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Friday, June 5, 2009
Twitter Live Only: Volume Four
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INVITE: Sexy Saturdays
Commencement: 10:00Venue: Sugar Bar (525 Park Street)
VIP Access: Text (406-3072)
Mezzanine Drinks (Available 10:30 – 11:30 p.m.)
$1 Top Shelf Drinks
West Side Residents Discuss Recreation Centers, Police Sacrifices
10 TV: Hundreds of west side residents gathered Thursday night for the third of four community meetings called by Columbus Police to talk about the division's finances. But the police budget was not the only concern of the community meeting…
Neighborhood residents who came together at the Westgate Recreation Center were upset over the city's closure of three other recreation centers on the west side. "With the closing of the rec centers, these young people are out doing things they shouldn't be doing," Leslie Perry, a cheerleading coach at the center said. "Now you're not giving them anything to do, and cutting our protection. It's a very bad situation."
Columbus voters will go the polls in August to decide whether to raise the city income tax from 2 percent to 2.5 percent. Police Chief Walter Distelzweig said the upcoming tax issue was not the primary reason for holding these community meetings. "Our whole premise for doing these interviews is to get the input from the public about their neighborhoods," Distelzweig said.
Residents on the west side are concerned about the arrival of summer and the prospect of young people on the street without a place to go for recreation. "We have some plans in the works that aren't finalized yet about curfew and some of those other safety initiatives," Distelzweig said. "It's going to look different than it did last year, but we will have some initiative for the summer."
The fourth and final community meeting will be held Wednesday on the south side at the Marion Franklin Recreation Center.
Neighborhood residents who came together at the Westgate Recreation Center were upset over the city's closure of three other recreation centers on the west side. "With the closing of the rec centers, these young people are out doing things they shouldn't be doing," Leslie Perry, a cheerleading coach at the center said. "Now you're not giving them anything to do, and cutting our protection. It's a very bad situation."
Columbus voters will go the polls in August to decide whether to raise the city income tax from 2 percent to 2.5 percent. Police Chief Walter Distelzweig said the upcoming tax issue was not the primary reason for holding these community meetings. "Our whole premise for doing these interviews is to get the input from the public about their neighborhoods," Distelzweig said.
Residents on the west side are concerned about the arrival of summer and the prospect of young people on the street without a place to go for recreation. "We have some plans in the works that aren't finalized yet about curfew and some of those other safety initiatives," Distelzweig said. "It's going to look different than it did last year, but we will have some initiative for the summer."
The fourth and final community meeting will be held Wednesday on the south side at the Marion Franklin Recreation Center.
One Night in Sugar
Expectations are useful and unwanted. Expectations are adaptable, flexible, modifiable, and variable. They make one smarter. They make one stronger. They make defeats resemble victories. They make victories more substantial. How are expectations unwanted? Eventually, one’s moment occurs and expectations must be met…
For seven days, innuendo, rumor, and speculation swirled. Would Paris Hilton actually appear in Sugar Bar? I had complete confidence she would. Why was I so confident? Chris Corso, Mike Gallicchio, and Brian Swanson are not morons. They are not stupid. If Hilton’s appearance were merely a publicity stunt, forget figurative egg… Corso would be scraping omelet off of his face indefinitely…
With one hour remaining until Sugar Bar’s open, activity and energy were omnipresent. Whenever I am asked my favorite aspect of this website, I never hesitate… The hours prior to open and subsequent to close are my favorite… The bunnies and bunny chasers never witness these hours…. They never witness (unless they have worked in a venue) the hours of prepping or concluding a venue requires…
As drink slingers and servers placed bottles onto tables, security mentally prepared, and sound was checked, Gallicchio and Swanson paced with anticipation. Their demeanor and dialogue was an intricate mixture of accomplishment, cockiness, and nervous energy… Would Hilton produce the crowd? Would the crowd arrive earlier? Would the evening equal previous iconic escapades?
I know I’ve mentioned Swanson previously, but inevitably, he is an annotation when I discuss Corso and Gallicchio. Why is this? Corso and Gallicchio’s persona scream millionaire moguls… Swanson’s persona suggests your high school classmate, who always strode with assurance because he knew the proposition was not if, but when he would succeed. Corso and Gallicchio made nightlife in this city, but Swanson is equally relevant… He is the street credibility of the trio…
Approximately one hour into the evening, one of my previous questions was answered… The crowd maintained this city’s reputation for tardiness… On the sidewalk, Gallicchio prowled as if he were a Royal Bengal Tiger… His eyes were intense… His face was expressionless… By eleven p.m. on the night of Donnie Wahlberg’s appearance, Sugar Bar was crushed… By eleven p.m. on this night, one could dribbled a basketball comfortably through the venue…
Thankfully, Sugar Bar Promotions Superstar Whitney Allure rescued the opening hours… You would assume I would have one evening where I encounter the precocious pop tart and cannot construct a paragraph… I’ve known her less than two weeks… That evening was not this evening, as via her personality and scrumptious black and sequined dress, Whitney once again ensorcelled my attention…
Ensnaring my attention for the polar opposite reason was the casting session for Freaks & Beef that Sugar Bar was hosting… I know I’ve typed several scorching sentences about heifers and I promise I will type some more… But, I must cuddle another controversy and discuss the transvestite collection which was present this evening… I want to say this before you even type word one, let alone sentence one, of your e-mails… I have no objection to an alterative lifestyle…
However, transvestite is not an alternative lifestyle… Men wearing dresses (as several did this evening) or women wearing men’s clothing is not appropriate… Ken transforming himself into Barbie doesn’t make Ken a special subset of people worthy of equal rights… It makes him weird… Every moment the abhorrent green and gold dress wearing perversion crept near me this evening was a moment when I considered leaping from Sugar Bar’s balcony onto the dance floor…
I promised I would return to my favorite piñata and the heifers were prevalent amidst the platinum bunnies tonight… I realize every crowd cannot be composed solely of muffins and some evenings, an even equation is a victory… But, Sugar Bar’s crowds have crossed the sixty-forty parallel and are flirting with seventy-thirty… Is Sugar Bar the official venue for those who haven’t heard the words calorie count or can we correct this?
