VITAL STATISTICS
BIRTHS
This list is compiled from voluntary submissions by parents to hospitals. MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (MARYSVILLE)
Kennedy, Valarie and Tyler: boy, March 11
MOUNT CARMEL GROVE CITY
Clark-greer, Calli: girl, March 14
Moyer, Mickayla/kimball, Deneal: girl, March 12
BLOOD DRIVES
The American Red Cross has an ongoing need for donors of all blood types. Donors can call 1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or go to redcrossblood.org to schedule an appointment. Blood drives are open today at:
Briggs Road Baptist Church, 3231 Briggs Rd., 1-6 p.m.
Carriage Place Blood Donation Center, 4820 Sawmill Rd., 11:45 a.m.-7 p.m.
Dublin Community Recreation Center, 5600 Post Rd., Dublin, Noon-5 p.m.
Guide Church - North Campus, 4751 Northwest Parkway, Hilliard, 2-7 p.m.
Old Pier 1 Imports Building, 1320 Polaris Parkway, 1-6 p.m.
Polaris Blood Donation Center, 1327 Cameron Ave., Oak Creek Building, Lewis Center, 11:45 a.m.-7 p.m.
Riverside Methodist Hospital, 3555 Olentangy River Rd., Green Garage Area, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
St. Cecilia Church, 434 Norton Rd., 2-8 p.m.
Stone Ridge Blood Donation Center, 337 Stoneridge Lane, Gahanna, 7:15 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Stonewall Columbus, 1160 N. High St., Noon-6 p.m.
Vineyard Christian Fellowship, 3005 Holt Rd., Grove City, 1-7 p.m.
Westbelt Blood Donation Center, 4327 Equity Dr., 1-7 p.m.
Egg hunt
Get in some early egg hunting at the Blystone Farm Easter Eggs-perience from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday,8677 Oregon Road, Canal Winchester. Three hunts, divided by age, will begin at 3 p.m. A petting zoo, 20 craft vendors, and snacks and drinks round out the experience. Donations will be accepted for the Blystone Agricultural Community, which provides educational agricultural programming for children. Vendors will be socially distanced and masks will be required inside. For more information, call 614-833-1211 or visit blystonefarm.com.
Mardi Gras in March
Mardi Gras arrives at Natalie’s Grandview Music Hall & Kitchen a bit late but with plenty of “sousaphonepowered feel-good music” when the New Basics Brass Band celebrates its 25th anniversary with two shows of New Orleans-flavored jazz on Fridaynight. Its eight members spent last summer playing front-porch concerts and now are ready to bring the show inside. Socially distanced performances will be taking place at 6 and 8 p.m. Friday at 945 King Ave. Tables or bar seats for two cost $30, and tables for four cost $60. The show also will be streamed for those at home. For more information, call 614-436-2625 or visit nataliesgrandview.com.
Bigfoot bonanza
Learn how to track down that early adopter of social distancing in part 4 of a Bigfoot series hosted by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ parks and watercraft division. Ask questions during the live interactive webinar at 10 a.m. Wednesdayand learn how to gather evidence when you’re out in the field searching for the elusive prey known to some as the Ohio Grassman. For more information and to register for the free webinar, call 614-265-6565 or visit ohiodnr.gov and search for “Bigfoot” to find “Bigfoot: The Hunt (Part 4).”
Furry tales
Columbus Children’s Theatre returns from a hiatus with the first of three spring productions. “Furry Tales With a Twist” is a two-person filmed streaming production recommended for pre-kindergarten through fourth grade. It rei
magines fairy tales to comic effect, as two valiant actors with scrambled scripts try to make sense of stories such as “GOLDISOCKS and the Three WOLVES.” Households can access the production for the weekend (Friday through Sunday) and March 26-28 for $12.94. For tickets and more information, call 614-224-6672 or visit columbuschildrenstheatre.org.
Bach and company
Works by J.S. Bach, Franz Joseph Haydn and Ralph Vaughan Williams will be performed by the Promusica Chamber Orchestra in Winterfest: Concertos for Two, a digital concert set to premiere at 7:30 p.m. Friday. The 75-minute concert, featuring solo parts for orchestra violinists Katherine Mclin and Jennifer Ross and oboist Dwight Parry, will be conducted by Music Director David Danzmayr. Tickets to view the concert cost $20; the show will remain online through April 1. For more information, visit promusicacolumbus.org.
Flashback to the ’70s
Columbus Jazz Orchestra Artistic Director Byron Stripling will lead Jazz Arts Group musicians in a digital concert shining a spotlight on top jazz and pop hits from the 1970s. Vocalist and electric piano player Dave Powers will be featured in the concert, which will be available to view starting at 8 p.m. Friday on the digital-platform website of the Jazz Arts Group, jag.tv. Tickets to view the concert cost $25; the show will remain online through March 28. For more information, visit jag.tv.
Kurt Weill revue
Otterbein University’s Theatre & Dance and Music departments will present “Into a Lamplit Room: The Songs of Kurt Weill,” a musical revue about love, sex, politics and equality that includes the songs “Lost in the Stars,” “Mack the Knife,” “Pirate Jenny” and “September Song.” The production will feature 11 student singeractors choreographed, costumed, lit and staged at multiple locations including Cowan Hall’s Fritsche Theatre. Performances will stream at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost $15 per device. Call 614-823-1109 or visit www.otterbein.edu/drama.
‘Spamalot’ in concert
Columbus Immersive Theatre will present a socially distant version of “Spamalot,” the Broadway musical comedy loosely adapted from the Monty Python movie about the quest of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table for the Holy Grail during the Plague Years. Performances of the dance-filled show, with Amber Knicole of the neofunk band Mojoflo as the Lady of the Lake, will be live, with reduced seating and masks, at 7 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 2 and 7 p.m. Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through April 3. The show will also be available for streaming Saturday through April 3 as a fundraising benefit for Short North Stage at the Garden Theater’s Main Stage, 1187 N. High St. Tickets cost $15 for online viewing or $35 to $50 in person. Call 614-725-4042 or visit shortnorthstage.org.
Songs of modern life
Abbey Theater of Dublin and State of the Arts Productions will present “Songs for a New World,” an off-broadway musical revue of songs about modern life, love and making choices by Tony-winning composer-lyricist Jason Robert Brown (“Parade”). Performances will take place at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday and 8 p.m. March 25-27 with reduced 30-person seating and separation at the Dublin Recreation Center’s Abbey Theater, 5600 Post Road, Dublin, or watch a live-feed of the performance from one of the center’s event rooms (20 people per room). Tickets cost $15. Call 614-410-4550 or visit dublinohiousa.gov/abbey-theater.
Revolutionary feminists
Denison University’s Department of Theatre will stream four fully staged and separately recorded performances of “The Revolutionists,” Lauren Gunderson’s feminist comedy about creativity amid chaos in 1790s Paris, at 8 p.m. Saturday and March 27, and on demand Sunday and March 28. Admission is free, but advance tickets are required. For more information, call 740-587-5333 or visit Denison.edu and search for “The Revolutionists.”