* The Columbus/Bartholomew County Branch of the NAACP’s celebration of “Juneteenth: Jubilee 2024: Healing Our Soul” begins at 11:3o a.m. Saturday along Fourth Street in downtown Columbus. The free event features food for purchase, music, varied arts and clothing vendors, a children’s zone, two Black history tours and more along Fourth Street. Plus, a Black history panel is scheduled at 1:30 p.m. at the nearby Crump Theatre. Moreover, the gathering includes nationally touring culinary historian Michael Twitty. In a pre-Juneteenth address from 10 to 11:30 a.m., he will present “Keeping Family Recipes Alive” at the nearby Bartholomew County Public Library. He will speak again in the same location from 2:45 to 3:45 p.m. on “How I Found My Soul In Soul Food.” Information: Facebook page for Black History Columbus.
*The animated film “Inside Out 2,” still playing at the nonprofit YES Cinemas in downtown Columbus, has earned fairly solid reviews since its release as entertaining, funny and insightful family fare. The online summary goes like this: The flick returns to the mind of newly minted teenager Riley just as headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new emotions. Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust, who’ve long been running a successful operation by all accounts, aren’t sure how to feel when Anxiety and other emotions show up. Rated PG. Information and $5 and $6 tickets: yescinema.org.
Staff writer Brian Blair can be reached at [email protected].
