PeaceofMND brings listeners to the ‘LIGHT!’
The Columbus rapper views his new album, released in late December, as a needed antidote to dark times.
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‘If we value the sacrifice they made, it should not be theirs alone.’
When in late December jazz musicians began canceling concerts at the Kennedy Center in the wake of President Trump’s name being added to the famed performance venue, Columbus musician Gerard Cox launched a crowdfunding campaign in the hopes of easing their financial burden.
Dublin Scioto High School students conduct walkout in response to ICE
Following the mid-December detainment of Leonila González, the mother of a DSHS student whose arrest took place less than a half mile from the school, more than 100 students began to organize a walkout during which they planned to present administrators with a list of demands.
The musical alchemy of 3rd Pyramid
Columbus music vets find new life with their heavy hitting debut.
The 20 most-viewed Matter News stories of 2025
From the local refugee detained and threatened with deportation by ICE to the inside tale of the worker-led push to unionize the Columbus Metropolitan Library, here were the most-read features of the last year.
The aftermath of ICE
In the week since federal agents apprehended three staff members at one North Side hotel, employees and management have simultaneously navigated a mix of fear and grief while adjusting operations to better keep people safe at work.
The top 20 Columbus albums of 2025
Here are the albums this writer found himself returning to the most often over this last calendar year.
Jay Swifa just wants to make his teenage self proud
The rapper and producer will celebrate the release of new album ‘Palo Santo’ with a listening party at Rehab Tavern on Saturday, Dec. 20.
Kirsta Niemie Benedetti wants you to know you’re worth it
The Columbus artist’s new exhibition, which kicks off at 934 Gallery with an opening reception on Friday, Dec. 19, empowers incarcerated women to take a different view of themselves.
Internal review highlights fracture between former leadership and staff at Wexner Center for the Arts
The review, conducted by Ohio State Employee and Labor Relations a month before Gaëtane Verna’s resignation from the museum, paints a picture of the growing disconnect that led staff members to send a letter to university officials expressing a vote of no confidence in the former executive director.