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🍸 This Short North Après Ski Lounge Is Your New Winter Date Night

Plus: 🥰 Glowing Igloo Dinner = The Winter Getaway You Need

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Chelsea Wiley
December 08, 2025

Sponsored by Short North Stage 🎭
Get ready to groove down the Yellow Brick Road with The Wiz, a bold, brassy, and family-friendly take on The Wizard of Oz! Follow Dorothy, the Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion as they face witches, flying monkeys, and a wizard who’s more smoke and mirrors than magic. With electrifying songs like “Ease on Down the Road” and Dorothy’s heartfelt “Home,” this PG-rated production will have you clapping, cheering, and dancing in the aisles. Showtimes run through December 28, 2025, at the Garden Theatre MainStage. For tickets and more info, please click here

Hello, Monday! Chelsea here.

Après ski season is popping up everywhere and it is turning winter into something a lot more fun than the usual gray slog. Cities all over are leaning into cozy cocktails, warm lighting, and alpine comfort food that feels like a mini vacation without the lift ticket. Columbus is joining the trend too, and The Joseph just launched its own take with an Italian inspired Après Ski menu at Soul featuring five signature cocktails and wintery small plates. It is the kind of little escape that works for date night, a girls night out, or anyone who could use a break from holiday chaos (but not the decor).

❄️ This Glowing Igloo Dinner Is The Winter Getaway You Need
Need a break from city life during the holidays? A quick drive to Cherry Valley Hotel gets you cozy igloo dining, warm cider, and a peaceful winter escape that feels worlds away from Columbus. It’s the perfect low effort, high charm mini getaway. Stay for dinner or stay the night, but either way, go have some fun!

🎥 Feel The Holiday Nostalgia In This Early 90s Video Of Christmas Time At City Center Mall
In case you missed it on Saturday, allow me to take you back in time. The 1990s are calling, and trust me, you’ll want to asnwer.

Headlines 📰 

🏈 Despite a tough Big Ten championship loss, Ohio State landed the No. 2 seed in the new 12-team College Football Playoff. The Buckeyes get a quarterfinal bye week and will be back in the Cotton Bowl on New Year’s Eve. (NBC4)

🤔 AEP is back asking for another rate hike and Ohioans are fed up. Residents packed a PUCO hearing to call out rising bills, record profits, and the data center boom putting pressure on the grid. (WOSU)

🍴 Lalibela has been serving some of the city’s most beloved Ethiopian food for more than two decades, and its shared platters and warm hospitality still make it one of Whitehall’s true gems. If you’re craving comfort, color, and big family-style vibes, this is the spot. (Columbus Monthly)

🌤️ Weather: 30 and partly sunny

Sponsored by the Greater Columbus Arts Council 🖼️
Explore Columbus through a new lens with the For Us by Us Public Art Tour curated by Lance Johnson. This self-guided tour highlights 11 inspiring works across the city, celebrating compassion, empathy, and connection through public art. Discover the pieces that bring our community together and experience art made authentically. For more info, head over to columbusmakesart.com 

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🌨️ I’m kind of sad that all of the snow has already melted, but not that sad, because we’re supposed to get more this week!

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- Chelsea