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    Mega Fall Weekend 2014 – Vol. 11

    Happy Weekend! Have you relaxed from Thanksgiving? Ready to get everyone on your list a gift? We’ve got lots of gift ideas for you in our Holiday Shopping Guides. Make sure to get entered to win tickets to The Head and The Heart. Have you filled out your favorites for the Best of 2014?

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    Thursday
    Tonight, Available Light Theatre opens their latest production, She Kills Monsters. It’s 5% day at both Whole Foods, and the beneficiary is CD102.5’s For the Kids. MadLab opens Broken Daughters. Catch A Christmas Carol at CATCO. Gifts of the Craftsmen continues, if you are looking for artist made gifts this year. ZOOM Family Film Festival opens at the Wexner Center and goes through the weekend. Have you seen the Huntington Holiday Train? OSU Students – drop your clothes with Goodwill, not in the trash. Get yourself a Poinsettia for your holiday decor and help support a group raise needed funds. Dani Leventhal presents new work at the Canzani Center. Have you seen Ori Gersht: Still Life at the CMA? For sure, don’t miss NOW-ISM at the Pizzuti Collection. Nurtur at Upper Arlington has a special holiday event. Tonight is the Opening Reception for Festival of Lamps. The Diamond Cellar on Sawmill Road invites you to their Holiday Designer’s Gala, happening through the weekend. Remember Rosa Parks. COSI’s After Dark event features the Planetarium. Woman As _____ opens at Tacocat. Share your vision for Columbus City Schools during the listening tour at South High School. Go Backstage at the Lincoln Theater. Go out for a laugh at Barry Sanders Two Lady Show at the Garden Theater. The Wonder Jam hosts a holiday party and pop-up shop. Holiday Hoopla continues at Shadowbox Live.

    Friday
    Frank Fetch Park, often voted Best Hidden Gem, has their tree lighting. It’s the last day for ordering a vintage Weiland’s tshirt if you’d like it in time for Christmas. Columbus Symphony presents Holiday Pops through Sunday. CD102.5 presents the Andyman-A-Thon Concert at King Avenue 5. Laughlin’s Bakery has opened. The Grand Illumination kicks off downtown at the Scioto Mile and Bicentennial Park. The Gateway Film Center’s Columbus Documentary Week begins. Sign up for a tour of all the holiday lights through SegAway. Head to Sway and catch Paul Oakenfold. Winterfair is at the Ohio Expo Center through Sunday. See The Best Christmas Pageant Ever at the Columbus Children’s Theater. Catch a concert at the Columbus Performing Arts Center. Team Chipmunk hosts a girls night out. CS Gallery opens Intense Intrigue. See OAL’s annual Thumb Box Exhibition at the RAW Gallery downtown. Saintseneca performs at the Newport. Mouton hosts artist Craig Carlisle. See Madrigalarious: A Musical Holiday Feast! at Shane’s Cloak and Dagger Dinner Theater. Dane Terry returns to Short North Stage for a special show. Axis hosts Nina and Virginia’s Holiday Special. Head to The Summit for Maiden Japan, a night of jpop, anime and chip tune music. It’s Bad Movie Nite at Studio 35 with the Vaguely Xmas Craptacular.

    Saturday
    Head to the Short North for Holiday Hop, and make sure to stop in the Garden Theater for the Holiday Hop Pop Up Shop – bring all your gifts to get wrapped to the gift wrapping station that benefits Hubbard Mastery School! The North Market has their Holiday Winter Market. Find some great new art for your home or to gift during the CCAD Art Sale. PBJ and Jazz returns to the Lincoln Theater. Gallery Players present Korczak’s Children. Are you doing the Jingle Bell Run? See beautiful homes decked out for the holidays at the Holiday Tour of Homes in Grandview Heights. HOOT has their big holiday celebration at the Gateway Film Center. Shop the Columbus Winter Farmers Market at the Whetstone Community Center. Kids can attend a free nature club. Granville has a candlelight walking tour. Bella Beads will be stamping custom jewelry at Thread in Grandview. New gallery Little Fish Printing opens in the Short North. Merry & Bright continues at Franklin Park Conservatory. Wildlights continues at the Zoo. Are you doing SantaCon in the Arena District? Enjoy drinks of the 19th century at Ohio Village.

    Sunday
    See CityMusic Columbus: Arkadiy Gips and Friends at Via Vecchia Winery. Scrooge continues at Shadowbox Live. Village Lights returns to German Village. Entries for Sew to Speak’s annual softie contest featuring bears are due tomorrow. Adventure Unleashed opens a dog training center in Reynoldsburg. Alana’s hosts a Sunday Brunch. EndZone Entertainment Complex hosts the Santa Speedo Dash for Diabetes.

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    Anne Evanshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/anne-evans/
    Anne Evans is the Co-Founder and Director of Operations for The Metropreneur and Columbus Underground. She regularly contributes feature stories on both sites, as well as Mega Weekend each week. She has started and grown businesses, created experiences, forged community partnerships, and worked to create opportunities for others. She loves meeting new neighbors and those making an impact in our community. Want to connect?
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