Weekend Planner (Photos & Video)

The holiday season is in full swing with ‘Thanksgivukkah’ on Thursday, Nov. 28. The 31st Annual Turkey Chase in Bethesda is a great way to start the day, either as a spectator or a participant. The Puppet Co. in Glen Echo includes two versions of the holiday classic The Nutcracker with Bob Brown’s The Nutcracker Fantasy for young children up to the age of four. Children five and older will enjoy the 25th Anniversary of The Nutcracker opening Nov. 29. Also at Glen Echo Park, the Annual Holiday Art Show & Sale at the Pop Corn Gallery offers gifts made by the Park’s resident artists and instructors.

Olney Theatre’s Dickens’ classic A Christmas Carol adapted by Paul Morella opens Nov. 29 and runs through Dec. 30. Enjoy big band sound with Boston Brass and the children’s chorus at Strathmore Dec. 1 at 4 p.m. The New York based Metropolitan Klezmer Band performs at BlackRock Center Dec 1 at 3 p.m.

A great way to celebrate the holiday season is visiting a local Holiday Light Display.

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

Paul Morella
Photo | Olney Theatre Center

Friday, November 29

• Bob Brown’s Nutcracker Fantasy at the Puppet Co. in Glen Echo Park opens Nov. 29 at 10 a.m. This show if for children four and under.
• The 25th Anniversary production of the Puppet Company Playhouse’s The Nutcracker opens Nov. 29 at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. in Glen Echo Park. Ages Kindergarten and up.
• Adventure Theatre’s production of Twelve Days of Christmas continues at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. in Glen Echo Park.
• Gaithersburg’s Winter Lights at Seneca Creek State Park open Nov. 29 through Dec. 31 nightly
• Olney Theatre’s production of A Christmas Carol opens at 7:30 p.m. with shows through Dec. 30.
• Enjoy an evening of humor and magic at the Arts Barn in Gaithersburg at 8 p.m.
• Round House Theatre presents the area premiere of the comedy The Lyons by Nicky Silver in Bethesda at 8 p.m.
• Olney Theatre presents The King and I at 8 p.m.
• Strathmore’s Classic Albums Live series continues with Sargeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band at 8 p.m.
• Fillmore The Smokers Club tour at 8 p.m.

Saturday, November 30

Michael McDonald

• Help observe Small Business Saturday and shop local.
• Flea Market at the county fairgrounds from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Gaithersburg
• Bob Brown’s Nutcracker Fantasy at the Puppet Co. in Glen Echo Park opens Nov. 29 at 10 a.m. This show if for children four and under.
• Imagination Stage’s production of Lyle the Crocodile at 11 a.m., 1:30 and 4 p.m. at Glen Echo Park.
• Adventure Theatre’s production of Twelve Days of Christmas continues at 11 a.m. and 2 and 4:30 p.m. at Glen Echo Park
• The 25th Anniversary production of the Puppet Company Playhouse’s The Nutcracker opens Nov. 29 at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. in Glen Echo Park. Ages Kindergarten and up.
• Enjoy the holiday musical Angelina Ballerina at BlackRock in Germantown at 1 p.m.
• Olney Theatre presents The King and I at 2 amd 8 p.m.
• Olney Theatre’s adaptation by Paul Morella of A Christmas Carol at 3 and 7:30 p.m.
• Round House Theatre presents the area premiere of the comedy The Lyons by Nicky Silver in Bethesda at 3 and 8 p.m.
• Strathmore presents An Evening of Holiday & Hits with Michael McDonald at 8 p.m.
• Fillmore presents MiMOSA at 9 p.m.

Sunday, December 1

Boston Brass

• Flea Market at the county fairgrounds from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Gaithersburg
• Imagination Stage’s production of Lyle the Crocodile at 1:30 and 4 p.m. at Glen Echo Park.
• Adventure Theatre’s production of Twelve Days of Christmas continues at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. at Glen Echo Park
• Olney Theatre presents The King and I at 2 amd 7:30 p.m.
• Sunday afternoon waltz at Glen Echo Park’s Spanish Ballroom from 2:45 to 6 p.m.
• Olney Theatre A Christmas Carol at 3 p.m.
• Round House Theatre presents the area premiere of the comedy The Lyons by Nicky Silver in Bethesda at 3 p.m.
• DC Blues Society open mike blues jam from 4 to 8 p.m. at the American Legion in Silver Spring
• The Boston Brass and the Strathmore Children’s Chorus present a holiday concert at Strathmore at 4 p.m.
• BlackRock presents Metropolitan Klezmer at 5 p.m.

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