Friday, January 29, 2016

This Week: What To Do Around Columbus!

What to do around Columbus 1/29/2016 – 2/5/2016



WORLD'S TOUGHEST RODEO

Date: January 30, 2016                                                       Location: Nationwide Arena
Time: Saturday 7:30-11:30 p.m.                                       Admission: $23-$78
Address: 200 West Nationwide Blvd., Columbus, 43215                                            
Details: World's Toughest Rodeo stampedes back into Nationwide Arena! Thirty professional cowboys will harness a double dose of guts as they battle it out against the rankest Bull and Broncs in Ohio. World's Toughest Rodeo features the top cowboys testing their grit in bareback riding, saddle bronc riding and bull riding. The cowgirls show off speed and style in the barrel racing event. Back by popular demand is the world's most famous pint cowboy, Whiplash the Monkey atop his Border Collie mount, Boogie, as they round up wild Barbados sheep.


Sports
FIRST RESPONDERS NIGHT WITH OSU MEN'S HOCKEY VS. MICHIGAN STATE
Date: January 30, 2016                                                       Location: Jerome Schottenstein Center, Col, OH
Time: Saturday 3 p.m. Game 7 p.m.                                  Admission: $14
Address: 555 Borror Dr. Columbus, 43210
Details: Come and join Apex Fire Services and the International Fire Fighter Cancer Foundation for a night of hockey at the Schott! A charity hockey game between Columbus Police and Columbus Fire will kick on the celebration at 4 p.m. Also enjoy drink specials, a gourmet buffet available, equipment and apparatus display, performance by the Columbus Police & Fire Pipes and Drums and post-game meet and greet and open skate. There will also be a reception beginning at 10 p.m. after the game.


Wine, Dine and More!
COMFORT FOOD CRUISE
Date: January 30 - February 7, 2016                                Location: Hocking Hills
Time: Saturday-Sunday 8 a.m.-4 p.m.                               Admission: $15
Address: 13178 State Route 664 S., Logan, 43138                                      
Details Craving a tasty treat? Come celebrate the Thanksgiving season by enjoying the perfect pairing of 3 tasty Camelot wines and 3 locally crafted chocolate bark flavors! The chocolate is provided by Eagle Family Candy Company,fourth generation chocolatiers who take pride in creating delicious candies. The Eagle family will be selling their famous chocolates on site! Check out the link to Eagle Family Candy Company LCC on Facebook. $2 of your ticket goes towards Colony Cats & Dogs for needed supplies!

Arts
DIE, MOMMY, DIE
Date: February 4-21, 2016                                                                Location: The Garden Theater
Time: Thursday-Saturday 8-10:15 Sunday 3-5:15         Address: 1145 N. High Street, Columbus, 43201
Admission: $25-$30
Details: Charles Busch's outrageous adult comedy romps the audience through his absurd and hilariously twisted lens. Die, Mommy, Die tells the story of fading Hollywood movie queen, ala Joan Crawford or Lana Turner, and her emotionally unbalanced adult children. Evoking both Greek tragedy and Hollywood kitsch, she unleashes a barrage of laughter as she schemes to murder her husband and run off with a much younger gigolo.

50 SHADES OF SHADOWBOX

Date: January 7 - March 19, 2016                                    Location: Shadowbox
Time: Thursday 7:30-9:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday 7:30-9:30 p.m., 10:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.                      
Address: 503 South Front Street, Columbus, 43215
Admission: $20-$40
Details: This winter, forget about the rules. 50 Shades of Shadowbox. Are you curious?

The Quiz Box
Date: Fri Feb 5th                                                                   Location: MadLab
Time: 8 PM                                                                            Address: 503 South Front Street, Columbus, Admission: $5
Details: THE QUIZ BOX is a hilarious game show where audience members get the chance to team up with one of four comedian panelists to win prizes. The comedians compete against each other answering outrageous trivia questions to gain points for their audience counterpart, and all you have to do is sit back, laugh, and win! Everyone in the audience has a chance to become a contestant to win fantastic prizes.

