The perfect date night awaits at FYR Short North! Join us for our Dinner for Two special, available Monday through Wednesday beginning April 6. Three courses are available for $75.

The Black Madonna & Other Sacred Spaces is a multidisciplinary exhibition and cultural experience that centers healing, ancestral memory, and sacred creative practice within Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities.

Through visual art, installation, and public programming, the exhibition explores the Black Madonna as both symbol and portal—an archetype of protection, resilience, divinity, and maternal power across time and geography. Artists were invited to interpret “sacred spaces” expansively: as physical environments, interior landscapes, spiritual inheritances, and sites of resistance, rest, and restoration.

Presented by The Sacred Spaces Collective in collaboration with community partners like The Urban Arts Space, Wexner Center for the Arts, The Pollen Patch Columbus, and Straight Through, the exhibition will transform the gallery and community spaces into an immersive, reflective environment that prioritizes care, accessibility, and collective storytelling. Programming will include workshops, artist talks, and healing-centered gatherings that deepen engagement beyond the visual experience.

COSI is bringing the farm to Downtown Columbus!

Learn about real farm equipment and the science behind farming from farmers, how plants grow, and where food comes from. You’ll be able to get “eggcited” about baby chickens hatching and other farm animals, as well as for opportunities to ask all your garden questions.

Farm Days will be located on the West side of the COSI building and is included with COSI General Admission and Memberships.

Every Friday, kids of all ages can enjoy hands-on educational activities that align with the theme of the week. Plus, take free carousel rides, explore lawn games or take a lunch break at one of the food trucks. 

Activities vary weekly.

The National Veterans Memorial and Museum (NVMM) will host Portraits of Courage: A Commander in Chief’s Tribute to America’s Warriors, a collection of original paintings by former President George W. Bush. The exhibition opens to the public on August 8, 2026.

The exhibition features more than 60 portraits of post-9/11 service members and Veterans, each one hand painted by President Bush and paired with a personal story of service, sacrifice, and resilience written by the former president.

The NVMM is open Thursday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Cool off and splash in the fountain!

A group comprised of Columbus executives and professionals playing high-energy rock tunes from the 1960s to today. Since their formation in 2002, they have helped to raise more than $500,000 to help local and national charities such as the City Year Columbus, United Way, Salvation Army, Mid-Ohio Food Bank, Hilltop YMCA, the American Red Cross, A Kid Again and more.  

Tickets are NOT required. Blankets and chairs are welcome. Beverage sales and food trucks are available on site beginning at 6pm and the show begins at 7pm.

Cheer on the Columbus Clippers at a home game at Huntington Park.

Summer nights in Columbus just got better. On top of the many festivals that call the riverfront home, Columbus Recreation and Parks, in partnership with the CAPA, Columbus Symphony and Columbus Jazz are bringing FREE outdoor concerts to the Bicentennial Park Stage on select Friday evenings with a lineup you won’t want to miss. Grab a blanket, bring the crew, and catch a world-class act under the open sky. All concerts start at 7 p.m. Food and drinks will be available starting at 6 p.m.