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LINKS:
How to Celebrate Valentine's Day (Experience Columbus) - https://www.experiencecolumbus.com/blog/post/how-to-celebrate-valentines...
Black History Month (Experience Columbus) - https://www.experiencecolumbus.com/blog/post/how-to-honor-black-history-...
Columbus Love Letter - https://cbustoday.6amcity.com/culture/what-would-you-put-in-your-love-le...
ValleyDance at Valley Dale - https://valleydaleballroom.com/events/valentines-dance/
Oscar Screenings Near You - https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/columbus/how-to-see-oscar-nominate...

Events Include:
The Ohio/Michigan Men's Basketball Game between the Ohio B*ckeyes and # 20 ranked Michigan Wolverines; 1PM at The Schottenstein Center, Nationally Telecast on CBS/WBNS 10TV
West Side Story at The Ohio Theatre, a collaboration between CAPA, BalletMet, Opera Columbus, and the Columbus Symphony, this weekend ONLY
Franklinton Fridays on Valentine's Day, also the City of Columbus's birthday
Get Loud at the Westerville Library on Monday (https://www.experiencecolumbus.com/event/library-gets-loud!/86254/)

It is the final weekend for Nine at Short North Stage, and the Wander Lights at Columbus Commons & Scioto Mile.

Events this weekend include:
First Friday in Downtown Delaware (Friday February 7)
Ganthers Place "House Sweet It Is: Death By Chocolate" (Saturday February 8th)
The Awesome Gallery - Lathan Barksdale & Timothy Blackwell (opening Saturday February 8th)
Columbus City Schools Summer Resource Fair (Saturday February 8th at East High School)

Theater Roundup:
Full Frontal Nudity at MadLab
The Queen of Inishnane at Curtain Players (Galena)
Nine at Short North Stage

Columbus Public Health/King Arts Complex Black History Month (February 8th at King Arts Complex)
Experience Columbus Black History Month - https://www.experiencecolumbus.com/blog/post/how-to-honor-black-history-...
Columbus Metropolitan Library Black History Month - https://www.columbuslibrary.org/black-history-month/

Here is the Weekend Warrior for January 21, 2025. Events include Wonderball at the Columbus Museum, Nine at Short North Stage, plus more screenings and sports ball.

In the Weekend Warrior, there are holiday events galore, plus:
GalaxyCon at the Greater Columbus Convention Center (https://galaxycon.com/pages/galaxycon-columbus)

Tree Lighting Roundup
Extended List: https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/central-ohio-news/2024-holiday-tre...

THURSDAY December 5:
Dublin - Coffman Park, 5PM
Ohio Statehouse - 5:30PM (COTA - Various Routes)

FRIDAY December 6:
Canal Winchester - Stradley Place, 6PM
Delaware - William & Sandusky Streets, 6:30PM
German Village - Frank Fetch Park, 7PM
Grove City - Town Center, 7PM
XSU Gateway - 5:30PM, Gateway Plaza outside Gateway Film Center (COTA - Lines 1, 2, 8, and 22)
Otterbein University - 5:30PM, Towers Plaza (rain location Roush Hall)
Pickerington - 5PM, Olde Pickerington Village
Reynoldsburg - Huber Park, 5:30PM
Upper Arlington - Mallway Park, 6PM
Westerville - City Hall, 6:30PM
Whitehall - The Kelley Green at Norton Crossing Park, 6PM (COTA - Line 10 or 24)

SATURDAY December 7:
Carroll - "A Christmas Carroll" at Bessie Benson Park, 5:30PM (https://visitfairfieldcounty.org/events/fairfield-county-festival-of-lig...)
Obetz - Junction Park, 4:30PM (https://obetz.oh.us/2024/11/2024-christmas-kickoff-and-parade/)
Lancaster - 104 North Broad Street, 5:30PM
Plain City - Uptown District, 4PM
Powell - Village Green Park, 6PM
Sunbury - Town Square, 4PM

SUNDAY December 8 -
Bexley - Drexel Circle, 5PM (COTA - Line # 10)
Clintonville - Whetstone Community Center & outside Whetstone Library (COTA - Lines 2 or 102)
Groveport - Heritage Park, 4:30PM

Thursday December 12
Easton - Drone Show at Easton Yard

Holiday Festivals:
CANAL WINCHESTER - Christmas in the Village (December 6 & 7, Historic Downtown Canal Winchester; http://www.destinationcw.org)
CLINTONVILLE - HolidayVille (December 8, 12-4PM, throughout Clintonville; http://www.experienceclintonville.com)

