Drawing of Batman and words American Indian Artists Series

Thursday, July 19, 6:30-8:30pm
Columbus Museum of Art, 480 E. Broad St.
Experience an American Indian live paint event presented by The Ohio History Connection and Columbus Museum of Art. Renowned American Indian artists, Tom Farris (Otoe-Missouria/Cherokee) and Micah Wesley (Creek/Kiowa) will create new works of art that embrace the story of contemporary American Indian people as artists, tribal citizens and individuals.
CMA values the role artists play in society to imagine and question and we see the Museum as a laboratory for new ideas. Meet Your Creative Community features artists premiering new projects at CMA. Enjoy a family-friendly evening in CMA’s Sculpture Garden with live painting, a cash bar, and tasty bites available for purchase from Schokko Café. 
Cost of the program is included with general admission, which is $5 for nonmembers and free for CMA and OHC members.

Young white woman lounging backwards in a chair against a yellow background

Riveting newcomer Lauren Sanderson has announced summer U.S. headlining dates, aptly dubbed the Trust The Universe Tour, her first major trek since signing with Epic Records this past spring. The live run kicks off in Milwaukee, WI on July 12 and hurtles through much of the country’s heartland, winding down in early August. It’s an enticing rollout from the Midwest-reared 22-year old whose alluring blend of alternative, R&B, and hip hop has captivated music fans and critics across the globe. She will be in Columbus on July 31 at The Basement, 391 Neil Ave, 

Four people dressed in geeky costumes

July 19-22
Renaissance Columbus downtown hotel
The heart of the annual GeeklyCon is the board game room, Dungeons and Dragons is just one of the dozens of board games available to play with new geekly friends. But there are panel discussions, contests and lots more! Tickets are $90, which includes:

A ticket to the kickoff party (+ drink ticket & food, live show entrance, karaoke, and farewell party)

Hang out in the Game Room with a board game library featuring approx.100+ boardgames

Sign up for a tabletop RPG, or run your own

Access to the Live Show including Drunks & Dragons & More

Access to Panels and Talks throughout the day

Outings including Brewery tours, Boardgame Bars + more

GeeklyCon-wide House Cup games to help you to get to know people.

https://geeklycon.com/collections/tickets/products/geeklycon-2018-basic-ticket

Half circles around each other green and blue and a gray L with words Citizens Climate Lobby Columbus Ohio

Help us keep all the options open for climate solutions. Call your U.S. Representative today and tell him/her to vote NO on the anti-carbon tax resolution H Res Con 119, “Expressing the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental to the United States economy.” A vote is expected on Wednesday or Thursday.

It never fails to amaze (and amuse) me how movies mirror reality and are emanations of the collective psyche and/or motion picture prophecies. Just days after the premiere of The First Purge, about a race war aimed at exterminating African Americans in Staten Island, a Black Staten Island resident - Congolese immigrant Patricia Okoumou - heroically climbed the Statue of Liberty on July 4 to protest the racist Trump regime’s cruel purging of refugees, seekers of asylum and other immigrants.

 

Lots of diverse people sitting at tables in a big room

When one thinks of communities that are facing the problem of white privilege head on, Bexley Ohio is probably not high on the list. With their racial demographics showing 88% white, compared to the national average of 61%, dialogues about white privilege seem distinctly out of place. Yet that is exactly what happened at the Bexley Public Library on July 11. Underground at the bottom of the library perhaps the most uncomfortable topic was thrust into the bright air by a highly eager crowd of both Bexley residents and members of surrounding communities.

Field of sunflowers and the words ORG Ohio Rights Group

Saturday, July 14, 6:30-11pm,
1021 E. Broad St. in the backyard
Come to network and socialize with progressive friends with refreshments courtesy of Del Sroufe, music by Steve Dodge, and presentation by the Ohio Rights Group Education Fund on their Ambassadors Program. Planning on an outdoor salon! 
Free, no RSVP required.
Contact: colsfreepress@gmail.com or 614-253-2571

 

JULY 10, 2018


The eternal question of U.S. politics rears its ugly ass again: “Why in the hell does anyone ever listen to Alan Dershowitz?”

No court can overturn a Congressional impeachment and conviction. Will somebody at Fox and CNN page the nearest genocidal torture-defending lawyer, who is either Alan Dershowitz or someone joining him on a search for the real O.J. Simpson killer at a five-star restaurant for lunch today, and get Dershowitz a copy of the United States Constitution?

The Constitution gives impeachment to the House and the trial to the Senate with the Chief Justice presiding. It gives the House the “sole” power of impeachment, and the Senate the “sole” power to try all impeachments. That means nobody else, least of all a different branch of government, gets to say anything at all.

The Constitution, pace Dershowitz, does not list all specific offenses that qualify for impeachment.

The weekend of July 7th and 8th witnessed the European peace movement come together in Brussels, Belgium to send a clear message to the world community, “No to war – No to NATO!”

The mass demonstration on Saturday and the No-to NATO counter summit on Sundayrejected American calls for all 29 NATO member states to increase military expenditures to 2% of GDP. Currently, the US spends 3.57% for military programs while European nations average 1.46 percent. President Trump is pressuring NATO members to spends hundreds of billions of additional Euros annually on various military programs, many which involve the purchase of American weapons and the expansion of military bases.

NATO members will meet in Brussels on July 11th and 12th. President Trump is expected to come down strongly on the Europeans while most member states are hesitant to increase military spending.

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