GROUNDHOG DAY AT GFC -- THE 7TH ANNUAL 24 HOUR MARATHON
Date: JANUARY 30TH 2016                                                Location: The Gateway Film Center
Time: 11:59PM                                                                    Address: 1550 N. High St., Columbus, 43201
Admission: $20-25
Details: Join the 24 Hours of Groundhog Day Marathon at GFC, Saturday night, Jan. 30 through Sunday night, Jan. 31. Watch the Bill Murray classic 12 times without devices, books or sleep and get GFC tickets for a year ... and bragging rights for life.

Music

Stalley
Date: January 29, 2016                                                       Location: A & R Music Bar
Time: Friday 7 p.m.-midnight                                             Address:  391 Neil Ave., Columbus, 43215
Admission: $15
Details: Numerous trailblazers call Ohio home. The state boasts a musical lineage that includes artists as diverse as The O'Jays, Bootsy Collins, Roger Troutman, Heatwave, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, and Kid Cudi, most recently. Hailing from the tiny Ohio town of Massillon, Stalley proudly upholds that tradition of artistic innovation on his aptly titled full-length debut, Ohio. [Maybach Music Group/Atlantic Records.
Growing up in a city of 30,000, the rapper gravitated towards music at a very young age, immersing himself in multiple genres. His grandmother would clean the house to country songs playing on Massillon's sole radio station, while he would spin everything from Nas and Outkast to Bruce Springsteen and Travis Tritt in his bedroom. As a result of those diverse influences, he developed an inimitable style.

Soul Express
Date: Saturday Jan  31, 2016                                             Location: Hollywood Casino - Columbus
Time: 9 p.m.                                                                          Address:  200 Georgesville Rd, Columbus, 43228
Admission: Free
Details: Soul Express is a Dayton, Ohio-based dance band specializing in Motown and Memphis soul classics from the 1960s and early 70s. We live to play good music, have fun and get people up on the dance floor.

DUELING PIANOS - ALL KEYED UP
Date: Wednesday, Feb 3rd                                                                Location: Hollywood Casino - Columbus
Time: 7 p.m. – 10 p.m.                                                        Address:  200 Georgesville Rd, Columbus, 43228
Admission: Free
Details: Watch a live dueling piano performance by All Keyed Up and enjoy drink specials! Ashton Wolf and Craig Wilson's dueling pianos and sing along is a wild and wonderful, crazy and fun, highly energetic and entertaining show that is sure to help make your Wednesday night unforgettable!

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COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS' WINTER PARK
Date: January 22 - February 21, 2016                             Location: McFerson Commons
Hours: varies                                                                        Admission: $5
Address: 218 West St., Columbus, 43215
Details: An NHL-sized ice rink returns to McFerson Commons Jan. 22 through Feb. 21. At Winter Park, enjoy ice skating for $5, hockey games and more. A heated tent serves food and beverages and houses entertainment, including a replica Blue Jackets locker room. Blue Jackets games will also play on a video board.

SEASONAL WALKS AT GREEN LAWN CEMETERY

Date: January 31, 2016                                                       Location:Huntington Chapel @Green Lawn Cemetery
Hours: Sunday 2-4 p.m.                                      .               Admission: $10-$15
Address: 1000 Green Lawn, Columbus, 43223
Details: Columbus Landmarks Foundation and Friends of Green Lawn Cemetery are pleased to announce seasonal tours that focus on both the art of Green Lawn Cemetery and the botanical features of this very special park. Green Lawn is Central Ohio's preeminent 19th century cemetery, reflected in roots to the Cemetery Beautiful Movement in New England. Green Lawn Cemetery encompasses more than 200 years of Columbus history, stories, and architectural preferences, and is home to champion trees, diverse old growth species, and wildlife. Tours are co-led by a naturalist and historian. Join us for our winter tour, the first in the series. We will meet at the Huntington Chapel, located past the office at the end of the road.



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