Category Archives: Events to attend

Joanna Estep and what you CAN’T write about on Kickstarter

Posted on November 1, 2014 by Doug Dangler

At the 2014 Columbus Comic Con, I talked to several comic writers and illustrators. Joanna Estep talked to me about her latest projects and what kinds of things are off-limits, even for erotica.

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Nicholson Baker: The next writer of James Bond?

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Doug Dangler

Nicholson Baker is a novelist, humorist, and social critic. His most recent release is The Paul Chowder Chronicles, which brings together two novels about Paul Chowder: The Anthologist and Traveling Sprinkler. Baker received a National Book Critics Circle Award in … Continue reading →

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Can you catch the Sex Criminals? You can at CCAD on Oct 23

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Doug Dangler

Matt Fraction (Twitter) writes comic books and won the first-ever PEN USA Literary Award for Graphic Novels. His comic collaborations and solo projects have won Eisners, Harveys, and Eagles, with his signature piece, Sex Criminals winning TIME Magazine’s Best Comic … Continue reading →

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Improve your Improv: Attend Columbus Unscripted October 8-11

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Doug Dangler

            It’s Columbus’ third annual improv comedy festival, the Columbus Unscripted Improv Festival 2014. Hosted by Columbus Unscripted, the festival will include professional-level improvisational workshops as well as performances by over 15 local improv troupes and … Continue reading →

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October 10 – Ohio Art League’s One Night

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Doug Dangler

Got an itch to buy some new art to go with your collection, but you’re not a Wexner? Make plans to attend One Night,  the main  fundraiser event for the Ohio Art League. One Night will happen on Friday, October 10, and you … Continue reading →

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Thurber House author Tony Mendoza’s favorite part of America might be yours as well

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Doug Dangler

August 6 Thurber House guest Tony Mendoza has been an educator, an engineer, an architect, and an almost obsessive photographer of cats. His first book, Ernie, chronicled several months in the life of his roommate’s cat. His latest, A Cuban … Continue reading →

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The Gilded Age visits the Thurber House on July 23

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Doug Dangler

Lawyer and novelist Claire McMillan will appear with the The Thurber House on Wednesday, July 23, reading from her book Gilded Age, a modern retelling of Edith Wharton’s The House of Mirth. We discussed how her computer file names betray her anxieties … Continue reading →

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Thurber House Author Loves Columbus

Posted on July 4, 2014 by Doug Dangler

-Kayla Geyer When was the last time you told Columbus she was pretty? Andrew Welsh-Huggins, July 9th Thurber House author, values the beauty and intrigue of Columbus so much that when he based his novel, Fourth Down and Out, on … Continue reading →

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Time for a Switchback to Celtic music

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Doug Dangler

Celtic band Switchback, Martin McCormack and Brian FitzGerald, will be in Columbus for two concerts this weekend, June 13 and 14: Friday night at Hoover House Concerts (contact Nancy Tomei at 740-965-3935 for tickets)  and Saturday night at Hey, Hey Bar and Grill. Brian … Continue reading →

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Lynn Cullen: Evenings with Authors

Posted on April 25, 2014 by Doug Dangler

Did Edgar Allan Poe have an affair with an aspiring poet? Thurber House guest Lynn Cullen makes some guesses at the Poe mystery with her historical novel Mrs. Poe. She’ll be at the Thurber House on Tuesday, May 6. In … Continue reading →

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