Enjoy Your Weekend: 4-6 Sep 09

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This weekend brings us everything from oysters to fireworks, as we celebrate Labor Day and spend the first few days of September taking in the best of the Queen City. 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!

Herb & Dorothy
Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Dr., Mt. Adams
7pm, Fri 4 Sep; 1pm, Sat 5 Sep
reservations required
In this acclaimed film, meet Herb and Dorothy Vogel, whose shared passion allowed them to amass one of the twentieth-century's great modern art collections on a shoestring budget. -VL


Free Wave Riot
Know Theatre, 1120 Jackson St., Over-the-Rhine
8pm-midnight, Sat 5 Sep
$9.57 [sliding scale]
Celebrate the 20-year anniversary of Media Bridges, Cincinnati's community media center, and help raise funds to launch WVQC: Radio Free Queen City, a low-power FM station featuring local content. Featuring performances from local musicians IsWhat?, the Tigerlilies, Fourth Letter Gang, J. Dorsey Blues Revival, Losanti, the Frankl Project, and Culture Queer. -VL


Guinness Oyster Festival
Fountain Square, downtown
noon-11pm, Sat 5 Sep
Saturday, September 5
FREE
An all-day event celebrating Irish heritage and Oysters! Enjoy live music all day and night, along with Celtic merchandise, food [not just oysters], and the McCormick & Schmick's Oyster Shucking/Eating Contest. -QCS


Cincinnati Preservation Association's Peterloon Tour
8605 Hopewell Road, Indian Hill
noon-4pm, Sat 5 Sep
$25-$30
Tour the Peterloon Estate, the Indian Hill home of John J. and Irene Emery. Completed in 1930, the home has 36 rooms and 21 baths in five stories and was designed by William Delano of the firm Delano & Aldrich. The firm also consulted on the design of Carew Tower for the Emery family built about the same time. Contact CPA at 513-721-4506 or info@cincinnatipreservation.org for reservations. -QCS


Cheetah Run 5K and Walk
Cincinnati Zoo, 3400 Vine St.
8am, Sun 6 Sep
registration fee varies; check website
Now is your chance to Run the Zoo! The Cincinnati Zoo's 30th annual Cheetah Run 5K Run and Walk winds through the Zoo, highlighting its stunning gardens and exotic animal exhibits. A FREE "Cheetah Cub Run" takes place for kids 12 and under at approximately 8:45am near the Rhino Cafe. -QCS


Riverfest!
Cincinnati Riverfront, downtown
noon-11pm, Sun 6 Sep
Sunday, September 6
FREE
Riverfest, Cincinnati's traditional Labor Day Weekend party, includes one of the largest fireworks displays in the Midwest, beginning at 9:05pm. There will be food and entertainment all day long along the river including Yeatman's Cove, Sawyer Point, and Bicentennial Commons. -QCS


ARCHITREKS' Downtown North Outside-In Walking Tour
leaves from Contemporary Art Center, downtown
2pm, Sun 6 Sep
Sunday, September 6
$10
Join the regular Downtown North walking tour along with a special trip inside the Plum Street [Isaac M. Wise] Temple, designed by James Keys Wilson and completed in 1866. -QCS

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