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Cameron Granger’s debut video game doubles as a love letter to the Columbus DIY scene – Matter News In ‘Sidechain,’ set at a warehouse party on the final night before the world ends, players navigate scenes that draw inspiration from the formative years the artist spent frequenting spaces such as MI...

In "Sidechain," set at a warehouse party on the final night before the world ends, players navigate scenes that draw inspiration from the formative years that artist Cameron Granger spent frequenting spaces such as MINT, Corrugate, and Skylab.

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Local Politics: City Council votes today on plans to turn McCoy Park into an NWSL training facility – Matter News After spending years working with neighbors and promising improvements to benefit disabled residents, elected officials are prepared to give away a 28-acre park in the poorest corner of the city for t...

Columbus City Council voted to approve the Haslam Sports Group's land and money grab to secure an NWSL franchise in Columbus. There are a lot of people articulating why this is an awful deal but this article from @matternews.bsky.social
sums it up pretty succinctly tinyurl.com/m6k7mttd #nwsltocbus

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Local Politics: City Council votes today on plans to turn McCoy Park into an NWSL training facility – Matter News After spending years working with neighbors and promising improvements to benefit disabled residents, elected officials are prepared to give away a 28-acre park in the poorest corner of the city for t...

After spending years working with neighbors and promising improvements to benefit disabled residents, elected officials are prepared to give away a 28-acre park in the poorest corner of the city for the use of billionaire investors writes Rachel Wenning.
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Columbus loses ‘a giant’ with the passing of Laughing Ogre cofounder Gib Bickel – Matter News Comic book writer Paul Jenkins praised the attitude Bickel brought to the shop, cognizant that the Ogre wasn’t just a comic store but ‘the epicenter of an entire community.’

One of the true good guys in comics.

Safe travels, Gib.

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Local Politics: City Council votes today on plans to turn McCoy Park into an NWSL training facility – Matter News After spending years working with neighbors and promising improvements to benefit disabled residents, elected officials are prepared to give away a 28-acre park in the poorest corner of the city for t...

After spending years working with neighbors and promising improvements to benefit disabled residents, elected officials are prepared to give away a 28-acre park in the poorest corner of the city for the use of billionaire investors writes Rachel Wenning.
matternews.org/voices/local...

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Pretty frustrating that the New York Times is crediting AP with uncovering the existence of Aadam’s archive when I reported on it 15 months prior. chicagoreader.com/music/gossip...

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Join us tonight at Two Dollar HQ with Stop the Sweeps 614 and two of our unhoused community members. The conversation kicks off at 7 pm.

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Mourn the dead but hold space for the living – Matter News The work of harm reduction is only sustainable when you take time to notice those places where the light breaches the dark.

When I wake up in the middle of the night, they come back to me. I think of the people I’ve reported on who are still alive but struggling. I think of the people I’ve reported on who died. I think of the people who have whispered the names of those they have lost to me.

New from Jack Shuler.

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Taste of Exile Sign up for a multisensory, immersive dining experience featuring Chef Cristina Martinez.

Register here for what looks to be a very, very cool experience next week.

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Artist Illya Mousavijad and chef Cristina Martinez bridge continents, cultures with ‘Taste of Exile’ – Matter News The unique, multisensory exhibition kicks off at No Place Gallery with an immersive dining experience on Friday and Saturday, April 24 and 25.

“I come from a different continent and a completely different culture, but that [bite] alone was such an amazing connection. I mean, what piece of language could have done that? What paragraph or poem? ... This was just a bite, and it created a connection between two very different humans.”

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We have two of our unhoused community members joining us for this conversation at @twodollarradiohq.bsky.social on Thursday. Hope to see folks there.

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ah yes, it’s always anchored in the truth when he’s willing “to create stories” to get media attention.

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We have two of our unhoused community members joining us for this conversation on Thursday. Hope to see folks there.

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‘Tenacious’ Tiffany has always been ready for the spotlight. The world is finally catching on. – Matter News “We’re the lucky ones to be alive,” said Tiffany Wedekind, who will share her story with a national audience in an upcoming episode of the TLC series ‘One Day in My Body.’ ‘Why would you not take a ho...

“My mom’s not here anymore. My brother’s not here. And there are so many people with my disease who died before they could even graduate high school. So, why would you not take a hold of every opportunity you could knowing it’s all going to be gone someday?”

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Stauf’s Coffee Roasters workers announce their intent to form a union – Matter News Sparked by conversations that extended from a late-January all-staff meeting, the baristas, line cooks, bakers, and warehouse staff recently announced their intent to organize with support from Unite ...

Romero, for one, sees a benefit in staffers gaining a greater voice within the company, particularly as employees continue to deal with backlash to the ICE statements released in January by management. “We would at least like to try to repair a bit of that broken connection with the community.”

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Stauf’s Coffee Roasters workers announce their intent to form a union – Matter News Sparked by conversations that extended from a late-January all-staff meeting, the baristas, line cooks, bakers, and warehouse staff recently announced their intent to organize with support from Unite ...

Romero, for one, sees a benefit in staffers gaining a greater voice within the company, particularly as employees continue to deal with backlash to the ICE statements released in January by management. “We would at least like to try to repair a bit of that broken connection with the community.”

