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Inkcarceration Festival 2024: Day One Recap
Entering its sixth year, the annual Inkcarceration Tattoo and Music Festival made a vibrant return this year, infusing Mansfield, Ohio, with a spectacular blend of visual and auditory art, set against the evocative backdrop of the historic, now-closed Ohio State Reformatory. Rock, metal, and body art have been intertwined since...
Setting the scene: Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo festival gets underway
Brock Behlke couldn't wait to get back to the Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival. "I only went for a day last year," the 22-year-old Mansfield resident said. "It was my first concert ever." A Wooster graduate, Behlke planned to be there for all three days of the festival, which kicked...
Widman named Showman of Showmen for second time in her showing career
BUCYRUS, OH (Crawford County Now)—To round out the fair week, this year’s coveted title of Showman of Showmen was handed to its new recipient, Kendal Widman. Kendal Widman is an 18-year-old graduate of Colonel Crawford High School and Tri-Rivers Career Center, where she was a member of the Vet Science program.
Inkcarceration boosts Mansfield food trucks
MANSFIELD — Sadie Stewart remembers when her food truck was one of the only Richland County trucks serving Inkmates a few years ago. The owner of Mad Meltz, Stewart said 2024 marks her team’s fourth year at Inkcarceration. Richland County’s Athena Gyro Express and Grunt Grub also set up at the festival this year.
Ohio State Fair Previews Treats And New Foods For 2024
This week, many Richland Countians will be heading down to Columbus for the annual extravaganza known as the Ohio State Fair. There, food vendors will be firing up the grills, filling the fryers, and prepping the delicious bites of this year’s event. Brand new in 2024 is New Food...
Boxing Royalty: Prince Charles training new generation of Mansfield fighters
MANSFIELD — The gym inside the warehouse of Tim’s Mid-Ohio Home Improvements on Marion Avenue is a no-frills affair. The sparring ring sits in one corner, its bright blue floor and blue and red corner pads standing in stark contrast to the structure’s dull gray cement block walls. Three black heavy bags hang from the rafters of the loft with two more waiting to be hung.
GALLERY: 2nd Annual ‘Hudson’s Duck Drop’ races down Black Fork
SHELBY — More than 800 rubber ducks were dropped Saturday from Shelby’s Main Street bridge into the Black Fork River. Saturday evening marked the second annual “Hudson’s Duck Drop,” which took place from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Parrot Head Pub, 16 Mohican St.
Interview: The Offspring at Inkcarceration
MANSFIELD — The Offspring have sold over 40 million records worldwide, have 20 million monthly Spotify listeners and produced 10 studio albums, including the six-time platinum record, “Smash.”. Minutes before they rocked the Inkcarceration main stage as one of the headliners, I sat down with frontman Dexter Holland...
Rock in the Heartland: Midwestern artists define their unique sound
MANSFIELD, OH — The Midwestern states of this great country are known for a lot of things. The flat, sometimes-monotonous landscape is home to football enthusiasts, casserole-makers and lots of agriculture. If you listen carefully, you can hear the word “ope” whistling in the wind. But for...
Fan-Filmed Footage From Chimaira’s First Show Of 2024 Available
Ohioan groove metal band Chimaira returned to the stage today, July 19th, playing their first show of 2024. The set was the group’s first time performing live since May of last year, when they celebrated the 20th anniversary of “The Impossibility Of Reason“. Five of the band’s six ‘classic’ members took part in this latest show, with later drummer Austin D’Amond once again behind the kit in place of Andols Herrick.
'The Addams Family' opens this weekend in Galion with cast of actors ages 10-20
The Galion Community Theatre's summer youth production of the musical "The Addams Family" opens this weekend. Performances at slated for 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 2-3 and at 2 p.m. Aug. 4. "The Addams Family" is described as a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every...
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