Weekend Planner (Photos and Video)

Bethany Disque, Choreographer
Photo | Bethesda UP

Bethesda’s 10th Annual Celebration of Dance includes Open Studio Night on March 7 from 7 – 10:30 p.m. and Dance Bethesda concert March 8 at 8 p.m. Enjoy free dance lessons and dance parties Friday night at four studios in Bethesda, including Dance Bethesda Dance Studio, Dansez! Dansez!, Joy of Motion and The Mindfulness Center. Saturday evening’s concert features local dance groups.

This year’s concert includes performances by Agency 9, Bethany Disque, Christopher K. Morgan & Artists, Company Danzante, Company E, Nomad Dancers and the Word Dance Theater. The concert occurs at 8 p.m. at the Round House Theatre, 4545 East-West Highway.

KAT Second Stage’s production of Disney’s Winnie the Pooh KIDS opens Saturday with performances at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. in the Gaithersburg Arts Barn, 311 Kent Square Road. The show is sure to please the younger set. Visit Gaithersburg Arts Barn Facebook page for information on free drinks and snacks!

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

Friday, March 7

Celtic Nights
Photo | GFD Promotions

• Bethesda’s annual celebration of dance begins with Studio Night from 7 to 10:30 p.m.
• Singer songwriter Billy Coulter performs at Takoma Park Community Center at 7:30 p.m.
• Olney Theatre’s run of I and You continues at 7:45 p.m.
• Silver Spring Stage’s production of Superior Donuts continues at 8 p.m.
• ScHoolGboy Q appears at Fillmore at 8 p.m.
• Celtic Nights: The Emigrants Bridge includes Irish song and dance at Strathmore at 8 p.m.
• Kensington Arts Theatre’s production of Spring Awakening at 8:15 p.m.
• Strathmore’s Friday Night Eclectic series featuring local bands opens with Rye Rye at 9 p.m.

Saturday, March 8

Maggie Rose

• Visit The Universities at Shady Grove Open House from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Pre-registration is requested.
• Meet with Maryland Health Exchange enrollment advisers at Germantown and Silver Spring from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Imagination Stage’s production of Inside Out at 10 and 11:15 a.m.
• KAT Second Stage premieres Disney’s Winnie the Pooh Kids continues at Gaithersburg’s Arts Barn at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
• Adventure Theatre’s production of Miss Nelson is Missing closes this weekend at Glen Echo at 11 a.m., 2 and 4:30 p.m.
• the Puppet Co. production of Sleeping Beauty continues in Glen Echo at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.
• The “Polar Bear Plunge” originally scheduled for Jan. 25 occurs at Sandy Point State Park beginning at 11 a.m. Take the plunge yourself or support our local Rockville City Police team.
• The Islamic Center of Maryland is hosting a conference on understanding violent extremism at 1 p.m. in Gaithersburg
• Imagination Stage’s Rumpelstiltskin continues with shows at 1:30 and 4 p.m. in Bethesda
• National Christian Choir benefit concert at the First Baptist Church of Gaithersburg at 6 p.m.
• Support Maryland Youth Ballet at their gala at 7 p.m. in the Silver Spring Civic Building
• Olney Theatre’s run of I and You continues at 7:45 p.m.
• Enjoy Irish band Dervish at BlackRock Center for the Arts in Germantown at 8 p.m.
• Dance Bethesda concert at Round House Theatre at 8 p.m. features seven local dance groups
• The National Philharmonc performs at Strathmore today at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m.
• Bethesda Blues and Jazz Club presents local country music star Maggie Rose at 8 p.m.
• Silver Spring Stage’s production of Superior Donuts continues at 8 p.m.
• Kensington Arts Theatre’s production of Spring Awakening at 8:15 p.m.

Sunday, March 9

Brian Ganz
Photo | Jay Mallin

• Daylight Saving Time begins at 2 a.m.
• Imagination Stage’s production of Inside Out at 10 and 11:15 a.m.
• KAT Second Stage production of Disney’s Winnie the Pooh Kids continues at Gaithersburg’s Arts Barn at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
• Adventure Theatre’s production of Miss Nelson is Missing closes this weekend at Glen Echo at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
• the Puppet Co. production of Sleeping Beauty continues in Glen Echo at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.
• Imagination Stage’s Rumpelstiltskin continues with shows at 1:30 and 4 p.m. in Bethesda
• Olney Theatre’s run of I and You continues at 1:45 p.m.
• Silver Spring Stage’s production of Superior Donuts continues at 2 p.m.
• The National Philharmonic performs at Strathmore at 3 p.m.
• Kensington Arts Theatre’s production of Spring Awakening at 3 p.m.
• Sargent Gospel-Aires concert at St. Anne’s Episcopal Church in Damascus at 4 p.m.
• Israeli-born cellist Amit Peled and pianist Alon Goldstein perform at the Jewish Community Center in Rockville at 7:30 p.m.
• Check out the Harmony Express Barbershop Chorus by attending their rehearsal in Gaithersburg at 7:30 p.m. Learn more about this group in Dave Byers’ blog, ‘Barbershop Old but New Again’

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