Can style be substance? Can synth-pop have a baby in Ohio and let it claim the top of the pops? Is Jack White The Last Man Left In Rock? What the hell am I talking about?
  Let me digress and egress, my little egret, before I progress. It's my job.

This is a good time to be a Marvin Hamlisch fan.

  Not only can you see A Chorus Line, the late composer’s best-known musical, but you can follow it up with a visit to the photo exhibition “Remembering Marvin Hamlisch: The People’s Composer” at the Columbus Museum of Art.

  Though the exhibition may have sentimental appeal, I suspect most Hamlisch devotees will prefer the musical, which has been a popular and critical hit since its 1975 Broadway debut. The winner of no fewer than nine Tony Awards, it’s the appealing story of a ragtag bunch of dancers trying out for an upcoming stage show.

  The show-within-a-show’s director/choreographer, Zach (Nick Lingnofski), runs the dancers through their paces as he tries to determine which ones deserve a spot in the chorus line. The dancers do their best to learn the moves, all the while wondering just how many of those spots are available.

Since science fiction’s golden age in the 1950s, the Hugo Awards have honored the best of science fiction and fantasy writing in the form of novels, short stories, films and even fan media. The awards are voted on not by an exclusive panel but by the attendees of the World Science Fiction Convention (aka Worldcon). It’s considered by many to be the most prestigious SFF genre fiction award.
  Well, at least it used to be.

The Free Press honors Earth Day 2015 by saluting a local group with the goal to promote clean, sustainable energy. The Clintonville Energy Cooperative (CEC) currently takes on projects to make people’s homes more energy efficient using solar technology.
  Their mission is to build resilience and sustainability in the Clintonville area “by increasing household energy efficiency and increasing the number of households using affordable, renewable energy options.” Their methods are financially efficient as well, using a “time bank – where people provide their skills and gifts to bank hours of service and draw on these banked hours to receive the services they need.”
  The CEC is committed to “a cooperative environment” that “occurs when the users are the same people who produce the services. This ensures meaningful economic value through more widespread accessibility to resources. Social capital is the binding inner value created within a community, from sharing our resources such as time and effort. We believe that we are optimizing these values.”
  The CEC works toward:

Columbus elector Jonathan C. Beard today filed an elections Complaint seeking to end false campaign statements  being made by Columbus mayoral candidate Andrew Ginther and his surrogates.  My Complaint, filed with the Ohio Elections Commissions, alleges multiple violations of ORC 3517.21, which bars false statements to promote or oppose candidates in elections for public office.  I believe the state of Ohio has a compelling interest in enforcing honest political debate, and have asked for that result.