Weekend Planner, Nov. 14 – Nov. 16 (VIDEO)

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

Friday, November 14

Prince Eric (Joe Chisholm) teaches Ariel (Lara Zinn) how to dance.
Photo | Stan Barouh

• The 45th Annual Lessans Family Book Festival’s book store is open from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
• Find unique holiday gifts at the Museum Shop Around at Strathmore which is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• The Corporate Volunteer Council’s annual luncheon and awards ceremony takes place at 11 a.m. in Bethesda
• Olney Theatre presents Disney’s The Little Mermaid at 7 p.m.
• The Montgomery Playhouse presents Touch at Gaithersburg Arts Barn at 8 p.m.
• Rockville Musical Theatre presents Grease at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre at 8 p.m.
• The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra performs at the Music Center at Strathmore at 8:15 p.m.
• The Kensington Arts Theatre presents The Addams Family Musical at 8:15 p.m.

Saturday, November 15

Silver Symphony construction

• County paper shredding and recycling event at Northwest HS in Germantown from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Find unique holiday gifts at the Museum Shop Around at Strathmore which is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Docs in Progress 5th Annual Community Stories Festival presents a mini-workshop on documentary filmmaking in Silver Spring at 11 a.m. Space is limited.
• Treat younger children ages 4 and up to Adventure Theatre’s production of Tiny Tim’s Christmas Carol at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.in Glen Echo Park.
• The Second Chance Wildlife Center in Gaithersburg is providing behind-the-scenes tours this weekend between noon and 5 p.m. Call to schedule a tour.
• Children ages 8 to 14 with adult tour the Smithsonian Sackler Gallery of Art and then complete a studio project from 2 to 4 p.m.
• Olney Theatre presents Behind the Scenes of Disney’s The Little Mermaid at 4 p.m.
• Downtown Silver Spring’s Tree Lighting ceremony and celebration at the Fountain Plaza at 5 p.m.
• The Heart 2 Heart Gospel concert at Laurel High School begins at 6:30 p.m.
• Enjoy a preview of Gaithersburg’s Winter Lights with the Wine Under the Lights event at 6 p.m.
• Meet artist Michele Hoben at BlackRock’s “Footfalls” art exhibit featuring her work at the opening reception from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
• Adventure Theatre’s presents Tiny Tim’s Christmas Carol at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. in Glen Echo Park
• Bethesda Blues & Jazz Club present Chad Mitchell Trio & Friends at 7 p.m.
• Olney Theatre presents Disney’s The Little Mermaid at 7 p.m.
• The Montgomery Playhouse presents Touch at Gaithersburg Arts Barn at 8 p.m.

Sunday, November 16

Atlantic String Quartet
Photo | BSO

• The Second Chance Wildlife Center in Gaithersburg is providing behind-the-scenes tours this weekend between noon and 5 p.m. Call to schedule a tour.
• Girls on the Run 5K for girls in grades 3 through 8 takes place at Westfield Montgomery Mall beginnig at 8 a.m.
• The 45th Annual Lessans Family Book Festival’s book store is open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
• Find unique holiday gifts at the Museum Shop Around at Strathmore  which is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Enjoy great shopping and artisan demonstrations in Silver Spring at the Empowered Women International’s Artisan Gifts & Food Marketplace from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Treat younger children ages 4 and up to Adventure Theatre’s production of Tiny Tim’s Christmas Carol at 11 a.m. in Glen Echo Park.
• Olney Theatre’s production of Disney’s The Little Mermaid at 1:30 p.m.
• The Montgomery Playhouse presents Touch at Gaithersburg Arts Barn at 2 p.m.
• Solo Art exhibition from 2 to 6 p.m. at the Boyd-Maughlin House in Black Hill Regional Park
• The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra performs Rachmaninoff’s First Piano Concerto at the Music Center at Strathmore at 3 p.m.
• The Kensington Arts Theatre presents The Addams Family Musical at 3 p.m.
• Support Bethesda Big Train Baseball at their holiday fundraiser and silent auction at the Double Tree Hotel in Bethesda beginning at 5 p.m.
• The BSO’s Atlantic String Quartet joins pianist Alex Peh in performing the Shostakovich Quintet in G mino op. 57 at the Kentlands Mansion at 6:30 p.m.
• Bethesda Blues & Jazz Club present Mary Chapin Carpenter, Robin & Linda Williams and Tift Merritt at 7:30 p.m.

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