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>> THIS TIME ON "BROAD & HIGH," WE TALK WITH A LOCAL PERFORMER WHO COMES BACK HOME ON THE COLUMBUS STOP ON A NATIONAL TOUR OF COMEDY.

>>> PRODUCTION OF "BROAD AND HIGH" IS SUPPORTED BY THE ART COUNSEL, CONNECTING COMMUNITY AND ARTS AND CLASSES AT COLUMBUSMAKESART.COM.

>> Announcer: FROM THESE CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS AND VIEWERS LIKE YOU, THANK YOU.

>> THIS TIME ON "BROAD AND HIGH," WE STOP WITH A LOCAL PERFORMER.

GO ON A GUIDED NATURE WALK WITH A LOCAL ARTIST WITH FOUND OBJECT ART CREATION.

AND I SLICE AND DICE UP A HARVEST SALAD IN THIS SEASON'S FIRST SEGMENT OF KATE'S QUICK BITES.

THIS AND MORE RIGHT NOW ON "BROAD & HIGH."

>>> ANDREW LEVITT IS KNOWN IN COLUMBUS AS THE PERFORMER BEHIND DRAG QUEEN NINA WEST.

NATIONALLY, NINA IS KNOWN AS MISS CONGENIALITY FROM SEASON 11 OF RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE.

WE TALKED WITH ANDREW AT THE HISTORICAL OHIO THEATER, WHERE HE'LL STAR AS THE ICONIC FIGURE IN THE NATIONAL TOUR OF "HAIR SPRAY."

>> MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER PROBABLY STARTED AFTER I STARTED COLLEGE, BUT I WASN'T REALLY INTENDING ON MOVING TO COLUMBUS, OHIO.

I WAS GOING TO GO TO NEW YORK CITY AND CHASE THE DREAM OF BEING AN ACTOR ON BROADWAY, AND I GRADUATED IN MAY OF 2001, AND I WAS GOING TO MOVE TO NEW YORK.

AND THEN 9/11 HAPPENED IN SEPTEMBER AND IT CHANGED MY WHOLE PATH.

EVERYTHING KIND OF HAPPENED FOR A REASON, RIGHT?

I FOUND DRAG.

MY DRAG MOTHER, VIRGINIA WEST INTRODUCED ME TO THE HEART OF DRAG WHILE I WAS STILL IN COLLEGE.

SO I DID IT AS LIKE FUN, KIND OF A LARK.

WASN'T ANYTHING THAT I WAS GOING TO TAKE SERIOUSLY.

AND THEN, CHRIS HAD ENCOURAGED ME TO LIKE JUST GIVE MYSELF OVER TO DRAG.

AND I DID.

AND I JUST HAD TRIED IT A COUPLE OF TIMES, AND THAT'S WHERE NINA WEST CAME FROM.

AND EVERYTHING WAS GROWING IN THE CITY, RIGHT?

I WAS ABLE TO NOT SOME DO DRAG IN NIGHT LIFE FOR MANY YEARS, BUT I WAS ALSO LIKE REALLY EARLY ON IN MY CAREER, TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO WORK WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND DO DIFFERENT KINDS OF DRAG.

I STARTED TO DO THINGS IN THE CITY, WORKING WITH CITY COUNCIL AND TALKING TO ORGANIZATIONS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF LGBTQI PLUS PEOPLE AND OUR PROFILE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT THAT MEANS AND HOW VALUABLE THIS COMMUNITY IS TO THE GREATER COLUMBUS COMMUNITY.

AND SO IT JUTS ALL KIND OF ADDED ON TO ITSELF.

AND I WAS DOING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF CHAURT WORK AT THE BAR, WHICH THEN EXTENDED ITSELF TO, THANKS TO MY FRIEND, MATT GOLDSTEIN, WHICH THEN INTRODUCED ME TO THE COLUMBUS FOUNDATION, WHICH GAVE THE NINA WEST FOUNDATION A HOME.

THE PATH WASN'T TRADITIONAL.

IT WAS GROWING AND DIFFERENT SEEDS WERE BEING PLANTED IN A VERY SMALL GARDEN.

