Wednesday, October 14, 2015

This Week: What to Do Around Columbus

What to do around Columbus 10/2 – 10/9

Featured

Junior League of Columbus 67th Annual Bargain Box Sale
Date: October 3, 2015                                                        Location: Resolute Athletic Complex
Time: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm                                                    Address: 3599 Chiller Lane Columbus, 43219
Admission: Free
Details: Bargain Box, a project established by the Junior League of Columbus, is the largest new and gently used merchandise sale in the city. This bargain hunter's paradise offers high quality merchandise at affordable prices to the Central Ohio community.

Sports
Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Indiana Hoosiers
Date: October 3, 2015                                                        Location: Memorial Stadium, Bloomington, IN
Time: 3:30 PM                                                                      Channel: ABC, ESP2

Arts
Cartoon Crossroads Columbus Expo 2015
Date: October 3, 2015                                                       Location: Cultural Arts Center
Time: 11 a.m.-6 p.m.                                                            Address: 139 W. Main St. Columbus, 43215
Admission: Free
Details: Join the inaugural Cartoon Crossroads Columbus festival at the Cultural Arts Center for two floors of panels, one floor of exhibition and sales, all three featuring some of the greatest cartooning talent in the world. Buy comics, meet cartoonists, get them signed, learn about the cartoonists and their works!.

Horse Money
Date: October 3, 2015                                                        Location: Wexner Center Film/Video Theater
Time: 8 p.m.                                                                          Address: 1871 N. High Street Columbus, 43210
Admission: 7-9 p.m.
Details: Horse Money casts the sad-eyed lead actor from Colossal Youth, but this time rather than placing him in neorealist settings, the film slips in and out of time and space, seemingly inhabiting Ventura's mind. With striking visuals reminiscent of Caravaggio's Baroque canvases, the film is both a powerful indictment of social and racial injustice in Portugal and a work of masterful artistry.

RENT
Date: September 24 - October 3, 2015                           Location: Fritsche Theatre at Cowan Hall
Time: Thursday-Saturday 8-11 p.m. Sunday 2-5 p.m.    Address: 30 S. Grove St. Westerville, 43081
Admission: $25
Details: Based on Puccini's beloved opera La Bohme, RENT follows the ups and downs of a year in the life of a group of impoverished, artistic friends living in Manhattan's East Village..

Atalante
Date: October 4, 2015                                                        Location: Capital University Mees Hall
Time: 3:30-5:30 p.m.                                                          Address: 1 College and Main Bexley, 43209
Admission: $12-$30
Details: Atalante's performances and recording series, featuring the lirone, in the laments of Artemisia, Helen of Troy, Mary Magdalene, Orfeo and Euridice, have been revelatory experiences for the public and critics worldwide.

Saint Laurent
Date: October 8, 2015                                                       Location: Wexner Center Film/Video Theater
Time: 8 PM                                                                            Address: 1871 N. High Street Columbus, 43210
Admission: $6-$8
Details: Not your traditional biopic, Saint Laurent is a swirling, meticulously designed recreation of the textures of Yves Saint Laurent’s life and work.


Wine & Dine and More
Harvest Fair
Dates: October 3, 2015                                                      Location: Columbus Commons
Hours: 3-7 p.m.    .                                                               Admission: Free - $5
Address: 160 S. High St. Columbus, 43215
Details: Columbus Commons will celebrate the fall season with an old-fashioned Harvest Fair. Enjoy hay rides, a straw maze, field games, pumpkin-carving demos, fall food, and much more. The evening will end with a showing of the movie “Babe” at 6 p.m. followed by a dazzling fireworks display at 7:30 p.m.,

Live Fire Sunday
Dates: October 4, 2015                                                      Location: Franklin Park Conservatory
Hours: 1–4pm                                                                      Address: 1777 East Broad Street Columbus, 43203
Admission: $2–$3 samples
Details: Check out the outdoor Live Fire Cooking Theater during a casual cooking demonstration. Sample string-cooked chicken cooked over the fireplace, and fruit cobbler..


Fashion Week Columbus: Charles Penzone Salons Event
Dates: October 6, 2015                                                      Location: Charles Penzone Grand Salon Gahanna/New Albany
Hours: 6 p.m                                                                         Admission: Free
Address: 1356 Cherry Way Dr. Gahanna, 43230
Details: Join us for a night of fun with our title sponsor! Charles Penzone Salons will pamper guests with a champagne fountain, complimentary 10 minute up-do's, and goody bags featuring hair care products from Alterna. Tunes will be spun by DJ Pastel.

Columbus Italian Festival            
Dates: October 1, 2015                                                      Location: St. John the Baptist Church
Hours: Friday 5-11 p.m., Saturday 12-11 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m.-7 p.m.
Admission: $5                                                                       Address: 720 Hamlet St. Columbus, 43215
Details: Enjoy open-air markets, Italian dancing and singing on the cobblestone streets, the new children’s area and plenty of fabulous Italian food from various vendors, including that once-a-year chance to “gorge" on St. John’s Pizza baked fresh in front of the Church.

Music
Zoso - The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience
Date: October 3-4, 2015                                                    Location: Newport Music Hall
Time: Saturday-Sunday 7 p.m.                                           Address:  1722 North High Street Columbus, 43201
Admission: $15-$20

Swagg
Dates: October 2, 2015                                                      Location: Hollywood Casino - Columbus
Hours: 9-11 p.m.                                                                  Admission: Free
Address: 200 Georgesville Rd, Columbus, 43228

Battle of the Bands
Dates: October 2 & 9, 2015                                               Location: KDB Easton
Hours: 9-11 p.m.                                                                  Admission: Free
Address: 157 Easton Square Pl, Columbus, OH

Active

Lend a limb, plant a tree!
Dates: October 3, 2015                                                      Location: Anheuser Bush Sports Park
Hours: 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.                                                Admission: Free
Address: 4900 Olentangy River Rd. Columbus, 43214
Details: We need your help planting 1,756 trees! We are working with the City of Columbus Ecological Restoration Program (CERP) to plant native trees along the Olentangy watershed.





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