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Columbus International Film + Video Festival November 16 – 21, 2010

by Jason Blanton on November 17, 2010 · Comments

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The Columbus International Film + Video Festival is in full swing this week. The festival runs from November 16 – 21 and will be running films at Gateway Film center as well as Canzani Center at Columbus College of Art & Design.

The Columbus International Film and Video Festival is a Columbus, Ohio, USA annual film festival which is designed to encourage and promote the use of film and video in all forms of education and communication. It is held each year in November.

It is the longest running Film Festival in the USA,second oldest film festival (according to Wikipedia) in North America, having existed since 1953.

Visit the Columbus Film Festival website for full details.

Films being screened:

The Rivals
They shared a state but were worlds apart
Tuesday November 16 7.00PM
Gateway Film Center
1550 North High Street
Columbus, OH

Award Winning Student Films From Around The World
Thursday, November 18 · 8:00pm – 9:30pm
Canzani Center, Columbus College Of Art & Design
60 Cleveland Ave (just south of the giant ART)
Columbus, OH 43215

Saturday Morning Cartoons From Around The World
Saturday, November 20 · 10:00am – 11:00am
Canzani Center, Columbus College of Art & Design
60 Cleveland Ave (just south of the giant ART)
Columbus, OH 43215

Movies + Mead, Animations 4 Adults 3
Saturday, November 20 · 7:30pm – 11:30pm
Canzani Center, Columbus College of Art & Design
60 Cleveland Ave (just south of the giant ART)
Columbus, OH 43215

Percy Schmeiser: David Versus Monsanto
Sunday, November 21 · 4:30pm – 6:00pm
Gateway Film Center
1550 North High Street
Columbus, OH

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Columbus area Beggar’s Night Times 2010

by Jason Blanton on October 21, 2010 · Comments

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Central Ohio area Beggar’s Night (Trick-or-Treat) times for 2010

Alexandria Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
5:30-7:30 p.m.

Amanda Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
6-7:30 p.m.

Ashville Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 31
4-5:30 p.m.
Parade: Downtown at 2 p.m.

Ashley Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 31
6-7:30 p.m.

Athens Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
5:30-6:30 p.m.
Uptown:
Oct. 25
5:30-7 p.m.

Baltimore Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
6-7:30 p.m.

Bexley Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
5:30-7:30 p.m.

Blendon Township Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
6-8 p.m.

Bremen Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
6-7:30 p.m.

Brice Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
6-7:30 p.m.

Broadway Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
6-8 p.m.

Buckeye Lake Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
5:30-7:30 p.m.

Bucyrus Trick-Or-Treat
Mardi Gras Parade-Oct. 20 at 7 p.m.
Pet Parade-Oct. 28 at 4 p.m.
Trick or Treat-Oct. 28 from 4-6 p.m.
Spooktacular Party-Oct. 28 from 6-8 p.m.

Cambridge Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
5:30-7 p.m.

Canal Winchester Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
5:30-7:30 p.m.

Carroll Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
6-7:30 p.m.

Centerburg Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 30
5:30-7 p.m.

Champaign County Villages Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
6-8 p.m.

Chillicothe Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
6-7:30 p.m.

Circleville Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
5:30-7 p.m.
Downtown Business Association Trick or Treat
Oct. 26 from 5-6 p.m.
Costume Judging, Citizens Bank Parking Lot
6 p.m.

Clinton Township Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
6-8 p.m.

Clintonville Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
6-8 p.m.

Columbus Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
6-8 p.m.

Commercial Point Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 31
6-8 p.m.

Concord Township Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
6-8 p.m.

Coshocton Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
5-6:30 p.m.

Crestline Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 31
4-6 p.m.

Danville Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 29
5:30-7 p.m.

Delaware Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 31
6-8 p.m.

Dublin Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
6-8 p.m.
Halloween Spooktacular
Oct. 14
3:30-8:30 p.m.
Dublin Community Center

Dunkirk Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
5-7 p.m.

Fredericktown Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 30
5:30-7 p.m.

Gahanna Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
6-8 p.m.

Galena Trick-Or-Treat (UPDATED!)
Oct. 28
6-7:15 p.m.
Costume party at Ruffner Park will follow at 7:30 p.m.

Galion Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 31
2-4 p.m.

Galloway Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
6-8 p.m.

