Weekend Planner (Photos & Video)

Bridal Expo
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Both Gaithersburg and Rockville are hosting party planning expos on Sunday, Jan. 26 for a nominal price. This is your opportunity to tour the historic Kentlands and Glenview Mansions, meet a variety of vendors and sample food. The Kentlands Mansion Party Expo Jan 26 runs from noon to 4 p.m. The Glenview Mansion Bridal Expo Jan. 26 is also open noon to 4 p.m.

Join County Executive Ike Leggett and County Councilmember Roger Berliner to celebrate “Glen Echo Park: Open for Creativity” Jan. 24 at 7 p.m. at the Round House Theatre, 4545 East-West Highway in Bethesda. The fundraiser includes the opportunity to print your own Glen Echo Park T-shirt, enjoy live music by The Crimestoppers and have a glass of “Shutdown Sangria”. Proceeds from the event will help Glen Echo Park’s arts organizations offset the financial losses due to the October 2013 government shutdown.

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 .

Friday, January 24

• Support Glen Echo Partnership for Arts and Culture at the Open for Creativity at Round House Theatre from 7 to 9 p.m.
• The Silver Spring Town Center Film & Lecture Series presents Aspie Girls at the Silver Spring Civic Building at 7 p.m.
• The Lumina Theatre Group’s production of Cardenio at Round House Theatre Silver Spring at 7:30 p.m.
• Enjoy Contra Dance at the Spanish Ballroom in Glen Echo from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Beginners welcome.
• Montgomery Playhouse production of Blame it on Beckett continues at 8 p.m. at the Arts Barn.
• Fillmore presents Dom Kennedy Get Home Safely Tour at 8 p.m.
• Rockville Little Theatre presents An Inspector Calls at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre at 8 p.m.

Saturday, January 25

Hot Club of San Francisco

• Visit the Flea Market at the county fairgrounds from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• The Maryland Women’s Business Center offers Business Basics for Childcare Providers workshop in Rockville from 10 a.m. to noon. Free, but must register.
• Parent/Child drop in art activity in Glen Echo Park from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• The ribbon cutting and dedication of the Ken Gar Community Center in Kensington occurs at 10:30 a.m.
• Adventure Theatre’s production of Miss Nelson is Missing in Glen Echo Park at 11 a.m., 2 and 4:30 p.m.
• the Puppet Co. presents Tales of Beatrix Potter in Glen Echo Park at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.
• Take a drive to Sandy Point State Park and support the Rockville City Police as they participate in the Polar Bear Plunge
• The Get Health Empowered! symposium takes place at the Upcounty Regional Services Center from 3 to 5 p.m.
• Natascia Diaz performs at the Strathmore Mansion at 7:30 p.m.
• Enjoy an evening of electoaccoustic music with Andrea Parkins, Janel Leppin and Liz Meredith at Pyramid Atlantic in Silver Spring
• The Lumina Theatre Group’s production of Cardenio at Round House Theatre Silver Spring at 2 and 7:30 p.m.
• Montgomery Playhouse production of Blame it on Beckett continues at 8 p.m. at the Arts Barn.
• Hot Club of San Francisco in Germantown with silent films accompanied by live gypsy swing music at 8 p.m.
• Rockville Little Theatre presents An Inspector Calls at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre at 8 p.m.
• Glen Echo Swing Dance at the Spanish Ballroom from 8 p.m. to midnight. Beginners welcome.
• Get Lazer’d Tour at Fillmore in Silver Spring at 9 p.m.

Sunday, January 26

• Visit the Flea Market at the county fairgrounds from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Author event with Jonathan Schanzer, expert on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at the JCCGW in Rockville at 10 a.m.
• Young children may explore art at the Arts Barn in Gaithersburg at 11 a.m.
• Adventure Theatre’s production of Miss Nelson is Missing in Glen Echo Park at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
• The Women’s Legislative Briefing at The Universities at Shady Grove from 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• the Puppet Co. presents Tales of Beatrix Potter in Glen Echo Park at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.
• Party Planning Expo at the Kentlands Mansion from noon to 4 p.m.
• Bridal Expo at Glenview Mansion in Rockville from noon to 4 p.m.
• Montgomery Playhouse production of Blame it on Beckett continues at 2 p.m. at the Arts Barn.
• The Lumina Theatre Group’s production of Cardenio at Round House Theatre Silver Spring at 2 p.m.
• Rockville Little Theatre presents An Inspector Calls at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre at 8 p.m.
• Learn to dance the Tango at Glen Echo Park from 2:45 p.m. to 6 pm.
• Strathmore presents Rob Patterson, Maria Labros and Audrey Andrist at 3 p.m.
• Join in the Washington Revels Annual Pub Sing at McGinty’s Public House at 7 p.m. in Silver Spring

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