Community Calendar

We are hosting a standalone TTRPG once a month for teens and want you to join us! Each game will start and finish that day so you do not have to attend each month. You do NOT have to have experience. All our games are 100% beginner friendly. We always choose rules-lite systems to make jumping in easy, and we'll teach you to play as we go!

October 10: Business Wizards
November 14: Dialect
December 12: Honey Heist

It’s time for the fall season of Pen and Tell It! Jump into the season with our new classes that have a little bit for everyone. These stand-alone sessions allow you to try new ideas, writing skills, fascinating prompts, and more!

NOVEMBER 15 CLASSES

Make it Pop!
2nd and 3rd grade // 1-2:30 pm // $20
Who doesn't love a pop-up book? Now you get to try making your own. Bring your imagination and we'll show you how to bring it to life with pull-tabs, pop-up pictures, moving mechanisms, and more in this class. You'll have plenty of cool tools and stories to take home!

Time Traveling Tales
4th and 5th grade // 1-3 pm // $25
While we don’t have a flux capacitor to take us back in time, you’ll fire up your imagination to do the work. What challenges or changes will your character face in a different time period? Do they mess up the space time continuum? In this workshop, we will look at history and make it fun using our imaginations!

Poetry Palooza
6th, 7th, and 8th grade // 1-3 pm // $25
There are a million types of poetry (give or take a few) and you're going to jump into narrative poetry to create your own poetry-based stories. But wait, there's more! We'll break out our art supplies for you to craft a journal for your new stories.

It’s time for the fall season of Pen and Tell It! Jump into the season with our new classes that have a little bit for everyone. These stand-alone sessions allow you to try new ideas, writing skills, fascinating prompts, and more!

NOVEMBER 22 CLASSES

Who Would Win Your Story?
2nd and 3rd grade // 1-2:30 pm // $20
Dive into the fun world of the “Who Would Win?” book series! In class, we’ll briefly talk about the books and then it’s up to you. You’ll decide the competitors you want to use and then plan, write, and illustrate your own story. Who will win? As the author, you have all the power! (You do not have to know the book series to participate.)

Shhh! Creating a Secret Society
4th and 5th grade // 1-3 pm // $25
TOP SECRET: We'll practice collaborative storytelling as we work together to form our own Secret Society, invent new gadgets, and send Secret Agents on top secret missions! This message will self-destruct in 3...2...1... BOOM!

How to Get Away with (Writing) Murder
6th, 7th, and 8th grade // 1-3 pm // $25
Have you ever wanted to write The Perfect Crime? You'll learn how to get away with (writing) murder, heists, detective stories, and more (and what is up with red herrings?). See if you can stump your friends and family with your perfect crime stories!

Step into the holiday hilarity of Uptown Scrooge: Abridged!, Good Medicine Productions' wildly interactive twist on Charles Dickens' beloved classic. This isn't a show where you sit quietly in the dark—it's a Christmas party where the audience becomes part of the story.

Filled with quick wit, outrageous characters, live music, and joyful audience participation, Uptown Scrooge delivers all the heart of Dickens with a healthy dose of laughter. Whether you're cheering on Tiny Tim, booing Nephew Fred or finding yourself unexpectedly pulled into the action, every performance is a one-of-a-kind experience.

Step into the holiday hilarity of Uptown Scrooge: Abridged!, Good Medicine Productions' wildly interactive twist on Charles Dickens' beloved classic. This isn't a show where you sit quietly in the dark—it's a Christmas party where the audience becomes part of the story.

Filled with quick wit, outrageous characters, live music, and joyful audience participation, Uptown Scrooge delivers all the heart of Dickens with a healthy dose of laughter. Whether you're cheering on Tiny Tim, booing Nephew Fred or finding yourself unexpectedly pulled into the action, every performance is a one-of-a-kind experience.

Community Day is the first Sunday of every month. Residents of Columbus and Franklin County receive free General Admission. Identification is required. Community Days include access to the entirety of our gardens and collections and current daytime exhibitions. Admission to Special Engagements (Chihuly Nights, Pumpkins Aglow, Conservatory Aglow) is not included.

We are hosting a standalone TTRPG once a month for teens and want you to join us! Each game will start and finish that day so you do not have to attend each month. You do NOT have to have experience. All our games are 100% beginner friendly. We always choose rules-lite systems to make jumping in easy, and we'll teach you to play as we go!

October 10: Business Wizards
November 14: Dialect
December 12: Honey Heist

The 7th Annual Westerville Winterfest & Carnival, presented by Jake Breakey State Farm Agent and organized by KidsLinked, is a free indoor family festival with Santa, carnival games, bounce park, mini golf, lazer tag, bingo, ornament making, stage entertainment and holiday shopping. Free with advance registration at https://WestervilleWinterfest2026.eventbrite.com

Chris Cakes pancake catering will be on-site flipping pancakes for you to “catch” your breakfast! Enjoy all the pancakes and sausage you can eat, mandarin oranges, real orange juice, hot chocolate or coffee; and visit with the big guy himself, Santa!

Chris Cakes pancake catering will be on-site flipping pancakes for you to “catch” your breakfast! Enjoy all the pancakes and sausage you can eat, mandarin oranges, real orange juice, hot chocolate or coffee; and visit with the big guy himself, Santa!