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June 02, 2021 - Happy June, everyone! I don’t know about you, but Memorial Day weekend felt like a real welcome to summer, despite the chilly temps. We got to hang with family, I grilled everything I could get my hands on, our boys started baseball. Felt...

June 16, 2021 - We are coming up on the longest day of the year, summer solstice, which is good because a search of the events calendar at ColumbusMakesArt.com showed me that there are a ton of arts events to squeeze into this weekend. Here are 12...

June 23, 2021 - This past weekend my youngest brother and his wife came to visit us in Columbus, and it felt like the full experience of summer: camping out at baseball games, grilling, beers on brewery patios, strolling the farmers market, a walk...

June 30, 2021 - We are coming up on Independence Day and for some that means a nice long weekend. But, even if you aren’t looking at an extra day off, it’s good to have a list of arts events to explore, so let’s get started. Per usual I searched the...

July 07, 2021 - I can’t believe we’re into July already! Where is the summer going? It feels like it’s going fast, but we’ve got a lot of summer ahead of us still, and plenty of activities to fill the time. I searched the calendar on ColumbusMakesArt.com...

July 14, 2021 - It’s my birthday week. I do not adult during birthday week. Birthday week is for fun outings with fabulous people, so of course I searched the calendar at ColumbusMakesArt.com to come up with a plan. There are so many options, but here’s...

September 01, 2021 - About half of my Weekend Warriors start with comments about the weather, but when things start cooling off, I COME ALIVE! I’ll even take a little bit of rain, as long as it’s not in the 90s. But these seasonal changes make me eager to get...

June 07, 2023 - [Parker Posey, Waiting For Guffman voice]: “It’s the week of the show, y’all.” It’s the week of the Columbus Arts Festival! We’re so excited for this weekend of art shopping, music, demonstrations and live mural painting, kid’s and teen’s...

August 30, 2023 - This past weekend we took our boys to see a ComedySportz improv show at the Nest Theatre, and it was a blast! Every other Saturday they perform a show that’s appropriate for kids down to the age of 10. I used to do a lot of improv in high...

September 20, 2023 - Don’t know about you, but I’m loving this weather! It gets me excited to get out and get active. There’s so much happening in the Columbus; here’s just a smattering of what I found on ColumbusMakesArt.com: This is a big week for Columbus...