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Sunday, December 10, 3pm, El Vaquero Mexican Restaurant, 3230 Olentangy River Rd.

What do you get if you add together 2/5 of the beloved local Americana group Halfway Home, 3/4 of the wonderful band Whinestopper, and 3/4 of Bill Cohen and the Harmonettes?

Well, you get the lineup of veteran Columbus musicians who will be in the spotlight Sunday afternoon, December 10, 3-5pm, as the Columbus Folk Music Society presents an entertaining and fun fund-raising concert at El Vaquero Mexican Restaurant, 3230 Olentangy River Rd.

Sunday, December 10, beginning at 6:30pm, Columbus Commons, 160 S. High St.

Yay Bikes!, Outdoor Pursuits, and the Central Ohio Bicycle Dealers invite you to the Joy Ride!

The ride will be a casual-paced, ten-mile-long route that begins at Columbus Commons (meet across from the parking garage). We will explore the Scioto Mile, ride through the Short North, stop at St. Joseph Cathedral to see the nativity scene, ride past Franklin Park, and ride back to Columbus Commons. We will make plenty of stops for picture taking and for some hot chocolate!

Sunday, December 10, 2pm, Old First Presbyterian Church, 1101 Bryden Rd.

This event will be a public reading of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

In 1948, the global politic invoked a global aspiration to universal standards for nation-states and articulated the rights of non-state entities.

Contact: Community Organizing Center, 1101 Bryden Rd., Columbus, Ohio 43205, Mark D. Stansbery, 614-517-7237, <walk@igc.org>

Saturday, December 9, 7pm, Maple Grove United Methodist Church, 7 W. Henderson Rd.; Sunday, December 10, 3pm, Indianola Presbyterian Church, 1970 Waldeck Ave.; Saturday, January 6, 7pm, Columbus Mennonite Church, 35 Oakland Park Ave.    

The Magpie Consort, an excellent group of Columbus singers and instrumentalists, is performing three concerts this holiday season in support of the Neighborhood Services, Inc. [NSI] Food Pantry.

Saturday, December 9, 7pm, Maple Grove United Methodist Church, 7 W. Henderson Rd.; Sunday, December 10, 3pm, Indianola Presbyterian Church, 1970 Waldeck Ave.; Saturday, January 6, 7pm, Columbus Mennonite Church, 35 Oakland Park Ave.    

The Magpie Consort, an excellent group of Columbus singers and instrumentalists, is performing three concerts this holiday season in support of the Neighborhood Services, Inc. [NSI] Food Pantry.

Saturday, December 9, 7pm, Maple Grove United Methodist Church, 7 W. Henderson Rd.; Sunday, December 10, 3pm, Indianola Presbyterian Church, 1970 Waldeck Ave.; Saturday, January 6, 7pm, Columbus Mennonite Church, 35 Oakland Park Ave.    

The Magpie Consort, an excellent group of Columbus singers and instrumentalists, is performing three concerts this holiday season in support of the Neighborhood Services, Inc. [NSI] Food Pantry.

Saturday, December 9, 6-9pm, Wolfe Park Shelterhouse, 105 Park Dr.

The Winter Solstice — also known as The Longest Night, Midwinter, Yule, and Jol — is a day that human beings across the globe have been celebrating since the stone age over 15,000 years ago. It represents the shortest period of sunlight in a single day for the whole year, and in turn, the longest period of darkness.

 

Saturday, December 9, 12noon, Thompson Library [on front of the William Oxley Thompson statue on the east side of the building], 1858 Neil Ave.

Join Jewish Voice for Peace as we hold our annual Hanukkah vigil with our banners for justice and human rights and eight posters of pictures from Gaza. We dedicate this vigil to the victims of Gaza and will continue to advocate that all people of Palestine and Israel will have the opportunity to live in peace with equal rights, security, and dignity.