Special Events

• Dickens Victorian Village
  November 1 - January 17, 2010 / Historic Downtown Cambridge
  From November through mid January each year, visitors are invited to stroll amidst 60 vignettes of 160 lifelike figures representing classic scenes from Victorian society. Families, couples, and groups alike enjoy this innovative public art exhibition. This is an experience that engages the senses as you explore the charming streetscape, striking historic architecture, and eclectic shops and eateries of Cambridge. The Dickens scenes are stationed along Wheeling Avenue at each antique lamppost and bench between 6th and 11th Streets. Wheeling Avenue is also the historic National Road/Route 40, and features an outstanding streetscape of original buildings from the 1800s. A self-guided walking tour brochure is available at downtown shops and area hotels for your convenience.
• Gifts of the Craftsmen
  November 15 - December 23, 2009 / Ohio Craft Museum
  Holiday shoppers looking for unique gifts this season will discover handcrafted jewelry, pottery, art glass, baskets, clothing and more, all created by nearly 50 fine craft artists from across the United States. All works are suitably priced for gift giving, ranging in price from $4 "stocking stuffers" to $15 earrings and exquisite glass paperweights at several hundred dollars.
• Ohio Star Ball
  November 17-22, 2009 / Arena District Hyatt Regency
  This will be the 32nd year for the dance championships, an annual Columbus event. The Ohio Star Ball Dance Championship is the largest Pro/Am competition in the world.
• Sesame Street Live: Elmo's Green Thumb
  November 19-22, 2009 / Nationwide Arena
  As the live stage show licensee of Sesame Workshop (the nonprofit organization behind Sesame Street), VEE will present an amazing adventure as Elmo and friends help find a new home for Elmo's sunflower, Sunny. Elmo has raised Sunny from a seed, but his floral friend has outgrown the flowerpot. When Elmo and friends move Sunny to Big Bird's garden, they learn some big lessons about patience, overcoming their fears and appreciating the role that each creature plays in the ecosystem - from dancing ladybugs and beautiful butterflies to grouchy beetles that scavenge the garden floor.
• Thiossane West African Dance Institute
  November 20-21, 2009 / Lincoln Theatre
  
• We The People, Telling Hour Story
  November 20-21, 2009 / Short Stop Youth Center
  A creative one-woman show with secular and spiritual journeys through time from the eyes of a slave girl who time travels to the Hip Hop culture.
• The Columbus Symphony: Mahler Symphony No. 9
  November 20-22, 2009 / Ohio Theatre
  The Columbus Symphony brings out a third Symphony No. 9 in a row! This time, the orchestra performs the ninth symphony of German composer Gustav Mahler. At the time, Mahler was struggling between tonal and atonal worlds. This struggle is clearly evident in this work, especially the fourth movement. While it was written in 1909, Mahler never heard it performed; it was premiered in Vienna in 1912, a year after his death.
• International Gem & Jewelry Show
  November 20-22, 2009 / Veterans Memorial
  Hundreds of exhibitors from around the world will fill the Veterans Memorial with colorful displays of rare gems, unusual custom designed pieces, and special theme jewelry. Gem enthusiasts and jewelry lovers alike will enjoy the ornate one-of-a-kind jewelry creations that include precious and semi-precious gemstones, eye-catching beads, pearls, watches, antique and estate jewelry and accessories.
• Fantasy of Lights
  November 20 - December 30, 2009 / Alum Creek State Park Marina
  This annual two-mile, drive through extravaganza features 125 light displays, including many with animation. Visitors may begin their tour at the Alum Creek Marina, which as been transformed into a holiday gift shop for the season. Santa will be on hand until Dec. 24 to take holiday gift requests and pose for pictures with youngsters.
• Buckeye Quarter Midget Racing
  November 21, 2009 / Ohio Expo Center
  Buckeye Quarter Midget Racing Association Sponsored Event. This event features indoor quarter midget racing for children 5 to 16 years of age. Bring the whole family out to see this unique event!
• Mask-Making Workshop: Transform Your Identity
  November 21, 2009 / Ohio Historical Center/Ohio Village
  Artist Freda Abbott-Ayodele will work with participants to create hand-held masquerade masks from cardboard. Masks can be adorned them with a variety of supplied materials. Participants are encouraged to bring in items of inspiration to adorn their masks. The workshop is part of the Soul!, exhibition.
• Columbus Dance Theatre: A-Z
  November 21, 2009 / Columbus Dance Theatre's Fisher Theatre
  Watch a dance made before your very eyes, and you help to choose the movement and the music. Audience members will vote for their favorite dance phrases and music and then watch Tim Veach create a dance from the winning phrases and music.
• Rosebriar Shakespeare Company: Taming of the Shrew
  November 21, 2009 / Elks Lodge Lancaster
  Central Ohio's only year-round Shakespeare troupe performs the Bard's bawdy battle of the sexes, The Taming of the Shrew, in a special dinner presentation. Ever have one of those days? You've worked hard, enjoyed a few brews, passed out at the local alehouse, and woke up with a bunch of servants and a flirty wife who insists you're a nobleman? Mama Mia! Poor Christopher Sly has exactly this kind of day when an impish lord plays a practical joke on him. The lord and his players then put on a comedy - you know the one. Sweet Bianca cannot be married until her shrewish sister, Katherina, finds a husband. Could the dastardly (though undeniably charming) Petruchio be the man to tame the fiery Kate? Rosebriar Shakespeare resurrects this classic battle of the sexes, including the oft forgot opening scenes and adding a few new twists sure to delight. Rated PG-13
• 7th Annual Jewish Community Arts and Crafts Fair
  November 22, 2009 / Jewish Community Center
  Save the date for this year's Jewish Community Arts and Crafts Fair. This year's fair will feature high-quality artists and artisans. Shoppers will definitely want to attend to find that truly one-of-a-kind gift for the holidays (or even something to spoil themselves).
• Columbus International Film & Video Festival: The New Metropolis
  November 24, 2009 / Drexel East
  Special post festival screening: Director Andrea Torrice will introduce her work and do q & a after the film. America's first suburbs, those suburban communities built next to America's urban centers, were once the birthplace of the American Dream.
• Ohio State University Mens Basketball vs. Lipscomb
  November 24, 2009 / Value City Arena at the Jerome Schottenstein Center
  
• Broadway Across America-Columbus: In the Heights
  November 24-29, 2009 / Ohio Theatre
  In The Heights, winner of four 2008 Tony Awards including BEST MUSICAL!, is a sensational new show about chasing your dreams and finding your true home. With an amazing cast, incredible Tony Award-winning dancing and a thrilling Tony Award-winning score, IN THE HEIGHTS is an exhilarating journey into a vibrant Manhattan community - a place where the coffee is light and sweet, the windows are always open, and the breeze carries the rhythm of three generations of music.
• Radio City Christmas Spectacular
  November 25, 2009 / Nationwide Arena
  This beloved holiday show will delight the entire family with its encore performance when it hits the stage in Columbus for two shows the night before Thanksgiving.
• Ohio State University Women's Basketball vs. UNC Greensboro
  November 25, 2009 / Value City Arena at the Jerome Schottenstein Center
  
• Rob Zombie
  November 25, 2009 / THE LC, Lifestyle Communities Pavilion