CoMo Weekend: 12/2-4

December 2, 2011 By 1 Comment

The holiday season gets started officially here in Columbia this weekend and there’s a lot to do all over town, most of it for free. However, before you go out, watch this informative video from Columbia Access Television:

Friday the 2nd

  • Columbia College’s 15th Annual Lighting ceremony on Bass Commons; 4:45 PM (FREE) – Looking for something festive to get you in the holiday spirit before hitting downtown for the Living Window Fest? Swing by Columbia College and watch the campus ring in the season with one of the better light displays around town. [Link]
  • 46th annual Holiday Shelter Tree Lighting Ceremony; 6:00 PM (FREE) – A program of holiday music featuring the West Junior Delphian Choir followed by the tree lighting, a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus, goodies for the kids and music by the West Junior High Viking Band.
  • Living Windows Festival, Downtown; 6:00 PM-8:00 PM (FREE) -The grand CoMo Christmas tradition of placing living mannequins in storefront windows all over downtown officially kicks off the holiday shopping season. It’s fun to see what creative things downtown merchants have in store. The kids love it too!   [Link]
  • Catacombs Art Market in the North Village Arts District; Friday 4-9pm, Sat 10-5pm & Sun 11-4pm (FREE) – 40-50 artists put their wares for sale at this three-day event. It’s a great place to find one-of-a-kind gifts for the holidays. [Link]

Saturday the 3rd

  • Craft & Bake Sale at Cafe Berlin; 9 AM (FREE) – The Garden Gate School has some nice holiday crafts and baked goods for sale. The sale is to help support the efforts of this Waldorf school. [Link]
  • Columbia Farmers Market inside the south entrance of Parkade Plaza at 601 W. Business Loop 70; 9:00 AM-noon (FREE) - Slow Food Katy Trail is pleased to announce their second indoor winter-market season. The market will feature organic produce, locally raised meat and dairy, baked goods, preserves, and so much more.
  • Sampling Event – Missouri Wine, Artisan Chocolate, Handcrafted Treats at the Hotel Frederick in Boonville; 3:00 PM-5:00 PM ($5 for hotel guests, $10 for non-guests, and $2 for children) -This is a very special sampling event with the folks from Les Bourgeois Vineyards, Patric Chocolate, and Mom’s Originals. All attendees will receive a commemorative Hotel Frederick or Les Bourgeois Vineyards wine glass, and be entered in a drawing for a free room at Hotel Frederick! Products will be available to purchase after sampling, and Glenn’s Cafe and bar will be open for business, so feel free to stick around and make an evening of it.No reservations necessary, but attendance will be capped, so call the Hotel Frederick at 660.882.2828 to ensure your spot. http://www.hotelfrederick.com/
  • Santacon, downtown; 4:00 PM-??? (FREE) – Every year, a bunch of folk spread some holiday cheer by bar hopping all over downtown dressed as Santa in various forms. There’s a pre-party at 4 PM, but the crawl starts at McNally’s around 7 PM with various other stops until winding down at a diner around 1:30 AM. Find a Santa hat and join in. Details and “rules” are located at the following link. [Link]
  • Columbia Handbell Ensemble – Winter Concert at the First Baptist Church of Columbia; 7:00 PM-10:00 PM (FREE) – Whenever I think of Christmas bells, I think of the Sweeney Sisters’ Christmas medley, but this will surely be different and even a nice way to spend a Saturday evening getting in the spirit of the holidays. [Link]
  • Boreal Hills, Richard the Lionhearted, and Penny Marvel at Eastside Tavern; 9:30 PM-12:30 AM ($5) – Want to get away from the holiday madness? Try heading over to Eastside for some local music as Boreal Hills celebrates the release of their album. Plus, you can drink to forget the holidays and all the anxiety that comes with it. [Link]

