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CityScene’s issue count hits the triple digits 28 Child’s Play

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Give Them a Lecture

Speakers add a dash of inspiration to learning in New Albany

By Lisa Aurand Photos courtesy of Lorn Spolter Photography

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eals of laughter rang throughout the auditorium of the Jeanne B. McCoy Community Center for the Arts in New Albany from the students gathered there May 20.

The arts center, a multi-purpose facility that serves as both an auditorium for the New Albany-Plain Local School District and a performing arts venue, has hosted comedians in the past, but the punchlines on this particular day were coming from an unlikely source: a historian.

New Albany High School junior Xzavier Brandon, New Albany-Plain Local Superintendent April Domine, author and speaker Doris Kearns Goodwin, New Albany Community Foundation President Craig Mohre and NAHS junior Camille Suarez

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Focused and interested, the students – who came from Columbus Academy, as well as New Albany, Gahanna Lincoln, Granville and Licking Heights high schools – listened to a half-hour lecture full of amusing and educational anecdotes

by Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer Prizewinning author and historian.

Goodwin spoke on the unique leadership qualities of presidents Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. During the second half of the program, she took questions from the audience regarding her participation in a few Ken Burns documentaries, the making of Steven Spielberg’s film Lincoln and her abiding love for baseball, especially the Boston Red Sox. The event was part of the New Albany Community Foundation’s new lecture series: the Jefferson Series, created to feature “some of the world’s most compelling and esteemed thinkers of our time,” according to the foundation.

This year, the series’ inaugural season, speakers included entrepreneurs T. Boone Pickens and Les Wexner Feb. 5, and an unfortunate cancellation of the June 12 event that was to feature former U.S. Senator and astronaut John Glenn (due to health concerns). www.cityscenecolumbus.com

Brandon thanks Goodwin for her speech to students as part of the Jefferson Series.

George W. Bush is the scheduled speaker for 2014’s A Remarkable Evening fundraiser Nov. 20.

The 2014-2015 Jefferson Series will include CNN Host and Time Editor-atLarge Fareed Zakaria on Oct. 14, bestselling author and food journalist Michael Pollan on Jan. 29, and a panel of New Albany planners including Les Wexner, Jack Kessler and others on Feb. 25.

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Education is one of the four major areas of impact the New Albany Foundation focuses on, Mohre says.

“We believe that lifelong learning is a really important part of a full life, and so the vision – not just behind the arts center, but the endowments that support the arts center – was to have (those) opportunities, and the student lectures are a big part of that,” he says. “From the very first time we brought in a speaker, which was (historian) David McCullough (in 2002 and 2003), we could see the impact he had on the students. … From the moment when that magic happened between McCullough and the students, we decided we would keep doing that every year.” www.cityscenecolumbus.com

Eight other student lectures over the last 12 years were arranged in association with the foundation’s annual fundraiser, A Remarkable Evening, which also brings in renowned speakers from all over the world – including biographer Walter Isaacson in 2008, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in 2011 and, most recently, Dr. Paul Farmer in 2012.

“We literally had to pull Isaacson away from the students, who had rushed to the stage to speak with him. He didn’t want to leave the students, but he had a flight to catch,” Mohre says.

Farmer, in particular, made a big impact on the students as he discussed his nonprofit Partners in Health, which provides free health care to people in need around the world, including in Haiti.

New Albany High School students raised $25,000 to support a tilapia-fishing operation at an orphanage in Haiti after hearing Farmer speak.

“We believe that genuine learning is rooted in curiosity, not rote memorization,” Mohre says. “The speakers the foundation brings to interact with the students … inspire a curiosity in the students to want to learn more about figures in history or current events.”

Count New Albany High School junior Camilla Suarez among those inspired by Goodwin at the May 20 lecture.

“I have always possessed a great love of history, and I am greatly interested in pursuing a career in politics,” Suarez says. “Ms. Goodwin’s lecture truly amplified my desire to increase my knowledge of the American government and to delve further into my interest in the political sphere.”

The speakers, too, enjoy their time with the students.

“It’s fun to have both the school setting like this and then the setting tonight with the community,” Goodwin says after the student lecture, adding that she doesn’t often speak to high school students. “I love this when this happens because I loved teaching when I was teaching at Harvard.

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The Big 1-0-0

15 years 100 issues 5.86 million copies

CityScene’s issue count enters the triple digits

By Garth Bishop Group photo by Scott Cunningham

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his edition of CityScene represents a couple of major milestones for the company. For one thing, it marks 15 years since the first issue was published. It’s also our 100th edition.

We started out as a small operation that put out one quarterly magazine dedicated to promoting arts and entertainment options throughout Columbus.

Today, we print five bimonthly community magazines as well as CityScene itself, which now is published nine times a year.

Front Row (l to r): Molly Pensyl, Lynn Leitch, Lisa Aurand, Melanie Dickman, We’re still a small operation, though. We have Duane St. Clair; back row: Julie Camp, Gianna Barrett, Dave Prosser, Kathy Gill, just 14 permanent employees, and we produce Garth Bishop, Stephan Reed. Not pictured: Christa Smothers and Robin Weitzel. everything you see in CityScene and our community publications, in print and online, with interns, freelancers and Arts Council, the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, BalletMet, Broadway in Columbus, Opera Columbus, the Jeanne B. McCoy contract photographers filling in the gaps.

Our focus remains steadfastly on central Ohio. You can see it in Community Center for the Arts, WOSU and the Greater every story we publish, as well as in the economic impact we’ve Columbus Arts Council.

Among the other organizations we support are charities, such had on Columbus these last 15 years.

Factor in sales, payroll and contributions, and you come up as the central Ohio chapters of the March of Dimes and the Arthritis Foundation, and nonprofits, such as the group behind with about $50 million during that decade and a half. the New Albany Walking Classic.

Not bad for the work of just a few people.

We hope you’ll join us to celebrate both our 100th issue and the winners of the 2014 Best of the ’Bus reader poll at Matt the Miller’s What Else We Do CityScene is the biggest part of our operation here at CityScene Tavern in Grandview Heights from 5-7 p.m. on July 9. Maybe you Media Group, but it’s not the only piece of the puzzle. We also put can be there when we toast to another 100 issues of CityScene. out Tri-Village Magazine, Dublin Life Magazine, Westerville Magazine, Pickerington Magazine and Healthy New Albany Magazine.

Contributions In addition, we do custom publication jobs, publishing business Our contributions include charitable giving, such as the $20,000 we commit annually to St. Jude Children’s Research guides and annual reports for companies throughout central Hospital’s annual Discover the Dream fundraiser, for which we Ohio. That’s all on top of our online presence, which includes have been the sole media sponsor since its 2006 inception. They not only our website, www.cityscenecolumbus.com, but also our also include in-kind donations in the form of almost $5 million social media presence: We have accounts on Facebook, Twitter, in discounted and donated media for our arts partners: the Ohio Instagram and Pinterest. cs

LEGACY CityScene was founded by Fred Zimmerman, a well-known figure in central Ohio’s public relations and advertising scene. He was best known for creating the present-day versions of The Ohio State University’s football and basketball game day programs. Zimmerman died in 2003, but his legacy lives on through CityScene.

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On July 1, CityScene bids goodbye to Charles L. Stein when he retires from his position as CEO of CityScene Media Group. Chuck, as we call him in the office, has been a driving force at the company since he came on board in 2003. Though we don’t begrudge Chuck all the time he’ll soon be spending on beaches in California and Grand Cayman Island, his passion, leadership and top-notch company Christmas party cooking will be sorely missed. www.cityscenecolumbus.com

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New Age Energy Restrict sport and energy drink intake for optimal hydration

By Stephan Reed

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he dog days of summer are here, and hydration should be on the mind of anyone planning to spend a good deal of time outdoors.

On the most basic physical level, water is the most effective form of hydration.

“Water should be your primary method,” says Jessica Buschmann, sports medicine dietitian at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. “A well-balanced diet, three meals and three snacks is a much better method of fueling than using sports drinks as a solution to your goals.”

Adults should be conscious of their energy and sports drink habits, not only for their own health, but also for the influence they have on their children.

“Parents drink Gatorade at games because it tastes better than water, but they’re empty calories,” Bushmann says.

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down to water. You don’t want your kids under-hydrating.”

To replenish the energy exerted in the heat, many turn to popular sports and energy drinks, but their claims of electrolyte replenishment and energetic boosts are also causes for concern. Before reaching into the refrigerator for a sports drink to quench thirst, one should know the optimal timing for consuming a drink such as Gatorade, All Sport or Powerade.