AND THEN EVERYTHING STARTED TO -- THE GARDEN GOT BIGGER, AND IT WAS, WHAT A WEALTH OF REALLY INCREDIBLE GIFTS, AND THEN DRAG RACE HAPPENED, WHICH CHANGED EVERYTHING.

AND, I CAN EASILY SAY AND PROUDLY SAY THAT MY TIME IN COLUMBUS PREPARED ME FOR WHAT I'M EXPERIENCING NOW.

WHERE I CUT MY TEETH IN THE CITY THAT IS A MID-SIZED CITY, ONE OF THE LARGER CITIES IN THE COUNTRY.

A REALLY BEAUTIFUL PROGRESSIVE BLUE DOT IN AN OTHERWISE FAIRLY CONSERVATIVE AREA AND STATE, WHICH I THINK SPOKE TO MY DESIRE TO WANT TO PROVIDE A BETTER LIFE AND ACCESS TO PEOPLE WHO WERE LIKE ME.

AND ALSO ALLOWED ME TO FIND MY ACTIVIST VOICE.

I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE FIND THEIR ACTIVISM OR FIND THEIR STRENGTH IN ACTIVISM BECAUSE OF THEIR OWN PERSONAL STORIES.

AND SO MY STORY, I JUST FOUND MYSELF REALLY ALONE AND REALLY ISOLATED AND DIDN'T FIND ANYONE WHO -- GROWING UP IN MY YOUTH, WHO DIDN'T LOOK LIKE ME, WHO DIDN'T SOUND LIKE ME, WHO DIDN'T PRESENT THEMSELVES LIKE I DID, WHO WAS EFFEMINATE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, SO MANY TIMES I WAS TOLD WHO I WAS DIDN'T HAVE ANY VALUE OR WORTH.

AND SO NINA TAUGHT ME A LOT ABOUT HOW TO WALK AND EMBODY A FEMININE CHARACTER, EVEN THOUGH IT'S KIND OF A PERSONIFICATION OF MYSELF, I KNOW THAT'S KIND OF WEIRD.

THE ART OF DRAG IS SO PERSONAL I CAN CREATE A CHARACTER THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE LIKE MYSELF.

SO NINA KIND OF GAVE ME THE FAMILIARITY OF THE BODY, DEFINITELY THE ABILITY TO WALK IN THE SHOES.

BUT, I THINK THAT'S WHERE IT STOPPED.

AND SO, EDNA IS A REAL MOM.

A REAL MOTHER, WHO HAPPENS TO BE PLAYED -- CASTING HAPPENS TO BE OF A MALE.

I THINK ONE OF THE GREATEST ROLES EVER WRITTEN FOR MUSICAL THEATER, SHE IS REALLY COMPLICATED.

SO MUCH OF MY EDNA IS SO MUCH OF WHAT ANDREW IS.

DO IT.

THEY WANTED HEART AND THEY WANTED AN ENERGY THAT WAS MATERNAL OR PATERNAL.

AND HOWEVER YOU MIGHT SEE THAT.

I THINK I HAVE A VERY MATERNAL ENERGY.

AND I HAD TO REALLY TAP INTO THAT, BECAUSE MY JOB, WHEN THAT CURTAIN GOES UP IS, IS TO GET 2,500 PEOPLE TO BELIEVE THAT I AM THAT 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL'S MOTHER.

I'LL NEVER UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A WOMAN.

I'LL NEVER UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S LIKE TO GIVE BIRTH.

BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THE HUMAN CONDITION DOESN'T ALLOW ME TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LOVE.

AND TO LOVE FIERCELY.

AND TO GIVE ALL MY HEART AND ENERGY TO SOMEONE ELSE, SO THAT THEIR DREAMS CAN BE ACHIEVED.

AND THAT'S -- I LIKE, I JUST THOUGHT ABOUT MY MOM AND MY GRANDMOTHERS AND I THOUGHT ABOUT MY SISTERS AND EVERY OTHER REALLY INCREDIBLE, STRONG, ZWISIVE, EMPATHETIC, IMPACTFUL WOMAN THAT I'VE EVER COME ACROSS TO TRY TO BRING THAT TO EDNA.

WHEN YOU COME TO SEE "HAIR SPRAY," YOU'LL EXPERIENCE SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS.

