Abstract Trances: Color, Vision, Sensation
Visionaries & Voices, 3841 Spring Grove Ave., Northside
Fri 31 Jul, 5-8pm
FREE
Since V&V's conception the artists have been creating abstract art through a variety of mediums including painting, sculpture, printmaking, drawing, and fiber arts. The works reflect personal interests, growth, and the difficulties each has gone through. -VL

PLACEMADE: A VisuaLingual Work Survey
MiCA 12/v, 1201 Vine St., Over-the-Rhine
Fri 31 Jul, 6-9pm
FREE
OTR is the place to be this Final/Vine-L Friday, with exhibit openings and special events all over the neighborhood. Make a night of it, and be sure to stop by MiCA 12/v for an exhibit of approximately 25 prints by yours truly and her better half. -VL

Art After Hours
Newport Public Library, 901 East 6th St., Newport
Fri 31 Jul, 7-10pm
FREE
22 area artists are participating in this first-time alternative art-viewing experience that seeks to broaden the spaces in which art may be appreciated. -VL

Contemporary Friday+Habitat Skateboards
Contemporary Arts Center, 44 East 6th St., downtown
Fri 31 Jul, 7pm-midnight
FREE-$7.50
Put on your art hat and bring your skate shoes because Habitat Skateboards is taking over the CAC! Habitat has obtained exclusive rights to images from the Charley Harper estate and is coming to the CAC to launch their products, as well as a brand-new Harper print, released especially for this event. -VL

Spring Grove Weekend Walkabout: Legal History
Spring Grove Cemetery, 4521 Spring Grove Ave.
Sat 1 Aug, 10am
$5 suggested donation
Cincinnati established the 2nd oldest Bar Association in the United States. Many landmark legal issues were decided here mid-19th century. Alphonso Taft, patriarch of the Taft family, Salmon P. Chase, Secretary of the Treasury under Lincoln, Timothy Walker author of An Introduction to American Law, are just a few of the many who now rest their cases in Spring Grove Cemetery.  Tours depart from the tent near the main entrance. -QCS

 
Kids of the Round Table
Seasongood Pavillion, Eden Park, 1600 Art Museum Dr.
Sat 1 Aug, 11am-2pm
FREE
Join the Young Professionals Family Connection for a live comedic knights tournament performed by the Knights of the Golden Trail. Enjoy live renaissance music, facepainting, and more. Bring a picnic lunch if you'd like, or enjoy hot BBQ, brought to you by Mayor Mallory's YPKC in collaboration with Loveland Castle, Scott's BBQ, and the Cincinnati Park Board. -VL

Cincinnati Pops: Rodgers & Hammerstein Spectacular
Riverbend Music Center
Sat 1 Aug, 8pm
FREE-$47
What would Broadway be had it not been for Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II? Celebrate more than a decade's worth of music in one enchanted evening of song--from Oklahoma! and South Pacific, to The King and I, Carousel and The Sound of Music. Lawn seats are free for children 12 and under. -QCS

Mayor Mallory Neighborhood Movie Night: E.T.
Owls Nest Park, 1989 Madison Rd.
Sat 1 Aug, 8:30-10:30pm
FREE
The family friendly movie E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial will be shown beginning at dusk [around 9:15pm].  Concessions will be sold, but you are invited to bring your own picnic basket/cooler and blanket & chairs to view and enjoy the movie. -QCS