Community

Sunday, October 9, 1pm, beginning near the northwest corner of Goodale Park.

Come and celebrate all things Italian; come and celebrate all things Columbus, come and celebrate all things Columbus and Italian!

The Italian Festival parade will line up at 12noon on Dennison Ave. between Poplar Ave. and Buttles Ave. [near the western boundary of Goodale Park]. Beginning at 1pm, the parade will travel east on Buttles Ave., north on N. High St., east on Warren St., and will end at N. Fourth St. [about one block from St. John the Baptist Italian Catholic Church].

Saturday, October 10, 6:30-8:30pm, Mozart's Cafe [party room], 4784 N. High St.

We’ll gather to honor Joe Motil with the 2022 Free Press “Libby” Award for Lifetime Achievement in Community Activism.

Special guests:

• Esther Flores of 1DivineLine2Health [our 2021 “Libby” honoree]

• Clay Jones, Free Press cartoonist and winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Journalism Award in Editorial Cartooning.

We will be celebrating 52 years of the Columbus Free Press!

Saturday, October 8, 12noon-3pm, Columbus Metropolitan Library [Parsons Branch], 1113 Parsons Ave. [this event will also be occurring via Zoom]

The Humanist Monthly Program is our longest running event and still a community favorite. In the old days it used to be called “Going to HCCO” and we still like to think of it as our flagship event.

Saturday, October 8, 12noon-7pm, Mayme Moore Park, 867 Mt. Vernon Ave.

“The Future is Queer” pays homage to lasting resiliency of queer, trans, and intersex people of color. Our elders have led countless movements toward liberation throughout history and for generations we have persevered against relentless state violence against our people. Mama Major Griffin-Gracy said “I’m still fucking here!” and “The Future is Queer” honors this.

Friday, October 7 to Sunday, October 9, this on-line event requires advance registration

We proudly announce our 18th Annual AMI [American Monetary Institute] Monetary Reform Conference, bringing together some of the world’s leading experts on monetary history and theory together with some of the world’s most serious advocates of real and achievable economic and monetary reforms.

The conference will be held again on the Zoom platform, which has many advantages over an in-person conference.

Friday, October 7 to Sunday, October 9, this on-line event requires advance registration

We proudly announce our 18th Annual AMI [American Monetary Institute] Monetary Reform Conference, bringing together some of the world’s leading experts on monetary history and theory together with some of the world’s most serious advocates of real and achievable economic and monetary reforms.

The conference will be held again on the Zoom platform, which has many advantages over an in-person conference.

Friday, October 7 to Sunday, October 9, this on-line event requires advance registration

We proudly announce our 18th Annual AMI [American Monetary Institute] Monetary Reform Conference, bringing together some of the world’s leading experts on monetary history and theory together with some of the world’s most serious advocates of real and achievable economic and monetary reforms.

The conference will be held again on the Zoom platform, which has many advantages over an in-person conference.

Friday, October 7, 5-11pm; Saturday, October 8, 12noon-11pm; Sunday, October 9, 12noon-7pm; St. John the Baptist Italian Catholic Church, 720 Hamlet St.

The date of the first Italian festival was set for the weekend of September 20-21, 1980. The location chosen was the most central and accessible possible, the Lausche Building on the Ohio State Fairgrounds.

Friday, October 7, 5-11pm; Saturday, October 8, 12noon-11pm; Sunday, October 9, 12noon-7pm; St. John the Baptist Italian Catholic Church, 720 Hamlet St.

The date of the first Italian festival was set for the weekend of September 20-21, 1980. The location chosen was the most central and accessible possible, the Lausche Building on the Ohio State Fairgrounds.

Friday, October 7, 5-11pm; Saturday, October 8, 12noon-11pm; Sunday, October 9, 12noon-7pm; St. John the Baptist Italian Catholic Church, 720 Hamlet St.

The date of the first Italian festival was set for the weekend of September 20-21, 1980. The location chosen was the most central and accessible possible, the Lausche Building on the Ohio State Fairgrounds.