monday
FEBRUARY 18
Show Bulletin:
Celebrity Guest. Eric Litwin, original author of “Pete the Cat” will be performing onstage – bringing literacy and music together.
Performance. Sing and dance with the Shazzbots, performing at 2 & 4 p.m.
Hands-on Art Activities. Just for kids to have fun. Location: near and in the gARTens. See full activity list here.
TODAY'S ADMISSION DEALS
Library Card Day: show your library card and get two admissions for the price of one ($13)
Teachers K-12 with ID receive FREE admission
OSU employees & Students with BUCK-ID get two admissions for the price of one ($13)
Military and first responders with ID receive FREE admission
Arts Appreciation Days, courtesy of Greater Columbus Arts Council; get two admissions for the price of one ($13) when you:
Show a membership card from any of the following: CCAD, Columbus Museum of Art, COSI, Franklin Park Conservatory, Ohio History Connection or Wexner Center for the Arts
Show an Artist Trading Card, available here. Just fill out the form, and present it at the ticket window
Pick up a $3 off at the door admission coupon at Central Ohio Lowe's stores
HOME STAGE SCHEDULE
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | Eric Litwin book signing at Half Price Books booth, near the Home Stage
Bring your Eric Litwin Pete the Cat books, or buy them here. Autographs only during this session.
12 PM | Ohio Wildlife
The Ohio Wildlife Center runs central Ohio’s only free Wildlife Hospital where they treat nearly 5,000 animals a year. Join their Education Team to learn more about the work they do and to meet some of their Ambassador Animals in person.
1 - 1:45 PM | Eric Litwin LIVE
Appearance presented by Half Price Books
Original author of “Pete the Cat, “The Nuts” and “Groovy Joe,” Litwin is a song-singing, guitar-strumming, #1 New York Times Best Selling author who brings early literacy and music together. Get a selfie with him afterward.
2 - 2:45 PM | The Shazzbots
The Shazzbots, intergalactic rock n’ roll band and champions of music, art, science, and everything creative, blast off for adventure in their Space Winnebago - learning life-lessons, overcoming obstacles, and meeting fascinating characters along the way.
3 - 3:45 PM | Eric Litwin Live
(see description above)
4 - 4:45 PM | The Shazzbots
(see description above)
4 PM | Eric Litwin Book Signing at Half Price Books’ booth
Bring your Eric Litwin Pete the Cat books, or buy them here. Autographs only during this session.
GARDEN STAGE SCHEDULE
1 - 1:40 PM | Starting a Vegetable Garden
by Terry Althouse
Now is the time to start planning your vegetable garden for this summer, and Master Gardener Terry will show you how, step by step.
2 - 2:40 PM | Making Ground Covers Work for You
by Matt Morrison
Learn which ground covers work best in various spaces around your property
3 - 3:40 PM | Extending the Gardening Season
by Mike Hogan
Learn how you can extend the growing season for vegetables into fall and winter in Ohio.
Hands-On Art Activities
Art Garden Studios
Lady on a Leaf: Craft your own garden buddy
COSI Science Festival
Star Gazing Sewing Activity: Learn about the constellations
Musicologie (in the Performance Garden - Reipenhoff Landscape)
Musicologie Play! Music Experience Table is an interactive booth where kids of all ages can try a range of instruments. Our musical bells, string instruments and even synthesizers are combined with fun games and easy-to-play songs that help kids feel successful and curious about learning an instrument.
Ohio Craft Museum/Ohio Designer Craftsment
”Where I Live”; Project: Decorate a flat wooden house with images of what home means to you