During the festival, Pam Foss will create sculptures in her studio and under a tent in the yard alongside the Pam Foss Sculpture Gallery. Put your unique print on premade pottery at the Clay Bakers, or make your own with a little help. (Staff members do the firing and glazing.) Since 1958, the Academy Art Museum has been the center of Easton’s art scene, thanks to its collection of local works (including past Plein Air festival pieces), as well as its performances and lectures. At Washington Street Pub, the draft options run up to 22 beers. The South Street Art Gallery hosts “The Great American Landscape,” including eight festival competitors, through July. For your drinking and viewing pleasure, the Friday Morning Artists install a new collection inside Coffee East the first Friday of every month. The local hangout also hosts blues, folk and other concerts. Hundreds of artists will paint a la Monet at the Plein Air festival in Easton next week. For mealtime, don’t go indoors. Eat lunch or dinner on Mason’s patio or front porch. Lose yourself in the dreamy landscapes of plein-air competitor and Grafton Galleries owner David Grafton. The Talbot County Visual Arts Center, which offers painting workshops and classes, is showing works from the recent Mid Shore Plein Air Competition. The Historic Tidewater Inn hosts a plein-air painting demonstration with Lee Boynton, founder and president of the Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters Association. WASHINGTON STREET WASHINGTON STREET Talbottown Shopping Center Spring Hill Cemetery Easton BAY STREET FEDERAL STREET WEST STREET TALBOT LN. HANSON STREET GLENWOOD AVENUE PORT STREET VINE STREET GOLDSBOROUGH STREET HARRISON STREET TURNERS LANE HARRISON ST. SOUTH STREET TALBOT STREET SOUTH LANE DOVER STREET BREWERS LANE NORTH STREET MILL PLACE Academy Art Museum 0 FEET 600 83 66 95 95 70 70 270 50 50 Easton D.C. VIRGINIA DEL. MARYLAND PENNSYLVANIA Road Trip Plein Air Painting in Easton WHERE: Easton, Md. WHY: Modern Monets, DIY pottery and what’s on tap? HOW FAR: About one mile from start to finish, and about 70 miles from Washington. F or those planning to visit Easton next week, beware of wet paint. Starting Mon- day, the Eastern Shore town will be dripping in oils, acrylics and watercolors for the fourth annual Plein Air Competition and Arts Festival. The French phrase “plein air” refers to the painterly technique in which art- ists use the outdoors as their studio, dragging easels and paints outside to create mas- terpieces on the spot. The tradition was popularized in the mid-1800s by the Barbizon School and the light-fixated impressionists (e.g., Monet and his amis) and continues today amid such frame-worthy landscapes as the Chesapeake Bay. During the seven-day festival, accomplished artists from across the country will plant their paint sets on the genteel streets, grassy fields and shorelines of Talbot County. Their ultimate goal is to walk away with the best-painting prize. One of the more exhilarating events is Saturday’s Quick Draw, a mad race to produce a work of art in two hours. (All are invited to compete, even those who never advanced beyond fin- ger painting.) The best creations win awards or, even better, find buyers. The same day, the Maryland Shakespeare Festival will perform for free “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” yes, en plein air (specifically, in the town parking lot). The matri- monial comedy is just one of many special performances, lectures and workshops in- tended to inspire attendees to go outside and be creative. — Ben Chapman Plein Air Competition and Arts Festival: Monday-July 27. Various locations in Easton. For details or to register for the Quick Draw, call 410-822-7297 or visit www.pleinaireaston.com. Most events are free. “The Merry Wives of Windsor”: Saturday at 8 p.m. Parking lot at 11 S. Harrison St. www.mdshakes.org. Free. Road Trip maps are available at www.washingtonpost.com/roadtrip, as are addresses and hours of operation. (Be sure to check before you go.) Have an idea for a trip? E-mail [email protected]. N6 Sunday, July 20, 2008 The Washington Post x WEDNESDAY IN STYLE Escapes explores a farm market in Lewes, Del. MAP BY JEROME COOKSON FOR THE WASHINGTON POST; PHOTOS BY BEN CHAPMAN FOR THE WASHINGTON POST
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“His fl ashing eyes, roaring voice, and threatening
gestures did nothing to impress Alestria, who
had decapitated the most brutal warriors in her
time.”
