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Sunday, July 9, 12noon
We are back with the second season of OTE Art Walk Sunday's in Olde Towne East! Visit 700bryden.com/ote-art-walk
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Sunday, Oct 15th 2023
Sunday, Nov 12th 2023
The OTE Art Walk is a monthly neighborhood event established by the creative community in collaboration with 700 Bryden. Each month our festival day takes place along Parsons Ave in Olde Towne East.
Join us this year for an EXPANDED Art Walk experience featuring food and drink, Land Grant beer, live music and live art, performances, 60+ local vendors, local businesses, food trucks, shopping & more!
Saturday, July 8, 6:30-11pm, 1710 Dorsetshire Rd.
We will be meeting in person at the home of Pat Marida, 1710 Dorsetshire Rd.
Everyone is welcome!
Live music! Hear the fabulous Free Press musicians.
Speakers will update us on aspects of the 9,198-page Ohio budget.
Bring along a chair; food and drink are welcome. We will have pizza, soup, iced tea, and coffee.
Rain or shine; party indoors or out.
Hosted by The Columbus Free Press.
Friday, July 7, 7pm; Saturday, July 8, 4pm and 7pm; Sunday, July 9, 4pm; Columbus Performing Arts Center [Van Fleet Theater], 549 Franklin Ave.
Join us for the 11th year at the Columbus Black Theatre Festival this July in Central Ohio, downtown Columbus. The three-day theatre festival of short one-act plays returns this year with the theme “The Right to Choose.”
Our readers have selected seven plays:
(1.): “Daidy or Daddy with an I,” by Louis DeVaughn Nelson and directed by Julie Whitney Scott.
(2.): “Cowboy Chuck,” by Robb Willoughby and directed by Stephen Woosley.
(3.): “The Flash,” by Jasmyn Green and directed by Jasmyn Green.
(4.): “Mrs. Dunn,” by Marj O’Neill-Butler and directed by Alan Tyson
(5.): “I’m Not Buying It,” by Vickie G. Hampton and directed by Ariel Wiles.
(6.): “Bed of Rose Thorns,” by Julie Whitney Scott and directed by Julie Whitney Scott.
(7.): “The Wedding Ceremony,” by Marjorie Conn and directed by Ariel Wiles.
RSVP for this event by using this link.
Friday, July 7, 7pm; Saturday, July 8, 4pm and 7pm; Sunday, July 9, 4pm; Columbus Performing Arts Center [Van Fleet Theater], 549 Franklin Ave.
Join us for the 11th year at the Columbus Black Theatre Festival this July in Central Ohio, downtown Columbus. The three-day theatre festival of short one-act plays returns this year with the theme “The Right to Choose.”
Our readers have selected seven plays:
(1.): “Daidy or Daddy with an I,” by Louis DeVaughn Nelson and directed by Julie Whitney Scott.
(2.): “Cowboy Chuck,” by Robb Willoughby and directed by Stephen Woosley.
(3.): “The Flash,” by Jasmyn Green and directed by Jasmyn Green.
(4.): “Mrs. Dunn,” by Marj O’Neill-Butler and directed by Alan Tyson
(5.): “I’m Not Buying It,” by Vickie G. Hampton and directed by Ariel Wiles.
(6.): “Bed of Rose Thorns,” by Julie Whitney Scott and directed by Julie Whitney Scott.
(7.): “The Wedding Ceremony,” by Marjorie Conn and directed by Ariel Wiles.
RSVP for this event by using this link.
The Supreme Court struck a huge blow to the future of higher education in America.
SCOTUS has gutted affirmative action and stopped President Biden’s student debt relief plan in its tracks.
Higher education was meant to be the great equalizer in America, but thanks to rulings like these, our institutions will become more costly, more exclusive, and more out of touch with the general public.
The Supreme Court may be legislating from the bench when it comes to the future of higher education, but legislators have the power to make college accessible for all by passing the College for All Act.
The College for All Act of 2023 would address the growing issue of skyrocketing college tuition and student loan debt, make higher education accessible and affordable to all, and uplift students of all backgrounds.
Wednesday, July 5, 2023, 6:30 PM
Indivisible Central Ohio and Grandview Ignite are offering a voter registration training and refresher course open to all! Learn voter registration tips and get info about the new voter ID laws in Ohio.
Register here.
Tuesday, July 4, 1pm, beginning and ending at Goodale Park [Park St. side], 120 W. Goodale St.
The Doo Dah Parade is celebrating 40 Years so prepare to be blown away! The Good Witch of the [Short] North would look kindly on you by either watching or being in the parade. There’s no entry fee, no pre-registration, you just show up!
Celebrate Liberty and Lunacy with traditional weird costumes and customs and funny opinions in the Short North Arts District. In Goodale Park, hang in the shade near the gazebo for the live music after-glow party, 11am-8pm.
The Ruby Jubilee 40th Annual Doo Dah Parade, Tuesday, July 4, 1pm. Rain Date: July 3. No entry fee. There’s no place like Doo Dah!
If you feel it, belt out the National Anthem at 1pm. The parade then stumbles out at 1:01pm.
Line-up begins at 12noon on Park St. Political Satire at Its Worst!
There’s free live music at the gazebo near the pond from 11am to 7pm. Use this link to view the 2023 band list.
Watch or march in the craziest parade in history! No entry fee! Just show up!
Mine 4 God Productions (M4GP) is proud and excited to announce its 11th Annual Columbus Black Theatre Festival (CBTF) held this year July 7th – 9th at the Columbus Performing Arts Center in the Van Fleet Theatre.
Our theme this year is “The Right to Choose” and the seven plays that were selected meet our theme touching on mixed marriages, gender identities, sexual lifestyles, educational choices, racial biases, abortion and “coming out” to parents. These plays, written by playwrights from across America, come to life on stage under the direction of local and New York Directors and by the performances of actors from central Ohio.
This year we also brought back our six-week summer Youth Writing and Acting Workshop. The youth will perform their original monologues at the Columbus Metropolitan Main Library on July 1st and also at the theatre festival. We thank the Greater Columbus Arts Council for their generous Project Support Grant, Wild Goose Creatives our fiscal sponsor and Lady Butterflies of Ohio for their continued support.
Saturday, July 1, 2023, 12:00 Noon
Ohio's state parks and public lands are under attack. The oil and gas industry has submitted its first nine applications to FRACK Ohio public land, including three applications to frack an incredible 281 parcels of Salt Fork State Park. Salt Fork is the largest state park in Ohio and widely considered the gem of our state park system. There is no way that surrounding this park with 16 frack pads to frack 281 parcels will leave this park unscathed.
Fracking is incompatible with hiking, camping, swimming, fishing, birdwatching, and any other activity people do in our state parks. Help us fight back!
Join the Rally to Save Salt Fork State Park at Shelter 1, near Camp Beach, at Salt Fork, 14755 Cadiz Rd, Lore City, OH 43755.
Learn how fracking affects climate, health, democracy and more, tell visitors to the park what is happening, and say NO to fracking our precious public lands.
Thursday, June 29, 6-8pm, All People’s Fresh Market, 945 Parsons Ave.
Join us for an evening of food, live music, and more! All are welcome; this event is free!
Community Development recognizes that wellness is both physical and spiritual. The opening of the Fresh Market is an effort to promote healthy living.