Elsewhere

Cincinnati’s First Reality Show Will Probably Be the Last: oh, my goodness, such harsh words… The Many Names of 1221 Vine Street : Digging Cincinnati History investigates what is now an Over-the-Rhine parking lot. 3CDC Adds Another Property to Mercer Demolition List: it looks like another historic OTR building is about to bite the dust. [...]

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Queens Bandanna by Hand Over Fist

Hand Over Fist is the Etsy shop of Queens-based textile and product designer Marissa Corwin, which focuses on original bandannas, including one that celebrates Queens. Unlike Brooklyn, Queens isn’t often celebrated in this way, so this is cool to see.

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Jacobs’ Ghost Sign in Cincinnati

Spotted on Hamilton Ave. in the Northside neighborhood of Cincinnati — a terrazzo ghost sign featuring beautiful script and a wayward apostrophe. Where is it going? Is it Jacob’s or Jacobs’?

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Tour de France Posters by Neil Stevens

Neil Stevens is an illustrator and printmaker based in St. Albans, Hertfordshire who has created a poster for every stage of the 2011 Tour de France [actually, right now it's 19 out of the total 21 stages]. Each poster depicts the cyclists and landscape features of the specific area, together forming a whimsical, tightly geometric [...]

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Over the Fence by Kevin Pogo Curtis

Kevin Pogo Curtis is a Cincinnati-based artist, originally from Middletown, OH. He is currently having a solo exhibit entitled Over The Fence: Views and Objects from Places You’re Not Really Supposed to Be at Fabricate, the super-cute hybrid gallery/store located at 4037 Hamilton Ave. in Northside.

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Elsewhere

Monster Art: creation meets destruction as art-covered cars will be demolished tomorrow at the Auto Parts Monster Jam at PBS in downtown Cincinnati. America’s Attack on Lemonade Stands: troubling facts include the following — “kids in Strongsville, Ohio, said a handful of teenagers, including two boys sporting skinny jeans and blue hoodies, stole at least [...]

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Custom Seed Bomb Wedding Favors

Here’s a new seed bomb iteration: personalized favors for weddings and commitment ceremonies. We’ve just started offering this, and it’s exciting to have already sent out the order above for a wedding last weekend, plus we have a few more in the queue. What an honor to have our work chosen to be a part [...]

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Hustler’s Mudflap Girls in Downtown Cincinnati

I don’t know the title or the artist, but this is a new mural on the side of the Hustler store on 7th St. in downtown Cincinnati. “Mudflap girls” sums up the subject pretty well, right?

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NYC Survival Guide

Recently, a Cincinnati friend of mine got transferred to her employer’s NYC office for two months, so I wrote up a little “survival guide” to help her navigate the big city. Not a list of must-see attractions or my favorite restaurants — that’s all subjective, and I figured that everyone else would barrage her with [...]

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Style & Whimsy at the Betts House

If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you already know that I have a major soft spot for the historic Betts House in Cincinnati’s West End neighborhood. Its focus on programming that relates to the built environment is perfectly esoteric in the way that interests me. The current exhibit, up through 4 Aug [...]

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