— Just another day in the life of the tempestuous couple
— The situation begins to feel dire before the author’s journey
Anyone interested in a lively,
irreverent look at the changing
societal and sexual mores of
newly globalized Indian cities will appreciate
Jain’s richly detailed account.
A 30-something Indian
American journalist decides
to tackle her singledom and
appease her increasingly
desperate parents by
traveling to India with the
goal of landing a husband.
Marrying AnitaBy Anita Jain
Bloomsbury USA
$24.99
The author’s self-proclaimed “insouciant”
wit starts to grate about halfway through.
It would be easier to root for her romantic
success if she didn’t constantly act out on
dates in ways that seem (sometimes) rude and
(more often) mildly deranged.
— Sara Cardace
“Well, I don’t need no doctor /
To tear me all apart / I just
needed you / To mend my heart”
— “Hang On”
Encompassing sounds from folk
to soul to blues to ’60s rock,
it’s an idiosyncratic carnival
of an album, with hand claps,
harmonies, biblical allegories
and hooks aplenty.
FateDr. Dog
Park the Van
$15.98
Other than that it’s a concept album (about the
vagaries of fate) and that the band contains no
actual dogs, there’s little not to love.
— Allison Stewart
“Start it up again like it matters anymore /
I don’t know if it does / Is this really all /
That there ever was?”
— “1,000,000”
Its “In Rainbows”-like delivery method has made
Trent Reznor newly relevant, yet “The Slip” bears
all the sonic hallmarks of NIN’s classic discs. It’s
the most familiar and unquestionably the best
work he has done in a decade.
Available for months as a free
download at www.nin.com,
a physical version of NIN’s
second offering of the year is
fi nally being released.
The SlipNine Inch Nails
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The three-disc set is so overstuffed with Reznor’s
usual airless misery, it should come with a
Prozac prescription.
— A.S.
“Jackson is a eunuch. He was
symbolically castrated by his fame
at a very young age.”
— Knight realizes why his stint as a Michael Jackson impersonator
didn’t get him more play with the ladies
Not only do you get Knight’s
hilariously funky take on human
idiosyncrasies, you also get a
uniquely observed almanac of
societal and pop culture trends of
the past 15 years.
The acclaimed cartoonist’s long-
running strip is collected in a massive
tome, complete with Knight’s commentary
on the political and personal origins of
select entries.
The Complete K ChroniclesBy Keith Knight
Dark Horse
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The cartoonist’s manic art style
doesn’t always seem to match the
rhythms of the subject matter.
— Evan Narcisse
“You are only ever as
good to me as the
money you make!”
— The professor tells Ben that his chips are down
Ben (Jim Sturgess, right), an MIT
genius in need of cash for Har-
vard Medical School, is lured
by a shady professor (Kevin
Spacey) into a blackjack
card-counting ring. Moral
conundrums ensue.
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Spacey seems to have cashed out
whatever charm he used to have, and
regardless of the innumerable slo-mo shots of
cards being fl ipped over, there’s really no way to
make blackjack visually interesting.
— Greg Zinman
“It’s boil-in-the-bag perversion for sexually
repressed accountants and fi rst-year drama
students with too many posters of ‘Betty Blue,’
‘The Blues Brothers,’ ‘Big Blue’ and ‘Blue Velvet’
on their blue bloody walls!”
— Tim (Pegg) explains why he doesn’t want to go back to a party
This British series features the original pairing of
Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright, the team behind
“Shaun of the Dead” and “Hot Fuzz.” It follows
two friends (Pegg and Jessica Stevenson)
pretending to be a couple to rent a fl at.
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Some of the ’90s pop culture references
are out of date, unless you’re clamoring
for “Mission: Impossible II” gags.
— G.Z.
Some of Aerosmith’s tunes, “Dream
On” and “Rag Doll” in particular, prove to be
among the most fun to play in the entire Guitar
Hero series.
Take on the role of guitar
superstar Joe Perry as you
follow Aerosmith’s career from
the band’s fi rst gig at a high
school to international
superstardom.
It’s an awful lot of one band, including
video interviews with the real musicians
in between venues. Expect Steven Tyler fatigue
to set in quickly.
