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Friendsgiving

Holiday Party 🎄🎁☃️

**Bookish Babes Book Club First Holiday Party!** \- We will be decorating Gingerbread Houses \- There will be a White Elephant Gift Exchange \- Hot Cocoa Bar & Holiday themed snacks \- Christmas Carols sung by Jillian & more! Attire: Ugly Christmas Sweaters are strongly encouraged 🎅🏻 What to bring: * **$25** if you plan to decorate a gingerbread house! (Zelle, Paypal, Cash) * **A wrapped white elephant gift** for the exchange, try to keep it around $25 or less and Bookish themed. * Everyone is welcome to bring a snack to share but this is **optional**. This event will be in meeting room **3A** at the **Main Library.** Stay as long or as short as you would like **Please update your RSVP** If you are no longer able to go so we can prepare food and supplies properly

Kobolds and Trenchcoats - Battle of the Bards

Tailgate Party before Buckeyes Home Games

Join me at my TAILGATE PARTY. We will be there before each Buckeyes home game. We set up between The Shoe and St. Johns Arena along the sidewalk and parking lot entrance ramp. Sept 5 Ball State Sept 19 Kent State Sept 26 Illinois Oct 10 Maryland Nov 7 Oregon Nov 14 Northwestern Nov 28 Michigan See you at the Shoe!!!!

TinyACO Friendsgiving 2026

Adventures in Local AI - Run Your Own Local LLM & Save on AI Costs!

**Presenter:** Auri Rahimzadeh, Principal Software Architect, Momentum3 **Time:** Pizza at 6:00, Presentation Starts at 6:30pm Eastern **Location:** Theoris, 9000 Keystone Crossing, Suite 230, Indianapolis Did you know you don't have to pay for Claude Code, Codex, even GitHub Copilot for many coding tasks? Free models you can run on the right hardware can perform similar to frontier models for many routine needs, saving you hundreds to thousands of dollars. Better yet, your code is securely stored on your machine, never leaving your network. Auri will explain lessons learned and best practices so you can make Local LLM work for you, too.

Oscar Watch: WILD HORSE NINE at the Drexel Theatre!

Join us as we get together to see a dark-comedy-dramatic-thriller and that rare combination of films that’s a heavy Oscar contender and wildly entertaining, WILD HORSE NINE! The film is written/directed by Martin McDonagh and follows a pair of CIA agents as they face a trust-testing mission from Santiago to Easter Island during 1973 in Chile. Here’s a description, trailer and plan for this event: DESCRIPTION: Shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup d'etat, two CIA officers are sent from Santiago to Easter Island. Among the island's iconic statues, the longtime partners wrestle with their dark pasts and present conspiracies, while one’s newfound bond with a pair of rebellious students threatens to send everyone's trip to this remote paradise sideways. The film is written/directed by Martin McDonagh (In Bruges, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, The Banshees of Inisherin) and stars John Malkovich, Sam Rockwell, Steve Buscemi, Tom Waits and Parker Posey. TRAILER: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Haw_sznA5aQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Haw_sznA5aQ) BUZZ & ACCLAIM: Wild Horse Nine premiered to a rapturous response at this year’s Venice International Film Festival where John Malkovich won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor! It is earning a stellar 94% positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes, where critics call it “intelligent, superb filmmaking” with an “expert blend of poignant drama and blistering dark comedy” and featuring some of the best performances ever “by Malkovich, Rockwell and Buscemi.” This is one of those rare movies that's actually fun and entertaining, smart and moving, and poised to be a major player at next year's Oscars! DINNER PLAN: For dinner, we’ll switch it up this time and go with dinner at the Rusty Bucket BEFORE the show! Meet at 5:15pm and we’ll have a section reserved for the group! MOVIE PLAN: Immediately following dinner, it’s on to the show! We’ll plan for a 7pm-ish showing and will meet in the lobby area about 20 minutes before showtime! Advance ticket purchase not required for this theater. When you purchase yours, be sure to mention you’re with the Movie Group for admission and concession discounts. Also, recommend parking in the lot near Brassica and your car will be close to the restaurant and the theater! Exact showtime and complete details will be confirmed and announced as the date gets closer. Can't wait, Dan