“These drinks, if used at all, shouldn’t be used until you’re 60 minutes (into) moderate to heavy exercise,” says Buschmann.

“They should be used during the period of activity. That’s what they were intended for.”

One point often touted by sports drink companies is the use of

Jessica Buschmann

electrolytes in their products. While the claim is true, the added potassium and sodium may be unnecessary.

“If you’re eating a (healthful) diet, you should be fine with electrolytes.

Americans, especially, get enough sodium,” Buschmann says.

The key to keeping hydrated is to create a personal drinking schedule and keep to it each day.

“It’s hard to always remember to drink water. Sports drinks can be used appropriately to help make water palatable, but don’t try to hydrate with only (sports drinks), coffee or tea,” Buschmann says.

The caffeine associated with coffee, tea, soft drinks and energy drinks poses a host of other health threats. Caffeine does not offer calories to fuel the body. The rush is the stimulant’s effect on the central nervous system.

“I don’t recommend it for anyone because of that effect,” Buschmann says.

“A cup of coffee has about 200 milligrams or less of caffeine, and if you’re not using it for sport (enhancement), that’s fine. It doesn’t guarantee increased performance, especially if your body isn’t used to it.”

Other adverse effects that can be caused by the use of energy drinks as a form of hydration include headaches, jitteriness and anxiety. www.cityscenecolumbus.com

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Energy drinks and other performanceenhancing supplements have different regulations and standards compared to their food and pharmaceutical counterparts, which are monitored by the Food and Drug Administration.

“No one holds stimulants to these standards,” Buschmann says. “Only when a severely adverse reaction occurs do these products get pulled from the market.”

A study published in May 2014 by the University of Minnesota and Duke University found habitual consumption of caffeine-enhanced drinks is correlated with negative and, ironically, inactive lifestyles.

Among males in the study, weekly use of sports drinks corresponded to an additional one hour of TV time a week, and those males who consumed energy drinks each week were found to have spent an average of four additional hours playing video games.

According to a 2011 study by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, energy drinks offer no therapeutic benefits and pose a serious risk of adverse health effects in children and young adults. The study suggests a restriction on the availability and sale of energy drinks, sports drinks, artificially flavored water and soda in schools, while water should be provided free of charge. cs

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Vittorio Borgia of Vittoria Ristorante & Bar

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n a fast-paced society, where conversations with strangers are few and far between, one place continues to slow the world down and bring people together: the dinner table.

It takes a confident yet comfortable persona to not only gather patrons into a restaurant, but leave them with a smile, a memory and, most importantly, a satisfied palate. Columbus is home to a wealth of these eccentric and memorable restaurant owners and chefs, and we’ve found a few that would love to have you stop by.

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Italian Allure Walking through the doors of Vittoria Ristorante & Bar in Powell, one will, without a doubt, encounter the smiling face of General Manager Vittorio Borgia.

He has only been with the restaurant for a few months, but he has already brought with him the signature hands-on approach that has led him through decades of culinary success, most recently at Eddie Merlot’s in the Polaris area.

Borgia finds that he’s at his best when he’s navigating the dining room, greeting each guest.

“I live on the floor; that’s where I thrive,” he says. “I’m chief cook and bottle washer.

I specialize in tableside service and I know all my guests. If I don’t touch and say hello to every guest in this restaurant, I haven’t done my job. You think you’re getting away without saying good night to me? No way.”

His excitable and charming personality is backed with a genuine love for people.

“It’s a celebration of life; we all want to feel good and we should all feel good,” Borgia says. “People like it when you notice change. If you have a new pair of glasses or hairstyle, I’ll make sure to let you know it looks great. People deserve to be complimented. It’s not ‘schmoozing.’ It’s a fact.”

The man with the friendly handshake and a degree from the Bordeaux International Wine Institute grew up at the Palm in New York. Behind the bar of the restaurant, Borgia would sit with the head chef.

“When my parents came in for lunch, they would put me on the end of the bar and the owner would babysit me,” he says.

“He would have me taste everything. ‘Vittorio, try this.’ That’s when I fell in love with restaurants.”

Borgia hopes to have success with Vittoria and he confidently believes that, with personable staff and management, prosperity is not only possible, but inevitable.

“I learned at an early age that people are amazing,” he says. “I’m so driven because I can positively affect someone’s life and make that one-and-a-half-hour dinner or 15-minute exchange special for them.

That’s humanity.”

A Dream of Dining When renowned Spagio chef Hubert Seifert arrived in the U.S. from Germany, he bought a pair of boots, a rodeo shirt, a www.cityscenecolumbus.com

Hubert Seifert of Spagio

cowboy hat and a Texas-style belt buckle in hopes of fitting in.

But his Bonanza-based ensemble isn’t what made him a popular in central Ohio: It was his tremendous skill with a skillet and knack for conversation.

“I’m on the floor every day and I listen to what the customers like,” Seifert says.

“When somebody walks through the door, you have to make them feel at home and they have to enjoy themselves. That’s the reason they come.”

Its commitment to taking the time out to make guests feel at home and treat them as individuals is one reason Grandview

Heights-based Spagio continues to flourish and expand.

“In all this, I hate the phrase ‘feed people,’” Seifert says. “We don’t ‘feed’ people.

Animals feed; mankind eats. We want people to enjoy. We don’t just give them a plate and tell them to get out.”

His philosophies about making customers comfortable at the eatery mirror his ideas for restaurant management.

“My people don’t work for me, they work with me,” Seifert says. “When you have that attitude toward your employees, it helps. A lot of my people have been here forever. It’s a big family.” cityscene • July 2014 13

{cuisine} The family feel of the restaurant comes organically. Seifert runs Spagio with his wife, Helga, who has been there for 22 years.

The familiar faces behind the counter often see familiar faces walking through the door.

“We see second and third generations come in,” Helga says. “We served guests at high school proms and now we see their kids come in here.”

While Spagio has been a well-known name for years in central Ohio, Seifert’s is a name recognized around the world, says Jeffrey Bohlmann, operator of Aubergine, a private dining club also managed by Seifert.

“He really brought fine dining and cuisine to the area,” says Bohlmann. “In my profession, there’s not much of a higher place to go than working with him. He’s the father of cuisine in Columbus; we call him the ‘Prince of Grandview.’”

Communal Cuisine Looking through the glass of Tasi Café on North Pearl Street in the Short North,

one can see guests conversing over Greekinspired meals, and blending in with that community is owner Tasi Rigsby.

She finds herself bonding with new and familiar faces each day at the café, and she brings to the table both the occasional complementary new entrée and everyday lively conversation.

“Eating at a table with a stranger isn’t a bad thing; it’s an opportunity to meet someone new,” Rigsby says. “We’ve had a lot of people who end up sharing their food with strangers. You shouldn’t have to eat alone. That should be a choice.”

Having been born in Crete and raised in San Francisco, Rigsby recalls celebrating the togetherness of meal times with her family.

“I grew up with a Guatemalan nanny, a Greek father and a mother who loved to cook,” she says. “Food can be intimidating, but you weren’t shy when it came to food in my house. I was in the kitchen at 5 years old by my grandmother and aunts.”

While she limits her hand in the kitchen, Rigsby actively listens to the café’s staff for ideas for new embellishments and menu additions.

“They are an extension of who you are and they have to be you when you can’t be around,” she says. “The staff here loves the food and that’s the best word of mouth you can have. It doesn’t get any better than that.”

Rigsby – who is married to Kent Rigsby, owner of Rigsby’s Kitchen, also in the Short North – is also an accomplished ballet dancer, and that background helps give her the confidence to display her unique style and flair.

“Tasi Café is me; it’s funkier,” Rigsby says.

“I like a place to hang out and this place is like a family room. Spectacle restaurants are cool, but then you want the places you feel comfortable. That’s why many of us are in here every single day.” cs Stephan Reed is an editorial associate.

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COSI and Dublin Arts Council gallery photos by Scott Cunningham

Best Suburban Arts Festival Westerville Area Chamber of Commerce Music & Arts Festival Westerville’s 41-year-old arts festival barely managed to grab the top spot, but give Grove City credit – the Grove City Wine and Arts Festival took second and its Arts in the Alley took third.

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Best Local Band – Original The Ohio State University Marching Band It was no contest here, with the Best Damn Band in the Land taking first place. But laud 44-year-old country rock band McGuffey Lane, which still managed a strong showing despite its overpowered opponent, too.

