Artscape    
Artscape is America's largest free public arts festival held annualy in Baltimore Maryland. It 'features continuous musical performances by local, regional, and national talent on four outdoor stages, indoor and outdoor visual arts exhibitions, film, theater, the Artists' Market with crafts and works of art for sale, opera, dance, fashion, street theater and special activities geared towards children.' - artscape.org
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Artscape 2009 : CAKE | 2009-07-18

CAKE took stage on Saturday night enroute from the Toronto Blues Festival to Richmond. The usual standards, f-bombs and crowd sing-alongs. The hillside by the old Mt. Royal Train station was packed solid. No time to give trees this time.

Artscape 2009 : CAKE
Artscape 2009 : Dionne Warwick | 2009-07-17

R&B legend Dionne Warwick was the opening main act at Artscape 2009. Her undiminshed charm fittingly glistened without showing any tarnish from her 50 year carrier on the typically quietest night of the Festival.

Artscape 2009 : Dionne Warwick
Foodcourt at Artscape 2007 | 2007-07-21

Dan Van Allen's TREE HOUSE FOR AN AUTUMN MOON. You could climb it. It was part of the Ceci n'est pas a Booth, Kiosk or Gazebo and Other Radical Shacks installation. What? I quote: "[It is] a play on the title of surrealist painter Rene Magritte's picture of a pipe that he called Ceci n'est pas une Pipe (This Is Not a Pipe). The point being that, just like Magritte's painted pipe that viewers can't smoke, the booths occupied by the artists in the food court don't sell food, they only look like they do . . ." - Accelerated Decrepitude

Foodcourt at Artscape 2007
The SHOWOFF Show : Jonathan Burns [1] | 2007-07-21

Jonathan Burns is a bit of a regular around town: I had caught him at last year's Artscape but have also seen him at the Inner Harbor. Blessed with impecable comic sense and rare flexibility, he combines physical comedy with joke telling and classic street performer routines flawlessly. And I tell you, ladies go nuts over his striptease number. The one he does right before he squeezes his body through a toilet seat.

The SHOWOFF Show : Jonathan Burns [1]
The SHOWOFF Show : Jonathan Burns [2] | 2007-07-21

Jonathan Burns is a bit of a regular around town: I had caught him at last year's Artscape but have also seen him at the Inner Harbor. Blessed with impecable comic sense and rare flexibility, he combines physical comedy with joke telling and classic street performer routines flawlessly. And I tell you, ladies go nuts over his striptease number. The one he does right before he squeezes his body through a toilet seat.

The SHOWOFF Show : Jonathan Burns [2]
Fashion Show | 2007-07-21

Do you remember Henry and Jeff on the corner of Charles and Preston? Among the first places instituting inner city sidewalk seating? Well, they made it into City Paper's Best of Baltimore at the time for being the "best way of knowing you're not in Paris". I couldn't help but feeling a little bit like like that, that is I was made quite aware not being in New York at this Fashion Show. Although, I am not a fashion guru and it's entirely possible that I have no idea what I am talking about. Nevertheless, Henry and Jeff's was a regular hangout of mine while working in the area, and I had a good time at the fasihon show, so please, no hate mails.

Fashion Show
The Avett Brothers | 2007-07-21

As other acoustic bands, The Avett Brothers have the benefit to not ever have to sound different on stage then in the studio. But that does not guarantee a good show, and a great crowd. This is the first time I saw them and they produced both.

The Avett Brothers
The All New Genetically Altered Jug Band | 2006-07-22

Jugband music is fun for all ages. But did you know that there's a Jug Band Music Society? Get your fill through an exhaustive list of jug bands here.

The All New Genetically Altered Jug Band
Artscape 2004 : Breakdancers | 2004-07-18

Impromptu breakdance performance on Mt. Royal Avenue. I think the facial expressions tell the story.

Artscape 2004 : Breakdancers
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