From ‘Star Wars’ to Summer Concerts: Patch Features the Best in Local Arts

Whether it’s literary, musical, visual or made of bottle caps, you can find art manifested in all forms on Patch, so indulge your inner aficionado with the following Week in Regional Arts.

The Elkridge library combined two things kids love—comic books and Star Wars—to spark the tots’ interest in reading. Pairing Free Comic Book Day with Star Wars Day made for galactic fun, complete with appearances by interstellar adventurers straight out of the movies. Find all the day’s details at Elkridge Patch.

Friendship Valley Elementary students got crafty using bottle caps to create a colorful school mural. Every student, along with faculty and even community members, added a bottle cap to the mural, made to support the school’s initiative to become a green school. Size up the students’ work on Westminster Patch.

Reisterstown Patch’s Marc Shapiro shared his love for music, giving Patch readers a preview of the best al fresco music fetes slated for the summer. Beat the dog days by heading to one of the many shows in some of the area’s best venues, featuring country, pop, hip-hop, rock and genres that escape definition.

Things got bigger and better at this year’s Catonsville Art Exhibition, which featured 24 local artists, as well as area school students, in a day-long celebration of art. Read about the event’s expansion, and how it’s drumming up more interest in art within the community on Catonsville Patch.