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    Mega Winter Weekend 2015 – Vol. 3

    Hope you are keeping warm! If you have extra warm items -blankets, gloves, hats, socks, please take them to a YMCA, VOA, or a neighborhood school to donate. Have you planned out your weekend? Ready for the big game on Tuesday? City Barbeque has some smoked ducks you can preorder for the game on Monday. Have you been keeping up on our Health & Wellness Week series? Sign up for a race, or a CSA?

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    Thursday
    Head to COSI for After Dark and take a look at Microscopic Mysteries. New show Sex at the Box begins at Shadowbox Live. Think Outside the Brick, a LEGO exhibit, continues at Columbus Museum of Art. Warm up with Restart House Music at Brothers Drake. Drop off professionals clothes, handbags, costume jewelry, shoes at the German Village Meeting Haus to help a woman get a fresh start on a new year. Pinnochio begins at the Columbus Children’s Theater. Available Light Theatre kicks off their New Stage Initiative plays. Warehouse Theater begins performances of This is Our Youth at MadLab. SRO Theater begins The Lost Traveler in the Multiverse. Or choose to see Columbus Civic Theater’s performances of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

    Friday
    CityMusic presents The Floorwalkers with a British Invasion show and please note the location has changed to Via Vecchia Winery! The Gallery at the Gateway Film Center has their grand opening. CS Gallery has their final show ever. Glass Axis has their opening weekend featuring artist Esther Ruiz. The Commissary presents a Midwest in Mid-Winter dinner. 400 Days returns to 400 West Rich and it’s part of Franklinton Fridays. CSO Masterworks Series continues with Dvorak’s Ninth: American Roots Festival. See Inherent Vice, or Selma.

    Saturday
    Orchids return to the Franklin Park Conservatory with their splendid beauty. Columbus Public Health kicks off Fit Week. Are you doing the Fantastic Frigid 5K? PBJ & Jazz warms up the Lincoln Theater with Sean Carney & The Sean Carney Band. Yay Bikes! begins the 2015 Year of Yay rides, start at Whole Foods Upper Arlington. There’s an e-recycling event at the Columbus Community Market. Winter Hike #2 is at Sharon Woods Metro Park. The 400 Farmers Market returns. The Columbus City Schools Board of Education has their final listening tour at Starling PreK. A Girl’s Guide to Life has a book launch party at Cover to Cover. Studio 35 presents Cinema Classics with Once Upon a Time in the West. Lucky’s hosts a Hot Chocolate Bar benefitting Columbus Alternative HS. Gateway Film Center has a ticket release party for their popular Groundhog Day marathon. Artist Danielle Poling has an opening reception at Art of Yoga Studios. Jazz Dinner Club returns to The Refectory. A popular chef from Detroit is in town for a unique pop up dinner. The Belligerent Kitties Comic Book release party is at Kafe Kerouac. CBJ plays The Islanders. Lisa Imondi brings soulful songs of the 60s to Short North Stage. Go dancing at Body Language. Dr. Bob Tesla presents the World Premiere of Kingdom of Metal.

    Sunday
    Do Good Morning Hatha, Yoga with Jason Farrington at It Looks Like Its Open. Take your puppy to puppy preschool. Go on Winter Hike #3 at Prairie Oaks Metro Park. Johnny Steiner Sings 50s Broadway Hits at Bexley Public Library. Gateway Film Center hosts beer tasting and a movie showing The Blues Brother (1980).

    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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