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October 27, 2011

 

2011: A Tech Odyssey

Cowtown. For a city eternally struggling to outrun its nickname, Columbus sure has some fast horses on the track. As excitement builds for the city’s TEDx conference, a local...

Talking about TED

What do Jimmy Swaggart and Stephen Hawking have in common? In the same way Jimmy and his kin passionately appealed to millions across the land in the 1980s, today’s...

October 1, 2011

 

Columbus After Dark

On the surface, our Midwestern capital seems pretty staid: our downtown is pert and fairly tidy, lots of parks and fountains and couples strolling arm-in-arm down the avenues as...2

A Decade of Deviance

Furries, feet, swinging chains, bound breasts, costumes, fake blood, real blood, food (from syrup to sushi), cartoon characters and sexy robots … Since 2001, Columbus’...

Remembrance and Revelry

The Day of the Dead (November 2nd) is a Mexican holiday honoring the deceased, usually with visits to the cemeteries where family and loved ones are interred. The closest Day of...

Queens on their Throne ... Stage

Since time immemorial, men have donned women’s clothing, shaved off their eyebrows, and caked on layers of foundation before heading to Axis to lip-synch Britney Spears in...1

Beyond the Pole

Since the shoulder strap first fell from Gypsy Rose’s shoulder, the art of the auletride has captivated the imaginations of millions of Americans ... but strip clubs are...

Broomsticks Optional

Naturally nervous around the occult, I was surprised to find Columbus’ favorite local witch, Psyche North Torok, quite friendly and unassuming. I met her at the Fly by Night...

Beware the Wollyburger

According to local lore, the Little Pennsylvania Cemetery is frequented by a vicious Skunk Ape, a Sasquatch-like creature reminiscent of your drunken uncle but with glowing red...

September 1, 2011

 

Buckeye Roundtable

Forty years. Three coaches. A national championship, Rose Bowl victories and too many future NFL stars to count – Champ Henson, Andy Katzenmoyer and Brandon Mitchell suited up...

The Face of Change

It would have been hard by now to have not heard the news. Only under a rock – or inside a cave, perhaps – could one living in the continental 48 have escaped the barrage of...1

Old Man and the Scene

There aren’t too many more arresting figures in the history of Columbus than Wayne Woodrow Hayes. While the unfortunate ousting of equally beloved coach Jim Tressel played...

Night (Game) Moves

Brace yourselves, Buckeye Nation. In the last few years, it’s quite clear that Ohio State, the Big Ten and the country’s collective football council has embraced what used...

TOBDBITL (The Other Best Damn Band in...

Ronald Reagan had been the 40th president of the United States for less than eight months when Columbus’s own Danger Brothers embarked on what has been a 30-year musical...

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