This weekend kicks off early with the the second annual Cincinnati T-Shirt Fest in Fountain Square tomorrow, starting at 11am. Feel free to add your own events in the comments and, if there's something happening in the near future that you think our readers would like to know about, email us at events [at] buycincy [dot] com. Enjoy your weekend!
Cincinnati T-Shirt Fest
Fountain Square, downtown
Fri 17 Jul, 11am-11pm
FREE
Fountain Square celebrates Cincinnati with a T-shirt mini-market on the Square offering all kinds of Cincinnati-themed shirts. There will be shirts from our professional sports teams, colleges and universities, major destinations, and events, plus the coolest locally designed and produced brands like Wire & Twine. -QCS
Big Hair Bingo!
Ensemble Theatre, 1127 Vine St., Over-the-Rhine
Fri 17 Jul, 6:30pm
$20
Benefitting STOP AIDS and Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati, join in the fun for unconventional bingo games including drag queens and fabulous prizes. Reservations are required. Call 513-421-3555 or check the website for detail. An after party follows at Below Zero. -QCS
The Uptown Express Art Show
Fri 17 Jul-Sun 19 Jul; times vary
FREE
Join Cincinnati-area artists for the Second Annual Uptown Express Art Show at the First Christian Assembly of God Church. Enjoy a weekend of great art, music, food and great people! Bring a friend, bring the family and view art created by forty local artists. -VL
Kolping Society Schutzenfest & German Festival
Kolping Society, 10235 Mill Rd.
Fri 17 Jul, 6pm-Sun 19 Jul, 9pm; times vary
FREE-$2
In association with the Schutzenfest (a traditional shooting festival!), there is a German festival with plenty of German food and beer. -QCS
Gallery Talk with Raphaela Platow
Contemporary Arts Center, 44 East 6th St., downtown
Sat 18 Jul, 4pm
FREE-$7.50
Join CAC Director and Chief Curator Raphaela Platow on a tour of the current exhibit of work by Aya Uekawa entitled Sanctuary Dreams. -VL
Mondo Ohio: An Unrestrained State of Being
Semantics Gallery, 1107 Harrison Ave.
Sat 18 Jul, 9:30-10:20pm
FREE
Check out this one-night-only media performance with nebulagirl, this Saturday around sunset, 9:30ish. -VL
Third Sunday Fundays
Taft Museum of Art
Sun 19 Jul, 1-4pm
FREE-$8
Kid Detectives! Explore art to find clues about the lives of kids long ago, make an old-fashioned craft, and play the kinds of summertime games your great-grandparents might have played. -VL
Cincinnati Habitat for Humanity YP's is having a Happy Hour at Jefferson Hall on Friday night starting at 6:00. A $10 donation at the door includes draft beer, mixed drinks, food, and music. Please come out and support this great cause!
There's always hanging on Fountain Square, lounging outside at Via Vite' and watching the Red's on the big screen.