Elsewhere

Enjoy Your Weekend: lots to do this Friday and Saturday, in Over-the-Rhine and beyond.

Rediscovering Cincinnati: a NYC-based architect returns to Cincinnati and shares his adventure in words and pictures.

Zig Zag Roof Scavenger Hunt: another architect roams Cincinnati in search of Modern zig zag roofs.

First Ever Historic Covington Coloring Book to Debut This Fall: oh, to be a kid again!

Stripping Away the Darkness as Murals Are Reborn: restoration magic, one inch at a time, at 30 Rock.

opencitydetroit: “Dreaming of starting a business in Detroit?” Actually, now that you mention it, that’s a lovely notion…

Beef Posters: one designer uses his power to try to start beef between cities, e.g. “Cleveland will kill New York.”

Cities and Suburbs by FLOR

FLOR is an innovative manufacturer of modular carpet tiles, which come in a variety of colors, patterns, and textures, some suitable for office use, some for home. Oddly enough, two of their latest kits, entitled Hello Down There and Be My Neighbor, focus on cities and suburbs!

Queen City Art Racks Deadline Reminder

Artists and designers, don’t forget that the deadline for proposals for Queen City Art Racks is 31 Aug! If you’re a bicycling enthusiast and want to see Cincinnati develop into a greener, more bicycle-friendly city, consider submitting a bike rack proposal for this ongoing public art project initiated by ArtWorks.

Interior Landscapes by Ann Toebbe

Yahtzee by Ann Toebbe

Ann Toebbe was born in Cincinnati, educated in Cleveland, NYC, New Haven, and Germany, is now living in Chicago. Her work, rendered from memories of her Midwestern upbringing, mythologizes domestic life and its accoutrements, without including people. A few of her paintings are available as prints via 20×200.

PLACEMADE: A VisuaLingual Work Survey

Here at VL HQ, we’ve been cooking up Cincinnati-centric graphic goodness for the past couple of years. We hope you’ll be able to join us for the opening of PLACEMADE, a survey of our serigraphs, at MiCA 12/v on the corner of 12th and Vine in OTR. The reception will take place on Fri 31 Jul, 6-9pm. Please stop by and say hello!

Limestone Sofa by Robert Huff

Curl up on the couch with the paper? Don’t mind if I do! Located at 1159 North High St. in the Short North district of Columbus, this limestone sculpture was designed and carved by Akron-based artist Robert Huff. Apparently, this site once housed furniture stores so, in addition to providing seating, the public art project hearkens back to the history of its site.

Vine-L Summer Clearance Sale

OTR Anagram print on vintage wallpaper

This weekend, the merchants around 12th and Vine in Over-the-Rhine are having a big summer sale, and our framed OTR Anagram serigraphs, printed on assorted vintage wallpapers, are 25% off at MiCA 12/v. Other participating shops include Joseph Williams Home, A Lucky Step, Metronation, Switch, The Little Mahatma, Outside, City Roots, and Park+Vine. Long live independent retail!

Elsewhere

Enjoy Your Weekend: lots going on this weekend, from the West End to Covington and beyond!

Skateboarders Still Working towards Building Newport Skatepark: “Galaxie Skateshop and many of the city’s skateboarders have been working to build a permanent skatepark under the bridge by Newport High School.”

Don’t Throw it, Grow it!: Etsy gives our Midwest seed bombs some VL love [although, in the case of a seed bomb, throwing it goes hand in hand with growing it].

Why Richard Florida’s Honeymoon Is Over: the love seems to be waning between Richard Florida and his adopted hometown of Toronto.

Craigslist Lies People Tell: East of Williamsburg and Near L Train: “many things are east of Williamsburg proper, such as the rest of Brooklyn, Long Island, Marseilles and the Kremlin.”

There’s No Place Like Dome: a “best of” tour of the world’s geodesic domes.

Atlas Obscura: “a compendium of the world’s wonders, curiosities and esoterica” [including the "country" of North Dumpling Island!].

Florence Y’All Print by VisuaLingual

Being a hopeless urbanite, I’m fascinated by small town water towers. They serve as landmarks much like a city’s tallest skyscraper might, but also as “welcome” signs, welcoming travelers to many small towns across the country. Thus, our region’s own Florence Y’all water tower just had to be immortalized in a three-color limited-edition serigraph, which debuted at the OTR/Gateway Summer Celebration and is now available in our online shop.

Ghost Sign in Columbus

Here’s a cool ghost sign in the Short North district of Columbus, on the corner of North High St. and East 3rd Ave. Hmm, I leave town every once in a blue moon, only to find the same things I always seek out in Cincinnati.