Here is a schedule of Artscape activities.
Friday, July 15
* 6 p.m.
Visual arts exhibitions, crafts, literary arts tents, cultural resource tents and food booths open.
* 7 p.m.
Decker Stage -- The "Whit" Williams Orchestra (big band swing)
Fox Stage -- The Dave Cosby Project (world beat and jazz)
* 7:30 p.m.
Law Center, University of Baltimore (UB) -- literary arts awards ceremony
* 8 p.m.
Law Center, UB -- Barbara Hurd, winner of Artscape literary arts award for poetry, reads from "Objects in This Mirror"
* 8:15 p.m.
Decker Stage -- Aretha Franklin (soul and rhythm and blues)
* 8:30 p.m.
Law Center, UB -- Sun reporter Rafael Alvarez, winner of Artscape literary arts award for short story, reads from "The Fountain of Highlandtown"
* 8:45 p.m.
Fox Stage -- Morel (alternative music)
* 9 p.m.
Law Center, UB -- reception in honor of Artscape literary arts awards winners
Saturday, July 16
* Noon
Visual arts exhibitions, fine arts marketplace, crafts, literary arts tents, Bright StARTS and cultural resource tents and food booths open
Lobby, Lyric Opera House -- "Getting There," Provident Bank of Maryland "Building With Blocks" exhibition and workshops, registration open
* 1 p.m.
Decker Stage -- Alfredo Mojica's Latin Jazz Orchestra (Latin jazz and salsa)
Fox Stage -- The Saint James Singers (contemporary gospel)
Art-Ventures family performance tent -- Silent Puppet Theatre
Decker Auditorium -- Movie Magic (short films for children)
Langsdale Auditorium -- Cultural Compass; Calico Cloggers (dances of Appalachia)
Lobby, Lyric Opera House -- "Getting There," Provident Bank of Maryland "Building With Blocks" workshops
Throughout festival grounds -- street theater
* 2 p.m.
Fox Stage -- Andrew Roblin & the Pocono Mountain Men (bluegrass)
Art-Ventures family performance tent -- Bright StARTS storytellers, puppeteers and music makers
Langsdale Auditorium -- Cultural Compass; the Latin American Folkloric Dance Group (dances from South America)
Law Center, UB -- Author Michelle Y. Green discusses writing for children
* 2:30 p.m.
Decker Stage -- Asleep at the Wheel (country and western and swing)
Decker Auditorium -- SEEN! (recent film and video works by area independents)
* 3 p.m.
Art-Ventures family performance tent -- Mark Jaster (mime)
Langsdale Auditorium -- Cultural Compass; Nritya Rangam (dances from India)
Law Center, UB -- Stephen Hunter, film critic for The Sun, discusses writing criticism
* 3:15 p.m.
Fox Stage -- State of Affairz (contemporary rhythm and blues)
* 4 p.m.
Art-Ventures family performance tent -- Liz Woolsey (Native-American "dreamcatchers" workshop)
Law Center, UB -- Edgar Silex, "tricultural" poet, discusses writing poetry
Pearlstone Park -- Performance art by Shindana Cooper
* 4:15 p.m.
Decker Stage -- Kahurangi (Maori dance theater of New Zealand)
* 4:30 p.m.
Fox Stage -- Bobby's Nu Band (soul and Motown)
* 5 p.m.
Art-Ventures family performance tent -- InterAct Story Theatre (Vietnamese and African folk tales)
Decker Auditorium -- "Jungle Lords," winner of the 1994 Artscape literary arts award for one-act play, by Rohn Luckett
Langsdale Auditorium -- The Baltimore Opera Company: Rossini's "The Marriage Contract," a one-act opera
Law Center, UB -- Sam Lacy, sportswriter for the Baltimore Afro-American, discusses sports journalism
Pearlstone Park -- Performance art by the Stringling Marionettes
* 5:45 p.m.
Decker Stage -- Youssou N'Dour (pan-African pop)
* 6 p.m.
Fox Stage -- Ronny Jordan (new age jazz)
Art-Ventures family performance tent -- Amita Sarin (stories from India)
* 6:30 p.m.
Decker Auditorium -- Performance art: "Squirrel Finds a Live Nut," by Nancy Andrews
* 7 p.m.
Art-Ventures family performance tent -- Camelot Children's Theatre
* 7:15 p.m.
Decker Stage -- Jeffmajors (new age soul)
Decker Auditorium -- Performance art: "Light the Waters," by Shirley Basfield Dunlap, Angela Franklin and Olunfunmilayo
* 7:30 p.m.
Fox Stage -- A La Carte Brass Band (New Orleans soul)
Law Center, UB -- Reception in honor of authors Juan Williams and Marita Golden
* 8 p.m.
Decker Auditorium -- Performance art: "A Whistling Girl and a Crowing Hen Never Comes to a Very Good End . . . and Other Things My Mama Said," by Sheila "Strawberrie" Gaskins
* 8:30 p.m.
Decker Stage -- Tower of Power (jazz fusion and rhythm and blues)
* 8:45 p.m.
Decker Auditorium -- Performance art: "Eastern Time Zone," by the Friends of Mr. N
Langsdale Auditorium, UB -- Celebrity readings by Juan Williams and Marita Golden
* 9 p.m.
Fox Stage -- Stryker's Posse (world beat and Caribbean)
Lobby, Law Center, UB -- Reception in honor of Juan Williams and Marita Golden
Sunday, July 17
* Noon
Visual arts exhibition, fine arts marketplace, crafts, literary arts tent, Bright StARTS and cultural resource tents and food booths open
Lobby, Lyric Opera House -- "Getting There," Provident Bank of Maryland "Building With Blocks" exhibition and workshops, registration open
* 1 p.m.
Decker Stage -- Apolkalypse (contemporary international polka)
Fox Stage -- Legion Lost (progressive)
