Weekend Planner, Sept. 19 – Sept. 21

Here are some of our weekend picks from the MyMCMedia.org calendar:

Friday, September 19

The Players of COLOSSAL 
Photo | Stan Barouh

• Celebrate apple harvest time at the Apple Festival & Campfire at the Meadowside Nature Center at 6 p.m. Registration required.
• Learn the history of African American Children during the Reconstruction Period at Sandy Spring Museum at 6:30 p.m.
• Friday Night Live outdoor concerts continue with Dreamstreet performing classic rock from 6:30 to 9 p.m.in Rockville Town Square
• The Chromatics & Benjamin Corey perform at Gaithersburg’s Backyard Concert at 6:30 p.m. at Observatory Park. Bring your own telescope and get some help stargazing.
• Fillmore presents local brews and local grooves at 6:30 p.m.
• Bring the whole family and enjoy Hispanic Heritage Night at Long Branch Recreation Center at 7 p.m.
• Olney Theatre presents Colossal at 7:45
• Gaithersburg’s Arts Barn presents Breast in Show at 8 p.m.
• Round House Theatre presents Sam Shepard’s Fool for Love at 8 p.m. in Bethesda
• Bethesda Blues and Jazz Club present the Patricia Barber Quartet at 8:30 p.m.

Saturday, September 20

Wanda Sykes
Photo | Strathmore

• The Sweatsuit Health Expo will take place at the East County Recreation Center from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• The fourth annual Audacity of Hoops basketball tournament takes place in Silver Spring from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Rockville was chosen by Maryland Public Television to tell it’s story in a documentary. Get involved at the city’s story conference meeting at the Rockville Senior Center at 9:30 a.m.
• Enjoy a gourmet culinary walking tour of Wheaton beginning at 9:45 a.m. Reservations required
• Don’t miss Poolesville Day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Blogger Valaree Dickerson gives her thoughts in this post.
• Check out the history of trains at Gaithersburg’s Train Days at the Museum from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke covered an earlier Train Day in this video report.
• Learn all about the Monarch butterfly at Black Hill Park’s Monarch Fiesta Day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Have a problem with deer eating your plants? Attend Rockville’s Go Green Lecture by Rockville City’s Deer Management Task Force to get some ideas at 10 a.m.
• Board of Election Voter registration drives at Damascus, Praisner, Olney, Poolesville, Wheaton, and White Oak Libraries from 1 to 3 p.m.
• Support Gaithersburg HELP at their Fun Run & Walk starting at 1 p.m.
• “Be a Part of Rockville Arts” at this free event from 1 to 4 p.m. in Rockville Town Square Plaza
• Olney Theatre presents Colossal at 1:45 and 7:45 p.m.
• Round House Theatre presents Sam Shepard’s Fool for Love at 3 and 8 p.m. in Bethesda
• Support the C&O Canal Trust at Park After Dark at 6 p.m. Reservations required
• See great ice skating at Cabin John Ice Rink at 6:15 p.m.
• Nrityanjali Performance Ensemble’s world premiere of “Sankhya Vaibhava” at F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre at 7 p.m.
• Wanda Sykes performs at the Music Center at Strathmore at 8 p.m.
• Gaithersburg’s Arts Barn presents Breast in Show at 8 p.m.
• Fillmore presents Bunbury – Palosanto Tour at 8 p.m.
• BlackRock Center for the Arts opens their fall season with Deanna Bogart at 8 p.m.
• Bethesda Blues & Jazz Club presents a Tribute to Jackie Wilson at 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, September 21

• The Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School Home Run starts at 8:30 a.m.
• The new Holy Cross Hospital in Germantown hosts a Community Open House from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• The National Capital Trolley Museum’s Cavalcade of Street Cars gives visitors the opportunity to ride several European trams and North American street cars. Museum open from Noon to 4 p.m.
• Board of Election Voter registration drives at Praisner, Olney and Wheaton Libraries from 1 to 3 p.m.
• Take a docent led tour of the Kingsley Schoolhouse in Clarksburg from 1 to 4 p.m.
• The annual Unity Walk takes place on Embassy Row in DC, starting at the Washington Hebrew Congregation at 1:30 p.m.
• Olney Theatre presents Colossal at 1:45 p.m.
• Gaithersburg’s Arts Barn presents Breast in Show at 2 p.m.
• Round House Theatre presents Sam Shepard’s Fool for Love at 3 p.m. in Bethesda
• Support Washington Adventist University at their Visionaries Gala at 6 p.m. Tickets required.

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