Go to the Franklin County Board of Elections on Broad Street to register to vote and vote early. Don’t get screwed on election day people.

What’ll you know? Columbus commuters are using the COTA bus more. According to COTA officials say ridership has increased 10% since 2007. 8,000 riders rode the bus more this week in 2008 more than they did in 2007. COTA can thank high gas prices and a recent trend in being [...]

SHOT A play Directed by: Kate Oliva Written by: Jason Wachtelhausen Friday & Saturday October 3-4, 2008 The Davis Center 549 Franklin Ave Downtown Columbus, Ohio 8pm $10

This bit of news doesn’t surprise me. Although Columbus only has two major professional sports teams in the Blue Jackets and The Crew, our enthusiasm for sports is huge. Since Columbus is the biggest city in Ohio we support Cleveland and Cincinnati’s professional teams with vigor. The Indians, Reds, Browns and Bengals’ [...]

It has been an interesting week for our country.  We are facing the biggest economic crisis since the The Great Depression of the 1930’s.  This occurs at a time when we are facing one of the most important presidential races sense the last one.  Once again Ohio is pivotal in the race for the White [...]

This morning in the car I was listening to the radio and I heard Short North Business Association Executive Director John D’Angelo briefing City Council on the dangers of panhandlers in the Short North. Apparently Mr. D’Angelo believes that some of the panhandlers that circulate the downtown neighborhood intimidate and threaten patrons and residents [...]

My beloved Columbus Crew have been shopping an undisclosed interest of the team to curious buyers. The Sports Business Journal reported that the Las Vegas Sports and Entertainment Group is in discussions with Las Vegas’ Hunt Corp. to buy a significant share of the Columbus Crew. This should be good news for [...]

The Columbus Dispatch wrote: ADAM ALEXANDERDISPATCH Jalen Fultz, 15, pulls an ollie on his skateboard at the second annual Urban Scrawl festival at Dodge Park in Columbus. The event features live art creation, a skateboarding competition, bands and DJs, arts and crafts vendors and food. Sara Adrian had no carefully thought-out image or design for the mural she [...]

The 2nd annual Daymon Day parade was held this past weekend here in The ‘Bus.  For those of you who don’t know, this parade celebrates the life of one of the city’s most beloved sons.  Daymon Dodson was and remains a larger than life figure in the Columbus music and art scene.  Daymon passed away [...]

I just read this article on Xing Columbus earlier today. My question is where is SustainLane.Com getting its info from. After reading this piece it seems that their is no science behind some of the categories. ————————————————————————————————– Columbus Ranked 30th Most Sustainable City September 23, 2008 by johnwirtz SustainLane.com has come out with it’s annual rankings [...]

Columbus City Council has been faced with some budgetary challenges. Budgetary challenges are not unique for City Councils throughout the country, however, they do become a bit more sentimental when the issue is cutting jobs in order to balance the budget. In a city like Columbus it’s hard to cut jobs, a City [...]

AUTOMATON08 Fuses Interactive Technology, Dance, Video The Fuse Factory Electronic and Digital Arts Lab presents AUTOMATON08, an event featuring interactive technology, dance, performance art, and video, to take place Friday, September 26th from 7:00pm to 11:00pm at the Bar of Modern Art. The event features performance groups DOUBLE VISION, Anna and the Annadroids, and Queen Mae and the Bells, along with [...]

The Northern tip of the Short North is progressing fast. I’ve been anticipating the Jackson and High project for sometime now, the Smith and High piece is moving right along, however, I was surprised to read in The Dispatch this morning about the King and High Kroger’s plans to raise its current store in [...]

You mean you don’t know?!?!?! Sorry that’s a little self deprecating Indie joke. Anyway on Saturday September 20, 2008 Gay Street will host Independence Day. Independents’ Day is a celebration of the unique spirit of creativity in urban Columbus. Couchfire Collective is partnering with local artists, musicians, businesses, and the City of Columbus to [...]

This week’s Other Paper focus’ on Columbus’ ever growing swinger scene. You know the scene of spouse swapping? Well apparently Columbus has a pretty semi swinger community. This makes sense because I often encounter some drunk middle age woman at the bar making an ass of her self and watching her husband [...]

After a two year hiatus, Via Colori, the street painting festival, returned to Columbus this past weekend. The event, which raises funds for non-profit organizations throughout the United States, was held at Goodale Park, complete with vendors and a fabulous selection of food from local businesses. Via Colori is a national non-profit organization based in [...]

After dealing with the hang over of mother nature’s wrath this week I’m back! Most of my neighborhood’s power came back on last night. This is the longest I’ve been without power in Columbus since I’ve lived here. However, there are plenty of Columbusites who still don’t have power, so when you [...]

Sometimes there are stories that are so coincidental that you couldn’t make it up if you tried. This week local video production artist Robert Neal discovered that his Great Great Grandfather Grandview Frambes and Great Great Uncle Oliver Frambes were integral in founding the University of Southern California, and The Ohio State University. [...]

In 1960 resident artist Sara Carr painted a panoramic mural of Downtown Columbus in the Trautman Building on the 200 block of South High Street. There is nothing terribly compelling about the mural, I mean once you’ve seen one Downtown mural you’ve seen them all right? However, the mural has been intact for [...]

U.S. flags, one for each life lost in the 2001 terrorist attacks, were placed on the west lawn of the Statehouse in a design symbolizing the World Trade Center towers, the Pentagon and the crash site of Flight 93.