Soul within Structure Poster by VisuaLingual

Save the date! Our talented friend Cedric Michael Cox will be having an exhibit of new paintings entitled Soul within Structure at the Contemporary Arts Center, with an opening reception on Sat 24 Oct, 1-4pm. I had fun designing the poster promoting the exhibit and, this time, our intern helped with the printing.

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Archeologies of the Future by Charles LaBelle

Archeologies of the Future is an ongoing project by LA artist Charles LaBelle. Since 1997, LaBelle has documented every single building he has entered, gathering the information in a database of over 9000 entries. Here are some of the drawings he has made of those buildings.

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Elsewhere

Enjoy Your Weekend: it’s a wild weekend of roaring tigers, leaping carp, oh, my! Raise the Rutherford!: check out the hijinks at last weekend’s birthday party for Rutherford B. Hayes. QCD Detroit Gallery: more Detroit from our intrepid photographers here and here. NYC Grid: exploring NYC block by block and corner by corner with a [...]

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Rybolt Ghost Sign Downtown

The Rybolt Heating Cooling building, a.k.a. Trimble’s Bail Bond, is at 813 Broadway St. in downtown Cincinnati. Which do I prefer, the “Ry” ligature of the Rybolt sign, or the “don’t tremble” slogan of the Trimble’s sign?

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Suburban Paintings by David Imlay

David Imlay is a West Coast artist who paints primarily portraits and cityscapes, mostly of San Francisco, with a bit of Chicago thrown in for good measure. These paintings are from his Suburban Series.

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Chicago Flavor Connections

If you spend time in Over-the-Rhine, you have surely noticed more rehab and building activity on Vine St., slowly moving up toward Kroger and my beloved Smitty’s. This cute little post office seems to be part of the action.

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Midwest Seed Bombs in Lonny Magazine

Our Midwest Seed Bombs are included in the debut issue of Lonny Magazine, a new venture from some former staffers at Domino Magazine, which folded earlier this year. Lonny is an online publication which allows you to instantly purchase the products seen on its pages.

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Iris Book Cafe Courtyard

If you live in Cincinnati and haven’t yet been to the Iris Book Cafe in Over-the-Rhine, shame on you. Spend some quality time in its courtyard stat.

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Landscapes by Eilidh Crumlish

Eilidh Crumlish is a Scottish artist who received an MA from the Winchester School of Art and has painted in [and about] London, Vilnius, Lithuania, and Arbroath, Scotland. She now lives in Inverness-shire, Scotland.

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Elsewhere

Enjoy Your Weekend: this weekend, Cincinnati has art out the wazoo. VisuaLingual for the Home: Queen City Survey makes our day! [See more of our work in situ here.] About Cincinnati and How I Ended Up Here: The Walking Green shares her thoughts on the trajectory that’s led her from the suburbs of Chicago to [...]

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