Community

Tuesday, July 4, 1pm, beginning at Goodale Park [Park St. side], 120 W. Goodale St.

Celebrate Liberty and Lunacy and the freedom of speech, through humor with off-the-wall range of mischiefs, grounded super-heroes, political debacles, homegrown satirists, and the other bohemian frolickers winding through the Short North. Political Satire at Its Worst!

See you on July 4. The Parade will start immediately after everyone stands and belts out the National Anthem at 1pm. Set your clock’s reminders now.

Wednesday, June 28, 8pm, Rambling House Soda, 310 E. Hudson St.

Word Church is a poetry reading held the last Wednesday of every month at 8pm at Rambling House Soda, 310 E. Hudson St. Bring your poetry, get your rhyme on, and meet some interesting people.

Saturday, June 24, 5-7pm, MCL Kingsdale, 3154 Kingsdale Center, Upper Arlington, Ohio

Come out and join us for dinner and conversation! We’ll be in the back room unless there’s a special event going on in that room.

Saturday, June 24, 10am-5pm, Westgate Park, 455 S. Westgate Ave.

The Hilltop Bean Dinner is an 80-year-old tradition that is held every June in Columbus’ Westgate Park. Despite the name, we don’t sit around a table eating beans! The event is a family-friendly festival that remembers the history that made the Columbus west side.

Friday, June 23 to Sunday, June 25, Goodale Park, 120 W. Goodale St.

A free, non-corporate, yearly celebration of Columbus, Ohio’s community organizations, performers, artists, and volunteers.

Friday, June 23 to Sunday, June 25, Goodale Park, 120 W. Goodale St.

A free, non-corporate, yearly celebration of Columbus, Ohio’s community organizations, performers, artists, and volunteers.

Friday, June 23 to Sunday, June 25, Goodale Park, 120 W. Goodale St.

A free, non-corporate, yearly celebration of Columbus, Ohio’s community organizations, performers, artists, and volunteers.

Sunday, June 18, 10am-3pm, Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center campus, 546 Jack Gibbs Blvd.

This event will include classic cars, antiques, hot rods, muscle cars, exotics, art cars, custom originals, and more!

Registration will open at 10am; judging will be between 11:45am and 2pm; awards will begin at 2.30pm.

This event will include live music from the Highpoint Brothers, food trucks, and raffle prizes!

See MARV, the Capital Area Humane Society’s Mobile Adoption and Rescue Vehicle, and meet some of their adoptable furry friends!

Saturday, June 17; lines up, beginning at 8:30am, in the Short North [on N. High St. between Fifth Ave. and Goodale St.]; steps off at 10:30am; travels to Genoa Park, 303 W. Broad St.

Friday, June 16, 4-11pm, and Saturday, June 17, 11am-8pm, Bicentennial Park, 233 Civic Center Dr.; and Genoa Park, 303 W. Broad St.

The Stonewall Pride Festival is an LGBTQ festival that remembers the Stonewall Riots and celebrates the accomplishments of the LGBTQ community. Started in 1981, this festival has grown into the second-largest Pride event in the Midwest.