If free ping-pong and cheap drinks weren't enough...
Every
week Cincinnati's youth elite descends upon the great faux-dive known
as the Gypsy Hut. If you're a regular, chances are you've gotten to
know the bartenders there and chances are you know who pours the strong
drinks (all of them). It's our favorite hotspot; bored on a Monday?
Hit up the ping-pong table. Looking for somewhere to run into all the
people you pretend you don't like to see but in reality completely look
forward to talking to? Head down on a Friday or Saturday. Want to
have a killer pizza party with all of the above….GYPSY HUT!
Humbly run by a man going only by Mike, the Gypsy Hut has installed a pizza window. Bearing the witty name, Northslice, you can buy pizza by just that: the slice. $2.75 for cheese, and $3 for a slice with a topping. Mike bakes these pies while you get your drink on and the slices go fast, which means you're sure to get a piping hot piece. The sauce is a handmade, slightly sweet affair and while the cheese and crust are store-bought. You can taste the care put into every inch of the stuff. And all the necessary accoutrement for any pizza connoisseur such as crushed red pepper and grated Parmesan are there for free. I recommend you ask Mike to paint on some garlic oil for you and make sure you grab some extra napkins.
Burned your mouth on some nuclear hot cheese? No worries, cool it down with a specialty shot care of Kenny at the bar. Or perhaps a dessert shot, I suggest an oatmeal raisin. The Gypsy Hut, a place for friends.
Review by Ian Wissman
Nothing's hotter than a man in uniform, except maybe a man in a lion suit. Or a man in a skeleton suit. What I'm really trying to say is that nothing's hotter than a guy in a sweet band, right? And MidPoint was just crawling with guys in sweet bands. More specifically the Courtyard Cafe was crawling with them. And even more specifically, I'm just trying to say how hot the Lions Rampant are...physically and literally. That place was crammed wall-to-wall with man flesh. And some lady flesh. Lots of girls had revealing shirts on, but that's ok. It was really schvitzy in there and nothing makes girls tops come unbuttoned like some Rock and Roll...
The Weston Art Gallery
celebrates five great years of the now-defunct Publico with assorted
ephemera. The exhibit is on view through Nov. 8. And if you missed the
opening on Sept. 12, there's more fun to go around. On Oct. 5 at 7
p.m., Brandon Brown and Alli Warren from San Francisco will be joined
by Stephanie Young of Oakland for an evening of poetry readings. On
Oct. 18 at 9 p.m. bands High Places (Brooklyn), Burning Star Core
(Cincinnati/Lexington) and Me or the Moon (Cincinnati) will be
performing. And on Nov. 7 at 8 p.m. there will be a world premiere film
screening of Public All Over. (Images by Joe Lamb...more here.)
I figured all cities had huge Labor Day fireworks displays. Not necessarily on the water or anything, but I didn't realize the sheer magnitude of our fireworks until my friend told me she hadn't seen anything like them until she moved here. I've been going to the 'works since I was a little kid and I just figured it was a part of everyone's life, a shared human experience. Some years you get invited to someone's sweet apartment with a city view, sometimes you have to cram yourself into the crowd at Serpentine Wall and sometimes you have to try your luck at a random park in Clifton. 
and then other years you just say fuck it and watch them on TV...
It's pretty amazing that you only have to get like 15 minutes out of the city to see things like this. Ragged Productions shot a music video for the Buffalo Killers' song "Let it Ride" all around Batavia, Milford and at a barn/house out on Route 8 in Melbourne, KY. The photos below sum up the idea behind the video: the band is playing a barn party. Kids are hanging out, drinking and eventually shooting off fireworks. Pretty standard barn party stuff. Ragged's next project is a video for The Lions Rampant. Be on the lookout for open calls for extras.There are a few more photos here.
Feralmade hosts the release party for Milk Money, Volume Three: Dog Obituaries...a lovely evening of author audio, live music from Other Brothers and Lions Rampant, cheap beer, skateboarding and a really hot room. More pictures here. All images by Jon Shook and Adam Lytle.
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