http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/the-state-of-culture-in-columbus ColumbusUnderground.com Messageboard en-US Thu, 23 May 2013 17:08:00 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/search.php http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/the-state-of-culture-in-columbus#post-418568 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 06:38:35 +0000 jeff_r 418568@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p>Great article. Thanks for posting it. </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/the-state-of-culture-in-columbus#post-418179 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:05:43 +0000 News 418179@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p><strong>Capital culture: Rising institutions, neighborhoods lend creative vigor<br /> </strong>By Jeffrey Sheban<br /> The Columbus Dispatch<br /> Sunday February 12, 2012 11:42 AM</p> <p><img src="http://www.dispatch.com/content/graphics/2012/02/12/1-bicentennial-arts-art0-gm6fv1a7-11-gallery-aha-01-jpg.jpg?__scale=w:620,h:415,c:666666" /></p> <p><em>There’s no denying that, for years, Columbus lived in the psychological shadow of its older and better-known municipal counterparts, where industrial wealth built name recognition, concert halls and fine-arts collections. But the notion of Columbus as a cultural backwater is more myth than reality. The city’s contributions to arts and culture predate by decades the emergence of the Short North arts-and-entertainment district or the Wexner Center for the Arts, two attractions that have burnished the city’s image in recent times.<br /> </em><br /> READ MORE: <a href="http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2012/02/12/capital-culture.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2012/02/12/capital-culture.html</a> </p>