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January Event Calendar

Posted on January 9, 2025January 9, 2025 by Editor - the Local

Around Town Birds of PreyA must-see since its debut in 2000. During suitable weather, these magnificent creatures – which cannot be released into the wild, due either to injury or having developed an unnatural association with humans known as “imprinting” – demonstrate their strength, speed, and natural instincts in daily flighted programs. Several birds appear at each program, swooping overhead and giving guests an up-close look “on the glove,” while our raptor experts explain how…

That’s a Wrap

Posted on January 8, 2025January 8, 2025 by Editor - the Local

Local Film – Image by Charley Windham

If You’re Reading This, Thank YOU

Posted on January 8, 2025January 8, 2025 by Editor - the Local

For Another Year of Jazz By Miguel Juarez And just like that, we’re halfway through the decade. There’s a saying that goes, “The days are long, but the years are short,” and 2025 came lighting fast. Thanks to all of you who are reading this and who are supporting live music and the arts, the Columbus Jazz Society made it another year and is able to continue advocating for our unique culture. We have been…

Come on Down!

Posted on October 11, 2024October 11, 2024 by Editor - the Local

Columbus is the next contestant on The Price Is Right Live By Frank Etheridge Todd Newton feels like the timeless daytime game show “The Price Is Right” is “as American as apple.” “My grandmother introduced me to The Price is Right,” explains Newton, the Emmy Award-winning host who was hand-picked by the late, great Bob Barker to conduct the game show’s touring production, which comes to the RiverCenter in Columbus for one spectacular night of…

The Food Mill – Food Farmacy

Posted on October 9, 2024October 9, 2024 by Editor - the Local

Brings More to Community with New Shared Kitchen By Natalie Downey Small businesses bring a sense of ownership and belonging to a community. Purchasing from a neighbor’s business feels more personal than buying from a large corporation, and in supporting our local small business owners, we in turn support the community as a whole. But starting a small business comes with many challenges, and The Food Mill’s latest program seeks to help entrepreneurs through those…

A Spirited Affair

Posted on September 13, 2024September 13, 2024 by Editor - the Local

Uptown Beer & Wine Festival puts the fun in fundraiser, offering libations from around the world while supporting vital projects in our city’s downtown area. By Frank Etheridge ‘We got spirit, yes we do. We got spirit, how about you?’ This corny cliché of a high-school cheer applies not just to area high-school football this fall but to guaranteed good-time that is the annual Uptown Beer & Wine Festival, which this year has added spirits…

Kenny Gray – “My Southside”

Posted on August 12, 2024September 2, 2024 by Editor - the Local

Mythmaker By Mamie Pound Every photograph you see is a document of 1/100th of a second. The photographer engages the shutter to capture what’s in front of him, and for that brief moment, he is blind. The result is the product of a chain reaction, only set in motion by the photographer once he pushes that button. It’s a bit of performance art – magic really, according to Kenny Gray, whose collection, “My Southside,” will…

The Film Scout

Posted on August 7, 2024August 7, 2024 by Editor - the Local

August Okay, so by the time you read this, my birthday will have either just passed or be just a couple days away. That being said, I wanna celebrate my birthday by bringing you the best films, tv shows, and movies that I can find. On board? Tight! The Boys The Boys is a dark comedy action TV series on Amazon Prime, based on the graphic novel of the same name written by Garth Ennis…

The Columbus Jazz Society

Posted on August 7, 2024August 7, 2024 by Editor - the Local

Gospel Jazz By Dr. David Banks Just as there are at least seven different styles of jazz music, there are at least seven distinct styles of gospel music. It would follow naturally then that the styles, at some point, would overlap or crossover. “Gospel/Jazz” has been coined out of this overlap as a distinct style of music because of what both styles have in common. The same conditions which gave rise to gospel also gave…

Chattahoochee River Conservancy

Posted on August 6, 2024August 6, 2024 by Editor - the Local

Shoal Lily Restoration We stand knee deep in the rushing creek, the water pulling at our feet, sunlight warming our backs as we bend over clusters of tall green stalks. We spread out across the water, our empty bags soon to be filled with green treasures: shoal lily seeds. The shoal spider lily (Hymenocallis coronaria) goes by many names, but is native in only a handful of places: Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina. In some…

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