OSU Urban Arts Space presents Dog Days of August

The OSU Urban Arts Space is going to the dogs this month! Come to the OSU Urban Arts Space, 50 W Town St in the historic Lazarus building downtown, on Wednesdays at noon for our Dog Days of August programs.

Programs include:

Wednesday, Aug 6, noon-1pm, Brown Bag
Word Works, an OSU Libraries ReadAloud Program with Charlene Fix
This reading about dogs is our first ReadAloud Program presented in conjunction with OSU Libraries. Bring your lunch, sit back  and listen to author Charlene Fix read one of Thurber's dog stories and share her own poetic reflections on dogs. Charlene Fix is a professor of English at the Columbus College of Art Design and a member of the House of Toast Poets.

Wednesday, Aug 13, noon-1pm, Brown Bag
Screen Works: The Wonderful World of Dogs
See a women whose Chihuahua is carried off by a hungry pelican...and a dog with a sixth sense... The Wonderful World of Dogs explores the myths, obsessions and wide variety of attitudes people harbor about our four-legged friends by introducing a few of the barkers, bullies and roamers that make up the canine population.

Wednesday, Aug 20, noon-1pm, Brown Bag
Word Works with Michael Rosen Why we Love the Dogs we Love
Hear a reading by Michael J. Rosen, author of many books about our canine companions, including a new collection of heartfelt essays, Dogs We Love, by Edward Albee, Ann Beattie, Armistead Maupin, Jane Smiley and 14 other great writers. Bring a picture of your dog, and Michael can do a quick portrait of your companion in a copy of the book with purchase.

Wednesday, Aug 27, noon-1pm
Special Dog Adoption Event
Round out our Dog Days of August with a dog event starring real dogs. You've seen them, you know them and you love them; now adopt one --or at least take a look! Join us for an adoption event and give a dog a "furever" home. Dogs available for adoption from the Franklin County Dog Shelter

For more information, call (614) 292-8861 or visit arts.osu.edu/uas