Local Features

A matter of the heart.

Let’s get one thing straight, Mr. Home Organizing Service.

Grant Campbell photographed these Dutch Irises blooming profusely with spectacular colors this year.

Matt Rothrock took this shot of a sunset over Currituck Sound in Corolla, North Carolina, in the first week of July 2024.

Steve Gobert took this picture of the sunrise at Otter Creek on Aug. 15.

Even with the pipe bands, the sheepdog demonstrations, the whiskey tasting and the ever-mournful call of bagpipes, the Columbus Scottish Festival’s plaid, mad success rests partly in a nifty novelty that few other events can match.

Singer and guitarist Lynn Martin has been around music long enough to know that he and his Highway 46 Band are doing far more than merely playing songs.

The next Hope Cruise-In from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday on the historic Hope Town Square will give people a chance to shake their bumper a bit.

* For those ready to wave the bigger-is-better banner, make a note of this: The free, rain-or-shine Columbus Pride Festival from noon to 7 p.m. on Saturday at Mill Race Park, 50 Carl Miske Drive in downtown Columbus will feature more vendors than ever, more entertainment, more food trucks, and will stretch an extra hour beyond the previous six hours. Plus, there will be a new teen area, sponsored by Centra Credit Union. Any questions? In the past, the event has attracted 2,000 or more people. Besides music, food and a drag show at the fest, there’s also an after-party from 8 p.m. to midnight at The Forge On Fourth with drag queens and DJ music. Tickets for that are $40.