YOU'LL SEE A GIRL WHO DOESN'T FIG IN BECAUSE SHE'S FAT AND BIG AND SHE CAN'T FIND HER WAY, BUT SHE'S ALSO LIKE NOT AWARE OF THAT.

SHE'S BLISSFULLY UNAWARE THAT -- MAYBE I DON'T -- BUT WHY CAN'T I?

AND YOU'RE GOING TO MEET SEELEY, WHO IS BLACK AND WHO CANNOT BE ON A TELEVISION SHOW, EXCEPT FOR ONCE A MONTH.

WE ALL HAVE OUR DIFFERENCES AND WE ALL HAVE OUR STORIES AND THEY ALL CIRCLE AROUND ONE ANOTHER AND IT COULDN'T BE MORE TRUE OF WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING NOW.

THAT'S POWERFUL.

I JUST DIDN'T SEE MY CAREER -- I DIDN'T SEE IT HAPPENING LIKE THIS.

BUT AGAIN, MY CAREER HAS TAKEN A BUNCH OF TURNS.

AND NOW I GET TO COLUMBUS OHIO AND PLAY THE OHIO THEATER.

IF YOU WOULD HAVE TOLD ME THAT FIVE YEARS AGO, I WOULD HAVE -- I WOULDN'T HAVE BELIEVED IT.

I FELT LIKE THIS IS A, IT'S SO SPECIAL, BECAUSE I'M HERE BECAUSE OF THE LOVE THAT MY COMMUNITY GAVE ME INITIALLY OF HOW PEOPLE RESPECTED ME AND REARED ME AND CORRECTED ME AND ALLOWED ME TO STEP INTO SPACES THAT AT THE TIME DRAG QUEENS IN COLUMBUS WEREN'T WALKING INTO.

IT'S HUMBLING.

IT'S REALLY POWERFUL.

LITTLE ANDREW WOULD NEVER HAVE BELIEVED OF OPENING THE BROADWAY SERIES IN COLUMBUS AND DOING THIS.

HOPEFULLY I'LL GET TO NEW YORK ONE DAY.

THAT WAS ALWAYS THE DREAM.

BOY, WOULDN'T THAT BE LIKE A FULL CIRCLE MOMENT.

THAT WOULD BE CRAZY.

BUT IN THE MEANTIME, I'LL KEEP WORKING, KEEP DOING THAT MIDWEST WORK ETHIC AND SMILE ALONG THE WAY AND TRY TO BRING JOY TO THE WORLD.

>> FIND OUT MORE ABOUT "HAIR SPRAY" AND OTHER EVENTS AT KAPPA.COM.

>>> WE'VE ALL LOOKED AT SOMETHING IN NATURE AND HAVE SEEN THE BEAUTY IT HOLDS.

MAYBE YOU'VE EVEN NOTICED A SEEMINGLY COMPLEX NEVER-EVER PATTERN CALLED FRACCALS.

STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT THESE PATTERNS CAN REDUCE STRESS LEVELS.

WE JOIN JONAH JACOBS ON A NATURE WALK THAT ENDED IN ARTWORK INSPIRED BY THESE SOOTHING PATTERNS FOUND IN NATURE.

>> WE TEAMED UP WITH A LOCAL GROUP, THIS IS A NATURE DISCOVERY SERIES DESIGNED AT GETTING PEOPLE OUTSIDE, CONNECTING TO NATURE, INTO THEIR PARKS AND EXPLORING THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT FOR PATTERNS.

TODAY WILL BE GUIDED BY OUR ARTIST WHO WILL LEAD US ON A WALK WHERE WE'LL BE EXPLORING FRAC FRACTAL PATTERNS AND FRACTAL GEOGRAPHY.

>> I PRETTY MUCH WORK MOSTLY IN CARDBOARD.

IT'S MY UPCYCLE MATERIAL OF CHOICE, BECAUSE YOU CAN MOLD IT, YOU CAN BEND IT, YOU CAN BURN IT, YOU CAN LAYER, DO ALL KINDS OF FUN THINGS WITH IT.

