<cal1>Thursday/April 6
<cal2>Monet and the Impressionists at 8 p.m. is part of the BSO at Strathmore’s Explorer Series. Explore Impressionism in musc and visual art and how composers changed the world around them. Tickets are $21-$78. Call 1-877-BSO-1444 or visit www.BSOatStrathmore.org.
<cal1>Saturday/April 8
<cal2>The American Dance Institute will present Joffrey Ballet's Arpino Apprentices at 7 p.m. The performances offer an opportunity for children and aspiring young dancers to see and learn first-hand the process of becoming a professional dancer. Joffrey Ballet master Mark Goldweber will talk about the dances and the career stages of a ballet dancer.
To purchase tickets and to register for the master class or audition, please call American Dance Institute at 301-984-3003 or visit www.americandance.org.
The Woman's Club of Bethesda is holding a flea market from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. at 5500 Sonoma Road, Bethesda. Call 301-530-9854.
<cal1>Sunday/April 9
<cal2>Free organ concert by John Seachrist at 3 p.m. at First Church of Christ, Scientist, 100 Nelson St., Rockville. All are welcome.
The American Dance Institute will present Joffrey Ballet's Arpino Apprentices at 2:30 p.m. The performances offer an opportunity for children and aspiring young dancers to see and learn first-hand the process of becoming a professional dancer. Joffrey Ballet master Mark Goldweber will talk about the dances and the career stages of a ballet dancer.
DC area pre-professional high school students, training in ballet at an intermediate/advanced level, will also have an exciting opportunity to learn from Joffrey Ballet master Mark Goldweber at a master class on from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. at American Dance Institute. Cost for this class is $20 per student. Exceptional dance students from the master class will be invited to attend a free additional class with the Arpino Apprentices on Monday.
To purchase tickets and to register for the master class or audition, please call American Dance Institute at 301-984-3003 or visit www.americandance.org.
The Pavel Haas Quartet will perform at 4 p.m. at the Mondzac Performing Arts Center, located at 6101 Wilson Lane, Bethesda. Call 301-496-7976. Tickets are $22, adults, $10, students.
The La Salle Orchestra will be playing at the Glen Echo Ballroom, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo. Dancing from 3:30-6 p.m. $8 per person. Free dance lesson at 3.
<cal1>Thursday/April 13
<cal2>The Washington Performing Arts Society presents Lang Lang, the Chinese superstar pianist, in his debut at the Music Center at Strathmore at 8 p.m. His performance will include Mozart, Schumann, Grandados and Liszt, as well as a selection of traditional Chinese works. Tickets are $25-$45. Call 202-785-9727 or visit www.wpas.org.
<cal1>Monday/April 17
<cal2>The National Symphony Orchestra/JCC Chamber Music Series will present an evening of music for strings. At 8 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington, 6125 Montrose Road, Rockville. Tickets are $28 for JCC members, $33 for students and senior adults, $39 for the general public, and $10 for individuals under 30 years old. To purchase tickets, call the box office at 301-348-3872.
<cal1>Saturday/April 22
<cal2>The Jerusalem String Quartet concert at 8:30 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington, 6125 Montrose Road, Rockville, MD. Tickets are $32 for members, $37 for students and senior adults, and $46 for the general public. Student rush tickets will be available for $15 one hour prior to curtain time. For tickets, call the box office at 301-348-3872.
<cal1>Sunday/April 23
<cal2>The Jerusalem String Quartet concert at 7:30 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington, 6125 Montrose Road, Rockville, MD. Tickets are $32 for members, $37 for students and senior adults, and $46 for the general public. Student rush tickets will be available for $15 one hour prior to curtain time. For tickets, call the box office at 301-348-3872.
<cal1>Wednesday/April 26
<cal2>Jazz Concert at 8 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington, 6125 Montrose Road, Rockville. Tickets are $28 for JCC members, $33 for students and senior adults, $39 for the general public, and $10 for individuals under 30 years old. For tickets, call the box office at 301-348-3872.
<cal1>Sunday/April 28
<cal2>Bel Cantanti Opera presents the last opera by Piotr Tchaikovsky: 'Iolanta' at 7:30 p.m. at Christ Lutheran Church, 8011 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda. Tickets are available on-line or at the door for $25. Call 301-718-7360 or visit http://www.belcantanti.com.
<cal1>Friday/May 5
<cal2>The Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center Guest Artist Series will be presenting legendary bluegrass band The Seldom Scene at 8 p.m. Their urban approach to bluegrass makes The Seldom Scene one of the most progressive and influential bands in the genre. The current line-up includes Ben Eldridge, Dudley Connell, Ronnie Simpkins, Fred Travers, Lou Reid, and Chris Eldridge. The center is located at Montgomery College, 51 Mannakee St., Rockville.
