Downtown Living Blog

GenWex Presents: Trivia Night / Mixtape Exchange – TONIGHT!

WED, MAR 12 | 6–9 PM

Wexner Center Performance Space

FREE

Is pink your favorite Trivial Pursuit category? Are you a closet Jeopardy fan? Then join the Wexner Center’s young patrons’ group for our first Trivia Night; registration is at capacity for teams but come watch and follow along. The evening also features our first mixtape exchange. If you bring a mixtape/CD that night, you’ll be able to take home someone else’s. Cash Bar and pizza provided.

More info here: http://www.wexarts.org/ed/index.php?eventid=2819

wexner center for the arts | the ohio state university | wexarts.org

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Use Your Card & Save: Your ColumbusArts Card membership entitles you to discounts and savings throughout the city. Make a date to see Los Lobos at the Palace Theatre on Friday, March 28. Add some spice to your life and experience Los Angeles-based Los Lobos as they continue to turn out fresh work. Their latest release, The Town and the City, tells a story through progression of first-person songs, all set to the band's signature sound that has evolved from blues, rockabilly, and their own Mexican-American background. Use your card and save! Contact CAPA: 614-469-1045, or visit www.capa.com.

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Chick Corea and Béla Fleck  LIVE

Touring together for the first time, Chick Corea and Béla Fleck are two master musicians who weave duets out of staggering virtuosity, creating mind-blowing magic performances. Béla Fleck, a winner of eight Grammy Awards, is considered the world’s premier banjo player. He lives to improvise and loves to work with unexpected musical fusions. Chick Corea’s restless creativity knows no bounds. His career is the stuff of jazz lore, a fusion of influential, limit-stretching, genre-bending musical experiences that have garnered him 12 Grammy awards and legions of fans worldwide. Don’t miss what these artists can do together when their two musical worlds collide at the newly opened Jeanne B. McCoy Community Center for the Arts in New Albany on Saturday, March 15, 2008 at 8 p.m.!

TICKET INFORMATION:

Price Level 1: $45.00 (Seniors/Students: $40.50)

Price Level 2: $35.00 (Seniors/Students: $31.50)

Price Level 3: $30.00 (Seniors/Students: $27.00)

To purchase tickets, please visit our website – www.mccoycenterforthearts.com - or contact the McCoy Center Box Office at (614) 939-2245.

For more information on these musicians, please visit www.chickcorea.com or www.belafleck.com.

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HIP HOP EXPO '08 INFO

BHB4U.COM 14TH ANNUAL HIP HOP EXPO MARCH 15TH 2008

At the Columbus Convention Center 3PM to 11PM

For more information about performing, booth rental, or tickets, call:
BHB
BHB4U2@YAHOO.COM
614.397.6269...... B.H.B
2734 E. Main st. suite #151
Columbus, OH 43209

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CHARITY SOCIAL AT FADO TO BENEFIT ST. BALDRICK'S

Help conquer children’s cancer at a special charity social from 4:00 - 9:00 p.m. on Saturday 3/15 at Fado Irish Pub at Easton. The event benefits the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a non-profit organization that raises money for childhood cancer research primarily through head-shaving events. Since its inception in 2000, more than 46,000 men and women have shaved their heads, raising over $34 million to help the cause.

Join with other CYP Club members, as well as the Collegiate Alumni Network of Central Ohio, the University of Dayton Alumni Association, the Young Buckeyes of Central Ohio, and Big Fish Networking for a full day of philanthropy and fun. The casual event will feature live music by Blood, Sweat, and Beers; Whiskey Saints; and The Menus.

When: Saturday, March 15th, 4:00-9:00pm

Where: Fado Irish Pub, 4022 Townsfair Way ( Easton Town Center )

Cost: FREE admission from 4-7pm, or you can make a donation to St. Baldrick’s at the door. Food/drinks are on your own.

