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Who says a summer blockbuster has to be a new release?

The CAPA Summer Movie Series is entering its 42nd season this year, putting old movies up on the big screen – the really, really big screen – at the Ohio Theatre. The 2012 season runs June 15-Aug. 12, and organizers try to strike a balance among movies’ ages and genres, with a few regular events on the schedule – like Saturday morning Cartoon Capers and Fright Night Friday featuring Fritz the Nite Owl.

Each year’s schedule includes a silent film with live organ accompaniment, always complemented by a classic car show. The films often draw superfans to the theater – for instance, a Marx Brothers show a few years ago.

“An entire family, grandparents to 3-year-old children, showed up with the glasses with the big nose and the moustache,” says CAPA Publicist Rolanda Copley.

30th Annual Classic

Auto Show & Cruise-In

July 6th & 7th, 2012

Dublin Metro Center, 555 Metro Place N, Dublin, Ohio

Over 2000 classic and specialty cars on display. General Admission: $10.00 for adults and children under 12 free.

Friday Show Schedule:

Car Show Participant Registration 10:00am-6:30pm Judging 10:00am-6:30pm

Phil Dirt & The Dozers Concert 7:30pm Awards Presentation 8:30pm

Saturday Show Schedule: Car Show Participant Registration 7:30am-11:30am Judging 12:30pm-3:30pm Awards Ceremony 5:00pm The Van-Dells Concert 6:30pm

For more information visit our website: www. arthritisautoshow.com or call us at (614) 876-8200

Simply Red

You have plenty of wine festivals and fruit festivals to choose from in Ohio, but how about a festival that combines the two?

Signature Wines, in Columbus’ Walnut Ridge neighborhood, is entering the third installation of its annual Sangria Festival. The micro-winery takes its rosé wine and whips up a special recipe, then serves it to all customers – of legal age, of course.

The event, set for Aug. 18, also features music and local taco trucks, but the sangria is the star of the show, as the winery’s regulars know well.

“Every time I mention it, people go, ‘Whoa,’” says Signature Wines owner Kelly Harvey.

Ice Ice Baby

If you’re looking to beat the heat this summer, it won’t have a chance against the Utica Old Fashioned Ice Cream Festival.

The festival, which takes place May 26-28 on the grounds of Velvet Ice Cream’s Ye Olde Mill, is organized by the Utica Sertoma and benefits local charities. It is entering its 38th year.

The variety of ice cream offerings is substantial, but the popularity of other key festival elements – like the car show, the bike show and the parade – is not to be understated. And the ice cream eating contest always sees substantial popularity as well.

“It’s a challenge, (with) the brain freeze that they get,” says Taunya Palumbo, arts and crafts chairwoman for the festival.

Acting Up

Show Me the Honey

On the lookout for a festival this summer that’s super sweet? Stick around.

The Lithopolis Honeyfest is scheduled for Sept. 8 and promises the usual lineup of tastings, exhibitions, children’s activities and live entertainment.

Honey and mead tastings, a beer garden and the ever-popular beards of bees worn by some of the festival’s more daring exhibitors are also on the docket. There’s even a honey bake-off in the offing, alongside a wide variety of vendors selling honey-based products from baklava and honey-marinated salmon burgers to honey ice cream and honeyand cinnamon-coated tortilla chips.

“We encourage our concessionaires to introduce honey into their recipes, and so far, most them have cooperated with that,” says festival chairwoman Ginger Brenning.

Outdoor theater is a summertime tradition, and you’d be hard-pressed to find a local troupe that does it better than Actors’ Theatre.

For its 31st season, Actors’ Theatre is expanding to a new venue: Columbus Commons. It will put on two comedies there: The Complete Works of Shakespeare – Abridged Aug. 16-26 and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, with life-size puppets as the fairies, Sept. 13-23.

The troupe won’t be abandoning its home base in German Village’s Schiller Park, of course. At its usual venue, it will put on Robin Hood May 24-June 24, The Merchant of Venice June 28-July 29 and The Servant of Two Masters Aug. 2-Sept. 2. In recent years, Actors’ Theatre has made a habit of kicking off its season with a romantic swashbuckler, and Robin Hood, adapted for the stage by local playwright Philip Hickman, is no exception.

“Also, it allows us to introduce some elements of literature to young audiences,” says troupe Artistic Director John Kuhn. “If we can get one young person to read a book by having done the production, I’ll be happy.”

Other Local Attractions to Consider

• Creekside Blues & Jazz Festival: June 15-17, Olde Gahanna

• Behind the Garden Gates Garden Tour: June 16-17, Fairfield Heritage Association

• Ohio Brew Week: June 22-30, Athens

• Decorative Arts Center of Ohio: Appalachian Strings June 23-Sept. 9, Lancaster

• Columbus Food Truck and Cart Fest: July 13, Columbus Commons

• Pickerington Violet Festival: July 25-28, Olde Pickerington Village

• Marion Popcorn Festival: Sept. 6-8, downtown Marion

Don’t Forget!

Even if you’re looking to try some new festivals and events this year, there are still a few things in central Ohio you can’t miss. Mark your calendar, if you haven’t already, for:

• The Memorial Tournament: May 28June 3, Muirfield Village Golf Course

• Columbus Arts Festival: June 1-3, downtown Columbus riverfront

• Picnic with the Pops: June 15-July 28, Columbus Commons

• Zoofari: June 16, Columbus Zoo and Aquarium

• BIA Parade of Homes: June 16-July 1, The Meadows at Lewis Center

• Haus und Garten Tour: June 24, German Village

• Red, White and Boom!: July 3, downtown Columbus

• Westerville Music and Arts Festival: July 14-15, Uptown Westerville

• Lancaster Festival: July 19-28, throughout Lancaster

• Dublin Irish Festival: Aug. 3-5, Coffman Park

• Pelotonia: Aug. 10-12, starts from Columbus

• Upper Arlington Labor Day Arts Festival: Sept. 3, Northam Park

• New Albany Walking Classic: Sept. 16, Market Square

Fairest of Them All

There should always be a place in your summertime entertainment schedule for a fair or two, and the nearby ones always have something fun to offer.

• Madison County Fair: July 7-14, London

• Franklin County Fair: July 14-21, Hilliard

• Union County Fair: July 22-28, Marysville

• Ohio State Fair: July 25-Aug. 5, Columbus

• Hartford Independent Fair: Aug. 5-11, Licking County

• Delaware County Fair: Sept. 15-22, Delaware

Garth Bishop is editor of CityScene Magazine. Feedback welcome at gbishop@ pubgroupltd.com.

Movie Series Ticket Strips On Sale

Now Through Sunday, July 29!

Purchase a strip of 10 tickets for $25 and save $1.50 per ticket off day-of-show prices. Strip tickets are good for any film in any combination. For more information, visit capa.com or call 614-469-0939.