Vine-L Friday (also on the 31st)

Ok, so i just found out that this friday's event in the Gateway Quarter is more like a sidewalk sale and less like a full on multi-block event. Still, i'll be hitting it up b/c a sale's a sale, right? Anyway, i got more info from a person who works in the OTR Chamber of Commerce and next week's event is really a collaborative one - there are dj's and food and sales, etc! Here's more info on what's going on at the BIG event next Friday (to tie in with Final Friday @ the Pendleton Arts Center which is also a great time and i'd highly encourage attending).

Gateway Quarter Unites for Third Installment of VINE-L Friday
Ten Venues Participate in Growing Gallery Exhibits in the Heart of Over-the-Rhine
Who – Venice on Vine Pizza, Segway Cincinnati, Park+Vine, Switch, OutSide, Coffee Emporium, Mixx Ultra Lounge, Urban Sites (Lackman Lofts and Duveneck Flats) Below Zero Lounge.
What – Art Gallery Walk – Free Event
When – July 31, 2009 – 6pm – 10pm
Where – The Gateway Quarter: Vine Street/Main Street (Between Central Pkwy and 14th Street)
Media Contact –Andrew Salzbrun 513.295.5308 Salzbrun.andrew@gmail.com
Cincinnati, OH, July 31, 2009 – The third edition of VINE-L Friday, an art gallery walk through the Over-the-Rhine on the concluding Friday of every month, takes place this Friday, July 31. This compliment to the Final Friday art galleries will include a variety of businesses which will take part in displaying local art, serving food and refreshments, offering discounts, and hosting live music.
Also present will be the ArtWorks Cincinnati group involved with the historic painting of the five story image of Jim Tarbell; on the corner of Vine Street and Central Parkway at the Park + Vine building. The student artists will be available to talk about their current project and how they plan to complete it in the coming weeks.

For this July edition, Below Zero Lounge will be hosting the official after party of VINE-L Friday. A concert by the “Blue Merchants” starting at 10pm will be held at Below Zero to support Gary Burbank’s “Play It Forward” project.
Participating Groups:
-Venice on Vine Pizza – Visionaries and Voices exhibits “Hair Salon” by Kenny Barger with a special menu of gourmet pizzas as well as live jewelry making by “One Bead at a Time.”
-Segway Cincinnati – Works by Josh Beeman and Billy 7. Live music by “Vinny Bricks” and “that guy from Okinawa” City Cellars will be on hand with its frozen desert cart to cool off the crowd.
-Park+Vine – The unveiling of the new exhibit “Mimockracy”
-Switch Lighting and Design – New works by Alison Shepard will be exhibited.
-OutSide – Live DJ playing Electronica, Trip Hop, Soul and Funk, with refreshments served
-Below 0 Lounge – The official VINE-L Friday After Party. Live music by the “Blue Merchants” at 10pm benefitting Gary Burbank’s “Play It Forward” Project.
-Mixx Ultra Lounge – Marcus Jordan exhibiting works from his collection titled “My Passion”
-Coffee Emporium- the Central Parkway location will extend its hours until 10pm and feature works by Allison Archberger and the Thirty Duo Collection.
-Urban Sites – Lackman Lofts – Kate McClung exhibiting works from her “Balanophagy” collection.
-Urban Sites – Duveneck Flats – Mark Cummings exhibiting new works from his “In Bloom” collection and Stan Stenten will be showing pieces from the collection “Visions of Cincinnati – Old and New”

The ten venues involved continue the pattern of intensification created by the previous two previous months, and represents just one more example of Over-the-Rhine's continuing growth.