MUSIC
Longtime rocker Ted Nugent roars into town with his “Rolling Thunder 2008” Tour. Details: 8 p.m.; Rams Head Live, 20 Market Place, Baltimore; $35; 410-244-1131
GAMES
Got a penchant for Texas Hold ’em? Head to Cocos Bistro for Poker Night. Details: 5 to 8 p.m.; Cocos Bistro, 409 Eastern Blvd., Essex; Free; 410-780-2626
CONCERT
Randy Waller and the Country Gentlemen gently rock your evening outdoors. Details: 6 to 8:30 p.m.; Patterson Park at East Lombard Street and South Patterson Park Avenue; Free; 410-276-3676
TOUR
Head to the Cow Palace at the Maryland State Fair. The University of Maryland’s agriculture professors and students, dressed in red coveralls, will lead fairgoers through the barns and introduce them to exhibitors as part of the Agricultural Fair Tours. Details: 6 to 9 p.m.; Timonium Fairgrounds, 2200 York Road, Timonium; $3-$6; 410-252-0200
BMA adds days to Bonnard & Vuillard’s life
Before Henri Matisse found his stroke, attacking canvases with color, he yearned to be like Pierre Bonnard and Édouard Vuillard.
The lifelong friends and critical members of the avant garde group Nabis — lauded as two of the most important French artists at the turn of the 20th century — are the focus of the Baltimore Museum of Art’s free exhibit, Bonnard & Vuillard.
“It’s rare to extend the exhibit from the main gallery into the second room, but there are so many beauties, I couldn’t stop,” said Curator Katy Rothkopf. “Many of these works have not been shown for some time.”
The exhibit was scheduled to end in August, but the BMA recently extended viewing. You can now see Bonnard and Vuillard’s paintings, lithographs, drawings, etchings, posters and illustrated books through October 19.
The BMA, open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Friday and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, is located at 10 Art Museum Drive in Baltimore.
For more information, call 410-396-7100. -Jessica Novak
Say farewell to Two if by Sea
After two albums, two dead vans and many more empty bottles of whiskey, Two if by Sea are calling it quits, according the group.
The indie rock band will give one last show Sunday at the Otto Bar. Also on the bill for Two if by Sea’s goodbye show will be Snowmen and Oranges Band.
Doors open at 8 p.m.; music starts at 9 p.m. The cover charge will be $10.
For more information or to purchase tickets, check out www.theottobar.com. -Jessica Novak
For the brave
Tip toe through Mt. Vernon Friday in search of the paranormal on the Baltimore Ghost Tours’ haunted Ghost Walk.
The tour begins in The Belvedere hotel, where you’ll learn about the hotel’s guests who never checked out. Then it’s on to a spooky spot where a seance went terribly wrong and a place where a grand dame who looks after her home from the grave. Tours last about an hour and cost $13 for adults and $8 for children age 12 and under.
Visit www.BaltimoreGhostTours.com to learn more or purchase tickets. -Jessica Novak
