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Abortion rights are on the ballot, and we need your help to ensure every Ohioan gets to the polls and votes YES on Issue 1.
It's time to talk to our neighbors! Join us from the comfort of your own home as we call our neighbors and friends to remind them of the importance of voting YES on Issue 1 to stop Ohio's extreme abortion ban. Find an event that works best with your schedule.
This is an all-hands-on-deck situation to ensure our right to bodily autonomy is protected. All training materials will be provided.
PHONE BANK FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTSMonday, September 18, 6 p.m.
Monday, September 25, 6 p.m.
And more!
Zoom (log-in details provided upon registration)
Sunday, September 17, 5pm, The Vanderelli Room, 218 McDowell St.
Join Columbus Community Pride for an evening of vibrant artistic expression and celebration of local artists at Queer Art Night!
This event will be a heartfelt showcase of the incredible talents across Columbus’ QTIPOC community. The lineup will feature a range of musicians, performers, live artists, and more who will fill the night with their unique creative energy.
Whether you’re an art enthusiast or just looking for a space to connect, Queer Art Night welcomes folks for a night highlighting the power of art in our community. There will also be a community art piece we will encourage attendees to contribute to — so come out and bring a friend!
Best of all, admission is free! We will be accepting donations throughout the night, and all funds will go toward supporting Columbus Community Pride 2023.
We can’t wait to see you there!
"A Haunting in Venice," adapted from Agatha Christie's "Hallowe'en Party," presents a Halloween murder mystery directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh, delivering his most captivating portrayal of the astute detective Hercule Poirot. It is enhanced by phenomenal set designs and a screenplay by Michael Green that adds layers to this chilling supernatural thriller. The previous installments, "Murder on the Orient Express" and "Death on the Nile," explored revenge and greed, respectively. This delves into the supernatural, prodding at Poirot's beliefs and creating a riveting internal conflict for the protagonist.
The film's opening Dutch angle shot immediately sets an unsettling and disorienting tone for the murder mystery. A decade has passed since the last installment, "Death on the Nile" (set in 1937), and the world has endured the scars of a devastating war. This turmoil surrounds Poirot, haunted by the anguish of another generation decimated by conflict.
We’ve just learned that the office of the prosecutor and the “security service” of Ukraine have published press releases claiming to have put a stop to the activities of the “vicious Russian propagandist Yurii Sheliazhenko.”
August 22, 2023 - January 7, 2024
Exhibit Hours: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Monday - Friday, 10:00am-6:00pm | Saturday and Sunday, 11:00am-5:00pm
Thompson Library
Thompson Gallery (Room 125)
1858 Neil Avenue Mall
Columbus, OH 43210-1286
It is difficult to find feminist art exhibits, and even more so outside of major coastal cities like Los Angeles or New York. So when I saw that the Ohio State University was putting on an exhibit juxtaposing feminist art from the 1980s with contemporary works, I was looking forward to visiting.
All summer, millions of us have been sweating in record-breaking heatwaves and choking on toxic wildfire smoke. That's why we're joining together in New York City on September 17 a
Witness the extraordinary life of Dr. Lonnie Thompson, an explorer who went where no scientist had gone before and transformed our idea of what's possible. Daring to seek Earth’s history contained in glaciers atop the tallest mountains in the world, we see the front lines of climate change, to recover these priceless historical records before they disappear forever.
The Quelccaya Ice Cap is located 5300-5670 meters above sea level in the southeastern Andes of Peru and is the Earth’s largest tropical glacier. The observed change in surface elevations on QIC is similar to those seen at other glaciers. However, the second-largest mountain range in Peru, the Cordillera Vil-canota (CV), south-east of the Cordillera Blanca, has received much less attention to date. Consequently, little is known about the timescales and equilibrium conditions of the vast majority of tropical Andean glaciers, and how climate variability affects their mass balances. In Peru, most studies have focused on glaciers in the Cordillera Blanca, which represents the largest mountain range in the tropics.
The president of the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Capital City Lodge #9 – the union for Central Ohio law enforcement – called a local activist group “terrorists” because they had plans to protest at the home of the parents of the Blendon Township officer believed to have killed Ta’Kiya Young in the Kroger parking lot.
The union’s president, Brian Steel, also a Columbus police sergeant, posted this over the weekend (just before September 11th) to his personal Twitter account: “This is the terrorist group who plans to protest the home of innocent senior citizens.” Steel was referring to Columbus Emergency Direct Action Reserve, or CEDAR, self-described as “a collective of community members committed to see anticolonial abolitionist direct actions.”
In Franklin County, there have been 56,714 evictions filed since 2020. In 2022 there were 2,311 foreclosure-related filings. More and more residents are unhoused. The Auditors property reappraisals and property taxes are coming due and their numbers are soaring.
Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther has given out well over $600 million in tax abatements since he became mayor. Hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue that should have gone to Columbus City Schools went into the bank accounts of corporate Columbus, developers, and others. And the burden to make up for those who don’t pay their fair share of property taxes has been placed on those who can least afford to for too long.
Ginther’s policy of giving out tax abatements in return for campaign contributions has been escalating our affordable crisis for years. It is forcing low-moderate income homeowners and seniors out of their homes. Landlords who once provided truly affordable housing are raising rents where tax abated new developments are being constructed in gentrifying neighborhoods. This forces more and more people to move and find affordable housing that doesn’t exist.
Ohio’s Oil and Gas Land Management Commission will hold its next meeting on Monday, September 18, 2023, at 10 a.m. to consider industry applications to frack several Ohio state parks and wildlife areas.