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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…

Local Authors Spark Summer Reading

Posted on July 12, 2018 by Tom Ingram

It seems like the Chattahoochee Valley barely got to have a spring, and now the summer is here, bringing with it the excitement of summer reading challenges at area schools and libraries. As a mother of a four-year-old, I am always looking for books my daughter will be excited to pick up, watch intently, and eventually memorize so she can act out the story. I try to find activities with a balance between preparing my…

Luke Cage Returns With A Vengeance

Posted on June 29, 2018 by Tom Ingram

If you follow the oft-complicated, interconnected world of Marvel’s cinematic and television universes, then you already know Luke Cage came out of the gate with a strong first season that unfortunately weakened in its back half. If you stuck with the Defenders long enough to actually see the team-up, then you are made of stronger stuff than some. I am very happy to report, however, that Luke Cage’s second season took note of the criticisms…

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

Posted on June 29, 2018 by Tom Ingram

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…

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…

Strange Brew: Gentlemen jammers Mango Strange prepare for lift off

Posted on June 12, 2018June 29, 2019 by Tom Ingram

During certain times at select places, if you pay close enough attention, you can sense a scene being born. Thick as humidity, high as a Georgia pine and real as red clay, the buzz building around the ascendant local rock band was palpable in the sultry summer air during their Saturday night set to close out the Frogtown Jam last month. Faces familiar from gathering every Wednesday night to catch Mango Strange at their Loft…

Jim Pharr: Is He Serious?

Posted on June 8, 2018June 29, 2019 by Tom Ingram

By April Norris Those who love the Springer Opera House and No Shame Theater may have read on social media about the health issues of the talented Jim Pharr, host of No Shame and resident actor for The Springer. There is no replacement. I learned over coffee, (Fountain City Coffee, where he begins each morning) that Jim was diagnosed with epilepsy when he was 23, roughly the time he began working at the Springer. “There…

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