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2 weeks ago | 
clintonvillespotlight.com | Cliff Wiltshire |Rachel Wiltshire
Springtime has officially hit Central Ohio, and rising temperatures plus the Easter season bring really fun community activities for children and families to enjoy. Clintonville offers a traditional egg hunt, Worthington boasts a fun bunny hop, and the annual Duckling Day Parade arrives at the end of the month. Spring is a season of rebirth and baby animals, and two of these events offer the opportunity to interact with some classic spring animals.
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2 weeks ago | 
clintonvillespotlight.com | Cliff Wiltshire |Rachel Wiltshire
A sponge, a starfish, a squid and a squirrel walk onto a stage …Rather than the lead-up to a joke, this describes Bishop Watterson High School’s spring production, SpongeBobSquarePants: The Broadway Musical. Just as it sounds, the show is a song- and dance-filled story about the popular television characters living in Bikini Bottom.
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3 weeks ago | 
clintonvillespotlight.com | Cliff Wiltshire |Rachel Wiltshire
As the seasons change this month, and winter slides slowly into spring, Whetstone High School’s theater program has chosen to perform a musical featuring, aptly, the Greek goddess of spring. Hadestown: Teen Edition opens at the Whetstone Academy of Performing Arts at the end of the month. A hit Broadway musical, Hadestown is a play on the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. The musical premiered on Broadway in 2019 and won eight Tony Awards out of 14 nominations.
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3 weeks ago | 
clintonvillespotlight.com | Cliff Wiltshire |Rachel Wiltshire
Dominion Middle School’s drama department will be overrun this month with drama, bullying, cattiness and mean girls – Mean Girls, that is. For the spring musical this year, drama teacher Emily Whittaker has chosen for students to perform Mean Girls Jr., a modified version of the Broadway musical based on the popular 2004 film. The rock musical premiered on Broadway in 2018, and a film version of the musical came out last year.
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1 month ago | 
clintonvillespotlight.com | Cliff Wiltshire |Rachel Wiltshire
With a huge candy-giving holiday coming up this month, the Clintonville Spotlight managed to grab a few moments with the very busy Stacey Durst, one of the owners of Colonial Candy – a Clintonville staple. Folks might remember visiting the little store on North High Street during the past several decades. The storefront is now home to Destination Donuts, 3519 N. High St.Colonial Candy is now online-only. But tasty candies for Valentine’s Day and beyond are still right here in the neighborhood.
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2 months ago | 
clintonvillespotlight.com | Cliff Wiltshire |Rachel Wiltshire
New year, new me, new – spaper wardrobe? Dominion Middle School students spent some time in the classroom on an annual costume unit that involved spending class time crafting an outfit out of newspapers. “Newspaper costume design is a pretty common project for drama teachers,” said longtime drama teacher Emily Whittaker, who has been doing the project as part of her curriculum for the past eight years.
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2 months ago | 
clintonvillespotlight.com | Cliff Wiltshire |Rachel Wiltshire
One-on-one date nights are such a nice treat for a couple with a child (soon to be two children). We are lucky to have two sets of grandparents in town who jump at the chance to babysit, as well as siblings and friends happy to provide backup. That said, I know not everyone has the same kind of village that is so easily available. Some people aren’t ready or don’t want to leave their kids for the evening.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
clintonvillespotlight.com | Cliff Wiltshire |Rachel Wiltshire
With the post-Christmas forecasted temperatures creeping up into the 50s and perhaps 60s, and rain clouds on the horizon, it seems there might be a bit of time to wait for that first blanket of snow. During the more recent past, I’ve definitely been a cozy book-by-the-fire type of person when snowfall first hits. But as the mom of a toddler boy, I find myself looking back further. I have some very clear memories of weekend days heading out with my mom, dad, and brother to the closest sledding hill.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
clintonvillespotlight.com | Cliff Wiltshire |Rachel Wiltshire
November can be a weird month for children. The excitement of Halloween has passed – although the candy collections remain – while school drags on throughout the month as the excitement of Christmas and holiday cheer dangles in the near future. Of course there is Thanksgiving, but the promise of turkey and mashed potatoes is not likely to capture kids’ attention for a full month. That being said, I am one of those people for whom the holiday season starts on Nov. 1.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
clintonvillespotlight.com | Cliff Wiltshire |Rachel Wiltshire
Dominion Middle School students are taking the Ohio State- Michigan football rivalry extra seriously this month, as a matter of life and death – onstage, that is. For its fall production, Dominion will stage a 60-minute production of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, with the rivalry between the Capulets and Montagues based on Ohio’s biggest sports showdown.
