Weekend Planner (Photos and Video)

Singer Songwriter Slaid Cleaves

Gaithersburg’s Singer Songwriter series concludes this Saturday, Feb. 22 with country singer Slaid Cleaves. The workshop with Cleaves at 3 p.m. at the Kentlands Mansion provides a unique insight into the world of the singer songwriter. Cleaves will perform work from his latest album Still Fighting the War at the Arts Barn at 7:30 p.m. Local songwriter Tony Denikos will also perform.

Josiah Henson Park
Photo | Montgomery Parks

Celebrate Black History Month with a guided tour of the Josiah Henson Park in Bethesda. The park is open noon to 4 p.m. Walk the grounds where Henson toiled as a slave on the Isaac Riley plantation.  Josiah Henson provided the inspiration for Harriet Beecher Stowe’s landmark novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Participate in the Spoken Word Poetry event from 3 to 4 p.m. where attendees are asked to share their own “sounds of freedom” original poetry. Parking is only available just around the corner at the Kennedy Shriver Aquatic Center.

Visit the National Capital Trolley Museum Saturday or Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. to explore the Jim Crow on Streetcars exhibit. Sunday at 1:30 p.m. participate in the Remembering Rosa Parks discussion on the efforts that led to desegregation in transit.

The 5th Annual Choose Respect Conference on teen dating occurs Sunday, Feb. 23 from 1 to 4:30 p.m. at the Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center in Silver Spring. The free event includes workshops, food, raffle prizes and live entertainment aimed at students in grades 8-12. As many as one in three teens will experience dating violence and more than half of them will never report the abuse. Find more information on the event and how to register through online here.

Here are some of our other weekend picks from the MyMCMedia.org calendar. (For area Farmers Markets, locations and hours visit our events calendar .)

Friday, February 21

Joe Nichols
Photo |Fillmore

• Violinist Paul Huang and pianist Jessica Osborne perform at the Strathmore Mansion at 7:30 p.m.
• Blues Hall of Famer Joe Loius Walker performs at Bethesda Blues and Jazz Club at 8 p.m
• The Damascus Theatre Company’s production of A Little Night Music continues at 8 p.m. at the Arts Barn
• Round House Theatre presents Seminar at 8 p.m. in Bethesda
• How to Succeed in Business continues at Olney Theatre at 8 p.m.
• Country singer Josh Turner comes the the Music Center at Strathmore on his Punching Bag Tour at 8 p.m.
• The Victorian Lyric Opera Company presents Yeomen of the Guard at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre in Rockville
• The Silver Spring Stage’s production of Superior Donuts opens today at 8 p.m.
• The Kensington Arts Theatre presents Spring Awakening at 8:14 p.m. Mature themes.
• WMZQ presents Stars and Guitars with Joe Nichols at Fillmore Silver Spring at 9 p.m. (This show is sold out)

Saturday, February 22

Rumpelstiltskin (Matthew Pauli) cheers with joy when he makes a deal that can’t be denied in RUMPELSTILTSKIN at Imagination Stage.
Photo | Margot Schulman

• State of Black Montgomery at 10:30 a.m. at Silver Spring Civic Building. Reservations required due to limited space.
• Imagination Stage’s run of Rupelstiltskin at 11 a.m., 1 and 4 p.m.
• Adventure Theatre’s run of Miss Nelson is Missing continues at 11 a.m., 2 and 4:30 p.m. in Glen Echo
• the Puppet Co. presents Sleeping Beauty in Glen Echo at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.
• The Damascus Theatre Company’s production of A Little Night Music continues at 2 p.m. at the Arts Barn
• Take a guided tour of the Josiah Henson Park in Bethesda from noon to 4 p.m. Share your own “sounds of freedom” poetry or enjoy others from 3 to 4 p.m.
• Celebrate the Best of Fenton Village as County Executive Leggett presents First Place Award certificates at 5:30 p.m. at the Kefa Cafe
• Gaithersburg’s singer songwriter concert series closes out with Slaid Cleaves. Attend the workshop at 3 p.m. and the concert at 7:30 p.m.
• The Victorian Lyric Opera Company presents Yeomen of the Guard at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre in Rockville
• Songwriter Dar Williams performs at the BlackRock Center for the Arts in Germantown at 8 p.m.
• Singer Tommy Lepson leads the Soul Crackers band at the Bethesda Blues & Jazz Club at 8 p.m.
• Dancers from the Israeli company LeeSaar perform at the American Dance Institute at 8 p.m.
• Follow National Philharmonic pianist Brian Ganz with his fourth Chopin recital at the Music Center at Strathmore at 8 p.m. Ganz plans to perform all of the composer’s works.
• Round House Theatre presents Seminar at 8 p.m. in Bethesda
• How to Succeed in Business continues at Olney Theatre at 8 p.m.
• The Kensington Arts Theatre presents Spring Awakening at 8:14 p.m. Mature themes.
• Empire of Kingz Music Group presents Hip-Hop House Party at the Fillmore at 9 p.m.

Sunday, February 23

The Yeomen of the Guard
Photo courtesy The Victorian Lyric Opera Company

• Children ages 3 and 4 may explore art at Artful Sunday at 11 a.m. at the Arts Barn in Gaithersburg
• Adventure Theatre’s run of Miss Nelson is Missing continues at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. in Glen Echo
• the Puppet Co. presents Sleeping Beauty in Glen Echo at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.
• The 5th Annual Choose Respect Teen Dating Conference at the Takoma Park Campus of Montgomery College from 1 to 4:30 p.m.
• Imagination Stage’s run of Rupelstiltskin at 1:30 and 4 p.m.
• Visit the National Capital Trolley Museum’s Remembering Rosa Parks – a discussion on efforts that led to transit desegregation at 1:30 p.m.
• The Damascus Theatre Company’s production of A Little Night Music continues at 2 p.m. at the Arts Barn
• The Victorian Lyric Opera Company presents Yeomen of the Guard at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre in Rockville at 2 p.m.
• Round House Theatre presents Seminar at 3 p.m. in Bethesda
• Enjoy the music of India at the Sandy Spring Museum at 3:30 p.m.
• Hear big band music at the Music Center at Strathmore with the Legendary Count Basie Orchestra at 4 p.m.
• How to Succeed in Business continues at Olney Theatre at 8 p.m.
• Young the Giant band performs at the Fillmore at 8 p.m. (This show is sold out)

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