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For Immediate Release

Country Living Magazine Brings Annual Country Living Fair To Columbus, Ohio September 12, 13 & 14
Tickets Now On Sale

Country Living Logo with straw and gourds (NEW YORK, July 1, 2008) – Country Living, the country's largest and best-selling shelter magazine, announces the third annual Country Living Fair, taking place the weekend of September 12-14 in Columbus, OH. The pages of Country Living magazine will come to life on the grounds of the Ohio Village. Join Editor-in-Chief Nancy Soriano and the editors and contributors of Country Living for three days of fun family activities.

More than 20,000 visitors are expected to attend the three day event, where over 150 exhibitors will display and sell antiques, vintage furnishings, crafts, gifts, and collectibles. Additionally, there will be food tastings, cooking demos, and the harvest market. Attend free decorating and crafting seminars, including pumpkin carving and floral arranging.

"The Country Living Fair gives us the opportunity to interact with our readers and inspire them as to how they can incorporate country style into their own lives," says Nancy Soriano, editor-in-chief, Country Living. "The Ohio Village is an ideal setting for us with its recreated 1860's town with village shops, farm and fields surrounding a lovely village green."

The Country Living Fair is produced by Stella Show Management Company on the grounds of the Ohio Village next to the Ohio Historical Center and located across from the Ohio State Fairgrounds at I-71 and 17th Avenue, Columbus OH. Held outdoors under tents, the show runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday September 12-14. Admission is $12 at the door and $10 advance. Weekend passes are available for $20 at the door and $15 in advance. An early bird special pass is available for $30 in advance only and grants admission on Friday and/or Saturday at 9 a.m. – beating the crowds. Children ages 16 and under free. For tickets & show information visit www.stellashows.com or call (866) 500-FAIR. For additional details visit www.countryliving.com.

About Country Living
Country Living is the No. 1 selling shelter magazine at newsstands. It focuses on a variety of topics including decorating, antiques, cooking, travel, remodeling, and gardens. Country Living is published by Hearst Magazines, a unit of Hearst Corporation (www.hearst.com), one of the nation's largest diversified communications companies with interests in magazines, newspapers, digital media, business media and television. As one of the world’s largest publishers of monthly magazines, Hearst Magazines has nearly 200 editions around the world, including 19 U.S. titles and 20 magazines in the United Kingdom, published through its wholly owned subsidiary, The National Magazine Company Limited. Hearst reaches more adults than any other publisher of monthly magazines (74.1 million total adults, according to MRI, spring 07).

About The Ohio Historic Village
Ohio Village is a recreated town of the 19th century and is one of 58 sites administered by the Ohio Historical Society, a non profit organization that serves as the state’s partner in preserving and interpreting Ohio’s history, archaeology and natural history. It is located next to the Ohio Historical Center in Columbus at I-71 and 17th Avenue. For more information about Ohio Historical Society exhibits and events, visit www.ohiohistory.org or call 614.297.2300/800.686.6124.

Media contact: Sara Crabbe: 212.649.2581 or scrabbe@hearst.com

Media contact: Kim Schuette: 614.297.2314 or kschuette@ohiohistory.org


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