Thursday, October 13th, 2011

More Street Art from Across the River

These unusual window art installations are on 6th Street just entering MainStrauss. Thanks again Jillian for keeping your eyes open for Make Cincinnati Weird – we love it!

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Sunday, August 28th, 2011

Covington Street Art

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Image 1 used to reside on the corner of 4th and Scott
Image 2 is on the stairs of the Roebling Suspension Bridge
Image 3 was/is on the north side of the UpOver bar on Mainstrauss
Special Thanks to Jillian Kelly [...]

Monday, August 22nd, 2011

Looking for Weird Street Art…

We are always looking for cool and weird street art, so please send in to our Facebook page if you find any good stuff!

Wednesday, July 27th, 2011

Green Living Jewelry, Made in Cincinnati

Want to wear something alive around your neck?  It’s been made possible by David Nebert, a local artist/artisan/designer who creates beautiful and delicate jewelry pieces, using miniature salvaged light bulbs with tiny (and adorable) succulent plants inside, rooted in a bit of “nutrient-rich medium”.  These plants are pretty resilient — they just like to have [...]

Saturday, May 28th, 2011

The Cincinnati Fringe Festival (2011)

What is a fringe festival? Why is it called that? Where are they?
I’ll be brief. A fringe festival is an arts festival focusing primarily on theater performances. They tend to be non-mainstream theater but historically, several major productions got their start at fringe. For example, the movie “The King’s Speech” has its roots in a [...]

Thursday, April 28th, 2011

A Short Q&A for Cirque du Soleil

1) How many different styles of music did the band perform?
“To create the musical score for OVO, Berna Ceppas combined the sounds of bossa nova and samba with funk and electro music. And, as you might expect from a Brazilian – there is a lot of percussion in the [...]

Thursday, April 21st, 2011

Cirque du Soleil Teaser!

We got to see Cirque du Soleil’s OVO.  We’ll post more details coming up, but for now…
Cirque du Soleil – Ovo
[Jeff B.]

Tuesday, April 19th, 2011

Cincinnati Invasion!

Fun, quirky, weirdos of Facebook Land have created a page to bring the Invader to Cincinnati. Some of you may have learned about Invader through the movie “Exit Through the Gift Shop” — a French street artist who has invaded different parts of the world. Well, now there are some Cincinnatians who are wanting the [...]

Saturday, April 16th, 2011

The Cirque is Coming, the Cirque is Coming!

Circus: Elephants, Tigers, Fleas — you know the drill.  Cirque: People costumed as bugs (at least this time) flying through the air, performances unlike anything you have likely seen before and at least twice as entertaining, and all without harming a single animal.  Not bad.  World-renowned Cirque du Soleil is coming to Cincinnati.
Make Cincinnati Weird [...]

Monday, April 11th, 2011

Giant Games

Yes, the art gallery is another great element to making Cincinnati into a cool weird place for adults who are still kids at heart. Giant replicas of Connect Four, Pick Up Sticks, and Markers are designed for you to actually play with. Maybe the proper way to put it is being able to interact with [...]