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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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Red Velvet Letdown emerges from COVID ‘nightmare’ with joy intact

The self-described loud, sleazy rock band will perform alongside Bridesmaid, Pale Grey Lore and Dead Winds of Summer at Spacebar on New Year’s Eve.

This Must Be the Place wants naloxone to be as common as Band-Aids

The Columbus nonprofit, which distributed more than 10,000 naloxone kits at music festivals this summer, hopes to fight the opioid crisis by normalizing the conversation around the life-saving drug.

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Secret Studio is ready to let people in

Following three years of pandemic-driven challenges, the Franklinton space dreamed up by engineer Keith Hanlon and poet Amy Turn Sharp is moving closer to its creators’ original vision.

Aloe Vera looks back, begins to heal with ‘Days Pass Strange’

The rapper will celebrate their new album with a release show at Cafe Bourbon Street tonight (Thursday, Dec. 15).

Can’t drag us down: Columbus performers stand strong amid threats

The December cancellation of Holi-Drag Storytime is the latest shot in a targeted campaign being waged by the right wing against drag culture. But local practitioners of the form said it will fail.

The hope and dismay of Bennett Prize Finalist Kyla Zoe Rafert

The Ohio artist’s paintings will be included in a traveling exhibit alongside the other nine Bennett finalists beginning with an opening reception at the Muskegon Museum of Art in May 2023.

Mona Gazala takes control of the story

The artist’s new exhibit explores ideas of authorship and debuts in her recently opened space, Gazala Projects, which she intends as a place of freedom for Palestinian creators and archivists.

Meagan Alwood-Karčić embraces sadness and joy in ‘Duet’

The artist’s new exhibit, rooted in friendship, loss and nature, will be on display at St. James Tavern in Italian Village through the end of December.

Dana Lynn Harper crafts a portal to another realm

The Columbus-born artist’s colorful new exhibit, which opens at the Vanderelli Room on Friday, Dec. 9, presents an escapist world still deeply connected with this one.