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TUE, AUGUST 4

breakfast club

CYP CLUB Speaker Breakfast @ Champs Lennox, 1827 Olentangy River Rd, www.cypclub.com: Local guest speaker Andrea Applegate offers business advice while you mow down breakfast bagels, pastries, and coffee. 7:30a-9a; $5.

WED, AUGUST 5

is it ‘ahh-mish’ or ‘a-mish’

Separate from the World @ Thurber House, 77 Jefferson Ave, 614.464.1032, www.thurberhouse.org. Join former college chemistry professor-turned-mystery writer Paul Gaus as he reads from his latest book, Separate from the World. After retiring from the College of Wooster, Gaus began what has become a popular series of mystery novels set in Holmes County, Ohio. Gaus will read from his sixth and latest book in the Ohio Amish Mystery series, a spellbinder that explores the rift between two Amish factions in the wake of a murder and suicide. Gaus lives in Wooster, Ohio, and lectures widely about Amish culture. Guests are asked to bring their own blankets or lawn chairs for seating at Thurber House. Parking is free after 6p at the meters on Jefferson Avenue. In case of rain, the picnic will move to the State Auto Insurance building, 518 E. Broad St. Complimentary tour begin at 5:20p; the picnic starts at 6:15 p.m.; and the reading is at 7p. This year Thurber House is collecting canned and boxed goods at each picnic to donate to the Mid-Ohio Food Bank. $25/15/5.

SAT, AUGUST 8

crafts and crashes

Roller Girls Get Crafty @ Ohio State Fair, Family Fun Pavilion. Join the Ohio Roller Girls and Columbus Crafty Cotillion at a handmade expo from 12-7p, and buy a variety of unique handmade goods from over thirty indie craft vendors. Vendors include Columbus-based favorites such as AmyD, Umbrella Girl Productions, Poshta Design, Stinkybomb Soap, Clinton Reno and Anne Holman Jewelry Design. With prices ranging from pocket change to a dip in the savings pool and goods as varied as fine art ceramics from Cynthia Vardham to crocheted mustaches from Wholly Craft, there’s handmade options for everyone’s taste and budget. Free, once you get into the Fair.

FRI, AUGUST 14

intuition tour

Jamie Foxx @ Vets Memorial Center, 300 W Broad St, 614.221.4341, www.fcvm.com: 8p; $49.75 - $69.75. He’s hip, he’s hot, and he’s here in the Cbus. You’ll kick yourself later if you don’t attend, and then see the bootleg You Tube vids of him going all sweaty and shirtless.

SAT, AUGUST 15

co-ed volleyball

Ronald McDonald House Volleyball Fundraiser @ Flannagan’s Dublin, 6835 Caine Rd. Slap around some balls in the “fun” or “competitive” bracket to help keep families safe and warm while their children battle the devastating effects of illness. www.digitforthehouse.com.

we’re not pedophiles

Singing Buckeyes Harmony Camp Show @ Vets Memorial Center, 300 W Broad St, 614.221.4341, www.fcvm.com: 7:30p-10:30p.

MON, AUGUST 17

ridiculously good looking people

Grand Re-Opening @ McFadden’s Restaurant & Saloon, 1576 N High St, 614.294.2200, www.mcfaddenssaloon.com. Brand new patios, tvs, stage, dance floor and menu. Check it out!

the danielses make it official

I Do @ Johnson County Iowa Courthouse. Michael & Robbie do the deed in the Hawkeye State ... then they get married, too! The spiritual ceremony will be in Columbus in Sept for friends and family, but the (not our resident) state-sanctioned knot tying occurs here.

THU, AUGUST 20

mmmmm, mmmmmm, bueno

Sabor de Columbus @ Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. The Hispanic Chamber of Columbus proudly announces its first annual Sabor de Columbus event, showcasing more than a dozen of Columbus’ best in Hispanic and Latin cuisine, Sabor de Columbus (Taste of Columbus/Flavor of Columbus) is a fun and exciting evening of food, music and dancing all with Latino flavor and flair. Participating vendors include Costelo’s Puerto Rican Cuisine, Garcia’s Internazionale Restaurant, Nicole’s Catering, El Vaquero, Azteca Catering, Baja Sol Cantina, Barrio, Casa Sazón, Cazuelas Grill, La Michoacana, Panaderia Oaxaqueña, Perfect Plate Catering, and Starliner Diner. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased by calling the Chamber at 614.255.6085 or online at www.columbushcc.com.

FRI, AUGUST 21

more ridiculously good looking people

Cocktails for a Cause @ COSI, 333 W Broad St, 614.228.COSI, www.cosi.org. Join Dress For Success Columbus at this first annual gala event. Guests will enjoy a Roaring Twenties themed affair with cocktails, date auction, fashion show, live bands, and more. Benefits Dress For Success Columbus, an organization that offers personalized professional dressing services for disadvantaged women returning to the workplace. Tickets and information at www.cocktailsforacause.eventbrite.com.