Gambier Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 30
5:30-7 p.m.

Genoa Township
Oct. 28
6-8 p.m.

Grandview Heights
Oct. 31
6-8 p.m.

Granville Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
5:30-7 p.m.

Grove City Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
6-8 p.m.
Boo on Broadway-Grove City Town Center
Oct. 28
6-8 p.m.

Groveport Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
5:30-7 p.m.

Hanover Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
5:30-7 p.m.

Heath Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
5:30-7 p.m.

Hebron Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
5:30-7 p.m.

Hilliard Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
6-8 p.m.

Howard Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 29
6-7:30 p.m.

Jefferson Township Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
6-8 p.m.

Johnstown Trick-Or-Treat Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
5:30-7:30 p.m.

Lancaster Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
6-7:30 p.m.

LaRue Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 30
5-6:30 p.m.

Lithopolis Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
6-8 p.m.

Logan Trick-Or-Treat and Parade
Oct. 31
2-5 p.m.

London Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
6-8 p.m.

Madison Township Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
5:30-7 p.m.

Malta Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 30
5:30-7 p.m.

Marble Cliff Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 31
6-8 p.m.

Marion Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 30
5:30-7:30 p.m.

Marysville Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 31
6-8 p

McConnelsville Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 30
5:30-7 p.m.

Mifflin Township Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
6-8 p

Milford Center Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 31
6-8 p.m.

Minerva Park Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
6-8 p.m.

Mt. Gilead Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 30
5-6 p.m.

Mt. Sterling Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
6-8 p.m.

Mt. Vernon Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 30
5:30-7 p.m.

Nelsonville Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
5:30-6:30 p.m.

New Albany Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
6-8 p.m.

New Concord Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 31
6-7 p.m.

New Lexington Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
6-7:30 p.m.

Newark Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
5-6:30 p.m.

Newcomerstown Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 30
4-6 p.m.

Norwich Township Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
6-8 p.m.

Obetz Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 31
6-8 p.m.

Orange Township/Lewis Center Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 31
6-8 p.m.

Orient Trick-Or-Treat
TBD

Ostrander Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 30
6-8 p.m.

Pataskala Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
6-8 p.m.

Perry Township Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
6-8 p.m.

Pickerington Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
6-8 p.m.
City Hall:
Oct. 28
1:30-2:30 p.m.

Plain City Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 31
6-8 p.m.

Pleasantville Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
6-7:30 p.m.

Powell Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 31
6-8 p.m.

Prairie Township Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
6-8 p.m.

Prospect Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 30
5-6:30 p.m.

Radnor Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 30
6-8 p.m.

Reynoldsburg Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
6-8 p.m.

Richwood Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 31
5-7 p.m.

Sedalia Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 30
6:30-8.30 p.m.

Shawnee Hills Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
6-8 p.m.

South Bloomfield Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 30
4-6 p.m.
Hot Dog Roast at Marvin Webster Park: 6-8 on Oct. 30

South Solon Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 30
6-7:30 p.m.

Southern Point Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 31
6-8 p.m.

Sugar Grove Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
6-7:30 p.m.

Sunbury Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
6-8 p.m.

Thornville Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
6-7:30 p.m.

Upper Arlington Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
6-8 p.m.

Urbancrest Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
6-8 p.m.

Urbana Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
6-8 p.m.

Utica Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
6-7:30 p.m.

Valleyview Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
6-8 p.m.

Waldo Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 30
5-6:30 p.m.

Warsaw Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
5:30-6:30 p.m.

Washington Court House Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
6-8 p.m.

Waverly Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 30
5-6 p.m.
Halloween Parade at 6 p.m.

Westerville Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
6-8 p.m.

West Jefferson Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
5:30-7 p.m.

West Lafayette Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
5:30-6:30 p.m.

Whitehall Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 28
6-8 p.m.

Worthington Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 31
6-8 p.m.

Zanesville Trick-Or-Treat
Oct. 31
5:30-7 p.m.

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Experience Columbus Days October 8th – 11th 2010

by Jason Blanton on September 28, 2010 · Comments

in Columbus, Events, Family

If you haven’t heard of Experience Columbus Days, your in for a treat. Its the weekend you can get 50% off select attractions around Columbus and 25% off at Dine Originals Columbus restaurants.

Columbus Attractions: 50% off

That’s Right! Half off over 20 of the best attractions around Columbus including Columbus Zoo, COSI, Columbus Food Adventures, SegAway Tours of Columbus and many more. Click here for a complete list and print the flyer and take with you to get the discount.

