Category: Entertainment
Columbus will soon play host to a few of the nation’s top acts. Upcoming events include the Alkaline Trio hitting Newport Music Hall Mar. 3 and John Mayer at Nationwide Arena on the Mar. 12. In addition, both Mariah Carrey and the Black Eyed Peas will stop at Value City Arena in February: Carrey on Feb. 10 and the Peas the Feb. 16.
COLUMBUS - With the New Year underway, the spring concert lineups for Columbus are set to take stage, with a vast majority being housed at Promowest Pavilion.
It wasn’t the standard hipster regulars bumping elbows this past Thanksgiving Eve at Carabar. The special guests of honor, The Gods, brought an older generation of rockers; complete with Budweiser, long hair, studded boots, and plenty of leather. It gave a whole new perspective on what cool really means.
Newport Music Hall on North High Street across the street from the Ohio State campus provides a local venue for artists of all genres to perform.
For a stereotypical Midwestern college town, Columbus deserves more respect for its contributions to the arts -- most specifically the music scene. Columbus is surprisingly diverse in its range of musicians who call it home.
Crew Stadium once again will host Rock on the Range.
For the past couple years around mid-May, Crew Stadium has housed one of the biggest music festivals to come to the Midwest: Rock on the Range. A bundle of mainstream rock music artists will come together this year for a two-day event May 16-17. Past artists include, ZZ Top, Papa Roach, Velvet Revolver, Stone Temple Pilots, Killswitch Engage, Kid Rock, and plenty of others.
Mother Mother is one of those bands that you have to read into before you can dive right into.
For starters, they're from Canada, which has been churning out indie musicians for the past couple of years. Mother Mother has a very odd range of genres. Their music goes from country riffs to dop-wop vocals.
The phrase "freshman fifteen" is no longer feared by many college students throughout the U.S. thanks to an awesome band from Georgia. Davey Fortner, Breck Blanchard, Jeremy Smith and Bj Formella are the heart and soul of the up and coming pop-punk band, Freshman 15.
Rob Dyrdek is back, but this time he’s without his bodyguard and side-kick Big Black. Taking Big Black’s spot is a warehouse and Dyrdek’s cousin, Drama. Also along for the ride as always is Meaty and Beefy, Dyrdek’s two bulldogs. Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory on MTV is the norm that has become to be expected from Dyrdek.
Hidden talent revealed itself at the African-American Read-In Feb. 5, when Columbus State student Michael Fleming shared his own poem, “Life As An Adolescent.”
Students and professors gathered in Nestor Hall to read aloud the memorable words written by such writers as Maya Angelou and the inaugural poet, Elizabeth Alexander.
Outside Nestor Hall and days away from Valentine's Day, Columbus State Students answered questions having to do with sex, love and relationships.
A short survey on relationships revealed some shocking facts, and some ordinary. About 80% of men say they have given up on Valentine’s Day, with about 50% of women agreeing.
