Tucked away by a stairwell on the second floor of the Ohio Union is a grand piano. On most afternoons, Dan Shaw can be spotted playing slow jazz numbers that belong in a cocktail lounge instead of a ...

I have written extensively on the Bearden area in this column. It’s the place in the city where people own dogs almost by default. Bearden hasn’t changed a whole lot since I began writing this column ...

The lounge pianist has a long history, almost as long as the jazz musician and ragtime player—perhaps longer. My guess is that the job dates back to the late 1800s and was born in a plush hotel lobby ...