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February 03, 2021 - I love the month of February. We’re solidly in the depths of winter, often the prettiest parts of it, but already heading toward spring. It’s Black History Month, the month of Mardi Gras, Valentine’s (which, yes, is corny but also can be...

March 03, 2021 - This past weekend the New York Times wrote a belated obituary for Aminah Robinson as part of their Overlooked series, a collection of obits written about significant figures they didn’t cover at the time of the person’s death. I appreciate...

April 14, 2021 - I know this pandemic is far from over, and we’ve lost a lot along the way, but I’m allowing myself some hope these days as the weather warms, as my wife and I just got our second vaccinations (and as we see loads more friends, family,...

May 26, 2021 - I know this pandemic is far from over, and that we still need to be cautious, but over the past week I’ve been feeling a bit of hope. I think the summer weather helps, but I’m starting to see signs of life. My wife and I and our oldest are...

June 02, 2021 - Happy June, everyone! I don’t know about you, but Memorial Day weekend felt like a real welcome to summer, despite the chilly temps. We got to hang with family, I grilled everything I could get my hands on, our boys started baseball. Felt...

June 09, 2021 - Last week I attended my first IRL, live performance in 15 months. My friends and I hit Schiller Park to see Actor’s Theater Columbus’ production of Much Ado About Nothing (one of my favorite offerings from the Bard). It was packed, and I...

June 16, 2021 - We are coming up on the longest day of the year, summer solstice, which is good because a search of the events calendar at ColumbusMakesArt.com showed me that there are a ton of arts events to squeeze into this weekend. Here are 12...

June 23, 2021 - This past weekend my youngest brother and his wife came to visit us in Columbus, and it felt like the full experience of summer: camping out at baseball games, grilling, beers on brewery patios, strolling the farmers market, a walk...

July 07, 2021 - I can’t believe we’re into July already! Where is the summer going? It feels like it’s going fast, but we’ve got a lot of summer ahead of us still, and plenty of activities to fill the time. I searched the calendar on ColumbusMakesArt.com...

July 14, 2021 - It’s my birthday week. I do not adult during birthday week. Birthday week is for fun outings with fabulous people, so of course I searched the calendar at ColumbusMakesArt.com to come up with a plan. There are so many options, but here’s...