Weird People, Unite
Thank God I finally realized how weird I am. And thank God I have so many friends who are also, well, weird people. We thrive together. What comes to mind is “Yo Mama” jokes… I could say that I’m so weird that I can stick a nail through my face with a...
Posted: 6/24/2012 4:39 PM in make cincinnati weird
Weirdness is as weirdness does
I look like a totally normal person. I wear t-shirts from Banana Republic. I never mix brown purses with black shoes. I live in the ‘burbs and cruise around in a minivan. I mix organic squash into my mac and cheese to make it healthier. The only way I...
Posted: 6/17/2012 6:17 PM in make cincinnati weird
“The Sweet, Burning Yonder”
The last showtime for The Sweet, Burning Yonder is tonight at 7 PM — and it’s already sold out! The Cincinnati Fringe Festival has done extremely well this year, with the highest number of tickets sold than any other year in the festival’s 9 years running....
Posted: 6/8/2012 5:05 PM in make cincinnati weird
Project Activate
This is a show you cannot miss. Project Activate combines four unique experiences that are designed to make you more aware of your community – the people around you and the city we live in. Everyone is split into four unique groups, so you get a slightly...
Posted: 6/6/2012 10:04 PM in make cincinnati weird
My Random Fringe Picks
“Rodney Rumple’s Random Reality” is well written and performed. Every minute of the 50-minute show is filled with laughter, awes, and ah’s. I have enjoyed the other shows as well. Rebecca Kling of “Storms Beneath Her Skin” is very intelligent and did...
Posted: 6/5/2012 3:19 PM in make cincinnati weird
The Doppelganger Cometh and Overtaketh
Demons! Trans-dimensional portals! Magic love-potion infused marijuana! Twitter! Cannibalism! The Doppelganger Cometh and Overtaketh is a trip into something altogether weird. Imagine having a trans-dimensional portal to hell in your closet (which, by...
Posted: 6/4/2012 2:00 PM in make cincinnati weird
NOTHING, a story by Nic Balthazar
A middle-aged man stands alongside the Cincinnati Fringe Festival staff member who announces the show, and identifies himself as a counselor. He introduces the audience to a boy named Ben, who he cautions is sensitive to lights and sounds, as Ben walks...
Posted: 6/4/2012 2:14 AM in make cincinnati weird
The Doppelganger Cometh and Overtaketh
Demons! Trans-dimensional portals! Magic love-potion infused marijuana! Twitter! Cannibalism! The Doppelganger Cometh and Overtaketh is a trip into something altogether weird. Imagine having a trans-dimensional portal to hell in your closet (which, by...
Posted: 6/3/2012 4:46 PM in make cincinnati weird
A Hands On Guide to The Apocalypse
Everyone knows the world will end in 2012. Duh! So you’d better start preparing. A Hands On Guide to The Apocalypse will give you a leg up in the race for survival, come January 2013. One of the 2012 Fringe Festival’s more unconventional shows, it is...
Posted: 6/3/2012 3:10 PM in make cincinnati weird