Before bringing the Linda Oh Quartet out for the Skidmore Jazz Institute’s second major-artist concert, Institute director Todd Coolman told us about meeting Oh a few years before at an educators’ ...

Linda Mae Martinez, 82, of Northwood and formerly of Rossford, OH, passed away at home on Sunday, December 28, 2025.

Things always happen that could be unexpected but there's never a complacency. That’s the key. A lot of that comes from the sheer gratitude of making music and the passion and love for it. We spoke on ...

View the schedule for this year's observance of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, centered on Sunday and Monday, Jan. 18–19. In 2025, Bates social media shared more than a thousand of posts. Here ...