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You don't know Dick's: The history of the Old North dive bar from the people who lived it The bar and music venue, established in 1964 by Gahanna politician Dick Warren, has changed slowly and begrudgingly over the course of its 50-plus-year existence (the business only started taking cre…

this one also had me dipping back into this oral history from nearly 10 (!) years ago

www.columbusmonthly.com/story/entert...

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Columbus jazz drummer Wally Mitchel takes reluctant center stage in new documentary – Matter News “Wally!” will premiere in a sold-out Studio 35 screening on Wednesday, April 15.

During the viewing, Viola said that Mitchel watched wordlessly, offering his feedback only when pressed by the director. “And I was like, ‘Do you have any notes?’ … And he was like ... ‘You know what I liked about it?’ and he has this scratchy voice, and he’s like, ‘It wasn’t all about me.’”

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Unchipped screams into the void on ‘3D’ – Matter News The pulverizing Columbus quartet will celebrate the release of its new EP in concert at Cafe Bourbon Street on Friday, April 10.

“I turn on the news and see the stories, and it feels like we exist in some AI fever dream that has gone horribly wrong and is delivering insanity to us. …And the only thing I can do about it is write songs and scream and yell, and hopefully some people pay attention.”
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Lawsuit, ballot initiatives seek to make Columbus City Council more accountable to residents – Matter News A lawsuit looking to restrict council from closed-door sessions is making its way through the courts at the same time that organizers with Our City, Our Say are beginning to collect signatures for a b...

A lawsuit looking to restrict council from closed-door sessions is making its way through the courts at the same time that organizers with Our City, Our Say are beginning to collect signatures for a ballot initiative designed to recast how council members are elected.

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Tim Rutili continues to mine connection in Califone – Matter News Still on the hunt for answers to unknowable questions, the musician will join his bandmates in concert at Rumba Cafe on Saturday, April 11.

“There’s a feeling in those songs of being overwhelmed and trying to remain human,” Rutili said. “And that’s something we’re all trying to deal with – that feeling of helplessness when the whole world is going way faster than it can handle into fascism, or into some weird tech sci-fi shit.”

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Lawsuit, ballot initiatives seek to make Columbus City Council more accountable to residents – Matter News A lawsuit looking to restrict council from closed-door sessions is making its way through the courts at the same time that organizers with Our City, Our Say are beginning to collect signatures for a b...

A lawsuit looking to restrict council from closed-door sessions is making its way through the courts at the same time that organizers with Our City, Our Say are beginning to collect signatures for a ballot initiative designed to recast how council members are elected.

matternews.org/community/la...

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Tim Rutili continues to mine connection in Califone – Matter News Still on the hunt for answers to unknowable questions, the musician will join his bandmates in concert at Rumba Cafe on Saturday, April 11.

“There’s a feeling in those songs of being overwhelmed and trying to remain human,” Rutili said. “And that’s something we’re all trying to deal with – that feeling of helplessness when the whole world is going way faster than it can handle into fascism, or into some weird tech sci-fi shit.”

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Libraries are cornerstones of democracy. Unions are a tool to ensure libraries operate democratically. Union-busting is anti-democratic! Read more about the fight for our union at CML!

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Workers say Columbus Metropolitan Library management is union-busting – Matter News An Unfair Labor Practice Charge filed last week alleges that the recent termination of a CML employee was “unlawful and retaliatory,” motivated by the worker’s involvement in union organizing.

Columbus, Ohio has one of the best public library systems in the country. It's one of the absolute best things about this city.

But its management is engaging in union-busting and they need to be stopped. matternews.org/community/wo...

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Workers say Columbus Metropolitan Library management is union-busting – Matter News An Unfair Labor Practice Charge filed last week alleges that the recent termination of a CML employee was “unlawful and retaliatory,” motivated by the worker’s involvement in union organizing.

An Unfair Labor Practice Charge filed last week alleges that the recent termination of a CML employee was “unlawful and retaliatory,” motivated by the worker’s involvement in union organizing.

New from Larkin Cleland.

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Workers say Columbus Metropolitan Library management is union-busting – Matter News An Unfair Labor Practice Charge filed last week alleges that the recent termination of a CML employee was “unlawful and retaliatory,” motivated by the worker’s involvement in union organizing.

An Unfair Labor Practice Charge filed last week alleges that the recent termination of a CML employee was “unlawful and retaliatory,” motivated by the worker’s involvement in union organizing.

New from Larkin Cleland.

matternews.org/community/wo...

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Meet the Columbus Black-Owned Bookstore Collective – Matter News Tracy Ramey of Tastes & Tomes will join fellow collective members Barbara Bailey (Eqstesi by B.E.E.) and Megan Turner (Rooted Books) in a panel discussion at Zora’s House from 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday, Apr...

Tracy Ramey of Tastes & Tomes will join fellow collective members Barbara Bailey (Eqstesi by B.E.E.) and Megan Turner (Rooted Books) in a panel discussion at Zora’s House from 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 7, as part of the inaugural National Black Bookstore Day.

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