Wednesday, May 23 2018

Welcome to Wednesday. It's James.

COSI, in partnership with Battelle, has announced a four day science festival that will take place May 1-4th, 2019.

The first three days will feature events around the city, and the festival will finish with an event at COSI on the Scioto Peninsula. This will be a big deal.

Navigator full story: COSI Announces Massive Four Day Science Festival For 2019 🔬

Wednesday Weather 🌡80 and mostly sunny. 🌤

Navigator Originals ✏️Anthony Precourt Appears To Be Letting MAPFRE Stadium Fall Apart ⚽️Neglect will quickly take down any building, and Anthony Precourt is proving that to be true. It's not a good look and it's also not surprising given what we now know about the guy.How One Local Charity Dance Event Is Stepping Outside The Boundaries Of Classical Art 💃The fifth annual "Benefit" recently occurred, and this year featured an interesting mix of classical ballet and alternative music, all to benefit the Central Ohio Chapter of the National Hemophilia Foundation. Zoey attended and reports back on a very unique Columbus event.Screw Algorithms: Bexley Librarians Are Ready To Curate Your Reading List 📚Librarians are basically the best of humanity, right up there with the best teachers, and this new initiative from Bexley librarians is amazing. If you love to read, you really owe it to yourself to check it out.

Around Town 🏘Have you tried Stauf's new breakfast menu yet? Breakfast With Nick has a review plus photos - the breakfast sandwich looks particularly delicious. [Breakfast With Nick] 🥞Cash welfare assistance in Ohio added work requirements in recent years, leading to a nearly 50% decline in the number of people being helped since 2011. Only 22 out of 100 families with children who are in poverty now receive help, and because of this Ohio is now sitting on $570.7 million in unused TANF funds.  70 mayors in Appalachian Ohio saw this and asked for $12 million to help their constituents avoid water shutoffs and to purchase essentials like diapers and medicine. The ask was declined, and they were instead promised $500k from a different grant program. The $570.7 million will apparently be going to childcare facilities, often located in wealthier areas, that meet state mandated improvement requirements. [The Nation] The Dispatch has drone footage of the Buckeye Steel tear down, which is about halfway completed. [Dispatch] 🏚Are these the best 5 locally owned burger spots in Columbus? [NBC4] 🍔

Coming Up 📆🎭 5/22-27: The Book of Mormon (Ohio Theatre)🎸 5/24: An Evening With Mat Kearney (Via Vecchia Winery)🎸 5/24: Hall & Oates w/ Train (Nationwide Arena)🎭 5/24-6/17: Macbeth (Schiller Park)🎸 5/25-27: Dark Star Jubilee (Thornville)💃 5/26: The Other Prom🐶 5/26: Village Pets Fest🎷 5/26: Urban Jazz Coalition (Notes)🐲 5/26-27: Asian Festival

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Longread ✈️This story is wild and I think it'll be a movie eventually. All the necessary ingredients are here: exotic locations and an unbelievable con involving a 22 year old ripping off the ridiculously wealthy - read it here first."William Baekeland seemed like a polished young explorer. But when trips he planned began falling apart, others started to wonder – was it all a con?"Rolling Stone: The Mysterious Heir of Extreme Travel

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