Natalie and I went to Artscape on Saturday and Sunday this year.
Saturday we got there around 12 and saw the band "Fall Back Plan" on the Main Stage. They're a talented band but a little generic for my taste. The lead singer was really good. She reminded me of somebody, Gwen Stefani maybe. The parade of Art Cars came by around 12:30, always a high point. We wondered up Mount Royal Avenue, checking out some of the artists booths along the way.
There was an exhibition of Sondheim prize semi-finalists at MICA. That was really interesting. Natalie liked the art that was made up of all these little pictures from the newspaper transferred to the canvas with clear tape and masking tape. There were marble statues of Mario, Kermit the frog and the lego man, and this installation type thing that was kind of creepy. There was a bed or futon in it and all these strands of plastic bags blowing around while a spotlight at the top slowly changed colors.
From there, we headed up past the Art Cars to the Midway on Charles Street. It was packed by then, single file, shoulder to shoulder. Natalie got a little freaked out by the crowd. We did make it up to the Charles Theater area and picked up some stuff from the Free Store in the parking garage. That's when the kids called and told us they had managed to lock themselves out of the house. So that was that.
Sunday we got down there around the same time - noon. That's the best time to be there. We heard an organ concert at Corpus Christi Church that was great. We also tried to go to the Lyric but that was a fiasco. We went right in but instead of Irish dancers there were African dancers on stage. So we left and that was our mistake. When we tried to go back, the place was full. Nobody was leaving and they weren't letting anybody in. After waiting about 20 minutes, I saw the Irish dancers on a monitor in the lobby. So that was a waste. They are going to have to open up the balcony next year.
We wondered around a little longer then went to the Owl bar for a couple of beers. We would have liked to have gone to Brewer's Art but they don't open till 5:00 on Sunday.
Saturday we got there around 12 and saw the band "Fall Back Plan" on the Main Stage. They're a talented band but a little generic for my taste. The lead singer was really good. She reminded me of somebody, Gwen Stefani maybe. The parade of Art Cars came by around 12:30, always a high point. We wondered up Mount Royal Avenue, checking out some of the artists booths along the way.
There was an exhibition of Sondheim prize semi-finalists at MICA. That was really interesting. Natalie liked the art that was made up of all these little pictures from the newspaper transferred to the canvas with clear tape and masking tape. There were marble statues of Mario, Kermit the frog and the lego man, and this installation type thing that was kind of creepy. There was a bed or futon in it and all these strands of plastic bags blowing around while a spotlight at the top slowly changed colors.
From there, we headed up past the Art Cars to the Midway on Charles Street. It was packed by then, single file, shoulder to shoulder. Natalie got a little freaked out by the crowd. We did make it up to the Charles Theater area and picked up some stuff from the Free Store in the parking garage. That's when the kids called and told us they had managed to lock themselves out of the house. So that was that.
Sunday we got down there around the same time - noon. That's the best time to be there. We heard an organ concert at Corpus Christi Church that was great. We also tried to go to the Lyric but that was a fiasco. We went right in but instead of Irish dancers there were African dancers on stage. So we left and that was our mistake. When we tried to go back, the place was full. Nobody was leaving and they weren't letting anybody in. After waiting about 20 minutes, I saw the Irish dancers on a monitor in the lobby. So that was a waste. They are going to have to open up the balcony next year.
We wondered around a little longer then went to the Owl bar for a couple of beers. We would have liked to have gone to Brewer's Art but they don't open till 5:00 on Sunday.
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