Soapicks August 17-23

LPK Acoustic Lunch Series
Tuesdays through September 28, 11:45 a.m.-1:45 p.m.
Piatt Park, One Garfield Place

If you can't handle the heat, take shade under the trees and enjoy unplugged lunchtime entertainment Tuesday afternoons. This week Hickory Robot will be performing, a Cincinnati-based roots/Americana quartet that features strong, song-oriented music coupled with extremely proficient instrumental ability.

Show-Me Burlesque
Tuesday, August 17 & Wednesday, August 18, 8:00 p.m.
Know Theatre of Cincinnati

Oh hey! St. Louis is taking its hottest burlesque show on the road. The Show-Me Burlesque tour, curated by Lola van Ella, mixes the obligatory sexy striptease with aerial acrobatics, daring pyrotechnics, theatrical vignettes and choreographed group routines. These girls even travel with their own Chaplinesque rounder, Sammich the Tramp! Tickets, $15. For more information, click here.

Third Thursday Wine Walks
Thursday, August 19, 5:00-8:00 p.m.
Madison Ave, O'Bryonville

Browse & shop boutiques and businesses in O'Bryonville as they offer extended hours and complimentary wine and refreshments with a Hot & Spicy theme to benefit School Kits Collection for the Mennonite Central Committee relief and development. For more information, click here.


Fox and Hound 5k
Thursday, August 19, 2010, 7:30 p.m.
Purple People Bridge, Newport

Running, walking, flirting and fun for runners and walkers of all skill levels, the  fourth annual Fox and Hound 5k will benefit United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Cincinnati. The USATF-certified race course will begin at the Purple People Bridge in Newport, cross into Cincinnati through Friendship Park and then back to Newport. The "hounds" will actually chase the "foxes" since women will get a 5 minute head start on the men. The fun continues with an After Party at Bulldog's Roadhouse located next to the Purple People Bridge in Newport on the Levee. For more information, click here.

Touch: Art Inspired by Nature Exhibit Opening
Saturday, August 21, 6:00-8:00
Kennedy Heights Arts Center, 6546 Montgomery Road

This gallery showing will not forbid fingerprints. Artist Brenda Tarbell has created a series of ceramic sculptures for the garden with surface textures and openings inviting sensitive exploration. The public is invited to this opening reception; the exhibition continues through September 25. For more information, click here.