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Thawed Out and Ready

Our boys enjoyed a total of three snow/cold days last week, which means we recently finished up a five-day weekend (send booze). We made the most of it, though: we watched movies, read books, keep the fire going. And to our delight, they...
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Arts events to celebrate love, or not

Valentine’s Day is upon us. I’m trying not to roll my eyes. I’m only bringing it up because while searching the events calendar at columbusmakesart.com I noticed that several organizations have put together arts experiences to celebrate...
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Film, Exhibitions, Concerts – What To Do This Weekend

We’re entering late February already. How is that possible? I feel like we just started the new year. But here we are, working through the winter and looking forward to spring (not to rush ahead too much!). My family and I are looking to...
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Dragons, Drag Queens, Flamenco, Don Quixote and a Babe

Weekend Warriors is about getting out into the city to experience all the arts have to offer, however in a rare switch I’m going to kick off this week’s post with a recommendation to watch TV. This Thursday (Feb. 28) RuPaul’s Drag Race...
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A Play in a Brewery + An Exhibition by New Americans = Our Weekend Plans

Happy first week of March! As much as I’m still loving snow on the ground and chilly nights, I’m loving the slowly expanding daylight hours as we creep into spring. Weather never stops us from getting out and exploring, so as another...
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Embrace the Ides of March with these six arts events

In anticipation of writing this post, I hit up the events section of ColumbusMakesArt.com to see what’s up this weekend, and quickly found that the Wexner Center is screening the cult classic Rock ‘n’ Roll High School on March 15. Three...
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Live Theater, Poetry and a Pair of Requiems

This week I’m finally feeling back to normal after traveling overseas to Scotland. We didn’t think the jet lag would hit us so hard, since there’s only a four-hour time difference, but my goodness, it’s funny and frightening how it can...
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Nine arts events to put a spring into your step

As I sit down to write this, my weather app is telling me that Saturday, April 6, will have a high of 69 degrees and only 10% chance of rain. If that holds we might actually have spring people. Spring in Ohio must not be ignored so...
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Opportunities to Experience and Create Art This Week

These days my wife and I are busy figuring out the summer schedule for our family, particularly summer camps for our kiddos. There are camps through Columbus Recreation & Parks, camps through Metro Parks, camps through Boy Scouts, etc....
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10 events that should be on your radar

It’s my turn to offer up arts event picks for Weekend Warriors, and I’ll be honest, when I sat down to write I had nothing on my radar. I was a little worried that I’d struggle to find something to catch my interest. Silly me. I hit up...
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