Cuba Center; Rockwood
Museum; and Winterthur
Museum & Country Estate.
Passports are valid Memorial
Day through Labor Day. They
are non-refundable, nontransferable and not valid for
special events or tours.
brandywinetreasures.org.
portraits in tempera.
Brandywine River Museum.
Through September.
Brandywinemuseum.org.
Macbeth under the stars:
The annual Shakespeare Festival returns to North Wilmington’s beautiful Rockwood
Mansion Park in July, featuring Shakespeare’s Macbeth.
Performances are 7: 30 p.m.
Wednesday–Saturday and
6 p.m. Sundays. Children
under 10 are free with a paid
adult ticket. Special activities for children are offered
on Sundays. July 16–31. For
more information and hotel
packages, visit delshakes.org.
For the Delaware events, save 40 percent on the best
available rail fare for one companion traveling in coach with a paid
regular (full) adult rail fare ticket
on Amtrak travel to Wilmington.
Valid for sale through Dec. 13, and
for travel through Dec. 16, 2010.
Reservations are exclusively available through visitwilmingtonde.com/
amtrakdiscount. See page 99 for
blackout dates and other restrictions.
the senses. Enjoy traditional
music, crafts, art, dance and
food. Aug. 14–15. Patterson
Park at Linwood and Eastern
avenues in Baltimore.
festafricausa.com.
Dig in: “Baltimore’s Summer Restaurant Week”
offers the chance to sample
a variety of three-course
dinners in just about any
cuisine that strikes your
fancy. Some restaurants
offer a special three-course
lunch. Aug. 13–22.
baltimorerestaurantweek.com.
For the Maryland events, save 40 percent on the
best available rail fare for one
companion traveling in coach with
a paid regular (full) adult rail fare
ticket on Amtrak travel to Baltimore
Penn Station. Valid for sale through
Dec. 13, and for travel through
Dec. 16, 2010. Reservations are
exclusively available at Amtrak.com
through visitbaltimore.org/amtrak.
See page 99 for blackout dates and
other restrictions.
WASHINGTON, D.C.
MARYLAND
Striking Poses: This exhibi-
tion at the Brandywine River
Museum presents selected
American works that dem-
onstrate varied and creative
approaches and techniques
in portraiture. On view are
early 19th-century formal
portraits by Gilbert Stuart,
Thomas Sully, Bass Otis and
Jefferson David Chalfant,
and more informal works by
William Thomas Smedley
and Alice Barber Stephens.
Other works depict subjects
in impressionistic and mod-
ernist styles, such as those
by Mary Cassatt, Maxfield
Parrish, Dorothy Lathrop
and Barry Moser. Artists
such as Norman Rockwell,
Al Hirschfeld and Alfred
Bendiner use caricature to
capture likeness and person-
ality. George Weymouth is
a regional artist well known
for his direct, sensitive
Arts alive: The Annapolis
Gallery Association presents
the 20th Annual Annapolis
Art Walk. More than 20 galleries participate in this
annual event, featuring new
art exhibits and artists demonstrating their skills in various media. Enjoy musical
performances throughout
the Historic District and
light refreshments at participating galleries—look for
the yellow balloons. Aug. 19,
5–9 p.m. artinannapolis.com.
B&O Railroad Museum:
Ellicott City Station pres-
ents the exhibition “Roads
to Rails,” an opportunity
to experience the story
of our nation’s drive to
improve travel, from the
horse-drawn wagons of the
National Road to the steam
engines of the B&O Rail-
road. Hours: 11 a.m.– 4 p.m.,
Wednesday–Sunday. Runs
July 3–Nov. 7. 410-461-1945;
ecborail.org.
Half-Price Theater
Tickets: Ticketplace.org is
D.C.’s local equivalent of
New York’s famous TKTS
booth. Visitors can purchase half-price advance or
day-of tickets for theater,
music, opera and dance
performances for venues
throughout D.C., including
the Kennedy Center, Ford’s
Theatre, Arena Stage and
Woolly Mammoth. Inventory changes daily and
can be viewed and purchased on-line anytime at
Ticketplace.org. Or, visit the
For the Annapolis event, save 40 percent on the
best available rail fare for one
companion traveling in coach
with a paid regular (full) adult rail
fare ticket on Amtrak travel to
Baltimore. Valid for sale through
Dec. 13, and for travel through
Dec. 16, 2010. Reservations are
exclusively available at Amtrak.
com through visitannapolis.org/
getaways/amtrak/ index.aspx. See
page 99 for blackout dates and
other restrictions.
Experience Africa: Fest
Africa 2010 offers the opportunity to experience the rich
culture of Africa by way of
Amtrak Guest Rewards®
Amtrak Guest Rewards(r) has partnered with
Audience Rewards, the official rewards program of
Broadway. Members can now earn 100 Amtrak Guest
Rewards points or more for each ticket purchased
to a participating Broadway show online. Members
get access to special offers that earn as much as
1,000 points per ticket on great Broadway shows.
Please visit AmtrakGuestRewards.com/view/
AudienceRewards.to sign up and view the latest
participating shows and special bonus point offers.
Check back frequently, as more shows and offers are
added every week. Remember, you must sign up for
membership in Audience Rewards and associate your
Amtrak Guest Rewards
member number with
your account to earn
the points.