I JUST GET REALLY EXCITED ABOUT TEACHING PEOPLE ABOUT HOW HOUSEHOLD MATERIALS AND THINGS YOU WOULD NORMALLY THROW OUT CAN BE TURNED INTO THESE BEAUTIFUL SCULPTURAL PIECES.

I'M A FIRM BELIEVER IN UPCYCLING AND I LOVE WHEN YOU CAN TAKE TRASH AND TURN IT INTO SOMETHING MORE BEAUTIFUL.

ALMOST LIKE NATURE'S ARCHITECT.

TODAY WE'RE GOING TO JUST BE WALKING THROUGH THE WOODS AND TRY TO LOOK AT FRACTAL PATTERNS.

AISLE BE TALKING MORE ABOUT TEXTURES AND STRUCTURE OF TREE LIMBS TO BROKEN THINGS TO MEANDERING THINGS, VEINS IN LEAVES, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY IDEA?

WHY DO YOU THINK NATURE CHEESE THESE TUBES FOR EVERYTHING?

BECAUSE TECHNICALLY, OUR ARMS ARE TUBES, OUR BONES ARE TUBES, OUR ARTERIES ARE TUBES.

NATURE THAT HAS THIS REALLY SUPER EFFICIENT WAY.

THAT TREE HAS TO SOAK UP THAT WATER UP TO THE TOP.

YOU NEED A WAY TO GET IT FROM THERE ALL THE WAY UP.

JUST LIKE OUR BODIES, RIGHT?

>> WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO DO LAND ART PROJECT WHERE WE'LL BE COLLECTING NATURAL MATERIALS AND AS A GROUP, CREATING AN ART PIECE TOGETHER COLLABORATIVELY.

THE ART PIECES COLLECTED OUT OF THOSE NATURAL MATERIALS WILL LAST AS LONG AS NATURE ALLOWS THEM TO LAST.

AND HOPEFULLY THE PEOPLE WHO WALK IN THIS PARK CAN ENJOY THEM FOR AS LONG AS THEY'RE HERE.

>> IT'S A WAY TO GET HANDS ON AND GET PEOPLE THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE QUALITIES INHERENT IN NATURE, WHAT ARE THE SHAPES INHERENT, WHAT ARE THE REPEATING FORMS IN NATURE.

THINGS LIKE THAT.

ONCE YOU START NOTICING THESE THINGS, WHAT KIND OF THINGS CAN YOU GET OUT OF NATURE TO MAKE POSSIBLY EARTH SCULPTURES OUT OF.

>> WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO.

IF YOU HAVE MATERIALS YOU WANT TO ADD TO IT, YOU CAN ADD TO IT.

I'LL START PUTTING IT OUT OVER HERE AND AD LIB.

OR IF YOU WANT TO DO YOUR OWN.

LIKE WE WERE SAYING EARLIER, TRY TO PAY ATTENTION TO, YOU KNOW, TEXTURE AND THE FRACALES IN THERE.

COLORS, SHAPES, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.

THIS KIND OF STUFF, THIS CHUNKY STUFF, I LOVE THIS.

FOR ME, THIS IS LIKE A SCULPTURE.

THIS IS SOMETHING I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO MIMIC FOR YEARS USING CARDBOARD AND IT'S ACTUALLY EXTREMELY HARD TO DO.

NATURE MAKES IT LOOK EASY.

BUT GETTING ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT SIZE AND STUFF WOULD BE REALLY HARD AS A SCULPTURE.

>> I REALLY LIKE THAT WE'VE GOT THESE COOL SHAPES AND COLORS AND WE'VE GOT SOME CONTRASTING STUFF.

THAT'S ALMOST LIKE A LITTLE FLOWER, LIKE YOU MADE UP YOUR OWN LITTLE FLOWER.

THAT'S REALLY COOL.

YOU DID AN AMAZING JOB.

I LIKE THE FLOW, TOO.

>> I MEAN, WE WALK BY A TREE EVERY DAY AND KIND OF GROUP THEM TOGETHER.

OH, THERE'S ANOTHER TREE.

IN REALITY, ALL THE SHAPES ARE DIFFERENT, ALL THE TEXTURES ARE DIFFERENT, AND THERE ARE SO MANY OF THESE REPEATING PATTERNS.