At approximately 12:30, I encountered Park Street Patio Promotions Superstar Tori Lioness, who informed me that Hilton would not be arriving until one a.m. Thirty seconds and less than fifteen steps after those words were spoken, I was walking the edge of the venue’s dance floor when Hilton strutted past me…
Dressed in royal blue with a matching headband and showcasing enough diamonds to purchase several sections of this city (as well as city center for the purpose of turning it into her dog’s new home), Hilton was escorted into the balcony by a phalanx of security that would have made any elected official in any state or city jealous… Six security personnel and a trio of police…
As Hilton ascended into the balcony, an anticipated and anxious throng followed (and was of course refused entrance into the balcony by security)… Moments subsequent, I encountered the throng personally when Avi Primetime, Shawn Money, and I sought our spots above the dance floor… Avi was in front of me with a hand on my shoulder… Shawn was behind me with a hand in my back… We squeezed our way through the clamoring hoard and after one moment of walking stairs arrived in Paris’ perch…
And allow me to state that the seconds I was squeezed through the clamoring hoard were completely worth it… Above the dance floor was an unequaled compilation of empire and platinum bunny perfection… Corso, Gallicchio, Swanson, Randy Haffey, Tori, Shawn, Avi, and Paris Hilton… I know I’ve compared this city’s nightlife with the circus, but that comparison was marginal until this evening… Above the dance floor, I was now part of the collection in the center ring…
Within ten minutes of my entrance into the balcony, Hilton assumed the microphone and spoke with her typical tandem of instigative playfulness… She then swallowed a shot, took pictures of the crowd on the floor, danced with her boyfriend (was anyone even noticing he was there), danced with herself, and sat atop the rail… With her back to the potential peril, Hilton appeared placid and provocative, openly flirting with those who could not garner entrance into her paradise…
If asked (and I don’t know this personally, but everything I’ve read suggests it), Hilton will tell you that she craves the camera and that she makes the cameras crave her… Both were true this evening… Her antics entranced and invited digital flashes and those digital flashes outnumbered the amount of people staring toward the balcony…
Amidst the crush of digital flashes, Corso approached and requested vindication… The conversation I will keep private, but the subtext was that Hilton had appeared, even though this city had doubted his ability to produce this result… I will retype what I told him and also twittered… Chris, I make it a point never to doubt the king…
As her night concluded, Hilton appeared dissimilar to the decadent debutante, who had entered the balcony only ninety minutes earlier… Seated upon a couch, her boyfriend’s arm around her, Hilton was withdrawn… She smoked a cigarette… She pressed her hands to her face… She appeared at multiple points to cry…
At approximately two a.m., Hilton surrounded herself with security and walked the stairs toward the exit… As she passed the balcony bar, the upstairs drink slinger snapped a pair of pictures and Hilton disappeared into the stairwell… Her hyped and hyperbole visit to this city concluded with only pictures as proof she was ever present…
In the exhilaration of their triumph, Corso, Gallicchio, and Swanson celebrated and conversed with clutches, as their venue was cleaned… Despite incomprehensible expectations, the trio once again, shut up and put their money where their mouth was… Today, the expectations will alter, as the trio shakes this conquest from their memories…
For seven days, innuendo, rumor, and speculation swirled. Would Paris Hilton actually appear in Sugar Bar? I had complete confidence she would. Why was I so confident? Chris Corso, Mike Gallicchio, and Brian Swanson are not morons. They are not stupid. If Hilton’s appearance were merely a publicity stunt, forget figurative egg… Corso would be scraping omelet off of his face indefinitely…
With one hour remaining until Sugar Bar’s open, activity and energy were omnipresent. Whenever I am asked my favorite aspect of this website, I never hesitate… The hours prior to open and subsequent to close are my favorite… The bunnies and bunny chasers never witness these hours…. They never witness (unless they have worked in a venue) the hours of prepping or concluding a venue requires…
As drink slingers and servers placed bottles onto tables, security mentally prepared, and sound was checked, Gallicchio and Swanson paced with anticipation. Their demeanor and dialogue was an intricate mixture of accomplishment, cockiness, and nervous energy… Would Hilton produce the crowd? Would the crowd arrive earlier? Would the evening equal previous iconic escapades?
