Weekend Planner (Photos and Video)

Here are some of our weekend picks from the MyMCMedia.org calendar.

Friday, May 16

Neil Sedaka
Photo | Strathmore

• Friday Night Live outdoor concerts continue with Dan Haas Band from 6:30 to 9 p.m. in Rockville Town Square
• Downtown Live outdoor concerts continue with Diamond Alley from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Silver Spring Fountain Plaza Stage
• Best of Flashband concert at 7 p.m. at Veterans Plaza in Silver Spring
• Zumba in the Park at Gaithersburg’s Concert Pavillion at 8 p.m.
• Imagination Stage presents Cinderella: The Remix at 7 p.m.
• Montgomery College music recital at Rockville Campus at 7:30 p.m.
• Olney Theatre presents The Piano Lesson at 7:45 p.m.
• Enjoy an evening of comedy at the Montgomery Playhouse production of two short Woody Allen plays at Gaithersburg’s Arts Barn at 8 p.m.
• Neil Sedaka appears at the Music Center at Strathmore at 8 p.m.
• Fillmore presents Steel Panther at 8 p.m. in Silver Spring

Saturday, May 17

• Enjoy family activities at the annual Olney Days from 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Gaithersburg Book Festival from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the grounds of City Hall
• The Good Hope Community Center’s Community Day and Strawberry Festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Silver Spring
• 24th Annual Strawberry Festival at the Potomac United Methodist Church from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Adventure Theatre’s The Jungle Book continues with performances at 11 a.m., 2 and 4:30 p.m. in Glen Echo Park
• The Monster Who Ate My Peas at the Parilla Performing Arts Center in Rockville at 11 a.m.
• Ribbon cutting for the county’s first digital media lab at the Long Branch Library at 11 a.m.
• the Puppet Co. presents Pinocchio at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. in Glen Echo Park
• Teen Health Expo sponsored by GapBuster, Inc will be held at Ellsworth Drive in Silver Spring from noon to 4 p.m.
• Enjoy the Lawton Spring Fest at the Jane E. Lawton Community Recreation Center from 1 to 3 p.m.
• Cinderella: The Remix continues at Imagination Stage in Bethesda with performances at 1:30 and 4 p.m.
• Visit Poolesville for the SpringFest from 2 to 7 p.m. at the Whalen Commons
• Cheer on our local women’s soccer team as the Spirit take on the Western New York Flash at 6:30 p.m. in Boyds
• Support the Message of Hope Cancer Fund at their annual gala in Gaithersburg from 7 to midnight.
• The Gaithersburg Chorus spring concert takes place at St. John Neumann Catholic Church at 7:30 p.m.
• Olney Theatre presents The Piano Lesson at 1:45 and 7:45 p.m.
• Enjoy an evening of comedy at Montgomery Playhouse’s production of two short Woody Allen plays at Gaithersburg’s Arts Barn at 8 p.m.
• Violinist Sarah Chang and the National Philharmonic perform Vivaldi’s Four Seasons at the Music Center at Strathmore at 8 p.m. A free pre-concert lecture at 6:45 p.m.

Sunday, May 18

Chee Yun
Photo | JCCGW

• Middle and High School aged youth compete in MoCo’s Got Talent at the Fillmore in Silver Spring from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Family fun at Olney Days from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Adventure Theatre’s The Jungle Book continues with performances at 11 a.m., 2 p.m. in Glen Echo Park
• the Puppet Co. presents Pinocchio at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. in Glen Echo Park
• County seniors compete in Montgomery’s Got Talent at Bethesda Blues & Jazz Club from 1 to 4 p.m.
• Cinderella: The Remix continues at Imagination Stage in Bethesda with performances at 1:30 and 4 p.m.
• Olney Theatre presents The Piano Lesson at 1:45 p.m.
• Montgomery Playhouse’s final performance of two short Woody Allen plays at Gaithersburg’s Art Barn at 2 p.m.
• Violinist Sarah Chang and the National Philharmonic perform Vivaldi’s Four Seasons at the Music Center at Strathmore at 3 p.m. A free pre-concert lecture at 1:45 p.m.
• Classical musician Solomon Eichner performs at the Sandy Spring Museum at 3:30 p.m.
• The Jewish Social Service Agency’s Annual Gala features Goldie Hawn in Bethesda
• The Gaithersburg Chorus Spring Concert takes place at St. John Neumann Catholic Church at 7:30 p.m.
• Violinist Chee-Yun performs at the JCC of Greater Washington in Rockville at 7:30 p.m.

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