Weekend Planner (Photos & Video)

Chelsey Green
Photo | Strathmore

Olney Theatre’s 2014 Season opened Jan. 29 with How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. The show runs through Feb. 23. Former Strathmore Artist in Resident Chelsey Green and The Green Project perform at the BlackRock Center for the Arts Saturday, Feb. 1 at 8 p.m.

Learn the history of the Boyd Negro School in Montgomery County at a lecture by Elaine Fors-MacKellar at 10 a.m. in Silver Spring. Fors-MacKellar is a life-long resident of Montgomery County currently living in Boyds. Join in the discussion of racial, ethnic and community relations in Montgomery County Saturday, Feb. 1 from 1 – 3 p.m. in Rockville. The Human Rights Commission asks “Do you think a Trayvon Martin-type incident could occur in Montgomery County?”

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 31

• An evening of Contra Dance in the Glen Echo Spanish Ballroom from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Beginners welcome.
• Bill Cosby at Strathmore at 8 p.m. (Sold out.)
• The Comedy & Magic Society perform at the Arts Barn at 8 p.m.
• Fillmore presents Amon Amarth with their Deceiver of the Gods Tour at 8 p.m.
• Rockville Little Theatre presents An Inspector Calls at Fitzgerald Theatre at 8 p.m.
• Olney Theatre’s season opens with the musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying at 8 p.m.

Saturday, February 1

It’s been a long day for J. Pierrepont Finch (Sam Ludwig), Smitty (Aileen Goldburg), and Rosemary (Angela Miller).
Photo | Stan Barouh

• Find a treasure at the flea market at the county fairgrounds from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• https://archive.mymcmedia.org/event/fairgrounds-flea-market-3/2014-02-01/
• Learn the history of the Boyds Negro School with a lecture by Elaine Fors-MacKellar in Silver Spring at 10 a.m.
• Attend a chamber music seminar at Strathmore Mansion at 10 a.m.
• Montgomery County is holding Saturday hours for enrollment in Affordable Care Act Health coverage in Silver Spring and Germantown from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Adventure Theatre’s production of Miss Nelson is Missing at Glen Echo at 11 a.m., 2 and 4:30 p.m.
• the Puppet Co. in Glen Echo presents Tales of Beatrix Potter at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.
• Montgomery County Human Rights Commission is holding a community discussion on race relations at 1 p.m. in Rockville
• Skate on pink ice to tunes from the 1980s at Rockville Ice Rink from 6 to 10 p.m.
• Chelsey Green and The Green Project perform at BlackRock Center for the Arts in Germantown at 8 p.m.
• Walk Off the Earth performs at Fillmore in Silver Spring at 8 p.m.
• Rockville Little Theatre presents An Inspector Calls at Fitzgerald Theatre at 8 p.m.
• Olney Theatre’s musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying continues at 2 and 8 p.m.
• The Vienna Concert-Verein Orchestra performs at Montgomery College’s Performing Arts Center in Rockville at 8 p.m.

Sunday, February 2

Vessels by William Pierce
Photo | City of Rockville

• Find a treasure at the flea market at the county fairgrounds from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Young children age 3- to 4-years-old may explore art at Gaithersburg’s Art Barn at 11 a.m.
• Adventure Theatre’s production of Miss Nelson is Missing at Glen Echo at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
• the Puppet Co. presents Tales of Beatrix Potter at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.
• Enjoy an afternoon of art and music at Glenview Mansion in Rockville.
• Rockville Little Theatre presents An Inspector Calls at Fitzgerald Theatre at 2 p.m.
• Olney Theatre’s musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying continues at 8 p.m.

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