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    Mega Summer Weekend 2015 – Vol. 6

    Happy PRIDE Weekend! Perhaps we will have a weekend of double rainbows. Park conveniently close to Goodale Park at Hubbard Mastery School and raise funds for their PTO. General Admission tickets to the Arch Comedy Festival are now on sale. We still have ticket giveaways open for Jane’s Addiction, and Flogging Molly, plus newly added win a strip of tickets to CAPA’s Summer Movie Series, VIP and General Admission tickets to FMMF and tickets to CATCO’s [title of show].

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    Thursday
    The Wex Drive-in starts tonight with The Darjeeling Limited. CATCO has extended Buyer & Cellar, don’t miss this show! It’s also the final weekend for Short North Stage’s Thrill Me. Wild Goose wants to help you start your freelance business with their latest in The Business of Art series. See The Manchurian Candidate at the Ohio Theatre. Cirque du Soleil’s KOOZA can be found under the big top on W. Mound Street. Trove has a Summer Sidewalk Sale. Catch Imagine Dragons at Nationwide Arena. Lucky’s has a knife sharpening event, or you can learn about beer. The Daily Growler launches their Crowler with a party at their Upper Arlington location. Stratford Ecological Center has a photography club. Whole Foods Market in Upper Arlington invites you to a Foodie Class. Dine. Drink. Dress. returns to Strongwater to raise money for Dress for Success. CSCA’s Pinewood Derby returns for its’ 10th year at CD102.5’s Big Room. Go on a Meat Lovers Tour with Columbus Food Adventures. Backstage at the Lincoln invites Cedric Easton & Circle of Friends featuring Christopher Gatton & Schuuyler Johnson to the stage. Learn about The Current State of Comics with Jeff Stang of Laughing Ogre Comics at the Bexley Library. Which One’s Pink? continues at Shadowbox Live. The Actors’ Theatre continues performances of Captain Blood. The Melvins play A&R Music Bar. Hear The Nicole Sherburne Quartet at Brothers Drake.

    Friday
    The Indianola Stroll returns, check out work by Eight Women Photographers. It’s opening weekend for the Drexel’s Kid Fest Summer Series, showing The Great Muppet Caper. Chris Botti kicks off the Picnic with the Pops season. CAPA’s Summer Movie for Friday is Mildred Pierce. Visit The Pearl Market. Recycle your electronics at the Grange Insurance Audubon Center. The Gateway Film Center’s Book to Film Series movie is Paddington. Pride Festival starts. There’s a National Fatherless Day rally at the Statehouse. The North Market’s Downtown Drive-In starts with Mean Girls. Join the Clintonville Community Co-op for 3rd Fridays. The Creekside Blues and Jazz Festival returns for the weekend. Snack Time, a celebration of food and art is at Tacocat for one day only! Go to Destihl Brew Works Tasting at Crafted Drafts. Juneteenth begins at Genoa Park. The Basement presents a 10 Year Anniversary Show Featuring The Cave Singers. Enjoy Best of Shadowbox Live. Check out 404: Human Error A Nu Musical– The Lovewell Show 2015 at the Garden Theatre. Rhythm on the River presents the Golden Dragon Acrobats.

    Saturday
    See Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig’s new Lifetime movie A Deadly Adoption for free at The Torpedo Room. Watch the Pride Parade. The Buckeye Country Super Fest is at the Horseshoe. Do the Buckeye Foam Run. Go on the Caffeine Crawl. Go on a walking tour of Columbus. CAPA shows Cabaret Saturday and Sunday a the Ohio Theatre. Catch Big Bad VooDoo Daddy at Picnic with the Pops. Smidge and Pinch hosts their 3rd Annual Junior Bake Sale. It’s Pride Festival day 2. Urban Arts Space hosts Crafternoons. The Thurber Center hosts Master Class in Cartooning with World-Renowned Cartoonist Jeff Smith. The Golf Depot hosts a Craft Beer Golf Series featuring Homestead Beer Company and Lineage Brewing. Damien Rice plays the LC. Ohio Machine takes on the Chesapeake Bayhawks. Zoofari is back for another year of fun in the evening at the Zoo. Park Street Saloon hosts Tink ft Kim Joyce, Dominique Larue & more! Word Up! returns to Little Rock Bar. Check out Columbus Psych Fest.

    Sunday
    Happy Father’s Day. Dine at Juergens in German Village for a Father’s Day Special. Do a Father’s Day Grill Out at Seventh Son. Do a special glassblowing event for Father’s Day at Glass Axis.  The HillBenders – TOMMY: A Bluegrass Opry play Natalie’s Coal Fired Pizza. Check out Market Flea at the North Market. Go on yoga for kayakers with a Kayak Trip. The Gateway Film Center hosts a Beer Tasting: MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL (1975) in 35mm! Make a copper cuff bracelet at The Smithery. Catch The Veronicas at the Newport. Enjoy networking and live jazz at a Networking Red Carpet Event at DeNovo. Enjoy Music in the Garden Series: Anna & The Consequences in the Olde Towne East Community Gardens, or Sunday Concert Series – A Fellow Man in Frank Fetch Park.

    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 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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