http://www.columbusalive.com/content/ All Stories from Columbus Alive Copyright 2012, The Dispatch Printing Company Copyright 2012, The Dispatch Printing Company http://www.columbusalive.com/content/blogs/thelatest/2013/05/liz-lessner-restaurant-gateway-film-center-arena-grand-closing.html Also, Arena Grand Theater closing, to reopen as part of Studio Movie Grill chain. http://www.columbusalive.com/content/blogs/thelatest/2013/05/liz-lessner-restaurant-gateway-film-center-arena-grand-closing.html http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2013/05/23/qa-with-brad-henry-find-brutus-app-creator.html Brad Henry has designed a mobile application, Find Brutus that will present a virtual 3D Brutus as a tour guide for Ohio State University. The app will allow users, especially students, to have an interactive experience throughout Campus using a mobile device — offering directions, university facts and history and a scavenger hunt-type game. jesse tigges http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2013/05/23/qa-with-brad-henry-find-brutus-app-creator.html http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2013/05/23/summer-bucket-list-introduction.html Summer ain’t no time for to-do lists; as the song suggests, it should be easy livin’. But those three glorious (scratch that: hot and humid) months we call summer come and go as quickly as an August thunderstorm. Our deadline- (and booze-) addled minds don’t remember much, but we do know how difficult it can be to wring maximum fun out of the summer. One moment you’re planning a Memorial Day cookout and the next you’re preparing for Buckeye football tailgating. justin mcintosh http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2013/05/23/summer-bucket-list-introduction.html http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2013/05/23/summer-bucket-list.html Make sangria http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2013/05/23/summer-bucket-list.html http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2013/05/23/summer-bucket-list-meghans-picks.html Alive photographer meghan ralston http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2013/05/23/summer-bucket-list-meghans-picks.html http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2013/05/23/summer-bucket-list-justins-picks.html Alive editor justin mcintosh http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2013/05/23/summer-bucket-list-justins-picks.html http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2013/05/23/summer-bucket-list-jesses-picks.html Alive editorial assistant jesse tigges http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2013/05/23/summer-bucket-list-jesses-picks.html http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2013/05/23/summer-bucket-list-jackies-selections.html Alive reporter jackie mantey http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2013/05/23/summer-bucket-list-jackies-selections.html http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2013/05/23/summer-bucket-list-chris-selections.html Alive reporter chris deville http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2013/05/23/summer-bucket-list-chris-selections.html http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2013/05/23/summer-bucket-list-brads-picks.html Alive web producer brad keefe http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2013/05/23/summer-bucket-list-brads-picks.html http://www.columbusalive.com/content/blogs/thelatest/2013/05/technique-talk-painter-michael-bush.html Painting as therapy, for artist and viewer. arts michael bush technique talk http://www.columbusalive.com/content/blogs/thelatest/2013/05/technique-talk-painter-michael-bush.html http://www.columbusalive.com/content/blogs/thelatest/2013/05/ea-sports-nhl-14-cover-contest-bobrovsky.html Because we deserve something nice. http://www.columbusalive.com/content/blogs/thelatest/2013/05/ea-sports-nhl-14-cover-contest-bobrovsky.html http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2013/05/23/ultimate-patio-contest-your-chance-to-choose-columbus-best-party-patio.html Summer is possibly best celebrated with drinks on the patio; an activity to wash away the day’s doldrums of paperwork, yard work — any kind of work — for a bit of revelry. As the sun hangs low in the evening sky and sweat beads on your beverage of choice, patio imbibing is the festive respite many demand this time of the year. jesse tigges http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2013/05/23/ultimate-patio-contest-your-chance-to-choose-columbus-best-party-patio.html http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2013/05/23/restaurant-review-ray-rays-chicken-wings-fly-high.html In a scenario befitting far-fetched fiction, Buffalo, New York radically changed our country’s dining habits. Yeah, that unlikely “trend-setting” city began the hot-sauced chicken wings craze still raging all over these United States of Gourmet-rica. http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2013/05/23/restaurant-review-ray-rays-chicken-wings-fly-high.html