Sunday the 4th

  • Choose and cut your own Christmas tree at Country Traditions (6500 E. Highway WW, Columbia, MO, 65201. Phone: 573-449-2651. Email: reidingerr@aol.com) or Timberview Tree Farm (5301 E Raitt Rd, Hartsburg, MO 65039. Phone: 573-636-5395. Email: timberviewtreefarm4@gmail.com). (Editor’s note: Country Traditions no longer allows customers to cut their own trees due to insurance reasons. However, they will cut down the trees for you.)
  • Patric Chocolate at Wine Cellar and Bistro; 5:00 PM ($65 per person, Limited Seating -Call for Reservations 442-7281) – The Wine Cellar & Bistro’s Chef Craig teams with award-winning Alan McClure, founder of Patric Chocolate, for an amazing sweet and savory Chocolate Dinner. [Menu LINK]

At the Ragtag this weekend…
Melancholia – Fri @ 5:45 / 8:45; Sat @ 2:45 /5:45 /8:45; Sun @ 1:00 /4:00 / 7:00

Martha Marcy May Marlene – Fri @ 5:00 / 7:15 / 9:30; Sat @ 2:15 / 4:45 / 7:15 / 9:30; Sun @ 1:30 / 4:30 / 7:30

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CoMo Weekend: 11/18-20

November 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Mizzou vs. Buffalo

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It’s almost Turkey Day! How are you spending the weekend before the holiday? Here are some things that the Collective will be doing this weekend…

Friday the 18th

  • TRYPS Treasure Island at the Columbia Mall and the TRYPS Little Theater; various times throughout the weekend - All weekend long, the TRYPS program is presenting a play about pirates and buried treasure. Go to the TRYPS website for further details.
  • Margin Call / The Skin I Live In at Ragtag; show times throughout the weekend ($8) – Two films highlight Ragtag’s weekend lineup. Margin Call features a star-studded cast telling the story of a brokerage firms during the 24 hours leading to financial collapse. In The Skin I Live In, Almodóvar and Banderas reunite for the first time since 1990′s Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! to bring us this suspenseful thriller.
  • Super Sonic Piss, The Liz, Stacian & Gel Set w/the fagettes at Cafe Berlin; 10:00 PM-1:00 AM ($?) – Three punk bands from around the Midwest and our own Fagettes are playing a good old fashioned freak out at Cafe Berlin. For more information, check the event page on Facebook.
Saturday the 19th
  • XCX at the  Midway Truckstop Sandbar here in Columbia; on-site registration and check-in is at 8:00 AM ($35 for participants) – The following descriptors are used for this event: “Deranged Cross-Country Run. Demented Obstacle Course. Unhinged Costume Contest. Complete Insanity. Can You Survive the XCX?” That’s all you really need to know. Also, watch the video below…

  • Benefit for Larry at Hawgs & Dogs Bar & Grill; 5:00 pm - Larry has been diagnosed with a brain tumor and will be undergoing chemotherapy. Money raised will be used to lessen the financial burden for Larry and his family during treatment. Hawgs and Dogs will be donating the money raised from the sale of Chicken and Ribs at the benefit. There is a Facebook event you can check out for more details. There will also be a raffle for a laptop, marble or granite 49″ desktop/vanity top ($300-500 value), Cardinal World Series t-shirts (9 of them L & XL), car washes, haircuts…… and more. Come by early and watch the Mizzou Game! The Big Square Band will play from 8 PM to Midnight.
Sunday the 20th
  • MU’s Women’s Basketball vs. North Florida at Mizzou Arena; 2:00-4:00 PM ($3-5) – One can’t beat major NCAA basketball for such a low price. Sunday afternoon games are often sparsely attended, giving one a chance to get up close to see Robin Pingeton’s undefeated crew take on the North Florida Ospreys.
  • Cross-legged #2 (with Fire Dog) at Ragtag; 4:00-5:00 PM (donations) – Here’s the description from Ragtag: “This new variety show compels young families and discerning adults to hunker down on the floor of our small, cozy theater.  This month, we welcome St. Louis band Fire Dog. This trio will offer a low-volume version of their playful blend of  soul and surf, with influences ranging from Elvis Costello and David Bowie to The Beach Boys and The Flaming Lips. Look for deep-knee bends and magic tricks too. “

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Vinyl Art Show Event Is Friday!