Best Local Band – Cover/Party Phil Dirt and the Dozers Nostalgia rock ‘n’ roll band Phil Dirt and the Dozers overcame such rivals as the Reaganomics, the Neighbor’s Kids and Lt. Dan’s New Legs to win this one. cityscene • July 2014 17

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Best Theater Troupe Shadowbox Live Columbus has lots of topnotch theater companies, but longtime favorite Shadowbox Live – which this season has offered up such shows as Monty Python’s Spamalot!, Into the Woods and Bigger than Jesus – is a tough champion to unseat.

Dining Best Classic Cocktails Hyde Park Prime Steakhouse Hyde Park’s four locations and popular martinis carried it past close Short North rivals Betty’s Fine Food & Spirits and Mouton.

Best Restaurant for a Night Out in the Suburbs Matt the Miller’s Tavern If its victory in our poll isn’t convincing enough, just look at Matt the Miller’s continued growth – it’s expected to open a new location on Gemini Place in the Polaris area this year, bringing the number of

locations up to three – as evidence of its success.

Best Wine Selection – Restaurant The Wine Bistro With a commanding lead – and a fourth location just opened in Westerville – the Wine Bistro shows no signs of slowing down.

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Giant Eagle Market District and Barcelona photos by Scott Cunningham; Columbus Symphony Orchestra photo by Randall L. Schieber

Best Restaurant for a Night Out Downtown Best Outdoor Dining Barcelona Check out page 35 for a recipe for one of Barcelona’s hugely popular sangrias – which, along with top-shelf tapas and large plates and a relaxing outdoor seating area, helped make the German Village restaurant a winner this year.

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Best of the ’Bus Best Beer Selection – Restaurant World of Beer The massive beer menu at World of Beer, with locations in Easton Town Center and the Brewery District, carried it over the top. But give credit to Cleveland-based chain the Winking Lizard and Dublin original the Pint Room for coming close.

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Best Local Wine Plum Run Winery Though Signature Wines, Wyandotte Winery and Brothers Drake Meadery had a close scrap for second place, Grove City-based Plum Run was far and away the top vote-getter.

Best Food Truck Mikey’s Late Night Slice Fun fact: Nina West, Columbus’ premier drag queen, has been known to perform a song about Mikey’s set to the tune of “Thrift Shop” by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis.

Best Food Coma Potential Best Menu Item Name Thurman Café The Thurman Café wins two awards with one item: the two-pound, aptly named Thurmanator.

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Best New Restaurant Melt Bar & Grilled The Cleveland-based massive grilled cheese chain is a juggernaut; another location is already in the works for Easton Town Center. Give props to Pizza Cucinova, though, for coming closest to the top.

Best Unique Meat on Menu Bison, Ted’s Montana Grill It appears CityScene’s readers don’t have much of a taste for ostrich, alligator, Spam, beef tongue or bone marrow.

Your loss.

Best Sandwiches Katzinger’s Neither Melt Bar & Grilled nor Thurman Café nor City Barbeque could overcome the enormously popular deli sandwiches of Katzinger’s, which just opened a stand at the North Market.

Best Extravagant Dessert Best Restaurant to Take Out-of-Towners to Schmidt’s Restaurant und Sausage Haus The former category is for Schmidt’s trademark jumbo cream puff, in case you couldn’t guess.

Best Frozen Desserts Best Hometown Product Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams Anyone who underestimates the popularity of Jeni’s does so at his or her own peril. The local gourmet ice cream blew away the competition in both categories.

Best Business Lunch Cap City Fine Diner and Bar Tempting as it is, you might have to resist the Seriously Big Chocolate Cake after your business lunch, unless you’ve scheduled an afternoon nap. www.cityscenecolumbus.com

COSI After Dark 5:30–9:00pm It’s COSI without kids! Investigate The International Exhibition of Sherlock Holmes, ride the High Wire Unicycle, get lost in Adventure, check out specially-themed crafts and activities, enjoy a cash bar, and much more. 21and over, only.

JULY 10: Homebrewing & Distilling AUGUST 7: Quadcopters & Drones For advance tickets, visit cosi.org/adults 333 W. Broad St., Columbus, Ohio 43215 | 614.228.2674 | cosi.org

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Best Doughnuts Buckeye Donuts This University District favorite has photos behind the counter to prove it can count Hulk Hogan and comedian Dave Attell among its customers. The owner claims Prince has stopped by, too, but nobody could find a camera in time.

Best Bakery Schneider’s Bakery This makes two years in a row for Westerville institution Schneider’s – known for middle-of-the-night doughnut runs for Otterbein University students – as Best Bakery.

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Best Farmers’ Market Worthington Worthington took this one in a squeaker; the North Market and Grove City were not far behind.

Best Cakes Mrs. Goodman’s This is the second year in a row Mrs. Goodman’s has taken this category, thanks in no small part to the company’s elaborate Occasion Cakes.

Best Pies Der Dutchman Bakery Last year, Der Dutchman won the day with its doughnuts. This year, the pies take the gold medal.

Best Pizza Tammy’s Pizza Nos. 1 and 2 differ by only one letter – Grove City-based Tammy’s Pizza took first, while multi-location Tommy’s Pizza took second.

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Best Food Presentation The Refectory Best Bar/Restaurant for Live Music Natalie’s Coal Fired Pizza Best Regional Liquor Watershed Distillery Best Vegetarian/Vegan Options Northstar Café Best Cupcakes Capital City Cakes Best Sushi Haiku Best Happy Hour The Old Bag of Nails Pub www.cityscenecolumbus.com

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Columbus Brewing Company photo by Scott Cunningham; Goodale Park and Worthington Farmers’ Market photos by Colleen Tappel, Scott Cunningham Photography; Ohio Theatre photo by D.R. Goff

Best Concert Venue LC Pavilion July shows at the LC include 311 on July 7, the Under the Sun Tour (Blues Traveler, Smash Mouth, Sugar Ray and Uncle Kracker) on July 8, Sublime with Rome on July 13, Counting Crows on July 15 and Jurassic 5 on July 27.

Best Afternoon with Kids Columbus Zoo and Aquarium Not only did the zoo carry a whopping 62 percent of the vote, another 10 percent went to Zoombezi Bay. Best Public Bathroom Nordstrom, Easton Town Center We expected this one to be Von Maur at Polaris in another walk, so imagine our surprise

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Best View/Cityscape Milestone 229/The Scioto Mile

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Best Suburban Fireworks Grove City Yet another big victory for Grove City shows the popularity of the city’s offerings – and the passion of its residents for their hometown.

cancer-fighting fundraiser, and it’s not hard to see how Pelotonia might manage to bring home two awards this year.

Best Out-of-State Weekend Trip Chicago

Best Spa Woodhouse Day Spa

Best Event for People Watching ComFest Best Movie Theater AMC Easton

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Best Metro Park Highbanks Metro Park

Best Charity Mid-Ohio Foodbank

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You'll be hard-pressed to find a city with more appreciation for summer than Grove City, Ohio. This summer, take part in the long list of award-winning art events and activities. From free outdoor concerts and movies to art events, farmers' markets and more. There is no better place to spend your summer than in Grove City.

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SUMMER SIZZLE CONCERT SERIES [ JUN - AUG ] FREE concert series most Friday and Saturday nights from June to August beginning at 7 p.m. in Town Center, music genres change weekly.

BLAST AT BEULAH [ JULY 4 ] One of Central Ohio's premier Independence Day celebrations. Gates open at 5:30 p.m., children's activities begin at 6 p.m. and fireworks are scheduled for 10 p.m. Enjoy live entertainment and tune in to 107.1 FM for the K-95 radio simulcast of the fireworks.

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BROWSING BROADWAY [JULY 19] Grove City's historic Town Center features art and live entertainment at Browsing Broadway.

From 5 to 9 p.m., browse the shops, enjoy art vendors, street performers and an evening of fun and good cheer.

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They’ve found ways to present the things we loved as kids in ways that hold appeal for adults today.

Toys From Barbie and Cabbage Patch Kids to Star Wars and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Big Fun can connect to just about anyone’s favorite childhood playthings.

The toy store specializing in all things retro opened in the Short North in May 2013. It’s the third Big Fun overall; there are two others in the Cleveland area.

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The idea is to give customers the feel of an independent toy store or small department store from 20 to 30 years ago, with plenty of personality – and, of course, a wealth of toys from those eras.

“Nostalgia never goes out of style,” says Jason Williams, who coowns the Columbus store with Steve Presser. “It’s the idea of traveling back in time a little bit and finding stuff that you’re not going to find at the big-box stores.”

Star Trek, Transformers, the Six Million Dollar Man, Wonder Woman and Jem and the Holograms are just a small percentage of the toy franchises that have caught customers’ eyes, Williams says.