I know I’ve mentioned Swanson previously, but inevitably, he is an annotation when I discuss Corso and Gallicchio. Why is this? Corso and Gallicchio’s persona scream millionaire moguls… Swanson’s persona suggests your high school classmate, who always strode with assurance because he knew the proposition was not if, but when he would succeed. Corso and Gallicchio made nightlife in this city, but Swanson is equally relevant… He is the street credibility of the trio…
Approximately one hour into the evening, one of my previous questions was answered… The crowd maintained this city’s reputation for tardiness… On the sidewalk, Gallicchio prowled as if he were a Royal Bengal Tiger… His eyes were intense… His face was expressionless… By eleven p.m. on the night of Donnie Wahlberg’s appearance, Sugar Bar was crushed… By eleven p.m. on this night, one could dribbled a basketball comfortably through the venue…
Thankfully, Sugar Bar Promotions Superstar Whitney Allure rescued the opening hours… You would assume I would have one evening where I encounter the precocious pop tart and cannot construct a paragraph… I’ve known her less than two weeks… That evening was not this evening, as via her personality and scrumptious black and sequined dress, Whitney once again ensorcelled my attention…
Ensnaring my attention for the polar opposite reason was the casting session for Freaks & Beef that Sugar Bar was hosting… I know I’ve typed several scorching sentences about heifers and I promise I will type some more… But, I must cuddle another controversy and discuss the transvestite collection which was present this evening… I want to say this before you even type word one, let alone sentence one, of your e-mails… I have no objection to an alterative lifestyle…
However, transvestite is not an alternative lifestyle… Men wearing dresses (as several did this evening) or women wearing men’s clothing is not appropriate… Ken transforming himself into Barbie doesn’t make Ken a special subset of people worthy of equal rights… It makes him weird… Every moment the abhorrent green and gold dress wearing perversion crept near me this evening was a moment when I considered leaping from Sugar Bar’s balcony onto the dance floor…
I promised I would return to my favorite piñata and the heifers were prevalent amidst the platinum bunnies tonight… I realize every crowd cannot be composed solely of muffins and some evenings, an even equation is a victory… But, Sugar Bar’s crowds have crossed the sixty-forty parallel and are flirting with seventy-thirty… Is Sugar Bar the official venue for those who haven’t heard the words calorie count or can we correct this?
At approximately 12:30, I encountered Park Street Patio Promotions Superstar Tori Lioness, who informed me that Hilton would not be arriving until one a.m. Thirty seconds and less than fifteen steps after those words were spoken, I was walking the edge of the venue’s dance floor when Hilton strutted past me…
Dressed in royal blue with a matching headband and showcasing enough diamonds to purchase several sections of this city (as well as city center for the purpose of turning it into her dog’s new home), Hilton was escorted into the balcony by a phalanx of security that would have made any elected official in any state or city jealous… Six security personnel and a trio of police…
As Hilton ascended into the balcony, an anticipated and anxious throng followed (and was of course refused entrance into the balcony by security)… Moments subsequent, I encountered the throng personally when Avi Primetime, Shawn Money, and I sought our spots above the dance floor… Avi was in front of me with a hand on my shoulder… Shawn was behind me with a hand in my back… We squeezed our way through the clamoring hoard and after one moment of walking stairs arrived in Paris’ perch…
And allow me to state that the seconds I was squeezed through the clamoring hoard were completely worth it… Above the dance floor was an unequaled compilation of empire and platinum bunny perfection… Corso, Gallicchio, Swanson, Randy Haffey, Tori, Shawn, Avi, and Paris Hilton… I know I’ve compared this city’s nightlife with the circus, but that comparison was marginal until this evening… Above the dance floor, I was now part of the collection in the center ring…
Within ten minutes of my entrance into the balcony, Hilton assumed the microphone and spoke with her typical tandem of instigative playfulness… She then swallowed a shot, took pictures of the crowd on the floor, danced with her boyfriend (was anyone even noticing he was there), danced with herself, and sat atop the rail… With her back to the potential peril, Hilton appeared placid and provocative, openly flirting with those who could not garner entrance into her paradise…
If asked (and I don’t know this personally, but everything I’ve read suggests it), Hilton will tell you that she craves the camera and that she makes the cameras crave her… Both were true this evening… Her antics entranced and invited digital flashes and those digital flashes outnumbered the amount of people staring toward the balcony…
Amidst the crush of digital flashes, Corso approached and requested vindication… The conversation I will keep private, but the subtext was that Hilton had appeared, even though this city had doubted his ability to produce this result… I will retype what I told him and also twittered… Chris, I make it a point never to doubt the king…
As her night concluded, Hilton appeared dissimilar to the decadent debutante, who had entered the balcony only ninety minutes earlier… Seated upon a couch, her boyfriend’s arm around her, Hilton was withdrawn… She smoked a cigarette… She pressed her hands to her face… She appeared at multiple points to cry…
At approximately two a.m., Hilton surrounded herself with security and walked the stairs toward the exit… As she passed the balcony bar, the upstairs drink slinger snapped a pair of pictures and Hilton disappeared into the stairwell… Her hyped and hyperbole visit to this city concluded with only pictures as proof she was ever present…
In the exhilaration of their triumph, Corso, Gallicchio, and Swanson celebrated and conversed with clutches, as their venue was cleaned… Despite incomprehensible expectations, the trio once again, shut up and put their money where their mouth was… Today, the expectations will alter, as the trio shakes this conquest from their memories…
Thursday, June 4, 2009
INVITE: Shawn Money’s Birthday Bash
Commencement: 10:00Venue: Sugar Bar (525 Park Street)
Pole Dancing Contest
Mezzanine Drinks (Available 11 p.m. – Midnight)
$1 Top Shelf Drinks
INVITE: Anger Management
Commencement: 10:00Venue: Sugar Bar (525 Park Street)
Mezzanine Drinks (Available 11 p.m. – Midnight)
$1 Top Shelf Drinks
Appearances
DJ Ductape
DJ Samurai
INVITE: Ridiculous Happy Hour
Commencement: 4:00Conclusion: 8:00
Venue: Park Street Patio (533 Park Street)
Drinks (Available 4 – 8 p.m.)
½ Price Bud Light Pitchers (48 ounces)
½ Price Fish Bowls (32 ounces)
½ Price Margarita Pitchers (48 ounces)
½ Price Sangria Pitchers (48 ounces)
Menu (Available 4 – 8 p.m.)
