Jazzing it up in Virginia
Virginia is letting loose with B.B.s, Gs, and all the LaBelles and whistles for the 30th annual Hampton Jazz Festival, beginning Thursday, June 26. Among the big names at the self-proclaimed "Grandfather of Jazz Festivals:" Gladys Knight, B.B. King, Robert Cray, Tower of Power, Kenny G and Patti LaBelle. Tickets are $35 per show. The festival ends June 29. For more information, call (757) 838-4203.
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Painted prophesies of doom and dreamlands
The American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland is looking to the future -- in visions that are by turns grim and idyllic, frightening and sweet. "The End is Near!" brings together 250 works by more than 60 self-taught artists, examining the themes of Apocalypse, Utopia and the millennium. The exhibit includes such items as 'Heaven and Hell' canvas doors to an evangelical tent (painted by Frederick William Lawrence), a 300-foot-long painting illustrating the entire Book of Revelation, and a 1000-pound, wooden 'prophesying machine.' "The End is Near" runs through January 4, 1998.
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Sweating for the gold in Arizona
As if Phoenix, Arizona isn't hot enough this time of year, 10,000 people are setting out to break a sweat this weekend -- in the name of fun. The Grand Canyon State Summer Games begin Friday, with opening ceremonies featuring Olympic medalists Gary Hall, Jr. and Kerri Strug. The two-day games aren't just for the super-buffed -- people of all ages and abilities participate in 23 events, from archery to wrestling. For more information, visit the Summer Games Web site.
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d in what is now western Montana. Eight "dino-robots" and an array of fossilized dinosaur eggs, embryos, baby and adult dinosaurs illustrate, for instance, how 18-inch long baby Maiasauras became four-ton beasts -- try imposing a curfew on that size teenager. The exhibit runs through September 1. For more information, call (312) 922-9410 or visit the museum's Web site.