| May 27, 2008 9:00 pm | to | May 28, 2008 3:00 am |
The Fringe Festival is here! Shows start this Wednesday, May 28, 2008. But if you can’t wait for that, the Visual Fringe starts off at the Cincinnati Art Academy in Over-The-Rhine on Tuesday, May 27, 2008, from 6-9 pm. After that, the official kickoff party rages from 9pm-1am at the Know Theatre. Check out the website for schedules, show info, tickets, and more.
Watch Robbie Knieval set a world record last Saturday by jumping over 24 lined-up delivery trucks. The second video of the jump is from a little further away, which I think gives you a better sense of just how much distance Knieval covered flying through the air on his motorcycle.
| May 24, 2008 | ||
| 7:00 pm |
Sometimes I regret I wasn’t alive yet during Evel Knieval’s heyday. But opportunities to witness mind-blowing foolishness are still there! To wit:
On October 25, 1975, Evel Knievel jumped over 14 Greyhound buses on his motorcycle at Kings Island, setting a viewing record for ABC’s “Wide World of Sports” with a 22.3 rating and 52 percent share – a mark that still stands.
Almost 33 years later, Knievel’s son, Robbie Knievel, will try to surpass his father’s famous feat, attempting to clear 24 Coke Zero trucks Saturday, May 24 at 7 p.m. at Kings Island.
Make a day out of it! Head to Kings Island this Saturday for the amusements, then stay for the record-breaking attempt at 7 pm, and then an expanded fireworks show at park closing at 10 pm.
More info at Zipscene.com and Kings Island.
Found via Soapbox Cincinnati, Steve Stephens from the Columbus Dispatch writes about some of the most unique grocery stores in Ohio, including a trip to Jungle Jim’s International Market. The brief but very entertaining review I think is just barely adequate enough to give a true sense of scale of Jungle Jim’s to someone who’s never been.
It’s hard to overemphasize the vastness of Jungle Jim’s, or the seemingly unlimited variety of foodstuffs available inside. Take one standard big-box grocery, add every corner market from here to Taipei, stir in a half-dozen specialty gourmet food stores and a generous helping of wine shops, and top with a walk-in humidor and state liquor store and you’ve pretty much served up Jungle Jim’s. The story covers more than 6 acres.
This is my favorite line:
You remember that one bottle of wine I found, after a year of search, at West Point Market? Jungle Jim’s had three cases, stacked up as if they were out-of-date Twinkies.
Previous coverage of Jungle Jim’s International Food Market.
One of my favorite Over-the-Rhine anomalies — the 20 cent payphone! There are several of these north of Liberty St. [this one is on Elm]. There’s probably a mundane explanation, but all I can think is, when was this installed? I remember payphones costing a quarter back in the mid-80s. Now, if you can even find one, it’s usually 50 cents. But 20 cents?!? The mind wobbles…
I’ve thought about the decline of pay phones over the years. Now, whenever I see someone using a payphone, I can’t help but think it’s because they’re discussing something illegal and don’t want to be traced, a la The Sopranos. But in this case, it’s just a good deal!
via Visualingual
| May 3, 2008 | ||
| 10:00 pm |
One night only, the Hellblinki Sextet from North Carolina will perform music of distinction with dazzling performances by Cincinnati’s own Barnyard Burlesque. Presented by Cloven Hoof Theatre.
The show takes place in the Mockbee building (formerly SS Nova) on Central Pkwy. on Saturday, May 3, 2008 from 10pm - 1am. If you haven’t seen a Barnyard Burlesque show yet, this might be a good opportunity.
More event information on Facebook and MySpace.
I’ve been meaning to write about these ladies for a long time. I’ve been trying to make it to a match for even longer. Maybe this, their 3rd season, will hold the first match I get to see.
Proud members of the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA), the Cincinnati Rollergirls are Cincinnati’s all-female, amateur, flat-track roller derby team. Their home turf is the Cincinnati Gardens.
The schedule says their next home games are Saturday, April 12, and Saturday, April 17.
Get the inside scoop about the team at the Roller Derby Diva blog.
| May 28, 2008 | to | June 7, 2008 |
This year’s Fringe Festival kicks off on Wednesday, May 28, 2008. See the website for details.
The Queen City Zapatistas are a Cincinnati area marching band that is equally capable of playing parades, dances, weddings, funerals, parties, serenades, the front lobby of your office building, baseball and football games etc… We play a high octane mix of Dixieland, Jazz, Rock and Roll, Klezmer, New Orleans style funeral marches, 2nd line arrangements of symphonic material, religious music, anthems, vintage soul, and marches by John Philip Sousa. We are not affiliated with the mexican political party. We don’t venerate Frank Zappa or our trumpet player who happens to share his last name. We take ourselves very seriously.
I saw these guys marching in the Opening Day parade with Dante’s Gypsy Circus (they’re in the back at the far right of the picture, behind the gypsies). All I can say is: love the uniforms.
I first saw the fire-breathing antics of Dante’s Gypsy Circus at the Northside Rock & Roll Carnival and 4th of July Parade and Festival at Hoffner Park last year (where I also saw the Pickled Brothers sideshow and pigged out on gyros - that was a fun night). I saw them again recently marching in the Opening Day parade with the Queen City Zapatistas.
You can find their schedule on their website - they’ll be performing at Scorched Nuts in June. In the mean time, here is a video from their YouTube channel.
