Community
Sunday, August 15, 1pm, Goodale Park Gazebo, 120 W. Goodale St.
We’ll plan to meet by the gazebo! Street parking is free on Sundays.
If you feel comfortable with participating, please bring a whole food plant-based dish to share with everyone who attends (details are below). If you do not feel comfortable, no worries — we’d still love to have you join us! Also, please bring along a towel and/or chair for you to sit on.
Please ensure that your dish is:
Saturday, August 14, 4:30-9pm, Homestead Park, Lakeside Pavilion, 4675 Cosgray Rd., Hilliard, Ohio
Please join us for our annual Summer Picnic, one of the largest events that HCCO hosts all year!
We have a shelter reserved and plenty of tables! Feel free to bring family and friends! This will be the perfect opportunity to meet others, to make new friends, and to have fun at a laid-back summer gathering!
This event will follow the CDC COVID-19 protocols as they exist at the time of this event.
Saturday, August 14, 1:30-3:30pm, Patrick Kaufman Memorial Franklinton Community Learning Garden, 154 Hawkes Ave.
Every Saturday, we will have fresh harvested produce, grown right here in Franklinton, for sale for our neighbors!
Any neighbor who needs it gets 50% off. Anyone on food assistance (SNAP/EBT) gets 75% off. We have delicious seasonal veggies, herbs, and flowers.
Come on by and take a look at the Patrick Kaufman Memorial Learning Garden. Our education coordinator will be running Open Garden Hours from 1pm to 4pm.
Saturday, August 14, 1-4pm, Patrick Kaufman Memorial Franklinton Community Learning Garden, 154 Hawkes Ave.
We invite all ages to come to our Learning Garden and to garden with us. We will be watering, weeding, planting, singing, reading, playing, and eating. Come visit us.
Hosted by Franklinton Farms.
Friday, August 13, 7-10pm, The Columbus Idea Foundry, 421 W. State St.
Join us this “Franklinton Friday” at The Columbus Idea Foundry to see a group show by Columbus artists Ariel Peguero and Hannah Wheeler.
Come for the art, grab a drink, and stay for all that the Idea Foundry has to offer.
Special thanks to the Greater Columbus Arts Council, The Columbus Foundation, and the Ohio Arts Council for their generous support of this year’s gallery series.
Friday, August 13, 6:30-10pm, Land-Grant Brewing Company, 424 W. Town St.
The Franklinton Fridays Music Series is back this summer! The Franklinton Arts District is hosting a free all-ages show, on the second Friday of each month, May through September.
This year, the Franklinton Fridays Music Series will be featuring songs created by young students working with “We Amplify Voices” and a variety of artists, both musical and graphic.
Friday, August 13, 6-10pm, 400 Square, 401 W. Town St., and Chromedge Studios, 289 W. Walnut St.
Join us on the 400 Square campus for Franklinton Fridays!We will have open studios and galleries at 400 West Rich and at Chromedge Studios, dinner and drinks at Strongwater Food and Spirits [401 W. Town St.], outdoor vendors and a Friendship Flea market, and more!
Friday, August 13, 6-9pm, Wild Goose Creative, 188 McDowell St.
Six Ohio artists are crafting posters, inspired by insights from incarcerated and justice-impacted artists, about the importance of the work that they do.
In August, we will release the six posters in a limited edition of fine prints. You can buy the prints at this pop-up show, and on-line later. The event takes place at Wild Goose Creative’s new space in Franklinton (at 188 McDowell St.).
Thursday, August 12, 7-9pm, this Zoom event requires advance registration via Meetup
Life After Belief Groups meet for support, encouragement, and growth in the process of living life without supernatural belief. Our core concerns are Community, Charting a New Course, Compassion, and Coming Out. [Read more about these Core Passions below.]
Thursday, August 12, 7-9pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
This is a special event for those living in and around Upper Arlington (UA) to define and map their community in advance of new state and Congressional district maps which will soon be drawn. Participation is limited to 25 because there will be lots of discussion and interaction. We are even asking participants to do a little bit of “homework” ahead of the event. (Don’t worry, it’s very limited and there will be no grading!)