Video Games The action-packed video arcade of days gone by lives again at 16-Bit Bar + Arcade, albeit with a more interesting menu of drinks and entertainment and without so many wasted quarters.

The downtown Columbus “barcade” opened its doors in late August 2013, offering a solid line-up of games from the 1980s and 1990s – think Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, X-Men and Mortal Kombat – as well as a pervading 1980s nostalgia theme.

The drinks are named after celebrities (“The Don Johnson,” “The Molly Ringwald”), movie nights offer up screenings of Teen Wolf and Back to the Future, and the walls are adorned with giant images of the likes of Hulk Hogan and Mr. Spock, drawing what manager Kyle Hofmeister calls “a very large cross-section of people.”

“You get people who come in here and play video games that they haven’t played

By Garth Bishop for ages, and then you get people who come in here and go, ‘Oh, I didn’t even know Tapper was a thing,’” Hofmeister says.

Board Games Kingmakers calls itself a board game parlor, but don’t jump to conclusions; here, Monopoly and Clue are just the tip of an iceberg big enough to sink the Titanic a dozen times over.

The parlor, which also serves beer and wine, opened in January in the Short North.

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Its main attractions are its collection of 400-plus games and its small staff of what owner Malika de Silva calls “board game sommeliers.” Their job: to figure out which games are the best fit for your group, explain the rules and let the good times roll.

“Our mission is to showcase this … great world of board games to people who are not as familiar with it,” de Silva says.

Though the likes of Battleship and Sorry! are on the shelves at Kingmakers, the sommeliers try to guide visitors to try new things, from putting-items-in-order card game Timeline to Jack-the-Ripperhunting board game Mr. Jack. cs Garth Bishop is editor of CityScene Magazine. Feedback welcome at gbishop@cityscenemediagroup.com. www.cityscenecolumbus.com

16-Bit photo courtesy of 16-Bit Bar + Arcade; Kingmakers and Big Fun photos by Garth Bishop

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❶ High-quality custom woodwork is a top priority in all Bob Webb homes,

and this one is no exception. The custom cabinetry and paneling are painted birch and poplar wood.

❷ The long countertop is marble. It’s part of the overarching themes of comfort and family-friendliness.

❸ The blend of white, grays and darks in the cabinets lends a relaxing atmo-

sphere to the room. The color scheme here, like in all homes, is designed to further the house’s overall atmosphere.

❹ The glassed walk-in shower is visible in the mirror’s reflection. The ease

associated with the design choice helps further Bob Webb’s goal of making the homeowner’s bathroom akin to a spa experience.

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Bath and Beyond More amenities to consider for your own bathrooms – master and otherwise • Freestanding tubs in interesting shapes • Coffee stations • Steam features • Glass block and etched glass • Jack and Jill baths, with separate sinks but shared tub and toilet areas, for the kids • Instant hot water for no water warm-up time • Stylish light fixtures • Marble floors

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The bathroom on the left is the master bath in Truberry Custom Homes’ 2013 Parade home in Jerome Village. It’s designed to have features reminiscent of a sauna, with steam features and a TV (not seen), and its windows look out onto the house’s lawn.

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Star-Spangled Sangria in the spirit

The refreshing and colorful concoction comes in red, white and blue hues

By Corinne Murphy “Part of the enjoyment of sangria is making your own and experimenting with added ingredients. Have fun creating your own signature sangria.” –Tim Hawkins, general manager, Barcelona

White Honey Sangria Red Sangria

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Of course, it’s the approach of Independence Day that brings those colors to the forefront. But it so happens that they are also the three most closely associated with a beverage that’s a favorite during the hot days of summer: sangria.

The flavorful wine punch can come in red, white and blue varieties.

Red Sangria Courtesy Barcelona restaurant • 1 bottle red wine (750 ml.)

• 1.5 oz. blackberry brandy • ¼ cup sugar (more if you like a sweet sangria) • 1 each fresh orange, lime and lemon • Ginger ale and lemon-lime soda • Additional fresh fruit for garnish – limes, lemons or oranges In a large pitcher, mix the wine, brandy and sugar. Cut the fresh fruit into quarters and add to the wine mixture.

Cover and place in refrigerator overnight. Prepared sangria mixture will remain fresh in the refrigerator up to 10 days.

To serve, fill a large glass with ice. Pour in chilled sangria mixture to 80 percent full.

Top with sodas and garnish with fresh fruit.

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White Honey Sangria Courtesy Cantina Laredo • 2 cups Ecco Domani Moscato • ½ cup Domaine de Canton Ginger Liqueur • 1 cup Barenjager Honey Liqueur • ½ cup fresh lemon juice • ½ cup fresh lime juice • ½ cup simple syrup • 1 orange Add all ingredients in a pitcher. Squeeze and drop in eight orange wedges.

Add ice, stir lightly and serve.

“We created the White Honey Sangria to offer our guests a refreshing twist on a popular drink. … It is one of our most popular nontequila cocktails and is a year-round favorite.”

–Nichelle D. Ritter, director of beverage, Cantina Laredo Blueberry Sangria Courtesy Good Vibes Winery • 1 bottle My Girl Blueberry Pinot Noir (750 ml.)

• 1 lemon, cut into wedges • 1 orange, cut into wedges • 3 Tbsp. sugar • 2 oz. rum • 2 cups club soda • Blueberries • Strawberries Combine wine, lemon slices, orange slices, sugar and rum in a pitcher. Muddle with the back of a large spoon to get the fruit to release some of its juice and to dissolve the sugar.

Put into the fridge. Just before serving, stir in the club soda.

Serve over ice, blueberries and strawberries.

“The blueberry pinot noir is a sweet burst of tangy, refreshing blueberry combined with the cherry sweet flavors of pinot noir.” –Tony Klausing, owner, Good Vibes Winery v Corinne Murphy is a contributing writer. Feedback welcome at gbishop@cityscenemediagroup.com.

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There is a second island in the kitchen to be used as a display cabinet from the great room side and a serving buffet from the kitchen side. And the reclaimed barn hardwood floor is a nice contrast to the sleek metals, displaying one of the latest trends: raw but finished.

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We are the only builder that has recently been honored with AEP Ohio’s Energy Efficiency Award. This award was given to 14 select businesses, organizations and educators.

At Bob Webb Homes, we are – as Pablo A. Vegas, AEP Ohio president and COO, stated at the award presentation – one of the award winners “dedicated to making outstanding contributions to increasing energy efficiency within their organization, reducing their energy use while helping save money on energy costs, which in turn impacts the environment.”

We are also the winner of the HERS 50 CLUB award by making outstanding progress in lowering HERS scores as partners of the EfficiencyCrafted New Homes Program. This program is an endeavor of AEP Ohio, Columbia Gas of Ohio and builder program partners that reduces energy usage while also providing superior quality and comfort for homeowners.

With more than 55 years of homebuilding experience, Bob Webb Homes is honored to receive these awards in leadership as we continue to offer our future and repeat generations of customers superior craftsmanship, design and the energy efficiency that ultimately impacts a better living environment for everyone. We hope that you will visit us at this year’s 2014 BIA Parade of Homes to see and experience for yourself what an energy-efficient, award-winning Becky Webb Rogers and Bob Webb home is like.

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NEW ALBANY’S FASTEST WHEELSET Wind tunnel tests can tell us how fast wheels are at different angles of attack – but how common are these angles in the courses most important to our athletes? Blindly applying tunnel data to the unpredictable force of Mother Nature did not add up to us.

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Welcome Dear Athletes, On behalf of the entire Challenge New Albany team, we would like to extend a big Buckeye welcome to all the participants and their families and friends.

We know there are many race options out there in today’s fast-growing multisport scene. Thanks so much for making Challenge New Albany part of your 2014 race season.

We look forward to rolling out the red carpet for you on July 26-27. You are joining more than 1,000 swimmers, bikers and runners ranging from ages 7 to 78 from more than 35 states and eight countries for this exciting Challenge Family weekend.

With the tremendous support of local communities, police jurisdictions and sponsors, we are presenting the first Challenge New Albany. We’d like to extend a special “thank you” to our host partner, Healthy New Albany, and to Dr. Phil Heit for sharing our vision and helping us bring the exciting Challenge Family brand to New Albany.

Our biggest thanks goes out to the hundreds of volunteers who are making this event possible. Please say thanks to them when you swim, bike or run by them. We hope your experience at the inaugural Challenge New Albany event is one that will provide many lasting memories.

Regardless of your ability or experience, Challenge New Albany will provide you with one of the most memorable weekends of your life – count on it. HFP Racing is proud to be the producer of this event and find it a privilege to serve you.

We’re ready! Are you?