September 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The Vinyl Art Show and Hairhole benefit was mentioned here a couple of weeks ago. Well, all those fantastic pieces of art are now ready for your perusal. 48 artists transformed some old, unwanted vinyl into some kick-ass pieces of art. You can check out the details at the Facebook event page.

The Vinyl Art Show’s closing event is Friday night from 6-9 at Cafe Berlin.  Music by Dubb Nubb, Jack Grelle and Max Garcia Rubio.  The silent auction closes at 8:30 and there is a Hairhole show(!) afterwards with Hott Lunch, Bookmobile, Bug Chaser and Comfort Zone rocking your socks off, all for a donation at the door. For those not into the Hairhole scene, you can hang around for the No Coast Rap Battle Festival set to begin at Cafe Berlin at 9:00 for a $5 cover.

Check below for some of the great works of art up for auction:

 

All photos are courtesy of Amanda Rainey (pictured above).

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Last Month in Columbia Tour

April 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Jeff Rice is a faculty member at the University of Missouri, but he has recently accepted a new position at the University of Kentucky and will be leaving Columbia at the end of the semester. For a college town like Columbia, this is not an uncommon occurrence. Aside from faculty like Jeff, students and others will come and go with the ending and beginning of each new semester. For Jeff’s last month in town, he’s identified a few spots he’d like to visit. This post was lifted with permission from Jeff’s beer blog Make Mine Potato, a beer geek’s beer blog that doesn’t review beers. Whether you’re leaving or stay this month, maybe you should make a point of visiting the locations listed below.

April 24, 2011

As we finished off the experiment known as “matzoh pizza” or “I’ll never make that again” tonight, my wife raised an important point: We have to do our last month in Columbia tour. It’s time to make sure we hit all the places we like to eat at and that we will likely never eat at again. Our daughter helped think this through. On our list are:

  • Sycamore- lunch and dinner and beer, of course. Sycamore is our favorite place in town, and we will very much miss it, as well as Mike and Sanford.
  • Uprise – lunch. Reuben and soup likely for me.
  • A Cafe Berlin breakfast. This is even though Cafe Berlin has never mastered the art of roasting potatoes evenly. Our visit will likely be early enough that we not wait forever. That means 8:30 Saturday morning.
  • Stone 44 – new to town but a big favorite for the house made pretzel rolls, fries, and burgers.
  • Murry’s – we’ll beat the the 70 year old crowd by hitting our regular time, 5 pm. I’ve eaten at Murry’s many times over the last four years and almost always ordered the same thing: burger and fries.
  • Booches – maybe we’ll visit for sentimental reasons. And we have to time it right so that we don’t wait forever.
  • Sparky’s. I’m the king of ice cream, but my daughter likes Sparky’s. Cake batter for the wife, chocolate for the girl, blueberry for me.
  • Broadway – this is an agreed maybe. The food did get better the last few months, but the beer is still not cutting it (though guest taps are typically fine). Maybe a brunch for the house made corn beef.

My wife does want to throw eggs at Jina Yoo’s. Long waits for food. The last time we did take out, it was awful. I remember the time that they had run out of rib eye on a Friday at 6pm. As Trillin might say, you do want to throw rocks at Jina Yoo’s. And I’ve been asked to give my wife a full Mother’s Day so that she can sit in one of her favorite coffee shops all day long. I assume she’ll pick Coffee Zone, where the rugelach is tasty when fresh, where they serve coffee in a tall clear glass, and where I picked up a couple of gyros the night Judah was being born, and snuck them into the room so my wife could eat before delivery. Maybe I can get a sit at Sycamore all day long and drink beer pass, though they will probably kick me out after lunch is over.

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