Patch Planner: May 12-May 18

Artist reception | Meet artists Carl Dahlke, Leila Holtsman and Jessica Beels, the artists featured in a mixed-media show at BlackRock. Exhibit continues through Thursday, May 26
WHEN: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 14
WHERE: BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown.
COST: Free 

Flutar and Friends | Flutist Joseph Cunliffe and cellist Stephen Czarkowski, a prior National Symphony Orchestra conductor, team up for this classical world music performance.
WHEN: 8 p.m. Saturday, May 14
WHERE: BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown.
COST: $25 

Scoot for Scooter | 2nd Annual "Scoot for Scooter" 5K & 1Mile Walk/Run fundraiser will honor Germantown resident Steve Gebhardt, who is afflicted with frontotemporal dementia, an early-onset, aggressive form of dementia. A fundraiser for the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration, the event is named for Dave "Scooter" Scaggs, 61-year-old FTD sufferer who created a legacy throughout his career as a coach, teacher and mentor.
WHEN: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., May 15. Rain or shine.
WHERE: Sherwood High School, 300 Olney Sandy Spring Road, Sandy Spring, Md.
COST: Race fees are $30 for adults; $15 for ages 8 to 18, and free for kids age 7 and younger.
WEB: http://www.scoot4scooter.com

 Chamber Music Series | Johns Hopkins University Montgomery County Presents the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Chamber Music Series.
Where: Johns Hopkins University: Montgomery Campus, 9601 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Md.
When: 7:30pm Monday, May 16
Website: http://www.bsomusic.org/main.taf?p=1,43
Phone: To order tickets, call 1-877-BS0-1444 or go to the BSO website.
Cost: $18 in advance; $20 at the door.  

Germantown Historical Society turns 20 | The Germantown Historical Society will celebrate its 20^th Anniversary Celebration with a showing of “Life in a War Zone: Montgomery County during the Civil War 1861-1865,” with an introduction by one of the researchers for the film, historian Susan Soderberg. There will be door prizes, refreshments and a 20th anniversary cake.
WHERE: The Historic Germantown Bank (Germantown Historical Society headquarters),
19320 Mateny Hill Road, Germantown
WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, May 17
CONTACT: Space is limited so please R.S.V.P to: 301-972-1056 or info@germantownmdhistory.org.