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Undoubtedly, "Master Gardener" demands your attention as it's another slow burn from Paul Schrader. This film represents the later independent phase of Schrader's career. Premiering at the Venice Film Festival, it was produced on a modest budget of $5 million, cementing it firmly within the indie film category. Like "Taxi Driver" and "Hardcore"—essentially, Schrader tells a story about an older man coming to the "rescue" of a younger woman. The difference is that in "Taxi Driver," Travis Bickle aims to purge the city of crime, while Jake VanDorn in "Hardcore" seeks to save his daughter from a perceived sinful world. Both isolated characters, confronted with urban moral decay, act against a corrupt system. Their exposure to harsh realities dramatically transforms these ordinary individuals throughout their respective films. In "Master Gardener," the protagonist is given a mysterious past colored with off-screen violence.
Tuesday, May 30, 6pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
FirstEnergy wasn’t the only Ohio utility company involved in the H.B. 6 bill and the subsequent $65-million-dollar scandal. Join Common Cause Ohio for a virtual forum on the role that American Electric Power (AEP) played and continues to play in Ohio’s largest corruption scandal.
Moderated by award-winning Ohio Statehouse journalist Morgan Trau, we will hear from Energy and Policy Institute’s policy researcher and writer Dave Anderson, and Kathiann Kowalski, reporter for Energy News Network and Eye on Ohio, both of whom have closely followed AEP’s involvement. They will discuss the role of dark money, the corruption it breeds, and how the company is still benefiting from H.B. 6.
This program is co-sponsored by Ohio Fair Courts Alliance, Energy and Policy Institute, and Sierra Club.
RSVP for this event by using this link.
From Equality Ohio:
In addition to their continued attacks against democracy, Ohio Republicans are also hard at work stripping away rights and life-saving care from trans Ohioans.
Their latest anti-trans bill, House Bill 68, would block access to critical lifesaving health services and gender-affirming for trans Ohioans. House Bill 68 would also prohibit physicians from prescribing cross-sex hormones or puberty blockers, and from performing any type of gender-affirming surgery on minors. Additionally, the bill would outlaw conduct that “aids and abets,” prohibiting healthcare providers from helping their minor patients receive gender-affirming care in other states.
ust like we've seen with reproductive healthcare, Statehouse Republicans continue to assert that they should have control over the decisions made between a patient, their loved ones, and their medical provider, regardless of facts or the harm it will cause.
Friday, May 26, 6-7:30pm, beginning in the hallway outside of Urban Arts Space, 50 W. Town St., Ste. 130.
This month’s Artist Commune will feature a photo walk in downtown Columbus. This guided experience will show the beauty that exists in our local spaces, from the development of the city to the green space of Scioto Mile. We will be meeting in the corridor of Urban Arts Space prior to embarking on our journey. Artist Commune is free and open to all. Photographers of all experience levels are encouraged to attend.
Artist Commune is a monthly event at Urban Arts Space that allows artists and the community to come together to create art, discuss art, and network. It’s held on the last Friday of each month.
The Urban Arts Space is in the former East Basement of the former Lazarus Building. Their official address is 50 W. Town St. but they are actually located on the east side of S. Wall St. [north of W. Town St.] underneath that building.
Hosted by Urban Arts Space.
A council and mayor of anti-democratic, unrepresentative, unknowledgeable empty sloganeers is bad enough. But they oversee a City government uniquely lacking in both expertise and ethical concern for either residents or the laws. Walk or drive around the city. There is no evidence that the City employs a qualified, certified, experienced urban planner, traffic engineer, zoning inspector or enforcement officers, city attorney, or neighborhoods services. Columbus has none.
Trash, broken pavement, and out of control scooters and motor vehicles are the first things that visitors to the city notice. They rank high in framing Columbus’ identity and identification. That is, other than the many visitors who only see Ohio Stadium or the Convention Center for the illegal steroid spewing The Arnold.
"Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" is a film adapted from a book by Judy Blume, first published in 1970, and directed by Kelly Freeman Craig, the filmmaker behind "Edge of 17." It's a coming-of-age story where we follow Margaret, an 11-year-old girl played by Abby Ryder Fortson. Rachel McAdams and Benny Safdie convincingly play her parents, with Kathy Bates, as captivating as ever, starring as her grandmother.
Margaret and her family move from New York City to New Jersey, where she forms a friendship with her new neighbor, Nancy Wheeler, played by Elle Graham. Nancy proudly proclaims that her family lives in the bigger house down the road, hinting at her social status and personality.
Throughout the movie, Margaret is seen grappling with adolescence and wrestling with the concepts of faith, love, and self-identity. A significant part of the plot also revolves around a secret club that Margaret and her friends form, with a set of rules they must abide by, like stating their latest boy crush, wearing bras, and not wearing socks.
To the editor:
According to Article I of the Ohio Constitution, all power is inherent in the people. Unfortunately, our legislators – or at least, nearly the entire Republican caucus of both houses – have forgotten this basic fact.
Without a hint of irony, Ohio Senate President Matt Huffman has stated that “citizens don’t always know what they want” and that we must always be on guard against the “tyranny of the majority.” But at least Huffman understands that those who oppose the legislature’s effort to make it more difficult for the people to amend the state constitution are, in fact, a majority.
The Ohio Immigrant Alliance is a group of immigrants and citizens working together to protect the dignity and rights of all individuals who choose to make Ohio their home. We engage in activism and volunteerism that connect communities across the state, and include people currently living abroad due to our inhumane immigration laws.
Here are six ways you can help make Ohio a better home for everyone, including immigrants and refugees.
Anyone who completes all six will receive a FREE COPY of Ohio Migration Anthology, Volume 2! Email proof of completion to admin@ohioimmigrant.org, with your name and address.
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Thursday, May 25, 6-9pm, Halt Violence [Hilltop location], 2360 W. Broad St.
“We don’t wait for the white chalk or the yellow tape. We use our street cred to save lives by squashin’ beef in the streets when tensions are high, and without snitching to the police.”
“If you want to stop beef before it starts and make nonviolence a way of life, you gotta get to the root cause. That means changing how you think, how you deal with emotions, and providing real alternatives to violence.”
“You have to meet youth where they’re at. When you listen instead of looking down on ’em, you can address their real needs. It’s a positive domino effect that has proven to save lives and change minds on the streets of Columbus.”
This event will include free food, resources for parents with youth to avoid gun violence, and live entertainment.
Hosted by Halt Violence.