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M8 Sunday, July 15, 2007 K x The Washington Post

RoadTrip Get to Know ’s Artsy Side

WHERE: Baltimore.

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INGTON AVENUE WHY: Art for indie’s sake, films and bagels, dining with (plastic) models. 83 MARYLAND 70 95 HOW FAR: About six miles from start to finish, or about 30 minutes by car. 29TH STREET Baltimore n a city proud to claim twisted director as its own, an arts festival featuring a human beat box seems 270 normal. Almost. 95 97 27TH STREET The arts — in all their kitschy and haute-culture forms — get their due this weekend at Baltimore’s annual Art- VIRGINIA 50 Artists sketch the night away at the 24-hour scape festival, held downtown in the Mount Royal Avenue Cultural Corridor. About 500,000 folks and 300-odd D.C. Papermoon 25TH artists are expected, making one of the largest free, municipally produced arts festivals in the country. 66 Diner , where goddess man STREET and creepy attic toys provide inspiration nequins IThe event started in 1982 as a way to highlight Baltimore’s emerging artists and their nontraditional mediums. More 95 . than two decades later, the festival embraces national artists and mainstream genres as well. But don’t expect a sea of pas- tel beachscapes. For example, at an outdoor market on Mount Royal Avenue, 120 juried artists will be on hand to discuss techniques and price tags. Music will be performed on four main stages, with underground acts such as eclectic hip- For bands and brews, check out Ottobar, which pairs indie rock with “Baltimore’s hoppers Nuttin’ But Stringz buddying up with such radio-friendly headliners as the Isley Brothers. Opera, dance and

beer of choice,” National Bohemian. (Call it “Natty Boh” for instant bar cred.) STREET HOWARD short films are also on the roster. FA LL On Saturday, art cars will roll in for the 14th annual Art Car and Other Wheeled Vehicle Show. The S RO AD caravan of mobile sculptures starts at the American Visionary Art Museum and weaves its way through The art morsels at Altskape 2007 are hardly appropriate for Sunday dinner: The edible NORTH AVENUE town. Concurrently, the Load of Fun Galerie will hold Altskape 2007 and its “MAKEBAKEFAKECAKE” works at the Load of Fun Galerie are photographed, sculpted, salted, motorized, etc. exhibition of edible art. Artscape is Baltimore’s biggest arts fest, but the city hosts myriad events that tap into its alternative side. For instance, those who find John Cage melodious should turn their ear to September’s High Zero Charles Theatre, which specializes in art- LANVALE STREET M Festival of Experimental Improvised Music. This month, though, the “it” event is Artscape. Indeed, you O house flicks, screens Sunday morning movies U N 83 T just may discover the next Picasso — or John Waters.

with breakfast and post-film discussions. RO YA — Ben Chapman L A MCC V EN U Artscape 2007: Friday-Saturday, noon-10 p.m. July 22, noon-8 p.m. Mount Royal Avenue between North Avenue DRUID ULLOH STREET LAFAYETTE AVENUE E STREET CHARLES and Preston Street, Baltimore. Free. 877-225-8466. www.artscape.org. HIL L AVENUE PENNSYLVA EUTAW Artscape 2007 is sponsored by STREET the city, but it’s hardly mainstream. Road Trip maps are available at www.washingtonpost.com/roadtrip, as are NIA AVENUE Take in such alternative attractions addresses and hours of operation (be sure to check before you go). Have an idea for a as a DJ stage and art-car designers. trip? E-mail [email protected].

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