Monthly Archives: November 2015

A great way to get into the holiday spirit is at the Wildlights event at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. Here you can experience the zoo illuminated into a majestic winter wonderland with millions of LED lights in a variety of colors and shapes.

It’s all too often that we get so wrapped up in our achievements that we forget to consider what can still be improved. If you get a 97 percent on a test, you’re not too likely to put too much thought into why you missed those other 3 percent. But what if you got a…

The Columbus Academy Jazz Band held its fall performance on Friday, November 20. Jazz Band concerts are unusual in terms of musical performances at Academy, due to the relaxed, slightly more casual vibe. The concert certainly showed the students’ dedication to their music, with seven songs on the program and countless solos among those songs.…

As Black Friday attracts more consumers every year, American retailers are opening earlier and earlier for the most important retail day of the holiday season. While nearly every large retailer is opening its store as early as possible for Black Friday shopping, outdoor retailer REI is not opening at all.

Columbus Academy’s first debate team in decades made its anticipated debut on Saturday November 21st at Kenyon College. The team placed 6th out of the ten schools that participated, an impressive result for our young team against the packs of veterans at Kenyon.

Going on 28 years of fall food drives and clothes collections, this year’s effort netted 54 carts of food and served 33 central Ohio families. With each of Academy’s three divisions involved in this event, warm clothes, including a coat for every family member, along with new toys made their way into the lawn bags…

As central Ohio gets colder and getting out from warm beds is harder as winter approaches, Easton’s fun events for this holiday season are sure to get you into the spirit. Easton Town Center Carriage Rides Horse-drawn carriage rides at Easton will begin after November 20th’s lighting ceremony.

Along side the loud hustle and bustle of a packed crowd wandering from gallery to gallery, individuals with diverse interests engulf the Short North’s narrow streets for gazing at the free art and festival-like occasion that occurs the first week of every month: Gallery Hop.

It used to be true that eating raw fish was like eating raw meat, but in the last few decades, sushi has become an icon of globalization and a standard fare for many. The number of sushi restaurants has been growing rapidly across America. Here are my favorites in our hometown:

Apple’s new iPad Pro isn’t simply a larger iPad. Image Courtesy of Apple. Since the release of the jumbo iPad Pro, professionals and consumers alike have wondered for what exactly the product was designed. The tablet’s laptop-like price turns away most average consumers, and the lack of a professional app ecosystem breaks the deal for…