T-Bones Steakhouse & Grill
Whether you enjoy one of their burgers, steaks or sandwiches, everything is no-funny-business good, every time you go.
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Drink Up, Columbus: making healthy(ish) adult beverage choices this summer
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…
Read MoreA Painter Comes Home: Katie Jacobson finds buzzing art community in hometown Columbus
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.”
Read MoreUpstream: On a Fass-bender
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…
Read MoreSometimes It Takes A Vision: New art gallery bridges past and present, art and underserved neighborhoods
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…
Read MoreCreating Spaces: painter Betsy Eby talks about her artistic life, community and sharing space, both physical and beyond
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…
Read MoreBarks and Blues returns to Woodruff Park
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…
Read MoreCrowd-favorite Million Dollar Quartet Returns to the Springer
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…
Read MoreStrut Your Stuff at Strut the Hooch Comic Parade
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…
Read MoreOld School Barber Shoppe: the cutting edge of classic barber style
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…
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