http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2013/05/23/restaurant-review-borgata-pizza-cafe-a-hidden-gem-that-doesnt-cut-corners.html Borgata Pizza Cafe is an under-the-radar restaurant that should be brought up in “hidden gem” discussions. Skillfully catching floppy, high-tossed dough-discs for nearly four years now, this hard-working family operation doesn’t cut corners — not when slicing its pizzas into pie pieces, not when scratch-making its own crusts, sauce, meatballs, pastas and so on. http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2013/05/23/restaurant-review-borgata-pizza-cafe-a-hidden-gem-that-doesnt-cut-corners.html http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2013/05/23/distilled-happy-hour-of-the-month-carabar.html It’s my job to go to happy hours. But, to be completely honest, this gets repetitive because many happy hours offer the same specials. Occasionally, I come across one that goes above and beyond the rest. This is one such happy hour. http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2013/05/23/distilled-happy-hour-of-the-month-carabar.html http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2013/05/23/movie-review-fast--furious-6-puts-unlikely-franchise-on-cruise-control.html It’s been more than a decade since “The Fast & the Furious” hit theaters. At the time, it was shrewdly cashing in on a growing interest in illegal street racing and car customization. Now it’s a summer tent pole. Who woulda thunk it? http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2013/05/23/movie-review-fast--furious-6-puts-unlikely-franchise-on-cruise-control.html http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2013/05/23/arts-preview-king-arthur-and-the-sword-of-britain.html Playwright Philip J. Hickman brings knights, ladies and adventure to the free outdoor theater Actors’ Theatre series http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2013/05/23/arts-preview-king-arthur-and-the-sword-of-britain.html http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2013/05/23/art-preview-funny-bone-talent-search-finals-promises-laughs.html The first couple rounds of the Easton comedy club’s re-occurring talent search for those with fledgling comedic chops can be excruciating. http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2013/05/23/art-preview-funny-bone-talent-search-finals-promises-laughs.html http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2013/05/23/art-preview-becoming-american-concert-pays-homage-to-american-history.html Feeling all Memorial Day-ey? This concert by the Central Ohio Symphony Orchestra that pays homage to American history is sure to suffice. http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2013/05/23/art-preview-becoming-american-concert-pays-homage-to-american-history.html http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2013/05/23/arts-preview-color-fields-a-brief-history-from-mark-rothko-to-now.html Understanding color’s role in art seems like it would be intuitive. Red, passion! Grey, turmoil! Green, serenity! But those are just the basics, dear Watson. And sometimes even those rules aren’t true. http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2013/05/23/arts-preview-color-fields-a-brief-history-from-mark-rothko-to-now.html http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2013/05/23/movie-review-at-any-price-an-effective-farmland-drama.html The farmland drama “At Any Price” completely defied my expectations — and I admit I wasn’t expecting much, especially from the unlikely pairing of Dennis Quaid and Zac Efron. http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2013/05/23/movie-review-at-any-price-an-effective-farmland-drama.html http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2013/05/23/staff-pick-photographys-back-to-the-future.html Sorry, no DeLorean here, but the 10 Ohio artists with work in this Ohio Arts Council exhibit do plenty of technique time travelling. http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2013/05/23/staff-pick-photographys-back-to-the-future.html http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2013/05/23/bar-profile-local-cantina-keeps-things-thankfully-simple.html Grandview’s Local Cantina is a Mexican restaurant and bar that makes its bones by keeping things simple, but appropriately fun. The interior is characterized by roadhouse tchotchkes — license plates, hubcaps, sombreros, Polaroids and various aviary statuettes — and a mustachio theme. It all goes perfectly with Local Cantina’s self-described “taco truck with bar stools” vibe. http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2013/05/23/bar-profile-local-cantina-keeps-things-thankfully-simple.html http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2013/05/23/staff-pick-growler-alley-crawl.html As I’m sure many have noticed Clintonville (specifically the few blocks between Crestview and Midgard roads) has become Columbus’ best new beer haven with The Crest Gatropub, Savor Growl and Studio 35. http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2013/05/23/staff-pick-growler-alley-crawl.html