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‘We have no place else to go. And now we have to push back.’
In the wake of a City Council vote clearing the way for the bulk of McCoy Park to be handed over as the training facility for a new NWSL expansion team, local residents are staging a ‘Hands Off Our Park’ rally at the Southwest Side park beginning at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, May 1.
Wexner, redacted
‘Walking between the Wexner Medical Center and the Wexner Center for the Arts all the time [is] just morally exhausting,’ said Murray Katkin, who helped organize an early April protest obscuring the Wexner name from the Ohio State arts center.
Ohio State development plans fuel concerns about the future of the Wexner Center film theater
In March, the Board of Trustees approved $2.3 million to design a ‘revitalized gateway to campus’ that Wexner Center for the Arts director of film/video David Filipi said could lead to the museum’s theater being ‘demolished’ if executed as planned.
Local Politics: City Council votes today on plans to turn McCoy Park into an NWSL training facility
After spending years working with neighbors and promising improvements to benefit disabled residents, elected officials are prepared to give away a 28-acre park in the poorest corner of the city for the use of billionaire investors.
Columbus loses ‘a giant’ with the passing of Laughing Ogre cofounder Gib Bickel
Comic book writer Paul Jenkins praised the attitude Bickel brought to the shop, cognizant that the Ogre wasn’t just a comic store but ‘the epicenter of an entire community.’
Mourn the dead but hold space for the living
The work of harm reduction is only sustainable when you take time to notice those places where the light breaches the dark.
‘Tenacious’ Tiffany has always been ready for the spotlight. The world is finally catching on.
“We’re the lucky ones to be alive,” said Tiffany Wedekind, who will share her story with a national audience in an upcoming episode of the TLC series ‘One Day in My Body.’ ‘Why would you not take a hold of every opportunity you could knowing it’s all going to be gone someday?’
Stauf’s Coffee Roasters workers announce their intent to form a union
Sparked by conversations that extended from a late-January all-staff meeting, the baristas, line cooks, bakers, and warehouse staff recently announced their intent to organize with support from Unite Here Local 24.
Lawsuit, ballot initiatives seek to make Columbus City Council more accountable to residents
A lawsuit looking to restrict council from closed-door sessions is making its way through the courts at the same time that organizers with Our City, Our Say are beginning to collect signatures for a ballot initiative designed to recast how council members are elected.
‘We have no place else to go. And now we have to push back.’
In the wake of a City Council vote clearing the way for the bulk of McCoy Park to be handed over as the training facility for a new NWSL expansion team, local residents are staging a ‘Hands Off Our Park’ rally at the Southwest Side park beginning at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, May 1.
Wexner, redacted
‘Walking between the Wexner Medical Center and the Wexner Center for the Arts all the time [is] just morally exhausting,’ said Murray Katkin, who helped organize an early April protest obscuring the Wexner name from the Ohio State arts center.
Ohio State development plans fuel concerns about the future of the Wexner Center film theater
In March, the Board of Trustees approved $2.3 million to design a ‘revitalized gateway to campus’ that Wexner Center for the Arts director of film/video David Filipi said could lead to the museum’s theater being ‘demolished’ if executed as planned.
Local Politics: City Council votes today on plans to turn McCoy Park into an NWSL training facility
After spending years working with neighbors and promising improvements to benefit disabled residents, elected officials are prepared to give away a 28-acre park in the poorest corner of the city for the use of billionaire investors.
Columbus loses ‘a giant’ with the passing of Laughing Ogre cofounder Gib Bickel
Comic book writer Paul Jenkins praised the attitude Bickel brought to the shop, cognizant that the Ogre wasn’t just a comic store but ‘the epicenter of an entire community.’
Mourn the dead but hold space for the living
The work of harm reduction is only sustainable when you take time to notice those places where the light breaches the dark.
‘Tenacious’ Tiffany has always been ready for the spotlight. The world is finally catching on.
“We’re the lucky ones to be alive,” said Tiffany Wedekind, who will share her story with a national audience in an upcoming episode of the TLC series ‘One Day in My Body.’ ‘Why would you not take a hold of every opportunity you could knowing it’s all going to be gone someday?’
Stauf’s Coffee Roasters workers announce their intent to form a union
Sparked by conversations that extended from a late-January all-staff meeting, the baristas, line cooks, bakers, and warehouse staff recently announced their intent to organize with support from Unite Here Local 24.
Lawsuit, ballot initiatives seek to make Columbus City Council more accountable to residents
A lawsuit looking to restrict council from closed-door sessions is making its way through the courts at the same time that organizers with Our City, Our Say are beginning to collect signatures for a ballot initiative designed to recast how council members are elected.