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Independent t-shirt festival to dress Fountain Square – 7/16

Independent fashion designers from around Cincinnati will gather on Fountain Square on Friday, July 16 for the third annual Cincinnati T-Shirt Festival. The event will showcase Cincinnati-themed t-shirts from 14 different vendors, including five new vendors to this year’s festival.

The 2010 Cincinnati T-Shirt Festival will run from 11am to 11pm, and is free and open to the public thanks to Cincy Apparel. Vendors at this year’s event include title sponsor Cincy Apparel, Deadstar Apparel, Southpaw Prints, Rockit, Allscreen Image Marketing, Park+Vine, Alternative Motive, Wire & Twine, Donkey Ts, Anonymous Skate Shop, Unheardof Boutique, Able Projects, Ski Cincinnati, and Proforma Albrecht Co.

Coinciding with the t-shirt festival from 7pm to 10pm is PNC MidPoint’s Indie Summer concert series that will feature The Western; Flux Capacitors; Pop Empire; and You, You’re Awesome in that performance order. Those looking for an extra special experience during the music performances should take advantage of Via Vite’s rooftop terrace which boasts sweeping views of Fountain Square in addition to their food and drink selection.

Free bicycle parking is available inside the Fountain Square Parking Garage and on the square itself. Metro bus service (plan your trip) is readily accessible from all routes that run to the Government Square Transit Center.

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Take a mini-tour of UC’s dramatic architecture and urban campus

The campus of the University of Cincinnati has been called one of the most dynamic urban campuses in the world, and recently named one of the world’s most beautiful campuses by Forbes Magazine.  Stunning architecture is met by dramatic urban spaces in the heart of Uptown Cincinnati, and it can all be seen in this video produced by Soapbox Cincinnati.

“There are at least a dozen buildings designed by world-renowned architects in partnership with local architects,” said Michaele Pride, Director, School of Architecture and Interior Design at the University of Cincinnati.  “The highest concentration of these special buildings align with what is now known as Main Street in the center of campus.”

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2010 DAAP Fashion Show dazzles sold-out crowd, top names in fashion

Considered to be one of the 50 things to do before you die, the 59th Annual Macy’s Fashion Show dazzled a sold-out crowd of 1,500 in Uptown Cincinnati while hundreds more participated in overflow watch parties nearby.  The 2010 class of graduates showcased their work for some of the top names in the industry as they gathered in Cincinnati to recruit some of the best new fashion design talents.

For the second straight year, Seven/Seventy-Nine was tasked with creating videos that introduced each section of the show. With the themes – Adapt, Transform, Evolve – of this year’s show in mind, Seven/Seventy-Nine created the following videos to introduce and compliment the exciting visual experience that was the 2010 DAAP Fashion Show.

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Cincinnati Opera to celebrate early beginnings with free concert – 7/13

The Cincinnati Opera will return to the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden for a special concert on Tuesday, July 13 at 6pm. The free concert is open to the public thanks to the Marge & Charles J. Schott Foundation, and will bring the Cincinnati Opera back to the location where its first opera was presented in 1920.

“On June 27, 1920, Cincinnati Opera presented a production of Martha in an outdoor pavilion at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden,” event organizers stated in a prepared release sent to UrbanCincy. “For the next half-century, performances at the Cincinnati Zoo Pavilion filled a ten week season that regularly featured some of the most legendary singers of the 20th century including Plácido Domingo, Norman Treigle, Beverly Sills, Sherrill Milnes, Montserrat Caballé, James Morris, and Roberta Peters.”

Organizers state that the event will celebrate the Opera’s storied history at the Zoo through the performance of vocal selections from past productions, and feature Meghan Dewald, John Christopher Adams, Nathan Stark, and Carol Walker. The artists will perform “Che gelida manina” from La Bohème, “La Calunnia” from The Barber of Seville, “Sempre libera” from La Traviata, and the famous tenor-baritone duet from Bizet’s The Pearl Fishers.

“Back at the Zoo” is free and open to the public, but reservations are required and can be made calling the Cincinnati Opera Box Office at (513) 241-2742. The celebration will be taking place at the Wings of Wonder Theater at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden (map), with a complimentary reception immediately following the concert at The Lodge. Free parking will be available at the Safari Camp parking lot on Dury Road after 5pm, but bicycle parking and Metro bus service (plan your trip) is also available.

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Brighton Gallery Walk to engage Cincinnati fashionistas, art lovers – 7/10

The Brush Factory in Brighton has only been open by appointment only this summer so that the designers could create more products, but the public is invited to come visit the fashion and jewelry boutique during the monthly Brighton Gallery Walk.

The event will take place from 7pm to 11pm, and will allow those interested to try out some of the clothes and jewelry put together by the boutique’s 11 designers.  Once in the fashionable attire, guests will then be treated to a unique photo booth experience so that they can ham it up for the camera all while being entertained by DJ Stacks.

The Brush Factory will be joined on Saturday night by four other galleries in the Brighton sub-neighborhood including U-Turn Art Space which is helping to establish the area as a bonafide creative district once again.

“Like many arts districts, one reason we live and work and mount exhibitions in Brighton is because it is a low-cost living, far cheaper (in our experience) than equivalent spaces in Over-the-Rhine proper or Northside,” says Matt Morris of U-Turn Art Space in an interview with Soapbox Cincinnati.  “The galleries in Brighton have the advantage of total creative license because they don’t function as anyone’s primary source of income and are therefore not restricted by market or commerce.”

The Brighton Gallery Walk is free and open to the public, and is best started at The Brush Factory (map).  Free on-street parking is available in addition to bicycle parking and Metro bus service (plan your trip) which are available in the sub-neighborhood.