Columbus Freepress Local News & Events
Free Press Launch ain't nothin' but a party
On September 4, Little Rock Bar in Italian Village played host to the official Launch Party for the new Columbus Free Press, one day in advance of our first issue hitting the news stands.
Columbus's newest free weekly alternative newspaper could…
Columbus's newest free weekly alternative newspaper could…
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Welcome to the machine
In modern times, more accepting of hyphenated names, Columbus should simply be called the Mike and Andy machine after our “Mayor for life” and current City Council President (heir apparent should Coleman abdicate). This machine functions…
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Pass the Peas! Fred Wesley laid down the funk
Like an old-fashioned Saturday night tent revival, the world's greatest funk trombonist came to town and made the lame dance and the doubters believe. Fred Wesley, 70 years old and a man who helped give funk the feel in its infancy (when he wasn't…
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The Columbus Music “Scene”
What is a “scene” anyway? What does it look like, sound like or even feel like? What does it mean for a city to have a “music scene?” And if you were asked, “what is Columbus's music scene like?” How would you answer that question? I remember all…
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