Wednesday, March 21 2018

Hello Wednesday. It's James.

There's snow on the ground, but who cares, right? Let's talk this summer's State Fair.

The 2018 Ohio State Fair concert line-up was announced on Tuesday, and like usual, there's something for nearly everyone, so long as you're into nostalgia. Or, uh, Kidz Bop.

Anyway, a Styx/Cheap Trick double billing might sound too good to possibly be true, but no!. Not when it comes to our Ohio State Fair. So get out your calendars and get ready to block off some summer nights.

Navigator full story: 2018 Ohio State Fair Line-Up Announced Including Reba McEntire, Styx, Cheap Trick

Wednesday Weather 🌡You'll be waking up to snow and potentially rough road conditions, and more snow will be expected throughout the morning, stopping around 2pm. High of 35, and total snow accumulation of 2-5". ❄️

Navigator Originals ✏️Beyoncé And Jay-Z Will Play The Largest Stadium On Their Tour Here In ColumbusIn more concert news, it looked like Beyonce and Jay-Z were going to give Columbus a miss and only hit Cleveland on their upcoming tour, but it looks like that was a fake out. They'll be coming to Ohio Stadium in August, and pre-sale tickets go on sale today.North Market Says ‘So Long’ To Styrofoam And ‘Hello’ To A Sustainable FutureThis has been overdue - it has always felt a little weird going to a place like North Market and receiving your order in styrofoam. Not really the vibe I think anyone was looking for, from vendors to customers, but thankfully those days will soon be over.Ready Player One Offers A Glimpse Of The Columbus SkylineThe internet seems super divided over the prospects of Ready Player One (I'm hoping Spielberg can elevate the material, because it does need some elevating), but however it turns out it's cool that the story is set in Columbus of the future. A Reddit user took a screenshot of the skyline which looks sort of familiar.

Around Town 🏘Up to $400+ a pound, and it grows wild in southeastern Ohio. So lucrative, growers have shooting battles in the woods with poachers, and the woods are so thick with thieves residents hesitate to allow children to roam freely. 100 Days in Appalachia on the ginseng harvest in Appalachian Ohio. [100 Days in Appalachia]Drink Up Columbus checks out Blunch, a fairly new Clintonville brunch spot that has an unfortunate name, but a nice menu. That breakfast club looks pretty solid. [Drink Up Columbus]The Dispatch has a nice Q&A with Drexel Theatre director Kevin Rouch that discusses how the move to being a nonprofit has made it more sustainable and allows it to serve it's mission of being a cultural asset for the region. A nice read if you care about the Drexel and art house cinema. [Dispatch/Kossler Dutton]Your Columbus Blue Jackets won their 9th straight on Tuesday night. Only eight games left in the 2017-2018 season, and then (hopefully) playoffs will start. [1st Ohio Battery]

Coming Up 📆🎭 3/21-24: Tour De Force - Ballet Met🎥 3/21: Bree Newsome - CCAD🎉 3/21-24: Dixie's Tupperware Party🏒 3/22: Blue Jackets vs. Florida Panthers🎵 3/22: Columbus 90's Block Party (Palace Theatre)🎥 3/22-24: Columbus International Film & Animation Festival🎭 3/22-4/3: The Mountaintop - Short North Stage🎹 3/23-24: Brahms Requiem (Ohio Theatre)🥚 3/24: Easter Egg Hunt at Scioto Audubon Metro Park✊ 3/24: March For Our Lives🏒 3/24: Blue Jackets vs. St. Louis Blues⚽️ 3/24: Crew vs. DC United📷 3/24: Food Photography 2.0🎷 3/24: PBJ & Jazz - New Basics Brass Band🛍 3/24-25: Junk Bash🎵 3/25: Home Free (Southern Theatre)🖼 3/25: Art Swap at Wild Goose Creative

Longread A depressingly timely story from World War II."Topaz operated like any other 1940s U.S. high school, except its teenagers were prisoners of the federal government."Atlas Obscura: The Student Yearbooks of a Japanese-American Detention Camp

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