With more than 2,000 attendees at the 2010 show, around 40 percent of those coming from outside Greater Cincinnati, 20th Century Cincinnati is one of the nation's best — and few — Modernism events. No matter if you're a treasure hunter, a vintage home restorer or nostalgic for the past (or Don Draper's apartment), show producer Bruce Metzger guarantees "a very cool scene" this weekend.  

Getting to the heart of Valentine's Day is a tricky business. Take a journey with us to sort through a foggy history full of unverifiable facts. Get the low-down all the modern days events happening on the 14th this year in Cincinnati. And take a detailed look at the Public Library's alluring, but strange, Victorian Valentine's Card collection.  

Well, realistically, you're never going to be the first bride to have your wedding at any of these locations — they're all well-prepared to host your big day. But you don't have to be the first to enjoy matching your event to your personal sense of style.  

"Your wedding cake may just be the most significant confection you ever buy," according to www.theknot.com, one of the leading bridal information Web sites. And it's probably right. It's not like you regularly match your birthday cake with your outfit and home décor. (Unless you do. No judgment.)  

"The idea for Home Grown Cakes came out of demand. In high school I started decorating cakes at a local bakery after school. Family and friends, and family and friends of theirs, started requesting I do cakes for them outside of that. I needed the money for college, so I started fulfilling those requests."  

With a name like Smucker's, it has to be good. And so it follows that, with a last name like Swallow, you're bound to make food (or porn). Luckily, sisters Meg and Ellen Swallow went into the food business, creating Phro*ZEN, their own line of vegan ice cream — or vegan "frozen dessert" to be exact, since there ain't no cream in their cruelty-free concoctions.   

Remember, remember, the fifth of November — or just do what any normal person does and save the date into your phone's calendar. Just don't miss the release of the newest edition of 'Milk Money.' The publication, which focuses on the publication of (usually) unknown writers of prose and poetry, is releasing 'Volume Eight: When Jeff Goldblum Speaks, We Listen' at Yes Gallery in Over-the-Rhine at 7 p.m. Friday.  

The Brush Factory, Cincinnati's retail and production outlet that pays homage to the arts & crafts movement with unique hand-crafted apparel and home goods, is celebrating its new Oakley storefront with an ice cream social — and a twist. This old-fashioned ice cream archetype gets a modern update by replacing the traditional dairy-based treat with vegan confections from Phro*ZEN, a vegan ice cream company run by local sisters Meg and Ellen Swallow.  

I'm sure most CityBeat readers have at least one friend who has said something like, "Oh, you have to listen to this TEDTalk," or "This is my favorite TEDTalk." Now if those phrases leave you questioning who the hell TED is or why he's so interesting, know that TED is not a human but a collection of humans — smart and innovative humans who represent the acronym ("Technology, Entertainment, Design"). The first TEDx conference in Cincinnati is Thursday at the Aronoff Center.  

Launched in 2002 to connect greater Cincinnati's gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth and communities and eliminate discrimination, the Greater Cincinnati GLBTQ Youth Summit holds its ninth annual summit Saturday at Northern Kentucky University's Student Union. The free, all-day event will feature workshops on exploring relationships, gender identity and the process of "coming out," among other topics.