Around Town, February 2018

Around Town, February 2018

Georgia Poetry Circuit and the Carson McCullers Center Present: Aimee Nezhukumatathil Aimee Nezhukumatathil was born in Chicago to Filipina mother and South Indian father. She earned her BA and MFA from The Ohio State University and was a Diane Middlebrook Poetry Fellow at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She is the author of Miracle Fruit (2003, winner of the ForeWord Magazine Poetry Book of the Year and the Global Filipino Literary Award; At the Drive-In…

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The Purrrfect Companion

The Purrrfect Companion

I’m a shameless dog person but I really do love cats too.  At PAWS Humane my coworkers and I share our space with an office cat named Bjorn.  This little guy manages to charm his way into the hearts of everyone he meets.  He is a special needs kitty with a bad ticker who we will love forever and will care for as long as he graces our presence. As cat fanciers already known these…

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The Lion House: one of Columbus’s most elegant homes has a complicated, often mysterious, history

The Lion House: one of Columbus’s most elegant homes has a complicated, often mysterious, history

On Dec. 2, as part of the Historic Tour of Homes in Columbus, Brian Luedtke welcomed some 500 guests into the Lion House, his elegant Greek Revival mansion at 1316 Third Avenue in High Uptown. These guests enjoyed the home restored, over many years and thousands of man hours by Brian, to its former glory, with some modern conveniences, and fully dressed in holiday attire, with fruit and garlands framing the doorways and a Christmas…

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The Stuff of Legend: Larry Mitchell lives the life of world-class musician, devoted son

The Stuff of Legend: Larry Mitchell lives the life of world-class musician, devoted son

  By Frank Etheridge Larry Mitchell is a traveling man. Reached by phone in mid-December, Mitchell was on the road in Virginia. In this week, sandwiched between his 53rd birthday and Christmas, Grammy-winning guitar wizard Mitchell had played a gig with jazzman Stanley Jordan in New Jersey, composed a score for a theatre production directed by Jim Henson’s daughter, Heather, outside of Washington, D.C., before teaching music to special-needs children in Virginia. Perhaps best known…

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Cocktails with Richard: Everything old is new again

Cocktails with Richard: Everything old is new again

by Richard F. Edwards It is often said, in the fashion world, that if something hangs in your closet long enough, it will come back into style and you can wear it again (provided it still fits). The world of spirits can be equally fickle, with spirits and cocktails waxing and waning in popularity. When was the last time you ordered a Harvey Wallbanger, Pink Lady, Sloe Gin Fizz or Singapore Sling. Below are some…

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Five Top 5s: with Sarah Tinsley

Five Top 5s: with Sarah Tinsley

Sarah Tinsley is a graduate of Columbus State University. Native of Atlanta, she has lived in Midtown Columbus for the past 7 years. Her career in non-profits has led her to currently serve as Membership Manager at The Columbus Museum. Top Five Prettiest Streets in Midtown Columbus 1. Leonard Street 2. 16th Street 3. Carter Avenue 4. Linda Lane 5. Summit Drive Top Five Worst Parking Lots in Columbus 1. Macon Road Publix 2. Whittlesey…

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TasteFull Vapes: The first and the friendliest

TasteFull Vapes: The first and the friendliest

For owner Brad Adams, TasteFull Vapes is all about community service. His shop was the first in the area to offer a full-service, single-stop destination for all things vaping, opening the doors to a small store in March 2013. Recently moved to a new location, 6440 West Hamilton Park Drive, Suite B1, in Columbus, Brad offers the latest in vaping technology, with more products at the best prices in the area. Though Brad and his…

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What to do about the winter blues

What to do about the winter blues

Columbus may enjoy mild winters, so much so that we have, during our coldest month, outdoors events aplenty on our Wellness and Outdoors calendar (see the full magazine); but many of us find ourselves increasingly cooped up and, over these brief winter days, out of the sun. About 5 percent of Americans suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), which Psychology Today describes as “a type of depression that sets in during the short days of…

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Scott Phillips knows the one thing Columbus needs to break into the film business

Scott Phillips knows the one thing Columbus needs to break into the film business

It’s a New Year, and we all know what that means – resolutions.  We all pledge to smoke less, drink less, eat better, go to the gym more.  It’s a time for bringing priorities into focus. But, we tend to make one mistake when it comes to New Year’s resolutions: we limit them to ourselves, to our personal growth. We should be making resolutions for our city. Consider it a community To-Do list for 2018. …

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Letter from the Editor, January 2018

Happy New Year! Most of us approach the New Year in celebration. Full of optimism, we adopt mantras, like ‘new year, new me.’ Looking back on our mistakes, failures and missed opportunities of the outgoing, we promise to enter the incoming year with eyes and arms open to whatever good is on our horizon. Sure, I have made mistakes this past year—foul-ups galore. But, as I cast my retrospective gaze on the past 365 days,…

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