Soapicks June 8-14

Class Of 2010
June 8-12

Show your artsy Bearcats some love this week by checking out DAAPWorks 2010- the University of Cincinnati's College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning's annual exhibition of graduating students' final projects. You'll see works from a multitude of disciplines including Architecture, Art Education, Art History, Digital Design, Fashion Design, Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Interior Design, Urban Planning, and Urban Studies. As always, DAAPWorks is free and open to the public. DAAPWorks will have pieces housed in two university locations, the Aronoff Center for Design and Art (located at the corner of Martin Luther King Drive and Clifton Avenue on the University of Cincinnati campus) and the Meyers Gallery (located in the Steger Student Life Center on the University of Cincinnati campus).  Works will be on display from June 8-June 12. Hours for DAAPWorks are as follows:

Tuesday, June 8: 5pm to 9pm
Wednesday, June 9: 9am to 9pm
Thursday, June 10: 9am to 9pm
Friday, June 11: 9am to 9pm
Saturday, June 12: 12pm to 2pm

You never know, the student works you see for free today could be the masterpieces others pay gallery admissions to see tomorrow.

Tour de Parks
June 11 
Do a little drinking and riding this weekend at the 3rd Annual Views & Vines Tour of Parks. Back again for the third year, Views & Vines takes you on a tour of three of the finest Cincinnati Parks- Krohn Conservatory, Rapid Run Park and Owl's Nest Park by executive coach. While touring, enjoy exclusive private label wines bottled by Tino Vino Vintners in Hyde Park and hors d'oeuvres from local restaurants.  This social, yet educational, tour is led by Park staff and local wine experts. The cost for Views & Vines is $45.00 per person or $80.00 per couple.  They'll also be an after-party with plenty more vino, music and a Montgomery Inn buffet. Guests can also take in the 2010 Butterfly Show-Butterflies or Japan going on now at Krohn Conservatory. View & Vines will start at Krohn Conservatory - get there by 5:45 p.m. for registration, bus boards at 6:30 p.m. on the dot. Spots for the tour are limited, so click here to make your reservations today. Buon divertimento!

Friday Night Fever
June 11
Kids will be kids, but not all kids will be treated equal- Cincinnati has a drastically underserved LGBTQ youth population. So to show a little PRIDE and have a little fun, the GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network) of Greater Cincinnati and the Cincinnati Rollergirls have co-sponsored a skating event, Big Gay Roller Party, for the area LGBTQ youths. They've rented out the entire rink at The Fun Factory from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. this Friday night. The hottest roller derby team in the U.S.A., the Cincinnati Rollergirls, will be in attendance. And, Big Gay Roller Party will feature a DJ spinning music plus all-you-can-eat pizza. The cost is only $5.00 to attend and that includes skate rental. It is a youth event, so all attendees must be 18 and under. So if you know a youth that would be interested in the Big Gay Roller Party, please pass the word along- it's going to be a really fun event!

?Art?
June 11

To quote Dr. Seuss, "Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple." The newest exhibit at Country Club Cincinnati, Pictures & Statues, asks a lot of questions and delivers answers in the form of art. The group exhibition is an inelegant approach to the examination of the role of objects in post-digital culture. The 23 artists who worked on this project chucked theory out the window and instead, built an individualistic point / counter-point discussion through their images and objects. A number of questions are posed such as, "Can the mere act of framing an exhibition under this rubric yield a meaningful conversation about 'things'? How meaningful are the distinctions between handmade, machined, mass produced and digital/virtual objects?; Can a digital image reveal a history?; Is 'art' a thing or just made of things?" The answers to these questions lie within the exhibit’s vast array of works ranging from framed text message pieces to mummified Barbie dolls. The opening reception for Pictures & Statues will be this Friday from 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Exhibit continues through July 31.