Shannon Kurek, Race Director Challenge New Albany aka HFP Man

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Welcome to New Albany Welcome, Challenge New Albany Family triathletes! We are so glad you are here.

Whether you are a world-class athlete, a weekend warrior or somewhere in between, take a moment to enjoy the beauty and serenity around you as you complete the Challenge New Albany Triathlon course. New Albany’s wooded preserves, trademark white horse fencing, golf courses and architecture are always on display here and, hopefully, will inspire you to even greater athletic achievement.

Health and wellness are among New Albany’s core values, and we are actively egaged in changing how health and wellness are practiced at the community level. Thanks to a partnership between the city of New Albany, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Healthy New Albany, we will be home to the Philip Heit Center for Healthy New Albany, a community facility for medical fitness, health assessment, education, health care and research – all in one place.

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time you return for the second Challenge New Albany Family Triathlon, the Heit Center will be open for business and well on its way to achieving this goal.

Our New Albany International Business Park, literally an idea in a corn field just 15 years ago, has blossomed into the largest master-planned business park in all of Ohio.

This 3,000-acre commerce park has three highway interchanges, dual-feed electric power and a state-of-the-art municipal broadband network that can save users as much as 20 percent off the cost of their fiber-optic needs. The park now represents more than $1.6 billion in committed private investment and more than 12,000 jobs.

If you work for a company with plans to move or expand, contact us and learn why so many companies have chosen New Albany. We move at the speed of business to help your business succeed. For more information, contact Community Development Director Jennifer Chrysler at 614-939-2254 or jchrysler@newalbanyohio.org.

Best of luck in the Triathlon and come back soon!

Nancy Ferguson, Mayor www.cityscenecolumbus.com

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New Albany’s Commitment to Health

By Phil Heit

New Albany is striving to become the healthiest city in the country.

It all began in 2005 when 900 athletes stepped to the starting line to participate in what has now become the largest walking-only race in the country, the New Albany Walking Classic. Little was it known at the time that the Walk would become the impetus for an innovative and dynamic movement that would change the landscape of how communities could promote the health and well-being of their residents. Welcome to Healthy New Albany, a not-for-profit grassroots initiative.

It Takes a Village New Albany was a village until 2011, when its population increase warranted its change to the designation of a city. But Healthy New Albany had its roots in the village of New Albany.

As the Walking Classic became more of an iconic event, greater emphasis began to be placed on the importance of participating in this event not only for competition, but also for health. The Walk gradually evolved into a pervading attitude that physical activity was integral to well-being. Participation in the Walk eventually led to the creation of an accompanying health and fitness expo. And the movement began to gain momentum.

In 2010, the New Albany Community Foundation convened a group of committed and enthusiastic community volunteers who wanted to make health a priority for all New Albany residents. Healthy New Albany was born. Its mission was to implement, organize, develop and coordinate health-related programs and activities that would serve as a national model for how a community promotes a culture of health.

Through evidence-based research, its achievements would be validated. And so began a campaign that would help showcase the city of New Albany as the healthiest city in America, with the hope that other cities might follow a similar course.

others. A popular community garden was created thanks to land donated by the city, with all 75 plots claimed. Community lectures focusing on a myriad of health topics were held and attended by large numbers of residents. Healthy New Albany Magazine proved to be a widely anticipated community publication that is delivered for free, bimonthly to every New Albany residence.

Where We’ve Landed The city of New Albany has made health a priority by committing funds to build a Healthy New Albany Center focused on illness prevention rather than sick care.

With land donated by the New Albany Company, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and Nationwide Children’s Hospital committed to the Healthy New Albany project. A unique personalized fitness center staffed with exercise physiologists, nutritionists and health coaches will oversee activities in one part of the facility. Lap and therapeutic pools will be available for use by members and Healthy New Albany programming, and activities will take place in another part of the 55,000-square-foot center. Healthy New Albany will offer workshops, meeting facilities for community activities, lectures and cooking classes in its demonstration kitchen. A plethora of activities for those who work, live and are educated in New Albany will be interwoven throughout the community.

Challenge Family choosing to host the Challenge New Albany triathlon here is just one example of the reputation our community is gaining as a pinnacle of health. This event will be yet another great way for New Albany citizens – and people from all over the country – to express their commitment to wellness and staying physically active.

With some of the best researchers in the country evaluating the impact of the many interventions that will take place, New Albany is on schedule to become the healthiest city in America.

A Journey Begun In no time, an army of volunteers began their march, conquering initiative after initiative.

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After the Race Post-race recovery tips

By David Allen Triathlons are taxing on the body in so many ways.

Muscle fatigue, dehydration and other maladies are common following endurance events.

So after the swim, bike ride and run, what can you do to recover quickly and completely?

“Simply put: eat, drink and rest,” says Dr. Timothy Lee Miller, lead physician for The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Sports Health and Performance Institute Endurance Medicine Team.

Whether you’re a first-timer or an experienced triathlete, Miller breaks each of these elements down for you.

Eat Your post-race recovery meal should be similar to what you would eat beforehand.

“A diet high in carbohydrates can help refuel your muscles as well as fuel them,” Miller says.

But be wary of overdoing it, especially shortly after you cross the finish line – or you may be seeing your meal more than once.

“In the initial post-race time frame, you may feel somewhat nauseated, so light meals including fruits and vegetables are ideal,” Miller says. “A protein source is also a good idea for replenishing the muscles that have been broken down during a long endurance event.”

Carbs such as pasta, rice and other whole grains are good choices for later in the day.

“They take longer to digest and are easier for your digestive system to handle,” Miller says.

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Drink This part of the recovery regimen should start as soon as you breathlessly cross the finish line.

“Restoring caloric and fluid or mineral losses is the most important initial (step) for recovering from a major endurance event like a marathon,” Miller says.

Water is the major player in hydration and should be your only drink during shorter races or training sessions.

For races or training sessions longer than a half hour, Miller recommends a sports drink such as Gatorade or Powerade in addition to water to replace fluids and minerals lost through perspiration.

“Drinking only water during a long endurance event on a hot day can lead to chemical imbalances and muscle cramps. The added carbohydrates and electrolytes in sports drinks help to increase fluid absorption,” Miller says.

In short, after the triathlon, drink both sports drinks and water – lots of both. For recovery training sessions, use a sports drink only when the event or activity is longer than 30 minutes.

Rest For less experienced racers, Miller suggests “complete rest” after a triathlon or other endurance event; perhaps a welcome relief for some.

“With complete rest, an athlete does no running for a set time period – usually two to six weeks,” he says.

For newbies and veterans alike, the amount of rest required after a triathlon is at least two weeks. Your activity

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level should be similar to your training routine before the triathlon.

“The training you do in the three weeks following (an endurance event) should mirror what was performed in the last three weeks before, peaking for the event,” Miller says.

For those worried about losing speed or endurance during triathlon season, he has some comforting words.

“Don’t stress about losing fitness during the initial recovery period. If you don’t allow your body to recover, you’ll have less training time and have more difficulty with workouts later on,” Miller says. “Two to three weeks of gradual progressive training is required to be ready for aggressive workouts and planning races.”

For the experienced – and for those who can’t fathom complete rest – there is another, more active route.

“Relative rest involves decreasing the workload by lowering the amount, frequency or intensity of training sessions for a period of time. Many athletes cross-train during this time with swimming or biking or other lowimpact activities,” Miller says.

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published in Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review showed that many swimming overuse injuries stem from triathlon training.

“Relative rest” is ideal for the triathelete who wants to recover quickly to prepare for a future race. But beware of packing too many races in too short a time period.

“Frequent high intensity in between endurance events will quickly break the body down. If several races are planned over a short period, training intensity should be tuned down, with more frequent rest and recovery days added to the training regimen,” Miller says.

Stretching is an important tool – both before and after races. But how it’s done is just as important as actually doing it.

“Tendons and muscle will be tight following a marathon, especially if it’s a hilly course. Only stretch aggressively after a short workout or warm-up, otherwise stretching ‘cold’ muscles can lead to injury,” Miller says. “Focus mainly on the gastrocnemius and soleus (calf) muscles, the Achilles tendons, quadriceps, hamstrings, and the gluteals.”

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Bourbon, Bands and the Bard

Fourth Street Live!

As summer destinations go, Louisville has a lot to offer

Fourth Street photo courtesy of Fourth Street Live!

By Garth Bishop

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hether a summertime traveler craves warm-weather outdoor entertainment such as live theater or cooler indoor enjoyment such as cavern exploration, he or she is sure to find a way to scratch that itch in Louisville.

