Weekend Planner (Photos & Video)

Glen Echo holiday festivities continue this weekend with their annual Holiday Art Show and Sale, the Puppet co. productions of The Nutcracker and The Nutcracker Fantasy for the youngest theater goers.  Adventure Theatre’s Twelve Days of Christmas is also at the Park.  All the shows close this weekend, but you can return next weekend for the Holiday Art Show.

Holiday light displays are also coming to an end, but there is still time to visit. Learn more in Holiday Light Festivals Brighten Montgomery County.  The Winter Lights Festival in Gaithersburg had a first this year when a Damascus man proposed to his high school sweetheart.

The region’s SoberRide runs through Jan. 1. Free taxi rides are offered from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. nightly to anyone who feels they should not be driving. Please call 300.200.8294 (TAXI) to receive a free cab ride home. AT&T customers may dial #WRAP from their wireless phones. You must be 21 or older to use the SoberRide service.

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

Common at Fillmore Dec. 27

Friday, December 27

• Adventure Theatre’s Twelve Days of Christmas at Glen Echo Park at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
• Maryland Youth Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker at 1 p.m. in Rockville
• Imagination Stage presents Lyle the Crocodile at 1:30 and 4 p.m. in Bethesda
• The King and I continues at Olney Theatre at 2 p.m.
• Paul Morella’s adaptation of A Christmas Carol continues at Olney Theatre at 7:30 p.m.
• Time for some laughter? Try the Comedy & Magic Society’s performance at 8 p.m. at the Arts Barn in Gaithersburg
• Hip-hop star Common performs at Fillmore Silver Spring at 8 p.m.

Saturday, December 28

Glen Echo Carousel

• Flea market at the county fairgrounds from 8 to 4 p.m.
• The Puppet Co presents Nutcracker Fantasy at 10 a.m. for chldren 4 and younger.
• Get the family moving with entertainer Mr. Jon & Friends at a drop-in event at Damascus Library at 11 a.m. Great for all ages.
• The Glen Echo Holiday Art Show continues from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Adventure Theatre’s Twelve Days of Christmas at Glen Echo Park at 11 a.m., 2 and 4:30 p.m.
• The Puppet Co presents the final performances of The Nutcracker at Glen Echo at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.
• Enjoy a trolley ride at the National Capital Trolley Museum’s Holly TrolleyFest from noon to 5 p.m.
• Imagination Stage presents Lyle the Crocodile at 11 a.m., 1:30 and 4 p.m. in Bethesda
• Last performances of Maryland Youth Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker at 1 and 5 p.m. in Rockville
• The King and I continues at Olney Theatre at 2 and 8 p.m.
• Paul Morella’s adaptation of A Christmas Carol continues at Olney Theatre at 3 and 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, December 29

2013 Salute to Vienna
Photo | Barry Roden

• Flea market at the county fairgrounds from 8 to 4 p.m.
• The Puppet Co presents the final performance of Nutcracker Fantasy at 10 a.m. for chldren 4 and younger.
• Children age three- to four-year old enjoy Artful Sundays at the Arts Barn from 11 a.m. to noon.
• The Puppet Co presents the final performances of The Nutcracker at Glen Echo at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.
• Adventure Theatre’s Twelve Days of Christmas at Glen Echo Park at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. (closes Monday, Dec. 30)
• The Glen Echo Holiday Art Show continues from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Enjoy a trolley ride at the National Capital Trolley Museum’s Holly TrolleyFest from noon to 5 p.m.
• The Glenview Mansion in Rockville’s Holiday Open House from 1 to 4 p.m. Enjoy the Christmas decorations.
• Imagination Stage presents Lyle the Crocodile at 1:30 and 4 p.m. in Bethesda
• The King and I continues at Olney Theatre at 2 and 7:30 p.m.
• Final performance of Paul Morella’s adaptation of A Christmas Carol at Olney Theatre at 3 p.m.
• Salute to Vienna at Strathmore Music Center at 3 p.m.

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