It’s a big weekend for Columbus! Village Valuables and Race for the Cure will be happening. Get entered to win tickets to Franz Ferdinand and Old Crow Medicine Show. Â Hubbard Bazaar on June 3rd is looking for vendors. Columbus Craft Beer Week continues.
Thursday
The International Sports Film Festival starts tonight and goes through Saturday. Discuss what it means to be a dangerous woman in the 21st Century and also take a look at the current exhibition at the Columbus Museum of Art: A Dangerous Woman. Experience the work of Lebanese artists at Angela Meleca Gallery. Grandview Cafe officially opens to the public. Available Light Theatre’s Paradise Park Zoo continues through Saturday. Cirque du Soleil is in town, performing OVO. The Vanderelli Room hosts an artist conversation to discuss: The Awakening: Revolutionary Women in Art- The Journey of the African Diaspora. See what’s new in eyewear at Arlington Optical’s trunk show. Learn how to sell in international markets. Try beer and pierogi pairings at Seventh Son. Lineage Brewing is tapping a special beer! Enjoy a Spirits of Columbus Negroni Tasting & Competition at soul Le Meridien Columbus, The Joseph. Wholly Craft hosts a book launch party for Why We March. Evolutionaries continues at Shadowbox Live. TECH N9NE plays the Newport. Discuss herbs and tea. Enjoy some house at Dahlia.
Friday
It’s Bike to Work Day! Enjoy the Columbus Psych Fest. See one of the must-see theatrical events of the season, Patience Worth, Friday or Saturday. Square One Men has their grand opening of their men’s shop. Check out Theatre Roulette at MadLab. Rock on the Range is at Mapfre Stadium through the weekend. Enjoy Duck Donuts and Beers at The Walrus. Hills Market has another Cooking With Queens featuring Pasty Cline. Meet for justice for Tyre King. Enjoy a fireside chat with Dr. Chelsea Jackson Roberts at Replenish. Enjoy the sounds of the Cavani String Quartet. Check out the Queens & Weiner Show at Dirty Frank’s West. Brew-lesque returns. Damn, Girl is back at Skully’s. Hear the Urban Jazz Coalition. Nite Owl Theatre presents Twilight Zone: The Movie at Grandview Theater & Drafthouse. Guilty Pleasures continues at Shadowbox Live.
Saturday
Gray Matters opens at the Wexner Center, exploring the work of 37 female artists who have explored the practice of grisailleâthe French term for working in shades of gray. The Franklin Park Conservatory opens a display of topiaries in a wildlife theme. Art for Franklinton hosts their annual art auction. Stop in Hammond Harkins Gallery to see Discerning Patterns. Help with Spring Cleaning and Yard Day at the Abbey. The Walrus turns 2 with a party. There’s a superheroes vs. villains bar crawl happening. City Food Swap will check your pressure canner. Mad Moon opens their taproom. The Indianola Stroll adds an Art Crawl for May. Enjoy some German singing. The Six One Pour Festival closes out Columbus Craft Beer Week. Go on a Craft Cocktail Tour. David Gray plays Express Live! See works by W.E. Arnold at the Second Sight Gallery. The Columbus Symphony presents Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor. Word Up has another night at Little Rock Bar. The Race for the Cure is throughout Downtown. Shop Village Valuables in German Village. Attend the King Arts Gala at the Hilton. The Delaware Arts Festival is Saturday and Sunday. Saturday is opening day at Zoombezi Bay!
Sunday
Blendon Woods Metro Park is opening their Natural Play Area and you are invited to the grand opening ceremony. Sunlight Market is happening on Gay Street. Girls on the Run 5k is happening downtown. Watch the Asian Festival Dragon Boat Races on West Bank Park, Downtown. Do a Rise & Dine Yoga Brunch at the Worthington Inn. Enjoy May’s Three Queen Drag Brunch. Dinosaurs come to Columbus. The Old Oaks Neighborhood hosts a self-guided Home Tour. Columbus Crossing Boarders pops up for one day at the Cultural Arts Center. See Rock of Ages. Olde Towne East hosts their first Music in the Garden for the season. Support projects at Columbus Spring SOUP.
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