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 [...]

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

Snow Sculptures Pop Up in Northside

Lately the weather is getting sunnier and (kind of) warmer out in Cincinnati, but I want to revisit a time when there was a bunch of snow on the ground.  Wayyy back in January.
Over the past year, I have been revisiting the comic strip “Calvin & Hobbes” (long-time fan), and became particularly inspired by the [...]

Monday, February 14th, 2011

Litter Can Be Fun?

On Monday, I went to the Contemporary Art Center to watch a guest speaker. Well actually, I went to sip on free Coffee Emporium roasts and hang out with my buddies.
The speaker was Davy Rothbart, creator of Found Magazine. I had never heard of it but it didn’t take much brain power to wrap my [...]

Tuesday, February 1st, 2011

Paint the Street!

So, we know there haven’t been many posts on here since Dec 2009, and we want to change that.  A lot of weirdness has happened in Cincinnati since then!
This one’s a bit belated, but still a goody.  On September 26th of 2010, around 1500 people got together to literally paint the street — 12th Street [...]

Thursday, December 24th, 2009

Play Me, I’m Yours

London… Barcelona… Sydney… Cincinnati.  Wait, what?
This summer, from August 2 to September 21, Cincinnati will be home to the first U.S. installation of Play Me, I’m Yours by Luke Jerram.
Jerram will install painted pianos throughout the Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky area – on streets, in public squares and parks, and at other fun locations [...]

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

Cincinnati PARK(ing) Day 2009!

[ September 18, 2009; ] After a successful 2008 PARK(ing) Day in Cincinnati, it hopes to be even bigger this year!  Mark you calendars.  On Friday, September 18, 2009, creative types from all over the region will descend upon downtown and OTR to reclaim some of the parts of our concrete jungle dedicated to the automobile — at least for [...]

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 [...]