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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…

The Wicked Hen: Midtown’s dining destination keeps getting better

Posted on June 7, 2018June 29, 2019 by Tom Ingram

In some ways, not much has changed—except for a beautifully remodeled dining room, new menu options and live music, Wicked Hen (1350 13th Street, Columbus) remains, as it was last year when we first wrote about it, Midtown’s premier destination restaurant. But that’s why Wicked Hen still sets the bar, and a high bar at that: from atmosphere to delectable fare, The Wicked Hen team, unwilling to rest on past success, is always looking to…

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…

Upstream: Spring and Summer Coming of Age Films

Posted on May 21, 2018 by Tom Ingram

by Joe Miller The differences between Late Spring (K) and Early Summer (FS) are subtle. The films were released back to back in 1949 and 1951, and they both star Setsuko Hara as a woman in her late 20s named Noriko who’s unmarried and still living at home. Both were directed by the Japanese auteur Yasujirō Ozu, whose singular style of filmmaking has been among the most influential in the history of cinema. His camera…

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…

I floated for an hour and I liked it: my surprisingly relaxing and invigorating experience in a sensory deprivation tank

Posted on May 11, 2018 by Tom Ingram

I was nervous. I’m not typically claustrophobic. I get antsy toward the end of trans-Atlantic flights, but otherwise do well in enclosed spaces. A sensory deprivation tank, though, is very different from a crowded airplane. You’re alone, in total darkness. The water temperature is set so that within a few minutes, you no longer feel it against your skin. Suspended and in repose for an hour, you are left to yourself. I was nervous, but,…

Cocktails: summer sipping recipes

Posted on May 9, 2018 by Tom Ingram

As I sit at my laptop and begin to write this article, it is still early April and the weather is seesawing daily between the 40s and 80s. Hopefully by the time you are reading this the weather will have settled down a bit, and warmer weather will be here to stay, at least for a while. As we transition from winter to spring, cocktails change from the dark cocktails of winter to a light,…

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….

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