🌸 Here’s Where You Can See Cherry Blossoms

Plus: 🥃 This Downtown Bar Is Closing After 12 Years

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Chelsea Wiley
March 25, 2025

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Hello, Tuesday! Chelsea here.

Spring’s finally here, and while we might be dodging gusts of wind, the cherry blossoms are ready to make their brief but beautiful debut. If you’re looking to catch these fleeting flowers before they’re gone, I’ve got you covered with the best spots to see them around Columbus. Plus, did you know we’ve got a Cherry Blossom festival here in Columbus? Don’t worry, we’ve got the details.

👾 Press F to Pay Respects: 16-Bit’s Original Location Is Closing Soon
Pour one out for a Columbus classic! 16-Bit Bar+Arcade’s original downtown spot is closing its doors. If you want one last round of retro gaming and craft cocktails, now’s the time to make it happen.

🌳 This Ohio Park Features An Impressive 100+ Foot Natural Bridge
Ohio is home to some seriously cool natural wonders, including a massive 100+ foot natural bridge. For those of you into scenic hikes and unique rock formations, this park should for sure be on your list.

Headlines 📰 

👏 Sherrod Brown is launching the Dignity of Work Institute, a think tank focused on putting workers first in economic policy. As for his next move in the political arena? He’s keeping that under wraps—for now. (WOSU)

🧑‍🏫 Columbus teachers and the school board are back at the table for the first contract talks since the 2022 strike, with big changes like school closures and budget cuts looming. (Axios Columbus)

🍴 Chef Andrew Smith and Devoney Mills are finally bringing Isla to life in Merion Village, set to open early this summer. The intimate, communal dining spot will offer multi-course tasting menus in a supper club-style setting, marking Smith’s return to the restaurant scene. (The Columbus Foodletter)

🌥️ Weather: 53 and mostly cloudy

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🎭 3/25-3/30: Funny Girl
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🎧 3/28: Forrest Frank with Elevation Rhythm
🏒 3/28: Blue Jackets vs. Vancouver Canucks
🎸 3/29: Deftones
🎻 3/29: Clasically Black
🎵 3/29: Tyler the Creator
😂 3/30: Ismo: Woo Hoo! Tour

Today's Photo 🤳

Shrum Mound, roughly 2,000 years old, in 2011, before the removal of trees on top of the mound. Shrum Mound is a Native American burial mound in Campbell Memorial Park on the west side of Columbus. The mound was created by the Adena culture, a Pre-Columbian Native American culture that existed from 500 BCE to 100 CE.

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