Things To Do in Baltimore

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 15, 2010

BEAT THE SUMMER HEAT AND ENJOY GREAT INDOOR PROGRAMMING

AT ARTSCAPE ON JULY 16, 17, 18, 2010

Temperatures may be warm this weekend but Artscape has plenty of indoor activities and performances to keep you cool and entertained.  Indoor venues, located throughout the festival, showcase a diverse mix of visual and performing arts.  Facilities are air-conditioned and offer seating for festival-goers to enjoy dynamic dance, theater, jazz and opera performances, music, film, comedy, art exhibitions, workshops and more.  Misting Tents are perfect for hot weather and are located at the Wachovia, Festival and Charles Street stages.  Artscape, America’s largest free arts festival takes place Friday, July 16 and Saturday, July 17 from noon-10pm and Sunday, July 18 from noon-8pm.

INDOOR VENUE SCHEDULE

Program	Genre	Venue
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra	Concerts/tours	Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
BetaScape	Exhibits, workshops & more	Arcade, located in The Brown Center
Billie Holiday Tribute Concert	Jazz/vocal	Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
Chick Webb Jazz Combo Competition	Jazz/instrumental	Theatre Project
Corpus Christi Church (various)	Organ concerts/tours	Corpus Christi Church
Dance at Artscape	Dance	Theatre Project/ Meyerhoff
DJ Culture	Music	Metro Gallery/ The Windup Space
Exotic Hypnotic	Experimental music	UB Student Center
Film: Maryland Film Festival	Film	The Charles Theatre
Graham II	Dance	Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
LOL@Artscape	Comedy	The LOF/t at Load of Fun
Rachel Gilmore	Opera performance	Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
Sondheim Semi-finalists	Exhibition	Decker and Meyerhoff galleries, MICA
Theater and Opera	Theater, opera & workshops	The Brown Center/ Theatre Project
Wham City: Crossovers	Group exhibition	Pinkard Gallery, Bunting Center
Wild Nothing	Group exhibition	Metro Gallery

New this year, the Guest Services Tent is the place to stop for merchandise, advance passes for free indoor performances, accessibility information and more.  The air-conditioned tent is located in front of the Lyric on Mount Royal Avenue.  Seats may be reserved the day of the show for dance, opera and theater performances.  Passes can be picked up at the Guests Services Tent.  Limit four free tickets per guest.  Festival-goers can stay cool in the tent and pick up new and vintage Artscape merchandise at rock bottom prices!

The Food Courts, located throughout the site, sell refreshing ice cream, smoothies and other frozen drinks, seafood, traditional festival fare and multicultural cuisine with Greek, Chinese, Indian, Cajun, Thai, Caribbean and soul food.  Festival-goers can also stop by the Fitzgerald’s newly opened Barnes & Noble for Starbucks and more.

For a complete listing of indoor programming or information on Artscape, call 1-877-BALTIMORE or visit www.artscape.org.

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