'Sleeping Beauty' Ballet, Closing Event for Silver Spring Library, Gaithersburg St. Patrick's Day Parade: Weekend Events

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Here are some of the theater productions, concerts and other weekend activities happening March 13-15, courtesy of the MyMCMedia.org calendar:

Friday, March 13

• Bethesda’s Waverly Street Gallery Transitions exhibit runs from now through Arpil 4. Attend the opening reception from 6 to 9 p.m.
• Loston Harris Trio’s Tribute to Ole Blue Eyes will be at the newly opened AMP by Strathmore at 8 p.m.
• Chatroom takes on the issue of cyber-bullying in this play about six teenagers at Round House in Bethesda at 8 p.m.
• Olney Theatre’s production of Godspell continues with a show at 8 p.m.

Saturday, March 14

• Visit the Gaithersburg Indoor Flea Marketat the county fairgrounds from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Gaithersburg’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade starts at 10 a.m. at the Washingtonian Center
• Visit Glen Echo Park’s Art Explorers Family Studio for drop-in parent/child art activitiesfrom 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Young children ages 1-5 will enjoy Blue, the interactive theater experience at Imagination Stage at 10 and 11:15 a.m.
• Imagination Stage presents Wiley and the Hairy Man at 1:30 and 4 p.m.
• Kensington Arts Theatre 2nd Stage presents Willy Wonka, Jr. at the Gaithersburg Arts Barn at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
• Metropolitan Ballet Theatre performs Sleeping Beauty at the Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center in Rockville at Noon and 4 p.m.
• Chatroom takes on the issue of cyber-bullying in this play about six teenagers at Round House in Bethesda at 8 p.m.
• Olney Theatre’s production of Godspell continues with shows at 3 and 8 p.m.
• Rock & Roll for Children Foundation’s fundraiser at the Bethesda Blues & Jazz Club at 7 p.m. supports The Children’s Inn at NIH
• Irish band Lúnasa perform at BlackRock Center for the Arts Saturday, March 14 at 8 p.m.
• Comedian Tim Lee performs at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre in Rockville at 8 p.m.

Sunday, March 15

• The Winter Olney Farmers and Artist Market is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Sandy Spring Museum
• Young children ages 1-5 will enjoy this interactive theater experience Blue at Imagination Stage at 10 and 11:15 a.m.
• Kensington Arts Theatre 2nd Stage presents Willy Wonka, Jr. at the Gaithersburg Arts Barn at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
• Metropolitan Ballet Theatre performsSleeping Beauty at the Robert E. Prilla Performing Arts Center in Rockville at Noon and 4 p.m.
• Imagination Stage presents Wiley and the Hairy Man at 1:30 and 4 p.m.
• Olney Theatre’s final performance of Godspell is at 2 p.m.
• Chatroom explores the issue of cyber-bullying in this play about six teenagers at Round House in Bethesda at 3 p.m.
• Spend the afternoon with a group of powerful Montgomery Women at the awards reception and power tea beginning at 3 p.m. at the Mansion at Strathmore
• A special closing event at the Silver Spring Library is scheduled from 3:30 to 5 p.m.
• Pianist András Schiff is performing at the Music Center at Strathmore at 4 p.m.
• The folk duo Friction Farm perform at St. Anne’s Episcopal Church at 4:30 p.m.
• New Riders of the Purple Sage perform at Bethesda Blues & Jazz Club at 7:30 p.m.

»PHOTO: Silver Spring Library under construction, courtesy of Montgomery Community Media