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This inventive and relentlessly
clever show is as quote-
worthy as “The Simpsons” and
“Seinfeld” in their primes. The
disc also provides lively cast and
director commentaries.
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You’ll start at each venue as an
opening act (featuring the characters
from previous Guitar Hero games),
playing songs by the likes of Joan Jett
and Run-D.M.C.
The Philly-based psych-pop-folk fi vesome,
beloved by the blogerati, issues a fetching and
possibly career-making disc.
Sa, a Beijing-born painter and award-winning
author, delivers a dramatically imagined tale of
a love affair between Alexander the Great and
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During the festival, Pam Foss will create
sculptures in her studio and under a tent
in the yard alongside the Pam Foss
Sculpture Gallery.
Put your unique print on premade pottery atthe Clay Bakers, or make your own with a littlehelp. (Staff members do the firing and glazing.)
Since 1958, the Academy Art Museum has been the center of Easton’s
art scene, thanks to its collection of local works (including past Plein Air
festival pieces), as well as its performances and lectures.
At Washington Street Pub, thedraft options run up to 22 beers.
The South Street Art Galleryhosts “The Great AmericanLandscape,” including eightfestival competitors, through July.
For your drinking and viewing pleasure, the Friday Morning Artistsinstall a new collection inside Coffee East the first Friday of everymonth. The local hangout also hosts blues, folk and other concerts.
Hundreds of artists will paint a la Monet at
the Plein Air festival in Easton next week.
For mealtime, don’tgo indoors. Eat lunchor dinner on Mason’spatio or front porch.
Lose yourself in thedreamy landscapesof plein-air competitorand Grafton Galleriesowner David Grafton.
The Talbot County VisualArts Center, which offerspainting workshops and classes,is showing works from the recentMid Shore Plein Air Competition.
The Historic Tidewater Innhosts a plein-air paintingdemonstration with LeeBoynton, founder andpresident of the Mid-AtlanticPlein Air Painters Association.
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RoadTrip Plein Air Painting in Easton
WHERE: Easton, Md.
WHY: Modern Monets, DIY pottery and what’s on tap?
HOW FAR: About one mile from start to finish, and about 70 miles from Washington.
For those planning to visit Easton next week, beware of wet paint. Starting Mon-day, the Eastern Shore town will be dripping in oils, acrylics and watercolorsfor the fourth annual Plein Air Competition and Arts Festival.
The French phrase “plein air” refers to the painterly technique in which art-ists use the outdoors as their studio, dragging easels and paints outside to create mas-terpieces on the spot. The tradition was popularized in the mid-1800s by the BarbizonSchool and the light-fixated impressionists (e.g., Monet and his amis) and continuestoday amid such frame-worthy landscapes as the Chesapeake Bay.
During the seven-day festival, accomplished artists from across the country willplant their paint sets on the genteel streets, grassy fields and shorelines of TalbotCounty. Their ultimate goal is to walk away with the best-painting prize. One of themore exhilarating events is Saturday’s Quick Draw, a mad race to produce a work of artin two hours. (All are invited to compete, even those who never advanced beyond fin-ger painting.) The best creations win awards or, even better, find buyers.
The same day, the Maryland Shakespeare Festival will perform for free “The MerryWives of Windsor,” yes, en plein air (specifically, in the town parking lot). The matri-monial comedy is just one of many special performances, lectures and workshops in-tended to inspire attendees to go outside and be creative.
— Ben ChapmanPlein Air Competition and Arts Festival: Monday-July 27. Various locations in Easton. For details or toregister for the Quick Draw, call 410-822-7297 or visit www.pleinaireaston.com. Most events are free.“The Merry Wives of Windsor”: Saturday at 8 p.m. Parking lot at 11 S. Harrison St. www.mdshakes.org.Free.
Road Trip maps are available at www.washingtonpost.com/roadtrip, asare addresses and hours of operation. (Be sure to check before you go.) Have
WEDNESDAY IN STYLE Escapes explores a farm market in Lewes, Del.
MAP BY JEROME COOKSON FOR THE WASHINGTON POST; PHOTOS BY BEN CHAPMAN FOR THE WASHINGTON POST
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