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Tuesday, April 25, 2023, 7:00 PM
An evening of MUSIC, STORIES, SPOKEN WORD & LIVE PAINTING by artists deeply impacted by incarceration.
Featuring Backwall and RAG artists. Event by Healing Broken Circles – www.healingbrokencircles.com.
Location: The Vanderelli Room, 218 McDowell St., Columbus.
In "Beau is Afraid," Ari Aster's third film, we're taken on a surreal and chaotic journey with Joaquin Phoenix as Beau, a neurotic man tormented by inherited mental illness. It's a cinematic experience unlike any other. With a budget of $35 million, A24 has given Aster carte blanche to create a unique and unsettling movie that runs for three hours. But trust me; this is a movie you cannot miss. Ari Aster says, "Beau is Afraid" is like "if you pumped a 10-year-old full of Zoloft and had him get your groceries." Just remember, you've been warned.
Monday, April 24, 2023, 4:00 – 5:00 PM
Join workers, unions, community groups and legislators as we celebrate the launch of a ballot initiative that will be on the November 2024 ballot that will raise the minimum wage in Ohio to $15 and end sub-minumum wages for tipped workers, workers with disabilities, and youth.
Location: Ohio Statehouse, 1 Capitol Square, Governor Thomas Worthington Center, Columbus Ohio 43215.
Hosted by One Fair Wage. Register here.
Simply Living connects people to learning opportunities that promote sustainability, environmental justice, and our local economy. Our vision is to create a compassionate and sustainable world through personal, community and cultural transformation.
Currently hiring:
Part Time Executive Director and
Administrative/Financial Consultant
Former Columbus police officer Andrew Mitchell was inexplicably exonerated by a jury this week for the brutal murder of 23-year-old Donna Dalton Castleberry. What was not brought before the jury was the fact, as reported in local media, that Mitchell remains in custody and “faces nine federal charges after being accused of forcing women to perform sexual acts in exchange for their freedom and lying to federal investigators, among other accusations. Trial in that case is scheduled to begin in July 2023.” (Columbus Dispatch).
What happened between Mitchell and Dalton?
Do you talk a good Earth Day game? Can’t stand the trash that blows around Columbus throughout the Spring?
Earth Day of course is this Saturday and here’s your chance(s) to take action. Both Green Columbus and Columbus Recreation and Parks Department are hosting events where you can, for instance, fish in a recently stocked Linden pond or spend the day at Genoa Park visiting booths from 40 local environmentally friendly organizations while listening to bands, sipping on some cold beer and sample food trucks.
Green Columbus, a volunteer-driven nonprofit seeking to improve equitable environmental outcomes for people of Central Ohio, says they coordinate the “largest volunteer-driven service event for Earth Day in the country.” The event starts at noon at Genoa Park (on the bank of the Scioto River adjacent to COSI) and goes until 9 pm:
On April 19, the Ohio Senate passed Senate Bill 92 and Senate Joint Resolution 2, which would strip political power away from everyday Ohioans and make it harder for their voices to be heard. We cannot allow this effort to silence Ohioans to succeed. The resolution, and companion House Joint Resolution 1, raise the requirement for constitutional amendment ballot initiatives to only pass if they reach 60% approval from Ohio voters.
Sustainable Columbus and nonprofit group Solar United Neighbors (SUN) will announce the launch of the Columbus Solar and EV Charger Co-op on April 19th. The group will help Franklin County residents, small businesses, and nonprofit organizations go solar. The co-op is launching off the heels of the city announcing that Columbus received a Gold SolSmart Designation Award. The Award recognizes the city’s expansion of solar energy use in their jurisdictions.
"Columbus is proud to continue our partnership with Solar United Neighbors to help residents understand and realize the benefits of going solar,” said City of Columbus Mayor Andrew J. Ginther. "Equitably transitioning to clean energy sources is critical to the Columbus Climate Action Plan, and this co-op is helping our community reach our goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050."
The co-op is free to join and open to homeowners in the greater Columbus Area. Together, co-op members will learn about solar energy and leverage their numbers to purchase top-quality individual solar systems at a competitive price.
Still haven't volunteered to celebrate Earth Day? Don't worry, there's still plenty of time to make Columbus a little greener.
Here are a few volunteer opportunities that could use your help:
Friday, April 21
Remove invasives and plant native plants and trees at Reynoldsburg's Memorial Plaza or at Delaware's Methodist Theological School in OhioSaturday, April 22
How can the US’s 14th largest city have the nation’s worst collection of what were once called “legitimate media”? I do not have a comprehensive answer, but I read major clues. Given the broken state of the City government and the physical and social city, and almost all of its major institutions, on one hand, we cannot be surprised. At the same time, the need for comprehensive, trustworthy news and commentary has never been greater.
I first wrote about Columbus media in July 23 in “Columbus’ identity crisis and its media,” Columbus Underground, July 23, 2021. This was an unexpected learning experience. I advanced the arguments that the city’s lack of identity was in fair measure a result of its media’s large-standing failure to engage in and support habits of responsible constructive criticism, and thus promote that kind of tradition. Instead, unchecked boosterism reign. This is especially true with respect to major institutions including the City itself, Ohio State University, and major powerful private interests. For more than a century and one-half, the Columbus Dispatch led in, and profited greatly from that.