Creative Groups Near Me

Let's get Creative!

Just in time for holiday gift giving - let's spark our creativity and gather at Worthington Candle Works for a hands-on sensory experience. We will have options to create a custom-scented candle, body scrub, soap, reed diffuser, lotion or room spray. We can all choose our own product to make and take home with us that day. Please note that candles require a 2-hour set time, which is a perfect time to head to lunch at Dewey's Pizza, which is only a 100 foot walk from Worthington Candle Works. The pricing is as follows: all items other than candles are $28; candles are $25-$50, depending on size

NFT AI ART Columbus

NFT's are here to stay folks! This is a group for like minded people interested in understanding, leveraging, using, creating for, profiting from, trading too i suppose, NFT's.. everything around them, complexity, fear and exploits, best practices and more. **PLUS** This group will talk AI ART tools, techniques, artists, video, audio, prototypes and more in the AI assisted production space- ART specifically, but we can get into any aspect of some of the cooler things happening in AI in general.

Walk & Chat - Highbanks Metro Park

Build Columbus Meetup #48 @ Improving

**Use your skills. Serve your city.** Builders in Columbus using their skills to help local nonprofits. Developers, designers, content creators, and more. All are welcome. Join us at Improving to learn from each other, work on projects, and share what we're building. You'll leave with new ideas and new connections. First time? You'll fit right in. **What to expect** **Intro circle:** We go around the room and everyone shares their name, what they're working on, and how their skills could help someone else. **Main session:** Attend a talk, join a workshop, or work on a project. **Hang out:** Food, coffee, and conversation with other builders. **Sponsors and Partners** - Improving (Venue Sponsor, providing food and beverages) - Bethel World Prayer Center (Fiscal Sponsor) - Fruits and Roots Coffee Roasters (Coffee Partner) **Stay connected** **Join the Discord:** https://discord.com/invite/s9bQZBVduF **Learn more:** https://buildcolumbus.org

Fun & easy way to play more tennis (read event description)

We’re still working to get more people into these Meetups, but our goal is to give PlayYourCourt members a few social tennis outings each week in addition to your practice sessions and Challenge League matches. These Meetups are co-ed, super laid back, and all skill levels are welcome. Post your skill level and a suggested court in the comments section so we can round up as many players as we can for some tennis fun! Also, if you’re looking to meet new practice partners or play some matches and you aren’t already in the PlayYourCourt Community, you can go here to see what we’re all about and sign up: https://www.playyourcourt.com/tennis-community/columbus-oh/meetup/ If you love tennis, we’d love to have you! Be sure and watch the quick video that explains how everything works. Happy hitting! - Scott

Judgment in the Fog: Making Better Product Decisions in the Age of AI

**The Product Skills AI Can't Replace** AI can synthesize research, analyze data, and prioritize work. But when everything feels important and there’s no clear right answer, how do you decide what matters most? Join **ProductTank Columbus** and **Mike Belsito, Head of Product Evangelism at Pendo and Mind the Product**, to explore three practical habits for cutting through the noise, uncovering the real problem behind stakeholder requests, and prioritizing work that makes the greatest impact. **AI can help you process more information. Great product judgment helps you know what to do with it.** Doors open at **5:30 PM**, and the talk begins at **6:00 PM**, followed by Q&A and time to connect. Food and drinks will be provided by ZoCo, our generous host. Parking is available directly behind ZoCo and in the lot across the street. \*Towing will not be enforced in the paid lot on the day of the event.

