Here are some links to Fourth of July events now and this weekend:
Columbus Cool Down: https://columbusrecparks.com/wellness/keep-cool-with-us/
Columbus 250: https://www.experiencecolumbus.com/america250/
America 250: https://america250-ohio.org/ and https://america250.org/
Columbus Metropolitan Library: https://www.columbuslibrary.org/america-250/
From NBC4 WCMH Columbus - Reference - https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/central-ohio-news/columbus-firewor...

From The DJBC Happy Hour # 571 (6/29/26)
https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/central-ohio-news/columbus-firewor...

FRIDAY:
Red, White & Boom Parade

SATURDAY:
(Parades)
Bexley (Bexley: 250 and Beyond), Dublin (America 250), Upper Arlington (Ohio’s Greatest Hits), Northland (Ohio Celebrates America’s 250th/The 250th Anniversary of America), Westerville (250 Years Strong, We All Belong), Worthington Hills (Dynamic Duos), Gahanna (also America 250), Whitehall (America 1776-2026, 250 Years of Freedom), Hilliard (Celebrating America’s 250th), Reynoldsburg (Celebrating America 250), Pickerington (Party Like It’s 1776), Delaware (First Friday - “Party in the U.S.A.”), Granville (America 250: Past, Present, Future), Lewis Center (250 Years of the American Spirit)
And The Doo Dah Parade in the Short North (Less-Than-Grand Marshals: Anne & Walker Evans)

Already Happened - Westland (6/27, Lincoln Village/Prairie Township)

Fireworks
Reference - https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/central-ohio-news/columbus-firewor...

Thursday
Heath - Star-Spangled Celebration at Geller Park
Granville - Party in the Park with Fireworks at Wildwood Park (Day 2 of 4 Day Celebration)

Friday
(Festivals/Concerts)
Red, White & Boom!
Delaware First Friday - “Party in the U.S.A.”
Ashville Fourth of July
New Albany - American Salute: A 250th Celebration Concert at Hinson Amphitheater/McCoy Center (New Albany Symphony)

(Fireworks)

Steal This Story, Please! is a portrait of Amy Goodman's commitment to independent journalism and truth-telling over the past three decades. Directed by Academy Award-nominated Directors and Producers, Carl Deal and Tia Lessin, the documentary will play at the Gateway Film Center in Columbus opening Friday, May 15th. For information, visit stealthisstory.org.

BSA HipHop's Wes Flexner-anonrocknroll interviewed Democracy Now's Amy Goodman and Steal This Stories' co-producer and director Tia Lessin.

stream: https://anonrocknroll.com/2026/05/15/wes-flexners-anonrockoll-podcast-fe...

Steal This Story's Trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeg6j97XERk

Democracy Now! Events - https://www.democracynow.org/events

Democracy Now! airs via WCRSFM.org Columbus Community 92.7/ 98.3 :
Monday 8-9am
Monday 5-6pm
Tuesday 8-9am
Tuesday 5-6pm
Wednesday 8-9am
Wednesday 5-6pm
Thursday 8-9am
Thursday 5-6pm
Friday 8-9am
Friday 5-6pm

https://www.democracynow.org

WCRSFM.org is your Columbus Community Radio

wesflexner show information: http://anonrocknroll.com

Recorded sets from local DJs, played back on the radio for your listening or re-listening pleasure.

Discover new and old music, spanning the decades with an eclectic blend of genres. Positioning (juxta and otherwise) music you know next you music you might not - find your new favorites!

The show focuses on newly released music from the last few years and deeper cuts from the past 20 or so years. Mainly music in the Indie-rock/Americana genres, but branching out to other genres on a regular basis.

posted by Wes Flexner
wesflexner@anonrocknroll.com

Democracy Now interviewed Native American activist Leonard Peltier last month.
Leonard Peltier was a legendary political prisoner until former President Joe Biden granted Peltier clemency...Peltier is still a legend..he just isn't in prison.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBvNsS0CeBA

Democracy Now via WCRSFM.org Columbus Community 92.7/ 98.3 :
Monday 8-9am
Monday 5-6pm
Tuesday 8-9am
Tuesday 5-6pm
Wednesday 8-9am
Wednesday 5-6pm
Thursday 8-9am
Thursday 5-6pm
Friday 8-9am
Friday 5-6pm..

https://www.democracynow.org

"AMY GOODMAN: In a Democracy Now! global TV/radio broadcast exclusive, we spend the hour with longtime Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier. In February, he was released from a federal prison in Florida after spending nearly half a century behind bars for a crime he says he did not commit. President Biden, on his last day in office, commuted Peltier’s life sentence to home confinement. Biden’s decision came after mounting calls by tribal leaders and supporters around the world in a decadeslong community-led campaign fighting for his freedom.

