MUSIC
Dan Deacon, world-traveled celebrity DJ, returns home to Baltimore to play tracks from his new LP, “Adventure.” Hear the guy known for intricate, complex, dense, danceable music that incorporates acoustic instruments. 8 p.m. Zodiac, 1726 N. Charles St., Baltimore. 410-727-8815
WHO’S IN TOWN
Scott Weiland, the wild former Stone Temple Pilots/Velvet Revolver frontman, is back with new and powerful rock songs. Head to the all-ages show and get an earful of one of the most innovative post-grunge performers of the ’90s. 7 p.m. $21.50. Rams Head Live, 20 Market Place, Baltimore. www.ramsheadlive.com
MUSIC
Raised in Washington, D.C., Citizen Cope (aka Clarence Greenwood) plays and sings breezy rock, gritty poetry and singer-songwriter stories. Cope’s writing is the complement to a magnetic live persona that has won him acclaim both as a songwriter who could mesmerize a “pin-drop” audience in a coffeehouse setting, and as a bandleader who could enthrall hundreds at large venues. 7 p.m.; $25. Recher Theatre, 512 York Road, Towson. 410-337-7178; www.rechertheatre.com
In hard economic times, you can’t go wrong at The 8×10’s Five Bands for Five Bucks show. 7 p.m. $5. The 8×10, 10 E. Cross St., Baltimore. 410-625-2000; www.the8x10.com
ART
Port Discovery Children’s Museum’s newest exhibit is based on the book “The Journal of Joshua Loper: A Black Cowboy Rides the Chisholm Trail.” Like the book, the “Joshua’s Journey” exhibit begins with young Joshua leaving his home in South Texas to help drive a herd of cattle up the Chisholm Trail. Using interactive activities, artifacts, and historical photographs, several themed areas in the exhibit invite guests to step into the world of a black cowboy and learn about life on the trail. 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; $11.75 for ages 2 and up. Port Discovery Children’s Museum, 35 Market Place, Baltimore; www.portdiscovery.org
The newly installed “2009 Maryland Statewide High School Juried Art Exhibition” features work by 20 Maryland students who will have their work exhibited in the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture. This year’s theme was inspired by the museum’s current exhibition, “Courage: The Vision to End Segregation, the Guts to Fight for it.” 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. $6 to $8; children under 12 free. Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture, 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore. 410-767-0473; www.africanamericanculture.org
AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Interact with your child to nurture a love of reading by enjoying stories, activities and songs together at this morning’s Preschool Story Time, for children ages 2 to 5 years old with adult. 10:30 a.m. Cockeysville Library, 9833 Greenside Drive, Cockeysville. 410-887-7750; www.bcpl.info
Celebrate National Hot Tea Month by sampling various types of and flavors of tea at tonight’s “What’s Brewing at the Library.” Have fun playing tea trivia and games. 6 p.m. Enoch Pratt Free Library, Herring Run, 3801 Erdman Ave., Baltimore. 410-396-0996; www.prattlibrary.org
LITERARY
Head to Arbutus for an open mic where you can hear or recite poetry, comedy and music. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday. Penguins Down in the iGloo, 1065 Maiden Choice Lane, Arbutus; www.myspace.com/penguins_pub
CLASSES
The Elkridge Furnace Inn’s executive chef and owner, Daniel Wecker, teaches “Elements of Saute.” Students will prepare crepes with spinach and mushroom filling, a root-vegetable melange and more. 7 to 9:30 p.m. $80. The Elkridge Furnace Inn, 5745 Furnace Ave., Elkridge. 410-379-9336; www.elkridgefurnaceinn.com
