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Craft: Exploring Creativity

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David Nihill and the Shelf Help Tour

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2024/11/13

What does is take to be a successful comedian, like David Nihill? Practice. And a desire to tell people interesting facts, like Columbus used to have the oldest captive gorilla and currently has the longest span, single tower S-shaped suspension … Continue reading →

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Craft 2024 Halloween: “Hannah” by Rami Ungar

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2024/11/02

Most scary Halloween stories work because evil creatures or people threaten the protagonist is threatened by. “Torture the women!” Hitchcock famously said. But this year’s halloween story considers the question of “Who’s the monster?” something worth considering at any time … Continue reading →

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Laura Meckler: Shaker Heights and the Surprising ...

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2024/10/23

Laura Meckler, national education writer for the Washington Post, is the recipient of the 2024 Ohio Book Award for Book About Ohio or an Ohioan for her book Dream Town: Shaker Heights and the Quest for Racial Equity. Her book … Continue reading →

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Making Bathrooms Scary: Rami Ungar the Writer

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2024/10/20

Ungar’s tribute to the Japanese ghost legend Hanako-san, the “Hannah” will be broadcast on WCBE, 90.5 FM on October 31 at 7 PM Columbus horror author Rami Ungar developed his passion for horror by reading masters like Anne Rice and … Continue reading →

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Finding Gold in Horror Poetry: Maxwell I. Gold

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2024/10/16

The days are getting shorter, a chill is in the air, and pumpkins are attacked mercilessly by knife-wielding maniacs: it must be Halloween season. It’s also one of the favorite times of year of Maxwell I. Gold, a Columbus native, … Continue reading →

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2024 Ohio Book Award Winner Sarah Lohman on the Eight...

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2024/10/10

Blogger and food writer Sarah Lohman won not one but two 2024Ohio Book Awards: the Ohio Book Award in Nonfiction and the Reader’s Choice Award for her book Endangered Eating: America’s Vanishing Food. The Ohioana Library will present the Ohio … Continue reading →

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Dar Williams: Writing that Matters

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2024/10/07

The first song I heard by Dar Williams was a transcendent version of Pink Floyd’s “Comfortably Numb” that my late wife played for me. “Listen to this,” she said, “It’s awesome.” It was. Spare, moody, reflective: Dar’s version highlights the … Continue reading →

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Ruth Moody: You’ve Got 5 Minutes – Write a Hit!

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2024/09/11

Singer-songwriter Ruth Moody will be in Columbus on September 27 with Six String Concerts. We discussed her new solo album “Wanderer,” her first in a decade, which reflects on motherhood, grief, and love. The album, recorded in Nashville, is deeply … Continue reading →

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Comedian Steve Hofstetter: You only need 20,000 people

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2024/05/22

Comedian Steve Hofstetter‘s videos have over a billion views on Instagram. His book, Ginger Kid, was a top five pick on Amazon and debuted at number one in its category. Hofstetter will be appearing at The Funny Bone in Columbus … Continue reading →The post Comedian Steve Hofstetter: You only need 20,000 people first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.

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Hanif Abdurraqib: Writing Columbus for the world

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2024/05/17

Columbus author and native Hanif Abdurraqib is a MacArthur Foundation Genius Grantee, among many other accolades. We discuss his latest book There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension, a book that Hanif regards as one he had to grow … Continue reading → The post Hanif Abdurraqib: Writing Columbus for the world first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.

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The Endless Grace of Deidre McCalla

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2024/04/27

Singer-songwriter Deirdre McCalla has a musical journey spanning five decades and a very successful recent album, Endless Grace, to bring to her Six String Concert on May 11. We talked about the the inspiration behind her hit song “Shoulder to … Continue reading →The post The Endless Grace of Deidre McCalla first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.

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Voting expert Ken Block: No appreciable fraud in the...

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2024/03/21

When the Trump campaign hired voting expert Ken Block to investigate voter fraud after the 2020 election, he knew it would be contentious. But Block had studied voting fraud for a decade and he promised a fair and objective review … Continue reading →The post Voting expert Ken Block: No appreciable fraud in the 2020 Election first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.

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Do you like “Other Girls?” Leslie Mendelson thinks...

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2024/03/05

Singer-Songwriter Leslie Mendelson will be in Columbus on March 15 with Six String Concerts. We spoke recently about her most recent album, In the Meantime, and her forthcoming album After the Party. The latter gave her the opportunity to work … Continue reading →The post Do you like “Other Girls?” Leslie Mendelson thinks you should first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.

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Richard Shindell: Throwing stuff at the wall

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2024/01/30

Singer songwriter Richard Schindel returns to perform at Six String Concerts on Saturday, February 24th, 2024. We spoke recently about his latest endeavors. Shindell described his recent past as, “I’ve been living here in Buenos Aires and… I’ve been writing … Continue reading →The post Richard Shindell: Throwing stuff at the wall first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.

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National Geographic Herbal: Mimi Prunella Hernandez

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2023/12/28

Drive through rural Ohio, and you’ll see thousands of stands of trees, surrounded by brush and plants. You may wonder, “Could I eat any of those?” At times like this, you really need someone like Mimi Prunella Hernandez, who holds … Continue reading → The post National Geographic Herbal: Mimi Prunella Hernandez first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.

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Joy Clark: Lyrically welcoming her Guest

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2023/11/02

New Orleans singer-songwriter, lyrical guitarist, and composer Joy Clark will appear with Six String Concerts in Columbus on Friday, November 10th with guitarist and singer-songwriter Brooks Williams. I spoke with her about how she grew up playing music in church, … Continue reading → The post Joy Clark: Lyrically welcoming her Guest first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.

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Craig Carothers: Singer-Songwriter and much more

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2023/09/28

His website describes Craig Carothers as a renaissance man who is a singer, songwriter, producer, recording engineer, background singer, booking agent, graphic designer, photographer, Tex Mex connoisseur, left wing inactivist, and a collector of exquisitely obsolete gadgets. And during our … Continue reading → The post Craig Carothers: Singer-Songwriter and much more first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.

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Cartoon Crossroad Columbus

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2023/09/28

It’s been a long journey for cartoons and comics, which started in newspapers and broadsheets and on low-grade comics paper (some of which is slowly collapsing in boxes in my house). But comics and cartoons are big business now: witness … Continue reading → The post Cartoon Crossroad Columbus first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.

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And the Readers’ Choice Award Goes to… John Scalzi!

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2023/09/20

Ohio writer John Scalzi will be honored at a reception on September 21, 2023, as part of the 2023 Ohioana Awards at the Ohio Statehouse. Ohioana Book awards have been bestowed on many famous Ohio authors, from James Thurber to … Continue reading → The post And the Readers’ Choice Award Goes to… John Scalzi! first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.

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Brendan Ballou on the Problems with Private Equity

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2023/05/18

I recall hearing “greed… is good” spouted by Micheal Douglas’s sleazy character, Gordon Gekko (a lizard, get it?), in the ’80s movie Wall Street, but it seems that it’s gotten much worse since then. See The Wolf of Wall Street, … Continue reading → The post Brendan Ballou on the Problems with Private Equity first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.

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