The African Cup and Unity Festival will feature African music, dancing and a soccer tournament over Labor Day Weekend in the Columbus area. Rip the Runway Ohio will be held on Saturday, Sept. 3, at the Croft Entertainment Complex. The Upper Arlington Labor Day Arts Festival will be held on Monday, Sept. 5. COSI Columbus will host the final weekend of its exhibit “DINOSAURS: Explore. Escape. Survive,” which ends on Labor Day.

Known for her many excellent performances in various Cleveland stage ptoductions, Nina Domingue takes her talent to New York City performing in “YA MAMA!” FringeNYC is the largest multi-arts festival in North America, with more than 200 companies from all over the world performing for 16 days in more than 20 venues.

Coach Jim Tressel will give his account of Coach Ginn’s road to making history as FOX 8’s Allie LaForce serves as the Mistress of Ceremony. “This is a very special event for Clevelanders” says Richard “Zoom” Scott, event producer. “This will be Coach Tressel’s first public appearance since he stepped down as the head coach of The Ohio State University.

“Hair Addict,” the brainchild of stylist/proprietor Demetria “Meechie” Francis and her Headlines by DeFranco styling team, debuted in 2009 in her salon located on Wilson Mills Road in Richmond Heights.

In Tracy Morgan you will get the total package of a sharp mind highlighting relevant issues to your life. His hilarious jokes are brought to life in such a seemingly effortless way that it’s easy to not see all the layers.

COLUMBUS OHIO -- The Original Superstars of Hip Hop featuring Slick Rick, Raekown and 8Ball & MJG will perform at the Icon nightclub, 231 N. 5th St., on Saturday, July 16, at 8 p.m.

The R Kelly and Sade tours are two of the hottest tickets this summer. Sade’s tour features Ohio’s own John Legend. R. Kelly will be accompanied by opening acts Marsha Ambrosius and Keyshia Cole.

CLEVELAND OHIO -- When asked why he came up with thename Maze, he pondered and said, “We were spitting out a lot of names, but at the end of the day, [it]was the one that everybody liked. The music would take you to different places [lake a maze], so it kinda fit.” He laughed, “So [coming up with the name], that’s my claim to fame. Not really any divine intervention, but then again, maybe it was.”