Weekend Planner (Photos and Video)

Montgomery County is celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with many events and activities this weekend. The 14th Annual Gaithersburg St. Patrick’s Day Parade takes place Saturday, March 15 at the Washingtonian at 10 a.m. Fillmore’s ShamROCK the Block! presented by McGinty’s and 94.7 Fresh FM occurs Sunday, March 16 at 1 p.m. in Silver Spring.The St. Patrick’s Day Festival in downtown Silver Spring features music, Irish dance and food on the Fountain Plaza from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, March 17.

Olney Library

The Olney Library reopens Saturday, March 15 at 9 a.m. with the official ribbon cutting ceremony and activities for the family. Here’s a picture taken early Thursday, March 13.

This weekend is your last chance to enjoy many local performances, including Silver Spring Stage’s Superior Donuts, Imagination Stage’s production of Rumpelstiltskin and Kensington Arts Theatre’s Spring Awakening.
Here are some of our other weekend picks from the MyMCMedia.org calendar.

Friday, March 14

Rachael Tice and Thaddeus Fitzpatrick in I and You
Photo | Stan Barouh

• Visit art galleries and studios during the Bethesda Art Walk from 6 to 9 p.m.
• Fillmore presents Gordo Brega and others at 7:30 in Silver Spring
• Olney Theatre’s run of I and You continues at 7:45 p.m.
• Silver Spring Stage’s production of Superior Donuts at 8 p.m., closes Sunday
• Strathmore’s Friday Night eclectic series continues with ‘Julia Brown’ and ‘Us and Us Only’ at 8 p.m. in the Mansion.
• Kensington Arts Theatre present Spring Awakening at 8:15 p.m. Must be over 13 due to mature themes.

Saturday, March 15

Madeline Adkins
Photo | BSO

• Celebrate the reopening of Olney Library
• Meet with Maryland Health Exchange enrollment advisers at Germantown and Silver Spring from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Get your green on in Gaithersburg at the Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade at the Washingtonian Center at 10 a.m.
• Imagination Stage’s production of Inside Out for young children continues at 10 and 11:15 a.m.
• Imagination Stage’s final weekend for Rumpelstiltskin with shows at 11 a.m., 1:30 and 4 p.m. in Bethesda
• KAT 2nd State’s production of Disney’s Winnie the Pooh Kids conitnues with performances at 11 and 2 p.m. at Gaithersburg’s Arts Barn
• the Puppet Co.’s Sleeping Beauty shows at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. in Glen Echo Park
• Washington Spirit’s Fan Fest at 3:30 p.m. featuring a free scrimmage at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds
• Enjoy dance performances celebrating Holi, the Hindu Festival of Color at Takoma Park Community Center at 7:30 p.m.
• Olney Theatre’s run of I and You continues at 7:45 p.m.
• ClancyWorks Dance Company performs at BlackRock Center for the Arts at 8 p.m. in Germantown
• Silver Spring Stage’s production of Superior Donuts at 8 p.m., closes Sunday
• ‘The Glitch Mob’ performs at Fillmore in Silver Spring at 8 p.m.
• The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra performs all six of Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos at the Music Center at Strathmore at 8 p.m.
• Kensington Arts Theatre production of Spring Awakening at 8:15 p.m. Must be over 13 due to mature themes.

Sunday, March 16

Megan Graves and Bradley Foster Smith in Imagination Stage’s Inside Out

• Imagination Stage’s production of Inside Out for young children continues at 10 and 11:15 a.m.
• KAT 2nd State’s production of Disney’s Winnie the Pooh Kids continues with performances at 11 and 2 p.m. at Gaithersburg’s Arts Barn
• the Puppet Co.’s Sleeping Beauty shows at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. in Glen Echo Park
• Celebrate your Irish at Fillmore’s ShamROCK the Block! presented by McGinty’s and 94.7 Fresh FM at 1 p.m.
• Imagination Stage’s final shows of Rumpelstiltskin in Bethesda at 1:30 and 4 p.m.
• Olney Theatre’s production of I and You continues at 1:45 p.m.
• Spain’s premiere boys’ choir Escolania de Montserrat performs at the Music Center at Strathmore at 3 p.m.
• The Rockville Concert Band performs at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre at 3 p.m.
• Jazz pianist Dave Burns performs at Sandy Spring Museum at 3:30 p.m.
• Celebrate Purim with custom wraps, salads and Purim desserts at ‘Purim Under Raps’ at the Chabad of Upper Montgomery County from 4 to 8 p.m.
• Temple Emanuel hosts the Latino Chorus ‘Cantigas’ and ‘Intercultural Journeys’ at 7 p.m. in Kensington

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