Weekend Reading: June 28 Edition

Around Columbus

• We’re happy to share the latest round of operating support grants from Greater Columbus Arts Council and ever grateful to receive one
• New Bomb Turks, featuring Wex Store Manager Matt Reber on bass, is doing an early Sunday set at Ace of Cups.
• For something a touch more mellow, there's the Bobby Floyd Trio Sunday at Natalie's.
• Natalie's also has two shows Sunday with singer-songwriter and Spotify challenger Melissa Ferrick.
• Columbus Community Pride is having a Queer Art Night Sunday at The Citadel.
• And Wild Goose Creative has its monthly Art Critique Night Sunday.
• Tuesday, Ben Platt comes to Mershon.
• Also Tuesday, Blockfort hosts an opening reception for Bria Singer's show of paintings and terrariums.
• Otherworld was featured on the Arts Midwest blog in a piece by Linda Baird.
• Recording engineer Joey Gurwin discussed his new podcast chronicling the amazing true story of illusionist and Holocaust survivor Franz Czeisler.
• Thursday in the Short North, the Doo Dah Parade will have a good laugh at America. Remember, no registration is required.
• Friday through Sunday, the 12th Columbus Black Theatre Festival will present eight one-acts at Columbus Performing Arts Center.
• For a lesson in sick burns, you can try an introduction to pyrography class from Woodcraft of Columbus.
• Saturday is Gallery Hop. Attractions include paintings by Chris Taylor at Sean Christopher Gallery and an assortment of new works from Sharon Weiss Gallery's roster.

Around the Globe

• Cécile McLorin Salvant (who comes to the Wex October 3) talks to WNET about what art means to her.
• Meshell Ndegeocello (at the Wex September 22) on Nina Simone and Chicago.
• Insightful words from Forbes on our current Tanya Lukin Linklater exhibition.
• Filmmaker Barry Jenkins discusses the impact of his powerful The Underground Railroad on the occasion of its entrance in the Criterion Collection.
• Artnet’s crucial Art Angle podcast on Basel, Barbara Gladstone, and algorithms.
• The Stonewall Visitor Center opens this weekend.
• Indie theaters look to repertory screenings to keep the theatrical experience alive.
• The movie Chinatown got a love letter from critic Scott Tobias for its 50th anniversary.
• The virtual shelves at Internet Archive lost about 500,000 books to publisher lawsuits.
• With a brand new memoir, filmmaker Susan Seidelman looks back on groundbreaking career.
• R.I.P.: the great character actor Bill Cobbs passed away this week.
• The Warhol Foundation just announced its spring 2024 grant recipients.
• Artist and educator Dawoud Bey talks to Bomb.
• And, finally, round out your summer reading with these six books recommended by the New York Times.