the weekend warrior

TREE LIGHTINGS:
- Obetz (December 10, Lancaster Park; CORRECTION from recording)
- Clintonville (December 11, Whetstone Community Center & Whetstone Library)

FESTIVALS:
- Franklinton Fridays (December 9, Franklinton Arts District)

ARTS HAPPENINGS:
- White Christmas (Short North Stage; through January 1)
- CATCO New Works Festival for Young Audiences (CPAC; through December 11)
- The Happy Elf (CCT at the Lincoln; through December 23)
- The Nutcracker (BalletMet at the Ohio Theatre; through December 24)
- Dave Koz & Friends Concert (Southern Theatre; December 10)

Tree Lightings:
THURSDAY
Ohio Statehouse
Dublin - Riverside Crossing Park

FRIDAY
Canal Winchester - Downtown Canal Winchester
Delaware - Downtown Delaware
German Village - Frank Fetch Park
Grove City - Grove City Town Center
Otterbein University - Towers Plaza
Upper Arlington - Mallway Park
Westerville - City Hall
Whitehall - The Kelley Green at Norton Crossing (Bus - # 10, 24)

SATURDAY
Lancaster - Downtown Lancaster
Pickerington - Olde Pickerington
Plain City - Plain City
Reynoldsburg - City Hall (Bus - # 2 to Reynoldsburg)

SUNDAY
Bexley - Northeast Drexel Circle, Broad St & Drexel Ave. (Bus - # 10)
Groveport - Groveport
Hilliard - Hilliard Station Park

TUESDAY
Grandview Heights - Grandview Community Center

Holiday Festivals:
THURSDAY
Statehouse Open House

FRIDAY/SATURDAY
Canal Winchester - Christmas in the Village
Grove City - Christmas Festival/Mistletoe Market, Grove City Town Center

FRIDAY
Delaware - First Friday, Downtown Delaware
Upper Arlington - Winter Fair, Mallway Park (in front of Jones Middle School & Fire Station 95)
Whitehall - Whitehall Wonderland, The Kelley Green at Norton Crossing

SATURDAY
Downtown - Discovery District Trolley Hop
Downtown - Winter Fest, Bicentennial Park
Lancaster - Winter Fair
Plain City - Christmas Under The Clock/Route 42 Holiday Hop
Short North - Holiday Hop, High Street between Nationwide Blvd. & 5th Ave., Short North

SUNDAY
Clintonville - Holiday Ville!
German Village - Village Lights
Westerville - Sertoma Christmas Parade, State St. between St. Paul the Apostle Church and Electric Avenue

TUESDAY
Grandview Heights - Holidays in the Heights, Grandview Avenue between First and Third Avenue, Grandview Heights

WEDNESDAY 12/07
Worthington - Illuminating Shopping, High Street between New England and Stafford Avenue, Worthington

The Arts:
Jazz Arts Group Home for the Holidays at the Southern Theatre (through December 4)

Events This Weekend:
- Columbus Symphony presents Ghostbusters (October 28) & Halloween Spooktacular (October 30) at the Ohio Theatre (39 E. State St., Downtown; http://www.columbussymphony.com)
- Boo at the Zoo - FINAL WEEKEND! (through October 30; Columbus Zoo and Aquarium; 4850 W. Powell Rd., Powell; http://www.columbuszoo.org)
- All Hallow's Eve (October 29; Ohio History Connection; 800 E. 17th Ave., Linden; http://www.ohiohistory.org)
- Halloween Village (October 28-31; Streetlight Guild; 1367 E. Main St., Near East Side; http://www.streetlightguild.org)
- Halloween on the Square (October 31; 400 Square, Franklinton; http://www.400square.com)
- Boo on Broadway (October 29; Grove City Town Center; http://www.heartofgrovecity.org)

Here is What's Happening This Weekend:
- HighBall (October 22; 2-11PM; Goodale & Park Streets, Short North; http://www.highballcolumbus.org)
- Grandview Harvest Hop (October 22; 5-8PM; Grandview Avenue between First and Third Avenues, Grandview Heights; http://www.grandviewhop.com)
- Bexley Harvest Festival (October 21; 6PM; Jeffrey Park: 165 N. Parkview Ave., Bexley; http://www.bexley.org)
- The Great Pumpkin Aglow (October 19-23; Heritage Park: 60 N. Cleveland Ave., Westerville)
- Circleville Pumpkin Show (October 19-22; Downtown Circleville; http://www.circlevillepumpkinshow.com)
- Pumpkins Aglow (October 19-23 & October 26-30; Franklin Park Conservatory: 1777 E. Broad St., Franklin Park; http://www.fpconservatory.org)
- Iowa at Ohio State, "Scarlet Out The Shoe" (October 22 at 12PM; Ohio Stadium: 411 Woody Hayes Drive, Columbus; On TV on FOX, with The "Big Noon Kickoff" LIVE from Campus)
- RENT & The Rocky Horror Show (Short North Stage, Short North; http://www.shortnorthstage.org)
- Requiem (October 23 at 1:30PM; Holy Rosary/Rock of Faith Church: 1667 E. Main St., South of Main)
- Olde Towne Art Walk (October 23; 700 Collective, Olde Towne East)
- Worthington Sunday Funday (October 23; High Street between State Route 161 and New England Ave., Worthington; http://www.worthingtonpartnership.org)

Tonight on the show, we celebrate June 14th, (614) Day in the Capital City. (614) is the primary area code for Columbus, Ohio. And on June 14th, (614) Day is celebrated.

Complete with a new intro and outro, this re-packaged DJBC Classic takes us to yet another Early Classic, Show # 7, first aired on June 6, 2011 (hence the first part of the title). The A.T. part was in nod that it was the first show since the "resignation*" of Jim Tressel from the B*ckeyes Football Team one week prior on Memorial Day 2011, capping off the Tattoogate Scandal at THE Ohio. The day after this show originally aired, then-B*ckeyes Quarterback (and the real star of Tattoogate) Terrelle Pryor was declared ineligible by the NCAA, and then obviously flatulated in the NFL as a Wide Receiver after a failed stint as a 3rd String Quarterback in the NFL.

In this show, we poke fun at the Scandal with these two sketches:
- A Cold Open Sketch with Barack Obama who announces the departure of Tressel from THE Ohio.
- Taylor Swift on "The Dating Game" with Terrelle Pryor (as Bachelor # 2). Coincidentally, Swift had a concert in Columbus that week, hence that sketch.

Also in the Show:
- The Daytime Emmys Preview (the last one with "As the World Turns" - RIP)
- The (edited) Weekend Warrior (ya know, that Intro and Outro were gonna come at a hefty price tag)

A lot has changed in the decade and 370-plus shows since that show first aired, and it's always great to go back at the infancy of this show on WCRS.