Happy Weekend! What have you got planned? Super Bowl Party? Puppy Bowl Party? Have you entered to win tickets to Promowest shows – Joshua Radin, Gaelic Storm, and Railroad Earth?
Thursday
The Columbus Mayoral Candidates are being brought together to discuss urban concerns. If you can’t make the discussion, follow the live updates on CU TALK. A Century of Ohio Watercolor opens at the Riffe Center Gallery. It’s the final weekend for Wholly Craft’s Winter Clearance Sale. Go on an art field trip! Attend a benefit for the Ronald McDonald House Charities at Champps at Lennox. Lavash Cafe hosts a Death Cafe. Camelot Cellars hosts a Game Night. The New Albany Community Foundation welcomes Michael Pollan for a talk. Shadowbox Live continues Burlesque Biographie. Newly formed Adrenaline Theatre performs Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at MadLab. OSU’s Department of Dance presents its Winter Concert. Check out the Comedy Death Spot at Zenos. Joey Diaz is at the Funnybone this weekend.
Friday
Columbus Winter Beerfest begins at the Convention Center and goes through Saturday. ImageOHIO15 continues at the Fort Hayes Shot Tower Gallery. Ohayocon comes to town. So does Sexapalooza! Warm up with Orchids at the Franklin Park Conservatory. The Japan-America Society of Central Ohio has a talk at Huntington Park about the role of baseball in Japanese and American relationships. Coldwar Kids play the Newport. The Kitchen hosts a Dining Event themed on Downton Abbey. The Refectory hosts Jazz Dinner Club. Sex at the Box continues at Shadowbox Live. The Columbus Symphony Orchestra performs at the Ohio Theatre. Psycho Beach Party continues at the Garden Theater. Lil Debbie‘s at Skullys. GROOVE returns to Exile. The Summit has goth rock and more. Brothers Drake hosts Scott Gorsuch Los Gravediggers.
Saturday
Join Mozart’s to celebrate 20 years plus enjoy a bigger open house than ever before! Enjoy Ice Sculptures at Easton. The International Cat Association Show returns to the Convention Center. Make Valentine’s Day cards at Cottage Street. The Lincoln Theatre hosts an Artist Development Workshop. HOOT returns to the Gateway Film Center. Check out the book launch of The African American Landmarks Preservation Initiative at the Main Library. Shop the Columbus Winter Farmers Market at the Whetstone Community Center. Can you handle the Winter Sports Challenge at Snow Trails Ski Resort? Think about your garden at the City Folk’s Farm Shop Seed Swap. Studio 35 continues Cinema Classics with To Kill A Mockingbird. Eye Candy: A Collection of Portraits has an open house at Tacocat. Jack White will be at the Schottenstein. Attend the Columbus Museum of Art’s fundraiser Wonderball. See an Art Fashion Show at OSU. Columbus Alive hosts their Bands to Watch at Skully’s. OGEE celebrates Six Years with a party at Strongwater.
Sunday
Black History Month begins at the Columbus libraries and at the Ohio Statehouse. See what artists can do with baskets at the Ohio Craft Museum. See rock musical EVO at Shadowbox Live. Winter Flea sets up in Strongwater. Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire presents a free show at the Columbus Foundation. See Downton Abbey on the big screen at the Gateway Film Center. And enjoy the Groundhog Day Marathon all day!
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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