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    Mega Spring Weekend 2015 – Vol. 5

    Your weekend has arrived! What are your plans? Of course we have lots of things for you to fill up your schedule. The Clippers open their home season, feel like a kid again and ride a teeter totter, enter our contests, and get your ticket for next week’s CU Best Bites Burgers event where you can get a ticket to Shadowbox Live’s performance of Green Day’s American Idiot for $10! We also have tickets for the self-guided Urban Living Tour on sale now.

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    Thursday
    Join the Columbus Symphony for a free happy hour concert at the Ohio Theatre. Warehouse Theatre continues Gruesome Playground Injuries, performed in AJ’s Cafe tonight and Friday. Yoga on High has a fundraising event. Open Door Art Studio has an opening reception for This Inspired That. Learn how to shape your idea into a successful social enterprise. Tell COTA what you think about their upcoming service changes. Franklin Park Conservatory hosts a party to celebrate Spring. The Columbus Historical Society opens their new exhibit featuring The History of Columbus Aviation. Learn to start a non-profit at Wild Goose Creative. Go backstage at the Lincoln Theatre with Adria Shahid. Check out The Local Strangers Living Room Tour at The Wonder Jam. Attend a reading of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s letter from Birmingham Jail. CATCO’s performances of The Final Table continue. Matt & Kim play a the LC.

    Friday
    The Indianola Stroll begins and alison rose hosts poet Amy Turn Sharp for a special event. The Gateway Film Center begins the Documentary Week. See The Beyond in 35mm at the Gateway too! The Ohio Statehouse hosts an Earth Day Fossil Tour. Clintonville Community Market hosts their 3rd Friday event. See the multi-faceted works of the Filipino-American artist Lewanda Lim at the Cultural Arts Center. M I N T Gallery hosts New School, featuring cutting-edge work of undergraduate students. Reckless continues at Shadowbox Live. Bad Movie Nite hosts a VHS party at Studio 35. Dance at Damn Girl! at Strongwater. A Chorus Line continues at Short North Stage, their best selling play yet!

    Saturday
    Take a turn on a teeter totter to raise funds for Hubbard Mastery School, at the North Market, or the Greater Columbus Convention Center. It’s Record Store Day, visit your local record shops! Studio 35’s Saturday Afternoon Fever movie is the Premiere of Records Collecting Dust. It’s Opening Night for the Clippers! MadLab celebrates 20 years with a party. The Smithery celebrates six months with a party. AIDS Walk Central Ohio is happening. Do yoga for charity at Balanced Yoga. Help clean up Goodale Park for Earth Day. Whole Foods Upper Arlington hosts RecycleFest. The Crest hosts an Earth Day event as well. Up-Cycle Flower Pots at Urban Arts Space during Crafternoons. There’s a fashion show at the McKoy Center in Hilliard. The Columbus Children’s Theater hosts The Fairytale Ball & Royal Feast at the Columbus Athenaeum. Columbus Crew takes on Orlando City. Join North High Brewing at the Brewery Location for Hops for Hearts. Enjoy Soulful Sounds at Signature Wines.

    Sunday
    Craftin’ Outlaws celebrates 10 Years of awesome craft showin’ with Spring Fling at High Line Car House. CityMusic Columbus presents Ucelli at Via Vecchia Winery. The Teeter Totter Marathon will be set up outside the King Avenue United Methodist Church. The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum hosts an opening reception for GRAPHIC DETAILS: CONFESSIONAL COMICS BY JEWISH WOMEN exhibit!. Go to a Flapjack 5K. The Chintz Room hosts a Little Black Dress Brunch. Do Brunch & Bowl at the Bosco Center. Columbus Landmarks hosts a special event A Sense of Hope and “The Fabric of Survival” Holocaust Remembrance Bus Tour. The Ohio Machine take on the Denver Outlaws in their Home Opener. The Clippers have another game against Toledo. Studio 35 hosts Beer Tasting and a Movie featuring Blazing Saddles. Check out a Pinterest Rag Wreath Party at La Chatelaine. See Green Day’s American Idiot at Shadowbox Live and save $10 with code CU10. The Columbus Symphony’s Concerts for Kids presents CINDERELLA at the Capitol Theatre. Big Sean plays the Newport Music Hall. Do a Spring Cookie Decorating Class at Smidge and Pinch.

    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!

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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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