SAT, AUGUST 22

not the anal kind

BeadStreet USA @ Vets Memorial Center, 300 W Broad St, 614.221.4341, www.fcvm.com: Purchase everything from custom made beads to jewelry and equipment. 10a-6p; $6. Through Aug 23.

FRI, AUGUST 28

don’t forget the peanut butter

Brew at the Zoo @ The Columbus Zoo & Aquarium, 614.743.0104, www.columbuszoo.org: Enjoy an after hours event at the Zoo featuring music by the Nate McDonagh Band, food and beer provided by Barley's Smokehouse and Brew Pub. 21+. $35 through Aug 23, $45 after. Order online or call Subha Lembach.

SAT, AUGUST 29

beastmaster

Ferret Buckeye Bash @ Vets Memorial Center, 300 W Broad St, 614.221.4341, www.fcvm.com: 10a-5p; $5 adults, $1 children, $12 family. Come spank and stroke some weasels, learn why you should never put them in your pants, and get a nose full of ferret funk at this pet extravaganza.

THURSDAYS THROUGHOUT AUGUSTUST

The Wexner galleries may be closed, but there’s plenty of film to be watched @ Wexner Center for the Arts, 1871 N. High St, 614.292.3535, wexarts.org. Check out this lineup:

Urban Cowboy, (James Bridges, 1980) - The Graduate, (Mike Nichols, 1967)

Thu, Aug 6, 7p and 9:25p

John Travolta ditched his white polyester suit and learned to two-step for Urban Cowboy, a Texas romance, set mainly in Gilley’s bar, whose sudden fame led to a proliferation of mechanical bulls around the country and beyond. The hit country soundtrack included Johnny Lee’s “Lookin’ For Love” and Anne Murray’s “Could I Have This Dance.” (135 mins., 35mm) .

The music of Simon & Garfunkel entered the mainstream upon the release of The Graduate, which stars Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft as Mrs. Robinson, the movies’ definitive cougar. Songs include “Mrs. Robinson” and “Sounds of Silence.” (108 mins., 35mm)

Jackie Brown, (Quentin Tarantino, 1997) - Fast Times at Ridgemont High, (Amy Heckerling, 1982)

Thu, Aug 13, 7p and 9:40p

Loosely-based on a novel by Elmore Leonard, Tarantino’s Jackie Brown stars blaxploitation icon Pam Grier in the title role as an airline stewardess who helps the ATF bring down arms smuggler Samuel L. Jackson. The inspired soundtrack includes Johnny Cash’s “Tennessee Stud” and Foxy Brown’s “(Holy Matrimony) Letter to the Firm.” (154 mins., 35mm) . Penned by Cameron Crowe, Fast Times at Ridgemont High is an insightful comedy portraying teen culture in the San Fernando Valley of the early 1980s. Among the soon-to-be-stars cast in its cast are Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason-Leigh, and Forest Whitaker. Songs include Jackson Browne’s “Somebody’s Baby” and the Go-Go’s “We Got the Beat.” (92 mins., 35mm)

New 40th Anniversary Print! Easy Rider, (Dennis Hopper, 1969)

Thu, Aug 20, 7p

The quintessential American motorcycle/road movie, Easy Rider follows bikers Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda as they try to make it from Los Angeles to New Orleans in time for Mardi Gras. The film made a star out of then-struggling Jack Nicholson and helped get Albert Brooks out of a speeding ticket in Lost in America. The counter-culture staple’s songs include the Band’s “The Weight” and Steppenwolf’s “Born to Be Wild.” (95 mins., 35mm)

Wex Drive-In

O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Joel Coen, 2000)

Thu, Aug 20, Dusk, Wexner Center Plaza

The Coen brothers’ Depression-era comedy O Brother, Where Art Thou? led to a resurgence in the popularity of American folk music. Loosely based on Homer’s Odyssey, the film follows three escaped convicts (George Clooney, Tim Blake Nelson, and John Turturro) as they try to retrieve a hidden fortune from a past heist. Songs include Alison Krauss’s “Down to the River to Pray,” Krauss and Gillian Welch’s “I’ll Fly Away,” and Ralph Stanley’s “O Death.” (102 mins., 35mm)

Magnolia, (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999)

Thu, Aug 27, 7p

Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Julianne Moore, and Tom Cruise, Magnolia takes place during one seemingly uneventful day in Los Angeles’s San Fernando Valley and follows the randomly intersecting lives of a handful of characters as they all reach crisis points in their lives. Most of the songs in the film were written and performed by Aimee Mann who received an Oscar nomination for “Save Me.” (188 mins., 35mm)