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    Mega Winter Weekend 2015 – Vol. 9

    Happy Super Coldest Day EVER! Thanks to everyone who attended, participated, volunteers, and supported our CU Best Bites Sweet Treats event! In case you missed it, Destination Donuts won the Best Bite with her Fasnachts, a German treat for Fat Tuesday. Happy Chinese New Year! Sign up for the AIDS Walk Central Ohio and get your fundraising going to be able to meet Ted Allen!

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    Thursday
    Dine at zpizza in the Short North all day today and mention Hubbard Mastery School and they will donate a portion of proceeds to the school (good on delivery orders too!). Attend Mayor Michael B. Coleman’s final State of the City address. Learn about the Business of Art: Leveraging the Artist Community at Wild Goose Creative’s free series. Want to be in a chili cook off? Get signed up for Explorers Club’s contest. CATCO’s Master Class continues. Hot Chicken Takeover opens for lunch on Thursdays. #MobilePhotoNow continues at Columbus Museum of Art. Disney on Ice is at Nationwide Arena this weekend. The Home & Garden Show goes through Sunday. Lesley James of CD102.5 celebrates Best IPA Day at World of Beer Brewery District. The Elijah Pierce Gallery opens a new exhibition, The N____* Experience. Healers in the Forest continues at the Columbus Childrens’ Theater. Paper Diamond plays the Newport. I’ll Eat You Last continues at Short North Stage. If you are still in the mood for love, check out Love Letters at CATCO. Zeno’s has a comedy night.

    Friday
    The Clintonville Community Market has a refreshed 3rd Fridays event. Celebrated Columbus artist Aminah Robinson has a new show opening at the Hammond Harkins Gallery ‘Aminah at 75: The Continuing Story‘. Stop in EASE Gallery for Trespasses. Gallery 22 features Ben Eisenmann and Dave Armstrong, two Columbus-based illustrators joining forces to display some of their recent works. See Gaelic Storm at the Newport. Warm up with the orchid show at the Franklin Park Conservatory. Pecha Kucha returns with a very special global themed night at Via Vecchia. Dreamgirls begins at Wall Street. Sex at the Box continues at Shadowbox Live. The Columbus Symphony presents Masterworks: Porgy & Bess – American Roots Festival at the Ohio Theatre, then an after-party at The Chintz Room. FFN’s Date Night continues at MadLab. The Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus presents VOX on the Rocks! Damn Girl! returns to Strongwater.

    Saturday
    Check out Darista Cafe’s Patacon PopUp at The Hills Market Downtown. little eater opens in the North Market. Discover the History and Treasures from the World’s Largest Comic Cartoon Art Archive at the Old Worthington Library. CATCO hosts their annual gala event. Easyriders brings their bike show to the Convention Center. Emerald City Players features some comedy. Abbie Stands performs soulful sounds at Signature Wines. Lost Weekend Records celebrates 12 years with a party at Ace of Cups. Check out more music at Spacebar. Skate Zone 71 takes you back to the ’80s with a special skate night. Urban Arts Space hosts an opening reception for Phase Shift. Maple Sugar Days are happening at the Stratford Ecological Center. The Columbus Winter Farmers Market returns to the Whetstone Community Center. Get your taxes done.

    Sunday
    Whole Foods Market Lane Avenue hosts Spicetacular, celebrating all things spicy! Condada celebrates National Margarita Day. Keep doing Brunch & Bowl. King Ave 5 hosts a Three Queen Drag Brunch. Go to a fundraising event at the Columbus Square Bowling Palace. Columbus Landmarks Foundation shows you buildings they love on a bus tour. Go Maple Sugaring at Blacklick Woods Metro Park, or do Winter Hike #11 at Slate Run Metro Park. Downton Abbey and Better Call Saul continue on the Big Screen. Broad Street Presbyterian Church hosts a Recital of Schubert. The CSO presents Babar and Friends at the Capitol Theatre in the Verne Riffe Center. See Dance of Our Ancestors, A Collaboration in Black Dance History at the Lincoln Theatre. It’s Oscar time! See them at the Drexel’s Red Carpet Bash, the Gateway Film Center’s Academy Awards Celebration, or at the Grandview Theater, or see a funny take on the Oscars at Jimmy V’s in Grandview.

    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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