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Andy Downing

Andy is the director and editor of Matter News. The former editor of Columbus Alive, he has also written for The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, Stereogum, Spin, and more.

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Scott Short views old work with new eyes in No Place Gallery exhibition

The Columbus artist opens up about the evolving meanings he has uncovered in the career-spanning ‘Confundere,’ which will remain on view at the downtown gallery through Friday, March 28.

Hanif Abdurraqib among National Book Critics Circle Award winners

The Columbus author’s win coincides with the paperback release of 'There’s Always This Year,' which Abdurraqib will celebrate with a signing at Storyline Bookshop in Upper Arlington on Tuesday, March 25.

Echo Martin learns to begin again

The Columbus artist’s new exhibition, ‘Proof of Life,’ which opens at 934 Gallery today (Friday, March 21), sets works informed by self-discovery aside drawings that give monstrous life to those encroaching forces increasingly determined to erase trans people from existence.

Time travel leads Vivienne Vega and Casey ‘Oddfellow’ Ward to the Luney Awards

The ElectroCult Circus musicians will co-host the first annual Luney Awards at Natalie’s Grandview on Sunday, March 23.

Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments reunite to pay tribute to late guitarist Bob Petric

Ron House, Philip Park and Ted Hattemer will be joined by ex-Nervosas guitarist Mickey Mocnik in concert at Natalie’s Grandview on Saturday, March 22.

House of Cai brings art, community to the South Side

Bobbi Towns had no plans to open a gallery when she was presented with the opportunity to take over the space at 1854 Parsons Ave. Now with the help of a small but dedicated team, the artist is learning to embrace the moment.

German horror classic finds new life in ‘Shadow Cabinet’ 

In a new exhibition opening at CCAD’s Beeler Gallery on Thursday, March 13, Mary Jo Bole and Danielle Norton draw a line from the Trump era to the 1920 film ‘The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.’

Ohio State recruiter Kieran Duhl resigns in protest of university DEI rollback

‘I did feel, though, that it was a moral responsibility of mine [to resign], because I can’t do work that compromises my integrity as a person.’

Aaron Lee Tasjan feels the pull of community in troubled times

'I have really reconnected with the idea of wanting to build community, to know myself more and to be sort of in an act of service to others,' said the Nashville musician, who will perform alongside a cast of friends at Natalie’s Grandview on Friday, March 7.

Matthew Pitts is on a mission to make his inner child laugh

The Columbus poet, photographer and filmmaker said landing a pair of his pictures online at Vogue in mid-February served as an affirmation that he is on the right creative path.