By: Soapbox, 2/9/2010
This week's issue of Soapbox marks #100 - and coincidentally, our 2nd year anniversary as a publication (It's this Friday, if you'd like to take us to dinner or buy us flowers). The publication that could have haphazardly started life as "ThreeWayMedia" has instead spent the past two years changing the way we all look at the Queen City, with surprising results. And while it's business as usual at Soapbox world headquarters on Vine Street, we've taken some time to reflect on what matters most to us, and of course, to you.
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By: Sean Rhiney, 2/9/2010
Artist Shepard Fairey's rapid ascent in the public eye the past five years is the stuff of fairy tales. But like most 'overnight sensations', the artist perhaps best known to the world at large as the creative designer of the Obama "Hope" poster, spent years honing his craft as a street artist before finding acclaim, including a pivotal appearance at the Contemporary Arts Center in 2004 for the Beautiful Losers exhibit. Now Fairey's first solo museum retrospective brings him back to Cincinnati for one of three stops that showcase over twenty years of his groundbreaking print work.
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By: Casey Coston, 2/9/2010
In honor of our 100th issue, Soapdish columnist Casey Coston looks back this week on Soapbox's role in the new media landscape, and our relentess pursuit of the new Cincinnati narrative. He finds that not only are our readers listening and nodding their heads in agreement about their Cincinnati, but so, it seems, is everyone else including our own local media and a bunch of out of state voyeurs who like to peek in on our fair city via Soap each week.
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By: Sheila Owens, 2/9/2010
Looking for unique things to do or date ideas this Valentine's week? Well look no further, Cincinnati is full of them. Lunafest Film Festival celebrates women filmmakers from around the world while Cincinnati Imports celebrates their one year anniversary. Attend the Working In Neighborhoods Happy Hour Benefit for community building and cocktails or the Little Red Dress Party at Redmoor. Stop by the Blue Wisp for Help Them To Sing Again, a Jazz jam session to benefit children in Haiti.
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If you've ever walked down the toy aisle of any major store, chances are you've seen the work of Sculpco. Located in Walnut Hills, Sculpco is a Cincinnati based company that creates action figures for Hollywood Blockbusters, hit TV shows, video games, and things we haven't heard of yet. This week, Soapbox and Seven/Seventy-Nine take you inside Sculpco to see how this unique Cincinnati business works (and plays).
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