Thurber House
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Founded in 1984, Thurber House is a nonprofit arts hub, James Thurber museum, historic landmark, and gathering place for readers, writers, and artists of all ages. www.thurberhouse.org
On September 6, we've got FOUR powerhouse authors! 🤩 Headliner Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz, plus Ernest Cline (Ready Player One 📕), Hanif Abdurraqib (They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us 📘), and Scott Woods (Black Night Is Falling 📙). Register! ➡️ thurberhouse.org/events #Columbus #ColumbusMakesArt
Another Summer Literary Picnics season is in the books! 🏡☀️ Last night, Beth Armstrong and Rebecca Rose capped off the summer with an engaging talk about animals and what we humans can do to help them. 🦓🐅🐢🐘 Thanks to everyone who enjoyed our five picnics on the lawn this season! ♥️
ONE WEEK AWAY! 😁 On Wednesday, August 5, join New Yorker cartoonist @tbtoro.bsky.social for "The Craft of New Yorker Cartoons" workshop at Thurber Center. 🎨 No prior cartooning experience or skill required. Open to adults & teens 15+. Register ➡️ thurberhouse.org/events #columbus #asseenincolumbus
#JamesThurber fans! 👋 The family of late artist Sally Tourtellot Ruddy, who worked with #Thurber's wife Helen to create art inspired by his characters, needs a new home for some of Sally's pieces. 🎨 Interested? Email thurberhouse@thurberhouse.org. (More info on our Facebook/Instagram posts.)
Adult #Writers' Studio: Fiction Intensive wrapped up on Saturday with a lively open mic full of cheers and camaraderie. We'll sure miss this group! 🫶 Want to join the fun? Check out fall AWS! ➡️ thurberhouse.org/current-events-programs #writing #asseenincolumbus #columbus #columbusohio
Hey, animal lovers! 🦓🐍🐅🐢🐘 This Wednesday, July 29, conservationist & former #Columbus Zoo gorilla keeper Beth Armstrong will discuss her memoir, Voices from the Ape House, with Ohio Wildlife Center's Rebecca Rose. 🦍 We'll see you there! 🏡📖 Learn more & register ➡️ thurberhouse.org/events
In June, #Columbus #poet Tomás Miriti Pacheco passed away at the age of 24. We remember him today with a #poem published in our 2019 edition of Flip the Page, when he was a student at Columbus Alternative High School. Tomás's legacy will forever be an inspiration. ❤️ #columbusmakesart #artmakescbus
Our friend @quotidianwriter.bsky.social is launching #Writers Rising, a free fiction #mentorship program that culminates in a print anthology & public reading at Thurber House. ✍️ Apply to be a mentee by August 20! Learn more ➡️ quotidianwriter.com/writers-rising #asseenincolumbus #columbus #writer
⚠️ Don't even THINK about missing out, #Columbus! ⚠️ Alexander McCall Smith 📚, four powerhouse authors 🤩, two Halloween events 🎃👻, New Yorker cartoonist Liza Donnelly and Sara Thurber Sauers 🎨, singer-songwriter Eric Gnezda 🎹🎵, and so much more. Register ➡️ thurberhouse.org/events #columbusohio
Only 4 spots left! 😮 Adult #Writers' Studio Memoir Intensive starts on 7/28. Mingle with other writers, get feedback on your work, & hone your craft! ✍️ 😁 Register ➡️ thurberhouse.org/aws-memoir-intensive-2026 🤷♀️ Not a memoir #writer? Try mixed genre AWS! ➡️ thurberhouse.org/current-events-programs
Another week, another picnic! 😁 This Monday, July 13, our friend Wil Haygood returns to Thurber House to discuss his latest book, The War Within a War. We'll see you there! 🏡📖 Register ➡️ thurberhouse.org/events #columbus #columbusohio #columbusmakesart #artmakescbus #book #books #reading #author
#Columbus *showed up* last night! 😁🙌 #Thanks to everyone who gave Barbara Fant a warm welcome back to our community, Dionne Custer Edwards for curating a fantastic conversation, and Apple Spice for the delicious food. 🙏😋 Thurber House is SO lucky to have you, Barbara! 🥹 #columbusohio #poetry