½ Price Pizzas
Sponsor
WLVQ
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Schiller Park Scene of Sexual Assault?
NBC 4: Many Central Ohioans use local parks to spend time outside with their families or exercise. That’s what a local woman was doing Wednesday night when she came face to face with five men in an attack at Schiller Park. The woman said she was attacked, possibly by as many as five men, and assaulted at gunpoint.
Police said that despite what happens with an income tax increase vote in August, parks won’t be ignored, adding that there will be no cuts in patrols. “Every precinct has a new bike crew. They’re able to maneuver through the parks a little easier than a normal cruiser would,“ said Columbus police Sgt. Rich Weiner.
As summer progresses, there will be even more patrols around parks. The Schiller Park assault occurred at about midnight, but technically, the parks are supposed to be empty after 11 p.m. “Anytime that you’re by yourself, you’re walking on the street, not to say that you’re going to become a victim, but you know what? Always use the buddy system,“ Weiner said.
Police said that despite what happens with an income tax increase vote in August, parks won’t be ignored, adding that there will be no cuts in patrols. “Every precinct has a new bike crew. They’re able to maneuver through the parks a little easier than a normal cruiser would,“ said Columbus police Sgt. Rich Weiner.
As summer progresses, there will be even more patrols around parks. The Schiller Park assault occurred at about midnight, but technically, the parks are supposed to be empty after 11 p.m. “Anytime that you’re by yourself, you’re walking on the street, not to say that you’re going to become a victim, but you know what? Always use the buddy system,“ Weiner said.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Sugar Bar All Access
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INVITE: Paris Hilton & Doug Reinhart
Commencement: 10:00Venue: Sugar Bar (525 Park Street)
Age Range: Male (21 and over); Female (19 and over)
VIP Access: Text (406-3072)
Appearances
Paris Hilton
Doug Reinhart (The Hills)
DJ EV
DJ Danny Diggz
INVITE: Frank Gabrenya Tribute
Commencement: 7:00Venue: Wexner Center for the Arts (South Campus)
Cost: $5 (members, senior citizens, & students); $7 (everyone else)
Reservations: Wexner Center for the Arts
Synopsis
Many classic films are just as powerful today as when they were first released. We add such films from many genres to our schedule throughout the season. Many are shown on the occasion of their rereleases, in fresh, new or restored prints.
Join us as we honor the career of Frank Gabrenya, the film critic for the Columbus Dispatch from 1987 to 2009 (and for the Columbus Citizen-Journal for years prior to that).
A longtime supporter of the Wexner Center's film program, Gabrenya introduces one of his favorite movies: Jonathan Demme's Melvin and Howard, an endearing comedy based on a true story. A hapless milkman and gas station owner, Melvin Dummar (played by American Graffiti's Paul Le Mat), claims to have picked up a mangy old hitchhiker (Jason Robards) in the middle of the desert only to discover that it was the one of the wealthiest—and most reclusive—men in the world, Howard Hughes. No one believes Dummar's tale...until Hughes's will turns up under mysterious circumstances leaving Dummar $156 million. The film received Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress (Mary Steenburgen, as Dummar's tap-dancing third wife) and Best Original Screenplay (Bo Goldman). (95 mins., 35mm)
INVITE: Outdoor After Work
Commencement: 7:00Venue: Park Street Patio (533 Park Street)
Appearance
Jimmy Jam
Performances
17th Floor
INVITE: Pizza Eating Contest
Commencement: 9:00Conclusion: 12:00
Venue: Toos (1880 North High Street)
Reservations: U Weekly
Pizza Eating Contest
Winner Receives: $200 & Gift Cards
Menu (Available 9 p.m. – 12 a.m.)
$10 Unlimited Beer & Pizza
Firefighters Announce Potential Sacrifices
NBC 4: Columbus fire officials unveiled the division’s 2010 budget with potential safety cuts Wednesday. The $19 million in budget cuts will lead to layoffs of 238 firefighters if voters weren’t to approve the city’s half-percent income-tax increase in August. The income-tax increase will be on the special Tuesday, Aug. 4, ballot.
The division said that in addition to the layoffs, no new recruit class was budgeted. The budget also assumes the loss of 26 uniformed staff in 2009 and an additional 25 uniformed layoffs in 2010.
The division would need to reduce the number of sworn officers from 1,525 to 1,236 by Jan. 1, 2010. The division said it anticipates 27 additional retirements in 2009.Officials also said the loss of staffing would require closing approximately seven fire stations.
The division said that in addition to the layoffs, no new recruit class was budgeted. The budget also assumes the loss of 26 uniformed staff in 2009 and an additional 25 uniformed layoffs in 2010.
The division would need to reduce the number of sworn officers from 1,525 to 1,236 by Jan. 1, 2010. The division said it anticipates 27 additional retirements in 2009.Officials also said the loss of staffing would require closing approximately seven fire stations.
Brewery District Bistro Bids Adieu
10 TV: An award-winning restaurant in the Brewery District is closing its doors after 18 years. The meals will end at Handke's Cuisine on June 20....
The restaurant's founder, master chef Harmut Handke, sold the eatery last year. The new owners are blaming the economy for the restaurant's closing, saying that business is down more than 40 percent in the past six months.
Handke's Cuisine is the third high-profile fine-dining establishment to shut down in recent months. RJ Snappers in the Short North closed its doors in October, and Thom's on Grandview Boulevard became a victim of the sour economy just last month.