IT'S FUN TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT, RELAX, AND THEN JUST POINT THESE THINGS OUT TO PEOPLE AND GET PEOPLE TO TAKE A LITTLE TIME TO BE MORE AWARE OF THEIR SURROUNDINGS.

LET'S FACE IT, MOST OF THE TIMES WE'RE IN A PARK, WE'RE NOT REALLY IN THAT PARK, WE'RE IN OUR HEADS THINKING ABOUT OUR JOB OR THE NEXT EMAIL OR, YOU KNOW, WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE.

IT'S NICE TO JUST TAKE A PAUSE AND BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THINGS TO PEOPLE AND HEAR THEIR COMMENTS AND ENJOY THE COMPANY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERACTIVE.

>> TO LEARN MORE ABOUT PROGRAMS FROM THE DUBLIN ARTS COUNSEL, CHECK OUT DUBLINARTS.ORG.

>>> THIS SEASON, WE'RE EXCITED TO EXPAND KATE'S QUICK BI BITES JOSH AND WE WHIP UP A TASTY SALAD.

JOINING ME IN THE KITCHEN TODAY IS JOSHUA WICKELM FROM COLUMBIA STATE SCHOOL OF HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING US HERE.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> I'M EXCITED.

WE'RE HERE IN ONE OF THE BEAUTIFUL NEW KITCHENS ON THE COLUMBUS STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE CAMPUS.

WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THIS SPACE IN A BIT, BUT FIRST, JOSHUA, TELL ME WHAT MAKES THE PROGRAM AT COLUMBUS STATE SO SPECIAL.

>> SO WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE OUR HOSPITALITY STUDENTS WITH A LEVEL OF EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING THAT'S REALLY UNMATCHED IN THE REGION.

WE HAVE BASICALLY THREE FULL-BLOWN RETAIL OPERATIONS WITHIN THIS BUILDING.

AND NOT TO MENTION, WE ARE ABOUT 80,000 SQUARE FEET.

WE HAVE TEN STATE OF THE ART KITCHENS.

AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE FACTS ABOUT THIS PLACE IS WE HAVE ALMOST A THOUSAND PILOT LIGHTS IN THIS BUILDING.

>> THAT'S A LOT OF FIRE.

>> THAT'S A LOT OF FIRE.

>> THAT'S AMAZING.

THAT INCREDIBLE SPATE AND SO MUCH ROOM FOR CULINARY ARTS AND LEARNING.

>> ABSOLUTELY!

AND BY HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE STUDENTS TO WORK IN THE RETAIL LOCATIONS, IT'S NOT A SIMULATION.

SO WE'RE OPEN EVERY DAY DOWN HERE.

WE'RE OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, AND BASICALLY, ANYBODY CAN COME IN AND TRY OUT THE BAKERY OR TRY OUT THE RESTAURANT AND ALSO GIVE OUR STUDENTS A GOOD WORK OUT.

>> A PUBLIC MIX.

THE PUBLIC CAN COME IN AND ENJOY THE FOOD AND YOUR STUDENTS GET REAL-LIFE EXPERIENCE.

THAT'S INCREDIBLE.

ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES HERE FOR A REGULAR OLD JOE TO COME IN AND LEARN HOW TO COOK?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

WE HAVE A PROGRAM HERE CALLED THE MIX.

SO THE MIX SPECIALIZES IN WHAT WE WOULD CALL EDUTAINMENT WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME IN AND SOME OF THE PAST CLASSES WE'VE DONE ARE SEASONAL SOUPS OR AROUND THE HOLIDAY TIME, WE DO THANKSGIVING-STYLE CLASSES OR, YOU KNOW, HORS D'OEUVRES.

WE DO TAPAS PARTIES, MIXOLOGY CLASSES.

AND A LOT OF THOSE ARE ONE-OFF, ONE OR TWO-HOUR CLASSES, AND WE OFFER SOME SERIES AS WELL.

WE OFFER BAKING AND PASTRY SERIES THAT WE DO.

WE BRING IN SOME PRETTY BIG NAMES IN THOSE COMMUNITIES TO HELP TEACH THOSE CLASSES.

