Art MD 2008, an exhibit spanning two galleries, features 50 works ranging in media from animation to sculpture, oil and watercolor, photography and printmaking by artists in Maryland or a 100-mile radius of the Howard County Center for the Arts. The biennial exhibit is juried by Leslie King-Hammond, graduate dean emeritus / director, Center for Race and Culture at Maryland Institute College of Art. 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Friday; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday; noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Free. Howard County Center for the Arts, 8510 High Ridge Road, Ellicott City. 410-313-2787
WHO’S IN TOWN
Indonesian Ambassador to the U.S. Sudjadnan Parnohadiningrat will address the Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs in tonight’s lecture. 6 p.m. $15; members free. World Trade Center, 401 E. Pratt St., Baltimore. 410-837-8439; www.bcfausa.org
MUSIC
Radio station 98 Rock hosts a live broadcast of its Noise in the Basement night with bands Eleven 54, Almost Kinds, Split 5 and Recast. 8 p.m. $5. Fletcher’s, 701 S. Bond St., Baltimore. 410-558-1889; Fletchersbar.com
Terry, Tobias and Dakini play acoustic folk rock. 8 p.m. Free. Joe Squared, 133 W. North Ave., Baltimore. 410-545-0444; Joesquared.com
Resident musician Phil Cunneff and his Jazz Trio perk up Fells Point. 9 p.m. Cat’s Eye Pub, 1730 Thames St., Baltimore. 410-276-9866; Catseyepub.com
One part Blondie, and two parts punk-party band, Nashville’s five-piece screaming damsels, Trampskirts, open up for hot rockers The Hot Pursuit, Cheap Time and The Admirals. 9 p.m. $8. Talking Head Club, 407 E. Saratoga St., Baltimore. 410-207-8011; Talkingheadclub.com
ART
“Abby Sangiamo: A Retrospective” features 50 years of paintings and drawings from MICA’s Abby Sangiamo. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Saturday; noon to 5 p.m. Sunday; Fox Building Galleries, Maryland Institute College of Art, 1303 Mount Royal Ave., Baltimore. 410-225-2300; Mica.edu
Modern Taiwanese art boasts a history of surprising diversity and change. Towson University’s Asian Arts Gallery in the Center for the Arts explores this theme in its exhibit “Tradition and Modernity: Taiwan’s Three Masters of Modern Art,” featuring the works of three artists who completely broke with tradition and embraced the avant-garde movement of the 1960s: Liao Shiou-Ping, Li Shi-Chi and Chu Wei-Bor. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Friday; 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday; Towson University Asian Arts & Culture Center, 8000 York Road, Towson. 410-704-2807 or www.towson.edu/asianarts
“Color and Form,” one of three new exhibitions at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, features contemporary sculptures and paintings by John Richardson, Michelle Hinebrook and James Von Minor. Baltimore-based artist Von Minor uses found objects, abstract designs and repetition in his paintings and sculptures. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Saturday; free. Chaney Gallery, 2nd floor, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, 801 Chase St., Annapolis. Mdhallarts.org
KIDS
The search for a place to call home continues when the original crew leaves the shores of Madagascar in search of a better place. In “Madagascar 2: Escape 2 Africa” in IMAX, this adventure lands them in Africa where they encounter others of their own species — but is this better than their Central Park home? 3 p.m., 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Monday. $9 to $12. Maryland Science Center, 601 Light St., Baltimore. 410-685-5225;
Mdsci.org
