Friday, August 22 • 5–8 p.m.

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Experience the MSV after hours with live music, art, and dinosaurs! Outdoors, enjoy a high-energy blend of blues, rock, and Americana from Zac Townsend and the Mudcats (sets at 5 & 6:30 p.m.), meet artist Lisa Elmaleh, learn about large format photography, and browse a selection of her works for sale. Search for towering dinosaurs sculpted from scrap metal in the gardens, explore Elmaleh’s just-opened exhibition Promised Land/Tierra Prometida in the Glen Burnie House, and wander through the galleries. Artisanal pizza from 3FiresOven, BBQ from Apple House Fork’d, and beer/wine will be available for purchase.

Artisanal pizza from 3FiresOven, BBQ from Apple House Fork’d, and beer/wine will be available for purchase. No outside food, drink or coolers. Bring a chair or blanket for the music. Rain/shine.

Admission is free to MSV members (members do not need tickets; present membership card at the gate). All others: pay at the gate or save 20% by purchasing discount tickets online in advance by clicking the “Get Discount Tickets” button on this page (discount admission tickets available online only).

Admission at the door: $15 adult, $10 youth(ages 13–18) & senior (60+), $4 for ages 5–12. Free to ages 4 and under. Admission includes the music and entrance to the galleries & gardens. 

Sponsored by Braddock Wealth Management Group of Wells Fargo Advisors.

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Musician Zac Townsend

Based in Hampshire County, West Virginia, Lisa Elmaleh is an award-winning artist, visual storyteller, and Guggenheim Fellow. She is known for her evocative tintype photography and large-format documentation of American landscapes and culture. Her work has been exhibited nationally and featured in The New York Times, National Geographic, and Smithsonian Magazine.

Hermanas Misioneras de la Eucaristia, standing in front of the border wall of the United States, Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, 2022. This black-and-white gelatin silver print is part of Lisa Elmaleh's "Promised Land/Tierra Prometida" series. An exhibition of these works opens in the drawing room of the MSV Glen Burnie House on August 19, 2025.

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