Community
Saturday, July 8, 11am-7pm, Westgate Park, 455 S. Westgate Ave.
Summer Jam West is a grassroots, free, arts and music festival held annually in Westgate Park. Our mission is to bring joy, music, and art to the Hilltop, bringing family, friends, and neighbors together. You’ll find live bands all day, local food trucks, local art for sale, local craft artisans, and plenty of free activities to keep the kids busy.
Wednesday, July 5, 11:30am-12:30pm, Columbus Commons [near Jeni’s Ice cream], 160 S. High St.
The Commuter Challenge had been a competition, during June 2017, in which individuals could win prizes by replacing Single Occupancy Vehicle trips with alternative modes of transportation. Eligible commute modes had included: ridesharing (both carpool and vanpool), transit, biking (including CoGo bikeshare), walking, or car2go.
Sunday, June 11, 10am-4pm, Makoy Center, 5462 N. Center St., Hilliard, Ohio
The Avant-Garde Art and Craft Show line is an Indie-inspired handmade artisan and crafter show that travels all over the Midwest region. Each year, the show line hosts 17 events in the Cleveland-Akron-Canton area, Columbus, Pittsburgh, and Detroit. Keeping with the local theme, each show supports a unique localized charity to help keep money in the communities in which they are held.
Admission is $3.00; children under 12 are free!
Thursday, July 6, 7:30-9pm, Compassionate Communication Center of Ohio [inside of Maynard Ave. United Methodist Church], 2350 Indianola Ave.
Join us for an engaging and fun introduction to Compassionate-Nonviolent Communication (NVC), the Language of the Heart, led by Susanna Warren and Pat De Silva or other Compassionate Communication practitioners.
Tuesday, July 4, 1pm, beginning at Goodale Park [Park St. side], 120 W. Goodale St.
Celebrate Liberty and Lunacy and the freedom of speech, through humor with off-the-wall range of mischiefs, grounded super-heroes, political debacles, homegrown satirists, and the other bohemian frolickers winding through the Short North. Political Satire at Its Worst!
See you on July 4. The Parade will start immediately after everyone stands and belts out the National Anthem at 1pm. Set your clock’s reminders now.
Wednesday, June 28, 8pm, Rambling House Soda, 310 E. Hudson St.
Word Church is a poetry reading held the last Wednesday of every month at 8pm at Rambling House Soda, 310 E. Hudson St. Bring your poetry, get your rhyme on, and meet some interesting people.
Saturday, June 24, 5-7pm, MCL Kingsdale, 3154 Kingsdale Center, Upper Arlington, Ohio
Come out and join us for dinner and conversation! We’ll be in the back room unless there’s a special event going on in that room.
Saturday, June 24, 10am-5pm, Westgate Park, 455 S. Westgate Ave.
The Hilltop Bean Dinner is an 80-year-old tradition that is held every June in Columbus’ Westgate Park. Despite the name, we don’t sit around a table eating beans! The event is a family-friendly festival that remembers the history that made the Columbus west side.
Friday, June 23 to Sunday, June 25, Goodale Park, 120 W. Goodale St.
A free, non-corporate, yearly celebration of Columbus, Ohio’s community organizations, performers, artists, and volunteers.
Friday, June 23 to Sunday, June 25, Goodale Park, 120 W. Goodale St.
A free, non-corporate, yearly celebration of Columbus, Ohio’s community organizations, performers, artists, and volunteers.