<cal1>Sunday/May 7
<cal2>Bel Cantanti Opera presents the last opera by Piotr Tchaikovsky: 'Iolanta' at 7:30 p.m. at Christ Lutheran Church, 8011 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda. Tickets are available on-line or at the door for $25. Call 301-718-7360 or visit http://www.belcantanti.com.
<cal1>Ongoing
<cal2>Imagination Stage (formerly BAPA) presents Huck Finn's Story, by Aurand Harris, directed by Kathryn Chase Bryer through April 15. Performance times are Saturday at 3:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday at 7 p.m. are "Kids Night Out." There is a weekday Spring Break matinee April 14 at 10:30 a.m. At the Imagination Stage, 4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda. Call 301-280-1660. All tickets are $12.
Act Two Performing Arts presents “The Laramie Project” March 31, April 1, and April 2. Moisés Kaufman and the Tectonic Theater Project’s Pulitzer Prize winning play about the small Wyoming town’s loss of innocence following the 1998 murder of gay college student Matthew Shepard in a brutal hate crime that shocked the nation. Performances are Friday, March 31, at 7:30 pm, Saturday, April 1 at 2 and 7:30 pm, and Sunday, April 2 at 2:00 pm, at the Olney Theatre Center’s Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney. Ticket prices are $13 for students/seniors and $15 for adults. A group discount of $12/person is available for groups of 10 or more. For tickets, contact Carol Walker at (240) 418-9412. See www.acttwo.org. Due to mature thematic content and some strong language, Act Two does not recommend this show for children under the age of 13.
Imagination Stage (formerly Bethesda Academy of Performing Arts) presents "Speak-Out on Stage" Senior Company presents Tales Between the Threads and "Speak-Out on Stage" Junior Company presents Miracle in Mudville. Tales Between the Threads runs April 6-7, at 7:30. Miracle in Mudville: April 8 at 7:30 and April 9 at 6 p.m. At Imagination Stage's Studio Theatre, 4908 Auburn Avenue, Bethesda. Tickets are $10 for general admission, with group rates available. Call the box office at 301-280-1660 or purchase them on-line at www.imaginationstage.org. Tales Between the Threads is recommended for ages 12 and up; Miracle in Mudville is recommended for ages 9 and up.
The students from College Performing Arts Series will be performing "Heaven," Wednesday-Saturday, April 19-22, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, April 23 at 2 p.m. Written by George F. Walker, this dark comedy follows the lives of people who aren't exactly the types anyone would want to spend five minutes with—much less an eternity. At the Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center, Montgomery College, 51 Mannakee St., Rockville.
"Ferdinand the Bull" is playing at Adventure Theatre at 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo from through April 23 on Saturday and Sunday at 1:30 or 3:30 p.m. Price is $7. Call 301-320-5331.
The Montgomery College Rockville Dance Company continues its annual tradition with a program of exciting and original dance works by Montgomery College students and faculty, as well as Washington, D.C. area choreographers. The Spring Dance Concert will be on Friday and Saturday, April 28 and 29 at 8p.m. and Sunday, April 30 at 2p.m. at the Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center, Montgomery College, 51 Mannakee St., Rockville.
The Retreat from Moscow, is an examination of the dying embers of a 33-year marriage that should have lasted forever. April 5-30 at the Round House Theatre Bethesda, 4545 East West Highway. Tickets are $40-$50 plus applicable service charges. Call 240-644-1100 or visit www.round-house.org
Theater Performances for Children on Saturdays and Sundays, May 13–28. Adventure Theatre presents “Tarradiddle Tales,” a play by Flora Atkin. Mexico, Africa and Denmark provide the backdrop for these folk tales. Tickets are $7 for children and adults. Playing time is approximately 1 hour. Call 301-320-5331 or visit www.adventuretheatre.org.
Puppet Theater for Children has shows Wednesdays through Sundays, May 3–31. Puppet Co. at Glen Echo Park presents “Pinocchio.” Half life-sized rod puppets, performed in the Comedia del Arte style, tell Carlo Collodi’s story of what it means to be “real.” Performances Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 10 and 11:30 a.m. Saturdays and Sundays at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. through June 1. Recommended for kindergarten through adult. Tickets are $7 for adults and children. Playing time 50 minutes. Call 301-320-6668 or visit www.thepuppetco.org.
“A Murder, A Mystery and A Marriage,” at Round House Theatre in Bethesda, 4545 East West Highway May 31–June 25. Visit www.round-house.org for tickets and info.
The Potomac Theatre company will present Neil Simon's comedy Plaza Hotel, about three brief encounters in the same luxurious suite at New York's famed Plaza Hotel from June 16-25 on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. The show will be performed at The Blair Family Center for the Arts, at the Bullis School, 10601 Falls Road, Potomac. Visit www.potomactheatreco.com.