Whether guests came for country twang or indie-pop hooks, few were dissatisfied with the sixth annual Nelsonville Music Festival. Stuart’s Opera House hosted the event, which took place last weekend at Robbins Crossing at nearby Hocking College.

With summer quickly approaching, music fans around the world are gearing up for their favorite music festivals. Stuart’s Opera House, just a 15-minute drive from Athens, is holding the sixth annual Nelsonville Music Festival from May 14-16, bringing local and national artists together for three days of art, merchandise and music.

The art of female pleasure reaches new levels as documentary filmmaker Liz Canner searches for the perfect climax-enhancement in “Orgasm, Inc.: The Strange Science of the Female Orgasm.”

Inspired by the illuminated manuscript Gospel “The Book of Kells,” the full-length animated film, “The Secret of Kells,” combines bold, innovative visuals with richly enchanted story-telling.

Exploring the emotional impact of genocide and coexistence with killers, “My Neighbor, My Killer” follows the struggle of Rwandans as they rebuild their community after the Tutsi genocide in 1994.

Philadelphia rockers Dr. Dog get “weird,” and sentimental, on their sixth studio album “Shame, Shame.” Though they maintain their signature psychedelic pop sound throughout, “Shame, Shame” is a more refined journey through their 11-year career.

Ben Harper and Relentless7 will perform at Templeton-Blackburn Memorial Auditorium with openers Alberta Cross on April 16. The band is headlining the Campus Consciousness Tour created by non-profit environmental group Reverb.

Which is worse: to live as a monster, or die as a good man? In Martin Scorsese’s newest film, “Shutter Island,” which is based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Dennis Lehane, one man’s search for answers forces him to question everything and everyone he’s ever known, including himself.

British electropop band Hot Chip released its fourth album this month, exploring a more toned-down mood. One Life Stand piles on the band’s typical synthesizer-drenched ambience and mellow vocals but integrates more disco and harmonies than ever before.

The Avett Brothers will perform in Athens for the first time at Templeton-Blackburn Memorial Auditorium on Feb. 24. The trio, only two of whom are actually brothers, is on the road supporting their major-label debut, “I and Love and You.”