November Art & Craft Meetup

**Join us for a Sunday Crafternoon Maker Meetup!** Whether you are looking to carve out dedicated creative time, wanting to get a lingering project across the finish line, or just looking to chat with fellow local makers—this is the space for you. 🧵 **What to Bring** Bring any art or craft project you are currently working on, as long as it is portable and quiet. Think: * **Yarn & Thread:** Knitting, crochet, embroidery, cross-stitch, hand-sewing, mending. * **Paper & Sketching:** Sketchbooks, adult coloring books, watercolors, bullet journaling. * **Digital:** Tablets, iPad drawing, laptop writing/design. * *Please note: Because we are meeting in a shared public space, no power tools, sewing machines, or high-odor materials (like strong solvents or spray glues), please!* **📍 Where to Find Us** * We will be meeting at **Columbus Metropolitan Library - Franklinton Branch** in **Meeting Room**. Room is reserved under **CBUS Maker Meetup.** **⏱️ Timeline** * **1:30 PM:** Arrive, grab a seat, get settled, and do a quick round of introductions so we can see what everyone is working on. * **1:45 PM - 3:30 PM:** Open maker time! Chat, craft, relax, and swap creative ideas. **⚠️ A Note on RSVPs** Space for this meetup is limited to 10 spots. If your plans change and you can no longer attend, please update your RSVP to "Not Going" as soon as possible so someone on the waitlist can grab your spot. We ask that you try to give at least 48 hours' notice if you need to cancel. *** **We can't wait to meet you and see what you're making! All skill levels welcome.**

Game Day & Potluck Friendsgiving 🦃♟️

**B.B. Bookclub will be having a Friendsgiving Game Day!** This will be a potluck where we play games, eat, and yap. The games will be a mix of everything from board games, to card games, to Jackbox and more. Feel free to bring your favorite game, but not required, there will be plenty! **For the potluck if **everyone who attends could bring a dish of some kind**, it can be a main, side dish, desert or etc. Homemade or store bought is totally fine (**please message me an idea of what you plan to bring** so we don’t end up with like 10 pumpkin pies 🥧 😂 I’ll update here as people register)** This is not the regular monthly book club, no book is required to be read to attend. If you haven’t attended a book club or event before you are more than welcome to come, it’s the perfect time to join in & get to know everyone. Message me with any questions!

Oscar Watch: LA BOLA NEGRA at the Gateway Film Center!

Join us for an Oscar Watch event as we get together to see this year’s winner of the Toronto Film Festival, LA BOLA NEGRA! This Spanish-language war-drama-romance tells the story of three men whose lives are intimately connected through desire, pain and inheritance, across three different eras -- 1932, 1937, and 2017. Here’s a description, trailer and plan for this event: DESCRIPTION: The film tells the story of three men whose lives are intimately connected through desire, pain and inheritance, across three different eras -- 1932, 1937, and 2017.The film is directed by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi and stars Guitarricadelafuente, Miguel Bernardeau, Carlos González, Milo Quifes, Lola Dueñas, Penélope Cruz and Glenn Close. TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBVxKt0gKDY BUZZ & ACCLAIM: LA BOLA NEGRA has already had quite a run through the festival circuit and promises to be something special! Javier Ambrossi won Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival and the film itself won the Audience Awards at the Toronto, Sydney and San Sebastian International Film Festivals! It is earning an excellent 88% positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes, which says: “An intergenerational epic bathed in striking imagery and vibrant music, La Bola Negra is a sensorial feast that movingly testifies to the perseverance of queer identity throughout history.” Others call it a "grandiose historical epic" and “one of those rare films that feels both old and new.” La Bola Negra is expected to be a heavy awards contender and a likely Best Picture / Best International Film nominee! A NOT-SO-DREADED NETFLIX RELEASE: Netflix is usually my arch-nemesis this time of year, often buying up some of the year’s best films, and giving them a very limited one-or-two week theatrical release before sending them to the streaming service. But, this time, Netflix is giving LA BOLA NEGRA their first-ever full theatrical release in theaters! So, we’ll support the effort and as an added bonus, see what should be a really great film the way it was mean to be seen – in theaters! PLAN: We’ll plan for a mid-afternoon showing and will meet in the upstairs lobby area about 20 minutes before showtime. Once showtime is announced, advance ticket purchase is advised. Once you have yours, please list your seat number in the Comments section of this event! Showtime and complete details will be confirmed/announced as the date gets closer! ' Should be a good one, Dan

Bizet’s Carmen-encore from the Met

Friendsgiving 🎃 🍁 🦃