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A Magical Mitzvah
12/25/2018 to 12/25/2018
15 Lloyd St., Baltimore, MD 21202Help us fill backpacks with school supplies and create homemade stress balls for the students at Esperanza Center, a Baltimore-based organization whose mission is to welcome immigrants. Activities are suitable for all ages and no artistic talent is required. Visit jewishmuseummd.org/single/a-magical-mitzvah for more information and to register.
Houdini: The Mini Series Screening
12/25/2018 to 12/25/2018
15 Lloyd St., Baltimore, MD 21202Follow the man behind the magic as he finds fame, engages in espionage, battles spiritualists, and encounters the greatest names of the era. Starring Adrian Brody, Kristen Connolly, and Evan Jones. Visit http://jewishmuseummd.org/single/houdini-the-mini-series to register and learn more.
Free Choral Concert
12/26/2018 to 12/26/2018
2700 F St NW, , Washington, DC , DC 20566Encore Chorale announces a FREE Holiday Choral Concert December 26, 2018 at The Kennedy Center Concert Hall. Encore Creativity for Older Adults, the nation’s largest choral program for singers 55+, will present the combined talents of more than 250 Encore Chorales and Encore ROCKS singers in concert at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Concert Hall on December 26, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. The singers will present a program of seasonal standards and holiday rock n’ roll – plus a few surprises – including the premiere of An Alleluia Flourish, a piece composed by Julian Wachner and commissioned for Encore by Classical Movements. The public is invited to attend this free concert and no tickets are required. The program will be conducted by Jeanne Kelly, Founder and Artistic Director of Encore Creativity for Older Adults, and Jeffrey Dokken, Director of the Encore ROCKS program. https://www.encorecreativity.org/
Mount Vernon Virtuosi: Dancing into 2019
12/30/2018 to 12/30/2018
6125 Montrose Road, Rockville, MD 20852The Mount Vernon Virtuosi, a new chamber orchestra established by Peabody Conservatory cello faculty artist Amit Peled, is dedicated to nurturing and training local graduate music students. Heading into the new year, the Virtuosi will present an excitingly varied program of music based on traditional dance forms by Boccherini, Grieg, Tchaikovsky, Britten, Strauss, Bartok, and Piazzolla. Reserve a FREE ticket: http://www.benderjccgw.org/event/mount-vernon-virtuosi-dancing-into-2019/
Aspen Hill Public Affairs Forum
01/03/2019 to 01/03/2019
4407 Aspen Hill Road, Rockville, MD 20853Aspen Hill Public Affairs Forum -- featuring Aspen Hill’s newly elected members of the State Legislature (Sen. Ben Kramer and Dels. Charlotte Crutchfield, Bonnie Cullison, and Vaughn Stewart) -- will be held on Thursday, January 3, at 7:30 pm, at the Aspen Hill Library, 4407 Aspen Hill Road. The legislators will talk briefly about their vision for the upcoming session of the legislature and then take questions from the audience. Come and talk with them before they go to Annapolis. The forum is sponsored by the Friends of the Aspen Hill Library, Aspen Hill Civic Association, Aspen Hill Library Advisory Committee, Strathmore Bel Pre Civic Association, Glenmont Exchange, and Poplar Run Homeowners Association. For more information, call (301) 871-1113 or e-mail aspenhill@folmc.org.
Leon Fleisher’s Birthday Celebration
01/05/2019 to 01/05/2019
5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD 20852The BSO celebrates the great Leon Fleisher’s birthday in an extraordinary concert. Highlighting the program is Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 12, a specialty of Fleisher's. Led by conductor Peter Oundjian, Brahms’ Second Symphony, full of beautiful melodies and one of the most exuberantly joyful finales, concludes the program. Peter Oundjian, conductor; Leon Fleisher, piano. MOZART Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major; BRAHMS Symphony No. 2. Tickets start at $35 Call 1-877-BSO-1444 or visit www.BSOmusic.org for more information.