Richard Rosendale, who operates restaurants in the Short North, understands why diners are staying away from high-end establishments. "They are not really concerned about where they are going to eat Friday night as they are the condition of their retirement package," Rosendale said…
Rosendale said he has changed his menu to have more bistro fare at lower prices in order to keep customers. The lower prices appear to be attracting more diners, Rosendale said.
Handke's Cuisine won numerous awards, including being named the state's top restaurant four years in a row in Zagat surveys earlier this decade. The restaurant has been in business since 1991.
The restaurant's founder, master chef Harmut Handke, sold the eatery last year. The new owners are blaming the economy for the restaurant's closing, saying that business is down more than 40 percent in the past six months.
Handke's Cuisine is the third high-profile fine-dining establishment to shut down in recent months. RJ Snappers in the Short North closed its doors in October, and Thom's on Grandview Boulevard became a victim of the sour economy just last month.
Richard Rosendale, who operates restaurants in the Short North, understands why diners are staying away from high-end establishments. "They are not really concerned about where they are going to eat Friday night as they are the condition of their retirement package," Rosendale said…
Rosendale said he has changed his menu to have more bistro fare at lower prices in order to keep customers. The lower prices appear to be attracting more diners, Rosendale said.
Handke's Cuisine won numerous awards, including being named the state's top restaurant four years in a row in Zagat surveys earlier this decade. The restaurant has been in business since 1991.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
BREAKING: Corso & Gallicchio Concoct Boldest Venture
The Social Room, Chris Corso and Mike Gallicchio’s newest and most intriguing concept, will reside between Park Street Patio and Sugar Bar. According to sources familiar with the project, this city’s initial member’s only venue will open this fall. And membership will be limited.
Since 1998, Corso and Gallicchio have owned and revolutionized city nightlife. Their previous ventures included Long Street Live, Mecca, Red Zone, and Spice Bar. Park Street Patio and Sugar Bar are two and three years old respectively.
Since 1998, Corso and Gallicchio have owned and revolutionized city nightlife. Their previous ventures included Long Street Live, Mecca, Red Zone, and Spice Bar. Park Street Patio and Sugar Bar are two and three years old respectively.
INVITE: Paris Hilton & Doug Reinhart
Calendar: June 4Commencement: 10:00
Venue: Sugar Bar (525 Park Street)
Age Range: Male (21 and over); Female (19 and over)
VIP Access: Text (406-3072)
Appearances
Paris Hilton
Doug Reinhart (The Hills)
DJ EV
DJ Danny Diggz
Representatives Ice Tax Proposal
10 TV: It appears that an excise tax on alcohol and cigarettes will not be an answer to the Blue Jackets' financial struggles. Representatives with the Blue Jackets' majority owner, Nationwide Insurance, met with state lawmakers Tuesday to discuss the team's money situation…
The Jackets are coming off their most successful season, but the team's winning ways did not help them climb out of financial difficulty. Team representatives said they have lost $80 million over the past seven seasons… The team was pushing a plan that would have state lawmakers pass legislation allowing counties to add an extra tax to alcohol and cigarettes. The "sin tax" would raise enough money to allow Franklin County to buy Nationwide Arena and renegotiate the team's 25-year lease. That plan does not seem likely.
"This is probably not the time to be talking about that," said Ohio State Rep. Dan Stewart, a Democrat. "I'm concerned about trying to get the city to open up their rec centers. I'm worried about folks out there just trying to make ends meet. It's not a time to be adding taxes to their problems."
While the sin tax appears dead, Nationwide Insurance is still willing to sell the arena to the county, or some local entity… Nationwide said it did not expect to proper from the deal, but wants to do whatever it can to help the Blue Jackets a viable entity in Columbus.
"We are here to make this as strong as a community as it can possibly be because we'll be able to hire great talent that will want to stay in Columbus," said Nationwide chief marketing officer Jim Lyski. "That will really just make this a perpetuating strong community."
Although no answer to the money problem was reached Tuesday, the Blue Jackets said it was too early to talk about the Jackets leaving Columbus, Hirsch… Nationwide Arena is owned by a partnership of Nationwide Insurance and The Dispatch Printing Co. The Dispatch Printing Co. also owns 10TV.
The Jackets are coming off their most successful season, but the team's winning ways did not help them climb out of financial difficulty. Team representatives said they have lost $80 million over the past seven seasons… The team was pushing a plan that would have state lawmakers pass legislation allowing counties to add an extra tax to alcohol and cigarettes. The "sin tax" would raise enough money to allow Franklin County to buy Nationwide Arena and renegotiate the team's 25-year lease. That plan does not seem likely.
"This is probably not the time to be talking about that," said Ohio State Rep. Dan Stewart, a Democrat. "I'm concerned about trying to get the city to open up their rec centers. I'm worried about folks out there just trying to make ends meet. It's not a time to be adding taxes to their problems."
While the sin tax appears dead, Nationwide Insurance is still willing to sell the arena to the county, or some local entity… Nationwide said it did not expect to proper from the deal, but wants to do whatever it can to help the Blue Jackets a viable entity in Columbus.
"We are here to make this as strong as a community as it can possibly be because we'll be able to hire great talent that will want to stay in Columbus," said Nationwide chief marketing officer Jim Lyski. "That will really just make this a perpetuating strong community."
Although no answer to the money problem was reached Tuesday, the Blue Jackets said it was too early to talk about the Jackets leaving Columbus, Hirsch… Nationwide Arena is owned by a partnership of Nationwide Insurance and The Dispatch Printing Co. The Dispatch Printing Co. also owns 10TV.
