No Shame Theatre At 10:30 every Friday night, the Springer plays host to No Shame Theatre. No Shame Theatre is an uncensored evening of original performance that allows anyone to explore their creative potential. Signup begins at 10 p.m., and the first 15 to sign up get a five-minute time slot to perform their original material. Admission is $5, including for performers. Every Friday, Springer Opera House, 103 10th Street, Columbus, (706) 324-5714 Dreamgirls…
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Mixed Media Birds Join the Britt David Cultural Arts Studio for a fun evening creating art. This class will create mixed media birds, and is for teens and adults. The class is $20, and p Participants must register by calling the studio at (706) 653-4196. Sept. 7, 6:30 – 8 p.m., Britt David Cultural Arts Studio, 2700 West Britt David Road, Columbus Artist Talk: Martha Clippinger Join The Columbus Museum as they celebrate the…
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Wine Tasting with Ben’s Chophouse Join Ben’s Chophouse for their bi-weekly Wine Tasting Wednesday events. Wine down with live music while sampling six specialty wines, which are paired with two appetizers. Tickets are $20 and seating is limited. Call ahead for reservations, (706) 256-0466. Sept. 6, 7 – 9 p.m., Ben’s Chophouse, 6780 Veterans Parkway, Columbus Life Hacks: Craft Beer The home brewing gurus from Maltitude will be on hand to discuss the rise…
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Jeff Crosby and the Refugees at The Loft Born and raised in Idaho, Jeff Crosby has been sharing his unique perspective of Americana throughout the US and beyond for the past decade. His songs collect his experiences of growing up in a small town in Idaho, living in a shoebox apartment off Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, and living on the road while playing 250 shows a year. After spending the last two years splitting…
Read MoreBikes on Broadway Every year the Columbus Georgia chapter of the Southern Cruisers Riding Club hosts Bikes on Broadway, a charity event for the kids at Our House Children’s Home. Our House is an orphanage located in the Columbus area. This year’s event will be the 16th, and includes live music, a dice run, a 50/50 raffle and vendors of all kinds lining the streets of Broadway. There will be a kick-off party at Chattahoochee…
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I’m in school again, ya’ll, working on a master’s degree. A lot of people are back in school. Maybe you’re a teacher or a teacher’s spouse. Maybe you have school-aged children or adult children in college. If someone central to your life is in school, so are you. Even if you’re not in school, one way or the other, September always seems to bring with it an uptick in activity. Could be that the closing…
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In 2012, Brandi Whitney started Bare Roots Paleo, a meal delivery service. The idea was to serve honest, healthy food to CrossFit gyms, yoga studios, teachers, et cetera. When Brandi met Olivia Amos, through CrossFit, Olivia’s dream of opening an organic market, and background in restaurant management, was the perfect marriage to Brandi’s growing business. They shared a vision, one of a community location that offers healthy, organic and locally sourced food to Columbus. The…
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In the 1600s, immigrants from Ireland, Scotland and England brought with them the basic styles of music that are thought to be the roots of bluegrass music. As settlers began to move away from the coast and into the mountains of the Carolinas, Tennessee, Kentucky and Virginia, they wrote songs about everyday life in the remote regions they called home. It wasn’t until the early 1900s, with the invention of radio, that this music made…
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July isn’t the high season for stage shows, but the Columbus area still has plenty of talent treading the boards. The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales The Georgia Repertory Theatre and The Spring Opera House present a stage adaptation of Jon Scieszka’s outstanding 1992 postmodern children’s book. The book took your favorite children’s stories, turned them inside out, and dipped them in a light confection of absurdist fun. This stage adaptation brings…
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We’ve got your ticket to ride with these 15 daytrips Truckin’ north “Come along ‘n take a trip . . .” –Bob Dylan Franklin Delano Roosevelt State Park Less than an hour north of Columbus, FDR State Park is the largest in Georgia and an outdoor enthusiast’s dream. There’s much to do and see on the park’s 9,049 acres. A day on the Pine Mountain Trail, part of the park’s 40-mile system, brings…
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