Happy Weekend! We hope to see you tonight at the Final CU Happy Hour at The Crest. Good luck to the Ohio Roller Girls as they head to the World Championships in Milwaukee this weekend. Sew to Speak has opened their annual softie contest and the theme is penguins. Have you tried the latest new restaurants? Get entered to win in our current contests. Design next year’s buttons for the Year of Yay bike rides. Get your Turkey orders in!
Thursday
Final CU Happy Hour at 6pm!! The CSO is hosting a free event tonight at The Ohio Theatre. Check out the Biz Social happy hour with Stonewall Columbus. Go on a gluten-free walkabout at Lucky’s Market. The CIF+VF Film festival kicks off with their opening event at the Gateway Film Center. The Modern Table: Ohio Furniture Designs opens at the Riffe Center. See Assassins. The Jewish Community continues their annual film festival. Angela Meleca Gallery opens the new exhibit Head Games. Shots in the Dark presents Straight on ’til Morning: A Peter Pan Prequel. See Madness & Lust at Shadowbox Live. Hear 40 years of poetry at the Lincoln Theatre. CATCO’s production of Fully Committed begins. Hae-Paul’s restaurant is celebrating one year this week with specials.
Friday
The Veterans Parade is Downtown at 11:30am. Listen to the rich sound of Georgia soul of Ruby Velle & The Soulphonics at the Lincoln Theatre. There’s a Christmas Ale tapping party at Barley’s Brewing. Those getting married may want to check out the Columbus Wedding Experience at COSI. Columbus Museum of Art opens Think Outside the Brick, their LEGO exhibit. Alton Brown will be at the Palace Theatre. Tim Friar of Grid Furnishings will lead an exhibit tour for The Modern Table. MadLab’s production of The Air Loom continues. BalletMet presents The Four Seasons through Sunday. The Table is open. Pezzner drops some tunes at Garage Sessions. There’s a free show at the Little Rock Bar. Get RIGHTEOUS at the Garage. Your time is running out to see Nightmare on Front Street.
Saturday
400 West Rich begins their Winter Market season from 11am to 2pm. Then later Saturday evening, stroll the Moonlight Market on Gay Street and shop for the holidays. Check out the Arcane Media Fair with NIX Comics. ProMusica has concerts Saturday and Sunday. It’s the last day to see You Call That Art at the Cultural Arts Center and you can also do some holiday shopping at their Annual Studio Sale. The Capital Pride Band presents Once Upon a Dream. The Columbus Symphony Orchestra plays The Midtown Men. There’s an Art Explorations at Urban Arts Space. Check out the Ohio Pen Show. Donate blood at the North Market. The YMCA has a RideSTRONG event. Attend a benefit at Skully’s and help a young boy who has Stage 4 Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Woodlands Tavern hosts Columbus Rocks the Cure. CS Gallery hosts a reception for Portraits of Pleasure.
Sunday
Studio 35 has a beer tasting and a movie with Die Hard. CityMusic has a concert at Via Vecchia Winery. Do the OSU 4-miler. The Ohio Craft Museum opens their gift exhibit and you can make copper earrings. Bexley Public Library presents Musical Mother Goose with ProMusica. Race in or cheer on others during the Cap City Cyclocross. It’s the last day to the see Ray Gottlieb’s art collection at Tacocat. The George Bellows exhibit continues at the CMA. Golden Hobby Shop has a Holiday Open House. See Spamalot at Shadowbox Live.
Enjoy your weekend!
Please note: While every effort is made to include every wonderful weekend event, this list is not all-inclusive of what is happening in Columbus this weekend. If you have something great you’d like to share, please do so in the comments. Thanks!
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