DAILY ALMANAC
Today is Thursday, June 13, the 164th day of 2019. There are 201 days left in the year.
Highlights in history
• In 1927, aviation hero Charles Lindbergh was honored with a ticker-tape parade in New York City.
• In 1966, the Supreme Court ruled in Miranda v. Arizona that criminal suspects had to be informed of their constitutional right to consult with an attorney and to remain silent.
• In 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated Solicitor-general Thurgood Marshall to become the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
• In 1983, Pioneer 10, launched by the U.S. in 1972, became the first spacecraft to leave the solar system.
• In 1997, a jury voted unanimously to give Timothy Mcveigh the death penalty for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
• In 2005, a jury in Santa Maria, California, acquitted Michael Jackson of molesting a 13-year-old cancer survivor at his Neverland ranch.
Birthdays Things to buy
• Current Queen of Columbus Nina West, portrayed by Andrew Levitt and the grand marshal in this weekend’s parade, has raised more than $2 million for LGBTQ organizations through the Nina West Fund housed within the Columbus Foundation. Several area businesses have teamed up with the celebrity drag queen, fresh off her stint on “Rupaul’s Drag Race,” to add to that total.
Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams (www.jenis.com) is selling Dream Puff, a Nina West-branded cream puff ice cream with strawberry swirl. Brewdog brewery (www.brewdog.com) created Elevengendary, a wheat ale colored with butterfly pea powder in her honor. And the Candle Lab stores (www.thecandlelab.com) in Grandview Heights, Worthington and the Short North have sweet and fruity Nina Celebration candles.
• Support Pride and look good doing it with Homage and Hot Chicken Takeover special edition T-shirts. Homage (www.homage. com) offers several options — a tie-dyed tank top and tees with “Love is Love” and “Yep, I’m Gay” messaging — with all proceeds supporting Stonewall Columbus. Hot Chicken Takeover (www. hotchickentakeover.com) is offering a seafoam green shirt. Five dollars of every Hot Chicken Takeover shirt purchase will support Kaleidoscope Youth Center’s work with LGBTQ youth.
• Let your Pride flag fly with a rainbow rectangle from the Flag Lady’s Flag Store in Clintonville. She carries them in sizes both small (packs of 12, each one 4 by 6 inches) and large (6 feet by 10). (www.flagladyusa. com)
Things to do
• For nearly 30 years, the Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus has lifted voices both in support of choral music and LGBTQ issues. The choir is open to all, regardless or gender or orientation, and also includes American Sign Language interpreters at every show. Two performances at Capital University on June 29 will mark the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots in New York and the LGBTQ civil rights movement. (www.columbusgaymenschorus.com)
• The 2019 season of Evolution Theatre — the only LGBTQ theater troupe in Columbus — features well-known hits such as “Cabaret” and locally produced plays, including “The Turkey Men,” by Ohio State University law professor Douglas Whaley. “The View Upstairs,” the company's next production, will run July 17-27. (www.evolution theatre.org)
• Brush up on Pride happenings with Prizm News, an LGBTQ website and monthly magazine available at restaurants, businesses and libraries around the city. Local community healthcare organization Equitas Health owns the company. (www. prizmnews.com)
Lgbtq-owned businesses to support
• Brady Konya, along with business partner Ryan Lang, runs local distillery Middle West Spirits in Weinland Park, where he creates favorites such as OYO vodka, Vim & Petal gin and Middle West whiskey. Take a tour of the space, or stop by their 1230 Courtland Ave. location for a drink at Service Bar. (www.middle westspirits.com)
• In 2013, business partners and chefs Jen Lindsey and Anne Boninsegna
opened the Kitchen, a hands-on event space and restaurant in German Village where everyone from corporate bigwigs to bachelorette party participants can gather to take cooking classes and eat together. (www.the kitchencolumbus.com)
• Taste the rainbow in Merion Village at Bake Me Happy, where partners Wendy Miller Pugh and Letha Pugh create glutenfree treats, including an Ohio-shaped Pride cookie. (www.bakemehappygf.com)
• Shop for shoes or a sundress at Out of the Closet, a Short North thrift shop that donates 96 cents for every dollar earned. It also offers free HIV and sexually transmitted infection screenings on weekdays. (www.outof thecloset.org)