Community
Saturday, December 14, 7:30pm; Sunday, December 15, 2pm; Riffe Center Theatre Complex, 77 S. High St.
What better way to celebrate the holiday season than by watching the Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus in our concert, “Light, Bright, and Gay.” We will be performing your favorite sacred and secular holiday tunes mixed with camp, like only the Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus can do! Let us light up your holiday season.
Ticket prices: $10.00 to $121.32.
RSVP for this event by using this link.
Saturday, December 14, 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 14, 2pm, beginning and ending near LaserAway Columbus, 601 N. High St.
Saturday, December 14, 1:30-4:30pm, First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 W. Weisheimer Rd.
Let’s get together in person for a Second Saturday Salon — at a new time — in the afternoon — Saturday, December 14, 1:30-4:30pm — at First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 W. Weisheimer Rd.
We will honor Abe Bonowitz of Death Penalty Action with the 2024 Free Press Libby Award for Community Activism and hear updates about the abolition of capital punishment and celebrate the 90th birthday of Tekla Taylor-Lagway!
Saturday, December 14, 11am-1pm, Two Dollar Radio Headquarters, 1124 Parsons Ave.
Join us at Two Dollar Radio for their wonderful brunch menu.
Hosted by Columbus Vegan Meetup.
Thursday, December 12, 4pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
There is so much moving during this busy holiday season. Winding down this year while we are preparing for the next is important work, which is why I am inviting you to a call tomorrow.
Saturday, December 14, 11am-1pm, Columbus Metropolitan Library [Northside Branch], 1423 N. High St.
Use this link to attend this meeting virtually.
Friday, December 13, 5:30pm, Vitria On The Square, 14 E. 15th Ave. [second floor]
Congresswoman Joyce Beatty [OH 03] invites you to The Community Leaders Forum in honor of Rosa Parks: “The Power of One: What is Freedom.”
RSVP by December 9 at bit.ly/RPJBB or call 614-220-0003.
RSVP for this event by using this link.
Thursday, December 12, 7pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
The majority of households in Ohio use fossil fuels every day, whether for home heating, hot water, cooking, or fueling a car. But you shouldn’t have to worry about your climate footprint on a daily basis. You can make one-time decisions with a huge, long-term environmental benefit by going “electric next” — swapping out for clean electric options when an appliance or your car reaches end-of-life.
Thursday, December 12, 7-8:30pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
Join OPAL [Ohio Progressive Action Leaders] for an important panel discussion about what might be in store for Ohioans during a second Trump Administration and what we can do to push back!
Panelists:
• David Pepper: Former Ohio Democratic Party chair and author of Laboratories of Autocracy, Saving Democracy, and Trump’s Project 2025
• Rachel Coyle: Ohio political expert, co-founder of How Things Work at the Ohio Statehouse, and programs director for Ohioans Against Extremism