Move over, all you mom and pop ice cream shops, CRMD (Creamed) is incoming.…
Buckeye Chili & Smokehouse opened without much fanfare Downtown. It’s a little off the…
Local ice cream shop Dulce Vida is rapidly expanding throughout Columbus. With two locations…
A new clean beauty and wellness store is headed for Grandview. Fine Feather is…
Diamond Cellar has opened a Hermès watch boutique inside its Easton Town Center store.…
It's Pride month! Columbus has several non-profits and companies that are celebrating with limited…
Wild Goose Creative (WGC) has announced the signing of a new space in Franklinton…
Two decades ago, Daric Gill dated a girl over the summer from Urbana, a…
Gateway Film Center projectionist Rachael Barbash brings her
work out of the booth and into…
New updates on the North Market development project last week meant that there was…
Governor Mike DeWine has formed a new task force that will take a big-picture…
The professionals that work in the human services industry, including caseworkers, child welfare workers…
Ohio’s six week abortion ban has been blocked by a federal judge. Planned to…
Rep. Joyce Beatty, who’s represented Ohio’s third congressional district since 2013, faces a challenger…
Columbus Underground is excited to announce that in partnership with the Gateway Film Center,…
“My little Piper weighed less than 4 pounds when I picked her up; she…
Dino Tripodis has mastered the art of blending experience,
bringing his years in standup comedy…
For almost 70 years, Guys and Dolls, with its book by Jo Swerling and…Concert Preview & Interview: Collective Soul
June 14, 2019 11:42 am
Grant Walters 
On the cusp of releasing their tenth studio album, "Blood," the Georgia alt-rockers are in Columbus with the Gin Blossoms on Saturday night
Every so often, our family would road trip to escape the wide open spaces of Winnipeg for…the wide open spaces of Minnesota. Shortly after you cross the U.S.-Canada border at Pembina, North Dakota, you could pick up a signal for Magic 96, the FM radio station that served up top 40 tunes to the bustling […]
Columbus Makes Art Presents: Behind the Scenes with Actor’s Theatre’s Amanda Phillips
May 23, 2019 7:00 am
Scott Vezdos 
Amanda Phillips is an actor, director and educator. She has worked in New York, Los Angeles, and in various regional theaters. Recent Columbus credits include Red Herring Productions’ DIRT, Columbus Civic Theatre’s Two Gentlemen of Verona and Actors’ Theatre’s 2018 production of Macbeth as Lady Macbeth. This year Amanda is in the director’s chair for […]
Columbus Makes Art Presents David Bahgat on Directing the Next Generation
May 9, 2019 7:00 am
Rachel Flenner 
David Bahgat has been interacting with Columbus Children’s Theatre in some capacity since 1996. With a BFA in musical theatre from Otterbein and an MFA in performing arts from Savannah College of Art & Design, David is also the Director of Theatre Performance at Fort Hayes Career Center. Currently he is directing CCT’s upcoming production […]
Comedy Interview: Margaret Cho
March 21, 2019 9:48 am Grant Walters 
The celebrated comedian and advocate extends her 'Fresh Off the Bloat Tour' to Columbus this weekend
I owe a lot to Margaret Cho’s 2000 one-woman show, I’m The One That I Want, as an integral part of both my evolving comedy and cultural education. It’s a magnificent, powerful work in which she evokes humor, anger, advocacy, and optimism in one fell swoop, delivered with comedic cadence that is unflinching and physical. […]
Video: Ginther Talks Neighborhoods, Public Safety Heading Into Second Term
March 1, 2019 12:08 pm
Lauren Sega 
Mayor Andrew Ginther is running to keep his seat as Columbus Mayor, which shouldn’t be too difficult, as he’s running unchallenged. Earlier this week, CU sat down with Ginther to discuss his first term, its successes and challenges, and the plans he has for his second term. We ask Ginther about his approach on neighborhood […]
Comedy Interview: Matt Braunger
February 27, 2019 2:01 pm Grant Walters 
The acclaimed stand-up, podcaster, and MADtv alumnus comes to Columbus tomorrow night for a one-night-only engagement at the Funny Bone
Matt Braunger’s latest hour of comedy, Finally Live in Portland, is inescapably relatable. Much like his other stand-up contemporaries who have commanded a niche as storytellers, his ace is in the spin and delivery – smart, accessible, and nuanced by his point-of-view that feels familiar and comfortable, but unique to the point that you want […]
Interview: Anderson East
February 15, 2019 12:21 pm Grant Walters 
With a Grammy nomination and the strength of his second album, "Encore," in his back pocket, East brings his brand of southern soul to Newport Music Hall on Saturday night.
Anderson East was the first musician I interviewed after I started my tenure with CU in 2015. He had just released his outstanding debut album for Elektra, Delilah, and was on his way to Columbus on his first major national tour with The Lone Bellow. He was kind, humble, and wonderstruck by his escalating success. […]
