RiverCity Foundry Launches StartUp Accelerator Supporting Entrepreneurship & Economic Development Across the River Valley Region. RiverCity Foundry announces the July 8th launch of their 2016 Summer StartUp Accelerator. The launch is a follow-on to the inaugural Columbus Georgia Startup Weekend, a partnership between ColumbusMakesIT and Troy University, that took place in April 2016 at...
Barks & Blues Festival
This Sunday, 6.26.16 2-6 p.m., the inaugural Barks and Blues Festival will take place at Paws Humane! This is a free event and an incredible chance to connect with your animal rescue community & Paws Humane. Paws would love the chance to show you around their facility, so you are familiar with all the services offered. The family friendly festival will include: National Blues Recording Artist...
Chancellor’s Men’s Store – A Columbus Tradition
Written by Alia Teetshorn I’m not sure if all our readers know that Chancellor’s Men’s Store has been open in the same location since 1873. It is truly a Columbus institution, if there ever was one! ECL got to talk to Roger Stinson Jr., whose family has owned the store for close to ten years, and discussed what it is like to work in the family business as father and son with his dad...
Local History is in The Art of Tattooing
Tattoos are among the earliest and most universal art forms. For more than 5,000 years, cultures from every continent have been using tattoos to symbolize status, rites of passage, or simply as personal embellishment. The oldest discovery of tattooed human skin is found on Ötzi the Iceman, dating between 3370 and 3100 BC. Yet, in 1961 New York City (and many other cities) declared it “unlawful...
(Electric) Citylife Massage was Shocking
It was a typical Monday, yesterday: reactive and chaotic. A thousand small projects took the complicated route. A long walk helped, but wasn’t enough. It was time for a massage. Close to 4pm, I finally decided to book a massage for two people. We have a personal massage therapist but she isn’t usually available the day of, so I asked Google who the best massage places were in...
The Who’s “Tommy”: The Springer Keeps Bringing The Best To Columbus, GA
It all began when "Tommy" was released as the fourth studio album by the English, rock band The Who in May 1969.
The Missing Link
Columbus State University College of the Arts has been at the core of the Uptown Columbus evolution. Yet, no college art department is complete without a Department of Dance.
The New Start Up: Food & Drink Craft Collective
As non-chain restaurants continue opening up around Columbus, GA, one group of guys are looking to highlight them by producing unique food & drink events. Electric City Life had a chance to catch up with Jay Tye, one of the Co-Founders of the new start-up, Food & Drink Craft Collective. ECL: How did the idea of “Food & Drink Craft Collective” first come to you? F&D: The idea was...
Uptown? Downtown? Either Way, I’m Intimidated.
Growing up in Columbus, I knew the downtown area to be intimidating. At the time, the intimidation factor came from perceived crime.
The Best B's of Summer!
Uptown Columbus and Budweiser are partnering to host the inaugural Budweiser + Burgers Cook-Off, Saturday, June 6, 4-10pm at The Park at 11th & Bay, and admission is FREE!