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A full schedule of community events, including bluegrass, pop, art, Scottish heritage, ethnic cuisine and culture, the Electric Lights Parade, symphonic performances and many, many, many family activities |
02/07/2010 - 02/13/2010  |
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Watercolor Show
January 8, 2010 - August 3, 2010 |
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- Bloomington Watercolor Society membership show
- Columbus Learning Center, two floors of watercolors displayed
- Open Mon - Thur 8 am - 10 pm, Fri 8 am - 5 pm, Sat 8 am - 3 pm
- Google map to this event
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Visions of the Universe Exhibit
January 18, 2010 - March 26, 2010 |
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- Experience 400 years of astronomy from Galileo's first look at the night sky to images from the Hubble Space Telescope. The library is one of only forty libraries in the nation to host this out-of-this-world exhibit
- Sponsored by the American Library Association, the Space Telescope Science Institute, and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory with major funding by NASA. Programs in conjunction with the exhibit through March will allow attendees to construct comets from dry ice and dirt, make an active, “edible” galaxy, explore the supermassive black hole that holds the universe together, and view the changes in the Indiana night sky with Space Port Indiana at the L. S. Noblitt Planetarium at Columbus East High School.
- Special programs: Feb. 15: Making a Space Payload, 7 pm / Feb. 20: Active Galaxies: Their Story, 11 am / March 1: Comet Workshop, 7 pm / March 8: Survival in Space, 7 pm
- All programs will be free in Bartholomew County Public Library’s Red Room.
- Bartholomew County Public Library, 536 Fifth Street, the library is open Monday-Thursday: 8:30 am - 8:30 pm, Friday - Saturday: 8:30 am - 5:30 pm
- Call 812-379-1288 for more information.
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Xenia Miller creche collection
January 25, 2010 - February 14, 2010 |
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- "Pretty Little Baby," selections from the creche collection of Xenia Miller
- Bartholomew County Historical Society, open 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Tuesday through Friday and by appointment, 812-372-3541
- Google map to this location
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Rock Poster Show
at Center for Visual Communications
February 7, 2010 - March 31, 2010 |
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- Posters designed by Mark Searles, Faculty Fellow, Visual Communications, Ivy Tech Community College
- To see images of the posters and the gallery, go here
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Build a Basic Budget: A Brown Bag Lunch Seminar
February 8, 2010 |
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- A Centra Credit Union representative will cover how to set realistic spending goals for your family, how to identify spending leaks, how to track where your money goes, and more.
- FREE: Noon - 1:00 pm, Bartholomew County Public Library, 536 Fifth Street. For more information, call 812-379-1266 or email reference@barth.lib.in.us
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The Downtown Columbus
Tree Cozies
February 8, 2010 - March 19, 2010 |
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- See what the local knitters have dreamed up this year for the downtown Columbus trees.
- View photos, and then vote, here
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Every Apron Tells a Story
February 9, 2010 |
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- Presenter Debra Slone takes you through a century of apron fashion, history and stories. Reminisce and try on your favorite aprons from Debra's extensive collection.
- This program is part of the Distinguished Speakers Series, sponosored by the Bartholomew County Library Associates.
- 6:30 pm, Bartholomew County Public Library, 536 Fifth Street. For more information, call 812-379-1266 or email reference@barth.lib.in.us
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Nobel Prize winner
Dr. Elinor Ostrom
February 10, 2010 |
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- Nobel Prize winner and Indiana University professor Dr. Elinor Ostrom will be the keynote speaker at the Indiana Urban Forest Council (IUFC) winter meeting on Feb. 10 at Donner Park in Columbus, discussing urban forests as social-ecological systems.
- Other speakers include Mark Dutenman, Natural Paths Urban Forestry Consultants, who will speak on urban tree selection and appraising landscape trees for value; DNR urban wildlife biologist Shannon Winks, who will focus on managing urban wildlife; Juli Gould, USDA Forest Service, APHIS, who will discuss biological control research for invasive pests like emerald ash borer; and DNR district forester, Ralph Unversaw, who will end the day with a session on outdoor winter tree identification.
- The IUFC is a non-profit organization specializing in urban forestry and is open to anyone who has an interest in urban forestry or urban natural resources.
- Fees for registration are $45 for members, $55 for non-members, $25 for students. Access the meeting agenda and registration form at http://www.IUFC.org or contact Ashley Mulis, IUFC director, at director@iufc.org or (317) 489-8775.
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Progressive Dinner Series
February 10, 2010 |
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 What’s Cooking Downtown? Progressive Dinner Series, served in three different downtown restaurants- First Course at Tre Bicchieri – stuffed mushrooms with roasted tomato sauce
- Entrée at The Fork – blackened red snapper with root vegetable hash and shagbark beurre blanc
- Dessert at Bistro 310 – warm flourless chocolate cake
- Cost - $40/person; includes taxes and gratuity
- Call 812.373.9382 for reservations; three seatings are available, but reservations are limited
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CIAA Annual Meeting
February 11, 2010 |
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- Columbus Indiana Architectural Archives (CIAA)
- SPEAKER: Marsh Davis, President, Indiana Historic Landmarks which is celebrating their 50th anniversary.
- Bartholomew County Public Library Red Room, 5 pm,
  536 Fifth Street, free - Info: archive@barth.lib.in.us, 812-379-1297
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She Goes Out:
A Valentine for the Girls
February 11, 2010 |
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- 6:00 pm - $25/person
- Join us for dinner and movie night beginning at 6:00 pm at Tre Bicchieri, followed by a special showing of the movie "He's Just Not That Into You" at YES Cinema.
- Tre Bicchieri will feature a special meal with beer, wine, liquor, and signature cocktail for purchase. Then once again, brave the chilly walk to YES Cinema for time to browse vendor tables provided by our She Goes Out sponsors, with refreshments available.
- Tickets Available at The Republic, 333 Second Street, or by phone at 812-379-5600
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Arsenic and Old Lace
February 12, 2010 - February 14, 2010 |
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- Presented by the Crump Players
- 7:30 pm Feb. 12 & 13, 2:30 pm Feb. 14
- Crump Theater ( map )
- For more information: 812-376-8429, rovene@tls.net
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Taste of Chocolate
February 12, 2010 |
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- FairOaks Mall, begins at 5:00 pm, tickets $2/dessert at door
- Columbus Service League hosts its annual Taste of Chocolate at FairOaks Mall. Restaurants, bakers and more line the center aisle of the mall, serving all types of chocolate desserts. Musical entertainment by local school bands & choirs. All money raised funds community projects.
- Tickets available before the event at: Pieper's Gourmet Catering; Cookies, Baskets & More; FairOaks Mall Customer Service; Sisters on the Square in Hope
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Carnivale Mardi Gras
February 13, 2010 |
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- Traditional New Orleans Mardi Gras Celebration, featuring the band Zydeco Bon: enjoy a fruity Hurricane, dance to zydeco music
- Food by Cummins executive chef Gethin Thomas; crepes by Sylvia Pieper
- Select the Mardi Gras "Queen"
- 7:00 - 10:30 pm at kidscommons, 309 Washington Street, $75 a person, Columbus' community children's museum annual benefit
- For tickets, call 812-378-3046
- Watch a video of Carnivale 2009!
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