More Info: For more information, call Jamie Hurst at (614) 418-0066 or visit www.fadoirishpub.com/columbus

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St. Patrick's Day Parade
March 17, 11:45 am
The parade begins at Nationwide Blvd. and John H McConnell Blvd. and follows the route east on Nationwide Blvd., south on High St., and west on Broad St. to Veterans Memorial for the Irish Family Reunion.

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The National Association of Black Accountants, Inc. (NABA) invites you to a private matinee showing of Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns.
When: Saturday, March 22, 2008
Where: The Arena Grand Theatre
175 Nationwide Blvd.
Columbus, OH 43215
RSVP: Email tashanaba@yahoo.com
Time: 1:30-2:30pm Pizza buffet
2:45-3:00pm Movie Seating with popcorn/candy bar
Cost: $15

This event is sponsored by Limitedbrands. All proceeds to benefit the NABA Scholarship Fund.

Please rsvp to Tasha at tashanaba@yahoo.com by 3/21/08.

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Don’t Miss The Premier Networking Event of the Year

March 25th, 2008itol Theatre • 77 S. High Street, Colum

• Clipper - Tickets
• Hotel night stay for two
• Franklin Covey - door prize
• Dublin Golf Club and Tartan East - Round of golf for two
• Buca Di Beppo - gift certificates - $50 value
• Funny Bone Comedy Club - 2 tickets - $30 value
• Shadowbox Cabaret - $30 value
• Brio’s in Easton - Dinner for two (alcohol not included)
• Pappa John’s Pizza - 1 free large one topping Pizzafeaturing

March 25th, 2008
Capitol Theatre • 77 S. High Street, Columbus, Ohio
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Swingin' At The Southern Series
Basie, Benny and the Duke
Starring Ken Peplowski and Peter Appleyard
March 26-30 / WED-SAT 8 PM / SUN 2 PM, 7:30 PM /
Southern Theatre
BUY TICKETS

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Miracles & Magic Premiere Show: Martini's & Magic
Since 2002, Jon Petz and Adventures for Wish Kids have created a special event each year for children with life threatening illnesses an provided them with a day away from treatments and hospital beds. This variety style, grand illusion, comedy and magic show features international performers such as Ed Alonzo of "Saved by the Bell" who come to take part in this annual event... laughter!

YPC has been involved in the planning of this one-of-a-kind-event. Attendees to the Premier Show Fundraiser will be able to attend a networking open reception, treated to a preview of the show and a post stage party, Martini's & Magic, with great food, drinks and company.

Friday, April 4th at 7:00pm
Capitol Theatre at the Vern Riffe Center
77 South High Street, Columbus Ohio
$50 YP Ticket
Tickets on sale now at www.miraclesandmagic.com or call 614.797.9500

Save the date: YPC presents CMCpm - Pro Sports: In the Shadow of the Shoe on March 26th in the Founders Suite at Nationwide Arena.

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COLUMBUS BASKETBALL LEAGUE

Calling all basketball players! $10,000 grand prize at stake! Register ONLINE.

Crash the Glass Entertainment is launching its new league here in Columbus, and we’re looking for basketball players interested in winning $10,000, and bragging rights all over town. Go to www.crashtheglass.com for more info on the league, and you can register for tryouts right online! Be one of the first 200 people to register, and get a chance to win a PS3! You can register in person a Easton Town Center on March 13^th, and 20^th from 1PM to 9PM. Go to www.crashtheglass.com now to register for the premier basketball league in Columbus!

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Jazz Arts Group

Interested in learning more about Jazz so you can better appreciate this American music form? Attend Jazz Academy, presented by the Jazz Arts Group. Classes for the spring session of Jazz Academy begin next month. Deadline for registration is only three weeks away. For more information, contact JAG or see the attached flyer.

Jazz Arts Group
939 North High St. Columbus, OH 43201
w: 614.294.5200 x110
c: 614.406.9251
www.jazzartsgroup.org

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Thanks!
Andrea J. Applegate
Director, Workforce Development - Attract & Retain Talent
ColumbusChamber
go?ahead
37 N. High St.
Columbus, OH 43215
614/225-6900 (office)