The 2010-11 school year marked the second year of Ohio State’s partnership with the Royal Shakespeare Company which culminated in mid-July with a production of the RSC’s Romeo and Juliet on the Scarlet and Gray Stage in the Park Avenue… [Read More]
For the first time in the Columbus Symphony’s 60-year history, four subscription programs from its regular 12-program Masterworks season will be performed at the Southern Theatre. String Summit is the first of the four Southern Masterworks programs and will be… [Read More]
Music censorship didn’t begin in the ‘80s with Tipper Gore and the PMRC. For more than sixty years, music lyrics have been banned repeatedly no matter the greatness of their singers. Dean Martin’s hit song “Wham! Bam! Thank You Ma’am”… [Read More]
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Thurber House—home of humorist, author and New Yorker cartoonist James Thurber—is a non-profit literary center and museum and a unique national treasure. Thurber House programs include the Thurber Prize for Humor, the… [Read More]
When it comes to time to talk about running an arts organization, the current buzzwords are ‘partnerships’ and ‘collaborations.’ With the economy as it is how else can we survive without working together and building community? Here at Glass Axis,… [Read More]
For the first time since 1988 the Greater Columbus Arts Council is presenting the GCAC Individual Media Artist Fellowship Program. GCAC and the Columbus Film Council (CFC) encourage and support the work of film and video artists in the Columbus… [Read More]
Think JERSEY BOYS is just your typical jukebox musical? Think again. Winner of the 2006 Best Musical Tony Award®, the 2006 Grammy Award® for Best Musical Show Album, the 2009 Olivier Award for Best New Musical, and the 2010 Helpmann… [Read More]
What do you do in your free time, when you’re not slaving away at work? Sleep, eat, work, eat, sleep, repeat? For the staff at the Urban Arts Space, this may also include attending classes, studying for exams, working additional… [Read More]
An amusing and ultimately uplifting experience at the Asian Festival at the Franklin Park Conservatory in May reminded us that it’s really not a good idea to make assumptions about people or what activities they may enjoy. Capital Area Paper… [Read More]
The Columbus Arts Festival turns 50 this year but the Festival isn’t showing it’s age yet! If anything it becomes younger in spirit each year. From its beginnings on the Statehouse lawn back in 1961 to the many years on… [Read More]
Women bring an undeniably unique perspective to the arts. Of all the roles and labels that women self-identify or those that are thrust upon them, art is the voice through which all things translate. As beautiful and intriguing as the… [Read More]
Blast from the Past: A Confluence of Old Memories and New and Upcoming Artists at the OSU Urban Arts Space As I walk through a crisp, white-walled space with high ceilings and an assortment of nooks and crannies in its… [Read More]
A couple years ago, Walker Evans had the brilliant idea to introduce me to Jill Moorhead, my marketing counterpart at The Hills Market, thinking that we could cook up some sort of cross-promotional event. Our initial meeting at the Cup… [Read More]
In September of 1974, Ballet Metropolitan was founded by dancers’ parents who wanted to provide training and performance opportunities for talented area dancers. With a total of 51 students, two performances of The Nutcracker were presented that year to 4,000… [Read More]
America…you’re welcome! Have you ever thought of where some things you use every day started? I bet not! We take things for granted sometimes. Is it because we are a nation of instant gratification or have we forgotten where we… [Read More]
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