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Take Me to the River: Wild and Scenic Way Down Yonder on the Chattahoochee

Posted on July 26, 2018 by Tom Ingram

“Absolutely I love my job,” Chattahoochee River Conservancy Executive Director Henry Jackson says during a 15-minute interview on the front porch of the marina at Rotary Park. “Some days I’d rather be changing oil in an open pit in 90-degree weather but, yes, I love my job.” Having just pulled the CRC’s boat out of the water following a 90-minute excursion—an educational and insightful experience due to his keen observations and scholarly knowledge of the…

Take back your health: The 2018 Holistic Columbus Expo connects vendors and speakers to people who believe natural and noninvasive practices should be the first approach to health

Posted on July 26, 2018July 26, 2018 by Tom Ingram

Hippocrates of Kos, the classical Greek physician and “Father of Medicine,” is often credited with the famous refrain, “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food,” but scholars do not know who actually first set down the words in writing. Hippocrates was not a lone figure in the wilderness of early medicine; instead, he was the progenitor of an entire school of medical thinking and practice, an extensive and systematic approach to health…

Restaurant Week 2018: through local partnerships, nonprofit Giving Kitchen provides emergency assistance to restaurant workers in times of crisis

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Tom Ingram

Juliana Cowart was working in the service industry when she learned she needed surgery. What she could not predict was how the doctors, when they went in for exploratory surgery, would need to correct a hernia and remove her appendix. Abdominal surgery is complicated and often dangerous. Juliana’s situation, unfortunately, is not uncommon. Her full recovery time was supposed to be six weeks, but there were complications. The complications were not medical. First, to prepare…

PAWS Humane: Sadie’s Story

Posted on June 23, 2018June 23, 2018 by Tom Ingram

A few months after I began working in animal welfare, my husband, Dave, and I decided to become foster parents to dogs who might not otherwise have a chance at a new life. I worked at an open admissions shelter in 2012, taking in nearly 5,500 animals each year. The individual kennels were cramped and absurdly loud. It was a difficult environment to work in. I can only imagine how stressful itwas for the dogs…

In Conversation with Bo Bartlett: The Bo Bartlett Center’s past, present and future, and finding common ground through art

Posted on June 14, 2018June 29, 2019 by Tom Ingram

On an overcast day, as the sun broke through a light rain long enough for me to walk from my car to the Corn Center for the Visual Arts, which houses the Bo Bartlett Center, I waited for Columbus-born artist of international renown, Bo Barltett, in the lobby area. I had visited The Center many times since the opening reception on Jan. 19, and I had always been struck by the contrast in these experiences—the…

Market Days are here again: every Saturday, 160 local vendors converge on Broadway to sell home grown and hand made wares of every kind

Posted on May 31, 2018 by Tom Ingram

A bright, cool morning finds tents and tables going up all along Broadway, from 9th to 13th Street. The crowd soon follows, overflowing the sidewalks with browsers, couples with children in tow, people with dogs. The crowd ambles among the myriad vendor booths, selecting fresh produce, accent pieces for home and garden, and tasting the wide variety of snacks for sale. Market Days are here again, and Saturday mornings are alive with commerce, community and…

PAWS Humane: Barks and Blues Festival 2018

Posted on May 12, 2018 by Tom Ingram

Get ready to mark your calendars because the third annual Paws Humane Society Barks & Blues Festival is happening on Saturday, May 19. Due to the overwhelming popularity of the event, we are moving the concert venue to Woodruff Park this year so music lovers and their dogs can “get down” to the tunes of some of the most sought out bands in Columbus. The 2018 Barks & Blues Festival will be a slightly…

Art and Museums, May 2018

Posted on May 9, 2018 by Tom Ingram

Orphic: CSU Senior Art Exhibition Featuring artists John Styron, Jose Rosario, Jessica Kennedy and J. Allen Vanderford, Jr.. Work will be on display in the Ilges Gallery. May 5, 6 p.m., Corn Center for the Visual Arts, 921 Front Avenue, Columbus American Women in History Please join the National Infantry Museum Kids program to explore the role women have played through the history of the United States. $10 per youth student. May 5, 10 a.m….

Stage and Screen, May 2018

Posted on May 9, 2018 by Tom Ingram

Crown and Comedy at The Loft every Thursday, 7 – 8:30 p.m., The Loft, 1032 Broadway, Columbus Casting Call for adult actors, male and female Participants will recite or read a monologue for an audition. Please call (706) 505-1411 for more information. May 1 through 10, call for times, Columbus Public Library, 3000 Macon Road, Columbus Last of the Red Hot Lovers A delirious comedy starring popular Hollywood and Broadway Guest Artist Brian Reddy. Barney…

Music, May 2018

Posted on May 9, 2018 by Tom Ingram

Selwyn Birchwood @ The Loft May 5, 9:30 p.m., The Loft, 1032 Broadway, Columbus Odd Alice @ Legends May 5, 9:30 p.m., Legends, 5762 Milgen Road, Columbus GP38 @ The Outskirts May 5, 9 p.m., Ouskirts Sports Bar & Grill, 5736 Veterans Parkway, Columbus Almost Kings @ Outlaws May 5, 9 p.m. – midnight, Outlaws Saloon, 6499 Veterans Parkway, Columbus John Bonamassa @ RiverCenter for the Performing Arts May 6, 8 – 11 p.m., RiverCenter…

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