CityScene Magazine June 2019

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PRESENTS

Taking Jazz to a Wilder Place Featuring BYRON STRIPLING and the COLUMBUS JAZZ ORCHESTRA

ARTS GROUP

July 12, 2019

Maurice Hines Sings Nat King Cole & Sinatra

July 26, 2019

Dave Powers & Friends

August 2, 2019 Smooth Jazz for a Hot Summer Night with Nelson Rangell

August 9, 2019

Soul Jam: From James Brown to Sam Cooke with Michael “Big Mike” Lynche

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Get Busy Living, or Get Busy Dying Just an hour away is perhaps the greatest escape – the Shawshank Redemption Anniversary By Mallory Arnold MANSFIELD, OHIO IS a tucked away, some-

what rural city, where the community is tight-knit and proud of tradition. You may stop by the Blueberry Patch for a handpicked lunch or ride the famous carousel downtown before heading over to the beautiful Kingwood Center Gardens. In the fall, you can take a haunted Halloween tour of the spooky Ohio State Reformatory and in the winter, Snow Trails attracts skiers and snowboarders from all over the Midwest. But perhaps what Mansfield is best known for is the filming location for the classic 1994 movie The Shawshank Redemption. This year, the movie celebrates its 25th anniversary and the city is planning an entire weekend to honor the milestone. From Aug. 16-18, you can participate in everything from tours of famous movie sites, celebrity appearances and even a 7K run.

on), the road to Buxton, the Shawshank oak tree, the prison woodshop and more.

Fans shaking hands with Shawshank actor Bob Gunton.

The Shawshank Trail

Shawshank Trail was created 11 years ago, containing sites where the movie was filmed. You can pick up a map and visit each marked site, standing in the same place famous actors like Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins stood. There are 16 spots in total, ranging from the reformatory (known in the film as the Shawshank Pris-

The famous Brooks’ bench seen in the movie.


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