Weekend to Weekend 11/29/07

>Events in Rockville

Thursday, November 29

Fundraising 101, Rockville Library, 1 PM – 4 PM. Free training for Montgomery County nonprofits! $49/others. The Center for Nonprofit Advancement will explain about fundraising for nonprofits including planning, researching sources, and finding a varied funding base. Register here.

Child Health and Nutrition – Preventing Childhood Obesity, Beall Elementary School, 7PM-8:30PM. Sponsored by the Counselors from Beall, College Gardens, Ritchie Park, & Twinbrook Elementary Schools. Childcare for children age 4 and older. Light refreshments.

Celeste Starchild – duo, Austin Grill – Rockville, 9:30 PM. Promises to be a dedicated effort. Great voice. Everyone will love her.

Saturday, December 1

Holiday Bazaar, Rockville Senior Center, 9 AM – 2 PM. Find something unique and special at this annual fundraiser. Handmade crafts, thrifty items, plants, books, computers, and home-baked goods. Raffle for cash, a quilt, or gift certificates. All to benefit the Senior Center.

Family Storytime, Twinbrook Library, 11 AM. All ages welcome to this family storytime for young children.

The Nutcracker, Rockville Civic Ballet, F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre, 2 PM & 7:30 PM. $12/adult, $8 children 12 & under and senior citizens (60+) online through Theatre link -or- in person at the Theatre (Tuesday through Saturday 2 PM – 7 PM.) Be magically transported into a festive mood!

JP McDermott and the Western Bop, Austin Grill – Rockville, 10 PM. You want some high-energy vintage, honky tonk, and country vocalist of the year? Then come on down to the Western Bop!

Sunday, December 2

Art Gallery Opening Reception and “Making Spirits Bright” holiday decorations, Glenview Mansion, 1 PM – 4 PM. Free. This month it’s time for the Rockille Art League Juried Members’ Winter Show with holiday musical performances:
1:15 Watkins Mill High School Chorale
2:15 Rockville Singers
3:15 Heart of Maryland Chorus

Ongoing: Over 30 rooms in the Glenview Mansion are now decked out for the holidays. If you want to get in the holiday spirit, go see the trees decorated by about 14 community groups. I visit each year and also take visiting family and friends, so sometimes I go more than once! The Mansion is open 8:30 AM-4:30 PM Monday through Friday. Check to make sure it is open for public viewing: 240-314-8660 or www.rockvillemd.gov/glenview

The Georgetown Quintet, VisArts, Event Room on 2nd floor, 2 PM. $ They will play “An Afternoon of Playful Music” including Bizet’s “Children’s Games” for all ages.

The Nutcracker, Rockville Civic Ballet, F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre, 2 PM. $12/adult, $8 children 12 & under and senior citizens (60+). Get tickets online through Theatre link -or- in person at the Theatre (Tuesday through Saturday 2 PM – 7 PM.) Be magically transported into a festive mood!

Tuesday, December 4

Ongoing: Starts on this date through Jan. 6th: Christmas in Minature – Special Holiday Tours of the Beall-Dawson House, Montgomery County Historical Society, 12 PM – 4 PM. Closed Mondays and holidays. $3/Adults, $2 kids/seniors. Holiday tours include cider and cookies. This year the decorations are particularly special, including trains, villages and traditional scenes.

Rockville Pike: Envision a Great Place, Ramada Inn Rockville and Meeting Center, Salon 1 & !!/Meeting Room, 7 PM – 9 PM. This is the kick-off meeting for an 18-month process that will look at the 1.5-mile stretch of Rockville Pike between Twinbrook Parkway and Richard Montgomery Drive. It is open to everyone, whether to live, work, shop or travel in Rockville.

Wednesday, December 5

Flute Sweets – Treasure of Light, Rockville Library, Juvenile Programming Room, 7 PM. Magical stories about the winter holidays told with music. For ages 5 and up.

Thursday, December 6

Billy Coulter Trio, Austin Grill – Rockville, 9:15 PM. He’s been around and back again with his rock mixed with pop sound.

Friday, December 7

Take a Stroll Down Memory Lane, Richard Montgomery High School, 6 PM – 10 PM. $ Take a tour of the old school, RMHS highlight media presentation, silent auction, sock hop, and alumni concert – all on one night!

Saturday, December 8

All-You-Can-Eat Pancake and Sausage Breakfast, Kiwanis Club of Rockville, Montgomery College Rockville Campus Cafeteria, North Campus Drive, 7 AM – 12 PM. Tickets $7 at the door. Children under 5 free. Not just breakfast, but also pictures with Santa, choral entertainment, contests, drawings, and a bake sale. Kiwanis International is a global organization dedicated to changing the world one child at a time. All proceeds will benefit projects supporting children.

The Nutcracker, Rockville Civic Ballet, F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre, 2 PM & 7:30 PM. $12/adult, $8 children 12 & under and senior citizens (60+). Get tickets online through Theatre link -or- in person at the Theatre (Tuesday through Saturday 2 PM – 7 PM.) Be magically transported into a festive mood!

Sunday, December 9

“Making Spirits Bright” Open House, Glenview Mansion, 1 PM – 4 PM. Free. Nearly 30 rooms and hallways in the Mansion are decked out for the holidays. If you want to get in the spirit, join almost 3,000 other people who will visit the Mansion to see the trees decorated by about 14 community groups.
1:15 PM The Groove Merchants
3:15 PM David La Fleur

Minature Workshop: Holiday in a Box, Montgomery County Historical Society, 1 PM – 4 PM. $10/members, $13/nonmembers. Pre-paid reservations required. In keeping with their holiday decorating theme, everything you need will be provided in a box. 301-340-2825 info@montgomeryhistory.org

The Nutcracker, Rockville Civic Ballet, F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre, 2 PM. $12/adult, $8 children 12 & under and senior citizens (60+). Get tickets online through Theatre link -or- in person at the Theatre (Tuesday through Saturday 2 PM – 7 PM.) Be magically transported into a festive mood!

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