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September 2010

Where to Go This Weekend: Grand Rapids, Michigan

09/27/10

Where to Go This Weekend: Grand Rapids, Michigan

With more than 1,700 artists vying for almost $500,000 in prize money, ArtPrize, a three-week free festival in Grand Rapids, Michigan, claims to be the “world’s largest prize for art.” Now in its second year, the showcase for all manner of visual media turns a three-square-mile area of the city’s downtown area—including sidewalks, building exteriors, fences, bridges, and parks—into a gigantic gallery through October 10th...

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Where to Go This Weekend: Lake Geneva, Wisconsin

09/20/10

Where to Go This Weekend: Lake Geneva, Wisconsin

Boating season is drawing to a close, but Fontana, Wisconsin and next-door Lake Geneva will be bustling this weekend. The 11th Annual Geneva Lakes Antique and Classic Boat Show gets underway at the Abbey Resort and Spa while just down the road, the annual Geneva Lake Classic Car Rally revs up...

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Where to Go This Week: Globe Trotting in Bloomington, Indiana

09/14/10

Where to Go This Week: Globe Trotting in Bloomington, Indiana

As stiltwalkers go, the Dragon Knights are in a class—nay, a world—unto themselves. Erase any preconceived notion you may have of clowns tottering about pointlessly on sticks: The Dragon Knights create graceful flights of fancy using slender pole stilts to shape shift into gigantic, leaping crickets and mischievous griffins (head of an eagle, body of a lion), among other fabulous creatures...

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Where to Go This Weekend: St. Louis, Missouri

09/07/10

Where to Go This Weekend: St. Louis, Missouri

If you’ve read this magazine’s fall fashion preview (and if you haven’t, you’re missing out on a feast of gorgeous photography as well as crucial anti-aging product information), perhaps you’re ready to start shopping...

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The world is your backyard when you live in one of the best-connected travel hubs. Escape Artist shows you where to go next—from low-key Michigan beach towns to exotic overseas destinations—and brings you the latest travel tips, news, and trends. Suggestions? Contact Nina Kokotas Hahn at ninakkhahn@gmail.com. Follow her at twitter.com/ninakhahn.

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