Final Friday in Cincy

Friday night was Cincinnati's Final Friday Gallery Walk. I decided to check out the galleries along Main St. in stead of going to the Pendleton Arts Center. Jake Constantine 's "A Comma in the Sky" exhibition at the Creative Gallery was playful, exploring the media's influence on life, culture and art. His show hangs until March 25 and the Creative Gallery is at 1315 Main St... check it out.

(I laughed out loud when I saw the VHS in a casket... maybe it was the wine, but I still think its pretty fun)

Just a couple doors down, Andrew Neyer showed his "Pick a Pocket" series of large cut-out figures painted with acrylic at the 1305 Gallery. Each figure has an over-sized pocket with a wallet inside for you to rummage through.


At the Chamber offices, Visionaries and Voices artist Kevin White showed his work, "Life on Canvas"... intense color palettes, patterns of lines and dots.


And at Peaslee Neighborhood Center, Tim Freeman has his photography up in the main lobby. I didn't get any pictures, but think grainy inner-city portraits and cityscapes on textured paper.

After the galleries, some friends and I went down to the Contemporary Arts Center, who has rejoined the event line-up for final fridays. CAC presents CAC Contemporary Fridays, a post-gallery walk event with DJs spinning tracks, drinks and dancing. It was a fun time with a decent turn out, but we walked in on a series of older rock ballad-type songs that (to me) was quite off-putting. Once some Michael Jackson remixes came on, I was a happy camper :) Not quite sure how the event is profitable, seeing as though I watched a number of people come in without paying a cover (myself included) and the amount of staff on hand seemed like over-kill. But oh well, not my problem.

Around 11:30 we headed over to Gypsy Hut in Northside to see GLUE... great live performance as always. If you can check them out.

POS at Skully's

Rapper P.O.S. (of the Rhymesayers label) will be at Skully's. P.O.S. (with Plain Ole Bill and others) are performing in Columbus this Wednesday and are sure to put on a good show. The performance is part of a CD launch tour for his latest album, Never Better, which came out on the 3rd of this month. Don't expect this to be your typical hip hop show. POS's musical style borrows heavily from punk and rock, and transcends the idea of genre. Check out his video "Drumroll" off the new album.

Take a look at this ode to balloons! Its been out for a while, but I still love it. Check out the LED-helium balloon structure "the burble" from London's 2007 fashion week, and the eco-friendly garden gnome balloons that are biodegradable and plant seeds when it deflates... the video at the end of the article: GREAT!