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Short North Area Events
July 2008
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PO Box 12745, Columbus, OH 43212
Columbus, Ohio USA
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email info@shortnorth.com
Short North Area Events
July 2008
See Bulletin Board For Event Listings
Community News/Events Archive 2005-2007
Community News/Events Archive 2008
Return to Homepage www.shortnorth.comMuddling in Fairy Tales: Jung Association Meeting
Informal discussion exploring the concepts of Carl Jung and post-Jungians is offered by the Jung Association in the JungHaus, 59 West Third Ave., the second Saturday of each month. These meeting are free (donations appreciated) and open to the public. On Saturday, July 12, Sandy Pfening will lead an informal discussion on “Muddling in Fairy Tales,” exploring the ways in which some answers to life’s persistent questions can be found in fairy tales and folk stories. Join in the dialogue or simply enjoy revisiting treasured tales from your past or discovering the beauty of literature you may never have known. The meeting is held from 10 a.m. to noon. The JungHaus facility also includes a bookstore, library, art gallery, and staff of analysts. Lectures by Jungian scholars are sponsored by the Jung Association. Regular gallery and bookstore hours are 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Call 614-291-8050 or visit their Web site at www.jungcentralohio.org for more information.
Here Comes Your Weekend
Parking Lot Blowout 3The “Here Comes Your Weekend/ Parking Lot Blowout 3” is the ultimate event for those post-Comfest blues – live outdoor music all day under the tents, a little nostalgia, plenty of Pabst Blue Ribbon, hot dogs and a day filled with good music and good friends – and all for a good cause. The Surly Girl Saloon and the Columbus Music Co-op have partnered again to bring this super-fun, free, all-ages event to the masses on Saturday, July 5 from 2 p.m. to midnight in the Surly Girl Saloon parking lot at 1126 N. High St. Scheduled bands include The Kyle Sowashes, Bush League All-Stars, Vegetative State, Church of the Red Museum, Lara Yazvac, Brainbow, Great Plains, El Jesus de Magico, Fly Union, Times New Viking and Dead Sea.
All proceeds will go to the Columbus Music Co-op, a local non-profit organization that is using the money raised at the event to further fund the Columbus Musician’s Assistance Program (CMAP) providing financial assistance to local musicians who lack health care coverage. The Columbus Music Co-op was founded in 2005 with a mission of making Columbus a better place through music. The grassroots community organization launched their CMAP fund earlier this year and hosts workshops and networking events for the Central Ohio music community.
The event is also a great demonstration of strong women partnerships – produced by CMC Directors Erin Moore and Jess Faller and Surly Girl Saloon owners Elizabeth Lessner, Marcy Mays and Carmen Owens.
Friends of Goodale Park Plea for Volunteers
Join Friends of Goodale Park for flower maintenance and weeding on Saturday, July 19, 9 a.m. until noon (early risers) or 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. (regular folks). Enjoy fresh air and camaraderie while doing your part to help keep Goodale Park beautiful. There are never enough volunteers, so all are welcome, whether you’re an experienced gardener or you really aren’t sure what is a weed and what’s not. No experience necessary. Give it a try; learn something new as knowledgeable fellow volunteers share insights about specific plants, or point out and tell stories about wildlife in the park (the red tailed hawks are pretty thrilling to watch). Bring work gloves and a hand trowel. For more information, call Stan Sells at 614-299-4202 or visit the Friends’ Web site at www.friendsofgoodalepark.org
North Market’s 7th Annual Food and Ohio Wine Festival
The North Market will hold its seventh celebration of Ohio’s finest wines paired with great food during the weekend of July 11-13. As the number of wineries in Ohio continues to increase, 10 more opened last year for a count of 106, the event has grown. The festival will kick off on Friday night with a special Preview Party from 7 to 10 p.m. Tickets include a customized wine glass and 10 tasting tickets with proceeds benefiting the historic North Market. Columbus celebrities will serve as guest pourers for the wineries. Local favorite Honk, Wail and Moan will have guests dancing in the street with their lively music. Barrels of family fun to be had all weekend include shopping at the farmers market on Saturday and the artisan fair on Sunday, live music, culinary demonstrations by some of Columbus’ finest chefs and children’s activities including face painting, balloon twisting and a chance to scale the Ohio Farm Bureau’s corn climbing wall! Festival hours are Friday, July 11 from 7 to 10 p.m., Saturday, July 12, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Sunday, July 13 from 1 to 6 p.m. Preview Party admission is $20 with $5 discount coupons available at local sponsoring National City Bank branches. Saturday and Sunday admission is free. A $5 tasting fee includes souvenir glass and 2 tasting tickets. Additional tickets are $.50. For more information call 614-463-9664 or visit www.northmarket.com
Short North Sunday Jazz in Goodale Park
The Short North Sunday Jazz Series, a presention of the Columbus Recreation and Parks Department’s Music in the Air program, has been bringing talented local musicians to Goodale Park for free outdoor concerts for over 15 years. The series kicks off its 16th season at noon on July 13 with vocalist and flutist Helen Hagerty and Sweet Sixteen performing crowd-pleasing dynamic standards. The group features some of the area’s most outstanding musicians including Rocco Siriano on guitar, Dave Rainey on bass and Wes Hart on drums. The music series continues every Sunday through August 24 – with the exception of the weekend of the Jazz & Rib Fest Downtown on July 27. The second concert on July 20 highlights the South American sounds of the Canta Brasil Quintete. Band leader and drummer Danny Aguiar, a Brazilian native and son of two acclaimed Brazilian musicians, has studied music since he was a child, performing across the globe. Columbus keyboardists Tony Bonardi, guitarist Brett Allen and vocalist Larry Cook on bass and mandolin add to the Brazilian Latin Fusion sounds. On August 10, funky jazz will fill the air with the talents of Actual Proof and Jeanette Williams, followed on August 17 with the vintage vocals and B-3 vibes of The Vipers. The concert series concludes on August 24 with the contemporary jazz standards of Lisa Webster and Friends. These concerts are scheduled from noon to 1:30 at the Goodale Park gazebo. Attendees are welcome to bring blankets or lawn chairs and a picnic lunch. Visit www.musicintheair.org to learn more about outdoor performances in Columbus or call 614-645-3800.
