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    Mega Fall Weekend 2015 – Vol. 8

    Hello Weekend! Have you been to check out the new Scioto Greenways? It’s the final weekend for First Service Federal Credit Union’s winter apparel drive. GCAC is accepting applications for poets and authors for the Columbus Arts Festival. Bid on OSU vs. Michigan tickets to support The Pumpkin Pedaler Foundation. Have you seen the 1950s Superman suit at the Ohio History Center?

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    Thursday
    Sew to Speak’s annual holiday softie contest is going on, this year’s theme is a llama. Red Giraffe Designs is hosting a canned food drive. It’s the last weekend for Scary Plants at the Franklin Park Conservatory. Uncle Kracker plays the Bluestone. See the artwork of Pheoris West, with influences of African and American cultures, at the Fort Hayes Shot Tower Gallery. The Big Room Bar taps a barrel of Andyman Ale. Enjoy 007 martinis with OYO and Root 23 simple syrup at Studio 35. The Columbus Jewish Film Festival shows Apples From the Desert, at the Drexel. Go give your input on COTA. Grass Skirt Tiki Room has an Aloha Dinner tonight featuring Kona beers. Join the ladies of Columbus Unscripted: Sassy Do and their special guests, Awesomely Awkward at Wild Goose Creative. Shadowbox Live brings back Which One’s Pink? and also has a special Opera on Edge performance in their Backstage Bistro (tickets BOGO for tonight with code OPERABOGO).

    Friday
    The Columbus International Film and Video Festival continues with Janey Makes a Play, at the Drexel. Creative Arts of Women (CAW) presents “A Little Bit Closer“, a small works show, at The Vanderelli Room. See Gifts of the Craftsmen. The Ohio Pen Show returns to Dublin. The Clintonville Arts Guild has a show and sale. Stop by The Keny Galleries for humorous art by James Thurber. Hammond Harkins Galleries opens Small & Wonderful, their annual Holiday Show. Entrepreneurs should check out WakeUp StartUp at COSI. Learn about how to be an angel investor. Franklinton Arts District Gallery presents Spontaneous Utterances: Drawings by Thom Glick. Ryn Weaver plays the Newport. Celebrate Central Ohio’s heroes. George Clinton plays the LC. The Best of Thiossane, dance showcase happens at the Lincoln Theatre. Dedalus continues at Available Light Theatre. Check out Cliffsgiving, a charity music show, at Spacebar. Try wines with a dose of comedy at Camelot Cellars. Hear the Capital Pride Band for their annual concert Crescendo: Rising to New Heights. The Ohio State University Department of Dance presents its annual Dance Downtown concert. See Lost Lake at Short North Stage. Little Rock Bar invites you to Rock and Roll All Hite, for a benefit concert for Bob Hite. Check out the last HEBDO show of the year at Brothers Drake. In:Direct Audio presents Bailey & Random Movement, with a special reunion set with Mister Shifter and vocal accompaniment by Adrienne Richards at Ruby Tuesday.

    Saturday
    Craftin’ Outlaws celebrates 10 years in the makin’ with their holiday craft show at the Convention Center. Dance at Body Language at Victory’s Live. Balanced Yoga reopens and has a special preview party on Saturday to welcome you back to the space. Help Friends of Goodale Park put the flower beds to rest. Year of Yay bicycle rides continue and begin at Whole Foods Lane Avenue. Enjoy a new behind the scenes look at breweries with Beer and Donuts at Four String Brewing. Girls on the Run 5K is happening at Columbus Commons. PBJ & Jazz concert series continues with The Aaron Scott Quartet featuring vocal sensation Liz Woolley at the Lincoln Theater. The Gateway Film Center shows Saturday Morning Cartoons. See “Open This End: Contemporary Art from the Collection of Blake Byrne,” a selection of work from renowned artists spanning the past 50 years, showing at the Urban Arts Space. The Columbus International Film + Video Festival‎ presents Doc Block: Portraits and Landscapes at the Drexel and the closing film of WESTERN with networking reception and wrap party sponsored by CCAD at the CCAD Canzani Center. While you are there, stop in the Contemporary Arts Space and see the video installation by Charles Atlas. Support Columbus Rising, an effort to stop violence among women, during a fundraising event at St James Tavern. ProMusica presents Brahms Symphony No. 4 at the Southern Theatre. Hear millennials telling stories. Ben Folds with yMusic performs at the LC. Watch the Blue Jackets take on the Arizona Coyotes. Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen will be at the Palace Theatre. OGP Presents The Floor Is Yours at Jimmy V’s Grandview. Will Bennett & The Tells + Cherry Chrome + Sam & The Barbers play at The Walrus. Try the Redemption Escape Room.

    Sunday
    Are you running the Hot Chocolate 5K? Wolf’s Ridge Brewing hosts a tasting of their beers infused with One Line Coffee. Youssou N’Dour & his band Super E’toile play the LC. Shadowbox Live presents A Tribute to Joe Cocker. Take your dog to Puppy Preschool. The Columbus Museum of Art hosts a free Artist Interview with Graphic Novelist Eleanor Davis. Fall Soup supports Social Entrepreneurs in their latest sold out gathering.

    Check out the Events Calendar for even more things to do, and if you have something you want to highlight, post it in the comments! Would you like to get this in your inbox and easily share with all of your friends? Sign up here:

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    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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