Elsewhere

Craft Supply Swap!: tomorrow at Rock Paper Scissors in Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati, a craft supply swap and the opening of an exhibit featuring select Crafty Supermarket vendors, including yours truly.

A Little Good News for Endangered Murals: an update on the Cincinnati Union Terminal murals that now live at the airport.

Go to Cincinnati for FotoFocus, Stay for the Street Art: just that.

In Praise of Boring Cities: from Arlington to Zurich, maybe boring’s not so bad.

These 7 Cities Expose Exactly What Gentrification Is Doing to America: NYC comes in only at #3.

$90 Million Restoration Nears Completion on the Largest Theater in Brooklyn: the Loew’s Kings Theatre in Brooklyn is almost back to its original grandeur.

See This Little Island Off Of New York? You’ll Never Guess What’s On It… OMG.: spoiler alert — it’s an abandoned hospital.

Signature Mix 2014: Trade Show Friends

We’re back in the swing of things after having a booth at Signature Mix at the Javits Center last month. Today, I’d like to introduce you to some of the amazing, talented makers we met at the show.

I’m Packin’ Heat and Boat Shoes…

There are many rap parodies out there, but this is by far one of the better ones I’ve come across, by one Remy on the topic of his new home in “a straight up thug town called Arlington.” Is this the Battle Hymn of the Creative Class?