One place we're bush

I believe the arts in Columbus compete well with that of any other city in Georgia other than Atlanta and even there we sometimes compete. If a performance can get close, then we have it all over Atlanta since we don't have the traffic and parking problems. I think we get close with the symphony and the museum. We don't have a chance with theater because there's 70 companies in Atlanta and not one totally professional one here. The big show story is mixed-we don't get nearly as many but what we do get is every bit as professional as that at the Fox and we don't have to pay $15 for parking and hope the radio is there when we get back.
One place Columbus is bush league though is in the starting time for every live performance in town. They all start at 7:30 pm which is twixt and between. If you eat ahead of time, you have to start at 5:30 pm, preferably downtown. The River Club opens early on River Center performance nights for that reason. If 5:30 is too early for you and you decide to wait you'll have trouble finding a place open after 10 pm. If you go to Aida next Saturday, you'll be seeing a very long opera which probably won't get out until nearly 11 pm so you won't have much choice except to eat at 5:30.
This probably suits the Spring Harbor crowd who eat at 5 anyway and then board their bus to the venue, but everyone else is inconvenienced. It's simply bush.