#sohud

Quick meta update:  Since it's been forever since I've blogged regularly, I'm going to try to ease back into it.  In the past, you were used to the M/W/F updates.  For the remainder of September, I'll be doing T/H only to try to keep from burning out already.  Once October rolls around, I'll see about returning to the M/W/F format.  Posts will still go live at 0855a.  As before - there's so much going on in our city, I can't possibly get to everything, but I'll try to paint with a broad brush.

                                                                                                                          Wild Goose Creative (located at 2491 Summit Street Columbus, Ohio 43202) is a great not-for-profit 501(c)(3) community arts space that offers programming and support to local artists and the local arts community.

While the Goose relies on memberships to keep the lights on, Wild Art Columbus has become a major fund-raiser over the past few years.  This year's event is very cool!

Every day for the entire month, the Goose is turning control of its social media outlets to a different local artist each day.  Each artist will be posting between 5-10 works of art - ranging from sculpture to poems to photos and paintings.  At the end of the month, the most popular piece from each artist will be auctioned off at a pop-up gallery event.

You can read about the 29 artists (and see their work after it has been posted) HERE and follow the event on FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM & TWITTER.  The # on all three sites for the event is #wildartcolumbus.

Tonight at 7:00pm is the monthly meeting of the storytellers' group SPEAK EASY COLUMBUS at WILD GOOSE CREATIVE.

Speak Easy is a great event for those storytellers who are looking for an outlet and an audience, as well as those individuals who long for a place where they can go to listen to others tell stories.  Many of us know someone - a close friend, an uncle, grandparent, neighbor - that revels in telling stories that are witty, engaging, humorous, serious and, most importantly, entertaining.  Speak Easy is a place where individuals can go to enjoy sharing these stories with one another.

This month's theme is Mix Tape - Stories About Music and the Songs That Define Us.  Potential speakers are encouraged to bring a CD, MP3 player or similar device to play the song(s) that accompany their story.

Admission is $5 - cash or plastic accepted.

Wild Goose Creative is a community event space that hosts a number of regularly scheduled events throughout the month, community meetings, workshops and special events.  WGC is located on Summit just south of Hudson (2491 Summit).

Image below via Speak Easy Columbus on FACEBOOK