In the ’70s, Peltier was involved with AIM, the American Indian Movement. In 1975, two FBI agents and one young AIM activist were killed in a shootout on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Two AIM members were later arrested for killing the agents. At trial, the jury acquitted them. Leonard Peltier was arrested later, tried separately and convicted. Peltier has always maintained his innocence.

Notable supporters of Leonard Peltier over the years included Nelson Mandela, Pope Francis and Amnesty International. Supporters of Peltier say his trial was marked by gross FBI and federal prosecutorial misconduct, including the coercion of witnesses, fabricated testimony and suppressed exculpatory evidence.

And Then Came the Blues description from Akashic Books:

"After being shot ten times by her fiancé and left for dead, Katrina Brownlee miraculously survived and became a decorated NYPD detective, a mentor, and founder of a nonprofit support group for at-risk women."

I interviewed Katrina Brownlee for my radio shows:

Wes Flexner's RockNRollShow 7pm Wednesdays
BSA Hip Hop 7pm Thursday replay at midnight
The Curfew 11pm Saturday

https://anonrocknroll.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/wesflexne...

Katrina Brownlee featured from

the Breakfast Club

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw_Pm6QC7X8

48 Hours

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epGr4RfbYFQ

I talked with Katrina for my radio shows knowing Katrina's story aired from Charlemagne the God. I figured a PSA could supplement the Breakfast Club...

http://anonrocknroll.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/wesflexner...

Katrina Brownlee's And Then Came the Blues: My Story of Survival on Both Sides of the Badge is available from:
https://www.akashicbooks.com/catalog/and-then-came-the-blues/

Link: https://joeeitel.com/hsfoot/scoreboard/2025/week-1

Games (All Friday August 22, unless noted):
Westland at Centennial (Thursday 8/21)
Westerville Central at Westerville North (CW Columbus)
Whitehouse Anthony Wayne at Upper Arlington
Amanda-Clearcreek at West Jefferson
Beechcroft at Eastmoor Academy
Belpre at Lancaster Fisher Catholic
Bexley at Linden McKinley
Big Walnut at Bishop Watterson (at Ohio Dominican)
Buckeye Valley at Delaware Hayes
Central Crossing at St. Charles
Youngstown Chaney at Columbus East
Chillicothe at Bloom-Carroll
Cincinnati Woodward at Africentric
Columbus Academy at Northland
Danville at Worthington Christian
Dublin Scioto at Reynoldsburg
Dublin Jerome at Westerville South
Elyria Catholic at Bishop Hartley
Fairfield Union at New Lexington
Grandview Heights at Briggs
Grove City at Teays Valley
Grove City Christian at Miami Valley Christian
Groveport Madison at Hilliard Bradley
Hilliard Davidson at Mansfield (Senior)
Jonathan Alder at West Liberty-Salem
Lancaster at Hilliard Darby
Gahanna Lincoln at Pickerington Central
Licking Valley at Sheridan
London at New Albany
Marion-Franklin at Granville
Mifflin at Columbus South
Dayton Meadowdale at Independence
Woodsfield Monroe at Liberty Union
Newark at Licking Heights
Newark Catholic at Allen East
New London at Millersport
Northridge at East Knox
Olentangy Berlin at DeSales
Olentangy at Olentangy Liberty
Olentangy Orange at Marysville
Pickerington North at Lakewood St. Edward
Philo at Heath
Cleveland VASJ at Walnut Ridge
Utica at Centerburg
Watkins Memorial at Worthington Kilbourne
Columbus West at Franklin Heights (Monday 8/25)
Westfall at Madison Plains
Wheelersburg at KIPP Columbus
Whitehall at Hamilton Township
Toledo Whitmer at Dublin Coffman
Harvest Prep at Akron Hoban
Thomas Worthington at Canal Winchester
Zanesville at Johnstown
Zane Trace at Logan Elm
Vincent Warren at Circleville