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“FTP: Drunk PowerPoint Nite,” a fundraiser for Columbus Community Pride
Thursday, October 15, 8-10pm
This on-line event requires advance registration
Facebook Event
Especially in the days of virtual schooling and working from home, doing a slideshow presentation isn’t on most regular agendas anymore. But have no fear, your opportunity for visually-driven public-speaking has arrived! Make a slideshow (PowerPoint, Google Slides, whatever) about anything you want and share with the “class” of your LGBTQ+ peers.
What’s your favorite conspiracy theory? What’s your most controversial opinion? Introduce us to your favorite celebrity, or your best friend. Teach us about your college major, your current job/research, or the historical events that fascinate you. Make up your own drinking game. Build a trivia board, or a choose-your-own adventure story. The options are endless, so long as you can encompass it in a shared screen on a Zoom call!
And for a little added difficulty/fun factor, we encourage you to be a little inebriated.
Columbus is now honoring the legendary rock god Willie Phoenix by renaming 16th and High Street “Willie Phoenix Way” in Columbus.
Willie has been a legend in the local rock scene. His band was the very entertaining featured act at the 2018 Free Press Annual Awards Event at Woodlands.
“Willie Phoenix has burned brighter than anyone in the history of Columbus rock music,” said Free Press Editor, Bob Fitrakis. “Not only is his own work stunningly brilliant he has fostered innumerable artists and groups that have shaped the music scene in the capitol.”
Long-time activist and local musician Brian Clash stated: “I celebrate the life force that is Willie Phoenix. I have enjoyed knowing him over 40 years; first as an awestruck fan and later as my musical mentor, songwriting partner, and most of all dear friend. This exciting honor being given to him is only a reflection on what he has given to all of us. Congratulations Willie!!!”
Wednesday, October 14, 6:30-8pm, this event will be occurring via Zoom
Racism and police violence with no justice for people like Breonna Taylor; 200,000 COVID-19 deaths and still no stimulus check; wildfires ravaging the west coast. This system is killing us.
Working people, especially black people, are facing evictions, unemployment, climate change, a health crisis, and racist violence from the police and right-wing. We need the Climate Strike and Labor movements to step up and support Black Lives Matter and the struggle against the capitalist system as a whole.
Join Socialist Alternative as we discuss how we can build a movement to fight back against racism, climate change, and the pandemic, and why we need a new party that truly represents working people.
The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved. So sayeth the book of Jeremiah, and this time I might even believe it. The chill has cut away at this most claustrophobic of summers, as an election puts a pit of dread in everyone’s stomach. As Dylan said in Desolation Row, when you asked how I was doing, was that some kind of joke?
It probably isn’t fair to view music through the prism of the time you first hear it. Or even rational really. Your favorite winter album might have been written by the pool at Caesar’s Palace. But that’s how we hear music, and into this autumn of discontent comes Linden Hollow with their new release “Light the Lanterns.”
The album is darkly lush, with brooding piano intros building to soaring choruses. Singer-Songwriter’s Rebecca McCusker’s keening lead vocals, often augmented by tight layers of harmony from Paige Vandiver and Emily Ng, run from childish curiosity to outright witchcraft. Ng’s violin adds haunting texture. But don’t write this off as folk music – when Vandiver’s drums kick in Linden is fully capable of rocking out.
If you missed the fun October 10 from 7-8:30pm on Zoom, there is a video you can view of the event.
The Columbus Free Press celebrated our 50th anniversary with a slideshow of images of people and Free Press covers throughout our 50-year history.
Monday, October 12, 2020, 12:00 - 12:30 PM
Join Ohio State experts for a conversation about Indigenous Peoples' Day. Panelists: Melissa Beard Jacob, Ph.D., Intercultural Specialist for Native American and Indigenous Students; Daniel Rivers, Associate Professor, Department of History. Unable to join the event live? No worries register anyway. All registrants will receive a recording of the webinar and additional resources following the event. OSU College of Arts and Sciences. Register here.
Monday, October 12, 2020, 12:00 - 12:30 PM
Join Ohio State experts for a conversation about Indigenous Peoples' Day. Panelists: Melissa Beard Jacob, Ph.D., Intercultural Specialist for Native American and Indigenous Students; Daniel Rivers, Associate Professor, Department of History. Unable to join the event live? No worries register anyway. All registrants will receive a recording of the webinar and additional resources following the event. OSU College of Arts and Sciences. Register here.