The Kentucky city, located a little more than three hours southwest of Columbus, has much to offer visitors when the weather gets warm. www.cityscenecolumbus.com

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{travel} tion on bourbon, and inclusion of bourbon as a core part of the atmosphere.

Stops include fusion restaurant Asiatique, which offers bourbon-braised short ribs and bourbon rice pudding; Doc Crow’s Southern Smokehouse & Raw Bar, which serves an ice cream sundae incorporating bourbon cherries as well as cinnamon pork rinds and candied bacon; law-themed burger joint Sidebar, which serves up the Hung Jury, featuring bourbon mushrooms, onions and beer cheese; and the Vernon Club, a bowling alley with 178 bourbons available.

Passports are available at the bureau or at any trail stop, and each restaurant has a stamp to add. They can also be downloaded from the bureau’s website, www.goto louisville.com – a necessary convenience due to their popularity.

“We cannot keep the passports in,” says Ritchie.

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Live music, unique restaurants and vibrant nightlife are all part of the package of Fourth Street Live!.

According to USA Today, Louisville has the second-most locally owned restaurants in the U.S. Against the Grain Brewery & Smokehouse: An offbeat microbrewery and restaurant with beers sporting such names as Tickle Me Ale-mo, Covalent Blonde, Tropical Segway Kitten and Raucho Man Randy Beverage Cellar Door Chocolates: A small-batch chocolate confectionary offering fudge, barks, bars, truffles and more Mark’s Feed Store: A local barbecue chain with 25-plus years of history and a menu full of signature dishes Proof on Main: A classy bar and restaurant with artwork curated by the 21C Museum

By day, Fourth Street, located in downtown Louisville, offers a mix of bars, restaurants and retail establishments. In the evenings, though, the street itself – along with the stage, covered by an atrium roof – comes alive with a variety of entertainment.

Most of the major musical acts that come to the stage play country music, but organizers have been branching out lately, with recent concerts including Urban Bourbon Trail photo courtesy of Louisville Convention & Visitors Bureau; Fourth Street photo courtesy of Fourth Street Live!

Urban Bourbon Trail Bourbon Country – the area encompassing the state’s many whiskey distilleries – has been a well-known Kentucky attraction for years.

For the last six years, though, Louisville’s miniature version, the Urban Bourbon Trail, has been making quite a name for itself.

Once the Louisville Visitors & Convention Bureau, which oversees the trail, finishes adding the most recent round of approved applicants, the trail will have 34 stops. All of them are restaurants, many located in the downtown area, but getting on the official Urban Bourbon Trail passport means more than just turning in an application.

“They have to have at least 50 bourbons on their menu,” says Christa Ritchie, a marketing communications manager for the bureau. “They also have to have several dishes (with) bourbon infusions.”

A long list of other requirements includes local ownership, bourbon flights and cocktails, commitment to staff educa-

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Marquee Bar, which gives off the vibe of a Chicago nightclub; and Tavern on Fourth, which has an impressive line-up of games including bocce ball, billiards and corn toss.

“Fourth Street touches on almost every kind of nightlife entertainment you can think of,” Stephany says.

Restaurants include Brazeiros Churrascaria, a Brazilian steakhouse; Sully’s Saloon, offering Irish pub favorites; and the Maker’s Mark Bourbon House and Lounge,

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Fall Out Boy and Neon Trees. “(Country) is something we’ve slowly tried to transition away from just to get some more acts (and) reach out to other markets that are out there,” says Jason Stephany, marketing manager for Fourth Street Live!.

July entertainment includes a University of Louisville event July 1, Bike Night every Tuesday through the end of August and the Friday Night Live concert series.

A World Cup watch party series should also be under way by July, utilizing a 20-foot-by-17-foot video screen.

Among the bars and clubs are PBR Louisville: A Cowboy Bar, an upbeat country bar complete with mechanical bull; the

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a Southern-inspired steakhouse with a variety of Marker’s Mark whiskey cocktails.

Kentucky Shakespeare Festival Not to be outdone in the arts department, Louisville is also home to the oldest free Shakespeare festival in the U.S. The 54th season of the Kentucky Shakespeare Festival began in June with A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Henry V continues through July 6, then Hamlet takes

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the stage July 11-13. All three productions will then rotate through July 27, with the July 26 show being a tripleheader. Love’s Labour’s Lost runs July 31-Aug. 3, and a rotating repertory of As You Like It, 21C Museum: New exhibition opens Pericles, King Lear July 12 and Women of Will takes place Kentucky Derby Museum: Featuring Aug. 5-17.

Horse Play, equine Though the thetoys from the last 140 ater companies that years, through Dec. 31 perform at the festiKentucky Museum val sometimes take of Art and Craft: Shakespeare’s plays Featuring Second Life, in their own direcnature and science tions, the festival explored through is currently keeptaxidermy and other ing productions as uses of the vestiges of animate beings, faithful as possible. through Aug. 31 “All the language remains Louisville Slugger Museum: Featuring the same,” says Play Ball, Doc!, Rob Silverthorn baseball in Warner III, director of Bros. cartoons, operations and through Aug. 2 marketing for the festival. “We’ll update the sets … or the placement, maybe, but we’re getting back to a more traditional take on everything.”

Shows are always preceded by pre-show entertainment, with a variety of information booths on hand operated by community nonprofits. A partnership with the local food truck association brings meal

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offerings to the table, and other occasional highlights include jugglers, face-painting and a bookmobile.

All shows take place in the Old Louisville neighborhood’s Central Park, which is the largest Victorian park in the counKentucky Shakespeare Festival try outside of New York.

Not only is the festival the oldest in has a total of 76 obstacles. Like the zip line, the U.S., it’s also one of the longest. This which offers a tour of two to two and a half year’s season has a total of 56 shows, all of hours, its underground location means no them free. worries about inclement weather.

“That’s what we’re all about: getting “You come across people all the time the art to everybody in the community,” who’ve been zip-lining … but you don’t says Silverthorn. come across people who have done it underground,” Quinlan says.

Louisville Mega Cavern It’s not your traditional spelunking, but an underground zip line and high ropes course keep the Louisville Mega Cavern interesting all the same.

Belle of Louisville: A cruise steamboat that celebrates its 100th birthday The massive, 4 million-square-foot cavin October ern differs from many of its brethren by way of its origin. It didn’t begin life as a Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest: A 14,000-acre property offering cave; it began as a limestone quarry. arts, nature and scientific programming “In the area, we have a lot of … gorgeous cave systems, but we’re actually a Big Four Pedestrian & Bicycle Bridge: A bridge connecting Louisville’s Waterfront manmade cavern,” says Jennifer Quinlan, Park to Jeffersonville, Ind. across the Mega Cavern event coordinator.

Ohio River The aerial ropes challenge – paralleling a Jefferson Memorial Forest: A 6,400-acre similar course at the Louisville Zoo, directly forest designated an Audubon Wildlife under which most of the cavern is located –

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No matter when they visit, though, attendees should dress appropriately. Regardless of the weather, the cavern is about 58 degrees Fahrenheit year-round.

The cavern also offers a tram tour, which covers its history as a mine and as a fallout shelter during the Cuban Missile Crisis as well as its current operations: A storage and recycling facility housed there recycles more tons of waste each year than any other company in Kentucky. cs

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Garth Bishop is editor of CityScene Magazine. Feedback welcome at gbishop@cityscenemediagroup.com. www.cityscenecolumbus.com

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Flatten Down the Photographer’s late grandmother is the star of her newest series

By Cindy Gaillard

s a young child, photographer Jenny Fine learned to play dressup with her grandmother.

For hours, the two would live in a world of discovery and possibility. They made costumes and staged tableaus, and when Fine began to study photography, they took pictures together. “(My grandmother) was really a collaborator for me,” Fine says. “She was always really patient with me as someone learning the tradition of photography.”

The two of them would find props and costumes, Fine says, and her grandmother would tell family stories in the Southern Flat Granny - Fog

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Gothic tradition only a true Tennessean could muster, with deeply flawed characters and dark humor.

Fine’s work – bizarre, surreal, strange – is her attempt to extend that creative relationship with her grandmother. Her exhibition Flat Granny and Me – which was on display at the Dublin Arts Council gallery until June – was influenced by her Southern upbringing.

It was also influenced by two photographic traditions: postmortem photography and the recent Flat Daddy/Mommy cut-outs that military families use to include the absent loved one in everyday celebrations as a way to ease the pain of separation.

Flat Granny has evolved to using cut-outs of previous photographs and enlarging them, then enlisting a model to animate the images.

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The oversized hands and head accentuate the tragicomic tone.