INVITE: Playboy Lingerie Party
Commencement: 9:00Venue: McFadden’s (South Campus)
Hugh Hefner & Sexiest Lingerie Contests
Drinks (Available All Night)
$2 Dirty Lingerie Shot
Appearance
Jamie Graham (Playboy Cyber Girl)
INVITE: Pre-Senior Crawl
Commencement: 10:00Venue: Lodge Bar (Arena District)
Age Range: Male (21 and over); Female (18 and over)
Drinks (Available All Night)
$4 Cherry Bombs
$3 Soco & Lime
$1 Mug refills
Drinks (Available 7 – 9 p.m.)
$3 you call it drinks
$1.50 Domestic Pitchers (32 ounces)
$1 wells
Appearance
DJ Rishbone
Shawn Tool
Love Traffic? Relax, Wait, & Breathe
10 TV: Downtown traffic is notoriously bad the night of Red, White & Boom, and this year it could be even worse... Columbus police will make significant cuts to the numbers of officers directing traffic at this year's fireworks event.
Cuts to police overtime costs are one of the big reasons why fewer officers will be handling traffic… Money spent on police overtime for the event has been on the decline for the past several years, and the division expects a much larger drop in 2009.
Police are working with the Central Ohio Transit Authority, which will put hundreds of extra buses in service the night of the fireworks, Hirsch reported. While fewer officers may be directing traffic, police said there would still be plenty of officers at the event to ensure public safety.
The department stresses the traffic control cuts have nothing to do with the cuts proposed if Columbus voters don't approve a half percent income tax increase in August.
Cuts to police overtime costs are one of the big reasons why fewer officers will be handling traffic… Money spent on police overtime for the event has been on the decline for the past several years, and the division expects a much larger drop in 2009.
Police are working with the Central Ohio Transit Authority, which will put hundreds of extra buses in service the night of the fireworks, Hirsch reported. While fewer officers may be directing traffic, police said there would still be plenty of officers at the event to ensure public safety.
The department stresses the traffic control cuts have nothing to do with the cuts proposed if Columbus voters don't approve a half percent income tax increase in August.
INVITE: Beer Shot Game Night
Commencement: 8:00Venue: Spice Gastro Lounge (491 Park Street)
Competitions
Beer Pong (Tournament)
Cornhole
Fooseball (Tournament)
Flip Cup
Wii Bowling
Drinks (Available All Night)
$3 Bottles (16 ounces)
$3 Jack & Coke
$3 Mango Bombs
$3 Soco & Lime Shots
Co-Sponsors
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Monday, June 1, 2009
BREAKING: Callahan’s Construction Commences
As Gossip CBUS first reported, Callahan’s has commenced construction on their rooftop patio. The spectacular addition, which includes a skyline view, will open later this month.
INVITE: Paris Hilton & Doug Reinhart
Calendar: June 4Commencement: 10:00
Venue: Sugar Bar (525 Park Street)
Age Range: Male (21 and over); Female (19 and over)
VIP Access: Text (406-3072)
Appearances
Paris Hilton
Doug Reinhart (The Hills)
DJ EV
DJ Danny Diggz
INVITE: Frank Gabrenya Tribute
Calendar: June 4Commencement: 7:00
Venue: Wexner Center for the Arts (South Campus)
Cost: $5 (members, senior citizens, & students); $7 (everyone else)
Reservations: Wexner Center for the Arts
Synopsis
Many classic films are just as powerful today as when they were first released. We add such films from many genres to our schedule throughout the season. Many are shown on the occasion of their rereleases, in fresh, new or restored prints.
Join us as we honor the career of Frank Gabrenya, the film critic for the Columbus Dispatch from 1987 to 2009 (and for the Columbus Citizen-Journal for years prior to that).
A longtime supporter of the Wexner Center's film program, Gabrenya introduces one of his favorite movies: Jonathan Demme's Melvin and Howard, an endearing comedy based on a true story. A hapless milkman and gas station owner, Melvin Dummar (played by American Graffiti's Paul Le Mat), claims to have picked up a mangy old hitchhiker (Jason Robards) in the middle of the desert only to discover that it was the one of the wealthiest—and most reclusive—men in the world, Howard Hughes. No one believes Dummar's tale...until Hughes's will turns up under mysterious circumstances leaving Dummar $156 million. The film received Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress (Mary Steenburgen, as Dummar's tap-dancing third wife) and Best Original Screenplay (Bo Goldman). (95 mins., 35mm)
Always Live
Lodge Bar’s next generation of management has been born… Gossip CBUS congratulates General Manager Pat West on the birth of his son.
Quick Read
For Sunday and Monday, there is no Quick Read… Someone is swiping my newspaper… I’m commencing an investigation…
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Pelotonia Confronts Challenging Road
Cancer infects one in two men and one in three women. In 2008, 1,437,180 new cancer cases and 565,650 cancer deaths were projected.
With those ominous statistics as a premise, the Columbus Young Professionals and several city notables convened last week. Inside Ohio Stadium’s Huntington Club, this city’s fortunate and future discussed a dreaded disease and the ambitious philanthropic project, whose objective is cancer’s eradication.
The Pelotonia Bicycle Tour is a 180-mile ride, which will benefit the James Cancer Hospital. Formed following NetJets’ $12.5 million donation, Pelotonia is modeled upon the Pan-Massachusetts Challenge. Since 1980, the Pan-Massachusetts Challenge, which benefits the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, has raised $250 million.
If executive presence can predict success, Pelotonia should crush expectations. Executive Director Tom Lennox, James Cancer CEO Michael Caligiuri, NetJets Chairman Dan Rosenthal, SC Search Consultants Principal Cindy Hilsheimer, and M/I Homes CEO Robert Schottenstein are a spectacular quintet.
