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For three days every summer, Baltimore's vibrant arts scene spills out onto the streets. Artscape features exhibits, fashion shows, concerts, dance, theater, children's entertainers, food vendors and more than 100 craftspeople. The festivities are centered in Mount Vernon, but galleries across the city hold events to coincide with Artscape. The Janet and Walter Sondheim Prize, which awards $25,000 and the chance to exhibit at a Baltimore museum, has become a major draw for artists across the region. Other competitions include the Billie Holiday and Cab Calloway vocal contests. Highlights of Artscape include outdoor sculptures, art cars, Artist's Market, Art Park and the live music. Best of a...
For three days every summer, Baltimore's vibrant arts scene spills out onto the streets. Artscape features exhibits, fashion shows, concerts, dance, theater, children's entertainers, food vendors and more than 100 craftspeople. The festivities are centered in Mount Vernon, but galleries across the city hold events to coincide with Artscape. The Janet and Walter Sondheim Prize, which awards $25,000 and the chance to exhibit at a Baltimore museum, has become a major draw for artists across the region. Other competitions include the Billie Holiday and Cab Calloway vocal contests. Highlights of Artscape include outdoor sculptures, art cars, Artist's Market, Art Park and the live music. Best of all, the outdoor arts festival is free.
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Free movies next week! Food, Inc., Handmade Nation
baltimoresun.comWatch two FREE movie screenings next week!To kick off DIY@Artscape, on Tuesday, July 14, there will be a free screening of Handmade Nation, a documentary exploring do-it-yourself culture.The free Handmade Nation screening starts at 7 p.m. at the... -
Be there, don't ... whatever
Baltimore Sun reporterWhartscape is for the weird. How cool is that? "It's just a weird or experimental music festival," says Dan Deacon, one of those who founded four years ago Baltimore's annual foray into the musical fringe. "It's noise and weirdo dance music, stuff like...Tags: Libraries and Museums, Road Transportation, YouTube, Transportation, Music Theater
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Top summer festivals in Baltimore
Baltimore Sun reporterWe live for summer for two reasons. First, there's an abundance of free stuff to do. Local bands play music for us and we don't have to pay a cover! Second, we can practically spend every weekend from June through August eating inexpensive fried food....Tags: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Italy, Festive Event, Symptoms, Culture
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Anderson J. Pigatt
Anderson Jackson "Andy" Pigatt Sr., a noted African-American sculptor whose work reflected his African heritage and the struggles experienced by African-Americans, died Saturday at the Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center of complications from a fall...Tags: Armed Forces, New York Times, Christianity, Bethlehem Steel, Brooklyn Museum
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Sondheim finalists present a collage of ideas
If there is a common theme linking the finalists for the Janet & Walker Sondheim Prize, it may be that the methods of creating art can be as important as the art itself. "This year is a very process-oriented, installation-based type of show," says Gary...Tags: Libraries and Museums, Society, Cartoons, Symptoms, Robert Bresson
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New housing to give artists a place to live, work
Baltimore's Station North arts and entertainment district has new theaters, restaurants, bars and galleries.
Now it's about to get new housing, too - designed for the artists and performers who work in the area.
City Arts is the name of a $15 million...Tags: Apartments, Sheila Dixon, Rentals, Culture, Station North
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New venue for Mobtown Modern
Arts sceneMobtown Modern, the most way-out-there music organization in Baltimore, has announced another boldly unconventional lineup for the 2009-2010 season, along with a new venue. The concert series will still be presented by the Contemporary Museum, where...Tags: The Wizard of Oz (movie, 1939), Francis Bacon, Igor (movie), John Waters, Dancing
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Actor's passion and vitality remembered
Baltimore Sun reporterThe somber atmosphere of Old St. Paul's Episcopal Church could not dampen Ashland Croxton Jr.'s enthusiasm as he described his nephew Darryl Croxton, who died a month ago. The soft-spoken man of 78 spoke of his nephew's ability to touch an audience...Tags: Anglican, Christianity, Edgar Allan Poe, Celebrity, Music Theater
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Design contestants have this competition all sewn up
Fans of Project Runway will appreciate this challenge offered recently to area designers: Go to IKEA, buy some of the store's trademark outlandish fabric and use it to create a wearable outfit. Make it work! That's how Artscape's first Sew Me What You...Tags: IKEA, Festive Event, Wetlands, Natural Resources, White Marsh
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Finalists named for the Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize
Six finalists have been named for the Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize, an annual award that includes $25,000 to support a local artist or arts group in the Baltimore area. According to Mayor Sheila Dixon and the Baltimore Office of Promotion & the...Tags: Adrien Brody, Abigail Breslin, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Sheila Dixon, Television Industry
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Summer festival guide
Special to baltimoresun.comHairdos that mirror beehives, cars that drip with unfamiliar ornaments and books that came off the shelves years ago. It's time for Baltimoreans to tuck away their winter clothes and welcome the warm weather, and there's no better way to celebrate the...Tags: Jack Johnson, Slick Rick, Kanye West, Jazz Music, Cinema Industry
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