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Drink Up, Columbus: making healthy(ish) adult beverage choices this summer

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

Hey there, Columbus! My name is Lily Hall, a.k.a. Lily G, but you can call me Coach Lilz, your new fitness godmother. I’m a coach, motivator, blogger and self-proclaimed “sweat queen.” I started my fitness career six years ago as a certified personal trainer and gym manager. Today I operate my own fitness brand (luluandlunges.com) and am a full time coach at Orangetheory Fitness (5592 Whitesville Road, Columbus). This incredible community has welcomed me with…

A Painter Comes Home: Katie Jacobson finds buzzing art community in hometown Columbus

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

There’s a great community here,” Katie says, “and coming home, I felt how strong it is. Everyone that I’m surrounded with wants this place to grow. It’s encouraging and it’s fun.”

Upstream: On a Fass-bender

Posted on May 17, 2019May 17, 2019 by Tom Ingram

Cinephiles across America rejoiced last month at the return of the Criterion Channel, which had disappeared with the death of FilmStruck at the end of November. Now it’s back, and back with a vengeance, loaded up with cinematic gems that have heretofore gone unseen in the movie streaming-verse. As soon as it came online, I went straight for the greatly expanded Rainer Werner Fassbinder collection, where I found Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day, a…

Sometimes It Takes A Vision: New art gallery bridges past and present, art and underserved neighborhoods

Posted on May 17, 2019June 29, 2019 by Tom Ingram

Again and again, all signs pointed Dee Dee Tebeau to 2nd Avenue. Dee Dee was first drawn to the North Highland neighborhood by the example of Rob and Carrie Strickland, who help bring housing and educational opportunities to the area through their Truth Spring ministry. As the months went by and Dee Dee brought her son to Godwin Creek Golf Course to play, the question recurred, “how can I help the neighborhood?” She did not…

Creating Spaces: painter Betsy Eby talks about her artistic life, community and sharing space, both physical and beyond

Posted on May 17, 2019May 17, 2019 by Tom Ingram

There are stretches of the northwest coast where the gray-green Pacific Ocean crashes against the rocky shores of old growth conifer forests. It was there, in Seaside, Oregon, a village near the terminus of the Lewis and Clark Trail, hemmed by the Necanicum River to the north and Tillamook Head promontory to the south, where Betsy Eby grew up. I met with Betsy in her studio, a loft in the old Swift Mill. She showed…

Barks and Blues returns to Woodruff Park

Posted on May 3, 2019May 17, 2019 by Tom Ingram

Saturday, May 11th marks the date of the fourth annual Paws Humane Society Barks & Blues Festival. What began as a modest attempt to bring more families onto the Paws campus drew such a crowd that we had to move it to Woodruff Park last year. This year we expect over 3,000 attendees and we can hardly wait till the music starts at 4:00 pm. The Festival now has its own website www.barksandblues.com where you…

Crowd-favorite Million Dollar Quartet Returns to the Springer

Posted on May 2, 2019May 17, 2019 by Tom Ingram

The Tony Award-winning Broadway musical inspired by a true story returns to the Springer Opera House May 3 through 18. On Dec. 4, 1956, four music legends–Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley–found themselves together at Sun Records in Memphis. Lucky for us, Sam Phillips, the “Father of Rock ‘n Roll,” pressed record. The rest is history–and, for us, a night of incredible music and story that will have you coming back…

Strut Your Stuff at Strut the Hooch Comic Parade

Posted on March 21, 2019September 2, 2024 by Tom Ingram

At 9 a.m. Saturday morning, April 6, be prepared. In front of the historic Springer Opera House on 10th Street, they will gather. Who will gather? The funnest, frolicking-est gaggle of lovingly wacky eccentrics the Fountain City has ever seen. Welcome to the 5th Annual Strut the Hooch Parade! Come for clowns, jugglers, horn tooters and snake charmers. The forecast calls for unicorns, kazoo bands, fire trucks and “lawn mower drill teams.” There’s really no…

Old School Barber Shoppe: the cutting edge of classic barber style

Posted on March 18, 2019September 2, 2024 by Tom Ingram

Find the door between SaltCellar restaurant and the corner of 1st Ave and 11th Street. Take a turn up the stairs, go ahead through the door and enter a lost world. You stand on heart pine floors, behind you is an exposed brick wall, and before you is what looks to be a turn-of-the-century barber shop, complete with period furniture, décor and solid barber chairs. No, you haven’t entered a time warp, though you have…

Electric Panda: new tattoo shop owner makes award-winning work and a major contribution to his community

Posted on February 15, 2019September 2, 2024 by Tom Ingram

J-Bird’s path to entrepreneurship has been long, winding and often rocky. As you know, we at this magazine love a good redemption story, and when one of those stories culminates in good people providing killer body art to the community? Check it out:

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