Weekend Planner, Nov. 11 – Nov. 13 (VIDEOS)

This weekend we pay tribute to the men and women who have served in our military with the observance of Veterans Day. Tonight, the county’s Tribute to America’s Veterans Concert features swing music and dance by the Natty Beaux. The tribute takes place in the Great Hall of the Silver Spring Civic Building at 6 p.m.  Gaithersburg’s Veterans Day Observance takes place Friday with a solemn wreath laying ceremony, followed by a reception in City Hall. Brigadier General Gerald Galloway will deliver remarks at the ceremony. Rockville’s Veterans Day Ceremony includes a wreath laying ceremony, twenty-one gun salute and an address by Command Sergeant Major Ross Bagwell. The event takes place at Veterans Park in Rockville Friday at 11 a.m.

Check out “What’s Open and What’s Closed on Veterans Day in Montgomery County” before you visit a county office Friday.

Here are some additional weekend events from the MyMCMedia.org calendar:

Friday, November 11: 

• Get a jump on holiday shopping this weekend at the annual Museum Shop Around at Strathmore Mansion, which features unique gifts from numerous local, state and national museums and art venues.
• Montgomery College presents the dark comedy, The Waiting Room, at the Parilla Performing Arts Center on the Rockville campus.
• Maryland Traditions, the folklife program of the Maryland State Arts Council, honors the state’s outstanding stewards of traditional arts at the 2016 Maryland Traditions Heritage Awards Ceremony and Concert. The event takes place at the Cultural Arts Center on the Montgomery College Silver Spring campus.
• The Praisner Community Recreation Center hosts a Veterans Day Dance for ages 21 and older. Pre-register at ActiveMONTGOMERY.org with activity number 28382.
• The National Medical Museum conducts a free, docent-led Veterans Day tour to highlight the changes in American medicine in the past 150 years.
• Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club presents a Salute to the Troops by the Shirelles.
• The VI-Kings perform at AMP in North Bethesda.
• Rockville Musical Theatre presents Shrek the Musical at F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre.
• Montgomery Playhouse presents the mystery Postmortem at Gaithersburg Arts Barn.
• Strathmore’s Shades of Blues festival continues with music of Willie Dixon by Big Heads Blues Club featuring Big Head Todd and the Monsters at the Music Center. A lecture before the concert focuses on early blues recording labels. Learn more about the season-long Shades of Blues festival, here.
• Olney Theatre presents the musical Mary Poppins.

Saturday, November 12: 

• The annual Museum Shop Around at Strathmore Mansion continues today and  features unique gifts from numerous local, state and national museums and art venues.
• Montgomery College presents the dark comedy, The Waiting Room, at the Parilla Performing Arts Center on the Rockville campus.
• Grammy-award winning Country singer Kathy Mattea performs at BlackRock Center for the Arts. Standing room tickets are still available.
• Bluegrass musician Sierra Hull performs at AMP in North Bethesda.
• Rockville Musical Theatre presents Shrek the Musical at F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre.
• Olney Theatre presents the musical Mary Poppins.
• Montgomery Playhouse presents the mystery Postmortem at Gaithersburg Arts Barn.
• Black Violin performs at Strathmore with a “classically trained violin duo of Kevin ‘Kev Marcus’ Sylvester and Wilner ‘Wil’ Baptiste.”
• It is a night of laughter at Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club with two performances of the Joe Clair & Friends Comedy Show.

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Sunday, November 13: 

• Today is the final day of the annual Museum Shop Around at Strathmore Mansion, which features unique gifts from numerous local, state and national museums and art venues.
• Montgomery College presents the dark comedy, The Waiting Room, at the Parilla Performing Arts Center on the Rockville campus.
• Korean band Coreyah performs Korean folk music at BlackRock Center for the Arts.
• Olney Theatre presents the musical Mary Poppins.
• Rockville Musical Theatre presents Shrek the Musical at F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre.
• Montgomery Playhouse presents the mystery Postmortem at Gaithersburg Arts Barn.
• Country music star, Martina McBride performs at the Music Center at Strathmore in a fundraiser to support the Montgomery Village based non-profit Community Services for Autistic Adults and Children.
• Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club present Joan Osborne’s Soul Revue.
• Strathmore’s Shades of Blues festival continues with Albert Cummings performing at AMP. Learn more about the season-long Shades of Blues festival, here.

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