Franklin County Recreation Presents The King of Vegas
In this funny stage adaptation of an all-time favorite movie, The Wizard of Oz, follow Dorothy, Leo, Mr. Crow and Steely Dan on a journey that whisks them from their everyday lives into the glitz and glamour of Las Vegas. The foursome must find their way to the King of Vegas to discover why they have been brought there, and what they need to learn about themselves to get home.
Actors are from the Franklin County Board of Developmental Disabilities, and donations will support this program. Show starts at 7 p.m.
C'mon to the Commons for happy hour on Thursdays this fall! We’ll be featuring local breweries and serving up burgers Thursdays from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. for your after-work happy hour needs. Meet the brew masters, and listen to local music while you enjoy the last of the patio season. You can find us in the Bosque area where the tables and chairs are, near Rich Street and the Carousel.
This week we’ll be featuring Columbus Brewing Company on draft, plus local musician Ryan Smith.
Enjoy the Columbus Symphony Orchestra's performance of Beethoven's uplifting Ninth Symphony from the open-air environment of Columbus Commons. We will be simulcasting the show from The Ohio Theater on our LED screens.
Jean-Marie Zeitouni launches the season by a brilliant quartet of guest vocalists, the Columbus Symphony Chorus, and the full orchestra. The work culminates with Ode to Joy, a heartening message of universal love and hope ("all men shall be brothers"). The evening's program also includes a grand ode for the coronation.
Blankets and lawn chairs are welcome, as well as coolers with food and non-alcoholic beverages, but please leave alcohol at home.
Stop by the park from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. before our free Movie in the Park Night, featuring The Hunger Games at 7 p.m. to test out a NASCAR Show Car and the chance to win great prizes from Fifth Third Bank. They will be set up along Rich Street, at the southern end of the park near the carousel.
Matt Kenseth’s No. 17 NASCAR Ford Fusion show car will make a pit stop in Columbus on its tour throughout Fifth Third Bank’s 12-state footprint. Kenseth is winner of the 2012 Daytona 500.
Downtown at dusk is the place to be this fall! Bring a blanket or chair and take in a free movie under the starry skies.
View the rules for Movies in the Park.
Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the evil Capitol of the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. A twisted punishment for a past uprising and an ongoing government intimidation tactic, The Hunger Games are a nationally televised event in which "Tributes" must fight with one another until one survivor remains.
Pitted against highly-trained Tributes who have prepared for these Games their entire lives, Katniss is forced to rely upon her sharp instincts as well as the mentorship of drunken former victor Haymitch Abernathy. If she’s ever to return home to District 12, Katniss must make impossible choices in the arena that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.
Stop by the park from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. before our free Movie in the Park Night, featuring The Hunger Games at 7 p.m. to test out a NASCAR Show Car and the chance to win great prizes from Fifth Third Bank. They will be set up along Rich Street, at the southern end of the park near the carousel.
Matt Kenseth’s No. 17 NASCAR Ford Fusion show car will make a pit stop in Columbus on its tour throughout Fifth Third Bank’s 12-state footprint. Kenseth is winner of the 2012 Daytona 500.
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