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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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Creating a Baltimore frame of mind
Eight local artists representing a variety of disciplines will be selected to receive a total of $80,000 in prize money next year as part of a new initiative called the Baker Artist Awards. An unusual twist to the program is that it is Internet-based,...Tags: Movies, Maryland, Culture, Arts, Awards and Prizes
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Improve your windows' efficiency
A do-it-yourself window film promises to insulate windows and reduce the ultraviolet rays that can fade fabrics. Energy Film is a transparent vinyl film that adheres to the inside of a window with a spray of soapy water and the smoothing of a squeegee....Tags: Book, Baking Soda, Thom Filicia, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, General Electric Company
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From 'new old houses' to extreme makeovers
McClatchy/TribuneBy Mary Beth Breckenridge Roots of Home Russell Versaci has a love of old houses. He enjoys studying their distinctive features and digging into the historical forces that shaped their designs, their use of building materials and their quirks. An...Tags: Book, Metal and Mineral, House, Thom Filicia, Breast Cancer
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Long-term plan for Charles North
City officials plan to unveil a multiphase plan tomorrow to transform a 100-acre arts and entertainment district north of Pennsylvania Station into a $1 billion "cultural crossroads" for Baltimore over the next three decades. Mayor Sheila Dixon is set to...Tags: Charles Theatre, Sheila Dixon, Morgan State University, Local Authority, New York
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Robert E. Fields Sr.
Robert E. Fields Sr., a noted Baltimore jazz pianist and composer who during his nearly six-decade career played in such venues as the Prime Rib, Belvedere Hotel and the old Chesapeake Restaurant, died Monday of bladder cancer at his Hamilton home. He was...Tags: Madonna, Eileen Farrell, Plymouth, Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore County
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After Artscape celebration, Windup at this bar for music, art and drinks
This weekend's Artscape celebrations stop just south of North Avenue. But that doesn't mean you should. There's a new spot right where Charles Street meets North Avenue called the Windup Space. It's a bar, art gallery and performance venue all under one...Tags: Charles Theatre, Station North, Maryland, Arts, Music
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Artscape beat expectations, city officials boast
Sun ReporterSurveying the throngs of people who swarmed Charles Street last weekend for Artscape - the first time the festival expanded onto Baltimore's premier street and into the Station North Arts and Entertainment District - the city's promotions director said,...Tags: Mount Royal, Charles Theatre, Transportation, Station North, Road Transportation
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Conrad Bladey, artist
Self-proclaimed "cartist" Conrad Bladey has been creating works of art from cars for the past 20 years in Linthicum. The extravagant vehicles have become staples at the annual Artscape, where two years ago they were sans gas engines. Bladey then sought to...Tags: Vehicles, Maryland, Linthicum, Music Theater, Arts
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Natural works of art at BMA's Artscape exhibit
Sun reporterGreen seems to be the new "it" color in contemporary art. The Janet & Walter Sondheim Prize Finalists: Artscape at the BMA, a juried exhibit running Saturday-Aug. 3 at the Baltimore Museum of Art, reflects the growing interest in representing...Tags: Animals, Virginia, Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland, Arts
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Dixon announces Artscape musical lineup
Sun Pop Music CriticWhile the space for Artscape has expanded onto Charles Street this year, the musical lineup remains interesting and eclectic. At a press conference at Penn Station today, Mayor Sheila Dixon announced the lineup for the main stage of the festival, set...Tags: Sheila Dixon, Mike Doughty, Billie Holiday, Joan Jett, Popular Music
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Artscape returns, bigger and greener
Sun pop music criticArtscape expands and becomes a little "greener" this year. But the 27-year-old arts festival, the largest, free public event of its kind in the country, maintains a flavorful and eclectic musical lineup. In a news conference at Penn Station yesterday,...Tags: Sheila Dixon, Billie Holiday, Joan Jett, Arts, Bolton Hill
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