11 things to do the weekend of July 27
Staff Writer
Columbus Alive
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Friday
Mourning [A] BLKstar at the Summit
Cleveland musician, poet, author and bookstore owner RA Washington leads this “big, black orchestra.”
- “Sedgwick Ave” closing reception at Blockfort
- TLC & En Vogue at the Ohio State Fair
- Restart House Music at Brothers Drake
Saturday
Handsome Family plays Rumba Cafe
You might recognize Handsome Family’s dark, dusty Americana ballad “Far From Any Road,” the theme song from the first season of HBO’s “True Detective,” but the duo has more than two decades of songs.
- 2x2 Hip-Hop Festival: Columbus rapper Kashis Keyz
- 2x2 Hip-Hop Festival: Live Graffiti Painting
- 2x2 Hip-Hop Festival: Three More to See
- The Hills Market Downtown hog roast
Sunday
Songs of loss and change fuel the latest EP,GL, from Chicago’s Ratboys.