Weekend Planner (Photos and Video)

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

Friday, April 25

Marin Alsop
Photo | Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

• BlackRock Center for the Arts annual gala “Rising Star” begins at 6 p.m.
• Olney Theatre’s family production of Once On This Island showing at 7 p.m.
• Act Two@Levine’s First Act program presents Little Shop of Horrors at Round House Silver Spring at 7:30 p.m.
• The Comedy & Magic Society return to Gaithersburg Arts Barn at 8 p.m.
• Silver Spring Stage presents Other Desert Cities at 8 p.m.
• Round House Bethesda presents Two Trains Running at 8 p.m.
• YG on My Krazy Life Tour at The Fillmore in Silver Spring at 8 p.m. (For 18 and over audiences)
• Baltimore Symphony Orchestra returns to Strathmore Music Center with their final Off the Cuff performance at 8:15 p.m.

Saturday, April 26

Rain Barrel Workshop
Photo | My Green Montgomery

• Check out Poolesville’s The Big Flea from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. – a unique flea market
• Join the C&O Canal Trust at noon for Canal Pride Day. Registration requested.
• Montgomery County’s Commission on Common Ownership Communities annual forum from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Montgomery Village
• A Wider Circle’s “Race to End Poverty” includes a 5K run/walk, 1-mile walk and a tot trot beginning at 9 a.m. at Cabin John Park in Bethesda
• Montgomery Parks’ “Make and Take” rain barrel workshop in Germantown at 10 a.m.
• Safely dispose of unwanted prescription drugs at numerous locations in the county from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. during Drug Take Back Day
• Enjoy a family fun time and buy native plants at the Croyden Creek Festival in Rockville from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Join Honest Tea & Bethesda Green at Dickerson Conservation Park in the Weeding Extravaganza at 10 a.m. Registration requested.
• Enjoy a morning stroll led by Peerless Rockville and learn about the history of College Gardens in Rockville at 10 a.m.
• The County Department of Environmental Protection needs help with stormwater pond cleanup in Germantown at 10 a.m.
• The Ladies for Leggett rally kicks off at 10 a.m. at the Silver Spring Civic Building
• Adventure Theatre’s production of The Jungle Book continues at 11 a.m., 2 and 4:30 p.m. at Glen Echo Park
• Join Montgomery Parks at the opening celebration of the Carroll Knolls Park in Silver Spring
• the Puppet Co. production of Hanzel and Gretel ahs shows at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. at Glen Echo Park
• Voter registration drive sponsored by Board of Elections at Davis, Potomac, Rockville, Marilyn J. Praisner, Silver Spring, Wheaton and Olney Libraries from 1 to 3 p.m.
• Imagination Stage presents Cinderella: The Remix at 1:30 and 4 p.m. in Bethesda
• Round House’s Two Trains Running continues at 3 and 8 p.m. in Bethesda
• For families with Multiple Sclerosis, join dreamMakerS to prepare dinners in Silver Spring. Registration required.
• Olney Theatre’s production of Once on This Island continues at 1:30 and 7 p.m.
• Silver Spring Stage’s Other Desert Cities continues at 8 p.m.
• Strathmore’s Spring Gala features Julio Iglesias at 9 p.m.

Sunday, April 27

Pike’s Peek 2013 Start
Photo | Jim Rich

• Montgomery County Road Runner’s Pike’s Peek 10K race begins at 7:50 a.m. at the Shady Grove Metro Station
• Montgomery County’s March of Dimes 3 mile walk begins at 9 a.m. in Gaithersburg
• Adventure Theatre’s The Jungle Book continues with shows at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. in Glen Echo Park
• the Puppet Co.’s Hanzel and Gretel has performances at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. in Glen Echo Park
• Voter registration drive sponsored by Board of Elections at Marilyn J. Praisner, Rockville, Silver Spring, Wheaton and Olney Libraries from 1 to 3 p.m.
• Students in the MCPS Minority Scholars Program will march through Rockville to raise awareness of the achievement gap beginning at 1 p.m.
• Olney Theatre’s production of Once on This Island continues at 1:30 p.m.
• Imagination Stage presents Cinderella: The Remix at 11 a.m., 1:30 and 4 p.m. in Bethesda
• Hear a panel of experts discuss the art of comic books at Strathmore Mansion at 2 p.m.
• Silver Spring Stage’s final performance of Other Desert Cities continues at 2 p.m.
• Act Two @ Levine’s First Act program presents Little Shop of Horrors at Round House Theatre in Silver Spring at 2 p.m.
• The sfz Salon Series at the Kentlands Mansion continues with Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Crumb’s Voice of the Whale at 3 p.m.
• Bridal fashion show at The Fillmore in Silver Spring at 3 p.m.
• Round House’s Two Trains Running continues at 3 and 8 p.m. in Bethesda
• Chorale Spring Concert at F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre in Rockville at 3 p.m.
• Film screening of the documentary Stripped about cartoonists at the Strathmore Mansion at 4 p.m.
• The Ben Redwine Jazz Band will perform at St. Anne’s Episcopal Church in Damascus at 4:30 p.m.

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