Staff Reports, The Examiner
2008-08-01 07:00:00.0
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Don’t miss the local performance of “Urinetown: The Musical” before it ends this weekend. The award-winning satire examines the reaction by civilians when they’re forced to use public facilities, and the hilarity that ensues. 8 p.m. $12-$18. Community College of Baltimore County, Essex Campus, B Building Theatre, 7201 Rossville Blvd., Essex.

WHO’S IN TOWN

Get in touch with your Celtic roots when Young Dubliners come to town, playing a mix of rock with traditional Irish notes. 7 p.m. $22.50. Rams Head OnStage, 33 West St., Annapolis.

MUSIC

If you can't get away to the Caribbean, let it come to you: The Ewabo Caribbean Trio performs tonight, celebrating the music of Trinidad and Tobago where they originated. Tropical cocktails and fruit juice will be available, too. 8 p.m. $10-$12. Carroll Arts Center, 91 West Main St., Westminster.

Take in some big band sounds and swing under the stars at tonight’s 148th Annual Outdoor Summer Concert Series featuring Baltimore’s Big Band. 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Free. Beechfield, Yale and Beechfield Avenues, Baltimore.

Lucas Richman will conduct the BSO tonight in Dead Symphony No. 6, a tribute to the late great jam band the Grateful Dead. 8 p.m. $20-$60. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, 1212 Cathedral St., Baltimore.

ART

Rotating exhibits at city museums are always a draw, but worth visiting are the galleries of Renaissance and Baroque art at the Walters, permanent halls with more than 1,500 objects, plus paintings from these two great Italian movements. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free. Walters Art Museum, 600 N. Charles St., Baltimore.

Owings Mills artists Sharon Green is on display in “Patterns and Pigments,” a show of her well-known watercolors. 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Free. Artists’ Gallery, American City Building, 10227 Wincopin Circle, Columbia. artistsgallerycolumbia.com.

EVENTS

Just three days left to enjoy the World’s Fair of Money, a hobby show devoted to currency by the American Numismatic Association. 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Free. Baltimore Convention Center, 1 W. Pratt St., Baltimore.

Fans of the Stephenie Meyers Twighlight Saga series are anxiously awaiting the release of its final book, “Breaking Dawn.” If you’re one of them, head to tonight’s release party, where you can purchase a copy and enjoy contests and activities related to the series. 10 p.m. Free. Barnes and Noble, 1 E. Joppa Road, Towson.

Comic Mickey Cucchiella performs stand-up this evening, putting his sardonic wit and bold jokes on display. 8 p.m. $17. Baltimore Comedy Factory, 36 Light St., Baltimore.

FILM

Head to Little Italy for the latest in its Open Air Film Festival, a screening of “Hairspray.” 9 p.m. Free. Little Italy Open Air Theater, High and Stiles streets, Baltimore.

SATURDAY PREVIEWS

Motown fans will enjoy the Jazzy Soul R&B tribute to the era, a celebration featuring such artists as Marcus Mitchell, Isaac Parham and comic Larry Lancaster. 7 p.m. Saturday. $35. Centerstage, 700 N. Calvert St., Baltimore.

Take a unique chance to see a live water ballet at “Mother Goosed: The Nurseryland Campaign Tales.” The satire about political campaigns in the nursery rhyme world is performed by Fluid Movement. 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday. $9. Patterson Park Pool, 27 S. Patterson Park Ave., Baltimore.

The Annual Old Fashion Corn Roast Festival will take place in Westminster, where a meal ticket buys you a serving of fried chicken, applesauce, sliced tomatoes, roll and butter, iced tea or lemonade, and unlimited corn. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday. $6-$12. Union Mills Homestead, 3311 Littlestown Pike, Westminster.