The event is aptly named the Rat City Art Festival. Their goal is to give ... They get a bad rap. The Bubonic Plague didn't help," laughs Irvin. "This is where the artists live and the creatives ...

Photo: Rat Receiving Station set up as part of the War on Rats led by the U.S. Public Health Service. Millions of rats were killed and in 2 months no new cases of plague were reported. Bubonic ...