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What to watch, what to watch for and what not to miss! Arnold Sports Festival March 5-8 Throughout Columbus With more than 20,000 athletes from 80 nations, this is the nation’s largest sports festival. It features more than 70 sports ranging from equestrian to bodybuilding and includes new events such as pickleball, axe-throwing and body painting. Enter CityScene’s contest for FREE tickets to the festival! www.arnoldsportsfestival.com Bryn Du Art Show March 5-21 Bryn Du Mansion, 537 Jones Rd., Granville The annual Bryn Du Art Show is a juried exhibition held on a historic Federalstyle Granville mansion featuring both professional and amateur artists. www. bryndu.com Straight Up with Stassi Live March 5, 8 p.m. Riffe Center Theatre Complex, 77 S. High St. Join Stassi Schroeder, best known from Vanderpump Rules, and her special guests, Beau Clark and Taylor Strecker, as they talk pop culture, reality TV, celeb gossip, relationships and more. She’s never one to hold back on any topic, so come see her do what she does best – judge. www.stassi schroeder.com 44
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CATCO is Kids presents Press Start! March 6-15 Columbus Performing Arts Center, 549 Franklin Ave. Transport to the bright, pixelated world of classic Nintendo and Sega video games. When the famous characters we know and love run out of lives, they decide to put on a musical fundraiser to help raise gold rings and play on through hilarious and heartfelt musical numbers. But when things go terribly awry, it’s quiet sidekick Little Mushroom who must find the hero within to help save the day. www.catco.org
You’ll be agape during this one-nightonly show. Witness the Peking Acrobats as they push the limits of human ability and defy gravity. The show is accompanied by live, traditional Chinese music while the company performs acts including tumbling, juggling, trick-cycling and more. www.capa.com Columbus Children’s Theatre presents The Box Show March 11-22 Park Street Theatre, 512 Park St. In her family’s new home, a young girl is surrounded by boxes containing all of her belongings. She searches for her favorite toy, but instead finds an imaginary friend.
Columbus Symphony Orchestra presents Peaks of Beauty and Devotion March 6-7 Ohio Theatre, 39 E. State St. The Peking Acrobats The music of the Austrian romantic composer Anton Bruckner is a powerful, spiritual experience encompassing majestic brass chorales, lyrical beauty and shining climaxes. The mercurial American artist Joshua Roman performs his own evocative Cello Concerto. www.columbussymphony.com CAPA presents The Peking Acrobats March 11, 7:30 p.m. Southern Theatre, 21 E. Main St.