If celebrity riders can predict success, Pelotonia is equally prepared. Tour de France Champion Lance Armstrong, Blue Jackets Captain Rick Nash, and Ohio State Coach Jim Tressel have registered commitments.
Potential donors and riders can register via the organization’s website. The registration cost is $100. Cycling commitments range between 25-180 miles. Fundraising commitments range between $1,000-$2,000.
On March 3, 1995, Jim Valvano accepted the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage. His condition was masked. His words were unmistakable. “Life to me are these three things,” Valvano said. “Where you started; where you are; and where you're gonna be.”
Netjets commenced Pelotonia. Peletonia has amassed several impressive commitments. However, Peletonia will only succeed with you.
With those ominous statistics as a premise, the Columbus Young Professionals and several city notables convened last week. Inside Ohio Stadium’s Huntington Club, this city’s fortunate and future discussed a dreaded disease and the ambitious philanthropic project, whose objective is cancer’s eradication.
The Pelotonia Bicycle Tour is a 180-mile ride, which will benefit the James Cancer Hospital. Formed following NetJets’ $12.5 million donation, Pelotonia is modeled upon the Pan-Massachusetts Challenge. Since 1980, the Pan-Massachusetts Challenge, which benefits the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, has raised $250 million.
If executive presence can predict success, Pelotonia should crush expectations. Executive Director Tom Lennox, James Cancer CEO Michael Caligiuri, NetJets Chairman Dan Rosenthal, SC Search Consultants Principal Cindy Hilsheimer, and M/I Homes CEO Robert Schottenstein are a spectacular quintet.
If celebrity riders can predict success, Pelotonia is equally prepared. Tour de France Champion Lance Armstrong, Blue Jackets Captain Rick Nash, and Ohio State Coach Jim Tressel have registered commitments.
Potential donors and riders can register via the organization’s website. The registration cost is $100. Cycling commitments range between 25-180 miles. Fundraising commitments range between $1,000-$2,000.
On March 3, 1995, Jim Valvano accepted the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage. His condition was masked. His words were unmistakable. “Life to me are these three things,” Valvano said. “Where you started; where you are; and where you're gonna be.”
Netjets commenced Pelotonia. Peletonia has amassed several impressive commitments. However, Peletonia will only succeed with you.
Crawl For Cancer Decadence Defines Generation
Generation One A.M. does not attend four figure fundraisers. Generation One A.M. does not host charitable tournaments or cocktail receptions. Generation One A.M. philanthropy is casual, expressive, and pleasurable.
Crawl for Cancer is eight years old. Generation One A.M. is twenty-eight evenings old. Yet, the former perfectly epitomizes the latter’s philanthropic philosophy. Forced conversation, formal attire, and fusty appetizers require invitations and protocol. Camaraderie colors and charitable intoxication translate via facebook, instant message, and text.
Now, I’ve twittered every second of celebrity appearances and sports spectacles and I will twitter every second of the Gossip Awards, Park Street Festival, and Red, White, and Boom… Without hesitation, no visual has equaled and no visual will equal Crawl for Cancer. The intermixed visual of squad personality and venue presence was phenomenal.
For several squads, merely matching colors was insufficient. Their coordination and individualism required extra. A pair of squads prepped for the Cleveland Cavaliers contest with matching headbands, one squad’s headbands reading “I Heart LBJ.” A pair of squads utilized Mardi Gras, one wearing beads and the other wearing masks. One squad was island themed. One squad wore shark necklaces. One squad lettered their jerseys, complete with a captain’s insignia. And one squad utilized “Super Troopers” as an inspiration with every member sporting a mustache.
The venues mirrored the participants. From coordinated servers (Garage Bar in black, Lodge Bar and Park Street Patio in red) to pink Coors Light banners which read “Welcome Crawlers,” the silent structures immersed themselves within the chaotic atmosphere. Their management and slingers serving simultaneously as enablers of the decadence and witnesses to it…
And every scene and squad witnessed was spectacular… Park Street Patio offered scrumptious slingers, an outdoor grill, and spray fans… Lodge Bar split their patio between a music menagerie and their rock stars on the back bar… Callahan’s second level was as swarmed as any summer evening… And every venue included cheers and screams, physical encouragement (also known as high fives) as members finished their pitchers… Vocal encouragement as they contemplated whether they could finish them…
Inevitably, several who finished embarrassed themselves and this superb event… One random puked, passed out, and was removed via stretcher… Another random was shoved onto the ground by his friends, which cracked his head open… You would assume, in an event such as this, responsibility would be inherent… Since it’s not, I will state the obvious… If you cannot converse, remain upright, or recognize your surroundings, you should exit the premises…
While the irresponsible were ridiculous (alright, they were also column material), they could not obscure the success. As the patios and sidewalks, which were previously massed with squads, silenced in the pre-evening air, my mind revisited what I had witnessed… “Debauchery for a good cause” was the phrase of earlier hours… Yet, this phrase was inadequate… Crawl for Cancer was the definition of a generation…
Crawl for Cancer is eight years old. Generation One A.M. is twenty-eight evenings old. Yet, the former perfectly epitomizes the latter’s philanthropic philosophy. Forced conversation, formal attire, and fusty appetizers require invitations and protocol. Camaraderie colors and charitable intoxication translate via facebook, instant message, and text.
Now, I’ve twittered every second of celebrity appearances and sports spectacles and I will twitter every second of the Gossip Awards, Park Street Festival, and Red, White, and Boom… Without hesitation, no visual has equaled and no visual will equal Crawl for Cancer. The intermixed visual of squad personality and venue presence was phenomenal.
