On The Table: Where big ideas spring from small conversations

On The Table: Where big ideas spring from small conversations

On The Table: Where big ideas spring from small conversations Picnic tables draped with blue tablecloth were lined up in the median on the 1000 block of Broadway last fall as the sun sank over the Chattahoochee River, and fairy lights draped around the little fountain square gave the space a warm, vibrant atmosphere. People from all over the Chattahoochee Valley arrived, bearing trays of food, which they deposited at community buffet tables. They arranged…

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World Rabies Day

World Rabies Day

We don’t hear about rabies too often in the U.S. because, since 1960, almost all cases occur in wildlife, primarily bats and raccoons. Prior to this, however it was not uncommon for our own pets to transmit this dread disease to their humans. We can thank our county, state and national health agencies for reigning in this terrible zoonotic disease. They did it mainly by enacting strict legal requirements to vaccinate our pets. In addition,…

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Start Your Own Story: the bar at Epic is the perfect place to begin a love affair with one of Columbus’ premier restaurants

Start Your Own Story: the bar at Epic is the perfect place to begin a love affair with one of Columbus’ premier restaurants

“A lot of people don’t seem to know you can come in and just enjoy the bar,” Adam Icard explained one Monday evening at Epic Restaurant (1201 Front Avenue, Columbus) where he works. This is Adam’s story: Adam has spent most of his restaurant career behind a grill, but over the past year has transitioned to baking and pastry work. He compares baking, now his primary passion, to chemistry, and enjoys the challenge of experimenting…

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In Conversation with Bo Bartlett: “Parents”

In Conversation with Bo Bartlett: “Parents”

This second part of our interview series with acclaimed artist Bo Bartlett comes from an interview we conducted while he showed us around the Bo Bartlett Center, 921 Front Avenue, in May of this year. Our first installment found Bo discussing how the Center came to be and some of his feelings on art, particularly the way art can unite communities. In this part of the interview, we visit a specific painting currently hanging in…

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When you care enough about your car to leave nothing to chance, trust the experience and expertise at Carnoisseur

Vince has been detailing cars in the Columbus area since 1997. In 2013 he transformed his mobile car detailing business into a brick-and-mortar location, in order to provide the highest quality service under any conditions. Now, with a new location, at 3885 Miller Road, Vince offers his years of expertise to those who truly care about their cars.  Carnoisseur lives up to it’s neologism name, and might go beyond. For those who want an expert…

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Springer Film Institute announces Fall workshop sessions

Springer Film Institute announces Fall workshop sessions

The Springer Film Institute is excited to announce the wide variety of workshops in their Fall Sessions.  If you are just starting out, have some experience, or are just curious about the film industry in general, then there is a workshop for you.  Go to www.springerfilm.org to register.  Questions? Call 706-324-5714 x 270 or email director@springerfilm.org Fall Session I: Voiceover: Audiobooks and Animation – $375 Tuition ($150 deposit) 5 Week Workshop Series. Thursdays 6p-8p Aug….

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Stepping out from under the umbrella: a few fresh takes on rum

Stepping out from under the umbrella: a few fresh takes on rum

When most of us think of rum, we think of sipping something tropical, fruity, exotic, and usually garnished with a paper umbrella. But there is more to rum than just a beachy, fruity frozen sipper. Because Aug. 16 is designated as National Rum Day, I felt it was time to revisit my rum shelf on the bar and see what I could come up with besides the standards—daiquiris, pina coladas, or cuba libre. If you like scotch…

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What’s the best way to control feral cat populations? Paws Humane is up to the job

What’s the best way to control feral cat populations? Paws Humane is up to the job

After more than six years in the field I’ve come to the conclusion that there is nothing more controversial in companion animal welfare than the problem of unowned cats.  These guys are everywhere and from what I can tell there are two distinct, and diametrically opposed, human responses to them. One camp goes to great lengths to provide clean water, food, and shelter for an adopted colony.  If this individual has enough money and access…

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World Cup of Cinema, Round 2: Germany vs. Argentina

World Cup of Cinema, Round 2: Germany vs. Argentina

We conclude our World Cup of Cinema with a rematch of the final game from the 2014 soccer World Cup: Germany and Argentina. As with soccer, both nations are formidable forces in international film. Argentina is home to the current best soccer player in the world, Leonel Messi, and, in my opinion, the world’s top film director, Lucrecia Martel. Her movies are like great works of literature, dense allegories about her nation and its perpetual…

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(Not a) Naive Melody: this must be the place for songstress Emily Stilwell

(Not a) Naive Melody:  this must be the place for songstress Emily Stilwell

“I don’t sound like I look—people say that to me all the time,” Emily Stilwell explains when asked how such a big-volume, bluesy vocal delivery can arrive from such a diminutive stature.    Talking over a noon-hour coffee and pastry last month at Fountain City Coffee, the 26-year-old singer-songwriter discusses both her musical inspirations and inhibitors in an unassuming, full-disclosure fashion—a refreshing blend of humility, honesty and artistic purity—shortly before her shift at Whitewater Express…

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