BETHESDA FINE ARTS FESTIVAL 2013 PHOTO GALLERY

Bethesda Urban Partnership organized the Bethesda Fine Arts Festival, held over the weekend in the Woodmont Triangle area of town.

Artists from across the country, as well as live music and Bethesda restaurant food, brought a crowd to tent-lined streets.

Even the Man of Steel made an appearance, on behalf of Bethesda party supply store Party City.

More photos to come!

BETHESDA METRO ESCALATORS IMMORTALIZED IN PAINTING AT BOLOCO BETHESDA

With the escalators at the Bethesda Metro station having gone out of service last night for the billionth time, and the station set to be closed all weekend(!!) for more "repairs" that show zero results, I thought you might like this painting I discovered at the new Boloco restaurant at Bethesda Row.

Bethesda Metro station

The artwork by Boston artist Sean Boyce shows what life at the Bethesda Metro station is like when all goes well:  commuters traveling up and down working escalators, among impressive modern architecture.

Boyce says he was drawn to the Bethesda Metro station, when he walked around the downtown searching for landmarks to depict in art for Boloco.

He finds Metro to be "one of the most efficient subway systems in the country."

I love this painting, and the one of the Bethesda Metro Center that hangs next to it.