“I call her Flat Granny because this is Flat Granny,” Fine says. “It’s not my grandmother, but it is sort of me interacting with her and creating her as a way of me trying to get back to her.”

Though Fine’s grandmother did not live to see the exhibition, Fine considers her a living, willing participant. There she is in Silence, both shouting a message and receiving it. In a series called The Saddest Day, Fine and her father and grandmother don pig masks and re-enact a day in which all the hogs on the family farm contracted a deadly virus.

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{visuals} Beyond models, her family members are willing collaborators, with her grandmother the most enthusiastic.

The photographs evoke curiosity and wonder. A modern-day riff on Grimm’s fairy tales, they are familiar and yet exotic – emotions one might experience as a relationship develops between a child and an older, wiser, eccentric adult. And this adult happened to be a bomb inspector during World War II and learned to swim at 65 years of age.

“And so when she died, I really felt like I wanted to extend that space of creating and that space of possibility, because in a way, she made it so comfortable for me,” Fine says. “I wanted to extend that space of creating alongside her. And in a way, it made me feel really brave.”

Fine moved from life-sized photographs of her grandmother as props to cardboard cut-outs that work like puppets.

A nationally recognized photographer with master of fine arts degree from The Ohio State University and a 2012 honoree of the Greater Columbus Arts Council’s artist-in-residence program in Dresden, Germany, Fine remains downto-earth. She is gentle, humble, curious and open, characteristics that no doubt drive her success as an in-demand collaborator in schools and artist communities in Columbus, as well as Tennessee and Alabama.

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Fine’s photography reminds us that whimsical collaborations are what make us delightfully human.

In a recent photo shoot in a borrowed studio in Columbus, Fine dressed her model in a frilly collared shirt. She decided that the Flat Granny model should wear oversized rubber waders.

“I have a huge responsibility in taking these images and choosing how these images live on,” says Fine. “I don’t think that I would do it if I felt she wasn’t OK.” cs Cindy Gaillard is an Emmy award-winning producer with WOSU Public Media.

Learn more about the weekly arts and culture magazine show Broad & High at www.wosu.org/broadandhigh.

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Columbus State Community College culinary students help serve food at the 2013 Taste the Future.

Snack to the Future Successful chefs put Columbus State’s impact on display – and on the menu

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trio of honorary chefs will help drive home a point about Columbus State Community College’s programs – particularly its culinary programs – at this year’s Taste the Future.

The event, now in its 26th year, brings a lengthy line-up of central Ohio restaurants, retail businesses and caterers to the school’s campus for an evening of food and live entertainment.

Proceeds from the event, slated for Aug. 12, benefit the Columbus State Foundation, which funds scholarships for students.

Serving as examples of the heights to which Columbus State graduates can climb are this year’s three alumni chef honorees.

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That focus on students and their future, culinary or otherwise, helps Taste the Future stand out from the pack of other “taste of” events, Barry says.

“Helping students succeed and complete college leads to a more educated work force for central Ohio and the local economy,” she says. “The event has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars in the past quarter-century.”

As of early June, more than 30 vendors were already signed up, including Barcelona, Matt the Miller’s Tavern, Giant Eagle Market District, Cameron Mitchell Premier Events, Cherbourg Bakery, Tucci’s, Mezzo Ristorante & Bar and the Hubbard Grille.

The event also features wine from Camelot Cellars, beer from Elevator Brewery & Draught Haus and cocktails from Middle West Spirits. Entertainment includes music from the Ken Weaver Band and Dwight Lenox.

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alumnus, is executive chef at Rocky Fork Hunt & Country Club in Gahanna and is American Culinary Federation Northeast Jeanne Cantwell is a contributing writer.

Region Chef of the Year for 2014. Curtis Feedback welcome at Duffy, class of 2002, is chef and owner of gbishop@cityscenemediagroup.com.

Grace Restaurant, a fivestar dining establishment Patrons peruse last year’s Taste the Future event. in Chicago that opened in 2012.

The foundation’s scholarships make a big difference to Columbus State students, underscoring the importance of the fundraiser, says event organizer Julie Barry.

“Over half of our 25,000 students are firstgeneration, meaning no one in their immediate family has a college degree,” Barry says.

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Gallery Exhibits The Works: Local Color – pottery, creative wearables, stained glass, paintings, jewelry and more by local artists – through July 12.

Story Teller: The Art of the Story Book from July 25-Oct. 11. www.attheworks.org Ohio Craft Museum: Figure It – figurative works in clay, glass, metal, wood and fiber by 30 artists from across the country – from July 13-Aug. 24. www.ohiocraft.org Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery: Impressive Impressions: Selections from Ohio University’s Kennedy Museum of Art Print Collection through July 13. Sky High, a variety of media focused on the sky, from July 31-Oct. 19. www.riffegallery.org Brandt-Roberts Galleries: Summer Salon, new works by contemporary artists, through July 19. www.brandtrobertsgalleries.com High Road Gallery: Fabrications: Art Quilts and Dolls through July 19. www.highroadgallery.com Brandt-Roberts Gallery Galleries

831: As the Cones Fall – ceramic works by Bob Paxton, Mark Hutton, Matt Gilbert, Mike Latham and Todd Hickerson – through July 19. www.clay space831.com Open Door Art Studio: Flora & Fauna by gallery artists through July 25. www.opendoorartstudio.org Angela Meleca Gallery: TAINTvariations

by Anthony Luensman through July 26. www.angelamelecagallery.com www.cityscenecolumbus.com

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{onview} Sherrie Gallerie: Wood sculptures incorporating found objects, paint and natural materials by Melinda Rosenberg through July 26. www.sherriegallerie.com Cultural Arts Center: Paintings by Boryana Rosenova Ina through July 26. www. culturalartscenteronline.org Marcia Evans Gallery: Sculpture and mixed media by John Evans and Andrew Lidgus through July 27. www.marcia evansgallery.com Hawk Galleries: Works by Lino Tagliapietra from through July 27. www.hawk galleries.com Columbus Museum of Art

Goodwill Columbus Art Studio & Gallery: The Work of Ciatisa Walker through July 31. www.goodwillcolumbus.org

Society from July 7-Aug. 1. www. artscastle.org Canzani Center Gallery, Columbus College of Art and Design: Works

by Diana Al-Hadid and NE Plus Ultra by Erick Swenson from July 10-Oct. 11. Waiting Room by Ken Nurenberg from July 10-Aug. 14. www.ccad.edu

Studios on High Gallery: Roosts, Posts & Perches by Helen Neumann and Jody Hoberg from July 1-31. www. studiosonhigh.com Upper Arlington Concourse Gallery: Remnants of Casualties, fiber works

by Char Norman and Julie Abijanac, from July 1-Aug. 15. www.uaoh.net

Fisher Gallery

Art Access Gallery: New Work by Marc Ross, Sally Bennett, Paula Rubinstein, Nancy Schaff, Susan Mahan and Anthony Gelpi from July 4-Sept. 1. www. artaccessgallery.com

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ROY G BIV Gallery: Work by Jason Schwab, Jessica Naples and Dominic Lippillo from July 5-26. www.roygbivgallery.com Terra Gallery: Columbus Perspective, oil paintings by Rodney Hayslip, from July 5 - 3 0 . . w w w. t e r r a gallery.com Rivet Gallery: Nocera + Reno: a print show by Clinton Reno and Nicholas Nocera from July 5-30. www. rivetart.com

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The Arts Castle: Works by members of the Ohio Watercolor

Dublin Arts Council: Uncommon Objects – paintings by Andrew Ina, Luke Ahern and Michael Ambron – through Aug. 2. www.dublinarts.org Wexner Center for the Arts: Modern Cartoonist: The Art of Daniel Clowes, Eye of the Cartoonist: Daniel Clowes’ Selections from Comics History and Comic Future through Aug. 3. www.wexarts.org Fisher. Gallery, Otterbein University Roush Hall: Cyanotypes: Printing with Sunlight by David. Stichweh through Aug. 15. www.otterbein.edu Decorative Arts Center of Ohio: Designing Woman: Edith Head at Paramount 19241967, a costume

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collection from the Paramount Pictures Archive, through Aug. 17. www. decartsohio.org The Ohio State University Faculty Club: Florida to Maine – Seasons and Atmosphere

by Marcus Brewer through Aug. 25. www. ohio-statefacultyclub.com Columbus Museum of Art: Modern Dialect: American Paintings from the John and Susan Horseman Collection through Aug. 31. Imagine! The Art of the Picturebook and The 2014 Greater Columbus Arts Council Visual Arts Exhibition through Sept. 28. www.columbusmuseum.org Hammond Harkins Gallery: Summer Selections – featuring work by Marcia Smilack, Aminah Robinson and Paul Hamilton, participants in the gallery’s Brunch & Conversation series – through Sept. 6. www.hammondharkins.com cs

Selections from Ohio University’s Kennedy Museum of Art Print Collection DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS Vern Riffe Center for Government & the Arts 77 S. High Street, First Floor www.riffegallery.org 614/644-9624

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Motley Crue July 8, 7 p.m.