SO CONSTANTLY CHANGING CURRICULUM AND TALENT DOING DELIVERY.

>> THAT'S AMAZING.

>> IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE.

>> WHETHER YOU WANT TO COOK OR EAT OR YOU JUST WANT TO WATCH PEOPLE DO BOTH.

>> YOU CAN DO IT ALL.

>> THAT'S AMAZING!

TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE TODAY.

>> BEFORE WE EVEN CUT ANYTHING, RIGHT, LET'S TALK ABOUT FIRST OF ALL HOW WE HOLD OUR KNIFE.

SO THE ONE THING THAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO, FIRST AND FOREMOST IS WHAT I LIKE TO CALL THE POWER FINGER.

SO, NO POWER FINGER.

>> SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS ACTUALLY CHOKE UP ON THE BLADE TO WHERE THIS PAD ON OUR FINGER IS SITTING RIGHT AT THE END OF THE BLADE.

SO IF YOU NOTICE, THE KNIFE YOU'RE HOLDING IS ACTUALLY CUT FOR THAT.

THE ERGONOMICS ON THAT BLADE ALLOW FOR THAT.

THIS IS A JAPANESE-STYLE KNIFE, SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

SAME TECHNIQUE, RIGHT?

BUT WHAT THIS DOES IS IT PROVIDES A LOT OF STABILITY IN THE BLADE AND YOU CAN'T REALLY -- IT DOESN'T MOVE A WHOLE LOT.

IT DOESN'T GIVE WHEN YOU'RE CUTTING HARDER VEGETABLES.

>> BECAUSE YOUR FINGER COULD SLIP OFF.

>> AND WHEN YOU HOLD IT LIKE THIS -- >> IT'S WOBWOBBLY.

>> BUT WHEN YOU GRIP IT PROPERLY, YOU HAVE A LOT MORE STABILITY.

THAT'S FIRST AND FOREMOST TO KEEP OURSELF SAFE.

NEXT, WE ALWAYS WANT TO KEEP THIS HAND DRY.

SO WHEN WE'RE MOVING STUFF AROUND OUR BOARD, IDEALLY YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT THIS KNIFE DOWN.

HOLD YOUR KNIFE IN YOUR HAND UNTIL YOU'RE DONE WITH THE PROJECT AND YOU CAN USE THE KNIFE TO HELP MANIPULATE AND MOVE SOME STUFF.

>> THIS IS YOUR GRABBY HAND.

>> THAT WAY THIS HAND STAYS DRY AND SAFE AND YOU MAINTAIN THAT GOOD TACTILE GRIP.

>> IF WE'RE STANDING LIKE THIS, THIS IS PARALLEL TO OUR BOARD.

>> I WOULD SUGGEST, I WOULD SUGGEST -- YOU DO WHAT WORKS FOR YOU.

>> I WANTED TO KNOW HOW TO DO IT.

I LIKE TO STAND AT ALMOST A 45-DEGREE ANGLE TO MY BOARD.

SO WHEN I SLICE STUFF, IT ALLOWS ME TO MOVE ACROSS THE FRONT OF MY BODY AS OPPOSED TO MOVING DIRECTLY INTO MYSELF OR HAVING TO ANGLE WHATEVER IT IS THAT I'M CUTTING.

WE HAVE SOME ENGLISH CUCUMBERS.

YOU CAN PEEL THEM OR NOT, IT'S UP TO YOU.

WE'VE GOT SOME FRESH SWEET BELL PEPPERS, RED AND YELLOW.

>> I'M JUST SLOW AND STEADY.

>> YOU'RE SLOW AND SAFE.

>> I LIKE THAT.

>> THAT'S JUST FINE.

I WOULD ALWAYS ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO ALWAYS GO WITH SAFETY OVER SPEED.

>> YOU WANT TO BE COOL, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO EARN THAT COOL.

>> I GET IT.

YEP.

YOU WILL BLEED FOR THAT COOL.

>> I DON'T WANT TO BLEED FOR THE COOL.

I WANT TO BE SAFE.

>> AND ONCE OUR PEPPERS ARE ALL CUT UP, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND THROW THOSE IN OUR MIX TOO.