TOMORROW, July 8: Barbara Fant is BACK! 📣😎✌️Join us for a night of #poetry with award-winning #poet and incoming Thurber House Executive Director Barbara Fant and arts educator Dionne Custer Edwards. 🏡📖 Register! ➡️ thurberhouse.org/events #columbus #asseenincolumbus #columbusmakesart #artmakescbus
Happy Independence Day! 🎆 This James Thurber drawing originally appeared in The New Yorker in 1939 as part of "Famous Poems Illustrated." 🇺🇸 ___________________ #july4 #july4th #4thofjuly #independenceday #jamesthurber #thurber #newyorker #throwback
"You can fool too many of the people too much of the time." — James Thurber ___________________ #jamesthurber #thurber #quote #quoteoftheday #wordsofwisdom #foodforthought #asseenincolumbus #asseenincbus #columbus #cbus #614columbus #columbusohio
What a beautiful evening we had last night for WCBE 90.5 FM's Jack Marchbanks! 🏡 Such a lovely celebration of #jazz and Jack's new book, Art and Activism (which was a sell out!). 🎶🥪🍎📖 Thanks to everyone who joined us! #asseenincolumbus #columbus #columbusohio #columbusmakesart #artmakescbus
Tomorrow 6/24, don't miss WCBE's Jack Marchbanks as he brings #jazz to life on the Thurber House lawn! 😁 Join us for an evening of #music, great food, and Jack's new book, Art and Activism. 🏡🥪🍎📖 Register ➡️ thurberhouse.org/events #columbus #columbusohio #cbus #asseenincolumbus #icymi
Happy Father's Day! ❤️ Here are Mame & Charles Thurber, James Thurber's parents. Charles was a civil clerk who loved baseball, puzzles, & riddles. He was an expert bowler. 🎳 Charles features in the story "The Night the Bed Fell" (among many others). He's buried in #Columbus's Green Lawn Cemetery.
One week down, one to go! 🎉 Adult Writers' Studio: Beginner Intensive is off to a great start. We're happy to see so many writers connecting with each other. 😄 Check out our other intensives! Fiction ➡️ thurberhouse.org/aws-fiction-intensive-2026 Memoir ➡️ thurberhouse.org/aws-memoir-intensive-2026
Six days until WCBE's Jack Marchbanks brings #jazz to the Thurber House lawn! 😁 Join us next Wednesday, June 24 for an evening of #music, great food, & Jack's new book, Art & Activism. 🏡🥪🍎📖 Register ➡️ thurberhouse.org/events #columbus #columbusohio #columbusmakesart #artmakescbus #icymi #books
Ahh... enjoying the simple life of #WindowsXP! 😌 For over a decade, this PC was tucked in a corner of our storage room until we finally booted it up to download the data. Here is Jess in pre-AI bliss. 🙂 Does anyone still have a copy of Oregon Trail? 😢🐂🐃🐍😵 #throwback #tech #technology
⚠️ JUST ANNOUNCED! ⚠️ Alexander McCall Smith, a quartet of powerhouse authors, New Yorker cartoonist Tom Toro, and a writing submission party! 🤩🎉 Don't even THINK about missing out! thurberhouse.org/events #columbus @mccallsmith.bsky.social @scottwoods.bsky.social @quotidianwriter.bsky.social
"There are two kinds of light, the glow that illumines and the glare that obscures." — James Thurber ___________________ #jamesthurber #thurber #quote #quoteoftheday #wordsofwisdom #foodforthought #asseenincolumbus #asseenincbus #columbus #cbus #614columbus #columbusohio
It's release party day! 😁 Take a look at the GORGEOUS cover of 2026 Flip the Page: Central Ohio's Teen Literary Journal. 📘😍 Flip the Page features writing/artwork from teens ages 13-19 and is compiled annually by a teen committee. Get a copy! ➡️ amazon.com/Flip-Page-2026-Thurber-House/dp/B0H2HSYMR3
We're excited to share that fellow nonprofit Ohio Humanities has relocated its offices to Thurber House! 🎉🏡 This new partnership is full of possibilities and mutual benefits for both organizations. (And don't worry, our museum isn't going anywhere! 🙂) #columbus #columbusohio #ohio #exciting
THIS WEEKEND: don't miss the Columbus Arts Festival on June 12-14! 🎨 Our talented Flip the Page teen writers will be featured on Saturday, June 13 from 12:30-1:30 pm at the Cultural Arts Center Stage. 🙂 More info ➡️ www.columbusartsfestival.org #cbusartsfest #columbusartsfestival