Enchanted Moon Paint & Sip, Ticketed Event - Short North

Galla Park Social Happy Hour

Let’s meet up for half-priced cocktails and appetizers. Metered parking should be free because of Veteran’s Day. Here’s the menu: https://gallapark.com/menu/

Speak Easy (Storytelling)

The topic for November is "Lost." Speak Easy: true stories, told live. The idea is simple: an audience, an open microphone, and great stories. Hilarious, gripping, poignant- it's up to you. Audiences are invited to come to listen or come to tell as folks from all corners of Columbus offer their stories live on stage! Held at Wild Goose Creative's warm, intimate space, this night of tales occurs on the 3rd Thursday of every month. Doors open at 6:30 pm, show starts at 7:00 pm. Please arrive early if you want to tell, as we generally only have room for a limited number of tellers, and the sign-up sheet has a tendency to fill up fast. Formed around the idea that people need stories--they're what hold and draw us together--SpeakEasy celebrates the strangeness and commonness of being human. And in a world of smartphones, Facebook, Twitter, and more . . . it gives people a real, breathing, in-person way to connect. The night is geared for true stories of all kinds, taking the best tales told around kitchen tables, in darkened pubs, on the street corner, and at late-night parties and giving them an audience. Speak Easy is also a great outlet for performers, writers, and artists looking to share their favorite stories and perfect their skills. We strongly encourage tellers to please tell the story rather than read it so we keep within the spirit of good storytelling and stay engaged with the audience. All are welcome. Hang around after the show for a drink and build community!

Shut Up & Write!™ Easton Town Center

We'll meet at The Capital One Café, 167 Easton Town Center, Space A-103. This is in the main mall where the Microsoft store used to be, on your left if you're standing at the bottom of the AMC Theater escalator. Join us on Saturday for an hour of uninterrupted wordmaking! • What we'll do Join us for an hour of writing! We’ve discovered that it’s strikingly helpful to write with other writers. See if it’s true for you at 10AM on Saturday mornings. Be it a book, blog, script, essay, dissertation, resume, melody, poem or just plain work stuff, you are invited to write it with us. No one will see what you've written or give you unsolicited advice. Instead of just thinking about writing, come and get some real writing done. SCHEDULE: 10:00 - SESSION 1: quick intros. 10:10 - timer starts: write for 1 hour. 11:10 - chat / take off / keep writing. OPTIONAL SOCIALIZING happens at 11A-11:30ish. Writing is very solitary. Connecting (and sometimes even commiserating) with other writers is a cool thing. BEING LATE IS OKAY: just show up and get settled, then check-in with me after the session. (I’ll be the person with the Shut Up & Write! sign.) If you were on time, please be willing to make room for the friendly latecomer. Happy writing and I look forward to seeing you! • What to bring Whatever you need to be able to write! Bring earbuds/earplugs if you want to block noise or the occasional conversation by other patrons. Electrical outlets are limited, so charge your devices before whenever possible. See you at The Café on Saturday!

November Analog Craft Night

Craving connection and a space to create? Calling all crafters, makers, junk journal lovers and collage makers, knitting and crochet enthusiasts or those just looking for a technology free night and mingling with other people. Bring a project you're working on and come join us for an evening of creation and connection.

COSQAM Presents: Quality in the Age of AI

Join us in the beautiful **Improving Columbus** office space for a Panel Discussion around this topic... **Quality in the Age of AI: The Good, the Bad, and the Lessons Learned** What AI tools are we using? What do we think should be better? How can we make it work in our lives and careers? **The Panel** Bob Fornal - Senior Engineer at Leading EDJE (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rfornal/) Krishna Chaitanya Bandarupalli - Quality Assurance Team Lead at Encova Insurance (https://www.linkedin.com/in/krishna-chaitanya-bandarupalli-a1038436/) Ryan Quellhorst - Quality Assurance Specialist at The Helper Bees (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanquellhorst/) Joseph Beale (Moderator) - Lead Consultant at Tricentis (https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephbealeqa/) Food and drinks provided by COSQAM and Improving PARKING INFORMATION: Street parking is available through the ParkColumbus or ParkMobile apps. There is also garage parking available at the following locations: * LAZ Parking - Gravity Garage, 500 W. Broad Street * Veterans Memorial Lot - 300W W Broad St * LAZ Parking - Dorrian Green Garage (i.e. COSI Garage) - 52 Belle St, Columbus, OH 43215