WE'VE GOT SOME RED ONIONS.

AND THEN FOR OUR HERBS, WE'VE GOT SOME PARSLEY, SOME SCALLIONS, A LITTLE BIT OF FRESH BASIL.

SLICING IS IMPORTANT HERE.

WHENEVER WE'RE CUTTING FRESH HERBS, A SHARP KNIFE IS IMPORTANT AND SLICING IS IMPORTANT.

>> LOOK AT THAT.

BECAUSE WHAT WILL HAPPEN, IF WE BRUISE IT, IT WILL TURN BLACK.

SO BASIL THAT'S CUT WITH A SHARP KNIFE GENTLY WILL STAY GREEN FOR HOURS AND HOURS.

IF WE DO IT WITH A DULL KNIFE, IT WILL TURN BLACK IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.

WE'VE GOT AN ASSORTMENT OF A DIFFERENT TOMATOES, CHERRIES, GRAPES, DIFFERENT COLORS.

I LIKE TO PUT THESE IN THERE FOR SOME DIMENSION.

THE BIG ONES I MIGHT QUARTER AND THROW IN THERE.

THE SMALLER ONES, I MIGHT JUST CUT IN HALF.

THE LONG ONES, WE CAN SLICE.

>> OH!

>> ALL RIGHT?

AND WHAT THAT DOES IS IT WILL GIVE US SOME DIFFERENT SHAPES, JUST SOME, YOU KNOW.

>> TEXTURE.

>> RIGHT.

>> EXACTLY.

>> I DIDN'T SEE THE SLICING OF THIS ONE.

>> YOU DO YOU.

>> OH, MAN, I WANT TO DO IT RIGHT.

>> THERE'S NOT REALLY A WRONG WAY TO DO THIS.

THAT'S THE BEAUTIFUL PART OF THIS SALAD.

IS THAT YOU CAN'T DO IT WRONG.

>> I ALREADY LEARNED SOME KEY THINGS THAT I WILL TAKE WITH ME.

>> AND I THINK OUR LAST THING IS OUR SCALLIONS.

I LIKE TO USE THE WHITES IN THIS.

THE WHITES HAVE A TON OF FLAVOR.

IT BREAKS MY HEART TO SEE PEOPLE THROW THEM AWAY ALL THE TIME.

>> I LOVE THE WHITES, BUT YOU NEED TO CUT OFF THE ROOT.

>> SO I'LL STAGGER THESE GUYS DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

THE OTHER WAY -- >> NO, I'M DOING IT WRONG.

>> YOU DID IT RIGHT.

YOU'RE GOOD.

THEN THIS WAY, WE CAN START CUTTING AND GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE END AND WE SHOULD JUST HAVE THE LITTLE WHITE ONION ROOT TIPS LEFT.

BUT I LIKE TO CUT THE WHITES, BECAUSE THEY HAVE SO MUCH FLAVOR IN THEM AND IN A SALAD LIKE THIS, IT'S REALLY GREAT TO GET LIKE -- IF YOU GET ONE OF THESE WHITE PIECES AND BITE INTO IT, IT'S GOT A GREAT BIG PUNCH OF THAT SCALLION FLAVOR, WHICH IS REALLY NICE.

>> OKAY.

>> BEAUTIFUL.

AND THOSE WILL JUST GO RIGHT BACK IN.

>> LOVELY.

THIS LOOKS SO COLORFUL AND VIBE RANT.

>> AND YOU WERE LIKE, THIS IS LIKE A PANZINELLA.

IF YOU HAVE SOME BREAD LAYING AROUND, DICE IT UP, TOAST IT UP, MIGHT NEED TO ADD A LITTLE MORE VINAIGRETTE, BUT IT WILL BE A REALLY GREAT SALAD.

>> THIS IS INCREDIBLE.

I'M SO PROUD OF US FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.

BUT TELL US MORE ABOUT MITCHELL HALL, THIS PLACE WHERE WE ARE.

>> MITCHELL HALL AND OUR CULINARY ARTS PROGRAM ARE THE BENEFACTORS OF COLUMBUS STATE TO DATE'S LARGEST PRIVATE/PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP.

