Art in the city

What if they had an art market...

...and nobody came?  That's what happened to me today when I went down to Silver Spring to check out the Blair Mill Arts Alley.  The Alley is supposed to be open on Saturdays from 10am-4pm.  That's what the website says and also what is printed on the banner that runs across the front of the alley and on the flyers you see all around downtown Silver Spring.  I got there around 11 in the morning only to find that no one was there.  Not one artist, not one table, not one display, not even a notice to say that the thing was cancelled.  I would imagine that no one showed up due to the weather but the alley was rather clear and what snow there was would have been easily cleared.  I had to go  into the ice cream shop that's next door to make sure I was checking out the right place.  I'd like to thank the people  who run this thing for wasting my time.  I would have been much more forgiving about the whole thing if there was some attempt made to show that the event was cancelled.  If this is what things are like 2 weeks before Christmas, what's the point of going the rest of the year?
Lame.  Very, very lame.

Bethesda Row Arts Festival

The Bethesda Row Arts Festival is on this weekend, October 15th from 11 am to 6 pm and 16th from 11 to 5.   Get more information here.

Fells Point Fun Festival 2005

Check out the Fells Point Fun Festival at, er, Fells Point tomorrow and Sunday from 11-7.  Get more info here and directions here.

Wanna taste?

Want to get a taste of Bethesda?  Then go to the Taste of Bethesda tomorrow from 11-4.  Get more details here.
Want to get a taste of Georgetown?  Then go to the Taste of Georgetown next week on October 8 from 11-4.  Get more details here.
Want to taste a Greek?  Then go to the Annual Fall Greek Festival over at St. Sophia's Greek Orthodox Cathedral on 36th and Mass. Ave.  It's running today through Sunday 12-7.  Get more details here.

The Rockville Arts & Music Festival

The Rockville Arts & Music Festival will be held this Saturday, the 24th, from noon to 6:30pm in the Rockville Town Center.  Hard Times Cafe will be sponsoring a chili cook-off, there will be a Battle of the Bands, and demonstrations by the Rockville Volunteer Fire Department.  I would suggest leaving before the chili kicks in, but that's just me.

Shaker Forest Festival

This coming weekend and mext weekend you can catch the Shaker Forest Festival at Seneca Creek State Park.  The festival runs from 10 am-6pm except on the 18th when it closes at 5:30.  Get more info here and get directions here.  There'll be punch and pie.

Fall into the Arts Festival

If you live within 75 miles of Leesburg, VA, and are a 2-d artist, you have an opportunity coming up to enter the Fall into the Arts Festival.  The Festival is October 15 (rain date the 16th).  The deadline is September 16th.  Get more information here.