Among the Weekend Events:
The Columbus Comedy Festival at several venues in and around Downtown Columbus, August 14-18
CBUS Soul Fest at Genoa Park on August 17
The Columbus Hilliard Food Truck Festival on August 17 at the Franklin County Fairgrounds
The Olde Towne East Jazz Festival, August 16-18 at Blackburn Park in Olde Towne East
RiseUp CBUS at Columbus Commons, August 15 at Columbus Commons in Downtown Columbus
Beats and Brews at Kaufman Plaza, outside the Main Branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library on August 17 (1-5PM, 21+ only)

Comfest is this weekend at Goodale Park. Come say "Hi" to WCRS/WGRN/Radio 614 Volunteers/Personalities.

PARADES:
JUNE 29:
Westland (starts at West Broad Street and Old Village Road, ending at Norton Middle School, 9AM

JULY 3:
Red, White & Boom!, Starts at Bicentennial Park, 5:30PM

FIREWORKS:
JUNE 29:
Pataskala

JULY 3:
Gahanna
Groveport
Obetz
Pickerington
Reynoldsburg
Whitehall
and
Red, White & Boom!

The Weekend Warrior for June 19, 2024

Events:
The German Village Haus und Garten Tour - "A Modern Twist on a Classic" (Pre-Tour on Saturday; Tour itself on Sunday June 23 from 9AM to 4PM)
The Hilltop Bean Dinner (June 22 at Westgate Park in The Hilltop/Westgate)
The Powell Festival (June 21 & 22; Fireworks at 10PM on June 22 at Village Green Park in Powell)
Franklinton Night Market (June 21 outside Wild Goose Creative, Franklinton)

Juneteenth:
Freedom Fireworks (6/19 at Dusk; Columbus State Parking Lot - Long St. & Washington Ave.)
Whitehall Freedom Celebration (6/22 at 4PM; John Bishop Park)
Westerville We Rise Juneteenth (6/23 at 12PM; The Point at Otterbein University)
Black Author Spotlight Heritage (6/23 at 1:30PM; Martin Luther King Library)
(Reynoldsburg, Hilliard, and Bexley Juneteenth took place before the airing of this segment on WCRS on June 18, 19, and 19, respectively)

Pride:
Rainbow Reynoldsburg Pride (6/22 at 4PM; Huber Park)
Granville Pride (6/22 at Denison University)
Westerville Pride (6/22 at State & Home Streets, Uptown Westerville)
Gahanna Pride (6/26 at 4PM; Hannah Park)

Sports Ball:
Columbus Crew vs. Sporting KC (6/22 at lower.com Field)

Theatre Roundup:
The Lion King (Ohio Theatre in Downtown Columbus)
Chicken and Biscuits (Actor's Theatre, Schiller Park in German Village; NOTE: Performances are weather dependent; please check beforehand)
It's A Wonderful Life the Radio Play (Otterbein Summer Theatre at Otterbein University in Westerville)
Big Fish (Little Theatre Off Broadway in Grove City)
The Pirates of Penzance (Opera Project Columbus at The Lincoln Theatre in King-Lincoln Bronzeville)
The Music Man (Arena Fair at Willis Theatre in Delaware)
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (The Abbey Theater in Dublin)

Music:
BANNED! (6/22; Columbus Gay Men's Chorus at the Davidson Theatre, Vern Riffe Center in Downtown)

We got Pride, Juneteenth, and 614 Day this weekend. Also arts festivals in Grove City and Worthington, a Jazz Festival in Gahanna, an air show at Rickenbacker, plus more.

Juneteenth:
Juneteenth on the Avenue (June 15 - Mount Vernon Avenue between St. Clair Ave. & 17th St.)
Jubilee Day (June 16 - Ohio History Connection)
Juneteenth Ohio Festival (June 15 & 16 - Genoa Park)
Reynoldsburg (June 18 - Huber Park)
Bexley (June 19 - Jeffrey Mansion Carriage House)
Hilliard (June 19 - Roger A. Reynolds Municipal Park)
New Albany (June 19 - Hinson Amphitheatre)
King Arts Complex (June 19)
Freedom Fireworks (June 19 at Dusk - Columbus State Parking Lot in Discovery District)

Pride:
Festival & Resource Fair (June 14 & 15 at Goodale Park)
Parade (June 15 at 10:30 SHARP)
Bat N Rouge Softball (June 16 at Dodge Park)
CAPA presents Pride Anthems (June 16 at the Southern Theatre)