THE GAZETTE
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SalsaTime
The New York-based Ballet Hispanico, widely regarded as the nation’s premier Latino dance company, will host a Latin dance party at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the BlackRock Center for the Arts in Germantown. The event precedes a masterclass scheduled for 2 p.m. March 29, and dual performances at 8 p.m. March 29 and 3 p.m. March 30. A workshop with high school students is scheduled for 4 p.m. Friday, with the Salsa dance party following at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15. The events are the result of a collaboration between BlackRock and the After School Dance Fund, which aims to promote health, exercise and cultural awareness within Montgomery County high school students via Latin dance education. For more information, visit blackrockcenter.org.
Ballet Hispanico will come to the BlackRock Center for the Arts on Friday for a Latin dance lesson and party prior to a masterclass and performances March 29-30. PAULA LOBO
‘Persistence’ of visions
DAVID CARTER
David Carter’s “The Persistence of Self,” oil on canvas, 2010.
“Critical Contacts: Significant Encounters and Their Impact,” will showcase works by the Studio Art Faculty of Montgomery College. The exhibit, curated by Dr. Claudia Rousseau, opens Monday at the Capitol Arts Network Urban by Nature Gallery in Rockville, and runs to March 28. An opening reception is scheduled for 6-9 p.m. March 7. Normal gallery hours are 1-4 p.m. Tuesday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. For more information, visit capitolartsnetwork. com.
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The rites of ‘Spring’ “Spring Awakening,” Broadway’s Tony Award-winning tale of teens discovering the tumult of sexuality, opens today at the college’s performing arts center. Presented by Montgomery College Theatre students, show times are 8 p.m. daily through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Based upon the controversial German play published by Frank Wedekind in 1891, the original Broadway production was adapted by Steven Sater with music by Duncan Sheik and went on to win eight Tony Awards in 2007. Bill Gillett directs the Montgomery College production. For more information, visit montgomerycollege.edu/ pac.
Marimba solo!
KATHY JUDD
David McDonald will play piano and the marimba on Friday at the Westmoreland Congregational UCC Church in Bethesda.
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PHOTO BY R. SCOTT HENGEN
Aurora Beckett as Wendla and Matt Krug as Melchior in The Montgomery College Theatre presentation of “Spring Awakening,” opening today at the college.
Marimba soloist David McDonald will perform music for the marimba and piano at 7 p.m. Friday at the Westmoreland Congregational UCC Church in Bethesda. The concert serves as the inaugural event of Washington Conservatory of Music Friday Focus, which will spotlight church faculty with one-hour presentations throughout the year. McDonald also is the drummer with the Airman of Note, The United States Air Force Band, Washington, D.C. He has performed with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Concertante di Chicago, Kenosha Symphony, Illinois Philharmonic, New World Symphony, Chicago Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra, Rob Parton’s Jazz Tech Big Band, Capitol Bones and the Alan Baylock Jazz Orchestra, and toured Japan as a member of the Pacific Music Festival Orchestra. McDonald is a faculty member at the Washington Conservatory of Music. Admission is free. Donations are accepted. For more information, visit washingtonconservatory.org.