Your guide to summer fun in Ohio:
Columbus Summer Fun
These Columbus places are perfect to bring the whole family!
Dispatch photo by Jeff Hinckley
Tuesdays at Trinity
Trinity Lutheran Seminary at Capital University, 2199 E. Main St.
Dates: 7 p.m. June 4 – 18
The summer music series featuring Dixieland, choirs and brass bands kicks off with the High Street Stompers.
Admission: free
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Movies by Moonlight
Town Square, Easton Town Center
An 80th anniversary screening of “The Wizard of Oz” will raise the curtain on the 13-movie outdoor-film series. Films will be screened weekly until the series concludes on Aug. 27 with “Runaway Bride.”
Admission: free
“Cecilia Vicuna: Lo Precario/The Precarious”
Wexner Center for the Arts, 1871 N. High St.
Dates: through Aug. 11
The Chilean artist makes small sculptures from cast-off, everyday materials. This exhibit will include works made from materials found in and around the Wexner Center and Columbus. It runs concurrent with two other exhibits, “Jason Moran” and “Barbara Hammer: In This Body.” Gallery is closed on Mondays.
Admission: $8, $6 senior citizens and Ohio State University faculty and staff, free for members and students; free to all after 4 p.m. Thursdays and the first Sunday of the month.
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Christian Nodal
Ohio Theatre, 39 E. State St
Date: June 2, 9 p.m.
With hit single “Adios Amor” circulating both in his native Mexico and the U.S., the 20-year-old songwriter is poised to become the next David Bisbal, from whom Nodal has earned a stamp of approval.
Admission: $58.50 to $143.50
“Jason Moran”
Wexner Center for the Arts, 1871 N. High St.
Dates: through Aug.18
Jazz pianist and composer Jason Moran also is a visual artist whose work explores the relationships between objects and sound, sculpture and stagecraft. His first museum exhibit will include mixed-media installations and charcoal drawings, many with jazz themes. On July 13, he will appear in an interdisciplinary performance with his trio, Bandwagon, and visual artists Lizzie Fitch and Ryan Trecartin. Gallery is closed on Mondays.
Admission: $8, $6 senior citizens and Ohio State University faculty and staff, free for members and students; free to all after 4 p.m. Thursdays and the first Sunday of the month.
“Chihuly: Celebrating Nature”
Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, 1777 E. Broad St.
Dates: through March 29, 2020; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily
The conservatory’s large collection of colorful glass sculptures by Dale Chihuly will be reinstalled and on display in an exhibit that will extend throughout the building.
Admission: $19, $16 senior citizens, $12 ages 3 to 12, free for age 2 and younger and members
“F#ck Cancer Cabaret”
MadLab, 227 N. 3rd St.
Dates: May 31-June 1
Nikki Smith Productions’ sixth annual cabaret evening of singing, dancing and improv will benefit Pelotonia and the James Cancer Center.
Admission: $10, with suggested additional donations of $5 to $10
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“Front Line: Editorial Cartoonists and the First Amendment” and “Drawing Blood: Comics and Medicine”
Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, 1813 N. High St.
Dates: through Oct. 20
“Front Line” examines the First Amendment and free speech through historical works from the museum as well as contemporary works by members of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. “Drawing Blood” looks at the comics’ obsession with medicine from the 18th century through the present day.
Admission: free
CATCO | “Holmes and Watson”
Columbus Performing Arts Center, 549 Franklin Ave.
Dates: May 29–June 16
CATCO’s area premiere of Jeffrey Hatcher’s mystery imagines that after Sherlock Holmes’ death, his faithful sidekick, Dr. Watson, must investigate and expose several apparent Holmes frauds at a remote asylum.
Admission: $20 to $40
Columbus Commons Fitness Classes
John F. Wolfe Columbus Commons, South High and East Rich streets
Dates: Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, plus Saturday mornings from July 30 through Sept. 28
No contract, no excuses! Offering seven classes per week, there will be a little bit of everything: yoga, Zumba, kickboxing, cardio and hip-hop.
Admission: free