Upcoming events Multi-cultural
Salsa Fever Fridays - Latin Dance
July 1, 2011 — December 28, 2012
La Fogata Grill
Enjoy the remodeled Upper Lounge at La Fogata Grill with an elegant atmosphere and the best Latin dance music. As usual, we will cater to all your dancing needs, so please e-mail us your music… (more)
Alt Eats Ethnic Food Tour
July 8, 2011 — March 30, 2012
Columbus Aquatics Center
Travel the world while without leaving Columbus - this tour's itinerary will introduce you to some of the best ethnic food in the city. We'll experience a Nigerian food and hospitality, eat… (more)
carpe_diem_kids@harrisonpark
September 18, 2011 — May 6, 2012
Harrison Park Community Center
Join the members of Carpe Diem String Quartet for free, fun-filled family concerts at Harrison Park that feature hands-on interaction for kids of all ages. We include music from cartoons, popular… (more)
CITYSCAPES YESTERYEAR: Past & Present
December 30, 2011 — March 10, 2012
Elijah Pierce Gallery
CITYSCAPES YESTERYEAR: Watercolors by Harvey Gilliam January 12, 2012 - March 10, 2012 Opening Reception: Thursday, January 12, 2012 - 6:00 p.m. ELIJAH PIERCE GALLERY The King Arts Complex, in… (more)
February Family Films: "Books - to - Movies"
December 30, 2011 — February 23, 2012
The Pythian Theater
February Family Films: "African American Books - to - Movies" Thursdays on February 4, 9, 16 & 23, 2012, 6:00 p.m. PYTHIAN THEATER Films: Imitation of Life 2/2/12 This community event is… (more)
Conversations & Coffee
January 5, 2012 — March 29, 2012
Cultural Arts Center
Thursdays, noon to 1 pm. Bring your sak lunch; we'll supply the Coffee and the Conversations with Painters, Writers, Fiber Artists, Sculptors, Ceramists -- a new artist every Thursday. Your Host Dr.… (more)
Celebrating Students' Creativity
January 26, 2012 — April 20, 2012
Concourse Gallery
Enjoy works by students creating art in our schools. Elementary Schools February 1- 24 Work on display comes from Barrington, Greensview, St. Agatha, St. Andrew, Tremont, Wellington, Wickliffe… (more)
Coffee House - R&B, Jazz, Funk, Gospel Music
January 26, 2012 — April 26, 2012
Community Development for All People
Join the All People Band, made up of some of the finest musicians in the region, for music, coffee, snacks and fun. All ages welcome. Alcohol/drug… (more)
RACE: Are We So Different?
January 28, 2012 — May 6, 2012
COSI Columbus
Looking through the lens of history, science and personal experience, the RACE Exhibit at COSI explores differences among people and explains the realities of race. Told through Interactive exhibit… (more)
Jazz on the Avenue: The Gene Walker Experience
February 17, 2012 — March 10, 2012
Barbara R. Nicholson Auditorium
Friday, February 17, 2012 - 7:00 p.m. NICHOLSON AUDITORIUM Honoring one of Columbus' Jazz legends, we present the Gene Walker Experience. The Gene Walker Big Band, comprised of local jazz greats,… (more)
Almost, Maine
February 17, 2012 — February 26, 2012
Grove City Christian Child Care Center
Valentines and love are in the air! Bread & Circus presents a delightful comedy written by John Cariani. "On a cold, clear, moonless night in the middle of winter, all is not quite what it seems in… (more)
Red Desert
February 28, 2012
Wexner Center Film/Video Theater
Michelangelo Antonioni's panoramas of contemporary alienation were decade-defining artistic events. Red Desert, his first color film, is perhaps his most epochal. This provocative look at the… (more)
War In The Mind
February 28, 2012
Drexel Theater
It's called Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: the unending echo of battle etched in the brain may affect up to 15% of soldiers by some estimates. It can destroy families, and can leave its sufferers… (more)
Shorts At Brothers Drake Series #3
February 29, 2012
Brothers Drake
The Columbus Film Council is pleased to present selected works from the Ohio State University Film Studies Program's The Journal Of Short Film at the next Shorts at Brothers Drake Screening on… (more)
Director's Dialogue on Art and Social Change
Featuring "Return," a Film by Liza Johnson
March 1, 2012
Wexner Center Film/Video Theater
Our 2012 Director's Dialogue is inspired by "Return", a powerful new film directed by Ohio native Liza Johnson that offers a compelling portrait of a woman returning to her small southern Ohio town… (more)
Paul Goodman Changed My Life
March 2, 2012 — March 3, 2012
Wexner Center Film/Video Theater
"His impact is all around us."-Noam Chomsky Poet, pacifist, anarchist, and openly bisexual (as early as the closeted 1940s), Paul Goodman was a ubiquitous public intellectual in the 1960s. Drawing… (more)
Vijay Iyer Prasanna Nitin Mitta
Tirtha
March 3, 2012
Wexner Center Performance Space
The collaborative trio Tirtha (pronounced TEER-tha), which released a fantastic CD of the same name, features jazz pianist Vijay Iyer, teamed with guitarist Prasanna, and Nitim Mitta on tablas.… (more)
Tomboy
March 9, 2012 — March 10, 2012
Wexner Center Film/Video Theater
"Grade: A-. A phenomenally unguarded lead performance...a light, touching portrait of early sexual awakening." -indieWIRE A French family with two daughters, 10-year-old Laure and 6-year-old… (more)
Jazz on the Avenue: A Soulful Night of Keys (3 generations)
March 10, 2012
The Pythian Theater
Saturday, March 10, 2012 - 7:00 p.m. PYTHIAN THEATER "A Soulful Night of Keys" (3 Generations) will feature three jazz piano giants, Brian Jackson, Mark Adams, and Lonnie Liston Smith. Join us for… (more)
SHINSAI: THEATERS FOR JAPAN
March 11, 2012
Wild Goose Creative
Join us on Sunday March 11, 2012, the one-year anniversary of the earthquake that devastated Japan's Tohoku region, as we join theaters nationwide to present works by major American theater artists.… (more)
