Entries from June 2008

Friday, June 27th, 2008

Northside Rock ‘N’ Roll 4th Of July Parade & Festival

[ July 3, 2008 to July 5, 2008. ] Wow. That’s a mouthful.

As noted on the flyer, this is your chance to see the Cloven Hoof Theatre, Barnyard Burlesque, Pickled Brothers Sideshow, and Dante’s Gypsy Circus all at once!

More at Northside Rocks.

Friday, June 27th, 2008

That’s Giraffic!

Q: Why didn’t the giraffe get invited to the party?
A: Because he was a pain in the neck!
Ha!  Anyway, Queen City Survey noticed a clever marketing campaign downtown, promoting the return of giraffes to the Cincinnati Zoo.  I love it.
via Queen City Survey.

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

Weird Weekend

[ June 20, 2008 to June 22, 2008. ] I had two events set to write about for this weekend, when I looked over at Soapbox Cincinnati and saw that they had beaten me to it already, and even included more events! Well, here they are anyway. On the longest weekend of daylight of the year, the list of quirky things to [...]

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

Drag Race Ends In Photo Finish!

Okay, not really. But pictures from last weekend’s Second Sunday on Main, including the Cincy Drag Races events, can be found on Zipscene.

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

Watch The Drag Races This Weekend

[ June 8, 2008; 3:00 pm; ] CityKin reminds us that the Cincinnati Drag Races are this weekend! Mentioned before, the Drag Races are a set of events culminating in a street race you won’t soon forget. From the website:
From the start line the first member from a team of 4 gets dressed in Dress, Wig, Handbag and Heels must [...]

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

All Eyes On Me

[ June 22, 2008; 2:00 pm; ] Only someone completely distrustful of all government would be opposed to what we are doing with surveillance cameras.
– NYC Police Commissioner Howard Safir, 27 July 1999.

From the homepage of the Surveillance Camera Players: Completely Distrustful Of All Government.

On Sunday, April 27, 2008, Bill Brown from the Surveillance Camera Players conducted a walking tour of surveillance [...]