Friday, March 13th, 2009

Props To Cincinnati

Someone going by the name of Kutiman has sampled a bunch of individual Youtube videos of people playing music, rapping, etc. and mixed them together into a single amazing music video.  Not only is the raw effort of finding, clipping, editing, and mixing all of this video astonishing, but the final product is good.  It’s [...]

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008

Mystery Markings Always Provoke

I really like the title, "Living In Someone’s Game," over on CinciPulse.com, about the mysterious spray-painted street markings that appeared briefly on central streets recently.

Photo by Alex Bell/CinciPulse.com
Arrows, keys, and bullseyes have been spotted all over town.
For more than three weeks now, people in the Cincinnati area have been walking and driving on what [...]

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

Cincinnati PARK[ing] Day!

Well, if you were like me, you didn’t make it out of the office at all during Cincinnati PARK[ing] Day 2008. I heard that all of the PARK[ing] spots were north of Central, with only one exception – at 5th and Walnut – right smack in the middle of the CBD!
This PARK[ing] spot lasted [...]

Monday, August 25th, 2008

Cincinnati PARK[ing] Day Needs You

[ September 19, 2008; ] I have heard about PARK[ing] Day in other cities somewhere before.  So imagine my delight when I came across Cincinnati PARK[ing] Day scheduled for next month (I’m always the last to know)!

From the Cincinnati PARK[ing] Day blog:
“Cincinnati PARK[ing] Day” call for entries (Posted: Aug. 6, 2008) — Cincinnati PARK[ing] Day announces a call to citizens [...]

Monday, August 27th, 2007

Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park

A stone’s throw from Hamilton, some 25 miles from downtown Cincinnati, lies a public park with monumental sculpture and an underground house.Pyramid Hill sprawls over 265 acres of rolling hills, man-made lakes, thick woodlands and butterfly-filled meadows. Overlooking the Great Miami River, it is a contemporary art museum outdoors – a place where [...]

Sunday, November 21st, 2004

Art Vending Machine Used To Sell Cigarettes

It used to be that vending machines only sold stuff that was bad for you – a package of Twinkies, say, or a pack of cigarettes. Cincinnati is home to a vending machine that sells art – sculptures, paintings, photographs, puzzles, collages, jewelry and more – all sized to fit in a small, cellophane-covered cardboard [...]