Schottenstein Center, 555 Borror Dr. The hair metal band known for such songs as “Dr. Feelgood,” “Girls, Girls, Girls,” “Kickstart My Heart” and “Home Sweet Home” comes through town on its farewell tour.

Alice Cooper will also perform. www. schottensteincenter.com Arthritis Foundation Classic Auto Show & Cruise-In July 11-12 Metro Center, 555 Metro Pl. N., Dublin This 32nd annual fundraiser for the Arthritis Foundation of Central Ohio features 1,500 cars on display, as well as judging and awards, food, vendors, and live music. The Rolling

Ohio Wine Festival

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July 3, noon-11 p.m.

Downtown Columbus Ohio’s biggest fireworks show returns for another year, preceded by a full day of activities that include children’s entertainment, food vendors, live music and a parade. www.redwhiteandboom.org Dublin Independence Day Celebration July 4, 8 a.m.-10 p.m.

Throughout Dublin A fishing derby, the Inflation Celebration, a parade, a live music line-up headlined by Earth, Wind & Fire and a fireworks display highlight Dublin’s Independence Day festivities. www.dublinohiousa.gov 60 cityscene • July 2014

Picnic with the Pops: Patriotic Pops July 5, 8 p.m.

Columbus Commons, 160 S. High St. The Columbus Symphony Orchestra celebrates Independence Day with patriotic favorites such as “The Stars and Stripes Forever” and a show-closing fireworks display. www.columbussymphony.com Bret Michaels July 5, 8 p.m.

Scioto Downs Racino, 6000 S. High St. Former Poison frontman Bret Michaels performs at Scioto Downs. www.scioto downs.com The O’Jays www.cityscenecolumbus.com

Wine Fest photo by Kurt Keaner; O'Jays photo courtesy of Denise Truscello

CityScene spotlights what to watch, what to watch for and what not to miss!

s Legends Tour, a scenic cruise to Mershon’s World of Cars, precedes the event on July 10. www.arthritisautoshow.com Ohio Wine Festival July 11-13 North Market, 59 Spruce St. The North Market’s annual smorgasbord of Ohio wines is offered again in this threeday festival, beginning with a preview party on July 11. www.northmarket.com

Arthritis Foundation Classic Auto Show & Cruise-In

More than 140 fine arts exhibitors – as well as food concessionaires, children’s activities, trolley rides and live entertainment highlight Westerville’s annual arts festival. www.westervillechamber.com

Westerville Area Chamber of Commerce Music & Arts Festival

Picnic with the Pops: The O’Jays July 12, 8 p.m.

Columbus Commons, 160 S. High St. After 24 Top Ten records and 59 songs on the charts, the O’Jays are still performing favorite hits such as “Back Stabbers,” “For the Love of Money” and “Darlin’ Darlin’ Baby” as they prepare to play with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra. www.columbussymphony.com Westerville Area Chamber of Commerce Music & Arts Festival July 12-13 Heritage Park and Everal Barn, 60 N. Cleveland Ave., Westerville www.cityscenecolumbus.com

Lancaster Festival July 17-26 Throughout Lancaster This 10-day, citywide festival features live musical performances by Amy Grant and Christopher Cross, as well as Disney’s Fantasia live in concert, all featuring the Lancaster Festival Orchestra. Red Wanting Blue and Queen tribute band Queen Nation will also perform, and the festival additionally features a 5K, an art walk and a wide variety of other performances and activities. www.lancasterfestival.org

Picnic with the Pops: The Manhattan Transfer July 19, 8 p.m.

Columbus Commons, 160 S. High St. Jazz quartet the Manhattan Transfer – known for such toe-tapping tunes “TuxPatriotic Pops

Jazz & Rib Fest July 18-20 McFerson Commons and North Bank Park, downtown Columbus Columbus celebrates the 35th anniversary of its Jazz & Rib Fest, which offers local, regional and international jazz artists on three different stages, all while serving freshly barbecued ribs, chicken and more. www.hotribscooljazz.org cityscene • July 2014 61

(July 24), Lady Antebellum (July 25), Bachman & Turner with Blue Oyster Cult and Foghat (July 26), the Beach Boys with America (July 29), Heart with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts (July 30) and Aretha Franklin (July 31). www.ohiostatefair.com

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edo Junction,” “Route 66” and “Java Jive” – performs with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra. www.columbussymphony.com Next@Wex Fest July 20, 6 p.m.

LC Pavilion, 405 Neil Ave. Neutral Milk Hotel headlines this annual festival, which benefits the Wexner

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Center for the Arts and CD102.5 for the Kids. www.wexarts.org Ohio State Fair July 23-Aug. 3 Ohio Expo Center, 717 E. 17th Ave. The fair returns with all manner of rides, competitions, exhibitions and food, as well as a concert line-up including Boyz II Men

CATCO presents Dirty Rotten Scoundrels July 23-Aug. 10 Studio One Theatre, Riffe Center, 77 S. High St. CATCO brings to the stage the story, made famous by a 1988 film starring Steve Martin and Michael Caine, of two con men living on the French Riviera who compete for the heart of a millionaire heiress. www.catcoistheatre.org Picnic with the Pops: The Ohio State University Marching Band July 25-26, 8 p.m.

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Grandview Library, 1685 W. First Ave. The Grandview Heights area’s annual arts festival, presented by the Grandview Heights/Marble Cliff Arts Council, returns for another year. www.ghmc artscouncil.org

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Actors’ Theatre presents The Merry Wives of Windsor July 31-Aug. 31 Schiller Park, 1069 Jaeger St. Actors’ Theatre continues its 2014 season with Shakespeare’s classic play featuring unconventional humor and slapstick comedy. www.theactorstheatre.org DAC Sundays at Scioto Through Aug. 10, 7-8:30 p.m.

Scioto Park, 7377 Riverside Dr., Dublin The 31st annual Sundays at Scioto concert series, organized by the Dublin Arts Council, continues into July with performances by the Dublin Silver Band (July 6), Angela Perley & the Howlin’ Moons (July 13), MojoFlo (July 20) and In Full Swing (July 27). www.dublinarts.org

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“Retiring Retirement: New Paths for 50 and Beyond” A community conversation with Phil Cass, Joyce Craddock, Jo Ann Davidson, Cynthia Lazarus, Fred Ransier and Dan Sedmak Moderated by Ann Fisher, host of All Sides with Ann Fisher on 89.7 NPR News

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The Painter’s Eye Featuring Music (Mrs. John Koch and Abbey Simon) by John Koch

Collection of The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio. Acquired 1962

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very summer for the past 78 years, the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown has presented the National Midyear Exhibition.

Over the years, the Butler has added to its already impressive collection of American paintings with work from these exhibitions, and such is the case with this month’s painting: Music (Mrs. John Koch and Abbey Simon) by John Koch (1909-1978) from the 1962 National Midyear Exhibition.

John Koch had a very successful career. His first show was a sell-out, but he is not really that well known today outside of New York City. When you do discover him, however, you know you have found a really fine painter.

Abbey Simon (born 1922) is recognized as a true virtuoso of the piano and, as such, was never cheap or flashy. Such is the case with Koch as well.

This work is a wonderful use of one hue (yellow) giving us the feeling we are seeing a full spectrum. The space implied is complex, yet not disharmonious. The rich observation of edges and values gives us a palpable sense of light.

Koch defined his work as a realist painter: “I have great affection for ... dishonored subject matter ... (because

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of) the arbitrary ... way in which it has been dismissed. Have the sensuous, the lyrical elements really been expelled from modern life? Of course not. Is modern man exclusively occupied with his own tragic plight, his neuroses, his destruction? This ... is as much the sentimentality of our day as was the sweetness and light for which we so tirelessly berate the Victorians.”

Mrs. John Koch, born Dora Zaslavsky (1905-1987), was a highly regarded piano coach and, in 1920, the first graduate of

the Manhattan School of Music. Together, the couple assembled a fascinating group of gracious and cultured friends in their home overlooking Central Park.

Koch found many of his subjects in this vibrant group. cs Nationally renowned local artist Michael McEwan teaches painting and drawing classes at his Clintonville area studio. www.cityscenecolumbus.com

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