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January 1, 2012

 

Scary Good

There may not be a more fitting band name in the entire Columbus music scene: even if you haven’t seen The Town Monster up-close, it’d be hard to ignore their...

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Leader of the Pack

We love our pets. We pet them, walk them, feed them, talk to them, let them eat our shoes and bite the hand that feeds them with nary a yell, smack or pinch. We scream at our...

Theater of Obsession

On an otherwise cold and dreary night, deep in the bowels of the Vern Riffe Center in downtown Columbus, a group of artists from Available Light Theatre gathered to rehearse for...

Art Wire

Frozen Dublin Arts Council 7125 Riverside Dr., Dublin January 10th – February 24th www.dublinarts.org Maybe the last thing you want to think about during the winter months is...

{Re}Modeled Reality

By Kelley Bell When Hollywood snuck into Columbus and set up their cameras at Goodale Park, Karen Sigal and her family had no idea they were about to be featured on a new...7

New Year’s Revolution

I cheated. A couple times. On what did I cheat? Well, I started the weirdest little experiment a few months ago. My birthday comes at the end of the year (December 28th). This...

Hitting the Boards

Let’s be honest: even the Ohio art world has a tendency to fall into the realm of the pretentious at times, but if there’s a perfect counter example to this, it’s the work...1

November 30, 2011

 

A (Really) Hard Day's Night

Santa Claus. Scrooge. Rudolph. The traditional Christmas characters still hold their place in the Peppercorn family. But, for the second year in a row, local musician Joe...1

Maza Blaska

While the members of Maza Blaska were wrapping up their debut album, the ambitious Storyteller, they were faced with somewhat of a dilemma. Their recently completed song...

Opening Volley

Giving. Generous. Charitable. These are terms we all seemed to grasp as children. Save for a few bratty moments under the tree (was He-Man really so cool you had to have both...

Dream Big and Do It Yourself

_ “It’s about community. We are using the reach of the Internet to connect people and ideas for the greater good.”_ I know it makes for an entertaining TV show. But...2

Multi-Tracked Mind

Ask anyone what they had on their mind as a 14-year-old and their answers would likely stay within pretty small confines: girls/boys, skateboards/bikes, sports, etc. Except for...

Brassy, Bold & Beautiful Bernhard

“You’re a cigarette come to life …” – the great Paul Mooney, in reference to Sandra Bernhard There are some comedians who always appear to be citizens of nowhere in...

Sugar Plum Family

For many Central Ohioians, the annual production of The Nutcracker is a family affair. For many of BalletMet’s dancers, however, it’s the most exciting and challenging part...

Fresh Prints

Succeeding as a small business is far from easy, but over the past five years, Skreened has proven the strength of a business model that reflects the zeitgeist of...

Parting Shot: Tis Better to Give

Jesus seemed like an alright dude. Say what you will about his present-day followers, but the J-ster definitely put his time in with the poor. I like to do my part every now...

Gallery Space: The Iceman Cometh

By Mark J. Lucas When you get right down to it, there’s nothing more hardcore than using a chainsaw, a power sander and a giant propane blowtorch to make art. Those are the...

Then & Now

Jingle all the way from ghosts of holidays past to modern day celebrations. Though the days of ugly Santa sweaters have come and gone, the desire for creature comforts...

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