Experience Columbus

June 1-5, 2013 / Gateway Film Center
Mrs. Brisby (Elizabeth Hartman) is a widowed mouse with a young son sick with pneumonia, and her home is about to be flattened by a tractor. Brisby must seek help from the Rats of N.I.M.H., mentally enhanced lab rodents who've escaped from the National Institute of Mental Health.

May 25 - August 31, 2013 / Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens
A Conservatory horticulturist will lead a tour through one of the Conservatory's indoor or outdoor garden areas. During this 45-minute tour, get behind-the-scenes information, plant identification, tips and tricks. A different area of the Conservatory is featured each week.

June 4, 2013 / Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens
Chef Hartmut Handke, CMC, is one of America's most accomplished chefs with over 40 years of culinary experience and many national and international culinary awards and professional honors to his credit. He has worked in world class kitchens in Germany, Switzerland, Holland, Jamaica, Barbados, Antigua, Canada and the United States.

June 4, 2013 / Glass Rooster Cannery
Does it really matter whether I water bath or pressure cook those vegetables? Will the pressure cooker blow up in my kitchen?? How do I know it is safe to eat what I make? This class is for cooks who want to overcome fear of the bomb in the kitchen. Join us to create and can a fresh garden soup while learning the safe principles of pressure cooking. Soup will also be served for a light dinner along with a variety of other tasters from the Cannery.

June 4, 2013 / Grandview Heights Public Library
Supergroup featuring members of 1960s Columbus bands The Dantes, The Dominions, and The Mods.

June 4, 2013 / Camelot Cellars Winery
Join Writer's Block at Camelot Cellars for the perfect pairing: a night of wine and poetry! This summer series of poetry and wine will be in our Tuscan Room, where for $5 you can take in the best of local Columbus poetic talent, while enjoying a locally crafted glass of wine.

June 3, 2013 / Columbus Museum of Art
No writer - except perhaps for his father, Michael Shaara and his Pulitzer Prize-winning historical novel, The Killer Angels - better brings the Civil War to life than Jeff Shaara. The multiple-award-winning, New York Times bestselling author began a new Civil War trilogy in 2012 with A Blaze of Glory, about the Battle of Shiloh. A Chain of Thunder: A Novel of the Siege of Vicksburg is the second book, and depicts the turning point of the Civil War through not just the well-known personalities like Grant and Pemberton. Shaara's unique skill is in bringing the soldiers themselves alive, in getting the reader to feel what it was like on that bloody battlefield where over 19,000 soldiers lost their lives.

May 31 - June 3, 2013 / Huntington Park
Cheer on the Columbus Clippers baseball team in the award-winning Huntington Park.

June 2, 2013 /
Tour of Franklinton is the first of seven races in the 2013 Ohio Criterium Cup. There are many competitive disciplines in cycling. Road races (think Tour de France), mountain biking, short track, downhill, cyclocross; they are all on two wheels yet require vastly different rider skills and equipment. The Tour of Franklinton is a crit race, crit being short for criterium. The Race course will snake around the closed streets surrounding the 400 Rich warehouse and the newly opened Rehab Tavern, including parts of State, Town and Rich streets. Racers, grouped by similar abilities, complete as many laps of the .8 mile course as they can in the allotted time, usually 30-60 minutes. There is also a family-friendly bike rally with activities for kids 10 and under and free kids "race" is at 3pm.

May 30 - June 2, 2013 / Hocking College
The Nelsonville Music Festival is an extension of our strong belief that by celebrating music and art, we celebrate life.

May 31 - June 2, 2013 / Funny Bone Comedy Club
DeRay began his career in the comedy clubs. Shortly after moving to Los Angeles, He won the Comedy Central Laugh Riots Competition and was a standout on the Cedric the Entertainer Tour. Best known for his role as Ray-Ray the Hustle Guy in Barbershop and Barbershop 2: Back in Business, Davis has also appeared in other films, including Semi-Pro and 21 Jump Street.

May 27 - June 2, 2013 / Muirfield Village Golf Club
Travel packages are available. Watch the world's best professional golfers at the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide Insurance (official PGA TOUR event). Hosted by golf legend Jack Nicklaus at his own internationally acclaimed Muirfield Village Golf Club, the tournament is played each year in the conspicuous honor of greats of the game. As an invitational tournament, the Memorial attracts a top-ranked field and is rich in honor, tradition and excellence. Fans experience golf at its finest in this legendary venue.

June 1, 2013 / Glass Rooster Cannery
Join us to learn the safety and science behind water bath canning with a hands-on lesson making relish. We will discuss the secrets behind crunchy pickling and techniques to make canning practical and enjoyable. Everything is provided including plenty of taste testing; you leave with a jar of product and the confidence to repeat the process at home.

June 1, 2013 / Pizzuti Collection
The Pizzuti Collection, a new nonprofit art space dedicated to exhibitions of world-class contemporary art from the private collection Ron and Ann Pizzuti, will be hosting a member preview day. Members will catch a sneak peek of Pizzuti Collection's debut exhibitions Cuban Forever and the Inaugural Exhibition: Looking Back, Looking Forward. Tours of the galleries will be available.

June 1, 2013 / Crew Stadium
Cheer on the Crew Major League Soccer team as it takes the field at Crew Stadium.

June 1, 2013 / Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens
Use sidewalk chalk to draw butterflies along the Conservatory's walking paths. Make a colorful butterfly t-shirt and butterfly spin art.

May 31 - June 1, 2013 / Capitol Theatre
Students of the BalletMet Dance Academy will share with the community a program showcasing their talent and training in a variety of dance styles including Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Flamenco and Modern dance. The showcase will feature the littlest ballerinas and dancers progressing through movement performances to the highest level pre-professional Performance Ensemble students who will perform excerpts from such classic ballets as Napoli, La Bayadere and Don Quixote. Modern and Jazz works have been choreographed for the occasion by Maria Glimcher, Dionysia Williams and Crissy Stridsburg.

June 1, 2013 / Ohio History Center/Ohio Village
The Ohio Village Muffins are a group of enthusiastic lovers of the game who carry on the tradition of the sport as it was played in mid-nineteenth-century America. The first thing we tell people new to "vintage" base ball is that, historically, "base ball" was two words. This is an important because we like to do everything as the base ball players of 1860 did it: We play by their rules, dress in their uniforms, and exemplify their gentlemanly behavior. Games are played against other vintage teams from Ohio and across the country.

June 1, 2013 / Neighborhoods around the Short North
The daylong treasure hunt takes place in the neighborhoods around the Short North, including Victorian Village, Harrison West, Italian Village, Dennison Place, and The Circles. More than 150 homes participated in last year's sale, making it the largest neighborhood yard sale in Columbus.

June 1, 2013 / Short North Arts District
The Short North is renowned for the buzz of Gallery Hop. The first Saturday of every month, thousands of visitors converge on the strip, the epicenter of the High Street Experience. They come to celebrate art and partake in an evening of sights, sounds, food, shopping, and cosmopolitan fun. Countless art experiences. District specials. Prize drawings. Ramped up entertainment. Unexpected surprises. Join us for an unforgettable experience.