For several squads, merely matching colors was insufficient. Their coordination and individualism required extra. A pair of squads prepped for the Cleveland Cavaliers contest with matching headbands, one squad’s headbands reading “I Heart LBJ.” A pair of squads utilized Mardi Gras, one wearing beads and the other wearing masks. One squad was island themed. One squad wore shark necklaces. One squad lettered their jerseys, complete with a captain’s insignia. And one squad utilized “Super Troopers” as an inspiration with every member sporting a mustache.
The venues mirrored the participants. From coordinated servers (Garage Bar in black, Lodge Bar and Park Street Patio in red) to pink Coors Light banners which read “Welcome Crawlers,” the silent structures immersed themselves within the chaotic atmosphere. Their management and slingers serving simultaneously as enablers of the decadence and witnesses to it…
And every scene and squad witnessed was spectacular… Park Street Patio offered scrumptious slingers, an outdoor grill, and spray fans… Lodge Bar split their patio between a music menagerie and their rock stars on the back bar… Callahan’s second level was as swarmed as any summer evening… And every venue included cheers and screams, physical encouragement (also known as high fives) as members finished their pitchers… Vocal encouragement as they contemplated whether they could finish them…
Inevitably, several who finished embarrassed themselves and this superb event… One random puked, passed out, and was removed via stretcher… Another random was shoved onto the ground by his friends, which cracked his head open… You would assume, in an event such as this, responsibility would be inherent… Since it’s not, I will state the obvious… If you cannot converse, remain upright, or recognize your surroundings, you should exit the premises…
While the irresponsible were ridiculous (alright, they were also column material), they could not obscure the success. As the patios and sidewalks, which were previously massed with squads, silenced in the pre-evening air, my mind revisited what I had witnessed… “Debauchery for a good cause” was the phrase of earlier hours… Yet, this phrase was inadequate… Crawl for Cancer was the definition of a generation…
Crawl For Cancer Recognition
Crawl for Cancer Live would have been impossible without substantial support. Thank you, JP Ratajczak and Beth Keller (Crawl for Cancer); Pat West, Trevor Day, Mike Material, and Kattie Minx (Lodge Bar), Jeff Lauback (Callahan’s), and every venue manager, slinger, and security employee.
INVITE: Paris Hilton & Doug Reinhart
Calendar: June 4Commencement: 10:00
Venue: Sugar Bar (525 Park Street)
Age Range: Male (21 and over); Female (19 and over)
VIP Access: Text (406-3072)
Appearances
Paris Hilton
Doug Reinhart (The Hills)
DJ EV
DJ Danny Diggz
INVITE: Playboy Lingerie Party
Calendar: June 3Commencement: 9:00
Venue: McFadden’s (South Campus)
Hugh Hefner & Sexiest Lingerie Contests
Drinks (Available All Night)
$2 Dirty Lingerie Shot
Appearance
Jamie Graham (Playboy Cyber Girl)
INVITE: Pre-Senior Crawl
Calendar: June 3Commencement: 10:00
Venue: Lodge Bar (Arena District)
Age Range: Male (21 and over); Female (18 and over)
Drinks (Available All Night)
$4 Cherry Bombs
$3 Soco & Lime
$1 Mug refills
Drinks (Available 7 – 9 p.m.)
$3 you call it drinks
$1.50 Domestic Pitchers (32 ounces)
$1 wells
Appearance
DJ Rishbone
Shawn Tool
INVITE: Pizza Eating Contest
Calendar: June 4Commencement: 9:00
Conclusion: 12:00
Venue: Toos (1880 North High Street)
Reservations: U Weekly
Pizza Eating Contest
Winner Receives: $200 & Gift Cards
Menu (Available 9 p.m. – 12 a.m.)
$10 Unlimited Beer & Pizza
You Have Questions... I Have Answers
Since Gossip Cbus began, I’ve been swamped with e-mail (thanks for the love)… While I’ve tried to give individual responses to several, I also know that some of the questions are questions others may have and thus, answering them publicly would be better… Therefore, from time to time, I will answer questions where everyone can see them…
Q: Lodge Bar and Crown Princess Kadi have “separated?” What’s the real story?
A: Gossip CBUS has conducted a comprehensive investigation into this occurrence… We have considered every option and viewpoint and have decided that the best interests of everyone are maintained through silence.
Q: Since Lodge Bar and Crown Princess Kadi have separated, will anyone assume her title?
A: As I said, Crown Princess Kadi was this website’s initial superstar… She was the most referenced superstar and the first person I dealt with on an everyday basis… As of this typing, she has exited the industry… If she ever returns, she retains her title… If she never returns, her title remains vacant…
Q: Gossip CBUS broke Sugar Bar hosting Paris Hilton. How will you cover the event?
A: Obviously, Paris Hilton’s appearance is monumental and there will be coverage… We will have an announcement on Wednesday (June 3)…
Q: Lodge Bar and Crown Princess Kadi have “separated?” What’s the real story?
A: Gossip CBUS has conducted a comprehensive investigation into this occurrence… We have considered every option and viewpoint and have decided that the best interests of everyone are maintained through silence.
Q: Since Lodge Bar and Crown Princess Kadi have separated, will anyone assume her title?
A: As I said, Crown Princess Kadi was this website’s initial superstar… She was the most referenced superstar and the first person I dealt with on an everyday basis… As of this typing, she has exited the industry… If she ever returns, she retains her title… If she never returns, her title remains vacant…
Q: Gossip CBUS broke Sugar Bar hosting Paris Hilton. How will you cover the event?
A: Obviously, Paris Hilton’s appearance is monumental and there will be coverage… We will have an announcement on Wednesday (June 3)…
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