Events Calendar

Piotr Gajewski, conductor Selections from Richard Wagner's best-known operas celebrate the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth. Highlights include Overture to The Flying Dutchman, Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walkure, Prelude to Die Meistersinger; and Prelude and Liebestod (Love-Death) from Wagner's drama about the immortal lovers, Tristan and Isolde. The Flying Dutchman Overture Tannhauser Prelude to Act III Parsifal Good Friday Spell Das Rheingold Entry of the Gods into Valhalla Die Walkure Ride of the Valkyries Die Meistersinger Prelude Siegfried Forest Murmurs Gotterdammerung Siegfried's Funeral Music Lohengrin Prelude to Act III Tristan and Isolde Prelude and Liebestod (Love-Death)

presented by National Philharmonic Orchestra

Gaithersburg Giants vs. Bethesda Big Train Come out to Shirley Povich Field in Cabin John Regional Park and all summer long and enjoy a night full baseball and fun and affordable family entertainment as you watch the Bethesda Big Train of the Cal Ripken League!
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presented by Bethesda Big Train

Enjoy food, music and cultures from around the globe -- all in one afternoon and within just a few blocks. That's what the 3rd annual Taste the World in Fenton Village offers! Fenton Village is located just south of downtown Silver Spring between Wayne, Georgia & Burlington avenues & Fenton Street. Similar to a pub crawl, Taste the World welcomes participants into 25 restaurants to sample not just their specialties but their special atmosphere. Restaurants will offer appetizers and small tasting plates for $2 to $5 apiece. Also enjoy Latin, Brazilian, Jazz & more at our live music stage.

presented by Silver Spring Citizens Advisory Board

Eric Smallwood will give an Artist Talk and tour of his solo exhibition Tethered in the Weather. The exhibition is on view in the Gibbs Street Gallery (first floor) May 22 through June 16. Look up, down, out and inward. Eric Smallwood uses video and animation to create moments of negotiation between immediate sensual experience and reflection Wednesday 124 p.m., Thursday & Friday 128 p.m., Saturday & Sunday 124 p.m. Free and open to the public.

presented by VisArts

Clarence Brown reads from his novella Needs. He is joined by novelist Elizabeth Huergo, who reads from The Death of Fidel Perez. The reading will be followed by a reception and book signing.

presented by Clarence Brown and Elizabeth Huergo