Friday, April 21 2017

What will BrewDog do next? We go in depth with founder James Watt

April 21, 2017

It's Finally Friday! Zoey here.

BrewDog, a brewery out of Scotland, has been blowing up in a big way lately. Following their success overseas, the craft beer aficionados decided to build their first American brewery in Columbus, making the capital city a home away from home.

We got the chance to sit with co-founder and owner James Watt, and he gave us the down low on the company's history as well as their plans for the future.

The Rundown:Weather: 65. Partly cloudy with a 10% chance of rain.To do: The Columbus Commons will be hosting "Beer and Ballet", a movement and dance competition that chooses three finalists for the upcoming "Let's Move Columbus!" BalletMet dance contest. Enjoy happy-hour priced craft beers from Platform Beer as well as food trucks and popcorn. Click on their Facebook page for more details.

Navigator Originals:

Coffee and pizza can be an odd combination, but this brand new cafe and pizza shop pulls it off pretty well. Madeline takes a look at their space and chats it up with the owners.

The American Lung Association grades each city on their air quality and promotes awareness on the dangers of polluted air. See where Columbus succeeds and where they fail.

Niche, a website dedicated to ranking U.S. cities by liveability, just ranked Dublin, Ohio the 6th best place to live in the nation. Check out where your city or neighborhood is ranked.

Get out and enjoy the weekend. Take a look at all the things going on around the city and be sure to start the next week with a story.

The Friday Conversation:

A 4.2 billion dollar pipeline being constructed through Ohio spilled oil over 500,000 square feet of wetland near the Tuscawaras River. [Dispatch/Renault]

Vegetarian restaurant and bakery "The Whole World" will be closing its doors for good this coming Sunday. The Clintonville restaurant will have spent 39 years in its North High Street location [This Week/Semen]

Students gathered in Genoa Park for an anti-drug march and demonstration. Nearly 1,800 students were in attendance, marching from the park to the Statehouse building. The event was organized by the Ohio Youth-Led Prevention Network. [ABC6/McCarthy]

Longread for your lunch break:

Famed author, Angela Carter, is known for her works "The Bloody Chamber" and "The Sadeian Woman". A new biography, entitled "The Invention of Angela Carter", takes an in-depth look at her life and career. Writer Jeff Vandermeer, reviews the bio by Edmund Gordan and examines how her work has affected feminism in the modern world.

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