Poetry in the Park Gallery Hop Saturdays
This new poetry event coincides with the Gallery Hop and will continue through October in Goodale Park at the corner of Buttles Avenue and Park Street. On Sat., July 5 at 7:30 p.m., poet Charlene Fix, professor of English at CCAD, a published poet and fellowship recipient, will be featured along with live music by Shawn Price – performing at 6:30 and during breaks. The event openly invites writers to read original poems and personal favorites from other poets during the open reading segment at 8 p.m. - signup begins at 6:30. Bring a blanket or chair. Parking is available at Hubbard Elementary School on Wilber Avenue within walking distance. For more information email info@poetryinthepark.com or visit www.poetryinthepark.com
Landmarks Foundation Premiere Walking Tour: Victorian Village/Goodale Park
On Saturday morning August 2 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., Columbus Landmarks Foundation will present its first guided walking tour of Victorian Village appropriately entitled “The Elegant Architec-tural Ladies.” The Foundation’s programs are led by professionals in the fields of architecture, architectural history and other related fields. This tour will be conducted by Doreen Uhas-Sauer who has been active in historic preservation issues throughout the city and has won awards and recognition for her education and community work from the Ohio Historical Society. Tour the historic heart of Victorian Village in and around Goodale Park (the city’s first park which predates New York’s Central Park) and learn more about the “Gothic Circus” house and others, the park and its history, nearby Flytown, and the preservation movement in Columbus. The tour begins on the western terrace of the shelterhouse with the history of Goodale Park and continues west on Buttles and north on Neil. To register, call Columbus Landmarks at 614-221-4508. Cost is $7 for members and $15 for non-members. For more information on Columbus Landmarks Foundation see www.columbuslandmarks.org
Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School Hits Buckeye Country
In case you didn’t know, Columbus is the “Indie Art Capital of the World.” Something else you might not know, art, or at least drawing, is more fun with booze, pretty girls, and laughter. Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School brings you all of the above. Founded in 2005, Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School is a crazy mix of cabaret and fine art that gives ordinary people, including those who couldn’t even draw a straight line to save their lives, the chance to indulge their artistic tendencies by having a cocktail and sketching a rotating cast of burlesque performers. Come to Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School Columbus class on Saturday, July 12 at East Village Food/Bar at 630 N. High Street in the Short North from 5 to 8 p.m. Bring your sketchpad, pencils, and sense of humor! Join Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School Columbus’ den mother, and Columbus burlesque performer, Viva Valezz! (www.myspace.com/vivaburlesque) as she welcomes artists young and old, seasoned and newbie, experienced and starving, to come sketch her gorgeous burlesque friends. Viva! will be bringing a bevy of her lovely burlesque performer and model friends as her Dr. Sketchy’s Columbus “class” will be hosted at various locations around the city. To keep up to date on the adventures of Dr. Sketchy’s Columbus go to www.myspace.com/sketchyscolumbus to sign up for class information. You can pay at the door or pre-purchase your tickets for the event at www.myspace.com/sketchyscolumbus. Tickets are $10 pre-purchase, $15 at the door (special student rate of $5 pre-purchase, $10 at the door with current, valid student ID). Viva!’s July 12 feature models will be her Columbus burlesque friends The Ooh-La-Las, and in between poses she’ll be raffling off gift certificates from “What The Rock!” boutique in the Short North. Come sketch, drink and be merry!
Chinese Shamanic and Tiger Qigong Classes
Ro-z Mendelson PHOTO/ Rick Borgia Ro-z (roh-zee) and Darryl Mendelson of Monkeys Retreat Tai Chi and Chi Kung Center are teaching Chinese Shamanic Tiger Qigong on SATURDAYS from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. with a free introductory class.
Ro-z and Darryl learned this form directly from Master Zhongxian Wu who provides detailed instruction in his book and DVD, Vital Breath of the Dao: Chinese Shamanic Tiger Qigong (Laohu Gong). Master Wu has committed himself to the life-long pursuit of the ancient arts of internal cultivation. Visit his site at www.masterwu.net
Qi (Chi) can mean breath or Vital Energy. Qigong is the science or practice of cultivating the bodies internal energy and inner knowledge. It is a way to help people return to the union of the Human Being with the Universe and to understand the laws of the universe and how they influence human life.
Chinese Shamanic Tiger Qigong is a uniquely potent practice designed to bolster health and deepen the spiritual connection to universal energy. It is a powerful 24-movement Qigong form, which combines the traditions of ancient shamanism, Confucianism, Daoism, classical Chinese medicine, and the martial arts. The form is easy to learn and can be shown in one 90-minute class.
Don’t forget that Monkeys is also offering a Tai Chi class MONDAY evenings from 7 pm to 8:30 pm. This includes a free introductory class. The Mendelson brothers invite and encourage all friends and those interested in the healing arts to participate. Individual instruction also available. Monkeys Retreat is located at 1202 N. High St. at 5th Ave. Call 614-294-9511 or email TigerQigong@monkeysretreat.com Visit www.monkeysreatreat.com/taichi©2008 Short North Gazette, Columbus, Ohio. All rights reserved.
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