Dine Originals Restaurants: 25% off


Experience great cuisine from 50 restaurants around the Columbus. Present this flyer before ordering for 25% off the total food bill (excludes beverages) for up to two people from Dine Originals Columbus member restaurants including Tip Top Kitchen & Cocktails, Katzinger’s Delicatessen, Black Creek Bistro, The Refectory, Elevator, DeepWood and many, many more.

Be sure you download and print the flyer to get the discount

For more information visit ExperienceColumbusDays.com

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Keep our Library Strong

by Jason Blanton on September 8, 2010 · Comments

in Columbus, Musings and News

This November a new Levy for Columbus Metropolitan Library with be on the ballot. In the current state of our economy the library is a critical piece for many searching for jobs and trying to get a better education. Take a few moments to review the information on the Columbus Metropolitan Library (CML) levy campaign website.

Now more than ever, residents rely on the Columbus Metropolitan Library for books, research, internet access, job searches, homework assistance and other services they need daily.

In 24 years, our library has not increased its 2.2 mill levy, the library’s only local tax support. Due to state budget cuts, our library has had to make $11 million in responsible reductions including reducing pay, cutting staff by 160 positions, deferring maintenance and cutting hours including closing branches on Sundays (excluding the Main library).

The library needs our help to continue to provide services that our community needs.

The issue replaces the 2.2 mills first passed in 1986 and adds 0.6 mills to help balance the budget. It’s an additional $5.24 per month per $100,000 of home value.

The November ballot issue is a necessity to help us provide and protect those services. Without it, we could lose up to 75% of our funding and potentially close HALF our libraries.

Hope this information helps you make an informed decision on issue 4 this November.

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Freshbox Catering Delivers Good Food for a Good Cause

by cherylharrisonAugust 25, 2010 Non Profit

OK, let me get this straight, I get delicious sandwiches delivered to my door for extremely reasonable prices AND I’m contributing to a good cause? Where the hell do I sign up?!
Freshbox Catering dropped me a message the other day asking if I was interested in tasting a Freshbox sandwich for some feedback and to [...]

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New Columbus Site Metropreneur Focused on Entrepreneurs, Small Business

by cherylharrisonAugust 6, 2010 Tech scene

Thinking of starting a new business? Own a local business and looking for resources and new ideas? Looking for a directory of solopreneurs and small businesses in Columbus? Just plain interested in local news and growth in your community? Look no further than Metropreneur.
Launched Tuesday, August 3rd, TheMetropreneur.com seeks to be the go-to Columbus news [...]

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Columbus Meetup: Wine4Dine at Camelot Cellars

by cherylharrisonAugust 3, 2010 Bars

Let’s get together for a night of wine, appetizers, prizes and fun – all while supporting the Mid Ohio Foodbank. Have some wine to help others dine.
On Tuesday, August 10, I will be guest bartending at Camelot Cellars Boutique Winery in the Short North from 6-9pm. Camelot will be discounting $1 off all bar sales… [...]

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Second Columbus Wine Festival July 30-31

by cherylharrisonJuly 23, 2010 Events

Just one more week ’til I get to enter into a wonderful, wine-induced coma.
That’s right – it’s almost time for the second Columbus Wine Fest, taking place July 30-31 at Franklin Park Conservatory. The festival provides an opportunity to sample and learn about more than 200 wines from around the world and around the corner. [...]

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Pssst….Wanna Make A Movie? The 48 Hour Film Project Hits Columbus!

by Jason BlantonJuly 19, 2010 Columbus

Have you ever sat down and watched a movie and said….”I can do that!”?
Well, that’s exactly what hundreds of Columbus-area residents do each year during the annual 48 Hour Film Project. Filmmaking teams gather all around the city and in a mere 48 hours, they do just that.
Each year the 48 Hour Film Project, the [...]

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RIP Andyman

by cherylharrisonJuly 18, 2010 Columbus

A friend of mine contacted me a few hours ago to inform me that Andyman from CD101FM had passed, because she knew that I knew him.
I didn’t believe her.
Andyman was such a staple in the Columbus community. I met him shortly after moving to Columbus when I had my first internship at CD101, and it [...]

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