Escape Artist

08/06/12

Where to Go This Weekend: Vienna, Illinois

If the news of sharks off Cape Cod earlier this summer made you nostalgic for Jaws, head to southern Illinois this weekend. In the small, landlocked town of Vienna, you’ll find Bruce, a mechanical great white shark...

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07/31/12

What to Do This Weekend: Go Amish in Indiana

More than 300 artisans are expected to turn out for the 50th Annual Arts and Crafts Festival that blankets the grounds of the Amish Acres farm in Nappanee, Indiana from Thursday, August 2 through Sunday, August 5...

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07/23/12

Where to Go This Weekend: Bayfield, Wisconsin

If you’re in the mood for art in a waterside, pastoral setting, Bayfield, Wisconsin beckons this weekend as the hamlet celebrates its 50th annual Festival of the Arts...

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07/16/12

Where to Go This Weekend: Marshall, Indiana

Whatever your mode of transport—canoe, horse, or foot—the cliffs and canyons of Turkey Run State Park offer a weekend’s worth of adventure. The are 11 trails winding though 14 miles...

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07/10/12

Where to Go This Weekend: Chelsea, Michigan

Craving a micro-vacation? There’s an ideal outing in Chelsea, Michigan this weekend: On July 14, the Ann Arbor Bicycle Touring Society presents the colorfully named 36th Annual One Helluva Ride series, which offers cyclists six looped routes ranging from 15 to 100 miles through Washtenaw, Ingham, Jackson, and Livingston Counties...

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07/02/12

Where to Go This Weekend: Bloomington, Indiana

Bloomington, Indiana, now roughly halfway through Indiana University’s 113-day Summer Festival of the Arts, is brimming with events, performances, and exhibits. Among the weekend’s festival highlights...

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06/26/12

Where to Go This Weekend: South Haven, Michigan

The 74th annual Queen’s Cup, one of the oldest races in the history of yachting, sets sail from Milwaukee on Friday, June 29. Some 1,200 crewmembers on 200 boats will sail more than 70 nautical miles overnight to South Haven, Michigan...

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06/18/12

Where to Go This Weekend: Cedar Falls, Iowa

Free jazz concerts are on the schedule this weekend in Cedar Falls, Iowa, where the annual Cedar Basin Jazz Festival hosts a variety of combos from across the country Friday, June 22, through Sunday, June 24...

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06/11/12

Where to Go This Weekend: Oregon, Wisconsin

Art and old barns aren’t a particularly common pairing, but this weekend both are celebrated in Oregon, Wisconsin in at a space as unique as the art inside. Housed in a repurposed century-old barn, The Wood Cycle, a Wisconsin-based furniture and cabinet-maker, puts on an annual weekend called “ArtS in the BarnS...”

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06/04/12

Where to Go This Weekend: Newton, Iowa

Things are shaping up for an artful time in Newton, Iowa this weekend, as the 10th Annual Iowa Sculpture Festival celebrates practitioners of “the ultimate art form,” be they working in wood, metal, paper, fiber arts, stone, glass, or mixed media...