WE HAVE ENGAGED COMMUNITY, WE HAVE ENGAGED INDUSTRY.

WE HAVE TAPPED RESOURCES OF THE COLLEGE IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

WE HAVE SOME AMAZING PARTNERS THAT MAKE THIS ALL POSSIBLE.

CAMERON MITCHELL RESTAURANTS WERE HUGE SUPPORTERS OF THIS PROJECT, GETTING OUR RETAIL OPERATIONS UP AND RUNNING.

WE'RE WAIL IN THE WASZERSTROM THEATER RIGHT NOW.

AND HEIDELBERG DISTRIBUTING.

WONDERFUL PARTNERS.

MICHAEL'S MEATS.

SO IT REALLY HAS BEEN JUST AN AMAZING WAY TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR INDUSTRY, BUT ALSO ALL OF THAT TIES DIRECTLY TO WORKFORCE.

SO WE ARE ABLE TO GET OURSELF IN A POSITION TO WHERE WE HAVE JOBS READY TO GO FOR OUR STUDENTS WHEN THEY GRADUATE, AND HONESTLY, WHILE THEY'RE IN THEIR ACADEMIC CAREERS.

>> THAT'S INVALUABLE.

>> IT IS, ABSOLUTELY.

>> IT'S AMAZING.

LET'S FINISH THIS OFF.

>> SO WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING IN VINAIGRETTE.

SO THIS IS -- >> TELL ME ABOUT THIS.

>> WHITE BALSAMIC VINAIGRETTE.

SOME HONEY AND SALT AND PEPPER AND OLIVE OIL.

YOU COULD USE ANY TYPE OF VINAIGRETTE.

ANY TYPE OF SALAD DRESSING YOU WANTED FOR THIS.

I JUST GRABBED WHAT WE HAVE IN THE RESTAURANT.

WE'RE GOING TO PUT ALL OF THIS IN HERE, ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF A CUP.

AND WE'RE GOING TO SLOSH ALL OF THIS TOGETHER.

IN A PERFECT WORLD, WE WOULD WANT THIS TO SIT FOR ABOUT AN HOUR OR TWO.

>> IN THE PRIVILEGE?

>> YEAH IN THE REFRIGERATOR.

IT WOULD PROBABLY EAT BETTER AT ROOM TEMP.

LET IT SIT IN THE FRIDGE TO MARRY UP.

>> THIS IS A PERFECT THING TO BRING TO A PICNIC OR BARBECUE, BECAUSE IT'S MAY OWE FREE, IT CAN BE ROOM TEMP.

>> AND WE'RE GOING TO SEASON IT WITH SOME KOSHER SALT -- >> YOU JUST EYEBALLING THAT.

YOU'RE A CHEF AND YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING?

>> IT FEELS RIGHT.

AND A LITTLE BIT OF PEPPER, TOO.

>> THIS LOOKS AMAZING!

I LEARNED SO MUCH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> EXCELLENT.

>> FOR HAVING ME HERE.

>> BUT NOW WE GET TO EAT IT.

>> IT SHOULD BE NICE AND FRESH AND LIGHT, HEALTHY.

>> MM-HMM.

HERE WE GO.

MM.

CRUNCH SOUND EFFECT.

>> YES, THAT'LL DO IT.

>> THAT'S LOVELY.

FRESH, CRISPY, THAT VINAIGRETTE IS PERFECT.

>> EXCELLENT.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> TO LEARN MORE ABOUT COLUMBUS STATE'S HANDS-ON LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, CHECK OUT CSCD EDU.

AND STAY TUNED FOR MORE FROM THIS SESSION WHERE JOSHUA SHARED HIS INCREDIBLE KNOWLEDGE OF KNIFE SKILLS.

THAT'S OUR SHOW.

YOU CAN FIND ALL OF OUR STORIES ONLINE AT WOSU.ORG AS WELL AS ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

FOR ALL OF US HERE AT WOSU, I'M KATE QUICKEL.

THANKS FOR WATCHING.

>>> PRODUCTION OF "BROAD & HIGH" IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE ARTS COUNSEL, CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY TO ARTISTS, EVENTS AND CLASSES AT COLUMBUSMAKESART.COM.