chicago and Detroit by the light of the moon.

Whether you refer to the creature as Bigfoot or Sasquatch or Yeti, he’s a big dude. The legend of Bigfoot has its origins in the Pacific Northwest, but there’s an Ohio connection at Salt Fork State Park near Cambridge, where there have been numerous sightings over the past 40 years.